Stanford University (2023-2024)

[opaque plume]

i apply asking for aid

idgaf

[runic plinth]

lmffaoooo

ok ill too then

would u choose it over pton or nah?

[opaque plume]

honestly i would but only if i get full aid

[runic plinth]

icic

[opaque plume]

i have a vendetta for someone there

lol

[runic plinth]

pton prob gives more aid tbh

[runic plinth]

lmfao

[opaque plume]

ngl yeah

and they haven't given me their aid package yet

so

gotta keep on rolling

[idle axle]

Really? Feel like that’s submittable. If that’s not should I still send in my 1520? 😭

[jagged thistle]

Bro I submitted a 1510

Anything above a 1500 is easy submit if you have decent academics

If you're lacking academically then maybe a 1550+ would make up for it

But I feel in general 1500+ should be submittable

[digital spoke]

That's 100% submittable

[silver turtle]

hey guyss would anyone review my stanford supps? 😄

[blazing rose]

Ugh I'm not sure what they want for these 50 word supps 😭

I'm just gonna do what the USC people recommended and just write something personal bc they apparently just want a sense of you as a person

How long was ur "five things" prompt? I can't make 50 words out of this

[drowsy hedge]

did u just list the 5 things

[blazing rose]

Yeah. Ended up with like 29 words

[shy hinge]

i ended up not applying to NU i didnt have time and my brown supps suck 😭

[blazing rose]

Oh that sucks

[shy hinge]

how long the stanford supps take u

[blazing rose]

Yeah I was like "maybe I should apply to brown" and then I saw the supps and I was like... no I shan't be doing that

I could have done them but.... I'm lazy

[shy hinge]

lol how many colleges u applying too

[blazing rose]

I'm still doing them I've done some of the short answer and I'll move onto short essay soon

[blazing rose]

like 19 I think

Maybe more

[shy hinge]

wtf u aint lazy then lol

im doing 8 and im already tired of this

[cold night]

i feel so lazy reusing supps

[shy hinge]

work harder not smarter

[blazing rose]

Yeah but what are you going to do? I'm not writing that much

[shy hinge]

wait its the opposte

[cold night]

lmfao

[blazing rose]

Northwestern openly supported people reusing their supps

Goats

[shy hinge]

can i do all of stanford in a day u think

[cold night]

i just have to write the 5 50 words and the roomate essay yayyy

so fun

[blazing rose]

Stanford's not due 'til the 5th

[shy hinge]

i read the prompts and im like i dont got time to research the website bruh

[blazing rose]

That's like 48 hours

[cold night]

yes def especially if u can reuse supps

[shy hinge]

i got penn to do today

and im not even home

[cold night]

same

[shy hinge]

lol

[cold night]

i have to finish stanford and start penn

so so fun!!

[shy hinge]

how many u applying too

[blazing rose]

Oh yeah my vacation ends today and I'm flying home tomorrow so

That's like 8 hours out of 48 gone

And of course 16 for sleep

[shy hinge]

im not looking forward to stanford imma be thinking for years

[cold night]

uhhh 23

counting all the ucs

[shy hinge]

bruh past few days i been getting like barely any sleep cuz of my apps

[shy hinge]

bro wtf how do people do so much

[blazing rose]

In fairness 5 of them were UC so they're just the same application

[shy hinge]

applause for you guys

[cold night]

im tryna make my parents proud🥲🥲as a first gen

[blazing rose]

I've only done like 6 of them in the past 3 days and I'm already so done with it too

[cold night]

but also

[shy hinge]

my ucla acceptance in jeopardy after i forget to put very important ecs on my app 💀

[cold night]

im so scared that they sacrificed so much for me to not get in anywhere

[shy hinge]

bruh im only doing 8 and one of them i copied and pasted from one of my supps and called it a day

[cold night]

this process is so scary

[shy hinge]

thats a lot

i dont even get 1 done a day 😭

[cold night]

guys we got this

[shy hinge]

me spending hours on my app for it to get read in a few minutes

[blazing rose]

Eh it really doesn't matter. You just need to get into a college and get that paper slip that makes other people respect you

[shy hinge]

whats ur top school

[cold night]

yale <3

got deferred :(

[shy hinge]

if u get into like a top school instantly ur opinion is relevant lol

[blazing rose]

And if you're going to graduate school then it only matters where you go then, not now

[shy hinge]

i just shotgun the ivies

[blazing rose]

Lmao I got rejected from U Chicago I am very bitter about that

[cold night]

yeah i know thats mostly true but still would be kinda disappointed if i grinded throughout hs to not really have it pay off

[shy hinge]

catch me back here on ivy day the happiest man alive

or the saddest

[cold night]

i have nyu too i forgot

ugh

[blazing rose]

Oh yeah mood if I don't get accepted in a UC or NU at least I'll be pissed

[cold night]

you will trust🙏

[shy hinge]

hopefully princeton accepts me

even tho my supps mid

[blazing rose]

Thank you

[shy hinge]

or columbia

[cold night]

fuck princeton i took it off as soon as i saw the 500 word essay or whatever it was

like thats another common app in itself

[blazing rose]

I kind of just want to get into USC because I EA'd there and thus I wouldn't have to care about any of the rest of this process after that

[shy hinge]

wait till u see the arts and sciences for cornell 💀

[blazing rose]

because after the privates happen I'll start applying to safety state schools

[cold night]

i feel like my writing gets bland with a growing word count

so i liked yales supps a lot bc they were the perfect length

[shy hinge]

they arent due yet 4 u?

[blazing rose]

Ugh this one middle tier college wanted a 600 word essay to get into their honors program

[blazing rose]

Oh no a lot of state safety school are due like. April and May

So that's last resort

[shy hinge]

i hope yale likes my embarrasing story for the not seen any where else in ur application

[shy hinge]

wtf how

[shy hinge]

may bro wtf

[blazing rose]

I think it's rolling tho so I'd better start now to get a good chance of getting in

It's rolling admission

[shy hinge]

ah

u prob would get in anyways tho

[blazing rose]

I have like 7 reach schools

[shy hinge]

all my common app are reach

[blazing rose]

3 competitive schools

[shy hinge]

major reach

lmao

[blazing rose]

And like 2-3 safety schools lined up

[trail olive]

what is up stanford megathread

[shy hinge]

yo

[blazing rose]

Oh by competitive I mean like 20-30% acceptance rate

Much higher chance of getting in at U Miami or Occidental

[shy hinge]

we gon get through this 🙏

[blazing rose]

Ugh the majority of mine are done but I still have a few left

[shy hinge]

i sincerely hope my common app essay carries me

its not even special

but its the best thing i have

[blazing rose]

Thankfully they're not all back to back same day any more

[shy hinge]

r u applying to penn

[blazing rose]

Stanford has a 2 day gap and then Pomona 2 days after that and then Occidnetal 3 days after that

[blazing rose]

Nah I saw that application and was like. no.

[shy hinge]

its probably the best of the ivies wdym

[blazing rose]

Nvm that was brown then

[tropic grotto]

me with 0 safeties

[trail olive]

how so

[shy hinge]

real

[blazing rose]

Maybe I will... eh I'm too lazy

[shy hinge]

app length wise

[trail olive]

oh yeah

true

(i still have 1 more penn essay to write)

[shy hinge]

i havent even started

[cold night]

idk who to write my thank you letter to

[tropic grotto]

i got the roommate essay and that one last essay about fit

[shy hinge]

all my college lived experience essays have overlap with my common app 😄

[cold night]

i wanna do it to my dad but it says to someone u havent had the chance to so idk

[shy hinge]

so either instant reject or nah

[opaque plume]

shit i wrote it for my dad

[shy hinge]

for penn?

[cold night]

okok

making me feel better

[opaque plume]

fck ok im not getting in

[cold night]

no its ok i think were good

[trail olive]

dw abt it
its not that deep

[cold night]

yea

[shy hinge]

nah i saw someone say they wrote to they brother and they got in

[opaque plume]

ok

that's comforting to hear

[cold night]

im lowkey excited to write that

[opaque plume]

i don't like the fact that they're all 200 words

why not 250

[shy hinge]

ivy day too far

[shy hinge]

hey im not complaining about less

[cold night]

for the community one how many words did u guys spend talking about stanford

[opaque plume]

wait

[shy hinge]

no idea

[opaque plume]

shit i thought this was penn server

[shy hinge]

havent started

[shy hinge]

lol nah

[opaque plume]

0

[cold night]

really?

[opaque plume]

yah

[cold night]

i think imma try to connect it back but word count is kinda limiting

[tropic grotto]

absolute brainrot

[cold night]

me asf

[shy hinge]

W 1st response

[trail olive]

literal brainrot

[tropic grotto]

idk how i’m gonna write the last essay

[cold night]

im just reusing my other community essays

[tropic grotto]

all my community essays are like heavy on the creative writing side idk if stanford would want that

[cold night]

i feel like they do

[tropic grotto]

u think stanfords gonna care about my C (foreign language) in middle school?

[trail olive]

please tell me youre meming

[tropic grotto]

yeah i am

i’m procrastinating on this last essay

[trail olive]

guys do you think stanford's gonna care that i dropped out of preschool???

[trail olive]

which one

[tropic grotto]

community

i feel like i’m straight up milked out of things to talk cause of the other two 250 word supps

[trail olive]

whens stanford due

brainstorm some unique ideas and also sleep on it
its 2am pst

[tropic grotto]

it’s due on the 5th

[trail olive]

yeah sleep on it

coming up with ideas this late isn't a great idea

[tropic grotto]

i used all my brain power on making all those short 50 word supps

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[trail olive]

fr lmfao

[harsh sentinel]

First draft 216

[harsh sentinel]

they do yes

[trail olive]

did you just say two hundred and sixteen words

for the 5 things prompt

[silver turtle]

hi guyss

[harsh sentinel]

yes

[silver turtle]

would anyone be able to review my supps please? would really appreicate any comments or feedback

[trail olive]

hello harvard manifestor

[silver turtle]

hihiiii ll

[trail olive]

this is CRAZY

[harsh sentinel]

stanford took me so much time because all of my 50 word essays started as 200+

[trail olive]

i would but i cant promise im any help + its 3am for me 💀
if you want to i can do it tomorrow

[harsh sentinel]

born overwriter bro

[silver turtle]

thats wild

[harsh sentinel]

hell my common app started at 1400

[trail olive]

this is actually nuts

[harsh sentinel]

for brown's "what three words describe you" i had 24 words to begin with😭

[silver turtle]

omg same here thing is i have a flight tmrw so kinda gotta submit it today ahaha but if u cant i totally understand no worriees

[trail olive]

what

the fuck

[harsh sentinel]

that's why i love uchicago they don't specify a word count and you can just go wild

1000 word essay go brrr

[trail olive]

if you want to send them i can look over ig

[silver turtle]

tysmm for sure ill dm u the doc

[warm steeple]

why does common app say rejecting interviews won' affect the app negatively but in the common dataset it is showed that interviews are considered

[trail olive]

its

a weird way of working it

wording it

so

if they say that interviews dont hinder your application

thats technically correct

but a good interview will benefit your application

[warm steeple]

and a bad intervieew

[trail olive]

will likely hinder it yes

but itd have to be bad bad

[warm steeple]

k

[rigid kayak]

just do it

90% of the time interviewers r rlly chill

[blazing rose]

How do you even get an interview?

[elfin coral]

Just gotta be lucky that there's an interviewer in your region

[blazing rose]

No like. is there a spot for it on the portal

[elfin coral]

Didn't see any

[warm steeple]

will i be in trouble if i quote a line from a song (veeeeryyy slightly modified) in an essay but don't put the songwriter's name because ive reached the word limit?

the line is very relevant

[karmic pebble]

stanford please accept me

[warm steeple]

or is it better to not do this at all because of stanford's affirmations that your work is 'ultimately' your own?
PS - I can credit now.

nvm stanford's honor code says giving enough credit is important. just don't plagiarise. so ill take my chances.

[elfin prawn]

i disagree (nevermind i responded to the wrong person)

[stone mural]

Cite the song on additional info

[solemn tiger]

Did some final edits anyone wants to review?

[warm steeple]

where is that can't see

[stone mural]

Literally after where u typed ur CA essay

[rigid kayak]

there was a spot on common app

[vale plover]

can you take 60cm/dm at the same time?

[cold night]

just finished the roommate essay

such a fun write

why am i tearing up

[digital spoke]

Ikr

[shy hinge]

What did y’all talk about

[jovial bobcat]

si tan fu

[crimson pasture]

💀

[elfin prawn]

for the stanford contribution/diversity prompt, i can write about a contribution i’m gonna make to the world right?

[crimson pasture]

idk i wrote more about that type of stuff in my intellectual curiosity prompt

[crimson pasture]

like i think they genuinely wanna see a unique perspective so if those 2 relate for you then sure?

[jovial bobcat]

is it contribution and diversity or or?

theres def not enough words to encapsulate both what makes u diverse and what things u've done that makes u contribute

[elfin prawn]

Please describe what aspects of your experiences interest, and charecter would help you make a distinctive contribution as an undergraduate to stanford university

250 words @jovial bobcat

[deft sleet]

it specifies stanny

[digital spoke]

There's def enough space

[elfin prawn]

thanks

[urban mural]

When is stanford regular decision due

[real herald]

Jan 5

[urban mural]

11:59?

[real herald]

Ye

[urban mural]

ty

[dim badge]

what happens if my mid year transcript drops ever so slightly cause i took a shit ton of AP this years (more so than ever before)

but like the drop is so minsicule, had I gotten one point more it would’ve increased

How negatively will this affect admission

[spring mist]

I managed to do it

somehow

[jovial bobcat]

its prob gonna be rlly rlly bad

i dont think ur going to college

[dim badge]

bro seriously

I’ve heard mid year transcripts are important

[spring mist]

I'm trying to think of 5 things important to me and it feels like two are just jokes

I'm not gonna say anything like family or that stuff since that's a given

[spring mist]

chickens mentioned

thank you for buffalo wings

[smoky quail]

bruh my dad wants me to apply to stanford so now i have a day to write 8 essays 😭 anyone have any tips for me

[spring mist]

lock in

like genuinely lock in

that's all it takes

once you get going you get GOING

[smoky quail]

alr we'll see how it goes

[spring mist]

bet

just hype yourself up for it then get to work

[smoky quail]

tyty jskdjs i might be cooked but i'll give it a try

these prompts are crazy

[dim badge]

can someone please pitch in for this

and lmk

[rigid kayak]

how many Bs

[dim badge]

just one like i said last time, an 89 in AP stats

[rigid kayak]

is that ur only B ever

[dim badge]

yes

[rigid kayak]

ur fine

[dim badge]

and a c in freshmen year

which is like explainaned

[rigid kayak]

ur fine

[dim badge]

ok

[rigid kayak]

they don't look at freshman grades

[dim badge]

thanks bro

[rigid kayak]

i think

[dim badge]

so even if it

like decreased ever so slightly

that wouldn’t make or break me

[rigid kayak]

its more of number of Bs

but i think they also evaluate context of other applicants from ur school

[dim badge]

ic

so do you think I’ll be ight?

[rigid kayak]

yes

[harsh sentinel]

what if im the only one

[dim badge]

yeah I’m def the only one

[rigid kayak]

school profile, past applicants

ur region in general

[dim badge]

what if the dude that last got in was valedictorian

[rigid kayak]

like idaho ain't gonna be the same as bay area

[dim badge]

and I’m only top 5%

[rigid kayak]

ur fine

[dim badge]

kk

[harsh sentinel]

ah ok

[real herald]

Yea no ones gotten in from my goofy ahh school

I got -35% chance

[rigid kayak]

i mean i'm like the first in 10 years lmao

[real herald]

Lol

[real herald]

Are u applying anywhere else

Like mit harvard

Yale

Princeton

[harsh sentinel]

a guy at my school last year got deferred then reject

[harsh sentinel]

i think he committed stanford

[rigid kayak]

i was

but app fees

and i could just buy a new phone

and a new phone looks pretty nice

and stacking college acceptances ain't gonna do me any good

[real herald]

Fax

[spring mist]

btw submit 1460?

760m 700e

[digital spoke]

you should be fine

[digital spoke]

why not, you definitely can, I included family in mine

[digital spoke]

omg 😭 best of luck

[harsh sentinel]

ok for my "genuinely excited about learning" essay is it fine if I say i observed something that made me want to learn more? or should I like show that i acted on my observation?

[opaque plume]

Oh no i just learned a chinese passage abt si tan fu last night

[jovial bobcat]

SI TAN FU :0

ha fo

ye lu

pu lin si duen

[crimson pasture]

no omg

[cold night]

i finished!!!

[opaque plume]

Princeton 💀

[jovial bobcat]

bu lang

kang nai er

guess those two 👀

buo ke li

[cold night]

brown

cornell

berkeley

[elfin coral]

good thing stanford is basically my last school

made so many blunders with these others ones

MIT application is going to go down as top 10 worrst experiences for me

[smoky quail]

what do u guys like about stanford 😭 i dont even want to apply so i need motivation lmao

atp just gonna gaslight myself into believing i wanna go

[trail olive]

whatre your interests

[trail olive]

• the climate is good, it doesnt get too cold during winter
• the campus is great
• there's a mall + a bunch of stores just off campus near the hospital
• they have resources for basically any interest you could ever have
• rodin scupltures

[smoky quail]

majoring in cs but wanna do research/entrepreneurship in edtech, ig the startup culture there could be good

[smoky quail]

really omg i dont like the campus jsjskd

[trail olive]

oh 😭

its really big

[smoky quail]

i live pretty close so i should visit but idk its not super appealing to me 😭

[trail olive]

they have these cool orb thingies in just west of main quad

[cold night]

Just do it this was my favorite app to fill out

Ngl

[smoky quail]

lmaoo fair enough

[trail olive]

this is true but youre also right in silicon valley pretty much so theres a lot of opporunities for this if you seek them out

[smoky quail]

their prompts are kind of interesting but also hard

[smoky quail]

yeah i'll just lock in ig i have to do it anyway 💀

[trail olive]

what are your interests outside of academic pursuits

[elfin coral]

math team

and my glorious king sam altman went there

[little lantern]

their womens sports teams are cracked idk much abt their mens teams

[trail olive]

one of their gymnasts keeps popping up in my feed 💀 and im reminded of stanford every time

[little lantern]

berkeley vs stanford rivalry game is fun but that isn't a thing anymore (rip pac-12)

[smoky quail]

my brain is fried from supps 😭 but i'll say music, film, and pilates ig helpsjksk idfk

[little lantern]

is it the male gymnast dude

[smoky quail]

omg chatgpt guy

[trail olive]

ian gunther or smth yeah

[little lantern]

that dude always popped up on my feed during olympics last year

[smoky quail]

cool

[lost knoll]

omg he's always on my tiktok fyp

[trail olive]

💀

[smoky quail]

LMFAO

[trail olive]

music

bing auditorium

many many other auditoriums around campus

they have a music place right south of the bookstore

which is just west of a lot of the east campus dorms

[smoky quail]

hmmm i play piano so that's nice ig

[smoky quail]

u know the geography and everything omg

[elfin coral]

*the guy who will get AGI

[trail olive]

film they have a lot of classes and majors around that
check out their symsys major rn rnr nr nr rn rnr rn rn rn

is pilates an exercise i have no clue

[trail olive]

💀 dont even ask its so bad

[smoky quail]

yess lmao its random but i spent a lot of time on it so ndfjksk

[elfin coral]

well damn

[trail olive]

https://rec.stanford.edu/move/personal-training

peep this

[elfin coral]

I noticed almost all top university cs dropouts become billionares

[smoky quail]

NO WAYY BRUH

[elfin coral]

looks like I have to drop out in 2 years

[smoky quail]

u just gave me the motivation LMAO what kind of university has private pilates on their website thats acc funny

[trail olive]

stanford.

[smoky quail]

ALRJKSDJK im convinced

[smoky quail]

looks like it

[trail olive]

:D mission accomplished

oh oh

@smoky quail

peep this

https://explorecourses.stanford.edu/search?view=catalog&filter-coursestatus-Active=on&q=PE 87: Essentials of Pilates&academicYear=20202021

they have a CLASS about it

[smoky quail]

THIS IS CRAZY

HASKFJHAKJFS

[tropic grotto]

for the prompt about the most significant challenge, how many of y’all had one related to ur major?

[trail olive]

STANFORD WOOOOOO

[smoky quail]

LETS GO STANFORDDDD

tysm 😭 😭 gonna write supps now

[smoky quail]

im doing mine about something similar to it

[trail olive]

good luck!!!

[smoky quail]

like about what i wanna use my major for, if that makes sense

[smoky quail]

thank you!!

[elfin coral]

challenge?

which prompt was that

[smoky quail]

the first one abt society's most significant challenge today

[trail olive]

most significant challenge societty fadces

yeah

that one

[elfin coral]

ah

mine wasnt related to my major

[trail olive]

it doesnt need to be

[elfin coral]

is stanford's yalls first choice? like even if MIT accepted still stanford?

[jovial bobcat]

of course not

😁

[elfin coral]

asking because I learned MIT gives full rides if your income is lower than 140k lol

[tropic grotto]

fr?

[elfin coral]

yes

no strings attached

[tropic grotto]

does MIT usually accept rich people or something

[elfin coral]

I mean its MIT

theyre probably rich as hell already

I bet US gov funds them alot aswell

[tropic grotto]

full rides under 140k is crazy

[trail olive]

stanford gives very good aid to

too

below 65k is full cover and below 150k is tuition covered

[crimson pasture]

i would write about like specific research projects or resources!

[tropic grotto]

struggling from success 😪

[elfin coral]

oh shoot

[trail olive]

i didnt know their interests at the time

but hi august :D

[crimson pasture]

hiii

yea that's fair actually

but at least for stem ik there's a TON of cool labs on campus

[trail olive]

yeah omg so many

stanford just has some crazy resources

[tropic grotto]

is palo alto cool

[trail olive]

subjective

but yes

[little lantern]

yes

[elfin coral]

btw I was able to remove my ed2 for uchicago thankfully lol🙏

[little lantern]

i might be biased bc i live a few hrs away from palo alto

but i think it is amazing

[tropic grotto]

now that i think about it does it snow a pretty decent amount from there?

[trail olive]

no

it doesnt snow

[elfin coral]

awe man

[smoky quail]

that's cool!! im definitely interested in AI research for learning systems and that kind of thing

[little lantern]

if you want snow in cali you have to go to the mountains

[smoky quail]

first supp is going good you guys 🙏

[elfin coral]

universities always look cool in the snow

[trail olive]

these were the last 2 times it snowed

[tropic grotto]

i don’t know my own state 😪

[trail olive]

🙏 u got this

[smoky quail]

lmaoo yeah the area i live in in cali never has snow but last year we randomly had it 😭 everyone went crazy

[little lantern]

omg i remember

[tropic grotto]

same except the snow in question was just hail

[little lantern]

everyone came out of their classes

[smoky quail]

yeah omg

everyone was driving up there on the weekend

[elfin coral]

is it hot or just right?

(I live in md, i havent experienced real heat)

[little lantern]

summer can get crazy hot

[elfin coral]

damn

[smoky quail]

yeah esp in recent years

[little lantern]

tbh its hot 24/7

[trail olive]

summer in palo alto is very temperate

[tropic grotto]

btw for the prompt about elaborating on an ec, did y’all choose one around the top of the list or around the bottom

[trail olive]

high / low

[little lantern]

i went with top

[smoky quail]

oh thats not bad at all actually

[little lantern]

bc its also my favorite

[elfin coral]

chose mid one, gave me a chance to explain impressive stuff but also expand my range or wtv

[trail olive]

winter too

low of 38 all year is nice

[elfin coral]

tru

[little lantern]

tbh the bay area is very temperate in general

foggy winters

[elfin coral]

I wonder if it would be practical/economical to fly from cali to md every holiday

[smoky quail]

i mean its pretty far 😭 i have a lot of east coast schools on my list so thats also kind of an issue for me

but ig a lot of people do it

[little lantern]

my sister went to school in the east coast

she only came during major breaks

but its also personal preference

[smoky quail]

makes sense

[tropic grotto]

ez 5 month walk

[tropic grotto]

i got a feeling i got too much of an obscure event for the historical moment

[elfin coral]

thats good no?

[azure pollen]

For the 5 things essay did any of you guys do more than 5? Also what did your guys word counts looks like

[tropic grotto]

max on all

[azure pollen]

Did you only do 5 or did you extend to like 6 or 7

[tropic grotto]

5

since its 5 things they ask for

tho i wouldnt be surprised if they reward others for thinkin outside the box and doing more than 5

[kind linden]

The wait for March 29th begins …

[tropic grotto]

guys

how did u start off the roommate essay

i have everything down except the start

[harsh sentinel]

Dear Roommate

[daring merlin]

hi an anybody read my essays

i have two versions for the same essay and idk what to do

no idea which is better

[smoky quail]

i can take a look and give you my opinion! im just finishing up one of mine and then i'll have a min

yall i take back what i said i love these essay prompts lmao

[harsh sentinel]

yall i have a question

for the "briefly describe one of your extracurricular acitivities blah blah" question it also specifies family responsibilities right so i wrote about that but now im thinking i could just put it in additional info and talk about something else in those 50 words but im wondering whether it'd be more impactful to keep it as an essay. do they even check additional info?

like its not an extentuating circumstance or struggle which is why i didnt put it in additional info originally its just family responsibilities different from regular ones

[tropic grotto]

finished my roommate essay, lowkey fire (and cringe)

[tropic grotto]

i mean you could definitely add more descriptors by using family responsbilities in the supp itself opposed to briefly explaining it in additional info

[harsh sentinel]

the supp is 50 words long lol i have more space in additional info

i just wanted to know how much weight theyll give it if its in additional info as opposed to the supp

[tropic grotto]

yes but in additional infos u really just have to treat it as just explaining it, if yk what im saying

when you could add emotion to it

basically more creative freedom

so in that sense, having it in the supp would technically be more weight

albeit 50 words, u could still do a lot with that

[harsh sentinel]

ahhh yeah that makes sense

tbh even in the supp i made it very straightforward bcuz of the short word limit

like i was more explaining what i did than how it affected me emotionally and stuff

[tropic grotto]

if u find that explaining what u did is easier then additional info would be the go to

and just introduce another factor about urself in the supp

[harsh sentinel]

cool ok

they read additional info right

[tropic grotto]

ofc

[harsh sentinel]

ok bcuz i think uiuc? they're not allowed to or smthn

[tropic grotto]

colleges would specify if they dont look at certain materials within commonapp

[shy hinge]

Gotta finish Penn and start Stanford tomorrow am I cooked

[harsh sentinel]

no i haven't finished both yet and i have 10 hours left

[shy hinge]

I’m not even home either💀

I need some wizardry

[harsh sentinel]

I have an exam tomorrow

[tropic grotto]

one more supp and im tweaking

[flint umbra]

bro

gl to u guys

i have to finalize my short answers 🙂

[elfin coral]

I had a dream I got into stanford

Last night. It's fate

[stone mural]

Not with harvard next to ur name 💀

[elfin coral]

💀

Harvard still my first pick fr

[daring merlin]

handed in my Stanford apps yay

nearly forgot they wanted my course and grades

the moment I put in those Bs I got in 10th grade i know I fucked up already

[elfin coral]

How many?

1,2 should be fine

[daring merlin]

3

Biology Economics and Chemistry

that year was mad hard

[elfin coral]

Oof

Ap?

[daring merlin]

we had to do the DSE curriculum

(the local Hong Kong curriculum)

[elfin coral]

Ahh

[daring merlin]

even though we're IB students

[elfin coral]

They might let it slide

[daring merlin]

I figured I just give up explaining

cuz I don't want to look like I'm finding excuses for myself

I ultimately did write it down but it's for another purpose

[digital carbon]

i had one B in 10th too

[daring merlin]

that year sucked

DSE sucks

if you didn't write one keyword

even if everything else you wrote made perfect sense

NO MARKS

[digital carbon]

i literally needed just one more score to make to an A

[daring merlin]

I begged my teacher to give me a 70 instead of a 69

he didn't

[digital carbon]

for you 70 is an A?

[daring merlin]

no

80

but

it was the bottom line of my self-esteem

[digital carbon]

hmm makes sense

[daring merlin]

and tbh

colleges will never know about this which is a shame
but with 69 I was already pretty much on top of my class

[shy hinge]

do yall think stanford will extend deadline

[daring merlin]

everybody sucked so hard we only got 40s and 50s

[daring merlin]

no idea

even if they will I already submitted

not the late kind of type

[digital carbon]

I did take my math scores an A for both 11 and 12 though. How is it for you?

[digital carbon]

that's painful

[daring merlin]

oh my 11th and 12th grades were superb

full IB predicted grade

[digital carbon]

then you're chill

[shy hinge]

bru i still gotta finish upenn and start stanford

[daring merlin]

thanks to my school for being very protective of me

[digital carbon]

im done with all 21 colleges

never been happier

[digital carbon]

same. I would've gotten another B in math in 11 if my teacher wouldn't have let me retake the test

i love my school

and the teachers

btw I asked my counsellor to mention I've been in top 5% in hs while it should've been 2%. Will that make a big difference

[civic flower]

both are good, subtle difference

won't make or break anything major

[daring merlin]

ye

[harsh sentinel]

submitted omg

[elfin coral]

2bs here

[tropic grotto]

i got a B in 4th grade i’m cooked

still don’t know what to do for the last supp

are they asking for a community essay or why us essay or both

[round dove]

i thought it was a diversity essay but idk

[real herald]

Ye same

Its def not a why us 💀

well actually

Slightly it is

But more of why you

What can u contribute to Stanford

[digital carbon]

guys tell me one thing

[tropic grotto]

should i refrain from talking specifics about stanford and fully focus into my own experiences

[digital carbon]

In my school, im serving as the 'Head Girl' but in usa, I think they're referred to as 'Student Body President'

what should I use in my common app

[tropic grotto]

imo student body president

[digital carbon]

hmm makes sense

but like head girl is the representative of the school and Student Body President would just be for the elected school gov right? or is it like whole school too?

[civic flower]

i think it's the same thing, and since the more common word is student body prez u should be good

[loud canopy]

In our school we had to sign a charter form

They might verify so worst case scenario I would put what's there on paper

Not gonna change much either way

[real herald]

The name doesnt matter

The character description does

[shy hinge]

time to start stanford

[jaunty orbit]

guys

what is the grace period for satny

[stone mural]

Gurl u are overthinking everything a lil too much

Go with the actual name, if they dont know (i doubt) it’s their problem and google is free

I was my school’s head girl and I mentioned it for harvard and on my note from my AO she said one of the works i have done as a head girl was rlly impressive

[little lantern]

probably an hour like most schools

[digital carbon]

oh no, I sent Student Body President to most colleges

head girl is a british terminology so I went with this one

whatever I guess again they highlighted your work as the Head Girl

so it should be fine

[stone mural]

It’s the same thing imo

But u overthinking everything a lil too much😭

Just be u and call it a day

[digital carbon]

oki ❤️

[shut charm]

for the courses and grades thing on common app

if i have physics c

and one semester is mech the other e/m

do i enter those separately

[remote lagoon]

Same class diff topics or two different classes?

Because I put mine as one class

[shut charm]

technically its “same class” ig cuz it was same period same teacher same room

but on my transcript

it appears as two differfent classes

Also how do I report college classes on the courses and grades thing

[elfin coral]

worked 3 months on this application. for all the marbles, here we go

[dim badge]

anyone wanna review each others supps

[shy hinge]

man i just started 😭

[elfin coral]

rip

[neon drum]

welp, here goes sweating over my sentence answers for an hour . . .

[dim badge]

do u wanna review supps 🙂

(pls ill cry)

[stone mural]

Ong 💀

[elfin coral]

sure

dms?

[dim badge]

yessir

[late socket]

done with the hardest supplement!!!

(courses and grades)

[topaz cloud]

do stanford AOs know what AMC, AIME, and USACO stand for? I dont wanna waste words in my essay writing the full names if i dont have to

[stuck temple]

i mean it's like three words

better to not risk

[topaz cloud]

saving about 10 words in my essay will give me extra room

cuz i mention them all once

[stuck temple]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

could anyone give me an opinion on which essay out of 2 i should repurpose for the IV stanford essay

[lunar arch]

sure, dm

[trail olive]

yeah

they get so many applicants with these qualifications they would have to

[late socket]

how do you tell them you want aid

i dont see any question on their app

[digital spoke]

depends on region

[trail olive]

ofc but its generally very unlikely that AOs havent heard of AIME AMC or USACO

[digital spoke]

USACO more likely to be unheard of fs

[trail olive]

theyre still not niche by any means so i wouldnt worry about abbreviating it

• all it takes is one google search

[digital spoke]

they probably don't do google searches often

[trail olive]

im aware but the point was that they're well known and theres no need to write out like United States of America Computing Olympiad instead of USACO

[stuck temple]

wait have u applied already

[digital spoke]

yeah true

USA Computing Olympiad is the farthest you'd have to go

[lunar arch]

ye

[stuck temple]

o ok tahnks

ill dm u rn

[trail olive]

on another note how have you been pikachu :o

[digital spoke]

good good!

[stuck temple]

usaco 😩

[trail olive]

where else did you apply
ik mit but anywhere else

[flint umbra]

Strandford

Lemme in 😔🫶🥺

[digital spoke]

I applied 4 CSUs, 7 UCs (except Riverside and Merced), MIT, CalTech, Carnegie Mellon, UPenn, Columbia, Brown, Princeton, and Cornell

• Stanford of course

[trail olive]

oh wow full list

damn

[digital spoke]

yeah lol

[trail olive]

rip Riverside and Merced (i did the same)

[stuck temple]

wow hella RD

is stanny ur top choice lol?

[trail olive]

Caltech supplements

[digital spoke]

yup!

I only applied to the others because I already drafted essays for them

[stuck temple]

ah i see

[digital spoke]

I didn't revise them though, so I'm not expecting much

[flint umbra]

Why do you have a full list

[stuck temple]

so if u get in u just gonna reject them

[flint umbra]

JW

[stuck temple]

lmfao

him

[remote lagoon]

Highly likely. I didn't write out the full acronym of usaco in my awards and it was fine

[digital spoke]

yeah 💀

[stuck temple]

that's funny

[trail olive]

reduced yield rate lets goooo

[digital spoke]

my dad wanted me to apply so 🫠

[trail olive]

to all of them or one specific plate

[digital spoke]

well, the RDs

[flint umbra]

even after getting in 💀

[neon peak]

HI ISHAAN

[digital spoke]

yeah 😭

[flint umbra]

wow

[trail olive]

i mean ig keeping options open

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[digital spoke]

but it's fine since I already wrote the essays

[flint umbra]

Did you pay the commitment deposit or are u unofficially committed

[digital spoke]

yeah, like in the 0.01% chance I'd change my mind

[digital spoke]

unofficially committed

[elfin prawn]

be honest, is this getting into weird territory for the roommate essay?

That’s why i’m currently sitting on my bathroom floor, listening to Hamilton and writing this essay. Now you may ask…again, “why?” When I want to be productive, my bathroom floor is my go-to spot. But again, don’t worry, since I have to share a room now, I wont monopolize it, I actually think you should give it a try!

[trail olive]

fr
stanford W

[elfin prawn]

no reason to commit now

[trail olive]

role in a2c discord

[digital spoke]

lmaooo

[elfin prawn]

lmaoo

[digital spoke]

:D

[stuck temple]

😭 hi shane

[neon peak]

i think this is good lmao

[digital spoke]

Stanford been my dream school 🤩

[digital spoke]

hmm...interesting

lol

that's kinda my reaction to it

[neon peak]

as long as its shows ur character and makes sense, i think ao's would be fine with it lol

do they actually show the letters to ur roomates or?

[dim badge]

not. even. close.

do better stanford

gimme a harder challenge next time

[neon peak]

still got six hours lol

[digital spoke]

lol

[digital spoke]

I still have 9

[dim badge]

frick u guys

[trail olive]

i have 8 youre so much cooler

[neon peak]

california time

[dim badge]

i hate all of u

[digital spoke]

haha

[dim badge]

bro im acc sweatin

[elfin prawn]

you got your attention at least so it worked I guess because after this part in the essay is when I start diving into the fact that, like I’m really excited to go to college and actually have a roommate and find new connections esp after moving in the middle of high school , and then talk more than myself maybe a little less I’m serious, cause I do a lot of unserious in the beginning

[dim badge]

WAIT DOES STANFORD NOT LET U REVIEW UR COMMONAPP

like after its submitted

[trail olive]

its commonapp - you can

[neon peak]

it should let u

[digital spoke]

you can

[dim badge]

wtffff

[digital spoke]

also, don't worry about small typos 💀

[neon peak]

its probably bugged

[dim badge]

yea it was

[digital spoke]

I went to a program for 3 years, and I miswrote the program name in my application 💀

[slender salmon]

anyone know if they'll accept a late application? and give it full consideration

[trail olive]

how late are you talkin

[floral relic]

time to start these apps

[slender salmon]

perhaps a day late?

if not, 6-8 hours

[trail olive]

work on getting it in by the deadline please

nobody really knows

[slender salmon]

ok. thanks

[smoky quail]

wtf are yall writing about for the roommate essay 😭

all the other prompts r fine but like what am i supposed to talk about help

[shy hinge]

i just talked about random stuff about me

[eternal pawn]

I SUBMITTED MY APP WITHOUT PUTTING MY COURSES WHAT DO I DO 😭😭

[shy hinge]

does this prompt: The Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom have to realte to my major

[digital spoke]

😭 email definitely

[digital spoke]

not necessarily

[smoky quail]

is it ok to name drop a course if it really makes sense in my essay? for the community contribution one

did any of you guys do it

[rigid kayak]

prolly if u connect it well

[elfin prawn]

am i cooking here? i think it’s legit funny asf

Although I love literature… and I like to write just a little bit less. That’s why i’m currently sitting on my bathroom floor, listening to Hamilton and writing this essay. I’m not the best writer, but I do take pride in my poetry ability. To prove it to you, I decided to handcraft this poem right here:
as i sat in my bathroom the clandestine corridors sang sacreligious symphonies to me to me.
i’m not serious roommate, please don’t hate me.
Love you, bye!

All jokes aside, (then i talk abt serious stuff for the rest of esssy

formatting is off because i’m on my phone

there’s stuff before it btw

[flint umbra]

does stanford give likelies?

and to who?

[digital spoke]

lol what 🤣

[late socket]

please do not take this as official advice but this is very funny

[deft sleet]

You’re still on the bathroom stuff 😭

[late socket]

i think for the wrong reasons

[digital spoke]

^

it's hilarious

[digital spoke]

maybe remove the word "ability" after poetry

[tropic grotto]

if it helps imagine as if ur talking to a friend just so u have the right language to work with

[digital spoke]

I don't wanna record my UC Berkeley MET Video Essay 😭 😭 😭

[elfin prawn]

job accomplished

[digital spoke]

jdakslfjkadsjfkadsklfjlaksdflkdajdflkajdlkfjs

[late socket]

i read somewhere that they actually give this to your roommate if you get admitted, that kind of helped me get going

[tropic grotto]

really?

a lot of sources say no

[late socket]

i do not remember where i read it

[elfin prawn]

i think it’s actually a way to show my sense of humor while showing i like poetry although i can’t write it

[late socket]

i need to wrap up this last app then ill try to trace it back

[elfin prawn]

ima inclue it

[tropic grotto]

instead of saying "essay", say like letter/note instead

[celest axle]

if so I pray for the roommate of the person who wrote that roommate essay on collegessayguy

[elfin prawn]

thanks for the help y’all

[digital spoke]

true

bro oh yeah

I got interrogated for my MIT interview yesterday lol 💀

[tropic grotto]

interrogated? what did bro do

[digital spoke]

it was so much less casual than Stanford

[late socket]

just go for it genuinely represents you, i would say try to cut down on the amount of words you give it tho, 80/250 words is a lot for just 1 point

[digital spoke]

but interviewer was really nice tho!

[elfin prawn]

yeah ima try

[digital spoke]

like I got asked questions and the interviewer took lots of notes

[elfin prawn]

thanks y’all

[digital spoke]

whereas for Stanford

we just sat down and chat

[smoky quail]

ooh cool

true or not that helps lol ty

[smoky quail]

thats good to hear omg, im gonna opt in i think even tho its stressful 😭

[digital spoke]

yup!

it was a casual convo

like one you'd have with a new friend

at least it was like that for me!

[smoky quail]

cool!! yeah that sounds really great

if it felt like an interrogation ik i'd mess up so bad lmao

[digital spoke]

nah, it depends a lot on the interviewer

this was just my experience

I got lucky!

but honestly

my MIT interviewer was fun to talk to!

they did some really cool stuff

but I didn't learn about it until afterwards when she finished asking all the questions

[smoky quail]

ohh nice

[elfin coral]

To me hopefully

[flint umbra]

legit answers only

[elfin coral]

Sources say yes🤷. To who? Based on friend who got one from CMU, you have done research with a prominent professor there and they recommended you. Cmu's method may be completely different though

[digital spoke]

probably super crazy cracked ppl that they really want, likely incredibly talented and world-class in what they do

[jovial bobcat]

is the diversity essay essentially the why stanford essay lol

[elfin prawn]

my yale interviewer was super nice too

like a convo

[tropic grotto]

not exactly but could be

its super broad that leaves room for creativity

[jovial bobcat]

so what is the actual why us essay then 💀

everything else doesnt ask abt stanford itself

[tropic grotto]

nothing really

[jovial bobcat]

thats rlly interesting

[tropic grotto]

its kinda like northwesterns app

[jovial bobcat]

stanford not asking why us

[tropic grotto]

if youve applied there

they dont ask why us either

[jovial bobcat]

i mean ig

[tropic grotto]

theyre more interested in ur background

[jovial bobcat]

lol

[tropic grotto]

and what u make of it

and plan to make of it

[late socket]

northwestern had the same prompt w 50 extra words which helped so much

[jovial bobcat]

o true

[tropic grotto]

my northwestern app was so dookie since it was the first app ive done

back in november

so i cant reuse that

[stuck temple]

hmm what do you think about directly saying some aspect of why stanford somewhere

like it connects

[tropic grotto]

i think thats just another approach u can take

[stuck temple]

i see

[tropic grotto]

im not saying that either approach is better - given that im not an AO

[stuck temple]

yea ofc

idt there exactly even is a better one

like for me i can end it off with my general future note or just talk about that in context of stanford and it flows

it is what it is ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[tropic grotto]

but id say if you really do mention some aspect of why stanford

then youll really would have to scrutinize on certain opportunities so that the supp doesnt seem recycled

[stuck temple]

oh yea fs

it's this speciifc ass project

[tropic grotto]

rather than dropping courses, random fellowships or professors

[stuck temple]

that connects directly to what i wanna do 💀

[stuck temple]

yea it's not that

basically it's just in my IV essay

what i wanna do is this perfect opp only at stanford from my research so far

[digital spoke]

I didn't mention anything about Stanford

you can really take it any way you want

[jovial bobcat]

O.O

thats very interesting

i personally know all my friends who got in wrote abt why stanford

lol

[digital spoke]

ah

well

just so you know, it doesn't have to be!

even if I'm an outlier

[tropic grotto]

btw @digital spoke how much of ur supps did u talk about CS in?

or topic relating to CS

[stuck temple]

yea a lotta ppl don't

idk

i just think mine connects

💀

[digital spoke]

not much lol

[tropic grotto]

alright cool

i was wondering if it was weird to barely talk about my major in my supps

[digital spoke]

like 2 sentences in my CAPS, my 2 summers short answer, and my genuinely excited about learning

but even with my genuinely excited about learning, the emphasis was not on CS

[tropic grotto]

same as well

[digital spoke]

I did include info about my research in additional info, but that's it for mentioning CS!

[stuck temple]

was cs ur primary major

[stuck temple]

valid

[digital spoke]

yes, in this order -> CS, MSE, Econ

[stuck temple]

o econ

very cool

im doing econ and ling

[digital spoke]

ooh cool

okay, time to go back to planning my UC Berkeley MET Video Essay 😭

kldasjkflajdskfljasdkjf

[stuck temple]

gl

[digital spoke]

I wanna just be doneeeeeeeee

doneeeeeeeee

[stuck temple]

when is it due

[digital spoke]

doneeeeeeeee

🤣

[digital spoke]

12th

[stuck temple]

oh okay u got time

[stuck temple]

i was wondering if i could dm u a question about the why stanford part—idk if it comes off poorly/not intertwined. if not nws

[digital spoke]

sure

[solid steeple]

ive spent so long thinking about the first topic and finally thought of one it might be GGs

[digital spoke]

les go

[smoky quail]

5/8 essays done 🫡

the roommate one's gonna kick my ass but im prepared for it to suck

[shy hinge]

i dont have to write about stanford for the intellectual experience one right

excited about learning

[drowsy venture]

yall so i submitted this like 30 min after deadline

does it matter that it's not downloaded

[digital spoke]

no def not

[shy hinge]

k thanks

im not gonna talk about my major at all in my supplements 😭

[elfin prawn]

should i write little facts abt myself or write abt how i’m really excited to meet my roommate because i moved in the middle of high school snd i didn’t really make any fr connections so i’m excited for a fresh start

i don’t know how the second thjng yet but i think y’all get the idea

[dim badge]

whatd u guys put for the 5 important things

i literally have no idea what the strat for this one is

[digital spoke]

I mean, you can do both!

[digital spoke]

honestly, not really any strat lol

mine were completely random and unrelated

[dim badge]

oh ok ill just put some interesting things ig

bonus points for personality maybe

[flint umbra]

stanford

[dim badge]

stanford

[flint umbra]

i am finalizing supps

[dim badge]

palo alto

california

[flint umbra]

and manifesting rejection