Stanford University (2023-2024)

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well I hope i am

all i gotta say is

i did my best

ur stressin too much

dont worry about it

just wait

Alright

theres no ways to tell with these schools

True

[rustic heron]

so true lmao

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hi stans

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hi kace

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ive never been here before, r the stans cooler than harv

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yeah

at least REA group was chill af

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Yes

[harsh sentinel]

the way i wrote an essay on that💀

[blazing rose]

Ok but what side should u take to get in

Critical information right there

[harsh sentinel]

i took the sat in 2021 and act in 2023 and both times i chose stanford for the free score report. on my common app i listed both my scores. but on my stanford portal it only shows the 2021 date for sat/act. they'll still see my act scores right?

[elfin coral]

Oh hell no☠️

Gonna try to deflect the questions if this happens

[merry river]

palestine if you HAD to choose. its a safe route to take. most people ik are pro palestine. so that may be likelier.

but before the interview do a thorough background check on your interviewer and also search up “the origin of their surname”

to see where they come from

[round dove]

If it’s a young person maybe but if it’s an older person probably Israel

[harsh sentinel]

did you see what's happening with ivy leagues

penn president got hated on for refusing to cancel a Palestine writers festival

imo colleges will try to be extra careful rn

[merry river]

yes ive seen jt

[merry river]

i wrote about how i was anti zionist in my stanford supps and still got accepted tho

[harsh sentinel]

damn really

can I see the essay

bcuz i wrote about the conflict as a whole with relation to my major but was kinda v worried it's an auto reject lol

but also in general i think it's a very application specific thing

and AO specific

[stone mural]

Omg me too for harv 💀

[digital spoke]

Yes, we chill

[merry river]

no im not sharing but it was for the community essay where i wrote how my community was ignorant and zionist and racist and how through an initiative i did people were now more open to middle eastern issues like palestine

[merry river]

twinsies lol

[merry river]

i tied my ec and community and personal connection and major to it

[harsh sentinel]

thats v creative! but i still think its based on your specific app and circumstances and the ao reading your application

not that i'd advise against mentioning israel palestine in general btw just that its very hard to tell what side you should take to get in or anything, if you even should choose a side

[celest axle]

India stands behind Israel moment 😤

[flint umbra]

wow u took a risk with that, props to you

like seriously

thats a very controversial topic

[flint umbra]

congrats 100x over

[round dove]

yeah exactly like just bc the risk paid off one time doesn’t mean everyone should take it

[flint umbra]

you guys took the biggest risk

how were u not scared writing ab it

[harsh sentinel]

i made a very indirect referernce to the issue and was soooo scared lmao like i got 10 people to read the essay

[round dove]

fr I had a little bit abt Israel in my common app but I axed it after everything started happening 😭

[flint umbra]

like its something i feel passionately ab too but i would be scared to mention it bc you dont know what ur reader thinks

[harsh sentinel]

yeah but imo if you have a personal connection to it rather than ujst following the news

[merry river]

many people that read my supp said i was “being patronizing and attacking people in my community”

🫣

[harsh sentinel]

it makes more sense in the context of your app

[flint umbra]

u def weren't LOL

[harsh sentinel]

bro took a risk and it paid off kudos to you!!

[round dove]

was it like a Jewish community or like a redneck community

[merry river]

a redneck community. i live in rural texas

[merry river]

thank you!

[celest axle]

Damn I applaud your bravery

[round dove]

ohhhh that makes more sense then

[stone mural]

U just need to know how to play around it, like dont just explicitly say oh i dont like israelis full stop, say that u do not agree with israeli government and justify ur reason but then also add like a bit where u say u see both point of views

U just basically need to have an open mind but have like ur own opinions

I dunno how else to explain it

[merry river]

yes def although i mentioned other things too like the war in syria and iranian revolution

[merry river]

YESSSS. my last paragraph talked about UNDERSTANDING NUANCE

[stone mural]

Sameeee 💀

We fr risked it all

[merry river]

“My experiences taught me the value of seeing nuance in every narrative and the richness that comes from diving into a story different from your own. I've learned to listen and cherish the opinions of others as much as my own.”

thats from my supp^

[celest axle]

Not really that demonstrates extreme maturity

When many adults aren’t able to concwptualize that conflicts aren’t black and white

[round dove]

yeah exactly like I talked about russia and ukraine some in mine but like i wouldn’t have done that a year ago because back then there was no understanding of nuance

[celest axle]

As an institution of higher learning you’re going to get into disagreements and colleges love to see that you can navigate disagreement to reach more informed conclusion

[celest axle]

Yeah right now emotions are still high so it would have been very risky even with a qualifier like that last paragraph

[merry river]

LOL. god im so ashamed of being south asian lately 😭

[glossy river]

LMAO glad u got in

[merry river]

thanks

[vale plover]

i think expressing nuance would also reflect positively more than choosing a specific side would

[vale plover]

yeah exactly

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interviews when

[trail olive]

soon™️

stop worrying abt it

[flint umbra]

sometime never

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interviews dont really mean shit at stanford tbh

[blissful trellis]

Is it possible to change letters of recommendation after submitting?

[jovial bobcat]

no

[flint umbra]

which schools does an interview mean anything?

i only know ab yale

[pine rain]

Harvard AO interviews matter i think

[solid steeple]

Didnt someone say the interview at Stanford was legit just a chat

[trail olive]

they send a report to the AOs so its more than that but you can approach it as such yes

[pine rain]

It was not for me

💀

[flint umbra]

Do only some people get an AO interview?

I saw a post saying someone received one but it seems early

[jovial bobcat]

i think harvard is availablility based

not based on how good ur app is

[pine rain]

If an AO comes to interview u i heard it means smth

[solid steeple]

how abt i open my interview with what up chat

[pine rain]

My guy kinda had trouble speaking english

He was a masters international

[solid steeple]

ohh. but did it at least feel casual in a sense or very like professional like when u enter job interviews

i havent done any interviews yet so im just curious

[pine rain]

It depends on your interviewer

[elfin coral]

itd be funny if my harvard interviewer was someone I already met. Cuz my sis introduced me to this one guy in my area and were pals now

I wonder if they make sure that doesnt happen

[jovial bobcat]

but some ppl already got interviews already

my guess is it cant be bc they read ur app and think ur better

its prob like berkeley which uses an ai algorithm that uses stats to decide which students to interview

[pine rain]

Some people get an ao interview on top of alumni iirc

[jovial bobcat]

wdym

[glossy river]

they get two interviews

[jovial bobcat]

oh

so two

ok

[flint umbra]

Which schools do pre reads to decide interview?

[solid steeple]

Wait how can u differentiate between ao or alumni interview would the email look different

[pine rain]

Idk dude

I think they would say that theyre an ao

[elfin coral]

Probably search them up

[digital spoke]

Yeah lol, but it is sent to the AOs, so it still has some effect depending on if it's good or bad

[digital spoke]

Berkeley?

[digital spoke]

Oh lol, mine was a chill convo at Starbucks 🤣

I loved it

[loud canopy]

Wait I heard that for interviews they’ll ask the interviewer if he’d room with this person

Is that valid or just a myth?

[solid steeple]

did u by chance have an ao interview as well

[solid steeple]

it was in person?!!!

[digital spoke]

No no lol, an alum

[digital spoke]

Yah

You could choose most of the time

[stone mural]

I had an AO interview for harvard but no alumni for some reason, but on the email it specifically says “I am your AO…”

[opaque plume]

Did you get into harvard

[stone mural]

Yepp

[opaque plume]

Damn

Intl or domestic?

[harsh sentinel]

they're from uk i think so intl

[opaque plume]

Ahh

That’s so cool

Thanks smrithi

[harsh sentinel]

ofc

[stone mural]

Thanks smirithi

[vivid birch]

Stanford = UC Palo Alto

[idle axle]

If I live right next to the school then am I basically guaranteed to get one?

[idle axle]

Yeah but 10x more expensive

[vivid birch]

Exactly

[harsh sentinel]

not if you're poor

[harsh sentinel]

just walk into stanford and ask if anyone's free for an interview

[idle axle]

😂

[idle axle]

They ain’t giving me any aid

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it was for me

[floral iris]

preferably AO for central asia pls

tell them about me ‼️

[round dove]

oooo where are u from in central asia?

[floral iris]

uzb! wbu?

[digital carbon]

how do I fill this for css?

What is your proposed major field of study?
Requested by:
Stanford

the one I indicated on my common app right?

[round dove]

ooo nice I’m American but I’ve spent a lot of time in Kazakhstan :)

im going back in march for nauryz im going to try to visit Uzbekistan then too

[digital spoke]

ya

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You’re from Uzbekistan?!

[floral iris]

I can speak kazakh fluently btw 😁

[floral iris]

yeah why?

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my friend has a haircut from that country

[floral iris]

LMAOOO

I love that association

[round dove]

жақсы 😇

I only rly know Russian

[floral iris]

Ik russian too

[floral iris]

oh wait you’re applying to washu right?

[round dove]

yeahhhh u are too?

[floral iris]

yeah 😭🙏🏻

never heard anyone from CA studying there tho

[round dove]

yeah me neither

Ik a lot of ppl go to Drexel with merit

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interviews when

[digital spoke]

Emails will come naturally when they're arranged lol

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when thooo

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interviews dont really matter dont stress

I know

alright

[digital spoke]

Patience is key 🥲

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Right

I feel like if I just keep rushing

nothing good will happen

[opaque plume]

I wonder what happens if you ask for aid but you received an outside scholarship

[fresh fulcrum]

rip my dad made me take stanny off my list

good luck to yall tho

[elfin coral]

Why??

[digital spoke]

what 😭

[digital spoke]

didn't you already apply?

why withdraw now?

no point

[elfin coral]

my grandma did the same thing lol. Just ignored her

[fresh fulcrum]

I didn’t

I wrote my supplementals and everything

But never submitted

[elfin coral]

bruh

[digital spoke]

:(

why

[fresh fulcrum]

Added a safety instead

[digital spoke]

it's good to just keep your options open

[fresh fulcrum]

They were lowk fire too

[fresh fulcrum]

THATS WHAY IM SAYIN

oh well

[digital spoke]

😭

[fresh fulcrum]

There’s always masters !!

[elfin coral]

shouldve submitted in secret imo. even if you wont be allowed to go maybe they change their mind(its stanford)

[digital spoke]

it's Stanford...

😭

[fresh fulcrum]

Nah I can’t do that to my dad

[digital spoke]

why was he so insistent

not like you couldn't decide after you see all of your decisions

[fresh fulcrum]

He just doesn’t want be across the country

[digital spoke]

:/ not a good reason to not see if you get in

[elfin coral]

thats crazy

[digital spoke]

💀

oh my...

okay, what if you get rejected everywhere except Stanny, would he force you to go to community college 😭

omg nooo

[fresh fulcrum]

Yes.

[digital spoke]

kljdklfjakldfjksafj

[remote lagoon]

💀 tf

[fresh fulcrum]

I don’t entirely know his logic but

It was my dream school in freshman year

And now I’ll never ever ever know

If I could’ve gotten in

[elfin coral]

I mean I do too(had alot of seizures in freshman year, hospitalized) but stanny is still an opportunity worth the risk. I mean theres nothing you can do now but o well

[fresh fulcrum]

Yeah I can’t do anything now so

It’s whatever

[elfin coral]

ah

ahhh

[fresh fulcrum]

There’s always masters

[elfin coral]

I kinda understand your dads logic now

[fresh fulcrum]

Bruh no

Ur supposed to be on my side 🥲🥲

[remote lagoon]

This is true

Always grad school to go to

[elfin coral]

chill I am on but I can understand his perspective

[fresh fulcrum]

Yeah ik

It’s bittersweet

But I submitted all my other ones

That was the only school I took out

[elfin coral]

my dad had the same for MIT (he didnt think that environment would be healthy for me so I almost wasnt allowed to apply)

[fresh fulcrum]

W for that

I hate MIT

everytime I went there it was so toxic

No one had life in them

[elfin coral]

😭

[elfin coral]

hope you get into princeton then

[fresh fulcrum]

THANK YOUUU and same to you with harvard :))

[warm steeple]

Not true atleast as far as I see on yt

But take an 8000 miles away guy’s opinion with a pinch of salt

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guys question

how negative will it be if a teacher references an impressive “resume” i attached (even tho i didn’t attach one idk where she got that from) but otherwise she wrote a good personalized letter and everything about me is on my app.

[harsh sentinel]

i think the resume could also refer to your activities list so you should be fine

[digital spoke]

You're fine I think

[urban mural]

Is it okay if your recommender submitted their lor like 3 days late

[little lantern]

yes most colleges allow app materials to come late by a few days

[digital spoke]

should be fine

when you get your Stanford portal

check if it's in

[urban mural]

How long does it take to get portal? I haven’t got mine for Stanford yet

[digital spoke]

idk, it can vary

just depends on how fast they process

[flint umbra]

i got it a day after i applied

im an auto admit

[nocturne compass]

Mine was pretty quick, it showed up the next day

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Doesn’t it show up the same day for everyone

[urban mural]

Idk I never got it

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oh so then I’m auto admit

(joke)

they also waived my app. fee almost immediately

[narrow pendant]

give it some time youll be ok!

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on the other hand, you will never be ok

[narrow pendant]

STOP

whatever ill end up where i end up

and make the most of it

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i meant in the head

not stanford (sorry)

[narrow pendant]

oh i thought u were talking about my stanny rejection

opp fr

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no im not that mean

[narrow pendant]

my head is so normal

so cool

[digital carbon]

what colleges did yall submit your research/abstract to?

[hoary sluice]

everything but stanford

lmao

yale harvard columbia princeton mit

[digital carbon]

yeah stanny doesn't accept research ig

[digital carbon]

for pton did u just submit abstract or what?

and where the hell do I explain my submission?

[hoary sluice]

so like idk if u applied to harvard but i needed to make a cover sheet explaining my contributions and like how i obtained the research opp

and i merged it w my abstract

so i uploaded that to harv and also just sent it into pton as addl supporting material

honestly tho if u have a research lor that explains it idt it rlly matters

[digital carbon]

right thanks

[flint umbra]

ur username is so real

[harsh sentinel]

putting this in the stanford thread is crazy

[merry river]

i had research and didn’t attach it and still got in so they dont really care

[digital carbon]

oh i see

[merry river]

BUT i did have a rec letter from my research prof which probably offset that.

[digital spoke]

I talked about research in additional info

[glossy river]

how did you make this

[elfin coral]

Wordart.com

[solid steeple]

Is it a bad sign not getting an interview form Stanford

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Interviews aren’t out yet

[elfin coral]

Ah

Got Harvard and MIT interview. I expected Stanford to be late or not at all cause I live in the east

[solid steeple]

Assuming it was out

[remote lagoon]

No

It's just availability

[alpine plume]

i just got assigned one

nyc btw

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that’s a shocker

[alpine plume]

i just got the email 10 min ago

so ig theyre rolling them out

[elfin coral]

[jovial bobcat]

same, which specific area? 👀

[alpine plume]

queens

but my interviewer is in dallas

[jovial bobcat]

oo i see

yeah im near

prob 20 min drive from where u live

😳

[elfin coral]

I have no idea why my mind set queens as a place only famous people live

[jovial bobcat]

it is where peter parker lives

i saw him jumping between roofs near a supermarket yesterday

[elfin coral]

Damn

[hoary sluice]

i didnt and got deferred i think its solely availability

[rough lark]

yes it is 100% solely availability in your region for Stanford

they make that very clear

and a stanford defer is the best defer you can get from any college

[spring veldt]

penn is abt the same

[rough lark]

i dont think so tbh because penn defers like 15-20%

stanford defers fewer than they admit

[spring veldt]

nah penn defers same % as acceptance which is probably about 12% this year

i dont think stanford released stats ever on deferral rate tho

[rough lark]

yeah they don't release stats on deferral

but its common knowledge that its extremely low relative to other schools

they say themselves they like to make final decisions

i know this is a shit source but just look at the pinned

[celest axle]

4/5 of the penn applicanrs at my school got deferred 😭

[spring veldt]

its def better to get deferred here than harvard princeton mit etc

[spring veldt]

everyone ik irl but three who applied to penn got rejected lol

two got in and one got deferred

[celest axle]

💀that’s wild

The last kid got in

So 4 deferrals(including me) and 1 acceptance

[urban mural]

Anyone know how to use css profile?

I can't add in more colleges for some reason

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it's like 4-6% from what last years deferred applicants said

i dont know how they found out so

[elfin coral]

Stanford interview let's goooo

Now I gotta prepare for MIT,Harvard and Stanford interviews

[trail olive]

Oh hey you're a mod now
Congrats :o

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you're around 2 months late

[trail olive]

Wait am I dumb
I think I'm dumb
Oh well
Belated congratulations :p

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i think i was mod before decisions lmao

[elfin coral]

How does one become a mod

[flint umbra]

u got an interview O

😮

are they evaluative?

[elfin coral]

wdym

[flint umbra]

do they count for anything?

like yales for example

[elfin coral]

wait are you asking if getting an interview means youre being considered or something like that?

[flint umbra]

yeah

[elfin coral]

I think that may be a case for harvard but no clue for stanford. from what ive heard it should mostly be on availability.

so dont stress if you didnt get one

I didnt expect one cause I live in the east

[digital spoke]

Les go

[trail olive]

I think I'm going insane

[digital spoke]

Lol

Oh yeah, did I ever ask where you applied?

And what major?

[trail olive]

Me?
Also how's your senior project going :o

[digital spoke]

Yah

I mean, I got a reply back 🫠

[trail olive]

Good or bad reply?

[digital spoke]

But not anything decided yet

[digital spoke]

Good but ^

[trail olive]

23 places total
7 ucs (no Merced or riverside)
State school
Purdue (got accepted today)
Stanford (you know how that went)
Gtech
Mit
Harvard
Caltech
Carleton
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Princeton
Santa clara
Upenn
Vanderbilt
Washu
Yale

[trail olive]

Ah I see
When's the deadline for that though D:

[digital spoke]

Damn, and congrats on Purdue!

[digital spoke]

19th 💀

[elfin coral]

My god

[trail olive]

Thanks :D
Hoping I get more :p

[trail olive]

Hey you have a little time ig :p

[digital spoke]

You will 🙏

True

[trail olive]

Maybe
My predictions in my Google sheet aren't agreeing 😭

[trail olive]

What else is due at that deadline?

[digital spoke]

The signatures and presentation with the proposal

[digital spoke]

Wdym?

You gotta believe 🤩

[trail olive]

Uh oh 😭
Hopefully it's a yes 😭

[trail olive]

Ik but I don't 😭

Stanford rejection has me thinking I'm gone or smth idk

[solid steeple]

Are Stanford interview evaluative

[narrow jacinth]

No. The interview is optional and applications are considered complete, whether or not a student receives an interview.

https://oval.stanford.edu/faq.html

[rough lark]

that doesnt answer bros question though

yes it is optional and applications are considered complete without an interview, but they are still evaluative in that they play a role in admissions, no matter how small

some schools like cornell have non evaluative interviews where they dont write a report and it plays zero role in admissions

[harsh sentinel]

OMG HAPPY BIRTHDAY?????

[digital spoke]

Happy bday!!! 🥳

[crimson karma]

ok how important is the interview

bc i opted out

[narrow jacinth]

THANKS

[narrow jacinth]

THANK YOU PIKACHU

[digital spoke]

Not too important unless you're a borderline case and get a really good interviewer evaluation

[crimson karma]

wdym borderline

[digital spoke]

Hope you have an amazing bdayyy!

[digital spoke]

Like if you're familiar with Stanford's ratings, if you get like a 3/3+ overall rating

[crimson karma]

oh ok

[rough lark]

3+ isn't borderline though the vast majority of 3+'s get denied

and 3 is even less borderline

harvard has released stats so i assume it would be similar for stanford

2- is basically borderline and like most admits i've seen have 2-'s

[digital spoke]

Yeah, same here

[digital spoke]

Hmm, true

You have a point

ig the 2- really just depends on if you're on the higher side of that or the lower side of 2-

Cuz I've seen 2- with strong recommendations for admit I think

[rough lark]

at stanford and schools of that caliber pretty much everyone is on the fence

so it makes sense that 2- is most common for admits but is still borderline

[digital spoke]

Makes sense

I wanna view my admissions file already lol

[rough lark]

@digital spoke question since i'm curious

when you got admitted

[idle axle]

Three Saturdays ago

[rough lark]

like without opening the letter, cant you tell that you got in because theres an admission response form?

and like if you don't have that form you know you didnt get in?

[rough lark]

let me finish typing lmao

[idle axle]

No

[idle axle]

No

[idle axle]

No

[rough lark]

ok sorry i'm dumb the admission response form is in the letter not the portal itself

nvm

[remote lagoon]

Mmm nooo. It's more like it only appears after you open the letter

In the portal that is

[digital spoke]

^

[flint umbra]

ok

If I don’t get an interview is that a bad thing here

[digital spoke]

Nope, interviews are by availability

[dusky pumice]

i really want an interview

does anyone know if stanford has an interview deadline or something

[digital spoke]

no idea

[cunning basin]

blud spelled berkeley wrong

wait why was i scrolled up 2 days

oopsie daisy

[elfin coral]

lol

[trail olive]

wait wtf has it only been 3 weeks

4

thats crazy feels like an eternity ago

[lost knoll]

hi tictac

[trail olive]

hi wendy :o

didnt know you were here

[lost knoll]

it does indeed

[lost knoll]

i was lurking as one does

[trail olive]

real
how's your sleep schedule 😭

[lost knoll]

i slept 14 hours last night 💀

i follow a lot of college megathreads but never talk

cuz i cant add anything to them unless mit

[trail olive]

omg wtf
i had to wake up at 6am 😭 ill be sleeping in tmr

[lost knoll]

dawg wtf why

frc?

[trail olive]

i mean
you can

[trail olive]

all state

[lost knoll]

holy my goat

[trail olive]

😭

[lost knoll]

all-round star

[trail olive]

all-ready going to shoot myself and its not even the 2nd week

[lost knoll]

💀

[lost knoll]

yeah but i feel like i have no credibility yk

[trail olive]

i mean

getting into mit means you have credibility in how to structure an application

[lost knoll]

perhaps

i wrote about random stuff tho so idk LOL

[lost knoll]

bro

me too

[trail olive]

real asf
nobody knows how this process works we're all just faking it 😭

[lost knoll]

there's so much stuff coming up

i have like 2 months of just scio weekends in a row

i want to quit so badly but i like cant ykwim

[trail olive]

okay but
why not D:

[lost knoll]

rip my team then

[trail olive]

but you're not enjoying it and will be forcing yourself to do it no?

[lost knoll]

nah i do like it

but thinking about the work makes me eek

[trail olive]

do you also just want to not do anything anymore or what

[lost knoll]

u have to grind like a lot in scio to do good

[trail olive]

same for my ecs but im highly debating quitting just because i dont like them that much
moreso than trying to enjoy my life at least (i'll fail)

[lost knoll]

yeah i agree

senioritis

[trail olive]

real i want to get out of here

[lost knoll]

i enjoy scio tho i love my team they're so funny

[trail olive]

how many hours/week is it D:

[lost knoll]

uhh

i think on my common app i put like 12

in reality at peak it's like >24 prob

[trail olive]

yo wtf

[lost knoll]

ya it's prob more like right before a tournament

out of state tournaments r like 2 flights + 12 hr tournament + u grind every day that week

[trail olive]

actually idk how im saying anything
i did >100 for a couple weeks before state for robotics and i do not want to do that again

[lost knoll]

yeah i was gonna say i thought robotics was similar

[trail olive]

ah i see
that actually sounds horrible though

[lost knoll]

it is pretty stressful but at least u have a partner to suffer with

100 is crazy tho

[trail olive]

i suppose yeah

[trail olive]

it was SO bad

[lost knoll]

i think i was insane last year ngl

[trail olive]

my youtube hours watched during march was so far lower than anything else and it was really funny

[lost knoll]

i dont even understand how i did the stuff i did

[lost knoll]

LOL

ive never looked at my watch history hmm

[trail olive]

i did the youtube wrapped thing

https://videorecap.viewodyssey.com/

this

[lost knoll]

brooo

u have to retrieve data

doesnt it take like a million years

[trail olive]

yeah unfortunately

[trail olive]

um
i have no clue
took a few minutes for me when i did it

[lost knoll]

wait @trail olive how tf do u get purple role

ive always been curious

[trail olive]

uh
server booster + chose it because purple is cool

[lost knoll]

ohhhhhhh

i forgot that existed

[lost knoll]

LOL

[trail olive]

here are the available colors

[lost knoll]

"stanny loves me"

[trail olive]

i had done it before december but here it was

[lost knoll]

ok it's exporting rn

[trail olive]

💀

[lost knoll]

DAWG

??

WHY WOULD U SEND THAT

LMFAOO

[trail olive]

its fucking hilarious

i think someone had sent me it i dont remember

[lost knoll]

tictac ur cs right

[trail olive]

ee

[lost knoll]

this is eng major behavior

[trail olive]

english right hahahah english haha

its not like i frequented the video

just happened to watch it one time

[lost knoll]

sure bud

[trail olive]

💀

[lost knoll]

how fitting i get this

[trail olive]

step 1
dont go into engineering (youll have depression for at least 4 years)

[lost knoll]

honestly

i was considering applying eng but what do engineering kids even do

like what's the difference between applying chem vs chemE

[trail olive]

hide in their hobbit holes and watch youtube

[trail olive]

uhhhhhhhhh

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[lost knoll]

me too king

[trail olive]

theres probably a higher population of people that do not shower

💀

[lost knoll]

LMFAO

[trail olive]

hows school been 😭 (please let me out i dont wanna do 2nd semester)

[lost knoll]

i got cooked on my orgo 2 final

my teacher was like oh i thought this final was easy and our average was a 65 💀

our averages r usually like 80-90s on the test

[trail olive]

i think you told me abt this
how 😭

[lost knoll]

bro idek

[trail olive]

did you all get graded that harshly or was it curved/waived

[lost knoll]

he's like a super genius

it was curved 15 pts

but our teacher is a super genius

he sometimes glazes us but the one that needs to be glazed is him

[trail olive]

😭 what hahaha

[lost knoll]

bro he's always like "u guys r so smart" and then we dont understand the first sentence of lecture

like bro

[trail olive]

well maybe you are i dunno
does he at least explain it or

[lost knoll]

LOL yeah he does dw

i sometimes procrastinate textbook readings until the week before the test

so im lost on terminology n stuff

[trail olive]

okay

what

thats crazy

[lost knoll]

ya im in orgo 2 and it's like self-taught psets and then test

we go by chapters but ill procrastinate reading them sometimes

[trail olive]

completely fair but also how 😭

[lost knoll]

wdym

i just dont do them until later

💀

[trail olive]

yeah and this is like

a lot for right before a test no?

[lost knoll]

kinda

ill pull like an all nighter maybe

it's not a good habit LOL im trying to fix it

i also got my eas back the weekend before finals

so i like lost all my motivation

[trail olive]

i mean

you took a w

youre done

so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

who needs school

[lost knoll]

💯

[trail olive]

okay

you did not

just respond with the 100 emoji

[lost knoll]

LMFAOOOO

[lost knoll]

my bad king

i didnt know what to say LOL

[trail olive]

💯

i want it to be march already

[lost knoll]

ong me too

i wanna see my decisions

bro im lowkey sweating i dont think im gonna get a stanford interview

ik it doesnt matter but like i would prefer one

[trail olive]

ehh

it doesnt matter that much

[trail olive]

i need to get in somewhere thats not purdue or my state school 💀
im actually like convinced im getting rejected everywhere

[lost knoll]

WAIT DID U GET INTO PURDUE

[shy hinge]

Delusion is the solution

[trail olive]

yeah

[lost knoll]

OMG

U ATE

CONGRATSSSSSS

[trail olive]

its like

30%

[lost knoll]

ok but still

[trail olive]

for engineering

[lost knoll]

HOORAY

[trail olive]

:D

[lost knoll]

delulu is the solulu

[trail olive]

well thank you :p

now to hope i get in other places

[lost knoll]

manifest

[trail olive]

delulu is the solulu

[trail olive]

IM GETTING INTO STANFORD

[lost knoll]

LMFAOO one of my friends asked me if i had any manifestation techniques i used before ea

[trail olive]

HAAHAHAHAHA

[lost knoll]

i was giggling after that

[trail olive]

(i was already rejected)

[lost knoll]

were u actually

[trail olive]

yeah

brutally

[lost knoll]

gahdamn

they fumbled tho yk

[real herald]

did u apply stanford rea

[lost knoll]

like they didnt see the diamond

[trail olive]

so badly that i rolled my eyes and then moved tf on

[lost knoll]

theyir eyes weren't sharp enough

ykwim

so it's really their loss

dw tictac RD's got you

i believe

[lost knoll]

no

[trail olive]

damn youre really following through huh

[lost knoll]

ONG

[trail olive]

thank you :D

[lost knoll]

we're like a2c besties

yk

[real herald]

did u ed/rea?

anywhere

[lost knoll]

ykwim

[trail olive]

ea to mit and got accepted

[lost knoll]

ya

[trail olive]

i know what you mean

[lost knoll]

gahdamn

[trail olive]

a2c besties

[lost knoll]

our states r neighbors right

[real herald]

Sheesh

Big dubs

What major

[trail olive]

not me

wendy

[lost knoll]

biochem

[trail olive]

yeah

[real herald]

Is mit ur top

[lost knoll]

ok so like really we're neighbors ykwim

LOL

[trail olive]

yeah exactly

wendy how many "STATS??? ECS????" messages have you gotten

[lost knoll]

i dont rlly have a top, waiting for RD + im premed

LOL actually none

i sent my essays to u right

i think that was like the only one

[trail olive]

if you put it in your nickname theyd be coming in fast

[lost knoll]

actually

[trail olive]

you did yeah

[lost knoll]

i didnt know that happened

[real herald]

Yea ive gotten some

And i didnt even get hypsm

[trail olive]

whenever anyone has hypsm in their nickname it happens so much

[lost knoll]

yeah ive gotten none

[real herald]

Bc no one knows lol

If u post in commitments

[lost knoll]

LOLLL

[real herald]

With an ivy

Or hypsm

[lost knoll]

ohhh

[real herald]

Its joever

[lost knoll]

that makes sense

[real herald]

100+ dms

Immedaitely

[lost knoll]

that's seems kinda annoying

[trail olive]

very!

[real herald]

Yea

[elfin coral]

[real herald]

Kace got so many

[lost knoll]

oh makes sense

[real herald]

Harvard

[elfin coral]

dreading pi day and march 30th

[lost knoll]

he seems like the goat

kvd where'd u get in early

[trail olive]

oats gets them everywhere too

[real herald]

Georgetown

Not committed tho

[lost knoll]

HOLY

MY GOAT THO

WTF

[trail olive]

gonna get destroyed in march

[lost knoll]

congrats :D still

[real herald]

You as well

[lost knoll]

wtf actually

ive gotten none

💀

[real herald]

OATS put mit in his name

[lost knoll]

i think im relatively active

oh actually

nvm then

[trail olive]

and then oats reveals that his only award was ap scholar (i think) and everyones like HOW DID YOU GET IN?? 4.0?? TEST SCORES??? ??? ??? ?? HOW

[elfin coral]

☠️

[trail olive]

what

[real herald]

Like OATS mit is my safety

That was his server bame

[lost knoll]

he's my goat ong

[trail olive]

oh yeah for a while there

[real herald]

At some point

[real herald]

Questbridge

And he is prolly the greatest essay writer of all time

[trail olive]

he just has a personality

[real herald]

OATS cooked on essays

[trail olive]

i read one of his essays

[lost knoll]

yeah he's my goat

[elfin coral]

ngl MIT is weird. But i feel like the see special stuff in their applicants despite only having 4 ec slots and short essays. I messed up hard on my sups and an AO contacted my mentor to get to know me more.

[real herald]

I should’ve applied mit lowkey but the supps scared me away

[lost knoll]

really

i think i liked their supps the most

[trail olive]

mit is like
very holistic and not very holistic if yk what i mean

[elfin coral]

I feel like mit admissions is vastly different from standard

[lost knoll]

even tho i threw a little bit

[real herald]

I feel like stanford is truly holistic

[elfin coral]

this

[trail olive]

yeah

[real herald]

They value everything

[trail olive]

arguably the most

[elfin coral]

stanford is the most holistic

[real herald]

And even if you arent crackdd

Your essays can really grt you in

Bc they value personality heavily

For MIT they do as well

But you can get in with bad supps

As long as u have some intl math award

[elfin coral]

☠️

[trail olive]

yeah but you need good scores (99% of the time) at mit too

[digital spoke]

william lin guaranteed moment

[trail olive]

hiiii

[real herald]

Rishab jain moment

[lost knoll]

who is william lin

[real herald]

Blud got harv mit stanford duke

No safeties

[lost knoll]

dawg did u see that rishab jain made some fake ass research oly

[real herald]

?

[digital spoke]

search up william lin competitive programming

[elfin coral]

one guy who was goat at coding and what not

[lost knoll]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFdOjXrVLp0

OHHH OMG

THE GOOGLE GUY

HE'S MY GOAT TOO

[trail olive]

yeah that guy

[trail olive]

😭

[elfin coral]

google ended that competition 😭 selling

[lost knoll]

idk guys sorry im not into cs like that 😕

[real herald]

Yea i got no clue

[elfin coral]

im tired of seeing bro

[real herald]

Did yall get a stanford interview yet

[elfin coral]

yuh

[real herald]

Bro is fr that one cousin

That ur parents compare you to

[trail olive]

yeah back in november

[real herald]

When did u submit dang

[trail olive]

october 30th

[real herald]

Wait u did rea?

[trail olive]

yes

[real herald]

Did u get in

[trail olive]

no.

[real herald]

Oh damn im sorry

[elfin coral]

bro theres no way to see my mit sups after submitting

[real herald]

You will cook rd tho fr

[lost knoll]

no

rip

[trail olive]

i can hope

[real herald]

Did u not type them on a google doc

[trail olive]

nope

[real herald]

Same

[lost knoll]

I BELIEVE

[real herald]

I have 0 rd interviews

[lost knoll]

did u guys all apply mit

ill manifest for u guys

🙏

[elfin coral]

😭 you see I was rushing typing them at 11 oclock pm on deadline day

[trail olive]

you literally counteract my negativity idk how it works

[real herald]

No bc im not smart enough

[trail olive]

same but you never know if you dont try

[real herald]

Also my math score is like sub 25%

For SAT

[trail olive]

bro

their 25th is a 790

[elfin coral]

mine was 770 and I still applied

[lost knoll]

yeah their sat is a bit sus

[real herald]

I have a 780

Shouldve retook fr

[lost knoll]

but ik someone who got in with like a 770 math i think

[real herald]

If i wanted mit i wouldve retook

[trail olive]

oh wow such a TERRIBLE score 😐

[real herald]

800 from a 780 isnt too hadd

Hard

[lost knoll]

ok but like context tictac

[real herald]

For my other schools

I dont think it matters

[elfin coral]

test optional inflation. I expect 2 things to happen:

1. now that TO is removed the 25th percentile will decrease
2. to keep scores up, acceptance rate will lower

[real herald]

Mit is test required

[trail olive]

a 770 at mit is completely fine

[elfin coral]

ik

[real herald]

They were never test opt

Right?

[elfin coral]

really?

[lost knoll]

i think for a year they were

[elfin coral]

im pretty sure they were

[idle axle]

Thought they were for a year

[real herald]

Maybe covid year

[idle axle]

Covid year fa

[real herald]

But last year they were required

So not inflated

[lost knoll]

ikik im just saying in terms of percentile

[real herald]

Debatable

[trail olive]

the 0.8% with a <30

[real herald]

How

[trail olive]

i guess but its literally like a 1 question difference

[lost knoll]

ik tictac LOL

it's not that serious but it is what it is ykwim

[real herald]

Im not worried too much about my sat score

Since i didnt do mit

[trail olive]

😭 mit with their crazy test requirements

[trail olive]

i do i get ya

[elfin coral]

I dont think its that big of a deal. 770 can be 1-3 questions from 800 depending on curve

[real herald]

Indeed

Guys whats better a 1550 or a 35

[lost knoll]

idek

i didnt take act

[trail olive]

breakdown?

[real herald]

780 770

[trail olive]

which is first? ebrw?

well ig it doesnt matter

[real herald]

33 math 35 science 35 english 36 reading

[trail olive]

10 point diff

[real herald]

Math 780

[trail olive]

eee
for what school

id submit the SAT

[lost knoll]

i'd submit 1550 prob

[real herald]

All of em ig

[lost knoll]

ya

[trail olive]

yeah go with SAT

[real herald]

I put both on common app

[trail olive]

33m is kinda 😬 when your sat math is better

[real herald]

Officially sent in SAT for those that required it

[real herald]

Yea but my sat math is good and all my school math scores

So i put both

On common app

I think 1550 is better tho

[trail olive]

it is

[real herald]

At least for my breakdown

[trail olive]

100%

yeah

[real herald]

Although i strongly believe past 1500 it doesn’t matter with the exception of test required schools

Mit gatech georgetown

[trail olive]

dude like

the tests

are so pointless at this high a level

mit comparing a 780 to a 790 is crazy

they just demonstrate that you can do that
not like
oopsie im a bit eepy that day

[elfin coral]

🥺 does my 1480 get a pass

[real herald]

No retire immediately

Cc is your reach

[elfin coral]

[lost knoll]

bro i cant believe the sat is going digital

i think i'd do way worse

[trail olive]

ive heard its sm easier

[lost knoll]

really

[real herald]

Yea im glad i got paper done

[lost knoll]

ive heard it's easier but it's harder for some kids

[trail olive]

at least from r/sat

[lost knoll]

i think i'd be harder for me

[trail olive]

probably same yeah

[lost knoll]

*it'd

[real herald]

Class of 25 is the last paper SAT

[trail olive]

also

[real herald]

For the ones that did fall

[trail olive]

misclicking is sm easier than misbubbling

[lost knoll]

yeah facts

[elfin coral]

it is. got 1550s on digital(practice) and 1480 on paper

not fair bro

[lost knoll]

also u can cross out words on paper n stuff

[real herald]

Why did u practice digital

[lost knoll]

i did worse on practice digital 💀

[lost knoll]

they were offering like digital sats

[trail olive]

and underline and like
use a pencil to follow which word/line youre on

[hoary sluice]

i swear petey has stated sm times that they dont do this though

[trail olive]

and draw right on the page

[hoary sluice]

like once you reach the academic preparedness cutoff it rlly doesn't matter anymore

[real herald]

Oh yea i remember the gift card thing

I signed up

[trail olive]

yeah

[real herald]

My test got canceled tho

[trail olive]

but their 25% is 1 790

a 790*

[real herald]

It was september 22

[hoary sluice]

i feel thats more correlation than causation tho no

[real herald]

For me

I did aug and oct 22

[lost knoll]

i signed up and then didnt do it LOL

[real herald]

Mine got canceled bc they overbooked

[lost knoll]

rippp

[trail olive]

im not saying that they do it yeah

[real herald]

Im so glad we got paper psat

[trail olive]

i

[real herald]

Digital psat seems bad

[lost knoll]

i took it once 10th and then once 11th

[trail olive]

signed up for so many sats over the summer

and canceled 3 of them

[lost knoll]

ong bro

LOL relatable

[elfin coral]

not the actual new digital just the digital versions. Granted the passages in the new version are shorter(which was a huge issue for me on sats)

[real herald]

Ive done SAT twice and ACT once

[real herald]

Ah ok

[trail olive]

im a garbage test taker so i took sat once (bad) and act 3x

[real herald]

What did u submit

[lost knoll]

bro the act is harder for me ngl

[real herald]

In the end

[lost knoll]

i took a practice and got like a 21 on the science section or something

[trail olive]

34 act
35m 34e 33s 33r (💀)

[elfin coral]

wish I took act. 34 has a wide range from sometimes 1480 to like 1520 however sat has set value.

[real herald]

The sat carried over for me. I studied sat and then took act bc school offered

I got lucky tho

[lost knoll]

yeah i got lucky on my sat too

[real herald]

My friend with 1570 got like a 32 act

[trail olive]

i wish the act had more science/reading questions because literally so few tank your score

[real herald]

His didnt carry over

[trail olive]

ive mentioned this beforebut this one guy in my class had like an 1100 and said that he expects a 1550+ on his next take

[real herald]

1500 = 34

Ur fine

[real herald]

Bruh

[lost knoll]

ig bro can dream

[elfin coral]

my level of delusion

[trail olive]

maybe idk

for mit i mean

everywhere else its fine

[real herald]

One guy told me he got into nyu but it was really pace university

[trail olive]

im hoping 35 math is good enough

[real herald]

💀

[lost knoll]

LOL

[trail olive]

😭

[lost knoll]

i had like 20 people hit me up when mit came out

[real herald]

Sheesh

[real herald]

What was ur score

[lost knoll]

ikr i got a little annoyed near the end

[trail olive]

this one person told me she already got into cornell, berkeley, ucla, deferred mit, gtech
but their decisions arent even out

[lost knoll]

score for mit?

huh

[real herald]

Sat/act

[lost knoll]

oh

1530 10th and 1580 11th

[real herald]

W

1530 in 10th is wild

[trail olive]

commo wendy w youre so cool

[lost knoll]

i took 10th for summer programs lol

[elfin coral]

ay man, these kids are just like you fr. you were once them💯

[lost knoll]

LMFAOOOO

[lost knoll]

THANKS KING I THINK UR COOL TOO

[real herald]

I took psat in 10th and submitted that lol but my ass got into 0 summer programs