QuestBridge (QB) (2023-2024)

[fading karma]

idk where

dude that clutched 10+ fly ins

crazy guy

[zinc terrace]

ok i didn’t match

[fading karma]

WHAT

[empty lava]

He’s in this server or nah

[scarlet plume]

dont worry you can maybe switch to ea?

[zinc terrace]

im thinking about either switching brown or dartmouth to ed

[fading karma]

i dont think so

[hallow crane]

did u get ur decision back?

[fading karma]

I'm so sorry abe

[hallow crane]

awww

[hallow crane]

you got this fs

RIP

[pulsar quarry]

rhode island is super pretty

[scarlet plume]

you'll be fine wherever you go though 🫂

[empty lava]

My friend got into brown Ed after not matching

[hallow crane]

did u get a likely at least?

[untold raptor]

twenty doubloons you get in EA/ED

[royal bear]

@zinc terrace ABE IM SORRY BUT YOU STILL GOT THIS WHEREVER YOU ED/EA

[fringe estuary]

it’s alright abe you’ll end up somewhere where you’ll be successful soon 💪💪

[zinc terrace]

i haven’t opened my emails yet

[scarlet plume]

nice!

[fading karma]

theres a thing where u can check for likelys right @zinc terrace

[zinc terrace]

they email u

[fading karma]

id reccommend

doing it asap

[empty lava]

Wait wha

[scarlet plume]

good luck with ed i know people who got in after they didn't get into the match

[fading karma]

some schools like nu have this thing where they tell u if u switch to ed you can get in

[empty lava]

Oh yeah

I’ve seen that

[viscid kite]

my friend pulled stanford penn and princeton rd after not matching

[fringe estuary]

damnnnnn

[empty lava]

Multiple of my friends here got into Penn rd after not matching

My roommate and my best friend both did

[hallow crane]

can you switch yale to rea abe?

[fading karma]

yay

[fading karma]

i dunno if thats worth it

[zinc terrace]

yale doesnt let u

[fading karma]

maybe ed bowdoin??

[strange finch]

i got

[fading karma]

huh

[strange finch]

unto

[zinc terrace]

id have to get the supp done in 5 days

[fading karma]

??????

[strange finch]

DUKE UNIVERSITY

[fading karma]

OMG

[untold raptor]

shit is wack

[vale marten]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[untold raptor]

CONGRATS!!!

[vale marten]

CONGRATSSSSSS ‼️

[fringe estuary]

OMGGGGGG CONGRATSSSS

[hallow crane]

YOOOOO

[fading karma]

where do u wanna ed

[halcyon sparrow]

congrats !

[zinc terrace]

prob brown or darty

[fading karma]

bro this thread is bittersweet

[fringe estuary]

this is crazy omg i’m glad i ED’ed

[pulsar quarry]

not worth it, then? brown ED is a good look on you imo -- you'd look great in poop brown graduation dresses

[obtuse horizon]

Bittersweet perhaps

[fading karma]

oooh

[mental cobalt]

Is there anyone who hasn’t opened?

No pressure to just curious

[hallow crane]

CONGRATS !!!!!

[empty lava]

Okay I’m going to eat food and when I come back I hope I see a Penn match 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[vale marten]

YASSSS

[viscid kite]

ping me if columbia match i need to do physics

[zinc terrace]

DOOKIE

[zinc terrace]

some ppl ik on insta did

[fading karma]

wow

[elfin mountain]

(side note, but pls react to the poll that’s pinned!)

and CONGRATS

[somber mason]

does anyone know what time qb ccomes out

[mental cobalt]

It’s already out

We pinged for it

[fringe estuary]

good morning

[viscid kite]

dubs

if they have any questions i’m here

i didn’t do qb but i’m familiar with the process, i can also direct them to ppl who did get in qb match

if they want

[hallow crane]

who dm me

[storm mist]

lfggg that’s awesome

[hallow crane]

do yk where fernando matched

[zinc terrace]

idk lemme check

he hasn’t posted anything yet

[fringe estuary]

what’s w&l

[errant meteor]

Is that Washington and Lee?

W&L is so cool

[zinc terrace]

idk he isnt active on the fb gc either

[hallow crane]

why the skull 😭

[hallow crane]

yes and agreed

[sour palm]

Wait so only oats?

[fading karma]

and usc hater

[mental cobalt]

And usc hater

[fringe estuary]

and usc hater

[fading karma]

yeah

[fringe estuary]

omg

woops

[viscid path]

What's w and l

[fading karma]

lmao

[sour palm]

What’d usc get into

[viscid path]

William and Mary?

[mental cobalt]

Duke

[wise cargo]

Duke

[hallow crane]

duke

[fading karma]

dookie

[sour palm]

W

[wise cargo]

I assume most ppl are still in school rn

[fringe estuary]

duke should call their students dookie pookies

[hallow crane]

most of my friends are holding off

[mental cobalt]

🗿

[fading karma]

i could never 😭

[hallow crane]

theyre waiting to open it up w family

[pulsar quarry]

They have gargantuan patience omg

[wise cargo]

Ima do this for all my decisions

I think it's nice that they want to share the experience with their family

[hallow crane]

i know

[hallow crane]

you see i dont wanna do this bc if i get rejected then itd suck

i dont wanna see my whole family see me get rejected

[wise cargo]

My Georgetown decision is coming out during an after school club 2 weeks from now and im not opening it in front of them 😭

[fading karma]

my parents are the best imma open my ivy day decisions w my mom and dad maybe not my sis tho

[hallow crane]

id probably only do it for ivy day tbh

[wise cargo]

Not with the twin?

[pulsar quarry]

I gotta process it in silence for a hot minute 😂

[fading karma]

idk i dunno how we'd feel if one of us got in and one of us got rejected

like id want time to process if this was me

[wise cargo]

Ah ok but I've heard there's like some twin rule or sum where if ur a twin they pretty much always accept the other twin

[hallow crane]

not happening tho 🙏🙏

[wise cargo]

It happened with my friend and cmu his brother doesn't even go to our school

[hallow crane]

we're getting in trust

W for everyone

[wise cargo]

And I saw a yt vid of twins

[hallow crane]

congrats guys

[fading karma]

i hope so sm we've gotten the same decisions thus far

[wise cargo]

Both got in to same schools p much everything

[fading karma]

even tho our gpas are different

[hallow crane]

what ab barnard

[wise cargo]

It's unofficial but most schools adhere to ut

It

[atomic marsh]

Honestly it'd be crazy if we got more than like 5 matches here

[wise cargo]

If their stats are even somewhat comparable

[atomic marsh]

Only 2k finalists

[fading karma]

huh

[brisk spindle]

To everyone who matched, congrats! 🎉 And even if you didn't, you'll still get into an amazing school ed or ea!

[fading karma]

3.6 rn and my sis has a 3.8 but it might be lower this sem and i have a 3.7 ish by rd

[sour palm]

Yeah no I’m deleting my rejection from my moms email and taking a walk to read it on my own

Fuck reading it with my family I’m not tryna see them disappointed 💀

[errant meteor]

They have fantastic fin aid even for middle class

[jaunty pawn]

CONGRATS

[sour palm]

Yayyy

[wise cargo]

Why would it be in ur moms email

[hallow crane]

same but we're getting in dw

[sour palm]

Her email is attached and she has my sign in

[wise cargo]

Oh nahhh

My parents don't have access to anything

[sour palm]

Who is we

[hallow crane]

u and me

[sour palm]

Good joke

[fading karma]

wym by this

[hallow crane]

why

[sour palm]

Good joke

[fading karma]

dang mit upped their match rate

wooop

[golden nova]

Congratulations dude! If we ever end up in Boston together I’m gonna buy you the best Boston Sichuan food ever and a big bagel haha

[hallow crane]

okay im finally opening it

[viscid path]

@sour palm did you do QB too

[sour palm]

No the fuck

[viscid path]

GOOD LUCK

[sour palm]

I’m not poor enough for that

[fading karma]

GL

[viscid path]

Me too

[errant meteor]

How are the results looking

[golden nova]

Good luck!

[errant meteor]

You got this

[golden nova]

No matter what happens you’ll he fine

[sour palm]

I expect pure happiness only

[pulsar quarry]

Whatever you get, it’ll be ok

[hallow crane]

i really really really really want to get into uchicago

[viscid path]

Billy you rea to Stanford right

[storm mist]

do it

[fading karma]

OPEn

[storm mist]

full send

[fading karma]

if u want

[wise cargo]

Like if one was Test opt and 4.0 and the other was 1500 opt with a 3.8. Not comparable is like 3.0 vs 4.0 gpa

[golden nova]

Yea

[viscid path]

Don't keep us in suspense

[fading karma]

3.67ish vs 3.89??

i might have a 3.7 by rd

[jaunty pawn]

My friend got into Princeton!!!!

[fading karma]

tho

[wise cargo]

Obv that's comparable

[viscid path]

When does Stanford decisions come out

[storm mist]

r they on here

[hallow crane]

swear u better not keep us in suspense

[storm mist]

i wanna say congrats

[fading karma]

WHAT

FR????

[golden nova]

Idk

[wise cargo]

Also applications are holistic Michelle we know ur cracked

[golden nova]

I probably will because I’m not a very rational person

[molten panther]

itll prob come out on the 8th, came out on the previous friday for the previous years

[wise cargo]

Did. U get in

[jaunty pawn]

They were let me tell them to join

[golden nova]

Wdym

[viscid path]

HARO PURTAE

[storm mist]

yes new tigers!!

[pulsar quarry]

Opened my EPC decision immediately straight up left class 😂 no patience

[fading karma]

.

[golden nova]

Do you mean second friday?

[storm mist]

i’m excited to meet them

[errant meteor]

Omg theres so much suspense

[viscid path]

.

[hallow crane]

same

[fading karma]

are u a questie??

[golden nova]

2022 was december 16th

[storm mist]

i am not

[wise cargo]

YAYYY

[golden nova]

Congratulations!

[viscid path]

Uchi???

[pulsar quarry]

Chicago bound baby !

[errant meteor]

To Uchi?

[viscid path]

Congratulations

[golden nova]

My transmissions warm now so I’m going to drive home but please ping me if any other good news happens!

[vale marten]

OMGGGGGGGGGG CONGRATS🤩🤩🤩

[hallow crane]

same i thought i was getting rejected i was just hoping i got the good candidate

[fast kayak]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌

[fading karma]

lol me id straight up leave

[wise cargo]

Bro which colleges release during school hours

[queen parrot]

CONGRATULATIONSSSS YOU DESERVE IT

[pulsar quarry]

Got the good candidate rejection letter was mad w Columbia for a hot minute but we move

[fading karma]

lmao when i got stars i was at home and i bawled

[pulsar quarry]

Questies!

[hallow crane]

CONGRATSS

[wise cargo]

Did u get in?

[fading karma]

no i got the good candidate letter tho

[brisk spindle]

CONGRATS TO EVERYONE🎉! (and even if you don't get into your dream ed or ea, going to college regardless of where it is, is still a big achievement!)

[wise cargo]

Oh

[strange finch]

fernado the famous guy got into

stanford

[fading karma]

WO

[wise cargo]

Yippeee

[fading karma]

WOAH

[wise cargo]

Who's Fernando btw

[fading karma]

@hallow crane fernando matched to stanford

[fading karma]

guy that got into 10+ fly ins

idk hes super cracked

[wise cargo]

Is he in this server

[fading karma]

idts

[wise cargo]

Ok

[jaunty pawn]

I’ll @ you when they join

[hallow crane]

HOLY

[mental trout]

wait so who here’s matched so far

[errant meteor]

Why did the one person delete their message

[fading karma]

IK

[hallow crane]

not surprised

im surprised he didnt match to columbia tbh

[fast kayak]

they made their acc today so it might just be a troll

[errant meteor]

Oh

[mental trout]

so we have 2 so far then

[golden nova]

Is Fernado in this server?

[hallow crane]

his essays are really really good

i mean just the way he writes

[hallow crane]

nah

[fading karma]

how do you know

[hallow crane]

cuz on the fly in pages

[fading karma]

huh

[hallow crane]

his bio

is literally poetic

[fading karma]

oh lmao

[errant meteor]

What’s the QB results tally so far

[atomic marsh]

3

[fading karma]

you'll probs get in dec 15th

fr

[wise cargo]

2

[atomic marsh]

Someone else here got into uChicago apparently

Though they didn't post

[wise cargo]

Fake

[royal stump]

no penn matches!?

[wise cargo]

Account created today

[hallow crane]

idk 😭😭 all ik is essays matter hella there

[graceful ridge]

Womp womp

[wise cargo]

Saw one on reddit

[vast thistle]

oop

[strange finch]

two of my friends got matched to princeton

one of them to penn

not in server

[fading karma]

bro

[atomic marsh]

I'd create an account today to post here too

[fading karma]

wtf

[atomic marsh]

💀

[wise cargo]

Was duke ur top choice

[fading karma]

how does it feel to commit

[royal stump]

match is binding ?

[strange finch]

another one got into swartmore, my other one into wasnttingon st louis

[strange finch]

fifth choice

nooe

[wise cargo]

Usc #1 I assume

[strange finch]

terrible 😧, my parents r confused

[atomic marsh]

Ye

[strange finch]

usc was actually higher then duke

[hallow crane]

my friends aint opening

[strange finch]

😭

[fading karma]

WASHU❤️

[wise cargo]

Why is ur name usc hater

[mental trout]

usc missed out on a good one fr

[fading karma]

bro

[hallow crane]

fernando is a huge hope for us TO 🙏🙏

[fading karma]

hes kinda cracked tho

[wise cargo]

Don't pressure them brandon

[strange finch]

wanted to stay close to home

[fading karma]

fernando

[hallow crane]

im not 😭

[wise cargo]

U live near la?

[fading karma]

fernando is qb cracked

[hallow crane]

facts

[strange finch]

yes

[fading karma]

idk i dont think im rlly qb cracked

[royal stump]

terrible?!?!?

[fading karma]

WHAT

WYM

[strange finch]

MY PARENTS WAS LIKE

“Wheres that”

“we’ll talk about it later”

was laughing on the phone

[royal stump]

LOL

literally my parents

[hallow crane]

my mom told me not to waste my time on penn bc its a state school 😭😭

[royal stump]

my mom was pissed i didnt get into harvard so i could visit home more often

[fading karma]

SAME

[strange finch]

MNO WAY LMAO

[mental trout]

LMFAOOOOOO

[fading karma]

mine told me i shouldnt waste my time applying to bowdoin and williams bc theyre trash colleges 😭

[hallow crane]

penn state 😍⁉️

[fading karma]

i acc rlly wanted to apply to bowdoin

[errant meteor]

For which school

[wise cargo]

Gotta pull out the US news rankings 😭

[errant meteor]

L take

[strange finch]

wanted to get close

to home

[fading karma]

ohhhh

[silver jay]

i wish i was a finalist 😭
get into good schools yall

[errant meteor]

Still an L

Duke better

Where are all the QB results wth

[jaunty pawn]

I told you put duke lower 😭

I legit told you weeks ago Harry 😭

[strange finch]

I PUT DUKE AS 5th

IT WAS LOWER

[fading karma]

😭

[jaunty pawn]

I FOLD UOU NOT AT ALL

[strange finch]

people are afriad to open it

[fading karma]

you shoulda removed it if u didnt wanna move oos

@strange finch

[errant meteor]

I want to see the results!!

[fading karma]

congrats doe

[strange finch]

no i did. i had yale and upenn on there for a reason

but its ok

[errant meteor]

I can’t believe you are hating on duke

Duke is based

[jaunty pawn]

He’s not

It’s just a huge change from what he’s used to

@strange finch you’ll be great duke dw

[fading karma]

he committed there he just doesnt like the distance

[strange finch]

IM NOT HATING ON DUKE 😭

[jaunty pawn]

Dw we know

[zinc terrace]

duke is awesome

[errant meteor]

Duke is best school ever

Duke is the most awesome university In history

[zinc terrace]

lmaoo my counselor was like dont waste ur ed on bowdoin ur clearly ivy league level and i burst out laughing

[fading karma]

🙂 u have qbrd decisions to look forward to!

[fading karma]

lol

[zinc terrace]

yeah im gonna decide over the weekend and most schools havent even updated their portals yet

[fading karma]

awww this is nice!! i hope you feel better u'll slay qbrd.

[zinc terrace]

so likely letters will prob come out around later today or monday

HES JUST THE MAN

fernando matched to stanford

[hallow crane]

kid who posted his fly in results on chance me (who ik) matched to yale

[hallow crane]

yea we saw

[fading karma]

what

??

[zinc terrace]

yall gonna be at the same school

[hallow crane]

the one u asked me abt

[fading karma]

fernando??

he did match to stanford no?

[hallow crane]

nah the one who posted his fly in results on reddit

[fading karma]

OHHHH

[hallow crane]

that u asked if ik

[fading karma]

oMG

[fading karma]

wow congrats

to them

[fading karma]

match fomo rn😰

[zinc terrace]

its fine ur gonna catch them all anyways

[hallow crane]

im so scared for dec 15 😭😭

[fading karma]

LOL

[elfin mountain]

Did anyone else get in?

[zinc terrace]

not yet

[hallow crane]

where r u switching ur ed to?

[zinc terrace]

deciding between dartmouth and brown

[royal gorge]

Oh my god I got so many pings

[hallow crane]

@royal gorge

Congrats

!!

[mental trout]

You are the man of the hour after all

Congrats

[obtuse horizon]

youre famous

[mental trout]

Billert did you match?

[hallow crane]

The one who made it out

[obtuse horizon]

i didnt apply qb

[hallow crane]

Of a2c

[mental trout]

oops

[tired yarrow]

You're just that kind of guy 👍

[obtuse horizon]

im just here because theres some based people here applying qb and i also designed the icons/banner for qb day

[zinc terrace]

youre an honorary finalist

[zinc terrace]

MIT bound yessir

[royal gorge]

🫡

[jaunty pawn]

Dw michelle my two friends that matched are now anxious they matched 😭

[wise cargo]

Is qb match finalist an award

[zinc terrace]

yh it counts as one

[royal gorge]

It still doesn't feel real

[tired yarrow]

I put it as one

[royal gorge]

[wise cargo]

Did u match

[wise cargo]

Are u gonna commit or wait for other schools? MIT is non binding right

[royal gorge]

It's non-binding yeah

But let's be real I got into MIT

I'm going to MIT

They have a 90% yield rate for a reason lmaooooo

[viscid kite]

id honestly just commit to MIT 💀

[obtuse horizon]

if i get accepted this mid-december im insta-committing lol

[viscid kite]

id trade columbia for mit pretty much any day 😞

[zinc terrace]

full ride to mit is a full ride to MIT

[viscid kite]

but don’t tell columbia i said that

[fading karma]

why

[wise cargo]

I'd trade whatever I have rn for guaranteed columbia

Ur mad lucky

[royal stump]

non-binding too

god damb

[wise cargo]

Commitment is scary bro

Did u put MIT #1?

[royal stump]

i feel like MIT #1 is the smartest choice

bc schools cant see how you ranked them right

[zinc terrace]

cuz some ppl ranked 15 schools and got matched to their lower ones and are scared

[royal gorge]

Ngl I'm gonna wait to commit until all decisions are released just so I can have shit to post in #✨-celebration-station and #💪-chad-rejects

But I'll probably just end up at MIT anyway lmao

[fading karma]

idk id commit to penn happily

[jaunty pawn]

Soooo happy for you

[jaunty pawn]

Why didn’t you apply Ed?

[fading karma]

parents

[jaunty pawn]

Didn’t your twin want to go there

[jaunty pawn]

They didn’t let either of you Ed?

I thought you wanted to go to Cornell

[obtuse horizon]

cornell recently lowered their ed admit rate

like this week

[tired yarrow]

Don't remind me

[wise cargo]

Same

But wharton Ed no point

[fading karma]

id go to a few places

happily

honestly

[fading karma]

yeah they had some private concerns ❤️

[wise cargo]

What about qb?

[tired yarrow]

I wish I had the same attitude, it would save a lot of heartache

[royal gorge]

Tfw I'm still gonna be taking the SAT tomorrow

[hallow crane]

what was ur SAT?

[royal gorge]

1510 when I applied to QB, and 1560 when I retook in November

Not sure if my QB schools ever used my November SAT in their decisions

[obtuse horizon]

wtf retaking a 1510

[hallow crane]

why are you retaking 😭

[royal gorge]

I had fee waivers man

[wise cargo]

Bro just skip atp

You got into fucking mit

[royal stump]

did mit have 1510 or 1560

[royal stump]

^^^

[royal stump]

deadass skip

waste of time

if MIT took ur score any other school will

[royal gorge]

I have no idea lmao

[golden nova]

Alternatively u can show up and sleep

[royal gorge]

I submitted it as an update but I'm not sure if they ever even used it in making a decision

[golden nova]

You deserve it

[royal gorge]

So 1510, presumably

[royal stump]

or sleep in ur own bed

[obtuse horizon]

^^

[zinc terrace]

why would u go

[golden nova]

It’s what i did when my school mandated testing

[royal gorge]

For sentimentality's sake

Last paper SAT ever smh

[obtuse horizon]

my old school exempted everyone with a 36 on the act from taking the mandatory school test

[royal stump]

deadass why would u retake 1560 AFTER getting into MIT 😭

[wise cargo]

How did ur parents reaxt

To mit

[royal stump]

did u record ur reactiob

[royal gorge]

I haven't gotten out of school yet

It's lunch rn

I'm gonna surprise them

[wise cargo]

BRO CALL THEM

[royal stump]

cali?

[golden nova]

Are you in cali

[wise cargo]

Oh ok

[royal gorge]

Yup

[golden nova]

💀

[wise cargo]

That's even better

[zinc terrace]

i saw usc hater's insta story

[wise cargo]

In person surprise better

[royal gorge]

Blurry lens tho

[wise cargo]

U right

[royal gorge]

😔

[royal stump]

lemme watch it sometime

i wish i recorded ivy day

[pulsar quarry]

nooooooo

[golden nova]

What was your reaction

[royal gorge]

I said "this is gonna be the most hype rejection letter ever"

[sour palm]

my friend got into tufts so thats cool

[royal gorge]

And then I got into MIT

[golden nova]

I might buy a straitjacket

[sour palm]

send

[golden nova]

And put myself in a room without corners

[royal stump]

in class or during break

[golden nova]

To prepare myself for my inevitable rejection

[royal gorge]

During Physics class

Appropriate for MIT lmao

[royal stump]

damn 😭

[sour palm]

ur teacher let u?

w teacher

[pulsar quarry]

dang i just realized i have a decision reaction video with no volume

frick sake

[golden nova]

Do you want an invite to the MIT discord

[royal gorge]

He wrote my rec letter man

[golden nova]

After you commit

[zinc terrace]

i asked my teacher if i can run to my counselor's office

[royal gorge]

The what

[sour palm]

w mans

[royal gorge]

Perhaps

[royal stump]

was he hype

[sour palm]

ur couneslor mustve been so sad

[wise cargo]

Which decision?

[zinc terrace]

no the whole office was like youll get in wherever u ed lmaoo

[wise cargo]

I didnt record my safeties lmao

[royal gorge]

Same thing happened to my Chem teacher last year lmao

[pulsar quarry]

u of a

[wise cargo]

Cuz I opened both of them at school

[sour palm]

bruh

[wise cargo]

And they didn't give me a status update

[royal gorge]

QB kid got into Stanford and he just let her run out into the halls

Lmaoooo

[wise cargo]

I just opened the portal and got in

[sour palm]

i cannot blame her

[winter cove]

i would’ve

[zinc terrace]

AS SHE SHOULD

[golden nova]

Dawg i just realized how everyone’s growing up

I dont know if this makes sense

But like

[sour palm]

tbh if i got an acceptance to stanford id just leave school

i have no reason to be tehr for the day

[golden nova]

You’ve secured the culmination of all your years of work

If that makes sense

[obtuse horizon]

yeah

[sour palm]

billert we get it

[golden nova]

And now you’ve ascended

[sour palm]

were old now

!billert

[forest nymph]

https://i.imgur.com/lxktZs7.png

[grim narwhal]

a2c only two matches?

[sour palm]

think so

[pulsar quarry]

not a lot of QB kids on a2c as well

[grim narwhal]

Abe you open urs yet?

[sour palm]

he did

hes did not get in

[grim narwhal]

Rip

[sour palm]

but were going to say thats cause teh schools hate brown people

fr fr

[tired yarrow]

I hope you guys treat yourself to something good regardless of your decisions!!

[zinc terrace]

nah im gonna roll either brown or dartmouth over to ed

most likely brown

[sour palm]

id rather be told im a failure and need to get it together but u do u

[umbral island]

Start your own YouTube like Limmy

[tired yarrow]

☹️ You're probably doing just fine already, don't beat yourself up

[sour palm]

i am fine but if i suck i want someone to tell me i suck

[umbral island]

!hogwartian

[zinc terrace]

cant tell if this is generic or a good sign

[umbral island]

Damn

This is a guaranteed

If you apply ED, you’ll get in

[sour palm]

generic ish but u can try ED

[zinc terrace]

i kinda dont wanna write their supp rn lol

[mental cobalt]

Why

[umbral island]

The predictions

[umbral island]

You can do it bro❤️

[mental cobalt]

I only have a few tho

For decision dates

I’m not doing chance mes college results

[zinc terrace]

OMG MY FRIEND FROM WES FLY IN GOT MATCHED TO YALE

[hallow crane]

u betta than bowdoin id say wait for rd go for yale

[zinc terrace]

im so happy for him

[zinc terrace]

yeah ig im gonna either wait or do brown/dartmouth ed

[fading karma]

is it the guy from iowa??

[zinc terrace]

no he matched to colorado college

its the guy who also is from nyc and one of the only ones to get interviewed from here

[hallow crane]

@royal gorge DUDE UR SO FUCKING

UGHH

WHEN I READ THAT I WAS SO EXCITED FOR U

[sour palm]

u guys suck for being excited for him

i alwyas knew he was getting in

soudns like u gusy doubted him

[umbral island]

Limmy doesn’t too😭

[mental cobalt]

He does college results lmfao

That’s his entire thing my guy

[umbral island]

Not chance mes tho👀 just predictions

Btw this place was FUMINGGG

for only 6k applications 💀

Imagine early decisions then😭

[hallow crane]

thats what a chanceme is 💀

[zinc terrace]

i never doubted oats

[sour palm]

shut up

sorry the demons

i lvoe u abe

[hallow crane]

abe r u gonna ed/rea

[sour palm]

dont hate me

hes deciding btw brown and datmouth

[hallow crane]

ah

choose brown

brown's cool

[grim narwhal]

Lol ivys dont getta choose abe, abe chooses them

[sour palm]

bro just gave him the answer

[zinc terrace]

yeah

i was leaning towards brown

cuz of open curriculum and stuff but i also really like dartmouth too so lets see

[hallow crane]

Congrats to all the people who got matched!

[umbral island]

Bro do Dartmouth 😭❤️

You’re bme right?

[wise cargo]

Do you have to redo supps

[zinc terrace]

poli sci

[jaunty pawn]

I thought you wanted to go to Cornell

[zinc terrace]

no

[zinc terrace]

im applying rd

[jaunty pawn]

Ah gotcha

[wise cargo]

Are u applying to more schools qbrd

[zinc terrace]

yeah im doing like 10ish qbrd

[jaunty pawn]

Oops it sent twice I meant to reply to Michelle 😭 that’s great though

[strange finch]

LMAO bro the notifcations and spam 😭

[strange finch]

replying to this

😭 i shoulsa opened it at home

[zinc terrace]

lmaooo

[mental cobalt]

Do we have numbers on how many matched

Like per school

[wise cargo]

Duke was 97

[mental cobalt]

Should I make a list

[wise cargo]

MIT 56

[mental cobalt]

Of any I can find

[wise cargo]

I only know 2 lmao

Oats and usc hater

[mental cobalt]

I have WashU as 100

Per Instagram

[wise cargo]

Aight

[zinc terrace]

hold on ik a couple

72 for yale

115 for BC

75 for dartmouth

11 for williams

[golden nova]

just curious - what's the "acceptance" rate on average for matches?

i put acceptance in air quotes because you have to obviously first get chosen as a finalist

[zinc terrace]

usually 30% of finalists

[golden nova]

oh

[placid mulch]

hi!! congrats to everyone no matter what your result was today + out of curiosity did anyone match to wellesley here :))

[mental cobalt]

Number Matched (2023)
Amherst: 22
Barnard: 3
Boston College: 115
Bowdoin: 19
Caltech: 25
Claremont McKenna: 10
Colby: 43
Colgate: 15
Colorado College: 15
Columbia: 87
Dartmouth: 75
Davidson: 42
Denison: 38
Duke: 97
Emory: 85
Grinnell: 40
JHU: 39
Hamilton: 22
MIT: 56
Northwestern: 93
Notre Dame: 83
Oberlin: 20
Penn: 108
Pomona: 17
Rice: 77
Scripps: 7
Swarthmore: 20
Tufts: 30
UChicago: 142
USC: 5
UVA: 15
Vanderbilt: 60
Washington & Lee: 20
WashU: 100
Williams: 11
Yale: 72

[mental cobalt]

I’ll keep looking

[wise cargo]

Duke is 97

[mental cobalt]

Rip Ty

[sterile quail]

W&L is 20

[zinc terrace]

142 uchi is amazing wow

oh bowdoin is 19

[wise cargo]

USC bro 💀

[zinc terrace]

its almost always 5

[wise cargo]

5 is insane

😭

Why they stingy af

Mit was 10 last year

Penn 108 wow

[zinc terrace]

pomona is 17

[mental cobalt]

Scripps L too

Only 7

But tbf I think they’re smaller

[gusty gull]

Penn: 108
What was it a year ago?

See I just worry about looking at that as less applicant spaces

are qb applicants judged differently from normal ed accplicants?

[storm mist]

what did pton do

how many admits

[mental cobalt]

This is this year

Idk last year

[mental cobalt]

I only have what’s listed

[gusty gull]

Do Questbridge applicants count as ED?

[zinc terrace]

brown and penn didnt list it in their letter

[mental cobalt]

No

Found two years ago tho

It was 69 Qb

[zinc terrace]

no but its binding (except for mit)

[errant meteor]

This is so cool

Damn tho USC said to suck it to everyone

[zinc terrace]

22 amherst

[royal gorge]

I told my AP Chem teacher about my QB Match

He said "Aren't MIT kids supposed to be smart?"

💀

[zinc terrace]

lmaooo you got duped

[hallow crane]

This sounds like smth my history teacher would say

But today he was hounding me abt my harvard dec

Saying he was gonna call the dean if they dont hurry 💀

[royal gorge]

He's one of those teachers that are perpetually sarcastic yet actually super supportive of their kids

Love em ngl

[zinc terrace]

my art teacher was like "youre smart enough to apply to yale?" and i was internally crying

[wise cargo]

Anyone can apply bro

[grim narwhal]

Idk why shes talking if shes a highschool art teacher gango no cap sheeeeesh

[zinc terrace]

yeah i was just like ok wtv

[hallow crane]

Yall got some mean teachers 💀

All mine were so excited for me

[fading karma]

awww!!!!!!!!!

[empty lava]

Alright who matched to Penn

[empty lava]

Holy shit Penn was only 80 last year

[hallow crane]

usc at 5 💀

[sour palm]

Nah cause why

[royal gorge]

They wanna keep some token poor kids in the class so they can drag 'em out for all the movies they film there 💀

University of Spoiled Children fr

[sour palm]

I’m assuming ur not gonna apply nowhere else

[brisk spindle]

Realistically, does an undocumented student have a good chance at getting matched?

[royal gorge]

I mean, QB is a scholarship program for low income kids - i.e for those who've faced some serious adversity so...

[brisk spindle]

Yeah, I just thought a uni would be less likely to match because that'd be more work/money they'd have to invest in an undocumented student

[royal gorge]

Maybe, but that's not all schools

Some schools, especially QB partners, and like HYPSM have very, very deep pockets

AOs at top schools have the freedom to make their decisions without regard for money - a privilege that not many schools have

[brisk spindle]

That's true, I guess I shouldn't worry so much

[hallow crane]

Damn did nobody match to princeton😭

[sour palm]

Bro we ain’t you 💀

[strange finch]

i have 3 friends that did

on instagram

maybe no one here

[gusty gull]

Most of those schools are to the point where they are hedge funds but with a education side gig

[zinc terrace]

not a lot of qb kids on a2c

[royal gorge]

St. Anford's moment

[storm mist]

i wanna meet them!!!!

[scarlet plume]

what was ur rank list

[storm mist]

can confirm

i get so many emails about tiger hedgefunds and tiger investment club and tiger entrpreneurs and tiger blockchain or whatever

(i dont know what blockchain is)

i want to unsubscribe from the club emails at this point

[royal gorge]

My hubris nearly became the end of me

MIT, Stanford, and Penn M&T

[storm mist]

upenn😭

thank god you got mit

dodged that bullet

[scarlet plume]

wow 3 schools

nice! what schools are u doing rd?

[royal gorge]

I have no idea

[hallow crane]

r u californaina

[scarlet plume]

you've got time to decide lol

[royal gorge]

I am certainly Californaina

[hallow crane]

do u think you'd pick stan over mit

[royal gorge]

I paid $460 for UC and CSU apps yesterday

💀

[storm mist]

withdarw and request a refund

with your mit letter lmfaoo

[royal gorge]

Naw no refunds

Plus MIT isn't binding so there's no legitimately cause to withdraw 💀

[storm mist]

was joking

[hallow crane]

they dont give waivers?

[royal gorge]

(hell no)

[storm mist]

money under the bridge unfortunately

[royal gorge]

Only for a limited amount of campuses

[storm mist]

i mean if you just like commit

what do u wanna study

[royal gorge]

I had too much anxiety to apply to just a few UCs 💀

[storm mist]

mit is really great, i got waitlisted but didnt stay on it

we will never know my fate

[royal gorge]

I mean, you go to Princeton so

💀

[storm mist]

theres a special place in my heart for mit

[royal gorge]

There's a reason why MIT has a 90% yield rate

[storm mist]

its the only top school that doesnt do the goofy legacy athlete system and i respect it for that

if i was an engineer id wanna be at mit for sure

[golden nova]

are u fucking serious

holy shit

[royal gorge]

Yeah I really admire MIT for standing up for its principles

[golden nova]

that's like

at least 10 pizzas

[royal gorge]

That's a large part of why I put MIT on top of the list

[royal gorge]

I'm so sorry but that legitimately is 10 Californian pizzas

[storm mist]

i will strongly argue pton is the best in the world for liberal arts and mit is best for stem

obviously pton is largely not an ethical institution but, it is better within its caliber

[golden nova]

wait this reminds of a funny story about the last time i visited california

[royal gorge]

I went to amusement park in a field trip with my Physics class (I didn't pay for shit) and we had to buy food

Shit was $50

😭

[storm mist]

we're building a new res college to expand the class size by a few thousand

[golden nova]

it's an amusement park

of course they're going to park up the price

oh also designing roller coasters is so fucking cool

[royal gorge]

(Regular stores are nearly as expensive)

[golden nova]

not as cool as building and driving race cars though 😎

[royal gorge]

It is

G forces ❤️

[storm mist]

i happy i didnt get rejected from pton or mit lmfao

my beloveds

they had my back

[golden nova]

oats what areyou planning to major in

if it's anything relatd to physics or engineering you have to do the MIT roller coaster shit and the racing

[tired yarrow]

Wait, it's the waiver like 4 UC campuses?

[royal gorge]

A2Cers when the increased class size means that Princeton has a slightly high acceptance rate:

[royal gorge]

I applied to 8 campuses 💀

[golden nova]

you gotta do formula SAE

[royal gorge]

I know another low income kid that did the same

[tired yarrow]

Bro....

[golden nova]

formula SAE is so fucking cool

[royal gorge]

UCs are basically all of our apps man

Super important for us Cali kids

We willin' to pay an arm and a leg

Because UCs and CSUs account for 99% of our apps

[tired yarrow]

I did UC apps for fun yesterday

[storm mist]

its a bit complicated cause its also like the department of defense headquarters lmao..

[royal gorge]

In fact, out of the schools I applied to so far, UCs and CSUs account for 80% of them

[storm mist]

but many of the kids i know at mit are really great and intelligent people

who wanna contribute to the world and not sell out

at least the rsi kids there are really awesome

[viscid path]

Oof

[golden nova]

bro i want to do formula sae so badly in college

[viscid path]

You're attending MIT right

[golden nova]

im a shit driver and have never been go-karting

but my confidence tells me i will be the best racer ever

[royal gorge]

Tbh that's the attribute about MIT kids that I love most

[storm mist]

seems like youll fit right in!

[royal gorge]

Like, Harvard has more famous alumni, but MIT, well, you know how those kids are

[storm mist]

yeah mit is better than pton at this greatly😭

20% of our class is athletes who tend to be very rich adn another 13% is legacies

[drifting ginkgo]

did anyone who didnt match not get a generic message from penn, vandy or duke?

[golden nova]

jane street quants nervously

[storm mist]

not really too much "service to humanity" going on here

[gusty gull]

mhmm totally, imagine taking my spot at wharton

[storm mist]

listen

[royal gorge]

My MIT interviewer commented on that for EA lmao

[storm mist]

i got into upenn i can slander it

[royal gorge]

I talked about how QB NCM with MIT wasn't binding

And she was like - if you're getting into MIT you're going to MIT anyway

[storm mist]

my ao sent me a note rizzing me up💀

[royal gorge]

90% Yield rate ftw

[storm mist]

with horrendous finaid that was twice the price of pton literally

upenn was crazy for that lol

[royal gorge]

Couldn't you have strongarmed Penn into giving you a better deal with that fact

'cause iirc you could've done that

[storm mist]

upenn be like "youre so sexy ahah come to our school" and then give me like nothing

[royal gorge]

Some kids use their award letters from competitor schools to strongarm aid out of other schools

[storm mist]

pton was my first choice

[royal gorge]

Mood

[storm mist]

i felt bad tho😭 i replied thank you to the ao note and never told her directly i wasnt going

[golden nova]

were you a qb kid

[storm mist]

nah

[golden nova]

were you fgli

[storm mist]

im just here cause i was wondering if i could find some new classmates

to say hi

but have not thus far

[storm mist]

i was not

[golden nova]

damn

and you said you swept upenn princeton and mit?

bro must be absolutely insane

[storm mist]

i got upenn and pton, waitlisted mit

[golden nova]

oh rip

[storm mist]

im like a pretty normal upper middle class asian guy

[golden nova]

define normal

[storm mist]

no hooks if thats what youre asking

[storm mist]

no like demographically

[golden nova]

oh

i remember one of my friends was like "i think im pretty average at math" to this guy we just met and i was like "shut the fuck up you're an imo gold medalist"

[tired yarrow]

No, I actually remember my sister having to argue with the financial aid office for more aid when she got into penn, I think the reason it was approved was only because she was a questie

[storm mist]

i mean the apps process was actually really rough for me lmfao

it just looks good in retrospect

[golden nova]

what happened

[storm mist]

i mean put together the pieces

rea deferral, mit waitlist

didnt have any good news til march 30

which was a longg time lol

but its fine, made it out

[storm mist]

i have a body of work yeah but not in like the normative a2c way

if that makes sense

[royal gorge]

Tbh the best thing about QB is that I get to take the first Ws of the college apps season and just vibe for the rest of the school year

[lyric wing]

UChicago moment

[golden nova]

it doesnt

[storm mist]

like, im a politics kid

[royal gorge]

Ngl I'm just gonna fuck around for the rest of the school year now

We applyin' QBRD for shits and giggles 💪

[storm mist]

i didnt do any hs comps or whatever

the accolades you might think of

[golden nova]

oh makes sense

[royal gorge]

USC: 5 moment

[golden nova]

were you a dc fuckboy or nah

[royal gorge]

University of Spoiled Chilren.jpg

[royal gorge]

DC Fuckboy goes crazy

[lyric wing]

25 for a school the size of caltech is actually a decent amount

[storm mist]

hahaha, it was more just like 4 years of activism work that had a story and contextual impact behind it

[lyric wing]

10% of the class QB

[storm mist]

like my app was heavily based on essays to understand what i did with my life

[royal gorge]

When I mentioned that I got into MIT he joked around and said that meant I didn't get into Caltech lmao

[storm mist]

accolades were pretty informal

like getting featured / invited in news

[golden nova]

also, check our mutual friends

[storm mist]

was mainly what i listed

[golden nova]

hwo do you know the two not in a2c?

[royal gorge]

Mood

[hallow crane]

Upenn >>>>> Princeton wdym

[storm mist]

LOOK LOL i spent 3 years of hs working in exactly one political movement so obviously 150 characters was not enough to explain that

[storm mist]

what do you mean by dc fuckboy

[golden nova]

like

guy in dc

interns for some senator

[royal gorge]

Ask @golden nova 😭

[storm mist]

i am from michigan dawg

[golden nova]

legislates policy

knows a shit ton of people

oh

[storm mist]

i did a bit of this, but mostly noninstitutionalized political work in climate activism

well some institutional

[golden nova]

my friends run some climate organization in indiana

[royal gorge]

3 digit undergrad class size is actually so funny

[golden nova]

apparently they just lobby and lobby

[royal gorge]

Caltech is 4x smaller than my HS

[golden nova]

i remember they made me testify

[storm mist]

i was a little dc pilled yeah but im too far left to really engage that much

[golden nova]

i was so scared i was gonna say something that would scar me

i just talked about how pollution isnt good 💀

[storm mist]

i suppose the most normative things i did were like, a few electoral campaign internships for biden/senators

[golden nova]

i didnt actually talk about anything specific

[storm mist]

and i worked in the dnc senior year

[golden nova]

nicceee

how do you get involved with that shit

[storm mist]

but those werent really the main aspects of my work

[golden nova]

how do you get those positions

[storm mist]

lol you answered your own question

[golden nova]

maybe im just incompetent but i stg i see people out here doing all this crazy shit but i feel like its just gatekept

[storm mist]

the real world is not like college apps, its not through formal channels

[golden nova]

like not for you

but like some kids

i see them doing research at harvard yale and mit concurrently

and i feel like they're gatekeeping

[storm mist]

you have to build your own skills and body of work and networks, and people have to know who you are based on your abilities and impact in politics

[golden nova]

because when i ask them how

they say "i cold email"

[storm mist]

politics is who you know

and how they perceive you

[royal gorge]

Simply do a lil' sideways applyin'

[storm mist]

so if you do work and have experience that is valuable in a national context, youll get reached out to and appointed to national roles

[golden nova]

nah but like think about how cool it would be to say that you worked there

[storm mist]

etcetc

[golden nova]

i like to think im not terrible at taking advantage of opportunities

[storm mist]

but you have to be able to show youre competent and doing something meaningful and impactful first

otherwise people have no reason to offer you access and responsibility

[tired yarrow]

What does applying sideways even mean?

[surreal field]

mit article

[storm mist]

lol someone put me on bernie sander's VIP list

for his midterms tour

[golden nova]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/

[storm mist]

shit like that

[surreal field]

sheesh

[storm mist]

that just happens when you are known

[golden nova]

aww i wanna meet bernie

give him some hot chocolate

and cocoa

with marshmallows

[storm mist]

he was so tired and wobbly holy fuck

[surreal field]

i mean bros 80

😭

[storm mist]

and sweating

[golden nova]

what do you expect

from someone his age

it's not like other old people are much better

[storm mist]

i was masked up asf i was not gonna give bernie covid

[golden nova]

i remember seeing this one clip of joe biden falling down some stairs

[royal gorge]

Now that you are Zen calm, liberated from the pressures of not having cured cancer by your 18th birthday, what should you do if you still want to come to MIT?

• Do well in school. Take tough classes. Interrogate your beliefs and presumptions. Pursue knowledge with dogged - precision. Because it is better to be educated and intelligent than not.
• Be nice. This cannot be overstated. Don’t be wanton or careless or cruel. Treat those around you with kindness. Help people. Contribute to your community.
• Pursue your passion. Find what you love, and do it. Maybe it’s a sport. Maybe it’s an instrument. Maybe it’s research. Maybe it’s being a leader in your community. Math. Baking. Napping. Hopscotch. Whatever it is, spend time on it. Immerse yourself in it. Enjoy it.
  If you do these three things, you will be applying sideways to MIT.

See:

If you get into MIT, it will be because you followed these steps. If you do well in school, you will be smart and prepared for an MIT education. If you are nice, then your letters of recommendation will convince us that MIT would be a wildly better place with you on campus. And if you pursue your passion, you will have developed a love for and skill at something that helps distinguish you from other applications – something that is your “hook.”

[golden nova]

and his bike

[royal gorge]

But what if you don’t get into MIT?

Well, you may be disappointed. But you learned everything you could, so now you’re smarter; you were a positive member of your community, and you made people happy; and you spent high school doing not what you thought you had to do to get into a selective college, but what you wanted to do more than anything else in the world. In other words, you didn’t waste a single solitary second of your time.

Applying sideways, as a mantra, means don’t do things because you think they will help you get into MIT (or Harvard, or CalTech, or anywhere). Instead, you should study hard, be nice, and pursue your passion, because then you will have spent high school doing all the rights things, and, as a complete side effect, you’ll be cast in the best light possible for competitive college admissions.

Sometimes, you really can have the best of both worlds.

[storm mist]

i was like right behind him for the photo😭

[golden nova]

i dont think it was really relevant to what i was saying tho

i was saying like

[storm mist]

imo this is really right

[golden nova]

how do you get that shit

i fully agree with you though

be useful

as a person

not as a college application

[storm mist]

like i didnt do a single hs competition lol

[royal gorge]

Doesn't matter 'cause you just gotta do what you wanna do smh

[golden nova]

competitions are not worth the return on investment

[golden nova]

dawg

what if i want to be president

what do i do then

[storm mist]

but people have an outsized perception of the value of awards cause they want something objective to believe

[hallow crane]

HS competitions are overrated

[royal gorge]

Harvard bound fr

[storm mist]

about who gets in and who doesnt

[storm mist]

once i paneled w gretchen whitmer

[golden nova]

as a former math kid (and partially present) most people realize they're wrong about that when they start getting into high school

[storm mist]

and she asked me if she'd be voting for me in a few years (i was 15) and i was like yes and she was like awesome