Princeton University (2023-2024)

[prime nexus]

probably beginning of march if you were still in the running they probably seen it

[nova obsidian]

will i get in with this essay guys 🥺

My desire to come to Princeton is prompted by a number of reasons. I feel that it can give me a better background and training than any other university, and can give me a true liberal education. Ever since I entered school, I have had the ambition to enter Princeton, and I sincerely hope I can reach my goal. Then too, I feel the environment of Princeton is second to none, and cannot but help having a good effect on me. To be a "Princeton Man" is indeed an enviable distinction.

[cunning vortex]

this is likely letter material 😤 🔥

[echo quail]

did yall see that one video with the princeton junior talking about how everyone hates it there

[thick seal]

idk if i believe him ngl

he’s definitely in a circle of cs students

[amber sphinx]

When I don’t get in I’m going to rewatch that video

Ultimate cope

[nova obsidian]

ngl i believe him but i think he might be in the minority

[cunning vortex]

idk if this is appropriate to mention but two pton freshies committed suicide this yr

:((

[quiet echo]

Only 1 was, I think the other was by accident. Really tragic cases though

[cunning vortex]

(didnt want to spread misinfo so im editing this)

[rose lava]

unknown

[cunning vortex]

but yes very tragic

[rose lava]

but yes 2 died

[quiet echo]

Rest in peace

[rose lava]

it sucks because i knew one of them from community action orientation, weren't too close though

one thing i'll say

[cunning vortex]

aww :(

[rose lava]

princeton needs to up its mental health support imo

it don't make no sense how many people be walking around like that

[quiet echo]

Ngl, one thing I fear most about Princeton is a suffocated atmosphere

[quiet echo]

That’s true

[quiet echo]

!yale

!ivyday

[rose lava]

the other one isn't confirmed as a suicide but it likely is

the environment here can be really stressful it does take a toll on you

[quiet echo]

Aww, I didn’t know that. That’s sad :(

[hearty moss]

Us moment 😭

[narrow obsidian]

real with the way we’ve been copying and recycling our essays

[hollow jewel]

Xavian lee

[low niche]

does Princeton screen for interviews?

[cunning vortex]

No

Or from my understanding no

[thick seal]

[safe oasis]

Not gonna lie, a reject from USC Viterbi does not give me high hopes for Princeton. Is it still possible to be competitive?

[prime nexus]

DEFINITELY

i’ve seen people get rejected from everywhere and get into ivies

[safe oasis]

Okay phew this gives me belief lol

Just another week 🙏 thanks!

[prime nexus]

yess watching college decision reactions has definitely showed me how holistic things are

like bc you get into princeton doesn’t mean you’ll get into usc, ucla, or anywhere else

[safe oasis]

True. College decisions are just a gamble

[meager mango]

have u seen the reverse

[prime nexus]

idk if i have

[manic jay]

Yes

But it wont happen to you

You alr got an ivy

[summer spruce]

ivyday here i come it's time to go 3 for 3 acceptances

[prime nexus]

@meager mango what ivy do you have

[quiet echo]

Nerd

[meager mango]

columbia

[prime nexus]

oh right

[thick seal]

[hollow jewel]

[quiet echo]

Hi Hawk

[quiet echo]

R u gonna show me around the land you own when I visit

[hollow jewel]

Yes

Give me a time and place

I’ll see if I can make it

[quiet echo]

W

[humble barn]

how often do people get rejected from berkeley and cmu cs but get into princeton cs

[thick seal]

they don't seem like very correlated statistics

probably about as large a probability as of getting into pton blind

[humble barn]

i mean they are correlated though right, maybe not by a very large amount but still by a fair bit

[tough eagle]

its a very specific statistic

[humble barn]

yeah ig but i assume like half the people who get into princeton cs and also applied to berkeley or cmu cs prolly get into atleast one of berkeley or cmu

[tough eagle]

@urban sinew

[humble barn]

did this guy not get into berkeley or cmu?

[tough eagle]

idk

he got rejected gatech iirc

[humble barn]

cs?

[tough eagle]

either that or math idk

[humble barn]

i have heard many say the princeton interview isnt weighted very much but if i had a great interview (questions ended in about 40 mins but the interviewer got quite engaged with what i was discussing and we ended up talking for 2 hrs), will the interview still be quite useless in terms of weight to my app

[tough eagle]

yea basically

the only interview i didnt fuck up was the cornell one

[crisp socket]

hi Jamie

[urban sinew]

I got rejected Berkeley cs waitlisted cmu cs and accepted Princeton math

Also waitlisted gatech math

[humble barn]

oh damn thats crazy

[tough eagle]

yuh

[humble barn]

the us admission system is so unpredictable

[tough eagle]

sorry for pinging you tatty

[urban sinew]

Also rejected San Jose state cs lmao

[tough eagle]

how tf

[urban sinew]

But that’s a whole other story

[humble barn]

yield protection

[tough eagle]

are you californian tatty

[urban sinew]

No problem

[urban sinew]

Yes

[urban sinew]

No

They have a really stupid gpa thing for cs

Point is that getting rejected at other cs schools does not mean you can’t get into Princeton

[humble barn]

i hope so

i am international

makes matters worse

[tough eagle]

im also intl

but applied MAE

[crisp socket]

hi tatty can i ask something abt princeton

[humble barn]

wait where have you been accepted so far

[tough eagle]

do you want the UK ones as well

[humble barn]

yeah sure (i also applied to the UK)

[tough eagle]

ok bet
Accepted: UCSB, Purdue, UIUC, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bath
a mixture of aeroeng and mecheng

[urban sinew]

Sure

[tough eagle]

not a lot but its all great schools

quite spoiled with choice really

[humble barn]

its pretty good

[crisp socket]

this may sound stupid but are you mandated to eat on the dining hall only or can u take the food to the dorm

[humble barn]

for me, my UK admissions are pretty great, whereas US is not turning out well

[tough eagle]

US is hard man

it is what it is

[crisp socket]

so true smh

[urban sinew]

Technically you aren’t supposed to take plates from the dining hall but people do anyways

So basically yea you can do that

[tough eagle]

can you just sneakily shove it in a lunch box or sth

[crisp socket]

wont they notice the plates go missing

[wheat echo]

Any fellow Princeton cs applicants?

[tough eagle]

or is that too much work

[humble barn]

yeah like I have Imperial CS (5% AR) but so far MIT L and CMU WL

so not great

[urban sinew]

As long as you return it it’s fine

[humble barn]

me

[tough eagle]

dawg how many plates do you think they own

[urban sinew]

Yea they don’t care about you taking food

[tough eagle]

Imperial CS is great fam i got rejected

[urban sinew]

They just don’t want you taking a bunch of plates and not returning

[crisp socket]

lmao

[urban sinew]

If ur gonna take a plate just take one and then return it the next day

[crisp socket]

so we can sneak things into a lunch box

[tough eagle]

are you gonna join an eating club

[humble barn]

oh damn but yeah it makes me even more surprised like the US idk what is th eproblem with my app

[urban sinew]

Yes

[wheat echo]

Y’all I’m so scared for Ivy day

[urban sinew]

Yeah

[crisp socket]

lmao ok

[tough eagle]

hell yeah

[crisp socket]

hopefully i can get into princeton

[thorn fable]

same

[crisp socket]

i saw on tiktok someone eating at princeton

it looks delish

[urban sinew]

Good luck to everyone

[tough eagle]

oh yea tatty i think i told you but i specifically said i wanted to join your jazz group in my loci 💀

[urban sinew]

Yeh dining hall is very good

[urban sinew]

That’s chill lmao

[wheat echo]

How much does the Princeton interview matter

[humble barn]

is princeton math more competitive to get into (cause i heard princeton is famous for math) or princeton cs

[crisp socket]

is it true that once a week there is an acai bowl and a chocolate fountain

[wheat echo]

Like if I did good in that would that help me at all

[urban sinew]

Not at yeh

[tough eagle]

it will help but not a lot

[urban sinew]

Forbes brunch has the chocolate fountain

Not sure where the acai bowl is

[tough eagle]

do you choose your college

[urban sinew]

No

[humble barn]

how was your princeton interview btw?

[urban sinew]

Randomly assigned

[tough eagle]

dang

[urban sinew]

Pretty good I think?

My interviewer was no joke 100 years old

[crisp socket]

do u get to make a ranking prior or just a random assignment?

[urban sinew]

No completely random

[crisp socket]

rip

[humble barn]

do you feel like it played a fair role in your acceptance

[tough eagle]

they are all coed right

the colleges

[urban sinew]

The interviews don’t really matter much

[crisp socket]

so you can't tell them abt your preferences or anything

[urban sinew]

Yes

[crisp socket]

?

[urban sinew]

If you have really bad allergies then you can probably worm your way into a single

Besides that there’s not much you can do

[tough eagle]

aw

are the dorms nice

actually why am i asking this i can ask after ivy day

[crisp socket]

they seem nice

[tough eagle]

dibbles

in the unlikely event i get accepted berk mecheng should i go over purdue

[crisp socket]

hi Jamie

obv

[tough eagle]

context berk is double purdue's tuition

[crisp socket]

berkeley engineering is goated

oh

does it fit your efc tho?

[tough eagle]

my family can afford it

[crisp socket]

if i were u i'd do berk

[tough eagle]

my dad went on a rant about 'state school asking for private school prices' for berk

[crisp socket]

lmao

are they state tho

technically yeah

[tough eagle]

berkeley? yea

but like

[crisp socket]

but they're like

elite state

[tough eagle]

yea

i mean i got rejected GTech EA and UCLA so ik i wont get in lmfao

[crisp socket]

what's your next decision Jamie

[tough eagle]

wednesday

[tough eagle]

NU

[crisp socket]

same

lmao

and ik fs im gon be rejected

[tough eagle]

you never know you literally got in berk

[crisp socket]

well

i don't feel i deserve berk honestly

[tough eagle]

eh you got in so does it really matter

[urban sinew]

Yea pretty nice

[crisp socket]

best of luck peeps

[tough eagle]

awww dibbles dont be sad

[crisp socket]

cant believe next week by this time i will have had my fate decided

[safe oasis]

im sorry? the college you go to is randomnly assigned?

what does that mean

[thick seal]

you have berkeley!

i’m still waiting for any acceptances i haven’t gotten one since uci

[narrow obsidian]

i think op’s referring to princeton’s college system

[safe oasis]

oh like the residential colleges

👍

[urban sinew]

Yes

[quiet echo]

Tatty what res college do u live in

[urban sinew]

Yeh

[hollow jewel]

bro got uc berk and is complaining

[rose lava]

viterbi is tough tbh

[remote mist]

i might be cooked for the ivies then couldn't get into viertbi cs even with legacy

[quiet echo]

Do you think all incoming freshman will be yeh? I need ac 😭🙏

[urban sinew]

1/7 chance

For ac you have a 4/7 chance

[quiet echo]

Bruh, I thought they give special privileges to incoming freshman since it’s so new

😞

[quiet echo]

That’s higher than I thought wth

[urban sinew]

No 💀 they have to spread them out throughout the colleges

[quiet echo]

Bruh, anything but Forbes 😭🙏

[urban sinew]

Forbes isn’t that bad tbh

[coral stump]

the idea of opening another status update from princeton is sickening

sometimes i forget i applied EA here

[rose lava]

forbes main inn and new wing aren't that bad yeah

annex is brutal though

all of butler is amazing you want to be in butler tbh

[crisp socket]

No aid bruh i gotta take out a bigass loan for berkeley

[urban sinew]

oos?

[crisp socket]

Intl

[urban sinew]

ouch

[crisp socket]

Ikr

Ouch 😔

[rose lava]

Lol Berkeley be petty handing out those early acceptances to people who they’re not even giving aid

I was livid when I saw that 80k bill last year thinking I was going for a moment

[crisp socket]

So true

[rose lava]

Oh well you’ll get full ride Princeton anyways

[crisp socket]

Crossing my fingers

Princeton really seems like a nice place

Dk if i can bear the academics tho

[rose lava]

Idk just

Try your best with the academics lol

One big thing you’ll learn (if you don’t have this mentality already), don’t compare yourself to others w accomplishments/work

[hollow jewel]

fr

[rose lava]

That stuff will drain you even if you’re doing the absolute best you can and you’re getting all these things for yourself

[crisp socket]

I just dont wanna fail my classes bcs princeton academics sounds rigorous AF

[rose lava]

You won’t fail as long as you put some effort really

[crisp socket]

What do u major in?

[rose lava]

And seek out appropriate help

CS major going for climate science minor, so I’m more into the earth side of cs really

[crisp socket]

thats sounds really interesting

Are u CS AB or BSE?

[rose lava]

BSE

funnily enough I switched from AB first sem because sign language whooped me and I just can’t do additional languages fsr

[crude topaz]

Why are you sad dibbles now

Rip

[crisp socket]

If u do BSE so u dont have to make a thesis for your final year?

[crisp socket]

Im losing hope dumpy 😭

[crude topaz]

Same

Even being delusional isn’t working

[crisp socket]

I started playing lots of games to let time pass quicker

Ugh

[rose lava]

You have to do some paper regardless

I’m doing a junior paper and senior thesis personally

[crisp socket]

Iwhat

[rose lava]

I have many research ideas and I’m kinda working on one rn so

[crisp socket]

Does the junior paper and senior thesis connect or are those separate things

[rose lava]

Engineering majors do junior papers but don’t have to do senior theses

I think AB has to do both

[crisp socket]

Ah

[rose lava]

You can make them connect if you want

[crisp socket]

😭

So ig the hard part is getting in

[rose lava]

Ehhhhhhhhhh um

Depends

[crisp socket]

💀

[hollow jewel]

yes

pton have the best aid out of any school

[rose lava]

That’s totally the reason

[quiet echo]

Aight, praying for butler it is

[crisp socket]

im praying for yeh / ncw

i reallylike my interview

hopefully it means smth

[quiet echo]

Same

[tough eagle]

I’m praying to get in dawg

4 applicants in my school for Princeton

I’m the worst one/ only girl

[crisp socket]

Hey who knows it could be a differing factor

Lmao

[quiet echo]

You got it

Tell me if y’all get in fr @crisp socket @tough eagle

[crisp socket]

Lmao ok

Dont be shocked if i pop out Ls on Ls at chad rejects

[quiet echo]

Nah, pton light work

[tough eagle]

Of course brother but don’t expect much

[quiet echo]

I have high expectations of you

[quiet echo]

Ik ur getting in fs

[crisp socket]

Thanks for the support bud

[thick seal]

there are like 20 from mine 💀

im really hoping my professor’s rec comes in clutch

[tough eagle]

I don’t even have a professor rec just my math and chem teacher

[thick seal]

no humanities?

i doubled up on math and sent my professor’s rec as an extra

so math/english/math

but i’m hoping he’ll just talk about how he didn’t realize i was in high school until the second semester lmao

still can’t believe that happened

i was so loud in class but he never noticed

[crisp socket]

I have bio and English teacher rec only

Is english considered as humanities

[willow trail]

I can't wait longer

[tardy fiber]

If you go to the portal and click withdraw application and it asks you “are you sure?” You’re in ||lol jk||

[slender citrus]

no portal astrology

[slender citrus]

i know you're trolling but people have genuinely did this before so please dont 😭

[tall wharf]

so if you click the withdraw button, it automatically withdraws you???

[slender citrus]

yes???? what do you think a withdraw button is for

[alpine salmon]

Are you asking like if the system will ask for confirmation?

[tall wharf]

yhh

[tall wharf]

usually they ask for confirmation

[slender citrus]

oh yeah it does

ideally

[alpine salmon]

Idk lol hopefully someone can answer your question I was just here to clarity ;))

[slender citrus]

maybe it doesn't idk

[alpine salmon]

Yeah that makes sense

I mean cause what if you accidentally click it?

[slender citrus]

not gonna take that risk 🙏

[tall wharf]

I mean you can try it, you already got into stanford😅

[alpine salmon]

...

[tall wharf]

(jk)

[alpine salmon]

Okay for you dude

I'll try

[slender citrus]

thats not how it works lol

[tall wharf]

noo

no need

[slender citrus]

"oh you got into [super prestigious top school] now withdraw everything else"

[tall wharf]

IT WAS A JOKE

[crisp socket]

😱

[slender citrus]

im just saying 😭

i never rant to my friends about my worries for ivy week because they're all like "but you got berkeley"

[tall wharf]

like knowing that the withdraw button doesnt have a confirmation is useless anyways

[slender citrus]

i mean yeah im very grateful and everything but i also put effort into my ivy apps and i wanna see them succeed 😭

[crisp socket]

Yea v understandable

[tall wharf]

fairs

[alpine salmon]

I just checked Harvard and Princeton portal and I think you need to fill out a form to withdraw 💀

What schools were you talking about

[alpine salmon]

Real :((

[alpine salmon]

Lol you're fine

[crisp socket]

How many more colleges are u waiting for koi

[slender citrus]

oh you actually checked

i admire your guts

i would never take that risk

[tall wharf]

Yeah all need confirmation, stupid not to have one

[alpine salmon]

If you guys promise me you're not gonna gang up on me

[slender citrus]

no promises

[alpine salmon]

Yeah lmao I have the gut

Oh talking about gut I was sharing my supplemental essays to my friend

Then I looked at my Yale essay again

Mf I can't believe my eyes of what I wrote

[crisp socket]

We cant show up on ur house

[alpine salmon]

I mean on Discord

Cyber bullying :v

[undone sorrel]

I think I’m cooked there might be some parts of my app that make no sense that I should’ve clarified in additional info…

[alpine salmon]

Alr I'm not gonna share then

:(((

[slender citrus]

no use worrying about what could've been done, just pray and hope for the best

[alpine salmon]

Missed opportunity 🥲

That's fine tho

[crisp socket]

I saw many ppl spam their awards on add. Info

[slender citrus]

share or

[alpine salmon]

Bad idea

[crisp socket]

My add info is only 2 sentences on why i took a gap year

[alpine salmon]

Help cyber bullying

[undone sorrel]

That’s what I tell myself but I still worry 😭

[alpine salmon]

Guys see me getting rejected from Yale

[slender citrus]

its gonna be okay 🫂

[slender citrus]

eie

[crisp socket]

I think it’s smart

Idk

[slender citrus]

did you actually submit that

[crisp socket]

Im dumb tho

[alpine salmon]

I took that from my application lmao

Yes I did

[slender citrus]

oh my god

i admire your confidence

certainly eye catching

[alpine salmon]

I always take risks in my writing

[slender citrus]

im not saying its bad btw just... very interesting

[alpine salmon]

Lmao but maybe this is too much 💀

[crisp socket]

my yale essays are bland and mid

[undone sorrel]

4 more days and we’ll see 😔

[alpine salmon]

I remember my QuestBridge short answer I said like religion is self-development on crack 💀

[slender citrus]

my yale essays are devoid of emotion

my yale essays are devoid of everything

[crisp socket]

same

[slender citrus]

why? because i didnt apply to yale

[undone sorrel]

Bro I never want to look back at my college supplementals ever again

[alpine salmon]

Yeah it depends on how the reader sees it

[slender citrus]

😭 😭 😭

[undone sorrel]

I was actually cringing the other week outside of class

[slender citrus]

no matter how ivy day goes for you, it'll be okay! please don't define your self worth based on college decisions

[alpine salmon]

Is "badass" a bad word? Is that why I got rejected from QB?

[alpine salmon]

I didn't realize that it's 4 more days 😭

[slender citrus]

YOU ACTUALLY SAID IT LMFAOOOO

[undone sorrel]

I feel like u shouldn’t have written about that no offense 😭

[slender citrus]

koi can i read your stanford essays

[alpine salmon]

Yeah I got rejected :v

[undone sorrel]

How are QB finalists chosen I have no clue

[alpine salmon]

Yes

[undone sorrel]

2 of my friends who did qb got finalist I was the odd man out

Actually both matched too

[crisp socket]

i deadass even wrote that in one of my essays

fml

[undone sorrel]

It must come full circle right I’ll complete it …

[crisp socket]

my essays are so ugly

fml

smh

[alpine salmon]

Oh you guys haven't seen I had my dark humor in my Stanford supps. I made a joke about that Titanic submarine that sank 😭

[alpine salmon]

Hmmm I can share 1 or 2 :)))

[undone sorrel]

Bro ain’t no way😭

The oceangate?

[alpine salmon]

I've compiled a list of videos to watch before decision day ;)) I'll send it before decision day

[charred elbow]

idk

i think qb is the most mysterious admissions process

[alpine salmon]

Yeah lmao

[charred elbow]

me n my friend got rejected and im going to williams hes going to mit

[crisp socket]

like what

[charred elbow]

really diff

[undone sorrel]

My friend was shocked I didn’t get finalist 😭

[charred elbow]

i tjink they look for something completely different

its a completely diff process

but me too

everyone has no idea how i didnt get in

[alpine salmon]

This is part of it:

Truth about college decisions: https://youtube.com/shorts/8oBAgN_Jsm4?si=1fxoOmKXcLamhngx

Why did you get rejected? (spoiler alert: "you have no control over them") https://youtube.com/shorts/YC6_ISnEKw4?si=Jo0gMsWf5pNWvwGS

Just trying to support my warriors 🫡

[undone sorrel]

In a way it was blessing because idk y I was clueless atp and I kinda ranked random ish schools

[charred elbow]

SAME

tell me why me, a humanities major, ranked caltech and mit

[crisp socket]

NOO this admitium guy

[undone sorrel]

Bro I had 2 friends who did qb and they both matched 💀

[crisp socket]

he pops on my tiktok these last 2 days

[charred elbow]

i have a mix of both

but the ppl who dsint match

r going to so many good places

[undone sorrel]

Why is ur writing so much better than mine

[crisp socket]

so treu

[charred elbow]

sending u good luck on the 28th!!

[crisp socket]

mine is like siThs

[charred elbow]

i thought it was over when i got rejected from finalist and cps

[crisp socket]

a piece of siTh

[alpine salmon]

Yeah we have different opinion lmao but he helped me SO MUCH on my application I bought his course and it's fucking goated ngl

[undone sorrel]

Hoping this means I will have success 😭😭🙏🙏🙏

[crisp socket]

garbag

[charred elbow]

you willlll

all of my qb reject friends have gotten to so many good schools

[alpine salmon]

Yeah I had 2 friends who matched too

[undone sorrel]

Bro I realized that some parts of my app kinda don’t make sense and I should’ve explained it in additional info

[alpine salmon]

Thanks but everyone's writing's different haha just make more dark humor jokes you'll get in

[charred elbow]

SAME

i regret not over explaining in additional info

also in my qb app

[undone sorrel]

My Stanford historical event was about Christopher Columbus first landing in America 💀

[charred elbow]

i barelt talked abt my ecs ??

idk why

[charred elbow]

💀💀💀💀💀

Whatd u say

[alpine salmon]

Thank you for saying this I was so depressed after getting rejected from QB

[charred elbow]

interesting take

[charred elbow]

me too

[crisp socket]

mine was about the discovery of virus

so mid

[charred elbow]

i thoufht i was gonna have to stay inna state school

[undone sorrel]

Bro I cooked myself they were like yea keep that additional info short if u need to use it and I talked about this important ec and I wrote like barely nothing

[charred elbow]

BRO

WHOEVER SAID KEEP IT SHORT

[undone sorrel]

On my uc app I wrote 2 gigantic paragraphs and somehow they worked for some

[charred elbow]

im Soooo mad

[undone sorrel]

They actually cooked me bro I’m actually fuming

[charred elbow]

biggest lie in admissions

RIGHT

[undone sorrel]

There was so much I needed to say

[charred elbow]

and i just got into the top LAC

[undone sorrel]

“Be objective and succinct”

[alpine salmon]

I mean honestly that's generally the case imo lmao cause AOs don't wanna read more stuff they're lazy asses

[charred elbow]

qb doesnt mean anything🙏

[undone sorrel]

It’s lowkey kinda embarrasing 😭

[charred elbow]

for qb u should never keep it short

[charred elbow]

WHATD U WRITE ABT IT

im curious

[undone sorrel]

I kept it long for qb but common app it was so short🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[alpine salmon]

Oh QB? Oh yeah that one doesn't count I used all the word count lol I thought Common App

[slender citrus]

sure!!

[slender citrus]

damn okay

[charred elbow]

even for commonapp like

especiallt holistic schools

if u have a lot to say say it

[undone sorrel]

And I listened to some random commenter for advice on this one Stanford supp💀

[charred elbow]

im so glad i went from short in qb to long in commonapp

[alpine salmon]

Bro honestly the only thing cracked about QB is its ranking system. Getting into QB and not you have the same fin aid

[undone sorrel]

What is wrong with me

[charred elbow]

LITERALLY

my dad is the obly one that has to pay for williams

and thats only

1.9k anually

like they pay more for me living at home

and qb rd is so cracked whether u get finalist or not

[alpine salmon]

I mean always use all the word count you need just be careful what you put there and make sure everything is concise and absolutely necessary AOs don't wanna read more stuff 😭

[undone sorrel]

Bro I can’t bro whoever said that screwing up my future

[charred elbow]

i ended up emailing aos

to explain more

and it worked🙏

[undone sorrel]

I wasn’t really yapping I just wrote “this happened” “this happened” but I didn’t really say how it affected me….

[alpine salmon]

Oh didn't know about the QB RD much

[tardy fiber]

What

[undone sorrel]

It was about how he could’ve communicated with the natives

[charred elbow]

my non finalist friend got into colby qb rd

[tardy fiber]

I figured it was so wild nobody would do it

[charred elbow]

basicallt a full ride

im glad non finalists get to do qb rd

[undone sorrel]

Why didn’t I see this message January 1 😭😭

Place me back in time

[charred elbow]

my biggest regret is hearing those online app advise

[slender citrus]

couple of people in the nyu thread withdrew a while ago 💀

[charred elbow]

advice

[undone sorrel]

It clearly worked for some of the ucs and I wrote T. rex level size paragraphs

[alpine salmon]

I think also the advantage of QB application is they allow you to talk a lot. My QB main essay (800 words) is my best work in all of my essays.

[charred elbow]

YES

[alpine salmon]

Yeah

[undone sorrel]

Yeah best thing about QB is all the writing

[charred elbow]

its super writing heavy

and i love that

[alpine salmon]

What are the bad advice?

[charred elbow]

to keep it super minimal

in add info

theybmake it seem like u should write max 3 sentences

[undone sorrel]

Bro it’s like every time I write something college related 1 month later I look and I’m like damn that sucks

[charred elbow]

or the "hook"

on ps

i ended up scrapping mt hook altogether

bc it made it sound unauthentic

[undone sorrel]

Lowkey was doing a little cooking on my common app ps but idk maybe they see it as a well done steak

[charred elbow]

no my commonapp ps

was mt best piece of writing

ever

[alpine salmon]

Honestly lots of people did that to me too and I almost did it but like hell nah I don't wanna regret anything. I felt like this is the same time when I was deciding between doing WashU ED (my Sophomore dream school) and Stanford REA, but I don't wanna regret anything so just YOLO for Stanford REA lmao greatest decision ever made in my life. Now I don't wanna regret withdrawing from any school cause idk what if I change my mind and it's not binding

[charred elbow]

YES

[undone sorrel]

U got into Williams so that thing probably Shakespeare level

[alpine salmon]

Yeah honestly it's more depending on personal circumstances but often keeping it minimal should be the way to go, but I kinda wrote a lot too lol (mostly are just links)
I mean advice are often given generally to people but you have to think what's best for you

[charred elbow]

i think its the onlt reason i got into williams

[alpine salmon]

Curious what is it?

[undone sorrel]

Can I read ur ps 😭

Bro did yall mention ur major or anything in ur uc essays or nah

I didn’t even mention it at all or anything related to it💀

[alpine salmon]

For UCI yeah. I talked about my major for every school cause my approach is IV all the way

[crisp socket]

Nah

[undone sorrel]

I somehow got into ucsd cs and I have nothing related to cs on my app at all💀

[alpine salmon]

Hmmm interesting so you have different approaches. I mean my approach is different and there's millions of way to do your application so don't worry

It's just that (according to the Aditium guy which I agree) that I can't compete on the "Personal Quality" realm. There are people who got bullied, gone through war, parents divorce, family members passed away, real depression, etc. Me? Omg so stressed cause COVID. Nah I can't compete on that so I went full force on portray my love for AI and CS. That's just my approach though it depends on the person

[alpine salmon]

Yeah everyone's different so

[undone sorrel]

Yeah idk I got like nothing under my belt I just talked about random things

[alpine salmon]

I mean that worked lol

So you're good

[undone sorrel]

I used like a revised half of my qb 500 for a piq

Koi put in a good word for me for Stanford 🙏

[charred elbow]

Mo

[charred elbow]

yeah ofc

ill send u the link

[alpine salmon]

Can I see it too ;)))

[charred elbow]

i forgot what it was but it was kinda generic and took away from my word count

[charred elbow]

sure!

[alpine salmon]

Just realized I'm on Princeton megathread so I just looked back my Princeton supps

Instant acceptance

[alpine salmon]

Oh makes sense

[undone sorrel]

Koi I can’t quite find the word but u write in a unique way

[alpine salmon]

Is that a bad or a good thing lmao I take that as a compliment

[undone sorrel]

Urs are so creative mines like just straight up

Like good

I have no creativity

[alpine salmon]

I like saying controversial things 🗿

[crisp socket]

Mine too i dive right into the story

[undone sorrel]

My story ain’t even compelling too😭😭

[alpine salmon]

Yeah that makes sense I mean that works too it's just that after writing my essays I asked myself how can I clickbait this AO

[crisp socket]

For that one mines so darn bland

[alpine salmon]

Like say something really out of pocket to hook them in and after that like hold on let me redeem myself real quick

[alpine salmon]

Relatable very STEM like me

[crisp socket]

Nah urs is creative my guy

[alpine salmon]

Everyone's story unique lmao and you got in UCSD so

[undone sorrel]

Idek how how for cs too💀

[charred elbow]

gimme a sec yall i cant find the updated version

[undone sorrel]

I think it was the long additional info method

Think that carried me

[alpine salmon]

Dw I'm waiting here patiently

[alpine salmon]

That's very unique lmao good for you!

[alpine salmon]

Maybe your story is interesting it's just that you don't think that way cause you already reread it multiple times

[undone sorrel]

Bro like imma be waiting on ivy day and I already know it’s gonna be like rejection after rejection 😭

[shut kindle]

Are you Asian

Koi

And if so from where

Are you intl

[alpine salmon]

Guess where I'm from lmao

No I'm domestic

[undone sorrel]

Cali

[alpine salmon]

I mean like my ethnicity lol

[undone sorrel]

Idk tbh

[charred elbow]

this is so creative u def stood out

[alpine salmon]

And if you're curious what I wrote next to redeem myself, here it is ;)))

I'm Vietnamese ;)))

[charred elbow]

lmk when u guys open

ill delete in 5 mins

[alpine salmon]

Tried to be controversial lmao 😭

[charred elbow]

this is so cool

i didnt see it this way

[alpine salmon]

Actually my real name is Khoi and it's a Vietnamese name

[alpine salmon]

Lol I remember literally watching a Kurzgesagt video they were talking about this and I was like yeah good idea Imma steal that hehe

https://youtu.be/rvskMHn0sqQ?si=V0CWUXbuIu35-h23 (A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism)

I just watched like the first few minutes cause I'm too lazy and just took that

[charred elbow]

in hindsight i tried way too hard w vocab

me and my advisor used way too many dramatic words

#1220958521676402738pLang

[undone sorrel]

Alright nvm my ps was not cooking this 100x better than mine😭

[alpine salmon]

@charred elbow I think your essay literally proved this point of mine lol

It's like your personal story is too significant that it stood out

[undone sorrel]

I’ve done like nothing compared to like so many others

[alpine salmon]

Nah don't put yourself down you'll do great ;)))

[charred elbow]

^^^

[charred elbow]

thank u sm but i doubt it

im shre yours was amazing

[charred elbow]

and to think i wasnt gonna write abt it initially😭😭😭

[undone sorrel]

Mine was basically yapping it wasn’t that full of substance

[charred elbow]

the original version of this personal statement was my wellesley ed supp

and when i got deferred i figured id just expand it to my ps

[charred elbow]

nahhh dont say that abt urself

yhe 28th is gonna go so well for u just watch

[undone sorrel]

I’ll send u a message on how it goes on the 28th mimi 🙏

Thank you for the encouragement

[charred elbow]

U GOT THIS

[rose lava]

you kinda chewed ?

i will be waiting for your acceptance in 3 days

[thorn fable]

what's up with so many admits having names of the form _i_i where _ is a consonant?

such as didi, mimi, nina (well, yeah it's nina not nini but wtv).

[charred elbow]

were just amazing like that

[thorn fable]

LOL.

[thick seal]

math major discovers english diminutives

[thorn fable]

pov when diminutives in my language make words longer

[tough eagle]

I don’t do humanities

[thick seal]

do humanities

that’s how ethicsless engineers are made

[tough eagle]

Dawg I get to pick 4 subjects to study for two years

[thick seal]

do 1 humanities dude

you do not need to do 4 stem classes

[tough eagle]

Ok so for top engineering schools in the uk they want math fm and physics

A year ago I was still thinking about medicine so I did chem

Boom 4 subjects

[thick seal]

what’s fm

[tough eagle]

Further maths

[thick seal]

well

[tough eagle]

It’s kinda like Calc BC

[thick seal]

ig i can’t fault you for that one

all i had to do was take aps

and not the classes the tests

for uk

ig i also got rejected before interview at oxford for maths

[tough eagle]

dawg the ap school near my house would only admit me if I repeated a year

I ain’t doing allat

[thick seal]

valid

[tough eagle]

I’m sorry brotha

[thick seal]

but don’t never take a humanities subject dude

[tough eagle]

I did

I took GCSE history and English literature

[thick seal]

i got a really good mat score too

[tough eagle]

😭😭😭

[thick seal]

like legitimately good

79

[tough eagle]

Shit man

Redirection bro redirection

[thick seal]

hoping imperial takes me now

but tbh i don’t really want to go

it sounds really sad

[tough eagle]

Then don’t even think about it

What are your acceptances so far

[thick seal]

davis and irvine

[tough eagle]

COWWWWW

but like yea

Why tf would you wanna go to London

[thick seal]

no clue

they’re like top 5 in the world for math

[tough eagle]

I suppose

Maybe you’ll get an Ivy

[thick seal]

[tough eagle]

You seem very capable of doing that haha

[thick seal]

we’ll see next week

gl to you as well

[tough eagle]

Thanks man

So nervous

[thick seal]

me too

i decided since i’m on spring break

i’m committing to no matter what happens coming back and fixing my life yk

so this week i’m gonna pretend that yale wants me

[tough eagle]

I’d happily go to Purdue and I have already mentally prepared myself to go there but I just wanna get an Ivy to spite my classmate who thinks I can’t pull ivies

[thick seal]

prove them wrong!!

[tough eagle]

Yessir I shall try

[thick seal]

cornell ~~ purdue

[tough eagle]

I tried my best at Princeton and if I still didn’t get in there’s really nothing I can do

I worked hard on their essays and LOCI man

[thick seal]

get pton and say fuck em

[tough eagle]

Yessir you too

[thick seal]

if you don’t say fuck pton

i’m not apologizing to luck for that he keeps threatening to remove me from the admissions pile

gl!!

[left depot]

What do u guys think ab the grade deflation

It rly pisses me off bc otherwise princeton is insane

But its genuinely so bad it ruins it a lot

[tough eagle]

It is what it is

[thick seal]

it’s not that super deflated

it just means a lot of work to do

which i think is something i personally might need

[tough eagle]

Same

My dads friend who is a fortune teller says I should grind in college

[thick seal]

this is very real

[rose lava]

are princeton’s interview evaluative?

[crisp socket]

it carries little to no weight to decisions

[cursive ore]

wtf

[rose lava]

ngl i was hoping they’d be more important😭

[cosmic crater]

You don’t need a fortune teller to tell you that 😅

[tough eagle]

Fair

[cursive ore]

same. i spent close to 2 hours with her

I tried to be as interesting as possible

[crisp socket]

my pton interviewer liked me

[cursive ore]

same

[crisp socket]

so that's sort of a bummer for me too

but hey

that's just how it works

[cursive ore]

i only got 2 ivy interviews tho ☠️☠️

[rose lava]

omg me too mine was 3 hours long she was so lovely

[proud crest]

Sadly true.

[swift dust]

I got none

[surreal junco]

omfg this is insaneeeee congrats on stanford my man

[quiet echo]

Yes it asks for a confirmation. I’ve withdrew so many apps lmao

[quiet echo]

Bros cooked

[wintry turtle]

WHAT

4 days?!

bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh bruh

[quiet echo]

Yea

[wintry turtle]

It’s over

[quiet echo]

Ikr

It’s so over 😭

[wintry turtle]

The college app process is actually over

[alpine salmon]

Thank you lmao

[alpine salmon]

Hopefully I really like Princeton and that's my best interview. My Princeton interviewer is so cool we talked about AI the whole time and I don't think she knew anything about me lmao she walked out knowing more about AI than me 💀 But that's fine I just wanna talk about AI

[alpine salmon]

Thank you good luck to you as well 🙏

[steel narwhal]

is it bad if i dont get any interview invites from the ivys?

[alpine salmon]

Hmmm it's based on availability—how many ivies did you apply for?

[pseudo flame]

!ivyday

[undone sorrel]

3 more days . . .

[mystic sundial]

the misery continues

[sly fossil]

!yale

[slender citrus]

#🤖-bot-commands

[slender citrus]

#🤖-bot-commands

[steel narwhal]

i am an international student, and i applied for 4 ivys

my friend did get an interview from cornell tho

[slender citrus]

which ones

[steel narwhal]

princeton, columbia, yale, upenn

[crisp socket]

columbia doesnt do interviews

[manic jay]

Upenns are non evaluative

Princetons are availability

Only yale is preselection

[steel narwhal]

oh i see

so essentially it only matters for yale

if i did not did not get an interview

[cunning vortex]

I think Duke is also pre-election

Pre selection

[slender citrus]

and harv for intls

[prime nexus]

harvard is kinda selective ish for everyone

it’s like a combination of both

[rose lava]

really?? i thought the interviews were based on availability

[prime nexus]

it’s kinda both but also if you’re in an area with no availability they still make a way for you to have an interview if they want to

and like it’s a very low no interview acceptance rate

[rose lava]

ohh ok

i heard it’s selective for intls on cc tho so not sure

[slender citrus]

yeah my friend from india had a virtual interviewer from boston

[rose lava]

mine was in person

[slender citrus]

thats good

[rotund hornet]

Boiiii

Luck

He’s probably not even a prince prince

[quiet echo]

That’s what I’ve heard

Don’t shoot the messenger

[light cradle]

3 days LOL LOL LOL

[quiet echo]

Real

[modern arch]

Jumpscare

[tardy fiber]

Princeton just gave me a heartattack

[outer apex]

same 💀

[manic jay]

Lmao

[sly fossil]

jumpcare

[manic jay]

Does anyone actually use coalition

[outer apex]

my school uses it for planning but not applying (scoir)

like to send docs

[tardy fiber]

idk i didn't know coalition existed

[sly fossil]

i applied through scoir 😭

[outer apex]

i lowkey shouldve applied w coalition, couldve done more apps

[marble marten]

Yeah ppl who apply to more than 20 I think

[shell rivet]

Omg stop fucking jumpscaring me

[proud crest]

Release time announced

[safe oasis]

so we all received the email? lol

[proud crest]

Yaas

[outer apex]

iirc it was confirmed a while ago lol

[modern arch]

this email = likely letter

[outer apex]

why do they scare us like this 😭

[safe oasis]

need to have that kinda mindset fr

[outer apex]

delusion is the best fr 😜

[modern arch]

this is not delusion

[outer apex]

real

[safe oasis]

"hey you should totally check your portal at 7 PM EDT, we'd hate for someone like you to ignore your decision! ^-^"

[modern arch]

It is real

[modern arch]

Exactly ^~*

[verbal fable]

The fucking email gave me a heart attack christ

[vital sun]

Fucjing gave me a brain aneurism

[formal merlin]

I have a hunch I got rejected

[safe oasis]

I HAVE A HUNCH WE GOT ACCEPTED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥 🔥 🔥

[formal merlin]

This is Princeton-

[safe oasis]

DID I STUTTER??? 💯 💯 🙏 📿

[formal merlin]

I have a C on my transcript

[sly fossil]

real

[verbal fable]

Same but we'll get through this 🗣🗣

[left depot]

That email is inhumane

Online Decision Notification

Bro

Come tf on

They gotta do better than that

[quiet echo]

Feel ya

[quiet echo]

3 more days

[manic jay]

Stop lying u dont feel that

U have never even smelled a B in your life

[quiet echo]

Yes I do

[manic jay]

💀

[quiet echo]

Ermmm actually, I had a B in my progress report!

[manic jay]

Alright bro

I know u clutched up for that A

In the next quarter

[quiet echo]

Ye I got an A rn

[quiet echo]

We’re on semester system

[manic jay]

We are too

[quiet echo]

Progress is just a check up

We don’t got quarters

[manic jay]

But q1 and q2 grades get averaged for sem 1 grade

[quiet echo]

Wtffff???

[manic jay]

Only semester grades go on our transcript

We get progress report for q1 and q3

We get semester reports

[quiet echo]

For us, it’s just the same transcript all semester

It doesn’t start over

[manic jay]

After q2 and q4

[quiet echo]

We get 3 progress reports per sem

And it’s just to show what grade ur at currently

We don’t start over new

[safe oasis]

I GOT A 70 IN GEOMETRY IN GRADE 9 AND A 5/7 IN MATH AS A CS MAJOR BUT WE STILL GOT THIS 🫨😮‍💨📝🆙🔝

[rose lava]

anyone else get the email?

[cosmic crater]

IM GETTING INTO PRINCETON.

[undone sorrel]

This not spam btw it’s manifesting

[quiet echo]

W

[quiet echo]

Delusional

[quiet echo]

W

[manic jay]

Ill be your gym bro at pton (i cant even hit 135)

[cosmic crater]

I can 😂😂

[quiet echo]

😭 same

[amber sphinx]

☠️

Bench?

[quiet echo]

Ye

[amber sphinx]

What do u weigh

[quiet echo]

177

[manic jay]

Mf u hit 235

[quiet echo]

Nah

[safe oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/dawn-of-the-first-day-gif-23933500

[quiet echo]

Fr

[dusky geyser]

can i see a screenshot of the email LMAOOOO
i didnt apply here but i heard about it on reddit and i have to see it LMAO

the email princeton sent

[cunning vortex]

wait when was this sent again

i didnt receive that in my email

[hollow jewel]

ok miss rea applicant 🙄

[undone sorrel]

Today

[dusky geyser]

whast the subject of the email lol

[cunning vortex]

wait

OH MY GOD IM SO STUPID

maybe my lack of sleep from last night is actually affecting me

for a sec i genuinely thought i applied to pton rd and i went to check my email 😭

[hollow jewel]

me abtta do half-nighters until thursday

[undone sorrel]

“Online decision notification”

[meager mango]

LMAOO

[cunning vortex]

😭

[hollow jewel]

isnt your top pick princeton

[cunning vortex]

if u need an energy drink

reign storm kiwi is really good

[hollow jewel]

is that the drink in ur pfp

[dusky geyser]

💀

what a jumpscare

they know what they're doing there

[cunning vortex]

no but the one in my pfp is also delish 😋

[meager mango]

I have to stay loyal to celsius

[meager mango]

yes 😝

[hollow jewel]

stanford 🤔

[quiet echo]

Cooked

[meager mango]

distance is kinda hard to get over

[hollow jewel]

.

[meager mango]

shhhh

no idea what nj looks like tbh

[vernal citrus]

How many of yall have a gut feeling yall will be accepted ? Honestly ?!

[prime nexus]

to princeton no

don’t think it’s the fit for me tbh

[vernal citrus]

how u feeling about Columbia ?

[prime nexus]

it’s good, i would only go to harv and yale over columbia

[hollow jewel]

None

.

[cunning vortex]

ok honestly i respect that celsius is pretty good too

what flavor do u drink

[quiet echo]

Nah

Redbull solos

If u want a lot of caffeine, ghost energy drinks is fire too

[alpine salmon]

I have a gut feeling I'll only get accepted to Stanford on Ivy Day

[quiet echo]

You alr got into Stanford silly

[alpine salmon]

Yeah and that's the only school that I'll get accepted into on Ivy Day

[formal merlin]

I got no likely letters from any ivy’s therefore, a sign of rejection.

[quiet echo]

Stanford doesn’t release on ivy day, it releases the day after ivy day

[alpine salmon]

Same 🫂

[quiet echo]

Same

[alpine salmon]

Yeah I'm implying I'll get rejected from every single ivy lmao

[quiet echo]

😨

Stop the cap

[alpine salmon]

I can hear the voice in my head

[cunning vortex]

respectfully

the original red bull is so bad

like other flavors are pretty good but omg

the original one.. 🥴

[meager mango]

peach rasp or arctic vibe!

[meager mango]

too scared of them

celsius looks “healthy” 😭

[quiet echo]

Nah they’re good

[quiet echo]

Healthy is crazy

[quiet echo]

😭

[cunning vortex]

omg the peach one is rlly good

celsius looks relatively pure

have u guys tried panera charged lemonades

[meager mango]

I WANT TO

if I had a Panera near me I would get the sip club

[alpine salmon]

Are you talking about Milkis flavor?

I think I should try MIlkis then

If you love it that much

[shut kindle]

Irs evaluative

[cunning vortex]

it's amazingg u literally have 10+ options to choose from

[shut kindle]

UPenn is evaluative

[cunning vortex]

nah milkis is different

they only sell them in asian groceries or some walmarts

i did see a box of them at costco tho and i squealed

[meager mango]

I need to go to a college w an Asian grocery nearby LOL

[cunning vortex]

the original one is the best one 😌

[meager mango]

COSTCO MIGHT SUFFICE TBH

they pull thru sometimes

[cunning vortex]

MOOD

[shut kindle]

Fucking kids

[cunning vortex]

costco is amazing 🫶

[shut kindle]

Squealing at a Cosco

[cunning vortex]

😭

milkis is so good have u tried it before

[meager mango]

I haven’t 😫

Is it like dairy ish

[shut kindle]

They’re for babies who squeal

[alpine salmon]

Yeah but Asian groceries in my area is already quite expensive, California Asian market is gonna cost a month worth of rent for one visit 😭

[cunning vortex]

i think the closest comparison i can think of is yogurt drinks

but it's carbonated...it's rlly good

[cunning vortex]

buddy we're both seniors

[meager mango]

yikes… i forgot about cali price of living

[shut kindle]

I’m older

[meager mango]

LOVE yakult

[cunning vortex]

yakult!! same

[meager mango]

nearest grocery is 30 minutes away 😫

[cunning vortex]

wait actually??

[meager mango]

yeah it’s a tragedy

[shut kindle]

I swear some a2c “seniors” sound like they’re 13

[cunning vortex]

harvard has an h mart super close to campus

[meager mango]

I fear this is me

[shut kindle]

Look at you, so excited to be shopping milkis and yakhult

[cunning vortex]

hey it's the little things in life

😊

[alpine salmon]

Yeah I was talking to a person at Cali and she said a small ass boba is $7 💀 I'll kms

I'll just stay in Stanford and eat at Stanford I'll never go out and spend my money I'm already broke enough 😭