Princeton University (2023-2024)

[sage juniper]

-oml

whats wrong with you

just answer the question man

[rich narwhal]

it prob doesn't mean anything

[sage juniper]

-okay but did it happen to anyone else?

i just need people to relate

[hollow stump]

A magician spell was cast on your portal

[sage juniper]

It's probs them updating the portal for the next decision thing but it's good to know that the same is happening to others rt?

[hollow stump]

Poof and then it went away

[sage juniper]

omg who are you istg

[hollow stump]

It just means theyre looking at it now and u cant change it

No one here knows exactly

But it cant mean much

Maybe theyre making a decision or going to

[sage juniper]

i hope it doesn't mean much :/

[hollow stump]

Doesnt seem like a good indicator of acceptance or rejection

[sage juniper]

true

[hollow stump]

And if u wrre rejected its not like they just throw the letter away

They look at it either way

[sage juniper]

... yeah that would be a little harsh!

thanks 🙂

also did you apply reg?

[hollow stump]

Yes

So i dont have a deferral letter

[sage juniper]

what major did you apply for?

[hollow stump]

Astrophysics

So im not confident

[sage juniper]

Oooo but thats cool

[sage juniper]

im sure you'll be fine man

[pale sonnet]

mine is still showing @tough eagle urz?

[sage juniper]

NO WAY

this is it... byebye princeton T_T

[pale sonnet]

No don’t panic maybe it has nothing to do with decisions

[sage juniper]

hopefully!

[pale sonnet]

Lets see if @tough eagle answers or someone else who got deferred REA

[sage juniper]

yep

[pale sonnet]

@sand crane congratulations on getting into Yale 🎊!!!…Did your Pton def letter disappear from your portal?

[void talon]

mine disappeared as well

[vital sun]

Does Princeton give out likely letters

I’m cooked for cs anyways but yeah

[peak laurel]

when do they finish looking at apps?

[tough eagle]

Lemme check

mine is gone too @pale sonnet @sage juniper

victoria is your letter still there?

[rose lava]

idts except for athletes

[pale sonnet]

my letter is not there anymore

[tough eagle]

Ah ok

[sage juniper]

so ig its a general update?

[narrow lotus]

https://gradschool.princeton.edu/sites/g/files/toruqf846/files/Slate Basic User Navigation for Reader.pdf

i think this is how applications are read

[thorn fable]

is there an equivalent of the harvard reading procedure for princeton or other colleges

[crisp socket]

Idts

[safe oasis]

!IVYday

[ripe ibex]

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[static mica]

anybody know how concentrations work for engineering @ princeton?

[outer shadow]

!IVYday

[ripe ibex]

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[wheat monolith]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[tough eagle]

The end is near

[crisp socket]

Say this in 16 days

[tough eagle]

What’s your 1A

[crisp socket]

Berkeley

[tough eagle]

Bruh I could only DREAM

[crisp socket]

Nah

You’ll get in too

[tough eagle]

Nuh uh I did MET

[crisp socket]

Why did u do that to urself 😢

[tough eagle]

Self hatred

[crisp socket]

[safe oasis]

whats MET

[tough eagle]

Management entrepreneurship and technology

Basically engineering and business program

[safe oasis]

is that a hard major to be accepted for?

[tough eagle]

One of the hardest in my opinion

I heard it’s sub 1%?

[safe oasis]

what the hell

[safe oasis]

ive literally never heard of this major until now

why is it so competitive

[tough eagle]

I don’t know

I guess because business and engineering are both very sought after degrees at Berkeley

[safe oasis]

you got accepted at berkely for it tho

princeton doesnt have a specific seat capacity for any major i dont think so you just gotta impress them with your personality

[crisp socket]

it's a specialized program by berkeley

v v competitive

bcs many cracked ass ppl applied for this

i think it's a startup pipeline

[safe oasis]

ah; so its inherently a tough program then im guessing

[crisp socket]

mhm

[safe oasis]

good luck sir

Godspeed

[tough eagle]

Thank you

[thorn fable]

how do i send in an update to princeton

[tough eagle]

Email?

[wheat monolith]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[meager mango]

Portal

[cosmic crater]

Portal or email either is fine

[swift dust]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[shut kindle]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[amber sphinx]

Chill it’s not coming any faster

[crisp socket]

!mit

[ripe ibex]

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[crisp socket]

woah it's p darn close

[rose lava]

why isn't it princesston

[cosmic crater]

Stop I thought that was Ivy day and I was so confused

[narrow obsidian]

princeton, coquette version 🌸🎀💖

[tough eagle]

when is my suffering going to end

[manic jay]

Never

In terms of worrying abt princeton, march 28

[rose lava]

[rose lava]

i know a good way to end it

[low niche]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[low niche]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[wheat monolith]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[crisp socket]

Istg this thread has transformed into a notification hub 😭

[fresh light]

how come princeton is a "cult"

[wheat monolith]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[tulip moth]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[cosmic crater]

15 DAYS

how do we feel chat

[wintry turtle]

I’m chillin like a Dylan

[hollow jewel]

Don’t have high expectations or else you’ll be disappointed is my mentaity

[wintry turtle]

Same

[hardy tartan]

my fav strat rn is nonchalance

open ur decision while ur doing chores or walking somewhere

and pretend like it’s some tiny thing

so even if u get rejected u just put ur phone away and move on

[final abyss]

15 days

[narrow obsidian]

uhm couldn’t tell you, but at least it seems like a subset of prospectives are avid users of !ivyday…

[quiet echo]

It’s not 👍

[nova obsidian]

eating club supremacy

[tough eagle]

im going to kms

:D

pain and suffering

[narrow obsidian]

no jamie dont do it

[tough eagle]

aw

but no princeton acceptance

https://tenor.com/view/angai313-spongebob-sad-spongebob-crying-gif-21679826

[crisp socket]

No(t yet)

[swift dust]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[narrow lotus]

is mental health bad at princeton compared to other ivies

[modern arch]

so we all saw that one video

[wheat monolith]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[urban onyx]

it was pretty sad tbh I remember watching his reaction video a few years back when i was in 8th grade

if you’re talking abt Quon Howery

[modern arch]

damn yeah i was talking ab him

ig whatever he said is true for a lot of unis

[urban onyx]

I think the grade deflation specifically is to blame bc at some of the more chill t20s/ Ivies with grade inflation people i’ve heard really enjoy their time

[modern arch]

definitely the hyper competitive environment must make it worse

[nova obsidian]

so thats why brown students are the happiest 😂

[cunning vortex]

isnt there like

no gpa at brown or smth

[hollow jewel]

Yea

[safe oasis]

0_o

[gaunt shuttle]

i thought cornell was the bad one lmaoo

[prime nexus]

oh my

[rose lava]

according to upenn's most depressed student bodies ranking, princeton is the least out of all the ivies

https://humansofuniversity.com/university-life/top-50-colleges-with-the-most-depressed-student-bodies/

https://seaswellness.seas.upenn.edu/research/

so technically, the least depressed ivy is princeton

according to upenn

[odd oracle]

why is upenn #1

[narrow obsidian]

they wanna be #1

like win

[rose lava]

they stay on top 😰

[near vapor]

Fuck MIT to Princeton we go!

[quiet echo]

Wharton students

[final abyss]

UVA shockingly high

And Emory

And UChicago too low

[rose lava]

Most of the people I know at Columbia do not like it

Especially the social environment

I do think Princeton has a lot of mental health issues but idk if we are any worse than other ivies

[quiet echo]

Cause NYC mid fr

[rose lava]

SAD really hits different when you aren’t in a city though Princeton in the winter kinda sucks

[quiet echo]

SAD?

[rose lava]

seasonal affective disorder

[quiet echo]

Ohh

[rose lava]

I just feel like the weather has a much bigger impact on my mood in Princeton than in dc

Excited for spring. 😍

[quiet echo]

Haha same

Imma be @ Princeton the 9th

[rose lava]

Preview?

That’s crazy I can’t believe it’s been a year since I did my preview

It’s really fun, you should try to be as outgoing as possible you could make a lot of friends

[quiet echo]

Yup

[quiet echo]

That’s my goal

Imma be there 8th and 9th actually

[cunning vortex]

how cold does it actually get in nj..

[quiet echo]

It snows so below freezing, hope that helps!

[cunning vortex]

😭 aaaa

[hollow jewel]

depends

like today was pretty warm

in the winter it can get p cold

but like around mid feb it starts to get better

after march its usually pretty nice weather

[quiet echo]

@hollow jewel you applied to pton right?

[hollow jewel]

ye

[quiet echo]

You getting in right?

[hollow jewel]

No

[quiet echo]

Yes*

[hollow jewel]

dont delude me

[verbal fable]

I remember reading about this thing called the "Upenn face" (I think?) which was like this fake smile and attitude upenn students often have as a result of stress and competition

[quiet echo]

Would I ever lie

[hollow jewel]

work hard play hard 🔥

[verbal fable]

Frfr

[hollow jewel]

you can be wrong tho

no one ever expects to get an ivy

especially RD

jus keep it real

high expectations and ull dissapoint urself

[verbal fable]

Okay but seriously that was kinda scary to read about. Like how bad/common is it that it's mentioned on the Wikipedia page

[quiet echo]

I’m always right

[narrow obsidian]

erm akshually i received likelies ✉️ to all 8 ivies and also had amazing interviews 🖥️. by the end of my interviews one of them got down on their knees 🧎 in awe of my greatness. i ran into an AO at a Starbucks and they started begging 🥺🙏🏼 me to attend and offered to get me my drink ☕️. i also cured several types of cancer 🧫🔬, including the one my best friend 👯‍♀️😭 had (wrote my common app essay on it), wrote a 300-page dissertation 📖, and my parents donated fifteen buildings 🏡 to each ivy. also all eight of my siblings 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 attended each ivy respectively. so some of us 🥱 are actually expecting to get in (and i thought i’d illustrate the message to get through to you normal people 🤓☝️).

(satire, obviously.)

[cunning vortex]

🔥 🤩

that's good to hear

[cunning vortex]

some children are in line to be adopted by your parents

[narrow obsidian]

akshually you need a 1700 SAT to get adopted 🤓🤓🤓 it would also help to be a member of MENSA

once again, satire. but it would be crazy to be from that kind of background because damn

[cunning vortex]

i have a 37 act does that coutn 😭

[narrow obsidian]

sniffs maybe if you also have a 5.0 gpa we’ll let it slide

[verbal fable]

40 is the cutoff, auto reject /s

[cunning vortex]

i have a 5.1 gpa 😊

[cunning vortex]

i checked again actually i have a 41 act 😊

[verbal fable]

Increases your chances from 0.1 to 0.2

/s of course

[cunning vortex]

🥺

[narrow obsidian]

do you have all the APs

because if you don’t my siblings will make fun of you

[cunning vortex]

yeah i got 6s on all of them too!

[narrow obsidian]

hmm okay my brother has a 10 in AP Mewing

the one who goes to princeton of course

[quiet echo]

That’s my dream school

[meager mango]

did he get the brainrot diploma by taking AP lookmaxxing as well?

[cunning vortex]

is that a new curriculum 😭

[narrow obsidian]

he didn’t have room in his schedule after AP Rizzics and AP Red 40 Maxxing but he’s earning straight A’s in his princeton looksmaxxing class

[narrow obsidian]

yeah he unlocked the secret AP Tiktok series after getting 10’s in all of the other ones

[cunning vortex]

did u know that i started the ap tiktok series

made some profit off of it too actually

wait oops college board is nonprofit 🤔

[narrow obsidian]

“nonprofit” but “very charging money” 💀 /srs

[narrow obsidian]

we like your style

[cunning vortex]

i have a very entrepreneurial mindset 😊

[narrow obsidian]

how long is your mewing streak

[meager mango]

That’s a shame, he really should have challenged himself with the harder APs like AP Ohio and AP Baby Gronk

Surprised he got into Princeton

[zenith flame]

[meager mango]

Ok Stanford is beckoning you

[cunning vortex]

i dont wanna share it bc i want to protect everyone else's egos 🙏

[cunning vortex]

wait funny story actually

[narrow obsidian]

thats what my sister (F6, harvard ‘26) did in hs! she also took AP Gyatt

[cunning vortex]

one of our family friends told someone else that i'll be going to stanford just today

like where did u get that from 😭 😭

[meager mango]

LOL at a certain point the schools blur together ig

[meager mango]

Wow, what a star pupil. AP Gyattenomics is not for the weak…

[cunning vortex]

my friend got a 10 on ap meowing

[narrow obsidian]

damn sounds like they have faith in you yay /srs

[cunning vortex]

😺

[meager mango]

Hardest foreign language AP fr

[narrow obsidian]

were they at the mewing showcase? where the top scorers get on a stage and mew for 24 hours straight

[cunning vortex]

yeah im pretty sure it was livestreamed

but they made the video unlisted 😖

[narrow obsidian]

naurr it’s okay tho if you get accepted into this highly selective community of motivated scholars and passionate learners where work and play come together and we search for truth, enlightenment, and knowledge, maybe my brother can teach you when he comes back for break (if he’s not busy at his job working for stanford admissions)

[cunning vortex]

how do i apply 😻

[narrow obsidian]

you go outside and touch some grass, and if you touch the one lucky blade of grass an application form will appear

you have 5 attempts and 30 seconds

[cunning vortex]

ill keep u updated 🌾

brb!!

[narrow obsidian]

have fun (don’t forget to think about “why us” ideas while you research!)

[thick seal]

ucla above uc berkeley is crazy

[wintry turtle]

food is better

and it doesnt smell like weed everywhere

[proud crest]

Yes, I confirm

[amber sphinx]

https://youtu.be/cjEcqYniNxs?si=QYDn5lkSz6Lg1i3t

This one ☠️

He even mentions Duke in it and how his sister is doing better there

But idk it’s just one persons experience

[crisp socket]

Isnt this a lil bit too subjective

Yeah

[amber sphinx]

Yea everyone has different environments where they thrive

Some under pressure

[crisp socket]

I wonder how much impact this gives to princeton admissions next cycle in particular

[amber sphinx]

Others like a more relaxed atmosphere

[amber sphinx]

Prob little to nothing

People will apply regardless

[crisp socket]

That’s me

Lol

And prolly most ppl in general

[amber sphinx]

I mean realistically majority of people applying have no expectations of getting in

So mental health isn’t even an issue

If u don’t even get in

☠️

[crisp socket]

True

[hollow jewel]

i mean id go duke

duke is peak academics + social life

[hollow jewel]

fr

[cosmic cobalt]

fr duke or Stanford

[hollow jewel]

honorable mention umich

[rose lava]

are you guys ready

[hollow jewel]

need richael here

to bring her energy

[zenith flame]

gimme a moment

[cosmic cobalt]

summon her

[hollow jewel]

this will do 😌

[rose lava]

she's actually so cool

[hollow jewel]

u were so cool last year too

u got like 3-4 ivies

last year in general i loved a2c 23

[thick seal]

bruh 💀 id be happy to get 1

[hollow jewel]

fr

[zenith flame]

fr

[quiet echo]

Fr

[hollow stump]

Fr

[thick seal]

[quiet echo]

youll get in maras

mars

youre smart

[hollow jewel]

fr

[quiet echo]

you too hawk

[thick seal]

i believe in hawk

[hollow jewel]

🫵

[summer spruce]

!ivyday

[ripe ibex]

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[summer spruce]

ruh roh

[narrow obsidian]

2 weeks fellas

[amber sphinx]

My backup rn 😂

If all else fails

[tough eagle]

when will my pain and suffering end

all i want

is the bragging rights of saying i go to an hypsm

[tough eagle]

thx cow i shall watch this video again to make myself feel better about my princeton rejection

[woven lantern]

helloo

[amber sphinx]

Dw I will too after march 28

[fresh light]

what college did she end up choosing?

[safe oasis]

sometimes i feel like i flunked my chances by opting not to do an interview + getting poorer grades in my midterms

in retrospect i shoulda done an interview but i just rly didnt wanna do one

plus my ECs arent all that rip

[halcyon spindle]

are interviews generally based on availability, like if you applied for it and didnt get it, is that fine

[crisp socket]

I think so yeah

[amber sphinx]

Does Princeton send likelies

Haven’t heard of anyone get one

[reef light]

they do, i think a few got theirs this cycle

from what i've seen

[formal hollow]

No if you dont interview, your submitted paper is worth 69x more. It better be so good that they want to ask you to meet the president

[urban onyx]

the rumor i’ve heard it’s almost exclusively recruited athletes that get them

[amber sphinx]

Oh okay

That’s what I read online as well

[urban sinew]

at worst like low 30s during the day

getting the whole month of january off is huge

honestly as long as you have a warm jacket it's really not that bad (coming from a california person)

[charred elbow]

💀

[dusty meteor]

No portal Astro

[quiet echo]

Bay Area Cali cold tolerance is better than Central Valley Cali cold tolerance tho 🤔

[urban sinew]

My cold tolerance wasn’t good but now it’s better

Also bro like I said if you get a really warm jacket then it doesn’t matter

You just won’t be cold

[narrow night]

harv I think

[quiet echo]

What schools did you apply to

[quiet echo]

Recommendations???

[quiet echo]

Ohh, the Princeton of Cambridge, got it

[urban sinew]

Ask an east coast person lol I don’t think I’m the best person to ask

[quiet echo]

But wouldn’t an east coast person be more biased since they feel less cold, and therefore don’t need as warm of a jacket?

🤔

[tardy fiber]

For warmth? Patagonia definitely

[urban sinew]

I don’t think so

They would still be more knowledgeable

[safe oasis]

I’m east coast and it really isn’t that cold
Although I think I’m proving your point by saying that

[quiet echo]

Is it expensive

I’m poor

[quiet echo]

Yes u are

It gets cold at like 60deg here

[tardy fiber]

Whats expensive to you? I’m also poor but it was a good investment imo

[quiet echo]

I’d be freezing my ass of

[quiet echo]

Like $100

[tardy fiber]

My down jacket was like $200 but they make a nano puff one for around $100

[quiet echo]

90+

[quiet echo]

Crazy

[safe oasis]

I’ve been fine at -3 Celsius with a hoodie and a jacket

[quiet echo]

East coast student alert

[dusty meteor]

Pton

[safe oasis]

I was born an eskimo

[quiet echo]

What other schools?

[urban sinew]

If you are going to spend money on something a jacket is very important

[quiet echo]

True…

[safe oasis]

Yeah forego the food
The jacket is where it’s at

[urban sinew]

Food is literally free

[quiet echo]

Perchance

[safe oasis]

Perchance

[quiet echo]

@urban sinew are you gonna take me to dinner when I come to preciew

[urban sinew]

You can’t just say perchance

Sure

[quiet echo]

Yayyy

[safe oasis]

I can
Perchance

[quiet echo]

:(

[urban sinew]

Im serious tho don’t try to get a cheap jacket

It’s not gonna end well

[safe oasis]

I feel like that’s a general rule for clothes

[quiet echo]

Ye I have a decently good jacket rn

[safe oasis]

Don’t try to thrift for something you plan to wear for a whole

[quiet echo]

Prolly will get another one at pton

[safe oasis]

While*

[quiet echo]

Facts

[urban sinew]

Probably $200-300 is good

[safe oasis]

I live international so excuse me if I’m out of the loop on this one but does a decent enough jacket generally cost $200+???

[urban sinew]

Honestly I am not the best person to ask because I don’t know that much

But from what I’ve heard yea

I’ve heard of $1400 Canada goose jackets

[dusty meteor]

rice, duke, tufts, emory, yale, hvd, brown, columbia, cornell, usc, penn

i got into others already

[safe oasis]

I read this as 400 and was like “that’s exorbitantly expensive” then realized I misread your text

Wtaf

[manic jay]

Rejected all

Accepted ballstate

Committed

To ballstate

🎉🎉

[dusty meteor]

?ban kvd22

does KVD stand for anything

im curious

[manic jay]

King Von Died

[rose lava]

Insane shif

Shit

My dad gave me some lands end jacket my grandparents got for him like 20 years ago and it is so good

So many kids at Princeton wear Canada goose though

[urban sinew]

yea it's so stupid

[quiet echo]

That’s try hard

[dusty meteor]

not reaches

still schools i like tho

[quiet echo]

Uh huh..

[quiet echo]

Nah that’s rich

I don’t got that kind of money fr

[urban sinew]

yea ofc nobody needs that

[rose lava]

It’s funny, because I really do not want to go back in

Two days that’s ridiculous

The way I have a math pset due immediately after too

[quiet echo]

That’s cooked

[rose lava]

Yeah, honestly I don’t even feel motivation to do those because they leave little feedback on whatever you get wrong lol

This is for multi variable btw I don’t think it’s always the same for other classes

[quiet echo]

Wth imma be burnt alive

[quiet echo]

Oh icic

[rose lava]

Calc two felt like they left a lot more feedback

[quiet echo]

Is calc 2 hard conceptually?

I still don’t know if I should skip calc 1 or not, to be engineering math classes

Since they req calc 2 right?

[rose lava]

Well, let’s just say over here they start with series first

Which I think is the most challenging part because that’s meant to be taught last anyways, I don’t know what they’re doing there

[quiet echo]

Start w/ Taylor series!?

[rose lava]

Yeah, you know nth term test geometric series alternating series all of it

[quiet echo]

Ahh ok

[rose lava]

Then they go through integration techniques after that

Then they do like polar coordinates, and first order differential equations stuff

[quiet echo]

Ooh ok

What’s your major?

[rose lava]

I just think you have to keep your head in the class, honestly and find a suitable professor, because some can’t teach despite their accolades

Computer science

[quiet echo]

That’s what I’m scared of lmao

[rose lava]

Or if your engineering major, you can just take the engineering based math

Which I heard its easier conceptually

[quiet echo]

Yk i was gonna go into COS BSE, but idk if should do cos or ECE

Because the market for cs rn is really bad, and ECE would give me more opportunities

[rose lava]

Yeah, you can decide that, you’ll be knocking out your engineering prerequisites anyways, so you’ll have leeway to make that decision

[quiet echo]

That was my goal, + smaller class sizes

[quiet echo]

Ye, hopefully Ik before I decide end of freshman year

Unless the market suddenly improves next year, ECE might be the move

[rose lava]

What if I told you?

For engineering, you have to decide your in April of your first year

[quiet echo]

April!?

I thought it was end of freshman year

😨

Oh wait ig end is may

[rose lava]

Honestly, looking back I probably would’ve done ECE too but I’m not necessarily using computer science for consulting and faang internships stuff, I’m using it more for Weather applications so it would be more irrelevant I guess

Yeah, it is the end of freshman year at that point lol

[quiet echo]

Oh that’s fair

Wait @rose lava should I take cos 126 freshman year, even if I take ECE?

[rose lava]

Definitely

[quiet echo]

I heard you should only take cs if you’re committed to cs

[rose lava]

Everyone takes cos 126

Probably the most taken Princeton course or one of them

[quiet echo]

Oh wth, ig google just lied

I’ll prolly just focus on prereqs freshman year + cos 126 and decide what I wanna major in by April

[rose lava]

Yeah idk exact specs for ece but if you do cos major and don’t like Java that much at first, probably take 217 next instead of 226

After 126

[quiet echo]

Ahh

Oh yea @rose lava what laptop do you use?

I’m thinking of getting a new one. Ik a lot of cs majors uses a mac, but Ik some people at ECE said that Mac’s aren’t really compatible with ECE

[rose lava]

It’s a dell w like 16 gb of memory and well ranked cpu and stuff

[quiet echo]

Hmm, dell might be the move

[rose lava]

Yeah if you’re on financial aid, when you get on campus you have like $3500 to use on electronic spending

I believe

Well actually you have up to that amount

It depends on how much outside scholarship money you have but it maxes out at 3500

[quiet echo]

Rip, I have like none

Tbffff, I was gonna apply to hella scholarships

But I got matched w/ qb and got lazy

Since I knew it would have been a full ride

💀

[vocal stone]

super late and random but how did everyone's princeton interviews go? mine was weird and i was asked two questions total

[uneven bloom]

Why would they start with series 😭😭

[quiet echo]

Bruh that’s what I’m saying

Cooked

[quiet echo]

It’s ok, interviews are mostly non evaluative fr

[torn bridge]

guys how much role does thegraded written paper play? like do they just skim a little over it or do they have another team take an analytic look at it

cause no way they can view the whole app + paper in 5-6min

like how is it evaluated

[rose lava]

The math department here is a

Department

Get unlucky enough and you’ll have some teacher walk out on your lecture for 20 minutes to take a phone call over a math seminar or something

I never went to that lecture again

[charred yew]

My interviewer had to be one of the most sweetest and bubbly person in the world. She was so nice!

[wintry turtle]

princeton math dept 😍 is all i can say

[rose lava]

I honestly think it’s more to confirm that the rest of your app was written by you if anything

[wintry turtle]

😂

if you're gonna fake that already it's easy to fake a graded paper

[rose lava]

I could be wrong though

Mine was a 5 paragraph ap lang essay

[torn bridge]

but like one is creative writing

the other is expository

so its SO different

like in the expository uu write with perfect vocabulary etc

[rose lava]

why did you submit a creative writing piece…

[torn bridge]

no i mean the rest of ur app

is creatvie writing

vs the gwp which is expository

[rose lava]

the supplements and personal essay are not creative writing

[torn bridge]

im not sure what ure considering as creative writing lmao

for me i mean u talk about ur life....u may have jokes inside...its more "fun/creative/descriptive" vs the formality of the gwp

where its like sending a letter to biden

or smth

[rose lava]

I would usually say creative writing is a narrative/story thing which is at least not how I responded to any of the essays

[torn bridge]

this holds at least

[torn bridge]

and this

i think (?)

[rose lava]

My paper was not like a letter to Biden either idk

But it wasn’t really a research paper at least not like the kind I’ve written at Princeton so far

I don’t think it was a lot more formal than the other writing I did for the app

[torn bridge]

mine was like a very formal school essay on a random english lesson topic

= completely different from princeton essay writing

[rose lava]

I think the graded written paper doesn’t matter too much though I wouldn’t sweat it

[thick seal]

oh ok bc i submitted an essay in which i used blatant sarcasm and dramatic language but only in the intro and conclusion

[silent ether]

mine was a APUSH essay 😅

[urban sinew]

All BSE ppl are required to take COS126

Also probably best to take 226 before 217

[quiet echo]

Ok, thanks for insight

[crimson belfry]

So intl ever get in without interview

[quiet echo]

Ye

[rose lava]

zizek

[humble barn]

guys if you had to arrange the difficulty of getting into CS programs of these schools (princeton cs, cmu cs, stanford cs, berkeley cs, mit cs) (from most to least difficult) (for an intl student), how would it go

[low niche]

Stanford and MIT probs the hardest

Stanford especially if u request financial aid

cuz they’re not need blind for intl

[humble barn]

and if you dont would stanford be easier than cmu cs princeton cs etc?

[ancient jungle]

I think Stanford and CMU cs are probably close in terms of competitiveness but again I have no clue

[low niche]

not sure, too many factors

btw

like on feb 19 Princeton had contact with my counselor and he sent me one of the emails

which he wasn’t supposed to do

ever since then, when I’m sending emails regarding my application I’ve been answered by the same person my counselor has been corresponding with

[humble barn]

what did the email contain

[low niche]

a request to call

he didn’t know he wasn’t allowed to send me the emails

and ever since he doesn’t want to say what they’ve been corresponding about lol

probs cuz they saw I was in the CC when he replied and told him not to

but the same staff member has always been replying to my emails within hours

before applying this always took longer

just kind of a weird situation

[low niche]

and it was always a different person

[amber sphinx]

So nobody except recruited athletes get likelies?

[hollow umbra]

the way mit is down on the list

and it's mit

[remote mist]

don't they have one of the highest suicide rates though

[hollow umbra]

if they didnt wouldnt they be higher on the depression list

idk something in my head says there should be some correlation

[slender citrus]

UCLA💀💀💀💀 how😭

[rose lava]

this school terrifies me

[thick seal]

grade deflation

[slender citrus]

I thought that was berkeley?

[thick seal]

both

[slender citrus]

damn

so I have no good choices then

[manic jay]

bruh stop complaining

just go to ucla

its so much more fun

and better location

if u get instate bro

ucla is amazing

[slender citrus]

i know but I love the major at Berkeley

[manic jay]

i mean that makes sense fs

[slender citrus]

And like i wanna go somewhere to study journalism not a substitute :(

[manic jay]

and im not you

but with your vibes

[slender citrus]

im leaning LA though

[manic jay]

ucla>>

also youre prelaw

[slender citrus]

because courses are p good

[manic jay]

so at the end of the day

[slender citrus]

if i get regents it's a no brainer

[slender citrus]

yeah i know but journalism is so bae

[manic jay]

at berk?

[slender citrus]

LA

Didn't get at Berk

LA comes next week

[manic jay]

ok

what is regents

[slender citrus]

scholarship

And early access to course selection

And a network

[manic jay]

how much

[slender citrus]

Similar to honors

[slender citrus]

5k i think?

Not as much about the money as the opportunities

[manic jay]

do u get instate from the first year

[slender citrus]

idk UCLA fin aid and stuff comes later

But ideally i should

If no instate im going Berkeley

I can't do 75k lol

But if i got instate at Berkeley i should get at LA right😭

[manic jay]

true

[manic jay]

would u consider any of your RD over la/berk

if u get aid

i heard NU is #1 for journalism

[slender citrus]

stanford probs

[slender citrus]

if only they were #1 for aid😭

my main problem with my RDS is aid

the only affordable estimates are uchicago and stanford

[tough eagle]

my main problem is not getting in

[slender citrus]

and well one is already out

[slender citrus]

Yeah also that

[tough eagle]

im so cooked with UCs dawg not a single acceptance

[crisp socket]

how u doin Jamie

[tough eagle]

only berk and sb left for me

[tough eagle]

tired hbu

[crisp socket]

Sleepy

I feel drained

[thick seal]

i’m sorry dude

[manic jay]

apparently those estimates are innacurate

[slender citrus]

aww🫂

[manic jay]

for a lot of ppl

[slender citrus]

hopefully

wait

do you mean people get more or less

[manic jay]

in a bad way

[slender citrus]

oh😭

[crisp socket]

Yea

[slender citrus]

it's ok la/berk on top

[manic jay]

like their npc says less but they have to pay more

[tough eagle]

ik i wont get into berk and idc about sb so at the end of the day it doesnt really matter

[tough eagle]

can you afford berk/la

[slender citrus]

yeah this is why im mentally committing to la/berk

[slender citrus]

yes

[manic jay]

you have like 1.5 months to decide

[slender citrus]

instate

[tough eagle]

cuz i thought theyre quite stingy

oh nice

[thick seal]

purdue?

[slender citrus]

mm yeah

[tough eagle]

yea

[manic jay]

honestly its rlly impressive bc almost no one gets la and berk

[slender citrus]

i know but i don't see myself leaving California

I KNOW

I FS THOUGHT ID BE REJECTED LA

[manic jay]

bros brother is gonna get hella mad

[slender citrus]

EVERYBODY'S LIKE YOUR ONLY GET ONE

[crisp socket]

Bcs berk is not out yet?

[slender citrus]

fr

[manic jay]

she got in early

[crisp socket]

I know many ppl who get both

[slender citrus]

he keeps groaning

[manic jay]

they released some in february

dibbles

[slender citrus]

maybe I'll go la for his sake

[crisp socket]

Ik

[tough eagle]

im gon get rejected for both dawg

[slender citrus]

Dibbles got in in February😭

[manic jay]

yall llive in the bay?

[manic jay]

oh ok

nice

[crisp socket]

😂

[slender citrus]

yup

[crisp socket]

Thats my 1A

[manic jay]

i mean in past years

[slender citrus]

Dibbles what are your pronouns

[manic jay]

ppl say that

[manic jay]

did u apply ucla

[tough eagle]

bro i always thought you are intl

[crisp socket]

Hee/Hee

[crisp socket]

No

[tough eagle]

me fr

[crisp socket]

The only uc i applied to is berk

[tough eagle]

bro

what major again?

[crisp socket]

Uc app expensive man

Wtf

[slender citrus]

I live abroad

[tough eagle]

oh

[crisp socket]

Bio

[slender citrus]

i pay instate tuition

win win ngl

[tough eagle]

BRO IM SO JEALOUS

I WANT TO BE IN STATE

[slender citrus]

in my defence i didn't know i was instate 😭

[tough eagle]

bro

[crisp socket]

Uc app have no waivers

[tough eagle]

my parents keep complaining about how much i spent on app fees

[manic jay]

did u not have any EAs

[slender citrus]

pay cali instate tuition without having to undergo cali schools' competitiveness

[crisp socket]

No

[manic jay]

what RDs

[crisp socket]

Ivies, nyu, northwestie, vandy, jhu

Das it

[tough eagle]

bro

i dont wanna commit to purdue

i want princeton bro

[crisp socket]

Its not over jamiee

I want princeton too 😞 i want need blinds

[tough eagle]

is it possible to apply for aid after you get in princeton

[crisp socket]

Idk

[tough eagle]

fair

[crisp socket]

I heard that they’re quite stingy

But screw it

[tough eagle]

omg i applied nu as well

[crisp socket]

I need the decision first

[tough eagle]

fair enough

for nu right do you think its worth the extra money to attend nu over purdue for engineering

[crisp socket]

How much

[tough eagle]

assume 40k more

cuz im full pay and stuff

[crisp socket]

NU has a great name brand in general

Idk abt their engineering program

Purdue engineering is p solid

[tough eagle]

mhm

[crisp socket]

Maybe

NU if u can afford 😭

Idk im a prestige whore

[tough eagle]

fair

[slender citrus]

Probably not

You don't really need the name brand for stem

More about the skills

And Purdue eng is goated

[tough eagle]

oh

ic

[remote mist]

overcrowded, everything in LA is overpriced

[wheat echo]

Hi Princeton chat

[graceful spoke]

My teacher told me an ivy had called her regarding my grades but she doesn't want to tell me lol

[humble barn]

i have heard multiple people talk about princeton calling their counselor

do you think this could be done to all potential admits to confirm the things on their app?

[crisp socket]

Idts

[uneven bloom]

They tend to do that for REA applicants with regards to first quarter grades but not sure about RD

[crisp socket]

Do they have time for that lol

[uneven bloom]

since you already sent your mid year report, probably don't look too hard into it

[humble barn]

i mean not just grades maybe they could also be checking ecs

how big of an impact does the graded paper have on the app?

[woven lantern]

whats ur major

[humble barn]

because when i was submitting, i didnt have access to an amazing graded paper, so i sent a good but nothing too amazing paper

[crisp socket]

Bio

[woven lantern]

nice

[uneven bloom]

Word is that they just look to see if your writing is up to par for their standards, not heavily weighted

[uneven bloom]

Maybe, but in any case I woudn't worry about it because it's mostly impossible to tell if it means anything significant

[graceful spoke]

it wasnt my counselor tho

[slender citrus]

you'd say berkeley is better?

[rose lava]

princeton for the streets. Harvard for the sheets

[crisp socket]

😳

[quiet echo]

🤔

[slender citrus]

@shut lark

[shut lark]

Thanks!
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone here did the ISC/CBSE curriculum. I just found out that Princeton requires applicants to submit a graded written paper (from HS)--we don't have to write papers in the ISC/CBSE curriculum. What did you guys do?

[rose lava]

wrote a paper

told my teacher to grade it

problem solved

[shut lark]

I... don't think my teacher will

[rose lava]

they will if you ask calmly

[shut lark]

what was the paper even about

[rose lava]

it was about teaching and learning using non-verbal modes of communication

🐮

[shut lark]

can I dm you?

[rose lava]

yes

[meager mango]

y’all think pton will judge timed essays differently from long term papers

[nova obsidian]

probably

[quiet echo]

Perchance

[prime nexus]

so useless

[low niche]

I had the same issue as an applicant from the Netherlands

This was their reply

I had a paper I’d written in 2022 for my application to Oxford’s physics & philosophy program

[safe oasis]

is it possible for me to submit additional grades to princeton for them to take into account in their review? i got good mock grades that i think would boost my application

[low niche]

That paper was like 5000 words long but as mentioned in the email, submit it in it’s entirety

[quiet echo]

You can try, but I’m pretty sure decisions are made by now

😭

[shut lark]

I don't have anything similar

Now I don't know whether I should write a paper and ask my teacher to grade it because they asked not to

[thick seal]

nah i called today to ask about my transcript

[remote mist]

Academically yeah but personally i'm not a fan of big schools

[quiet echo]

🤷‍♂️

[quiet echo]

Berkeley is a big ass school lol

Unless you meant you’re not a fan of big towns*

[soft barn]

play me back in cup pong

[remote mist]

yeah only in terms of academics id say berk>LA

[quiet echo]

Bruh I’m at gym

[soft barn]

do a quick turn between sets

[quiet echo]

There

[soft barn]

thanks king!

[quiet echo]

Bros not even playing back

[soft barn]

oops forgot

on it now sir!

[rose lava]

would apps still be in the process of being reviewed?

[meager mango]

not rly, atp it’s just locking in the final class

[slender citrus]

Fair

[rose lava]

you're all getting in btw

I saw the stacks of admission letters ✨

[quiet echo]

Yippie

[agile mica]

can you steal 'em?

[safe oasis]

Did anyone of the admissions have a first name that started with A with a last name that started with Z 🥺🥺🙏

[quiet echo]

Nope

[safe oasis]

NOOOOO

[thick seal]

OMG CONGRATS ON MERCED

[manic jay]

YOOOO UCM??

🐐

[quiet echo]

W

[quiet echo]

Fr

[manic jay]

Check cmu chat i got a likely

[quiet echo]

W

Bros the lisan al gaib

[quiet echo]

!princeton

!ivyday

!yale

[ripe ibex]

Yale University RD Date

Yale University decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
8 days, 21 hours and 6 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[tough eagle]

pain and suffering

[quiet echo]

Real

[cosmic crater]

Chat this doesn’t feel real

8 days

[quiet echo]

Fr

[tough eagle]

why are you coffee now

[reef light]

8 days till i decide my future

crazy

[woven lantern]

crazy statement

bro thinks it life or death (it is)

[reef light]

[woven lantern]

bro alr got turing

and is complaining

[reef light]

huh i didnt get turing

i didnt apply

im ece 💀

[woven lantern]

oh mb

wrong person

some kid in the cmu thread

got it

[reef light]

i got ece honors tho

[woven lantern]

oh nice

is ece > cs?

[reef light]

in terms of job areas, ece > cs

but in terms of prestige, cs > ece (especially turing)

imo, ece gets employed in more sectors than cs

[woven lantern]

oh i see

[rose lava]

[quiet echo]

Cause I am

[thick seal]

can i drink you

[quiet echo]

No

[tough eagle]

Yo

[thorn fable]

i got an email today replying to my update saynig they'd add it to my file. does that mean they'll take it into account when evaluating me ?

[tough eagle]

Perchance

[azure mortar]

wait theres only 8 days till ivy day

[manic jay]

!yale

[ripe ibex]

Yale University RD Date

Yale University decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
8 days, 5 hours and 37 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[manic jay]

Yessir

[wheat monolith]

!yale

[ripe ibex]

Yale University RD Date

Yale University decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
8 days, 5 hours and 3 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[signal meadow]

this is princeton thread not yale

whoever does the yale command in this thread will be warned

go spam it in #🤖-bot-commands

[narrow obsidian]

i mean it’s just !ivyday but with yale

[signal meadow]

why do you think !ivyday doesn’t work anymore

atp y’all are gonna get !yale removed as well

it’s because everyone spams the command in the megathread which clogs it all up and turns into bot commands 2.0 instead of a megathread meant for asking questions and talking about the college

[slender citrus]

the decision time doesn't change everytime you use the countdown. if you really want a countdown, put it in your clock or something or use the thread literally called bot commands.

shit

nobody saw that

[signal meadow]

LMAO

[slender citrus]

SHUT UP

[signal meadow]

🤐

[slender citrus]

Goat

[quiet echo]

8 more days

[thick seal]

y'all luck is basically the countdown now

maybe you should ban him as a contingency

[quiet echo]

Real

[quiet echo]

????

[thick seal]

i’m sorry man i’m freaking out over the two decisions tonight 💀

[tacit zinc]

Guys, I have a question: can the graded written paper be like the IB EE?

[uneven bloom]

No

well

you can but they prefer something that's been graded w/ available rubric and teacher comments

[tacit zinc]

Okay lol

what did you submit?

[uneven bloom]

i submitted a graded research paper

[tacit zinc]

But, doesn't it have to be part of a class?

Was the graded research paper part of a class?

Cuz like none my classes make us write research papers for the class

[thick seal]

oh damn did we have to submit a rubric

i just submitted comments lmao

and the grade

[tacit zinc]

What major btw?

[uneven bloom]

they want it to be part of a class

[uneven bloom]

yes

[uneven bloom]

no

[thick seal]

oh ok

[uneven bloom]

cs

[tacit zinc]

Oh okay, same. I'm going to be applying for CS but I feel like submitting an English paper isn't sufficent

[uneven bloom]

wdym

[quiet echo]

You get admitted by college, not major

You chill

[uneven bloom]

they said on the website they prefer an english paper lol

[quiet echo]

I submitted lang essay

[tacit zinc]

yeah but it doesn't really "align" with the whole application

doesn't an application have to like tell a story or smth

like be cohesive

[uneven bloom]

I think you're thinking too much about it

[quiet echo]

^

[tacit zinc]

okay

[uneven bloom]

They use the graded paper to assess your level of academic writing

[tacit zinc]

Hm I see

[uneven bloom]

It probably doesn't contribute much to the actual content of your application if you know what I mean

[quiet echo]

Not even, I think they use it to make sure you your writing style matches your essay

[meager mango]

hm do they want a lot of teacher comments? mine only underlines the parts she likes and maybe says “insightful” at some parts LOL

[tacit zinc]

yeah it probably doesn't

[quiet echo]

So you can’t have someone else write it for you/chat gbt it

[uneven bloom]

Something is better than nothing

[quiet echo]

Mine had 0 comments lmao

[tacit zinc]

Okay, thank you for letting me know about this :)

[uneven bloom]

they've had the graded written paper since before gpt came out

[quiet echo]

It only had a grade

[uneven bloom]

I think I asked my regional AO about the paper

[quiet echo]

^ had someone else write it for you

[uneven bloom]

but i don't remember what she said

lmao

[quiet echo]

^

Idk I’m dumb tho, trust lava more

[thick seal]

damn are you sure

my graded paper was sarcastic as fuck but my princeton essays were all kind of half-dramatic satire

eh that’s similar enough lmao

[meager mango]

this is so interesting lol, I bet it’ll be refreshing

[thick seal]

i put so much effort into my pton app that i ended up second majoring english LMAO

[quiet echo]

That’s what I heard, but it’s more about the writing style than tone

[thick seal]

huh

i’m actually not sure i understand the difference

i guess tone is part of style?

[meager mango]

the writing seminars look SO interesting

[thick seal]

yeahh

[meager mango]

I should’ve talked about them in my essays

[thick seal]

i leaned into activism i think

[quiet echo]

Like grammatical structure/word choice

[thick seal]

oh bruh

ok fair

so like sat writing section

[quiet echo]

Ye, even like how you write

[thick seal]

not the grammar section i mean

[quiet echo]

7 more days and 23 hours and 1 min til decisions come out!

[narrow obsidian]

right but you can still use it in #🤖-bot-commands no?

[quiet echo]

Yes

[tough eagle]

pain and suffering

ivyday is the day i will be free

[quiet echo]

Real

[summer spruce]

!ivyday

wait whats the thing

!princeton

guys i'm dumb

oh wait it got removed

literally 1984

[quiet echo]

Real

[quiet echo]

I got you, 7 days and 18 hours til decisions come out

[narrow obsidian]

use it in #🤖-bot-commands i think

[cosmic crater]

Bro I just realized I never submitted my parents tax forms

They never emailed me

I feel like they would’ve asked if I got in

Is it princeover

[night hare]

yes

Jk

ur fine

[thorn fable]

if they answer to my update saying they'll add it to my file (sent it on Tuesday), does that mean they'll take it into account in my evaluation?

[slender citrus]

Probably but who knows

[meager mango]

no it just means it’ll be added to the file

[thorn fable]

what's the point of doing that if they aren't gonna read it

[meager mango]

🤷‍♂️

[prime nexus]

i also feel like they kinda have to say that

[rose lava]

decisions have likely already been made by now for most people

[quiet echo]

Truth

[thick seal]

damn

i sent in my third lor like the first week of march do you think it’ll be looked at

[prime nexus]

yeah