Princeton University (2023-2024)

[ripe ibex]

Ding!

Looks like someone's brought up quant again!

I think it’d be better if you analyzed some grass instead.

Used 1155 times.

[thorny viper]

Curriculum isn’t notable at MIT from what I’ve been told, and it’s easier than Princeton

[urban sinew]

i came in with no math outside of calc bc and did well in mat215

[late pollen]

i see

[urban sinew]

(the ucas carried me)

[late pollen]

how's the atmosphere there

[urban sinew]

but yes there was support

and people are super collaborative and kind

[thorny viper]

A little toxic but wholesome

[late pollen]

man what

😭

what does it mean

[tough eagle]

calc bc is hard man

im struggling with it rn

[tough eagle]

what is ucas

[thick seal]

there’s a heavy workload

but everyone works together

[urban sinew]

uca = undergraduatate course assistant (basically a ta)

[urban sinew]

yes but realistically most kids taking analysis as a first-year probably have taken at least calc 3

and many have taken linear as well

[tough eagle]

god damn

[polar moss]

i like mit

[tough eagle]

where do i take linear

[late pollen]

WAI-

408 hours

[polar moss]

was lowk heartbroken when they waitlisted

[late pollen]

please axler do not do this to me

[tough eagle]

why did you reject their waitlist tho

[late pollen]

it's ok bro

their buildings look like ass

💀

[polar moss]

cuz pton was my first choice

so no need

[late pollen]

bro wot

so no regrets, no?

[tough eagle]

cope (i am not qualified for MIT)

[polar moss]

another girl from my area got in

[tough eagle]

that is fair

[polar moss]

off waitlist

[late pollen]

Kill her.

[polar moss]

so hopefully that helped her

[thick seal]

but i’m sort of getting that you’re saying princeton is #1 because it supports all the people who were already elite

[late pollen]

oh

[polar moss]

im a politics major lol

[soft barn]

awww that's nice actually

[late pollen]

i've neve rmet a politics major before

ngl

🐸

[tough eagle]

you can major in politics at mit?

[late pollen]

how is it

[polar moss]

bro what

💀

[tough eagle]

lake you do not exist

[late pollen]

yeah

[polar moss]

im being gaslit rn

[thick seal]

you can do what he says

[polar moss]

not sure how

[late pollen]

look down bro your body is not there

[thick seal]

or you can read through a couple of times

[urban sinew]

idk i never took it lmao

[late pollen]

you are literally not real

🤨

[polar moss]

being in college has made me feel removed from my body

[thick seal]

either works imo

[urban sinew]

i'm taking it next semester but probably just reading thru axler is good

[late pollen]

i could not deal with the idea of having to reread shit

[polar moss]

i lowkey dont feel hunger or thirst or fatigue anymore

[tough eagle]

also im so nervous. everyone keeps saying my LOCI is good but what if i am still rejected.

[late pollen]

what,

[polar moss]

im the aggregation of my to-do list

[late pollen]

bro?

r u ok

[tough eagle]

wdym

he is not real

[polar moss]

LMFAOOO i said lowkey

like less than usual

i mean you get so busy that

[tough eagle]

that is not how you use lowkey right

idk

[polar moss]

you are usually concerned with your work and being productive

[thick seal]

i think it’s worth it though

[polar moss]

so existing kinda fades

[soft barn]

nah u got this

[polar moss]

if that makes sense

[soft barn]

!!!

[tough eagle]

ill try :D

[late pollen]

sike fool

i cant read to begin with

how could i reread it then

[polar moss]

like the other 30,000 kids

[late pollen]

gottem noob

[tough eagle]

aw man

[polar moss]

not really that uncommon to get rejected

[thorny viper]

yeah sort of

[tough eagle]

aw man

[late pollen]

i mean

[thorny viper]

it's kind of hard to explain

[late pollen]

why are you afraid

it's a gamble

you could be an IMOwinner cancercurer childsaver momdoer and still get fucked by bad luck

it's just a thing

[polar moss]

no its usually fit or yield at that point

[thick seal]

in that sense i feel like it’s a bit of an any way the wind blows kind of thing

i mean like what if june huh had stayed at umich

[polar moss]

if pton knows you likely got into MIT, theyll be less inclined to accept

[thick seal]

that’s a shit argument but still

[tough eagle]

how tf do you get yielded by princeton

[polar moss]

harv does it too

in my experience

[tough eagle]

what

[polar moss]

with really good stem people

cuz mit is where they gravitate more often

[late pollen]

i would prob take princeton over anything but brown and that's purely because the vibe at brown is my fucking goat ngl

[polar moss]

well its not a qualifications thing

[thick seal]

wtv im sure you’re correct in every way that matters

[tough eagle]

broo i want mit so bad grrrrrrrr but im unqualified

grrrrrrr

[thorny viper]

he didn't cause he taught at stanford and then left for princeton afterward...

[polar moss]

its like. if most olympiad kids go to mit

pton isnt gonna just let them all in if 90% are gonna go elsewhere

[thorny viper]

umich sucks in math compared to stanford and princeton lol

[polar moss]

they have to consider their own yield rate

[soft barn]

i feel like being worried about being yielded by hypsm is crazy

[thorny viper]

like some of princeton's undergrad students took grad level classes at umich in math in high school

[soft barn]

like ur the most out there outlier

[polar moss]

LMAO i was just trying to offer an explanation

to cracked kids getting rejections

[soft barn]

nah u are qualified

[tough eagle]

@urban sinew honestly come to think about it you mightve gotten yielded by georgia tech

[polar moss]

its not "luck" often

[tough eagle]

nah trust i am not

intl

[soft barn]

LOL yeah ikik but it's still crazy

[tough eagle]

no imo

[polar moss]

imo admissions officers are rational

and make rational decisions

in the interest of their school

[thorny viper]

it's usually cause their essays suck

[soft barn]

ya

i was gonna say

[tough eagle]

how tho

[polar moss]

oh yeah that is also a possibility

[tough eagle]

oh yea

[polar moss]

fit + essays

[urban sinew]

nah

[thorny viper]

they're just lazy and arrogant and think they can BS an application

[urban sinew]

i applied math without taking linear or calc 3 💀

idk how i got princeton math tbh

[tough eagle]

a classmate that is applying to princeton said that he cant be not pretentious with his philosophy essays

its so funny

[late pollen]

based

[tough eagle]

dude arent you cs

[polar moss]

tell him to get over himself

[thorny viper]

literally every elite kid at MIT, but it's different because MIT is an IMO simp

[urban sinew]

i applied math tho

[late pollen]

avg philosophy-doer

[tough eagle]

we both got deferred

i cant say shit

[polar moss]

😭

LMFAOO

[tough eagle]

ah thats fair

[thick seal]

my school had a kid get into mit without multi/linear/aime

[polar moss]

jamie i believe in u

trust the process

[tough eagle]

thanks lake

[thick seal]

i think it’s a bit arbitrary

[rose lava]

don’t they not admit by major though

[urban sinew]

math major?

[tough eagle]

lake ill update you asap

[rose lava]

or at least they say they don’t wink wink

[thick seal]

yup

[tough eagle]

on ivy day lol

[urban sinew]

yea wink wink

[polar moss]

mit cares a lot about achievements/ecs/essays/personality!

[urban sinew]

they definitely take it into account a little bit

[tough eagle]

not admitting by major is a load of bs tbh

[tough eagle]

fr? not when you are intl right?

[thorny viper]

they don't necessarily admit by major

[urban sinew]

realistically they can't take 20% of the class cos majors

[thick seal]

big relief

[soft barn]

ya i think they rank character as the most important no?

[tough eagle]

hm interesting

[polar moss]

i wrote some unhinged essays and bagged a waitlist lmfaoo

[rose lava]

they might do it more by EC list and other shown interests than by what major is listed on the app though

[tough eagle]

maybe ill try transferring lol

[thorny viper]

like I'm pretty sure my application went through the math department since some profs made comments after the fact

[tough eagle]

i think they like when people are unhinged

[thorny viper]

but yeah idk if they read every math applicant

[polar moss]

exactly

[thick seal]

did you submit research

[polar moss]

personality

vision

ambition

humility

[thorny viper]

i submitted an expository paper

[tough eagle]

aight ill try transferring to MIT

[polar moss]

those all matter

[tough eagle]

lmfao

[thick seal]

they probably had it read by the math department then

[thorny viper]

yeah

[thick seal]

i don’t know if they would do that for anyone not submitting something research related

[polar moss]

i think everyone interprets this wrong

[thick seal]

kind of glad i second majored english ngl

[polar moss]

it just means youre not binded to what they accept you "into"

the hope is that you will stay in the general area

[thick seal]

my accomplishments are not cracked enough to get me in on math alone

[polar moss]

otherwise the distribution becomes lopsided

[thorny viper]

like I would encourage applicants to apply in the major that makes the most sense with their background

[urban sinew]

me instantly switching into cs 💀

[rose lava]

I think it’s best you apply to the major that your ECs are connected to even if you don’t stay with it

[rose lava]

yeah

[thorny viper]

like Lake applying as an engineering major wouldn't make any sense

[polar moss]

i actually did engineering research junior year

LOL

[thorny viper]

or me applying as an english or public policy major

[solemn kiln]

on god

[rose lava]

what did you apply as to MIT lake

[polar moss]

it was a side quest

[solemn kiln]

but like

[polar moss]

i also think people overthink this

[solemn kiln]

why doesn't everyone do that

like switch to cs

[polar moss]

if i was an AO i woudlnt really care what that box says

[thick seal]

they do

[polar moss]

your essays should tell the AO what you wanna pursue

[thorny viper]

because math is not easy at pton 💀

[polar moss]

you have the opportunity to tell your story

[thick seal]

but cs is getting less accessible

[rose lava]

that’s fair yeah

[polar moss]

thats way more meaningful

[thorny viper]

yeah i agree with this more

[thick seal]

i actually do feel like applying as a math major is a good move usually

[solemn kiln]

fym less accessible

do you need like a certain gpa

to like pick cs

[thick seal]

because i feel like a good range of inexperienced/comp/research kids get into places off of math

[thorny viper]

it's a bloated major and super competitive

[solemn kiln]

how hard is it to pick cs finance

cs major fin minor

[thick seal]

it’s less accessible meaning the job market sucks so it’s quickly becoming a bad decision

[rose lava]

yeah it’s not like they won’t let you in

Princeton isn’t going to say you’re not good enough for cs

[thorny viper]

so the usual phrase is "once you learn the math you can learn the task, but when you learn the task don't trust that you can always do the math"

[thick seal]

cs and finance are such meme fields that most employers will hire anyone mildly computational from a good school

[thorny viper]

math majors actually have better job prospects than ORF people haha

or econ

[urban sinew]

True i think it’s a lot easier to self study cs than math

Which is why I’m trying to take math classes as a cs major

[thorny viper]

and that's a great strategy

[thick seal]

i think cs is not worth doing unless you’re really into the science part of it i.e. discrete math

[urban sinew]

Might as well take advantage of the incredible math department here

[thorny viper]

a lot of elite CS majors do that

[thorny viper]

i don't think discrete math is a science dawg

[urban sinew]

Facts those 6 figure web dev jobs coming out of college are gonna get replaced by ai realistically

[thorny viper]

[thick seal]

i just mean not the computer part

[thorny viper]

the computer part is the science part it's literally physics??

[thick seal]

what cs major does any real physics

[polar moss]

lil bro aint heard of phy105

[thick seal]

you know what i mean dude

like not the programming part

[thorny viper]

that doesn't disprove what I said tho

[urban sinew]

Yea physics is unnecessary as a cs major

[thick seal]

bruh

[urban sinew]

I really don’t know why I have to take it

[thorny viper]

the computer/hardware aspect of CS is literally the science part of CS

[thick seal]

i’m not trying to make a rigorous argument here

[polar moss]

nick join debate and start an event call "why im right"

ill be ur assistant

[urban sinew]

Is math considered a science

[thorny viper]

No hence why STEM isn't STE

[rich kelp]

No

[thick seal]

youre just describing how computer science is a misnomer

[urban sinew]

Then yea I see what nick is saying

[thick seal]

like “computer”+”science” is really computer engineering

[thorny viper]

no it's not a bad name, it's very clear what aspects of each part of the field are

[urban sinew]

I mean you rarely interact with hardware as a cs major

Unless you take ece classes

[thorny viper]

https://tenor.com/view/relief-phew-gif-23013071

[thick seal]

but i don’t think so

like it is

[thorny viper]

dawg you said discrete math is a science that was my main point of comment

[thick seal]

but it’s unspecific

yeah and i admitted that wasn’t what i meant lmao

[thorny viper]

anyway back to doing math bye bye

[thick seal]

are you going to motion to impeach me as a witness

have fun!

[urban sinew]

[urban sinew]

Watch lions rams instead

[late pollen]

who is winning

(i dont watch sports)

[solemn kiln]

just become the web dev that makes the ai

🤷‍♂️

[urban sinew]

Ai ppl make ai, not web dev

[solemn kiln]

become an ai person then

i feel like if you get into pton it should be easy to do well in the job market

[urban sinew]

That’s what I’m saying

Going forward for cs it’s going to be hard to get by only knowing web dev/swe

[solemn kiln]

what specialisation would you even need to get into ai

[urban sinew]

You gotta learn the math/ai stuff too

[urban sinew]

Wdym

[solemn kiln]

like

what types of classes would you need to take

rather than going the traditional swe route

since i'm pretty sure "ai" ain't a major or a minor yet

[urban sinew]

At Princeton?

Or just in general

[solemn kiln]

at pton

if i don't get into pton which i 99% won't

then i ain't even going near cs lmao

💀

the transfer is too friggin difficult, i'll just stick with my original major ( chemical engineering)

[rich kelp]

Probably some classes in ML, neural networks, computer vision, obv linear algebra
Think MAT 217, COS 324, ECE 435, COS 429, COS 485, maybe ECE 571, COS 484 if you’re interested in NLP, and then probably some research/internships in ML would help a lot

[solemn kiln]

thank you 🙏

[rich kelp]

Why not

[urban sinew]

Huh??

It takes like 5 mins to transfer

[urban sinew]

Bro knows too much

[rich kelp]

Not enough realistically 😦

[solemn kiln]

not in pton

transfer is insanely tough into cs bro

[urban sinew]

Bro I transferred lol

It was super easy

[solemn kiln]

way too competitve and my major isn't getting replaced by ai anytime soon. while most aspects probably will, there's a few that won't

[solemn kiln]

maybe it was for you

but i'm talking generally

[urban sinew]

Literally you just fill out a form

[solemn kiln]

dawg in princeton sure

but in other schools hell nah

cs is way too high demand

[urban sinew]

Yes ik

[solemn kiln]

most schools have shut off transfers to cs

it's not as easy as you make it out to be

[urban sinew]

But you were talking about Princeton specifically

[solemn kiln]

no

i wasn't

[solemn kiln]

.

mentioned that

[solemn kiln]

and right here

[urban sinew]

Ok

Depends on the school tho

[solemn kiln]

yeah u right

[urban sinew]

Most private schools you can transfer

Georgia tech is easy to transfer

[solemn kiln]

in what world lmao

[urban sinew]

Most public schools are very tough yea

[solemn kiln]

they put out a press release saying no more transfers from fall 2024

[urban sinew]

Oh rip

[solemn kiln]

not fall

[urban sinew]

When I was applying you could

[solemn kiln]

spring 2024 actually

[solemn kiln]

yeah you could

[urban sinew]

I didn’t know abt that

[solemn kiln]

but i don't care tho

if i get into gt

i applied to engineering anyways

and gt engineering is comparable to like the really top ones

the likes of stanford/mit.

ofc it's worse but not by much

[urban sinew]

Yea gt is very good for engineeeing

[rich kelp]

Yeah very true cs transfer outside of privates is very hard if not impossible to do

Even in some privates it’s very tough I think

[solemn kiln]

it is

cs is way too sought after

not just in the us

cs is the most competitve major in every single country in the world

[slender citrus]

brown is THE liberal arts school imo

[manic jay]

lets gooo

fnally got interview request

[amber sphinx]

Should I do it in person?

[manic jay]

first rd school

im gonna

[amber sphinx]

I think they sent all of dfw at once

[manic jay]

i think its more personal

[manic jay]

ye prolly lol

[amber sphinx]

Same

Yea I’ll prolly do in person too

Probably better

[manic jay]

same

[cosmic cobalt]

all dallas kids j got it

[manic jay]

yea lol

in person for da win

[amber sphinx]

I’ve already done in person ones so honestly not too worried

Wonder what the location will be tho

[cold hill]

this school is lame

[rich kelp]

Real

[hushed pelican]

guys should we joke in the intery

interview

how bad will it affect the rest

[rich kelp]

I think this is dependent on the interviewer

Shouldn’t be a problem unless it’s inappropriate for the setting yk

[cold hill]

lool

[opal pine]

just got my interview request 🙏

[sharp rover]

hm if the interviewer says he's an art major, try saying "nice! Humanity is glad you weren't rejected from art school!" see how far that goes!

[crystal falcon]

i got an interview offer

im gonna be too nervous

[quaint parcel]

fr

[manic jay]

Same

I literally filled out the form instantly and selected in person option

Yet i still get virtual

Smh

[crystal falcon]

yea i got virtual

virtual more nerve wracking imo

[amber sphinx]

u got another email?

i filled out the form still didnt get anything

[manic jay]

Yea

[verbal fable]

Out of curiosity, what graded papers did you guys submit as part of your application? I submitted an essay I wrote in AP lit.

[uneven bloom]

I submitted a junior research paper i did in lang

[solemn kiln]

he's prolly just gonna laugh it off

[solemn kiln]

submitted a unit test in economics

[uneven bloom]

what was the writing on?

im curious

[solemn kiln]

keynesian economics and a few topics about indian history

[cedar hound]

I submitted a paper dissing modern art 💪

[solemn kiln]

quite literally one of the very few and only graded papers i had with me

plus it was pretty recent

since i trash most of the shit i have

[uneven bloom]

that's an interesting topic though

[solemn kiln]

💀

it is yeah

and i have a perfect grade on it

so looks more impressive

[cedar hound]

I'd argue not so much bc then they might think your school grades softer or smt

but still good to submit a paper you did well on imo

[uneven bloom]

the grade matters less than the quality of writing probably

the paper I submitted got a point knocked off because I forgot to cite one of the sources 💀

[solemn kiln]

i was the only one who got a perfect grade out of like

120 kids

🗿

[quaint parcel]

i got an inperson or virtual interview, picking virtual

i dont want my interviewer seeing that im visably nervous LOL

[uneven bloom]

they won't know that though

[polar moss]

i think modern music is a disappointment

no bangers anymore like my boy chopin

[proud brook]

Guys is there an online option for the interview?

[polar moss]

or liszt🔥

[proud brook]

Cus I've applied and I haven't got an interview yet(I live outside the US tho). Is it possible to ask for an online option if in-person option isn't feasible due to availability?

[polar moss]

the grade don’t matter really

why would they care what some english teacher thinks

my friend at harv was like fighting for her life senior year cuz her history teacher was racist/homophobic💀

[arctic herald]

not joking btw

[cedar hound]

no fr I got my first a minus this last semester from a lit teacher who has a massive inferiority complex and made it her goal to basically screw over as many people as she could (I dont know a single person who got an A last semester)

tldr teachers control grades too much for princeton to care about what you got on the paper

[polar moss]

no

don’t bother the admissions office unnecessarily

[polar moss]

LMAO

it’s fine i got two A-s my first semester here 💀

[runic salmon]

LMAO

[lapis hill]

i love that song

[runic salmon]

for the graded paper, is an excerpt fine? I didn't have any papers in the page limit. so I just made a note and excerpted it. and it kinda works in my favor bc the intro and 1st body was arguable the best parts 🧍🏻‍♀️ but the conclusion was good too and i had to cut it 😭

[abstract trench]

when would you recommend one submits a letter of continued intrest

because im done now but i feel like i could wait a little until my semester 1 grades are finalized

and then add a quick sentence or two about how thats changed

[maiden creek]

Guys for the interview we could only mention things not stated in our application for Princeton or is it fine? Also, does the alumni know what I mentioned in my application or is that secure and private just for the AOs?

Please ping me when your reply

[uneven bloom]

interviewers haven't seen your application

[rose lava]

i basically covered everything in my app in my interview

[maiden creek]

Oh good cuz some things are private I was worried they saw it

[rose lava]

he was super impressed and said he would write the strongest recommendation possible

[maiden creek]

Oh so you can repeat stuff more app right?

[rose lava]

yeah i dont see why not i basically just rattled off my ECs

and then we talked about politics for like an hour it was awesome

[pseudo oar]

I tried to touch upon more stuff abt me that wasnt shown in the application

[pseudo oar]

damn mine was so different

[orchid axle]

Same

Honestly everything will be okay as long as you make yourself shine in front of the interviewers

[pseudo oar]

yeah even if it doesnt its still fine cause i dont think mine was great

[thorny viper]

what did he think was most impressive

like did he appreciate your politics stuff the most?

[dusty meteor]

what form

[manic jay]

Princeton emailed me a google form

[rose lava]

yeah mostly

and other service related stuff like youth civic engagement work and scouts

[rich kelp]

I believe alumni haven’t seen your app. Definitely can mention ur ECs listed on the commonapp + other experiences not mentioned if you would like

[maiden creek]

Ohh coool

[pliant moat]

Guys, I just got my interview. Is there anything (e.g., questions) I need to prepare?

[tough eagle]

Prepare an introduction for yourself and get ready to talk about your hobbies. Why Princeton.

my interviewer asked me about a recent book that changed how i looked at things

so theres that

[pliant moat]

okay, thanks.

[tough eagle]

no worries

[pliant moat]

Wait, a book? did you mention the book in the first place or?

[tough eagle]

nope

i talked about brave new world 😭

but honestly everyone is different

[pliant moat]

ohhhh

[slender citrus]

bro i literally just read this

what were your thoughts on it 👀

[zenith flame]

guys i have sibling legacy at pton but i kinda messed up one of my essays and I hate it

i think i had an extra shot but then my community service essay is crap

[slender citrus]

do they really take into account sibling legacy

[zenith flame]

not really but uk I think there's a slight edge (not sure tbh but yeah)

the imp thing is i messed it up

[slender citrus]

how do you know you messed up

[zenith flame]

the fact that i could just show it you and get feedback but it's so embarrasing that I don't think I can even send it over

i made like last minute changes and it just got worse

[tough eagle]

I quite like it

[tough eagle]

You can ask if you could send in a new essay that better represents you

I know a friend that did it with Yale

And they accepted it

[zenith flame]

i literally have a cliche quote as a hook, that doesn't doesn't even do the job

[zenith flame]

wouldn't that present me as indecisive and careless?

😵‍💫

[tough eagle]

I mean would you take that risk

Of allowing yourself to show you in a better light?

[zenith flame]

what if it backfires or smthing

[zenith flame]

hmm gonna think about it. thanks for the suggestion though 🙂

but like in general, Princeton kinda looks for imagery-rich, hooky and like reflective essays and my essay is too far from that

it's just one 250 word thing but then there certainly are thousands with a better essay 🤧

[tough eagle]

Honestly the worst they can say is no

And if you don’t get it that’s ok because so do most people

[zenith flame]

your giving me the confidence to submit a new one now

[tough eagle]

LEZGOOO

[zenith flame]

is it normal to just change up my whole significant activity/service though lol

[zenith flame]

oh btw congrats on Purdue, @slender citrus too ✨

[tough eagle]

Thanks!

[slender citrus]

ehhhhhh i mean it can't be that bad

[slender citrus]

thank you 🫶

[polar moss]

doesnt really matter

[zenith flame]

ae you sure? 🤧

[zenith flame]

definitely worse than everything else on my apps

[polar moss]

yes

it literally doesnt say they care about sibling legacy anywhere

[zenith flame]

yeah makes sense lol

atleast i won't have the guilt on missing out on my extra privilege now; my essay definitely gonna look bad anyway so guess it's the end for me

[solemn kiln]

well i know a good chunk applying to pton

from my school

and they're all going to have to submit the same assignment or something similar

because my curriculum is very rigid after all there's not many assignments persay

[uneven bloom]

Ah I gotcha

[thorny viper]

It helps a little bit if you apply early and really spend time on the application

[zenith flame]

wow I did none lol

game over hehe

[cedar hound]

what about grad student legacy

both my parents went to pton grad school and idk if they will care at all about that but 🙏

[thorny viper]

i'm pretty sure that counts

[hollow stump]

i got my alum interview today

[rose lava]

period

[quaint parcel]

Interview confirmed for 1/28

[crystal falcon]

WOOOO GL

[quaint parcel]

thanks 😭 let’s hope I’m not so nervous this time

[crystal falcon]

U GOT IT

EXPERIENCE NOW

im just gonna blab

i fr applied bc of the movie "a cinderella story"

[quaint parcel]

same

[crystal falcon]

NO WAY

sam got me good

[quaint parcel]

OMG I REMEMBER THIS MOVIE!!

[crystal falcon]

FIRE

THEY BOTH WENT TO PEINCETON

[quaint parcel]

YES

It was a big reason as to why I applied lol

just for fun lmao, app done the day of 🤭

[crystal falcon]

REALL

im gonna have to research again tho for these intwrviews 😭

[quaint parcel]

Same lol it’s amazing how u can write college essays and still not know much about the school

[crystal falcon]

yea i didnt retain the information fr 😭

read sm stuff about diff colleges

[quaint parcel]

So true

[brazen crow]

academic interests/papers/classes you enjoyed in school

[tall dome]

what form

[pliant moat]

thanks!

[maiden creek]

Hey guys, what were some Princeton interview questions?

[orchid axle]

depends on your interviewer

[summer spruce]

i have my interview on thursday so i'll put what questions i got on here

[ancient jungle]

yeah i got my interview coming soon

kinda nervous

is it like a big part of the process or nah

and is it given out like based on competitiveness or do they just try to give it to as many people as possible?

[fierce river]

for princeton, its availability based and as many as possible

[fierce river]

generally small but with holistic something very positive they say could help

[solemn kiln]

do they generally give an interview to intls

[fierce river]

idk, but all availability based

[solemn kiln]

i see

[orchid axle]

I’m intl and i was interviewed for rea

[tough eagle]

Same got interviewed REA for intl and so did my classmate

[solemn kiln]

wb rd

[tough eagle]

idk i dont think a lot of people in my school RDed princeton

but like if you have alumni near you and they are available youll get an interview. if not it wont hurt lol

youll be fine regardless

[solemn kiln]

🙏

thanks for the re affirmation

prolly don't have any alumni near me lol

nobody wants to live in this dump ass town

[sour gulch]

Intl here, did get an interviewer

He is a pton grad residing where I am, so yeah, prolly availability based

[proud brook]

guys until when does princeton have these interviews? Lik is there a possibility of it being late feb or stuff.

[thorny viper]

yes

[charred elbow]

i got 2 princeton interviews ? 😭

[tawny jewel]

schedule them at the same time same place

double down

[tardy fiber]

I got an interview or at least Princeton said I did.

I haven't gotten any information from my interviewer yet

[uneven bloom]

Best of luck with your interviews y'all

[quaint parcel]

is interview evaluative??

[quaint parcel]

guaranteed admit

[near vapor]

If you get an interview does that mean you’re guaranteed not auto filtered out

[brazen crow]

no

the pton interviews are more for alumni than they are for applicants anyway i've heard

lmao

[near vapor]

Oh lol thanks

[uneven bloom]

mostly everyone gets an interview regardless of being "auto filtered out"

[cosmic crater]

SOMEONE FROM MY SCHOOL GOT AN INTERVIEW AND I DIDNT WTF.

[polar moss]

hi💀

[brazen crow]

gtfo ❌

i have 0 expectations about getting in here might as well help other ppl 😭

[polar moss]

how are you going to help other kids as an applicant

blud thinks she’s limmytalks

[brazen crow]

what no

he just asked what interview questions other ppl got

and what my interviewer told me

im not claiming to know any better lmao

[polar moss]

im playing😭

[tough eagle]

nah fuck limmy man

[polar moss]

what did bro do

did he get cancelled

[tough eagle]

Nah bro

[tough eagle]

Tbf it’s not him it’s all the fake submission he gets

[polar moss]

LMFAOO i think theyre funny ok

good entertainment when im fucking around on my phone

[manic jay]

No

Pton interviews are 100 percent availability

[charred elbow]

theyre recruiting me fr

[quaint parcel]

they examined ur app and are sending u the likely likely letter

[charred elbow]

an ao is on their way to my house rn to personally talk to me

[quaint parcel]

they walked from pton to ur house and are personally telling u ur accepted

[tough eagle]

He gon die before he arrives bruh

[charred elbow]

thats crazy

[charred elbow]

theyre gonna send me a tiger and everything

[thick seal]

a real tiger damn

[wooden thistle]

how importante es el interview O.o?

[uneven bloom]

Not that important but you still want to do well

[fervent knoll]

I got an inverview

yaye

[tough eagle]

yippee

[fervent knoll]

I think there are ppl here who has already had their interviews here

do they ask things based on your supp essays

[cunning vortex]

it will never be directly from what u wrote for ur supp essays bc they dont have access to ur application

most likely theyll ask u abt ecs that mean a lot to u

[fervent knoll]

thats slightly better

I kinda looked back to my supps and realized I wrote about doing something I actually never grasped why it worked

and you know, kinda, doing stuff without knowing why it is is worse than doing it with that in mind, etc

[cunning vortex]

a lot of my qs revolved around whys and hows about my most meaningful ec in addition to why pton (and ofc the "tell me a bit abt yourself"

[cunning vortex]

oh haha yeah dw abotu it 😂

[fervent knoll]

my major why pton was for the BA why major essay on the top section lmao lmao

there is kinda nothing more for why pton, I mean, imagine going to pton not for academics

[cunning vortex]

that's totally fair

[fervent knoll]

(I am not a recruited athlete for the record)

[cunning vortex]

whens ur interview?

[fervent knoll]

they didn't give me a date

they just emailed me that there is a date

[cunning vortex]

ah ur setting one up

[fervent knoll]

and they emailed the other "guy" which is the interviewer

I even set up a linkedIn account just to looked at that person's linkedin and got nothing

other than the fact that he/she is from...princeton lmao

[cunning vortex]

LOL

no basically same here

[fervent knoll]

what does this mean

this is the first one I have gotten

[cunning vortex]

coz i stalked my interviewer and all i got was that she was pton '98 or smth

[cunning vortex]

oh i just meant that you'll be setting the date for the interview haha

[fervent knoll]

how do I set it

the email is from the ao office

it is forwarded to me the applicant and the interviewer (which should be in the same timezone, I am intl)

and the interviewer did not respond just of yet

[cunning vortex]

did they give u a link where u can book a slot?

oh if they didnt mention anything then nvm

[fervent knoll]

they did not

they did offer me the asc email

[cunning vortex]

i think for interviews it's usually they give u a link and u can book a time or the interviewer directly emails u and asks for ur most convenient time

[fervent knoll]

which is kinda useless

[cunning vortex]

gotcha

[fervent knoll]

I am kinda scared cuz I never told my school I am applying here so now I have to take time off for an interview for their record shouldn't even exist in the first place

they have no slot links

do they have those on the portals

[cunning vortex]

oh wait did your counselor not send a transcript or anything

[fervent knoll]

mid year or what

they just sent it via common app

[cunning vortex]

dw about it i'm sure your teachers will understand if u have to do a pton interview

[cunning vortex]

then ur school should automatically know that u applied

[cunning vortex]

nah

dw about it theyll let you choose a convenient time for u to interfview

[fervent knoll]

wow okay

hats off to them I guess

but my finals are just done so idk how it is even possible to send a transcript now, I mean, they must have hands of fire to grade it that fast

[cunning vortex]

theyll report it when ur grades are finalized

hm that reminds me i need to email my counselor to send my mid yr report

[fervent knoll]

do they have to send it manually to each 1 or

common app only

[cunning vortex]

uhh im not sure i think it depends on what platform ur school uses

for example our school uses maialearning so from my understanding my counselor has a list of all my RD schools

and she can send my mid yr report by clicking this one button or smth

[sharp rover]

Ok at least your interviewer isn't '64.

like bro lived when Hitler was still alive.

[cunning vortex]

LMFAOOO

64?????

[sharp rover]

YES LOL.

😂

[cunning vortex]

Boiii

How did it go??

[sharp rover]

I haven't had the interview yet 😭.

[cunning vortex]

Omg good luck on it 🤩

[tardy fiber]

I got offered a Princeton interview, or at least Princeton emailed me saying that an interviewer is goign to reach out

[summer spruce]

aight guys i got the princeton interview in like an hour hope this goes well

[wooden thistle]

no

had my interview yday

[amber sphinx]

were there any curveballs

[thorny viper]

people who think only certain applicants get an interview are crazy 💀

“omg guys I hate to brag but I got an interview request, anyone else???”

like you’re not “offered” an interview, it’s like the default thing everyone gets one

[rose lava]

lmfao bye

when 99.99999999% get offered an interview

[tardy fiber]

Sorry if it wasn't directed me, but considering I was the most recent one to specifically say "offered" I assume so

[prime nexus]

felt

like i’m a different level

i have a princeton interview on saturday!

i hear they actually give them out quite frequently, they try to give them out to everyone apparently

[tardy fiber]

Most of them do try to give one to everyone.

Though living in an area like mine, it's kind of difficult. I will never get an in person interview which is kinda disappointing. All of mine will 100% be virtual unless someone flys out here just for interviewing or has family here.

I had to claw my way to an MIT interview lol

[wooden thistle]

no

he didnt even ask why princeton

[tardy fiber]

rip

[wooden thistle]

he just flexed abt how his clasmates in high school became super famous ppl nowadays like the youngest putnam winner and shi

it was one of the best high schools in the nation too

lol

[tardy fiber]

I feel like "why (university)" is the one question every student prepares to answer

[prime nexus]

you can always implement it somehow even if they don’t ask

[fervent knoll]

how did you guys do your why princeton potential question

especially stem majors

i just wanna opinions, like the more rounded the better obv

[brazen crow]

wanna dm

lol

i can send mine

[fervent knoll]

wait you are in that other server

wait it is you

[fervent knoll]

^

the answer is yes

[brazen crow]

yes lmfaooo

bet

[summer spruce]

had my interview, it was great

i was only asked two questions ("tell me about yourself" and "what do you want to get out of your college experience") and then i asked questions and we talked for the rest of the time

it was super chill and my interviewer was nice

[wooden thistle]

i mean i think by just being urself...given that u are naturally a good fit for pton...they'll vouch for u bc they know the school culture

[prime nexus]

ok so you’re basically saying the same thing 😭 what’s the point of the dotting

[wooden thistle]

no

im talking abt just being urself

ur talking abt deliberate insertation of the why school

[prime nexus]

well at the end of the day you have 30 minutes to show how you’re a good fit and i think that’s a good way to do it

you don’t have to take my advice i’m not an expert

[fierce river]

princeton and columbia doesnt have midyear report show up in the portal, but yet their sites still say required, so the fact that the portal doesnt show it doesnt mean anything right

[cunning vortex]

nah idts

[fierce river]

wdym so midyears still required right

[cunning vortex]

midyrs still required but not showing up on ur portal doesnt mean anything

theyll prob put smth out there soon

some schools have finals that end in jan so maybe that's part of the reason

[fervent knoll]

idk what is going on anymore

the interviewer is class of 2023 which sounds really good

[cunning vortex]

wait omg that's actually rlly exciting

since theyre not much older than u

and u can ask about how pton is like currently !!

[fervent knoll]

sounds good

can

can't believe I am finally trying to pick an outfit for myself

since I just mailed my suit back to my other home where I anticipated it will collect dust until graduation and prom

[fervent knoll]

ikr

[cunning vortex]

🙏

[proud brook]

Actually what sort of outfit should you wear? Casual, formal, semi-formal?

[cunning vortex]

semi formal

business casual is the way to go

[urban sinew]

Polo + khakis is good

[thorny viper]

I wore a suit without a tie

[fervent knoll]

am I expected to stand up if it is online

cuz my pants look ass

(not in the good way)

they have anime girls lmfao

[tough eagle]

what no

do you stand up in a zoom meeting?

[fervent knoll]

makes sense

so that's a no for the question and a yes for me

[quaint parcel]

talked ab why pubic policy, the spia department, and studying corruption in kenya

[wet pilot]

Formal would be hilarious. Imagine showing up in a prom dress or tux

[fervent knoll]

I bought a buttoned shirt downstairs for 20$

it is safe to say I cannot laugh at "I'm not gay but 20$ is 20$ memes"

[fervent knoll]

it was 80% off 💀

[wet pilot]

That's just smart

[fervent knoll]

I mailed my suit to my other home because I thought the semester is over so I won't be needing it anymore

and the next day

boom

interview!

[wet pilot]

That's how it always works. I did two military academy/ROTC interviews in a cheerleading outfit because of scheduling issues with my interviewers lol

[rose lava]

What you wear doesn't matter that much

I'd suggest like a casual button-down shirt/polo and khakis/chinos

a suit sounds way too try-hard

[thorny viper]

Hey I have math major stereotypes to beat 💀

I think my sister wore a suit to her pton interview too, idk maybe it was overkill in hindsight

[thick seal]

i feel like beating the math major stereotypes is just dressing like an english major though

are suits not math major stereotype

[thorny viper]

No, math majors don’t really…have good fashion sense (and it’s totally by choice too lol)

Or math professors, idk it’s just a thing

[rose lava]

my princeton interview was a phone call that also got cut off several times

oh god i come back to this school tomorrow 💀

oh well at least i get to cuss out PICScIE in person for the amount of choking their supercomputers have been doing 🙄

[urban sinew]

I disagree

You and Lucas are very well dressed

[rose lava]

lucas dresses like a professor

[orchid axle]

is wintersession mandatory guys?

[rose lava]

no 😭

i am home and will be until like the day before classes start 🙏

[orchid axle]

What is wintersession actually about tho

[thorny viper]

Hence why I said that I try to break the stereotype lol

[urban sinew]

Ah I see

[thorny viper]

You just stay on campus and do activities

[tribal spear]

my pton interviewer is setting the interview like 20 days from now is this normal?💀

[rich kelp]

Don’t overthink it they’re probably just busy

[tough eagle]

Same but Cornell

[rich spindle]

i set mine to be like feb 10th dw lol

[rose lava]

Cornell is a glorified info session you’re fine

[fervent knoll]

just finished with my pton interview

we talked for

62 minutes

[sour gulch]

Damn

[fervent knoll]

it is funny that I have 31 questions prepared and managed to ask only 8

I kinda overprepared the night before

though going to sleep at 3 in the morning isn't the best of choices

I almost fell asleep until the interview

[pale sonnet]

don’t worry, maybe they are traveling

[fervent knoll]

my first email was like "this guy will contact you in the next several weeks" and then the next one was like in 6 hrs like "hey do you wanna do it tomorrow or the day after that"

I picked tomorrow

now done

[tribal spear]

nah thats good tho atleast its over with

mine is having me talk to his assistant and theres still no date confirmed and its been a week since he first reached out💀

[orchid axle]

I had to deal with this too for rea round

Very slow response rates

Are you intl btw?

[tribal spear]

yup

[rose lava]

are you from jps by any chance

[remote mist]

how important is this guy that he has an assitant? 😭

the undergraduate office emailed me saying I should hear something from my interviewer soon buts it been like a week]

[crystal falcon]

just finished my interview

[tribal spear]

he the founder of some finance firm or smth😭

[tardy fiber]

Do you guys think it is weird that I answered my princeton interviewer email back within 10 minutes? lol

[dusty meteor]

no

[maiden creek]

does getting positive feedback on an interview boost an application at all? or do they not care abt interviews at all

[sharp rover]

I mean only case where I would wait is my case where I got emailed at 1:30am and then I waited till like 8pm to email him back (not gonna respond at 2am and I tried to show that I cared about his sleep schedule cuz of timezones).

[tardy fiber]

If your interview goes really well then yeah it boosts it

[maiden creek]

oh good i thought they didnt care abt it whatsoever

[prime nexus]

boy, when i say i replied THE SAME MINUTE

also guys princeton interview in an hour, wish me luck!

[tardy fiber]

GOOD LUCK

YOU GOT THIS

[maiden creek]

gl dont sweat it its so casual and chill

[tardy fiber]

what did/are you guys wearing

[prime nexus]

thank you! i’m great tbh, this is my third interview and honestly i haven’t been nervous so far!

[maiden creek]

awesomeee

[prime nexus]

ok i’m wearing this cute cross print jeans, with a white button down

and some business casual shoes

[tardy fiber]

i'm going to wear a suit you guys think that's overkill?

[maiden creek]

totally fine imo

[prime nexus]

a little bit

go with business casual, can’t go wrong!

[tardy fiber]

conflicting opinions

[prime nexus]

but they honestly don’t judge on appearance or aren’t supposed to

[maiden creek]

honestly do whatever ur more comfortable in they wont judge u on wearing business casual or a suit lool

[tardy fiber]

i feel like business casual is conveyed better in person

[prime nexus]

i mean as long as you aren’t showing up in just shorts or something with a tee shirt then it’s ok

[maiden creek]

literally yea

[prime nexus]

you’re still showing you care which is good

[tardy fiber]

you right

[sharp rover]

I'm actually gonna show up with a suit and tie to my second interview.

and in pyjamas to my first 😎.

||totally not cuz my first interview is on telephone||

[tardy fiber]

First interview?

[sharp rover]

yeah.

Yale.

[tardy fiber]

oh why is it over hte phone?

[sharp rover]

Let's just say my interviewer lived WWII.

[tardy fiber]

oh ok

Mine is Monday

Over Google Meet

[sharp rover]

😭

I envy you.

[manic jay]

Mine is feb 10

[urban sinew]

My interviewer was at Princeton during WW2 💀

[sharp rover]

LOL NO WAY 😂.

[manic jay]

Wtf

1941-1945?

[urban sinew]

'44

[manic jay]

They were born in 1922?

Your interviewer was 100 years old?

[sharp rover]

LOL why did you not wish them a happy 100th birthday?

[urban sinew]

my guy was literally 100 yea

[tardy fiber]

NAH FR?

[urban sinew]

yea

[prime nexus]

princeton interview went great!

[late pollen]

wtf

bro is a relic holy cow

amazing

[rich kelp]

thats crazy

i think my MIT guy was 80 or so
my princeton interviewer was a pretty young journalist

[solemn kiln]

yo wtf

that sounds insane

[dusky thorn]

I mean if princeton alumni arent successful, what’s the point 💀

[tough eagle]

surely they only accept successful alumni as interviewers

[tardy fiber]

bruh

Success can be defined in many different ways

[tough eagle]

precisely

but not in the eyes of the princeton admissions committee

like imo if you have a healthy marriage and financial stability you are good

but your interviewee wont know that

[dusky thorn]

Yeah I know but there is obviously a correlation between ivy grads and financially successful people 🤷‍♂️

[tardy fiber]

Yah

They’re gonna get high paying jobs

Doesn’t mean every interviewer has to be the founder of a successful tech startup

[manic jay]

isnt harvard average starting salary 70k

its def also major dependent

journalism major isnt gonna make the same as a cs major

[dusky thorn]

Yeah

[tardy fiber]

MIT CS starting salary is 180k lol

[manic jay]

thats mit + cs so yea makes sense

[solemn kiln]

idk bro, i've seen failures from ivies when people get in through "donations" or in general legacy

[manic jay]

cmu cs is also high

[tardy fiber]

Princeton CS gotta be high too

[solemn kiln]

pton takes the 2nd most legacy candidates after harvard does btw

[solemn kiln]

the highest you mean

[manic jay]

what is it

[solemn kiln]

isn't cmu cs the best in the world

[tardy fiber]

no

[manic jay]

mit, stanford

its t3

tho

[manic jay]

are u a cs major

[tardy fiber]

yes

[solemn kiln]

cmu has a whole ass different program that they teach tho

[dusky thorn]

Yeah just saying that most of the alums are probably successful so we shouldn’t be surprised to see them in interviews

[tough eagle]

bet ill transfer my ass over

[manic jay]

school of computer science

scs

[solemn kiln]

yeah

i know

[tardy fiber]

doesn’t mean they’re the best

MIT ranks above them consistently

[manic jay]

1. mit 2. stanford 3. cmu

[solemn kiln]

hmm well they def have the most modern methods

[manic jay]

is my ranking

[tardy fiber]

mit more modern

[manic jay]

whats the top 5 or top 10 cs schools in ur opinion

[solemn kiln]

how come bro

[tardy fiber]

innovation starts and ends with MIT

[tough eagle]

do yall know about Princeton MAE starting salary

[tough eagle]

fr

[tardy fiber]

MIT Stanford cmu

[solemn kiln]

mit stanny cmu berkeley and then for 5th it's uiuc/gt/cornell

[tough eagle]

gtech mentioned!

[solemn kiln]

gt is pretty fucking insane ngl

def hypsm level for most engineering and for cs

[tardy fiber]

Caltech 4

[solemn kiln]

like they consistently rank t5 for most engineering courses

[solemn kiln]

way too specialised of a school

[tough eagle]

hell yea honestly id pick gtech over cornell and nu for mecheng

[tardy fiber]

Cornell 5

[solemn kiln]

it's t10 but not t5

[tardy fiber]

caltech cs is insane

[solemn kiln]

def is that's why i said t10

but caltech is a primarily research institution bro

[tardy fiber]

better than uic

[solemn kiln]

nope

[tardy fiber]

yes

[solemn kiln]

their focus isn't teaching, it's world class research

most people there are phd students or researchers

[tardy fiber]

lol

[solemn kiln]

if it's purely undergrad then uiuc cs ranks consistently above caltech

caltech >> uiuc as an institution tho

[solemn kiln]

you can argue all you want but doesn't change this fact

[tardy fiber]

I mean, you have to think, do research projects require CS?

[solemn kiln]

why do you think such little people apply to caltech mate

[solemn kiln]

depends on the type of research you're conducting

[solemn kiln]

and why they have the least yield out of any t20 school

[tardy fiber]

every single research project requires software

[solemn kiln]

it's like

46%

[tardy fiber]

that’s due to rigor

[solemn kiln]

where'd you pull this from btw

[solemn kiln]

okay then why does hypsm have a way higher yield rate

close to double

they are all extremely rigorous

and caltech is equal in quality asw

[urban sinew]

Ivy prestige

[solemn kiln]

wanna see it

[solemn kiln]

bro caltech is arguably more prestigious than 6/8 ivies

😭

[urban sinew]

Also caltech is a pretty bad fit for a lot of people