Stanford University (2023-2024)

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When do they normally give interviews

Like latest

cause I ain't heard from them

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Mid feb

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Vadim is such an Eastern European name

(Im eastern European 😅)

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Indeed it is Russian

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I’m gunna tickle Stanford if they don’t give me that damn interview

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it’ll be g tho

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that's when you start looking up the interviewer jk jk

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I was completely blindsided by who my interviewer was

I looked up a name and saw images

But when I went in person

It was someone else

Completely different vibe too

(In a good way)

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How did an Eastern European end up in Canada

Love u baddies tho

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it’s a common migration pattern there

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Im from the UK and for some reason I thought most eastern european ppl either ended up here or other european countries

Never thought they decided to cross the pond too

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LMAOO yeah lots of russian jews moved out of europe to escape persecution

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there are so many russians and poles in nyc

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seattle too lowkey there are so many russians near north shore

[stone mural]

Nyc is just like London

But Canada surprised me

I gotta hear the accent

“If you left ur moms in the hood, somebody go smoke that yute”

[orchid anchor]

toronto + montreal are both very similar demographically to nyc/london

[digital carbon]

isn't montreal like mostly french speaking or something?

afaik my cousin brother had to learn french before he went to montreal for college

[orchid anchor]

correct - they speak english too tho

just french is the main one

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Just went to Brighton beach

Largest concentration of Russians in USA

twas amazing

[alpine plume]

yeah my grandparents live in coney island so when you walk a couple blocks into brighton everything is in cyrillic which is funny

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yeah it’s really@cool

been@to the Georgian place?

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not sure

but prob have

[real herald]

Just had my stanford interview

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How was it

[real herald]

Good

It was online

40 minutes

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Ah rip

[real herald]

Online isnt too bad lol

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Id rather do it irl

[real herald]

My cornell interview was online and it went well

Same with stanford

[real herald]

I mean the interview in general doesnt matter much for admissions and i got everything across pretty well so i dont rlly care

My Georgetown interview was in person but it only lasted 20 mins

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Well yeah but it's not really the same thing

[real herald]

My online ones have been 40 each

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What's your target

Like if all of them excepted you which one would you go to

[real herald]

Penn wharton or Stanford

Coin flip

Im ngl i dont gaf if i get rejected from all RDs

Im pretty happy with my current options

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Same but my backup is UA

😂

[real herald]

Arizona?

Did u ed anywhere

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Alabama

MIT EA reject

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the rural location boost goes brazy

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Others are all rd

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bro they get like 50% of their students from out of state

A ton of kids from NJ

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Salivating for an interview i swear

But I don’t think there’s much availability in the Bible belt

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Guys ! What’s intellectual vitality as mentioned by Stanford (they look for intellectual vitality) ?

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curiosity, thirst for learning beyond the classroom, energetic discussions about an academic topic

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One topic or it can be more than one ?

[lusty thicket]

yeah def can be more than one

here’s what Stanford says:

We want to see your commitment, dedication and genuine interest in expanding your intellectual horizons, both in what you write about yourself and in what others write on your behalf. We want to see the kind of curiosity and enthusiasm that will allow you to spark a lively discussion in a seminar and continue the conversation at the dinner table. We want to see the energy and depth of commitment you will bring to your endeavors, whether that means in a research lab, as part of a community organization, during a performance or on an athletic field. We want to see the initiative with which you seek out opportunities and expand your perspective.

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Is Cornell informational?

or evaluative?

[oblique egret]

conversational

non evaluative

[real herald]

non evaluative

it was more like a conversation

stanford was like an interview

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Noice

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Guys

For honors

What if I put for my fifth one

An award that was won by our club I was in since sophomore year during sophomore year

BUT

I put the honor applies to sophomore and junior year when it only applied to sophomore year

is that anything significant or basically negligible

Because the year said 2021-2022

so I got confused

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Its not that deep lmao

It dont rlly matter

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wait how popular is symbolic systems major

is it as insane as like cs, or nah

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stanford doesn't admit by major

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mb i shudve known

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When are applications started getting viewed by committee (AOs) ? (Stanford)

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no one rly knows

it was clearer for REA since the time span was shorter

but idk about RD

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they're probably already reading now on a rolling basis

depending on when interviews are done

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How are applications views by committee ? On a big screen in pdf or hardcopy with each AO ?

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we don't know, id assume its like how amherst does, a big screen or something

it'd be really inefficient to have a hardcopy for each ao in the committee

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Is each applicant’s application viewed once or more than once ?

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basically from what i can tell is an ao picks up our case if we make it through the initial phase and then advocates for it

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On what basis do they pick or same as Holistic approach ?

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it's read by two readers minimum, based on the admissions files the second reader likely sees the first reader's opinion and takes it into account

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when does stanford stop sending interviews

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holistic approach

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mid feb i think

im not 100% sure but im pretty sure its around then

either way the interview doesn't really matter all that much

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Can a really good written intellectual vitality essay increase my chances despite other essays are normal & having 3.98 GPA (rigorous course) and activities rated as 8/10?

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most likely but there's exact no way to tell how your application will be rated on stanfords application criteria

i wouldn't worry about it

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Any idea how many AOs are there in a committee?

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it depends

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Ok

[pliant trellis]

rnadom question but like has anyone heard of people getting into stanford wiht a mid gpa like 3.7/3.8 but has had serious health issues or obstacles, test optional, w niche ecs

[vale plover]

stanny recalculates

so

they use SU6 (last six semesters), only whole letter grades, and i think only cores but idk

[pliant trellis]

wait so what would be my gpa if i got an a+ a+ a+ a- and b+

and the b+ was a result of a family death

as if i didnt have peopel dying on me each year lmao T_T

[vale plover]

AAAAB about 3.8-9, you can probably include famiy death as a circumstance

and it depends on rigor

so if u took all aps vs regular classes

[pliant trellis]

i didnt do that since i had to explain that i had an autoimmune disease which means that i have a permant limp

aps

but then i moved across the pond this year to kuwait

[vale plover]

you shdve mentioned family deaht but yeah

[pliant trellis]

and my arabic grade is lowkey kinda holding me back..

but im east asian so will stanford take it into account that i just dont speak arabic

but was forced to take it

and up until this year i lived in cali?

[vale plover]

why r u in kuwait 😭

chuwet

[pliant trellis]

tbh i have no clue

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Are our essays pulled up on the big screens or does ur regional AO bring a simplified version of ur profile to the committee

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Im gonna be hella embarrassed if that many ppl read my essays, I literally trauma dumped 💀

[vale plover]

i think ima apply to stanny as undoc based off me having no visa status(H-4 expired bc i used EAD) but havign an AOS/AP parolee status

[pliant trellis]

r u in america??

[vale plover]

yeah

greencard backlog 🫠

[pliant trellis]

its ok same my entire essay is how i got shipped to the middle east ur fine

[pliant trellis]

one day youll get it!!!! praying for u

[vale plover]

yeah its locked in bc i filed AOS a few yrs ago

[pliant trellis]

im not american but many of my friends have tried to get a green card and the process is so so so so long wtf

the american government needs to chill

the whole thing in texas is so weird tbh

[vale plover]

unfortunately it'll still take a few years because of retrogression

yeah fuck abbott

[pliant trellis]

inshallah youll be fine

[vale plover]

yeah if you search up "documented dreamer" you will find stories

[pliant trellis]

damn

r u hispanic or another group

[vale plover]

thank god i can legally work and have indefinite stay

indian

[pliant trellis]

damn

which part of india

[vale plover]

ap/tg

i moved here when i was 2 tho

[pliant trellis]

i was in mumbai up till i was 5

[vale plover]

nice

[pliant trellis]

damn thats cool

[vale plover]

wait i thought u were east asian

[pliant trellis]

yeah

i am

lmaoo my parents work in the embassy so yeah

thats why

[vale plover]

OH

[pliant trellis]

yeah

[vale plover]

which country lel

[pliant trellis]

thats why im in kuwait

[vale plover]

thats cool

[pliant trellis]

nah nah i dont want to expose myself like that since there r so few embassy kids

but an east asian one LOLL

[vale plover]

oh i c i c

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Omg are ur parents diplomats

[pliant trellis]

no they arent that cool

LMAO

[vale plover]

i have family that lives in east asia: my cousin lives in japan, another one lives in SK, and a few live in SG

[pliant trellis]

they do dinance stuff

finance

[stone mural]

Damnn

I wanted to know

How does schooling work for u

[pliant trellis]

nah the american diplomats r so stacked

i just switch

[stone mural]

And ur social life

[pliant trellis]

im actually in jordan

its so weird

cuz the education in kuwait is mid

so im here with relative who lives here

[stone mural]

Aww bless u, it must be hard constantly switching

[pliant trellis]

no no

its funny

[stone mural]

I-

[pliant trellis]

iget to make a new personlity every time i switch

[stone mural]

U are just like me smh

[pliant trellis]

trust ocne u change up ur personality every 3 years and cut contact with people its so funny

theyll never know anythiung HAHAHAH

[vale plover]

cant u j go to an intl school or smth

ib program wld be perfect for u ngl

[pliant trellis]

yeah i do

expect its like legally required everyone takes arabic

so AHHAHA

[vale plover]

oh rip

[pliant trellis]

its cool until u realize intro to arabic is full of arabs who know the language

[vale plover]

lol

[pliant trellis]

so its just curved so badly

[vale plover]

i lowkey wanna learn arabic

[pliant trellis]

do it

do mango languages

good app

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this is so cool

[pliant trellis]

HAHAH thanks thanks

[stone mural]

For some odd reason, I am now imagining a random east asian kid munching on machboos in their school canteen 💀

[stone mural]

Arabic is hard asf

I am ethnically arab and even I struggle with arabic sm

[pliant trellis]

pretty accruate but i had koshari today T_T HAHAHA

[pliant trellis]

plz take my test for me im dying

[stone mural]

Omggg they got u eating koshari as well

Gonna turn into a full arab by the time u leave for college

[stone mural]

God forbid

My dad is saudi but I was raised abroad so my dad made it his mission to teach me how to read and write in arabic

So every sat and sun he would send me to arabic school

I am still traumatised

Never again

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HAHHAHAHA U SOUND LIKE EVERY ARAB KID IN TEH US I KNOWW HAAAHA

QAIT R U AMERICAN

if u r from the uk it wouk dbe even funnier

[pliant trellis]

wait jeddah or riyadh

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Im from UK 🤭

I barely know any khaleejis in the US

All are here in the UK or back home

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Riyadh 😔

[pliant trellis]

DAMN

[stone mural]

Wanted to be a jeddah baddie tho

[pliant trellis]

RIYADH is SO COOL

i havent been

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I need beaches

[pliant trellis]

but like omgggg

goign to saudi would be a dreammm

i havent been but my close friend went this christmas and its so pretty there

[pliant trellis]

btches or beaches??

[stone mural]

Both 🌝

Jk

[pliant trellis]

HAHAHA

[stone mural]

But we barely have any beaches or anything

Jeddah is beautiful

Khobar and dammam as well

[pliant trellis]

i think this really cool netflix show is based in jeddah

crashing eid??

i think so cuz she traels to jeddah? i dont remember

but the hosue the show is filmed in is insane

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OMGGG NO WAYY U WATCHED THATTT

BARELY ANYONE KNOWS IT

[pliant trellis]

in arabii too habibi 😎

[stone mural]

I was obsessed with it when I had a crush on this foine south asian boy 😔

[pliant trellis]

NOOOO WHY R SOUTH ASIANS SO HOT

im sorry but i havent met a not attractive south asian gjuy yet

[stone mural]

U gotta see them in London 😩😩

[pliant trellis]

R U FROM LONDON??

NOO WAY

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Yess

[pliant trellis]

dude i hate to say this but like some of the mansaf mgiht be better there

than here in kuwait

not tryna be offensive but there r so many arabs in london

[pliant trellis]

have u seen that hilarious reel of london becoming arabland

[stone mural]

The Kuwaitis are gonna be after u

I think there’s another kuwaiti in here

[stone mural]

Yesss

Especially during Christmas holidays and summer

[pliant trellis]

JAHAHAHAHHA

[stone mural]

But we all have businesses here 😭😭

[pliant trellis]

damn im sorry in advance T_T

[pliant trellis]

ikk the food is so fire

some of the asian food in the uk is better than the ones ive had in asia

like duck is so good there idk why

[stone mural]

I just love london sm

U don’t understand

Everything is so inclusive

[pliant trellis]

london is where its atttt

[stone mural]

We have everything u can imagine

[pliant trellis]

all my embassy friends love london

[stone mural]

U craving Lebanese grill

We got it

[pliant trellis]

im so jealous cuz my friend was there for over 10 years

10 years is crazyyy

[stone mural]

Chinese? We got it (not the nasty tiktok ones 💀 we acc have authentic ones)

[pliant trellis]

IK theres this brand called skin cupid which is from london and their reels are alwayssss on my fyp

[stone mural]

Wait lemme look them up

[pliant trellis]

idk if ur into skincare or what not but their reels make me wanna buy stuff

[pliant trellis]

https://www.skincupid.co.uk/

this

i havent gotten stuff from them before cuz its hard to ship to either jordan or kuwait but like asian skincare is so good i like buy them in bulk everytime i can cuz idk when ill get anythign next HAHA

[stone mural]

Yhh i found them, I was just looking thru what they selling😭😭

Im gonna order from them from now on

Cuz I normally mostly get all my kbeauty stuff from yesstyle as the other places tryna charge me an arm and a leg

[pliant trellis]

idk i havent tried yesstyle ever but im sure it takes foreverrrr

the reels like influence me so hard and its so bad cuz ik id start getting more stuff the second i get my hands on a asian beauty store

[stone mural]

I wish I spoke to u earlier cuz I could’ve bought them for u and send it from saudi as the gcc shipping fees is rlly cheap 😭😭

I was literally in saudi last week

Just came back on monday

[pliant trellis]

AHHHH HAHAHAHAHA 3adi 3adi

yk i didnt know this

but shipping to jordan if ur items are past 100 jds they check it

and its so funyn cuz my friend was dumb enough to try to mail a whole plant from china

[hardy flame]

who here is manifesting Stanford CS

[pliant trellis]

and now his mailbox has been shut down by the jordanina gov

[pliant trellis]

bro i hope we both get into stanny that would be so fun

[stone mural]

Uk customs are sooo chilled

They never check anything

I used to watch a show

Forgot the name but it was australian customs

These fuckers literally open everythingggg

[pliant trellis]

HAHAHAHA have u seen the show where they like send all the fruits down to this chopper in the airport

its so funny

[pliant trellis]

like imagine ur aunties tryna bring back some succlent dates from saudi then they get chopped up at the uk airport

[stone mural]

Yhhh

My dad be hurting on their behalf 😭

He literally bring anything and everything from saudi

[pliant trellis]

yk what i really want from saudi is one of those winter coats the brown or black ones idk the name but theyre so popular

[stone mural]

The ones with fur??

[pliant trellis]

YEAH the ones lined with fur on the inside all my friends have them

[vale plover]

Chuwet

[pliant trellis]

id wear it if i were arab but cuz im asian i wear uniqlo lmaoo

[stone mural]

If we fr get into stanny

Wallah ima get u one

[pliant trellis]

wait ill send u a friend request LMAO update me april

r u first year or transwer

[stone mural]

Omg it’s opposite for me 💀 im saudi also rocking uniqlo

[pliant trellis]

HAHAAHAH

[stone mural]

Im on my gap yr but gonna start as a first yr

[pliant trellis]

no no rock the saudi coat in london people will think ur tryna be in ur mob wife era

[stone mural]

Uniqlo thermals, cotton shirt, pjs and more are to die for 😩😩

So comfortable for what

[pliant trellis]

IK and cheap idk why more places dont have uniqlo but AHH

[stone mural]

My mum rocks them 💀 but London is starting become very unsafe so u gotta start blending with the locals

[pliant trellis]

like british locals?

damn im so sorry T_T

[stone mural]

We literally got warned by the police to stop wearing canada goose

[pliant trellis]

???

[stone mural]

Cuz they be stabbing u over a jacket 💀

[pliant trellis]

??????

no way

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probably pull up excerpts

[stone mural]

Wallah

[pliant trellis]

no way i thought that was only america

[stone mural]

America struggles with guns

We got knife 💀

[pliant trellis]

uk has knives

HAHAHHAHAHA

is scotland part of the uk

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u do way less damage with knives tbh

[pliant trellis]

silly quedtion but like i have no clue

[pliant trellis]

i applied to unis in the uk despite being there only once

[stone mural]

Yepp, north of uk

[pliant trellis]

and one of them was st andrews? which i dont think is in the uk but ireland?

[pliant trellis]

danggg

[stone mural]

OMGG DID U APPLY FOR ST ANDREWS??

My friend is there

[pliant trellis]

its more painful though T_T

[pliant trellis]

YESS!!!

[stone mural]

Full of americans tho 😭😭

[pliant trellis]

foundation year though cuz i didnt realize u needed APS for the uk

HAHAHHAA

[pliant trellis]

i was gonna apply to edingburgh but only ended up doing kcl and st andrews

[stone mural]

Scotland is rlllly pretty but they lack diversity

[pliant trellis]

T_T its ok ill culture them with spices

although the brits may be better chefs than me...

[stone mural]

U are becoming more arab than me

Kcl

Is every arab’s wet dream

Tho the campus is nasty

[pliant trellis]

NOOO wallah?????

[stone mural]

Full of rats

[pliant trellis]

i thoguht it was like full of chinese kids

[pliant trellis]

LAAAAA no way

i only see these chinese influencers studying there on my fyp

[stone mural]

Every arab wants to attend kcl, ucl and other london unis

[pliant trellis]

oxbridge?

[stone mural]

We have so many east asian ppl

[pliant trellis]

i feel like london will be the new sydney soon where there are more asians than austrialians

idk i feel like i read that somewhere

[stone mural]

That’s like the ultimate goal but ig they tryna be more realistic

[pliant trellis]

yanni this school called wycombe abbey i heard that it was just asians as their top students

and wycombe is like eton

sister school? idk it waas on a podcast

[stone mural]

Oh lord

my whole life is gonna be open in the wild for everyone to read 😔

Embarazzing

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Guys in honors

Is it bad if for my fifth honor, I put something OUR organization won not just me

Or does it not really matter if I did that

[foggy mauve]

Does not matter no one checks

[spring veldt]

a lot of people put honors for organizations

as long as they contributed

[clever grove]

NO STANNY INTERVIEW YET

It's the last one

[white mortar]

autoadmit duhhh

[harsh sentinel]

y'all what questions did you get asked in your interview

[opaque plume]

My interviewer asks abt my ancestry

💀

[harsh sentinel]

lmao what

[blazing zephyr]

But why are u stressed

[dusky pumice]

hello would anybody here like to give me their interview please

[quaint vessel]

guys when did they announce the decision date last year?

[opaque plume]

apr 1st if i'm not wrong

[quaint vessel]

Yeah but like, when will they announce the decision date??

[opaque plume]

oh

my fault

[quaint vessel]

Nooo it’s alright 😭 i’m just really anxious

[elfin coral]

Lol

[elfin coral]

I'll trade for a redo of Harvard interview

[elfin coral]

Itl be between april 1st and March 28th

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!stanford

[elfin coral]

Lol

Just keep reloading the page once ivy day comes

[lusty thicket]

REAL

[flint umbra]

no interview here

no communication here

lol

i think im an auto reject

stanford seems odd and elusive and i keep forgetting i applied here

[pliant trellis]

im sending this again cuz i am a loooooser but has anyone heard of peolpe getting into stanford with a 3.7-3.89 with extenuating circumstances and test optional T_T

[elfin coral]

Me (except test optional)

In all seriousness yes

Stanford doesn't consider freshman grades

My 3.65 uw with huge extenuating circumstances turns into 3.9

When freshman removed

[elfin coral]

3.8-3.89 is by no means bad😭

[frozen jewel]

Rarely, if they think you will pass first year in Stanford, then your good. Also understand it is holistic review so grades is just a part of the many other factors in the application

[frozen jewel]

^ yeah

[elfin coral]

Well think about it. You go to a shit school and get a 4.0 doesn't mean youl pass first year

But yeah they consider everything

[frozen jewel]

True, basically go for it @pliant trellis

It doesn’t hurt to try

[elfin coral]

It's good to have a 5 in an AP class related to your major

Shows them your academic rigor

[pliant trellis]

ahh hopefully

idrk

we'll see!

[stone mural]

They took the no contact a lil too seriously 😔

[cold night]

interview tmr so scared

[glossy river]

same 😭😭 no interview either

[cold night]

can someone here lmk how their interview went

my nerves are getting to me

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its usually easy

even if its bad it doesnt matter cuz its not weighted heavily

there r people whove had terrible interviews who got in

its fs the least considered thing

[cold night]

thank you so much!!

super comforting and reassuring

wishing you the best with stanford :)

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yep! and if it doesnt go well and u get rejected/accepted the interview prolly played a little part if that

[cold night]

very true

[digital spoke]

^

[lusty thicket]

tysm this calmed me down after a train wreck interview 😭

[alpine plume]

mine was nice but very short

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as long as you arent making out with your interviewer you should be alr

[elfin coral]

Fuck

[elfin coral]

I'm screwed bro

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???

[lusty thicket]

Happy? 😊

[pine rain]

i was reminiscing about the past and rn i realized you're 100% accurate

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i was just putting random emojis too is the funny part

except purdue i knew you would get in

[pine rain]

lol if i didnt get into purdue something would be wrong with this college apps process 💀

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did you even apply to uchicago

[pine rain]

yes

i expect you to be the prophet

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holy shit i just realized i predicted your defer

[pine rain]

exactly that's what im sayin

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well let's hope im the prophet cuz ultimately nothing matters as long as we get into stanford

[pine rain]

lmfao i still have to fill out the deferral form

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im waiting till exactly feb 1st

[pine rain]

its due feb 15th

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yeah

i just heard it was a good idea to start in feb

[pine rain]

i get notified about whether or not another paper will be accepted for publication on feb 15th

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but stanford essays took me 3 months 💀

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damnnnnn

[pine rain]

so it's cutting it a bit close

that would be two papers and one best paper award then

[dim badge]

you already have a lot of accomplishments since then tho right?

[pine rain]

nah that's basically it

i guess i became president of the math club or something

and i did a little lobbying

[dull hazel]

hmm

wsg

[pine rain]

and my math competition grew i guess

[dim badge]

i have a couple

[dim badge]

yo

[pine rain]

like what

[dim badge]

i find out about my internship on the 15th

[dim badge]

ill dm you

[pine rain]

k

[dull hazel]

is there a subreddit that u go to if u get in

not subreddit

like

[dim badge]

theres a discord server

[dull hazel]

whatever its called

[dim badge]

did u get in?

[dull hazel]

ye

[dim badge]

dm pikachu

[dull hazel]

idk who that is ngl

[dim badge]

just look him up in the member list

[dull hazel]

is he also a senior

[dim badge]

yes he got in

i think he runs it maybe

[dull hazel]

whats up bro bro

omg imagine if we in the same class thats crazy 😯

well

act.

if mit steals me

[digital spoke]

NAH BRUH I AIN'T LETTING YOU IN IF YOU GO 🤣🤣🤣

Jkjk

[digital spoke]

Sup

I'll DM you the invite

Sent

[digital spoke]

Yeah, gotta love Discord modding 🤩 haha

[dull hazel]

Lmfao

[daring merlin]

FINALLY MY STANFORD INTERVIEW IS HERE

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IM SO HAPPY

[digital spoke]

woohoo!

[fringe sorrel]

WOOOOO

[drowsy hedge]

W

[daring merlin]

my interview is gonna be so late

like late feb kind of deal

[flint umbra]

Wooo you got this

[daring merlin]

eyyy thank you everyone 🫶

[digital carbon]

YAY!! 💗

[daring merlin]

now all that's left is Yale

😭

[digital spoke]

gl!!!

[stone mural]

I think im genuinely tweaking

I keep telling myself that getting a Stanford interview isnt that deep

But one of the girl’s ik from my area literally applied on a whim and got an interview 👺👺

[stone mural]

OMGGGGG

YAYYY

GO SLAY THOSE INTERVIEWS GIRL

[daring merlin]

yaaaaa thank you muahhhh

[wary basin]

Does content/idea of commonapp essay & Stanny supplements matters alot OR grammar, vocabulary & way it’s written ?

[spring veldt]

any idea works if it’s written well

[round dove]

it’s not an either/or — the latter acts as support for the former

[digital spoke]

Both

[lusty thicket]

Content by far y’all 😭

[solid steeple]

if my dad decided to donate now for stanford, could i get in

[lusty thicket]

U can be the most ineloquent writer, but if u have a good story that shows who u r, it will work

[lusty thicket]

Donations im pretty sure have to be large/significant

Is he an alumnus

[solid steeple]

i meant this as troll, but my dad attended cal

berkeley

but wait could u

[lusty thicket]

My bad 😭

[solid steeple]

and how significant lol

im kinda curious now

[lusty thicket]

I would think millions lol, who knows

[solid steeple]

oh lol

[digital spoke]

That applies the other way around too 😭

[lusty thicket]

Not rly, if u aren’t introspective at all in ur essay but u can write the most vivid of descriptions, it won’t work

[digital spoke]

Oh oops

I meant the other way around as in

[digital spoke]

If you have a good story, but you can't express it well, that won't work either

[lusty thicket]

Ohhh yeah true icic lol

[wintry delta]

did purdue give you any scholarships

or is it full pay

[pine rain]

i didnt get a scholarship but i pay like $5k a year so idrc

[wintry delta]

dang nice

5k a year coa for living at home right

[jovial bobcat]

oh yeah billert how did ur eas go?

[pine rain]

just purdue and stanford

that's all i applied to

[jovial bobcat]

oh oop

purdue u def got in right lol

[pine rain]

yea

[jovial bobcat]

nice

[elfin coral]

Bruh I sent Stanford the wrong email for my mentor in application updates

My mentor had "767" in there gmain but I wrote 676"

[wheat leaf]

guys did stanford's financial aid ignore you too?

I wrote couple mails and they still didn't answer(its been like 2 weeks)

also btw did some intls got interview?

[digital spoke]

what are you asking them?

[wheat leaf]

like it was question about: what should I do if I sent my css in october, thinking that I will apply early, but didn't. So I should correct my css profile, right?

[digital spoke]

probably yeah

[wheat leaf]

also, for intls do we need to do fafsa?(If I already did CSS)

[digital spoke]

but also, are you not a freshman 😭

[wheat leaf]

what?) i am 12th grader

[digital spoke]

your role says HS freshman lol

[digital spoke]

not sure

[harsh sentinel]

indian and my interview is on sunday

[digital carbon]

i finally got mine today

india too

[spring veldt]

I thought u were from the uk!!!

[digital carbon]

nope

[weary acorn]

Mine is on Tuesday and I'm from Toronto

[dim badge]

idt intls can do fafsa

im pretty sure you need a social security number

[orchid anchor]

OH NO

so am i

but no interview

good luck on yours - i only heard about ppl from ucc getting interviews so idk maybe they just rlly like private school kids

[harsh sentinel]

YOOOOO SLAYYYYY

[flint umbra]

think its just css

[flint umbra]

same, but no stanford, penn, or duke interview

[orchid anchor]

check your penn portal page

see if u have an alum interview assigned

[lusty thicket]

same boat but swap penn for nu

[flint umbra]

forgot about nu didn’t get one from them too 😂

[flint umbra]

I checked and have no one assigned

[harsh sentinel]

god i love stanford sm im gonna cry when i get rejected

[white mortar]

twins 😭

[weary acorn]

I'm from Ridley so like ya LOL

[orchid anchor]

oh yeah ridley is a fancy pants school

we'll see if the interview meant anything in april!

[elfin kraken]

omg i just had my interview!

i think it went really well, it was incredibly casual and we were just talking about things that we both had interests in

was about 40 minutes as expected, for anyone scared for their interview youll be okay :)

^ i do think i couldve done better by connecting my interests to stanford more, but ive also heard it doesnt matter much as theyre just trying to understand you as a person

[true chasm]

i have mine tomorrow!

is there anything specific to keep in mind that might help me?

[digital carbon]

u won't bestie

[elfin kraken]

good luck!

[elfin kraken]

i would say to look over ur own resume (domt bring it obviously) so youre ready with points to bring up

but as for questions, remember its very casual and to be yourself

juet make good conversation from the experienced you have

experiences*

[true chasm]

also at any point would it be fine to suggest that i may have looked them up

my interviewer works in the healthtech industry, and i done a project related to that

[flint umbra]

still no interview

[coral wyvern]

This is a very controversial thing..cos some would argue for you to ..to show that you are serious
But some do it and exploit it and the person sees that you did

Look them up but be smooth in like asking a question or saying something to spark that interest that wouldn't make them notice

[true chasm]

oh i was going to be like, i noticed you work in X industry

[true chasm]

i mean they probably would have already received a linkedin notification

[coral wyvern]

Looked my interviewer up and saw we all liked crossword puzzles and I said something related to that... saying I'm vv interested in puzzles and he replied " we have a shared interest" but quickly switched to another topic so we don't get up caught in talking only about puzzles but also do what we came to the interview to do

[coral wyvern]

You looked him up already??
I suggest using a friends LinkedIn or something

[elfin kraken]

i wouldnt

i accidentally looked him up on linkedin without privating, so im sure he knew

but i never mentioned it and neither did he

[elfin kraken]

"how has stanford helped prepare yoy for industry work"

[true chasm]

oh yeah i was gonna ask then that

[elfin kraken]

that will inevitably bring up their work experience

and then u can ask questions about thy

that

[true chasm]

oh, thats interesting

thanks for that

i guess its a non creepy way to bring it up

[true chasm]

the moment i got the invite unforntunately

[elfin kraken]

i felt like it lmao

thats what i did

good luck!

[true chasm]

thanks

[stone mural]

FINALLY GOT MY STANFORD INTERVIEWWWW

[smoky quail]

interview went well 🤞🤞

[coral wyvern]

Nice

[coral wyvern]

yay ✋🎉..GL

[smoky quail]

tyy

[weary acorn]

Yep! Prob not lol

[weary acorn]

I highkey hate it

[dim badge]

if interviews mean nothing

why does Stanford even host them

[hoary sluice]

engage alum

give them a semblance of agency in admissions process

lol

also like i think it doesn't mean anything unless you're a major asshole or something

[dim badge]

I just hope I make the cut

[runic plinth]

i have my stanford interview tmr

any tips 😭

[deft sleet]

Why mention creeping on someone

[deft sleet]

Like the person said it engages alumni, and at the same time engages applicants— thé interview can help convince you to choose Stanford if you get in

[harsh sentinel]

Lol it's stanford

[naive plinth]

stanford was my top choice at the time and I didn't cry!

[harsh sentinel]

not all of us are as strong as you oh wise one 😔

[naive plinth]

I cried over usc and I didn't care about it 💀

[harsh sentinel]

then why cry😭

[naive plinth]

bc i thought I was going to get rejected everywhere

[dim badge]

oh hey it’s you

[naive plinth]

Hi hi

[dim badge]

how have the other apps gone

[lusty thicket]

wait but I’ve seen u killing it in #✨-celebration-station

[naive plinth]

1 deferall + 2 acceptances to safeties

[naive plinth]

that was after 😭 plus I really need ca schools to clutch up otherwise I might need to take a gap

[lusty thicket]

gap is looking very real for me!

[dim badge]

the wait for rd is real

at least I know I stand a chance compared to some snazzy state school

[naive plinth]

Is this a yay or oh no 😭

[naive plinth]

1 more month!

[dim badge]

WHAT

when is it

[naive plinth]

rd stanford?

[dim badge]

Yes

[naive plinth]

Oh that's more like 2 months

I think march 29th idk

[lusty thicket]

oh no no no!

[naive plinth]

I was talking rds in general

[dim badge]

Hm

[lusty thicket]

March 20 for jhu 😜

[naive plinth]

Oh no 😭 is everything ok?

[lusty thicket]

Just regular self doubt 😭 once i get my first (🤞)acceptance I’ll be fine

[harsh sentinel]

Umass and Rutgers W

[dim badge]

my interview here went pretty good tbh

[harsh sentinel]

My next decision is March 9 lol

[dim badge]

but there’s no telling with this place

[harsh sentinel]

Uchicago uwash ucd

[naive plinth]

Ohh yeah I feel you!! You will get it dw ❤️ it feels really good I promise

[naive plinth]

yes! But sadly on the otehr side of the country

[naive plinth]

idk when mine is

[naive plinth]

davis gave an official release date?

[harsh sentinel]

ucla gonna come in clutch

[harsh sentinel]

no but I'm going by last year's

[dim badge]

well ut austin accepted me for my third major

[harsh sentinel]

you also have udub and ucd right

[naive plinth]

Oh I think they're all going to be slightly different

[dim badge]

so I hope Stanford comes in clutch

[naive plinth]

yeah

[harsh sentinel]

Why

[naive plinth]

Hoping!

[naive plinth]

UT is great!

[dim badge]

yeah it is but I ain’t trying to do economics

[naive plinth]

I'm not really considering UW though bc 60k...

[naive plinth]

what do you want to do

[dim badge]

aerospace poopengineering

[naive plinth]

oh aren't purdue and auburn goated for aero

[dim badge]

ye

but stanford is even more goated

so I applied here

[naive plinth]

my friend goes to auburn for aero

[dim badge]

nice

honestly

for all o’ us

it’s just been leading up 2 this

[solid steeple]

Oh grow up it’s Stanford. Their mascot is a tree

[dim badge]

I don’t know what to expect

I don’t know what I should be expecting

accept for an ACCEPTANCE

[solid steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/stanford-fear-the-tree-arbor-day-dance-tree-gif-3554491

all im saying is stanford got one goofy ass mascot

[dim badge]

Bro wdym

Yale is literally bulldogs

bulldogs

more like bullSHIT

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👉👉👉👉

[solid steeple]

id rather be a dog than a tree no cap

[dim badge]

guys

is it wise to protest my school

by not doing my hw

because they keep fucking up transcripts

[solid steeple]

this is not very stanford like behavior im seeing

[dim badge]

not tree

*true

HAHAHA

GET IT

“NOT TREE”

but anyways, Stanford students are very rebellious ppl wdym

[solid steeple]

lol idk anything abt stanford students. idk anyone at stanford

[dim badge]

fair

[dim badge]

where did u apply

[solid steeple]

mainly schools in cali. kinda regret stanford cuz i want that 90 bucks back no cap

[dim badge]

free and reduced lunch fee waiver moment

[solid steeple]

and well ik i stand no chance

[dim badge]

stanford is super holistic tho

so you do

it just depends on how they pick this year

[solid steeple]

we will have to see

[dim badge]

I wanna see now tho

obv I can’t

but this wait is killing me

[solid steeple]

tbh idc i just want the ucs to let me in

[dim badge]

state schools are tough

[naive plinth]

UCLA pleaseeee

[dim badge]

I was gonna apply to berk

[solid steeple]

UCLA has went silent on me

[dim badge]

but I said fuck that

[naive plinth]

same

my friend got an email for more info but that's all I've heard

[solid steeple]

no promo emails, no scholarship emails, no spam random emails

[naive plinth]

she doesn't even want to go to ucla 😭

[solid steeple]

ive gotten 0

[dim badge]

this means nothing

[naive plinth]

^

[dim badge]

all of that astrology stuff is fake

randomly generated recipient algorithms

[solid steeple]

is it the same for u lol

[dim badge]

:>

[solid steeple]

ucsd is my dream currently

[dim badge]

(I’m speaking out of my ass)

[naive plinth]

I don't get promo or anything but I got a scholarship one like a month ago

[dim badge]

do UC’s do interviees

[naive plinth]

no

[solid steeple]

dont get none of that now

[dim badge]

bro I know it’s Stanford but I just want in

[naive plinth]

dw about it

[naive plinth]

me until I got rejected

[solid steeple]

well i never got anything from them

ucsd and uci just spams me

[dim badge]

I remember rd day

[naive plinth]

I was going to go to stanford tmr actually but I got an interview instead

[naive plinth]

don't stress about it

[naive plinth]

rea?

[dim badge]

rea has scarred me

sorry yeah

rea

[naive plinth]

yeah not fun

[dim badge]

you were cracked too if I remember correctly

[naive plinth]

not too bad tbh

[solid steeple]

ive been to stanford 4 times i think

[dim badge]

I just hope im one of those 12 accepted

[naive plinth]

idt I am cracked by a2c standards but not horrid

[dim badge]

For my background im alright

[naive plinth]

I've never gone and will go once I get into stanford med

[dim badge]

but tbf I live in a por ass city

[solid steeple]

lol i hope u do get in

[dim badge]

i can’t even write

or read

[naive plinth]

thanks lol

[naive plinth]

huh

how are you messaging us then

[solid steeple]

ur writing rn

[dim badge]

oh yeah

i guess the brain truly is magical

haha

silly me

[naive plinth]

💀

[dim badge]

slaps knee

[solid steeple]

i misspelled rollercoaster its fine

[dim badge]

does anyone know how many applicants Stanford is getting this year

[naive plinth]

nope

[dim badge]

what if

when the truck is delivering all of the Stanford apps

it careens over and lights on fire

destroying all of the applications

[lusty thicket]

what a fascinating inquiry

[dim badge]

but somehow, mine would be the only one that would survive as it flies out of the wreckage

they’d have to let me in right?????

oh my fuck

guys

i think I might get into Stanford

[lusty thicket]

and jail!

can i be ur prison pen pal

[dim badge]

well at least im in Stanford

yes

[harsh sentinel]

"im not cracked at all i just happen to live in cali and have a higher-than-uc-maximum gpa and am valedictorian!!!"

[harsh sentinel]

you 🤝 me
going to stanford for grad school

[naive plinth]

😭 girl no

[naive plinth]

Real asf!!!

[harsh sentinel]

am i wrong ruby

[naive plinth]

Maybe my uc gpa is wrong! and we don't rank

[harsh sentinel]

whatever you say

what kinda ecs do you have

[naive plinth]

they're ok

clearly not good enough for usc 💀

[marble verge]

nahh dw admissions are random af

i know ppl who got into stanford who didn't get into most UCs or got rejected from every private school they applied

[true chasm]

I DID THE EXACT SAME THING AND IT WENT SO WELL

i think he seemed impressed since he worked in the same domain

[dim badge]

Hm

Ok

[marble verge]

i mean obvs there's things that improve ur chances and ppl who are hella cracked will get into to most reach schools

but like for ppl who're competitive, there's lots of factors that vary depending on the adm officers

[dim badge]

what about Ruby

she was “hella cracked”

im not really

most i have is just hooks

and a “compelling” application

but mid ass AP scores

that are “high” for my area but still

[marble verge]

i mean a compelling story def helps

plus i think it depends a lot on context

so like ur not being compared with bay area insane kids

[lusty thicket]

yeah ik someone who got into every ivy except yale 🤷‍♂️ there’s no guarantee w any school

[dim badge]

what if the ppl in my area are smarter than me

it is said Stanford never compares two applicants together

but idk

[marble verge]

tbf im no where near cracked, and i still got into a few schools that ppl better didnt get into

[dim badge]

in your same area?

[marble verge]

yea

[dim badge]

damn

well hopefully it’ll be alright

[marble verge]

my area is rlly insane 💀

[dim badge]

damn i see

[marble verge]

so like idk how i got into

not a school like stanford tho or anuthing like that

[dim badge]

you got into Stanford?

oh

[marble verge]

no i wish lmao

[dim badge]

it must still be impressive tho

[marble verge]

but the person who got in from my school isn't too crazy

like no insane awards and pretty normal

[dim badge]

if you’re rank 26 but that’s top 5% in your school is that good enough for Stanford

[marble verge]

i think so, i think it's like a threshold

[dim badge]

i see

[marble verge]

like they wanna know if u can handle stanford but

if u dont have like good stats (like 1200 SAT or somethin like that) then that's not good

[dim badge]

yeah i went test op

[harsh sentinel]

imo usc cares a lot more about personality

what are your ecs

[naive plinth]

Lowkey I thought I was very fun yet dedicated but ig they didn’t agree 😡

Can’t believe they deferred my whole school except the one legacy

[naive plinth]

I’ll dm

[harsh sentinel]

are you a party girlie

[harsh sentinel]

damn legacy go brrrr

[naive plinth]

No but maybe in college we shall see

Fun meaning lighthearted energetic type

[naive plinth]

Yup

[harsh sentinel]

mm interesting

[harsh sentinel]

interview in an hour

[harsh sentinel]

interview went great!

[brisk aspen]

W what kinda questions did they ask you

[harsh sentinel]

I'll summarize in a bit

[digital carbon]

yay!!!

I got mine in 5 days 😵‍💫

[fresh fulcrum]

This is sooooo real dude

[harsh sentinel]

see this is why i shotgunned

[flint umbra]

same haha

or not afford college

[harsh sentinel]

Stanford interview questions

• academic interests
• how furthered academic interests specifically writing
• questions related to ecs and my answers
• challenge you faced, how you overcame
• biggest accomplishment
• risk you took and it paid off
• how do you explore different academic interests
• how do you manage your time
• what is community to you
• if you could travel into the future what would it be for
• how will you benefit stanford
• anything you're looking forward to at Stanford specifically (i think she was referring to clubs but im such an idiot i did too much research on academic offerings that i neglected clubs so i just talked about research)

that's it afaik

[naive plinth]

It’s irrational fear

[naive plinth]

I’m glad you got into some great options alr though!!

[harsh sentinel]

true im now wishing i didn't apply to so many safeties/targets because i could've done more reaches

wait fr?

[dim badge]

i wish i applied to more t30 reaches tbh

i just realized if i dont get into a t20 that covers full need based i prolly still have to go to my safety

[harsh sentinel]

what's your safety

and did you get into any t50s that are affordable

[dim badge]

a satellite campus of my state school

[dim badge]

No i didnt apply to a lot of safeties

[harsh sentinel]

im the opposite i wish I'd applied to more t10s because they give excellent fin aid for middle class

[dim badge]

USC was probably my 3rd easiest school to get into

[harsh sentinel]

wtf

whats second??

[dim badge]

my safeties

[harsh sentinel]

oh two safeties

[dim badge]

well the safeties id actually consider

[harsh sentinel]

where are they on usnr

[dim badge]

i applied to 3 but i withdrew

[dim badge]

142 and 240ish range

oh i forgot i applied to uw too

[coral wyvern]

wha???

[harsh sentinel]

uw is dope

def consider if affordable

is everything else a T20?

are all t20s affordable for you?

[dim badge]

yes

around state school price given my income

harvard and princeton are actually cheaper than going to my state school

[digital carbon]

bro I hate my uni choices. I got like 0 US unis rn because all my 21 decisions come out after like March 20 or something

oxford is my only backup

which again is conditional

🤧

[dim badge]

my backup is unaffordable so i have none basically

[coral wyvern]

Ofc
they give good aid... getting aid is easy .. getting into them is harder fr

[dim badge]

fr its like applying to a scholarship

[coral wyvern]

why are they sooo selective

[civic flower]

do u not have safeties?

[dim badge]

its every school bro

[coral wyvern]

[dim badge]

USC Viterbi was 4% this year 😭

why is usc 4%???????

[coral wyvern]

true

[dim badge]

cu boulder got deion sanders and is now hella selective too

[coral wyvern]

college admissions Soo selective these days

[dim badge]

its insane

[dim badge]

did you RD stanford?

[digital carbon]

[digital carbon]

fr

[harsh sentinel]

and then you have my friend who got into umich with a <3.0 junior year gpa 💀

[coral wyvern]

Yes

[harsh sentinel]

you'll get into a T20 trust

[dim badge]

i dont believe umich admissions are real

[digital carbon]

even safeties aren't safeties anymore bro

[dim badge]

i swear umich prolly just grabs half their application pile and throws it in the trash

[coral wyvern]

😖 stg

[dim badge]

we can hope 🙏

[harsh sentinel]

you got into usc viterbi

that's T20 level

[dim badge]

i'm sorry i'm not paying 90k for viterbi 😭 😭

it aint allat

[digital carbon]

im so scared im not getting a hyp interview

i prayed for it my entire life

[dim badge]

princeton interview dont matter

[coral wyvern]

Tbh I don't think it matters

[dim badge]

yale and harvard ao are probably the only ones that mean something

[digital carbon]

at least i'll know im being considered

🤧

[dim badge]

they send them to people who are insta rejects lmao

[harsh sentinel]

def but i mean if you got into that selective of a college, you'll get into other selective and less selective ones

[coral wyvern]

Yep
That's right
Had a guy get a Yale and Harvard interview last year and got into both

[digital carbon]

iv heard harvard and yale do matter for intl because their like selective ig

[coral wyvern]

Prince interviews??