Stanford University (2023-2024)

[digital carbon]

u kidding right?

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yes

pton does

they give them to everyone like stanford, mit, etc

[coral wyvern]

Yeh yeh .

The guy is intl

[harsh sentinel]

i know 5 peiple who got a stanford interview as intl

none of them got in

and they all said their interviews went very well

it literally does not matter

[digital carbon]

[digital carbon]

but do uk of ppl who got into stanny without an interview?

that should be the real question ig

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my stanford interviewer told something along the lines "you're the type of applicant stanford is def looking for, but ultimately my decision doesn't mean anything in terms of the admissions committee"

[coral wyvern]

Ig...I have a Princeton interview on Tuesday 😖😖

For Stanford it doesn't...but for Harvard and Yale it means they really considering you.. that for int'l students

[digital carbon]

what's the purpose then? just alumni engagement or something?

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probably or if ur extremely borderline

ngl my admissions ea round has been extremely mid

[coral wyvern]

Probably

broooo you got deferred rea?
That's good regardless

[digital carbon]

oh

how many ppl does stanford defer?

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they prolly factor some of your interview into your spiv id bet

or i think the interview ranks you

[coral wyvern]

Dk 2 people got in rea from my country

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but i heard its also the last thing they look at

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i've heard 5-6% i think

stanford has that final decision policy so they don't like to defer

[digital carbon]

what country if I may ask?

[digital carbon]

Ooo no fake hope like harvard

that's nice

[coral wyvern]

Ghana

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it literally just means they can't decide 😭

like idt it means much besides that

[digital carbon]

nice. how many interviews u got so far?

[digital carbon]

at least they don't defer like 80% ppl man

like even the rejection rate is more selective lmfao

[coral wyvern]

Me personally..three

[harsh sentinel]

my interviewer before even asking me why stanford said I'd already demonstrated that I was a good fit for stanford through talking about ecs and interests

so I'm optimistic

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actually??

so they already read ur app?

mine just said he got my name and stuff

[coral wyvern]

Does Stanford interview report really matter??

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its the last thing they look at

[digital carbon]

nice! I've also got 3 but like just one of them is the uni I actually want

[coral wyvern]

Dw you'll be fine

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usually everyone has a great interview, most do not get in

[digital carbon]

that's great!!

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princeton interviews are typically the worst tbh

[digital carbon]

❤️

[coral wyvern]

Brooo
Interviewers and interviews are sooo nice and they're all friendly then boooom defer/ wait-list or reject

[harsh sentinel]

no no i mean she first asked about ecs and academic interests and after that itself she said i think you've already demonstrated why you're a good fit for stanford, now talk about how stanford will benefit from having you

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mine asked that too

that same question 😭

[coral wyvern]

YESSSSS
And they claim it's not evaluated

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atp i didnt know what i wanted to do career-wise so it was lowkey mid

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i swear i've heard of so many people having horrible pton interviews 😭

mine was good tbh

but

i feel like some are def hard to talk to

[harsh sentinel]

Bro i totally forgot to research clubs

So she asked me stuff you're looking forward to at Stanford and i just said research😭

[coral wyvern]

My friend got one last two weeks ... said same.
Don't know for you guys in the US but they're giving us mostly fresh grads like class '12-20

[coral wyvern]

Fr

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i said im looking forward to meeting new people and learning new ways to look at the world since stanford has such a diverse community but more specialized

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i got a fresh grad as well

[coral wyvern]

what questions were you asked
Seems like Princeton interviewers are given a set of questions to ask

Ngl

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who are you what ecs did i do why princeton

[naive plinth]

Mid 💀 bro got a Stanford deferral and usc acceptance

[coral wyvern]

Was it a 45 mins interview?

[coral wyvern]

[harsh sentinel]

FR

[naive plinth]

My interview got canceled :(((

Bro really said I’m going to fly back to sf, drive 40 minutes to the interview all before 11 am 💀

[harsh sentinel]

aww no 🫂

stanford interview?

[naive plinth]

Girl I got rejected from Stanford back in Dec 😭

[digital carbon]

Oh dear

[harsh sentinel]

Yeah i know but i thought you were referring to that

Which other college then?

[naive plinth]

Why would I get an interview from a school I got rejected from rn 😭

[naive plinth]

It’s ok Palo Alto is peak suburbia anyways

[naive plinth]

Dartmouth

[digital carbon]

I do have one think to say based on observation. U really need to keep your hopes up bestie. While ofc no one knows where u'll end up, all ik is that you're an amazing person who literally deserves the world. U need to stop saying negative things (like I do about myself) and start looking at bright side 🌞

[digital carbon]

fr nah you deserve better

[digital spoke]

@digital carbon every time I look at your server name, I'm thinking how cool it'd be to go to Oxford lol 😆

[digital carbon]

don't tell me u lean more towards oxford over us colleges?

honestly, im waiting for a harvard/yale/stanford acceptance and ill happily give up my oxford offer

for all other US unis, it'll surely be a difficult choice

im not getting into pton, that's fs cause one of my essay was literal crap

[digital spoke]

Ah, no lol

I just think it sounds so cool

Like imagine dual bachelor's from stanford + oxford 🤩

[digital spoke]

:o

[naive plinth]

Thanks!! I appreciate that and that’s really sweet of you to say🫶 yeah I’m trying to stop dooming but it helps a lot with coping 😭

[digital carbon]

Ooo sounds cool
but like oxford can also be a wonderful option for master's degree

[coral wyvern]

**gets in anyways and probably commits

[coral wyvern]

TRUST ME YOU'RE GOOD TO GO
OXFORD acceptance.. wheeeeww

[coral wyvern]

Ofc

[digital carbon]

yeah I kinda get that second part (I literally do the same) but like keep trying to be more hopeful : )

[coral wyvern]

Being hopeful sometimes scares me fr
Like what if it doesn't happen or work out 😭

[digital carbon]

haha actually don't know the possiblities

[flint umbra]

thank you !!!

[digital carbon]

i think there are 2 things - trust and hope. I'd say a high trust and mid hope works best lol

[digital carbon]

i don't even know what this meant btw

[coral wyvern]

Definitely makes sense 😃..

[naive plinth]

You cry and it feels so awful for a few days but then you realize you were too good anyways and other great schools recognize that

[digital carbon]

i can't really say till my US decisions start pouring in march. US and UK admissions are really different

but thanks

[coral wyvern]

Is Oxford your only UK acceptance?

[coral wyvern]

(it gets better) 💪
We got this 💪
Congratulations in advance to everyone...even tho decisions aren't yet out

[digital carbon]

yup the only uni i did apply too

i applied on a joke tbh

like uk was never my plan before

[coral wyvern]

That's impressive fr

[coral wyvern]

Even better 😄

[coral wyvern]

you never know

[digital carbon]

i just could never fathom an offer from oxford lol

but it happened so yeah

[digital carbon]

oh but like harvard deferred me rea so myconfidence went down the hill about my US admissions

harvard was the dream for all these years

🥹

[naive plinth]

Yes!!

[coral wyvern]

Ain't a Harvard deferral good
Dw you'd get in
I will be here 04/28 to see you say " I got in guys" 😄😄

[digital carbon]

that's so kind! thank you

harvard defers 80% people so-

but ill be hopeful

and trust is myself : )

[coral wyvern]

That's all we need for now till March
But March is too far away 😕

[digital carbon]

haha yes

tbh i was only confident about cornell but they've already take like way too many indians ed so idk

like I already saw 4 on their class of 2028 page

they love us it seems

[coral wyvern]

You're Indian??

[digital carbon]

ik of 0 so far who got into harvard. Im sure there should be like 3-4 though

[digital carbon]

yeah lol

[coral wyvern]

Only 4?

[coral wyvern]

You sure

[digital carbon]

for now on their insta posts yeah but im sure they're be like 10 more

[coral wyvern]

My country has like 6 so far
Last year Cornell took 12 people Ed from GH

[coral wyvern]

I'm sure

[digital carbon]

which is a lot btw when compared to other t20s

[digital carbon]

for cornell or harvard?

[coral wyvern]

Indians get into lot more t20/10s tho

[coral wyvern]

Cornell

Wait you talking about Harvard??

[digital carbon]

compared to other countries you mean? then yes fs

[digital carbon]

oh u did say ed

mb

[digital carbon]

no no it was cornell only

harvard takes like an average of 8 from india

that's the number from last year

[coral wyvern]

Compared to other countries

[digital carbon]

yeah true

[coral wyvern]

Whooooo they take 1 or 3 from here

[coral wyvern]

Yes

[digital carbon]

That's definitely hard then

did u apply to harvard btw?

[coral wyvern]

Last year they gave interview to 2 and picked just one
And another guy (Indian btw) so making 2 admits I think

funny enough yes.... don't think I'ma get in

[zenith tulip]

interview went so well

[white mortar]

woohoo!

[pliant trellis]

someone help ik im not getting into stanford like my brain tells me im not but my heart tells me i am

like a gut gfeeling

but like im literally a high school drop out and i transferred schools three times after dropping out

and im 2005 as a 2024 grad

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mid as in not good but not bad - stanford deferral and usc acceptance but can't afford

so its not like i gained any progress tbh

like im grateful i got the outcomes i did but as of rn i still really only have my safety

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30

[naive plinth]

Honestly those seem pretty good to me + you haven’t even gotten your finaid package from usc right? And also you could get in rd Stanford

[naive plinth]

Let’s swap 😭

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ig but i did the npc and got 0 aid idk 😭 its not looking good

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yeah ur ea season has not been good 😬😬

my comment mightve been a lil insensitive sorry 😔

[naive plinth]

That’s what happened to my friend and he got over 60k so you never know!!!

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hopefully rd will clutch up tho

[naive plinth]

Yeah 💀 rd will probably be really rough but yk all it takes is 1

[naive plinth]

Nah you’re good

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what have ur decisions been so far?

[naive plinth]

Only 4 but 2 safeties accepted, usc deferral, and Stanford rejection

I hope I can get some of my targets at least if not reaches

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Well ur guaranteed a uc right?

[naive plinth]

Nope

Idk how

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not even merced?

[naive plinth]

Nope

[pine rain]

what are your targets

UCB?

[harsh sky]

on the stanford portal, does ur midyear report show up as a check in the application checklist? On my school's documents software it says it was sent in and downloaded by stanford over 2 weeks ago but it's not appearing in my portal.

[naive plinth]

Are you joking?

No way is a school with an 11% acceptance rate a target 😭

[pine rain]

i thought it would be easier in-state

i must be mistaken

[naive plinth]

UCSB, UCD, UCI, ucsd, and UW (not really counting this one though)

[pine rain]

like i know purdue cs is like 10-15% OOS but easily above 50% for in-state

[naive plinth]

Not significantly

[naive plinth]

Dang

Mcb is about 14% but idt UC Berkeley breaks down by in state and out of state

[pine rain]

is UCB not required to accept a certain amount of students in-state?

that's stupid

what's the point of being fundned by the state then

[naive plinth]

There’s some new laws and all so they’re allegedly going to but we don’t know

[pine rain]

i mean after all your parents' tax forms pay for it

[naive plinth]

There’s been more pressure to accept in staters

[naive plinth]

“Gov. Gavin Newsom this year also announced agreements with UC and the 23-campus California State University system that call on the systems to gradually increase enrollment of California residents over the next five years. As part of the agreements, which Newsom dubbed multiyear compacts, the systems will get annual funding increases in exchange for working toward a number of goals, including increasing enrollment of in-state residents by 1% each year.”

[pine rain]

bruh

that's so stupid

the state already funds the school

[naive plinth]

State support is about 14%

Of the funding

[pine rain]

why should the school not accept more people in-state

[pine rain]

let me see purdue

[naive plinth]

Guess they weren’t required to till now

And ofc it’s easier to get in in state but we don’t know by how much

[pine rain]

idk where i can find purdue's stats

[naive plinth]

I just googled

Where ucs get funding from

[pine rain]

i dont think purdue says for state governement

[naive plinth]

Is Stanford still your top billert

[naive plinth]

Oh they get federal funding?

[pine rain]

nah

it's really wherever i get in

[naive plinth]

What’s your top now

[pine rain]

idk

[naive plinth]

Real asf

[pine rain]

i dont really have a top

[naive plinth]

But if you got in everywhete

[pine rain]

stanford is up there that's for sure

[pine rain]

idk tbh

[naive plinth]

W Palo Alto won’t know what hit them

[naive plinth]

That’s valid

[pine rain]

id have to see where my friends are going too

[pine rain]

and visit the schools

if i get the chance

[naive plinth]

Is that a big factor for you

[pine rain]

well it depends on who

[naive plinth]

Planning my spring break for college visits

[pine rain]

but it'd be nice to meet up with people i know

[naive plinth]

Fair

[pine rain]

i extend the title of friendship to people i know online too

by the way

that i've worked with

💀

so like e-friends

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Only if UT system was as competent as UC’s

[naive plinth]

Oh 😭

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tbh fuck them both

[naive plinth]

You get autoadmit

To the best public school in texas

We cannot say the same

[pine rain]

ong bro

[naive plinth]

They’re still valid friends

[pine rain]

like at least there's a bar to clear

[naive plinth]

Some of my e-friends are closer to me than irl friends

[pine rain]

yea i met up with a lot of friends when i visited the bay area

i think i told you about this

we got scammed at some restaurant together

[naive plinth]

And you didn’t hit up me or Krispee??

[pine rain]

this was last year

[naive plinth]

Ohh

[pine rain]

although i dont think y'all would be in the palo alto/san jose area

you'd be more in the sf area right

[naive plinth]

I’m like an hr from Palo Alto

[naive plinth]

Yeah it’s not far though

[pine rain]

yea they were like 10-20 minutes

so like

it was easier

[naive plinth]

Fair

sf is great though come visit when Stanford clutches up

[pine rain]

i still have to fill out my deferral form

💀

[naive plinth]

Did you get accepted anywhere else other than Purdue

[pine rain]

i think i forgot how to read and write english

[naive plinth]

When is it due 😭

[pine rain]

i only applieid two schools early

[pine rain]

2/15

[naive plinth]

Ohh

[pine rain]

i just finished my MIT form

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oh yeah ut has auto admit

[naive plinth]

Better get writing

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but you don’t get your major for shit

[pine rain]

i dont know why they want me to fill out a deferral form when i applied RD

[naive plinth]

You had to do an mit form?

[pine rain]

it's so stupipd

[naive plinth]

Huh

[pine rain]

they require it for accepte students too

[naive plinth]

This happened to my cousin she got capped at mccombs

[naive plinth]

That’s so weird

They want you billert

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Mccombs rejected her?

[pine rain]

nah everyone fills it out

[naive plinth]

Capped yeah but she was autoadmit

[pine rain]

yale is a different story though

[naive plinth]

FUN 😭

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that’s stupid

honestly fuck mccombs

[naive plinth]

I see

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mid ass school trying to admit like a T5

[naive plinth]

Real asf she’s happy at Kelley though

[pine rain]

their admissions office reached out to me or smth and they want me to rizz them up to be as vague as possible

[naive plinth]

Yale?

[pine rain]

yea

[naive plinth]

Dang

I want yale so bad

[pine rain]

i have no idea whether or not if i should be terrified 💀

[naive plinth]

But idt my school has ever had a single admit

[pine rain]

i think it means im borderline

[naive plinth]

Positive vibes only!

[pine rain]

i did the best i could though

so it's whatever

[naive plinth]

A few of my friends who got interviews ended up being wl

I think they were borderline too

[pine rain]

i had some senior student interview

it lasted 20 minutes cuz the guy needed to go or smth

[naive plinth]

That’s cool

[pine rain]

💀

[naive plinth]

I hate short interviews

If Im doing one please at least be an hr

[pine rain]

legit i think the thing he was most interested in

was like

geoguessr

[naive plinth]

😭 stop

[pine rain]

half the interview was me explaining to him how geoguessing works

[naive plinth]

10 mins of that is crazy

[pine rain]

so like 10 minutes

[pine rain]

i could probably talk about geoguessr for 10 hours

ngl

im not even joking

[naive plinth]

Well Yale wants you Fr

[pine rain]

maybe i should talk about it more in my interviews

i talked aobut it a little in my northwestern interview

but she and i talked more about f1 racing after we got the standard interview questions out of the way

[naive plinth]

Maybe prob depends on the interview

[pine rain]

cuz she's some PR manager for formula one racing

[naive plinth]

That’s cool you applied nu?

[pine rain]

and im a casual formula one fan

[pine rain]

yea

it seems like a cool university

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what does an interview mean in an underrepresented area

[pine rain]

a lot of my irl friends go there

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all my teachers keep telling me “they’re interested”

[pine rain]

nothing if it's an alumni

i think

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but ik you guys say it’s availability

[pine rain]

if it's an admissions officer it's a different story

just don't fuck it up

yk

[naive plinth]

Really you don’t give nu vibes

[pine rain]

what vibes to i have to give

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is he an AO

or alumni

[pine rain]

bro dont share his name here 💀

[naive plinth]

Tech school vibes

[pine rain]

literally just like

look him up

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IM KIDDING THATS THE HEAD OF STANFORD AO

i was gonna do a bit of trolling

@pine rain

[stuck temple]

💀

[pine rain]

bro i dont have stanford's admissions officers memorized

and they literally removed the list of admissions officers from their website

im pretty sure its cuz people kept on harassing them

[naive plinth]

@pine rain our very own forester

[pine rain]

same with yale i think

[naive plinth]

Fire star

[pine rain]

nah i found that comment

lmao

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@pine rain the head AOs name is public tho

[pine rain]

bro firestar was so funny (i know a lot of the past mods hated him)

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he even makes article

[pine rain]

im saying like

i deleted the message

cuz i wasn't sure who he was initially

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oh ok

[pine rain]

if that makes sense

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teach

^yeah

[naive plinth]

I love firestar

[pine rain]

bro funny story

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I was gonna say some dumb shit like “i accidentally knocked his drink into his pants”

[pine rain]

i think he thought i went to his high school

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and “is that a dealbreaker”

[pine rain]

cuz we had 8 mutual friends

and they were all his irl's

[naive plinth]

That’s crazy

He’s from ca though

[pine rain]

i know where he went to high school

yea

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guys

I found this disturbing ass Instagram account

wtf

[pine rain]

if its disturbing dont share it here

💀

[dim badge]

im not

im just expressing my shock

this guy is sick

in the head

[spring veldt]

stanford does admissions officer interviews?!

[pine rain]

i dont know

i dont think so?

i know harvard does

[spring veldt]

i see

[jovial bobcat]

who does harvard give this interview to

[pine rain]

idk

you can probably find it online

[dim badge]

mine doesnt say anything

[pine rain]

same

[narrow jacinth]

Omg wait what

[naive plinth]

Dw about it

[warm carbon]

o

[harsh sentinel]

Ohhh rip 🫂

[harsh sentinel]

My stanford interviewer said she did study abroad in Oxford lol

[naive plinth]

he said he would reschedule but idk

kinda sucks

[harsh sentinel]

fair but it's ok cali on top

[digital spoke]

ping

[digital spoke]

:O

ayo

that's cool

[naive plinth]

I lowkey love dart now...

It's so bad

my dream school list keeps growing and growing

[harsh sentinel]

damn

[naive plinth]

it just seems so amazing idk

only downside is not much vet/marine bio related stuff

and being far from target

[harsh sentinel]

ahhhh

dw the plus side of having so many dream schools is you'll be happy wherever

[digital spoke]

not me just realizing I didn't do so well talking about my research in my MIT interview cuz I wasn't too sure yet 💀

and i oop-

it's okay

[naive plinth]

Bro is Stanford ‘28 😭

[stuck temple]

he has a tree pollen allergy

allow him

[digital spoke]

lol, pardon me, I've been going crazy on my research the last 2 days

[naive plinth]

💀

[naive plinth]

😭 is Stanford not your first choice

[digital spoke]

it is 🫠

[remote lagoon]

Me who got tired and didn't submit MIT despite being halfway done with the app💀

[vale plover]

r u also stanford 😭

[remote lagoon]

yea

[digital spoke]

lol 💀

[marble verge]

i haven't gotten any interview requests yet

is it possible to get into stanford without being interviewed

[stuck temple]

Ye

[remote lagoon]

Yea, no one in my school got an interview and it was fine

[faint quail]

if we havent gotten an interview yet is there any way to email stanford

[remote lagoon]

I honestly wouldn't

If you haven't gotten one it's prob just an avaliability thing and nothing to be super stressed about

[solid steeple]

is there a chance of acceptance if u get deferred or waitlisted

[white mortar]

yes

that's why those terms exist

[hoary sluice]

yea but id say deferral is v diff from waitlist

[dim badge]

bro you’re fine

trustttttt

Stanford got the superb CS

[digital spoke]

lol I'm fine

[dim badge]

(I hope I’ll be your classmate meaning I’ll have gotten accepted)

[digital spoke]

stanny is my first choice

[dim badge]

same

[digital spoke]

it's just I found it funny cuz I just thought of that today

[digital spoke]

🙏

[dim badge]

i see

question

did you have all 5’s on your APs?

@digital spoke

[digital spoke]

yeah, for the ones so far

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good job

[rare herald]

much better :))

[dim badge]

i will answer your question in usc if you want me to

[faint canopy]

When does Stanford start sending likely letters out?

[dim badge]

probably late feb-mid march but i wouldnt stress abt it

[nocturne compass]

I'm still waiting for the interview

[flint umbra]

no one made any deal out of it it just seemed rude from what you commented

@dim badge

[harsh sentinel]

i think they purged messages because the discussion wasn't going anywhere
so might be a good idea to not bring it up again

[flint umbra]

oops meant to say that when we had that convo but it didn’t go through

[harsh sentinel]

lol the number of times thats happened to me

[ruby marsh]

🧊🧊🧊
When does Stanford stop sending interviews for international students? Like till when should I hope for the interview and then move on
🧊🧊🧊

[rare herald]

america

[pliant trellis]

goofy question but does applying to a niche major help?

[digital spoke]

Stanford doesn't accept by major

so not really

but if you have a really compelling story for one niche major, that could potentially stand out

[elfin coral]

Feel like it's heavily considered considering that most people apply cs. Can't have 1 class have 0 students. They probably have minimums

[clever grove]

No Stanford interview for me yet

[snow robin]

hi

[snow robin]

i havent gotten one either yet 😦

[lusty thicket]

they can -- im pretty sure i saw some classes like that

[gloomy garden]

I think it’s a mix of being considered but above all, alumni availability

I submitted my application 10 days later (was granted an extension) and received an interview invitation 2 weeks later

just wait and see

anyone else from the Netherlands here btw

[fringe sorrel]

I don’t think interviews matter for Stanford tbh

[lusty thicket]

They do for IV ratings

[elfin coral]

how much do you think they matter for harvard you reckon?

[hoary sluice]

more

lol

prob not extremely much but

when someone is borderline i think it can help the personal rating a decent amount

https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.thecrimson.com/pdf/2018/10/24/1333425.pdf

interview is mentioned in every discussion

i feel like for stanford its lwk unimportant but thats purely anecdotal

[digital spoke]

wow, this is cool

[lusty thicket]

Zamn a 1 on academics and 3s for everything else is crazy

[elfin coral]

hope im not borderline💀 had horrible interview

[lusty thicket]

real LOL

[fringe sorrel]

What’s a IV rating 😮

[dim badge]

ehhhh

ist the last thing they read

everyone usually has a good interview

and people still get in with bad interviews lmao

[lusty thicket]

fair, they aren’t that significant but thats the case w every other part of the application

[fringe sorrel]

Wait but what’s a IV rating

[dim badge]

the interview has their own spiv they give

idt its factored in a cumulative really

each ao gives their own ranking on stanfords rubric

[lusty thicket]

intellectual vitality (curiosity, love of learning, educational initiative)

[fringe sorrel]

Oh

[lusty thicket]

interesting

[dim badge]

i believe this theory even more than ever now tbh because the two dudes who created vytal.ai (a 12 million start-up), also high sat, gpa, and course rigor were straight up rejected

that kinda supports the theory that spiv/essays has to be weighted the heaviest atp imo

[lusty thicket]

i don’t disagree at all, but it doesn’t seem that fair to me yk? 😭

[dim badge]

why so

[lusty thicket]

yeah i heard the roommate one is also weighed v heavily

[dim badge]

maybe they had very bad teacher recs but i heavily doubt it

[lusty thicket]

u could be the most fascinating person but if u don’t know how to put that on paper, tough luck 🤷‍♂️

[dim badge]

unfortunately that's probably the case for most schools

[lusty thicket]

yeah 😔

[gloomy garden]

my interviewer is literally from the class of 1973

is that common

[lusty thicket]

sorry, just to go back to this bc they’re crazy insane, it’s kinda hard to believe their essays weren’t good

[dim badge]

did you look them up

[alpine plume]

some people just cant write well 🤷‍♂️

[dim badge]

i think they'll be successful at other t20

stanford is probably the hardest school to get into in the nation maybe besides mit

[lusty thicket]

yes that’s why i was so confused 😭

[lusty thicket]

i mean true but i just don’t think they wrote bad essays

[dim badge]

maybe wrote good essays but didnt show enough spiv

idk i think the essays definitely were the prime factor in their rejections tbh

they're literally the perfect applicants

[lusty thicket]

I sure hope so, i can’t imagine them going any worse than 1-1-3

[dim badge]

i wouldnt worry though

it'll happen as it happens

just go wit the flow

[cunning basin]

not gonna cap if you have a 17m startup maybe college can wait

like you are already tapping into that bread

[harsh sentinel]

fr 😭

[lament basin]

Did anyone RD to Stanford and get a portal setup email yet?

[lusty thicket]

yes 😭 that was sent weeks ago

[lament basin]

Tf

I'll email them then cuz i haven't gotten anything in my spam either

[fresh sleet]

if you got a 17 m startup thjas the equivalent of earning 200k a year for 85 years

just work on it for a little more and sell it and live life

[lament basin]

Can you send their email address

[cunning basin]

fax

[lusty thicket]

it’s a do not reply sorry

[lament basin]

ah ok nvm then

[royal birch]

for the people who had an alumni interview, what kind of questions were you guys asked?

[fringe sorrel]

tell me what you want me to tell stanford

[flint umbra]

i got no interview 🥳 🥳 🥳

[chrome sapphire]

isnt tj a feeder for every uni

at a base level tj kids will have better uni admissions then most other seniors

[true chasm]

aluminium?

But one question they asked me was, what can i not learn about you from this interview?

[royal birch]

💀 did not realise the typo

[dim badge]

Is the way to upload your mid year transcript to Stanford through mid year common app counselor submission?

Cause I don’t think I see it in the portal

[dim badge]

someone plz answer this

[lusty thicket]

Yes

[dim badge]

ALRIGHTTTT

[clever grove]

Stanford the only school who hasn’t offered me an interview

Pls Stanny I love you

[livid flume]

hi has anyone from nc recieved an interview?

[real herald]

Still waiting on penn harvard duke and yale 😭 got stanford tho

[dim badge]

so basically

do I have my counselor submit thru common app and it should automatically reach all schools without me having to do it individually for each? @lusty thicket

anyone else who knows lmk too

[lusty thicket]

yes

if that doesn’t work, u can always upload thru portal

but dw ab it

[weary acorn]

JUST HAD MY INTERVIEW

LETS GO

it was solid

lmk if u have any questions

[white mortar]

CONGRATSSS

[quaint vessel]

What sort of questions were you asked?

[weary acorn]

Like so much about me

What motivates me

what my passions are

What's the biggest challenge you've had

It was over an hour so there were so many questions

I got asked about cultures and traditions that are important to me

It seemed like he really based his questions off of what i do

[weary acorn]

I haven't gotten a duke either but i got penn

[quaint vessel]

Ohh tysm

[weary acorn]

i was exhausted by the end LOL

he was rlly chill and nice tho

[quaint vessel]

You did great

How long was it tho?

[weary acorn]

close to an hour and a half so it was insane

my longest one by far

all the others were like 45-50 mins

[quaint vessel]

That’s insaneeee

congrats

[real herald]

Portal still says pending

[flint umbra]

Same hahahahaha but add Penn and Duke

lol

Too many schools loll

[naive plinth]

Found the one person Stanford admitted rea from my county 😭

[harsh sentinel]

did you beat them up

[real herald]

Ruby is in the acceptance stage

She moved on from stanford

[naive plinth]

😭 she’s from like the rural part

[naive plinth]

Ong

[dim badge]

yo guys

everything is officially set in stone for me

I’d say an interview on the “extremely good” scale

and my mid year transcript has been finalized

moved up 😄

[alpine plume]

my stanford interview was like really short only 20 min but we did have a good conversation

[lusty thicket]

I mean the only thing that matters is the report

[trail trellis]

my friend got 2 different stanford interviews

i assume thats a good sign

[digital spoke]

:o

[dim badge]

When do likelys come out

[dim badge]

System error prob

[trail trellis]

they already did both and the second interviewer had access to the first's report and said "stanford wanted to ask a few more questions" 😳

[dim badge]

ok well damn

that’s basically unheard of

[trail trellis]

yeah ive never heard of that happening

[digital spoke]

ayo 👀

[flint umbra]

oop

good for them

i haven't even gotten one interview

now stanford and penn are the only ones

[dim badge]

when do Stanford likely letters come out

[spring veldt]

are you serious!

[drowsy hedge]

gotta give me one of it fr

[trail trellis]

yeah

[remote lagoon]

Damn they built different

[dim badge]

When

[elfin coral]

When I get one

[flint umbra]

SAME

[warm moat]

i didnt get one either 😭 international tho

[dusk iris]

or maybe they wanted to admit but were suspicious of a possible red flag

hopefully not though

[kind owl]

hey guys

new to this server

still a high school soph btw

how's stanford for law?

[lusty thicket]

amazing

[harsh sentinel]

literally number 1 in the country 😭

[kind owl]

actually?

hmm

I was debating between LSE and shit

any recommendations for AP courses?

[harsh sentinel]

oh i have no idea about non us schools

[kind owl]

absolutely clueless

[harsh sentinel]

but in us stanford law is #1

[kind owl]

isnt it harvard?

[harsh sentinel]

you're a sophomore?

[kind owl]

yeah

[harsh sentinel]

nah

stanford yale #1

[kind owl]

just trying to construct my life

[harsh sentinel]

uchicago #3

harvard #4

[kind owl]

fr?

[harsh sentinel]

mm fair

law isnt an undergrad degree

[kind owl]

british colleges offer LLB

[harsh sentinel]

you get an undergrad degree and then you apply to law school

[kind owl]

like what?

politics and stuff?

[harsh sentinel]

yeah google

[harsh sentinel]

technically you can do anything

[kind owl]

idk

[harsh sentinel]

but most people do undergrads in whatever they wanna specialize in

[kind owl]

ah

[harsh sentinel]

like if you wanna do constitutional law you'd prolly major in oplitical science

if you're not really sure you can just major in anything

[harsh sentinel]

again, idk about non us colleges

[kind owl]

it doesn't matter?

[harsh sentinel]

but the admissions process is probs very different

[kind owl]

yeah makes sense

cool

[harsh sentinel]

so decide what you wanna focus on

[kind owl]

hey tysm

[harsh sentinel]

because if you wanna do us colleges starting early is good

[harsh sentinel]

no but they recommend majors with a lot of analysis and writing-heavy courses

the top recommended majors are english, pol sci, philosohpy, business i think

[harsh sentinel]

sure!

im also doing law lol

[kind owl]

damn

which college?

[kind owl]

yeah maybe ill look into pol science

whats ur reccommendation?

[harsh sentinel]

well stanford's the dream but im only a hs senior loo

lol*

[harsh sentinel]

just do whatever you really love

four years is a long time to waste on something you don't like but you think it'll be good for law school

they care more about your skills than your major or where you go to college

so find out what you're interested in and that you could see yourself working in if you end up deciding not to go to law school

im majoring in journalism because a) i love writing with my whole soul, b) i would totally work as a journalist if money weren't a problem, and c) journalism is pretty decent for law school because they stress writing and critical analysis heavy courses and journo will give you that

[warm moat]

• something that isnt too course intensive cause GPA matters and you have to also study for the LSAT

[harsh sentinel]

yessss ^

[kind owl]

so this is in my senior year right?

[kind owl]

oh thats cool. I write online and shit but thats cause i like getting a good college with my whole soul.

[kind owl]

ah okay

[warm moat]

of college? no idea. i am not a pre-law 😭 but you have to study for the LSAT throughout college i assume

to get into Law School

[harsh sentinel]

please don't go into 11th and 12th with this mindset

getting a good college should not be the goal

doing stuff you like which as a cool side benefit gets you into good colleges is a slightly better mindset

[warm moat]

you can do cool stuff without a dream college. you can also sell out to a soul sucking job with a dream college. so the idea of hyperfixating on one college as end all be all will most likely end up hurting you

[kind owl]

lmao im 15 and trying to be deep shit so i don't think its going to help

[kind owl]

yeah but the endgoal is the same

[kind owl]

hmm yeah i guess

[digital spoke]

cpp and sjsu accepted pog

[harsh sentinel]

don't waste your high school dreaming about college😭

[pine rain]

stanford is good for law

its good for everything

you aren't going to go to stanford for law as an undergraduate

you are going to be going there for something else

you dont have to go stanford undergrad to go stanford law

[pine rain]

c plus plus

[digital spoke]

lol, that was my first reaction when I found out about the abbrev

[pine rain]

eggsdee

[pine rain]

what is it

actually

[harsh sentinel]

Cal poly pomona

@digital spoke are you cal instate

if so pls respond to me in #1135684518322380850 😔

[digital spoke]

^ @pine rain

[digital spoke]

yeah

[dim badge]

@kind owl Stanford has the best law school in the world

[vale plover]

if you want both british and american law, harvard and cambridge have a joint jd/llm

but its super competitive

[harsh sentinel]

OOOOOOH

[dim badge]

Does Stanford send physical letters of acceptance?

my homeboy is saying he got into their “school of law” and that they sent him a physical letter of acceptance

[dim badge]

someone lmk

[warm moat]

domestics yes. internationals no idea

[dim badge]

like they get physical letters of acceptance in the mail

I asked this dude when he got accepted and he said no idea he doesn’t remember

but that it was into the school of law

(He’s in HS)

[pine rain]

they dont have an undergrad law school iirc

[dim badge]

my friend is saying he’s lying

he seems like the type to tbh

he said he went to Ukraine and 15 different countries last summer

he also said he has 400k in his account

[vast wadi]

they send a letter and a box with goodies

[digital spoke]

Yeah, and they wait until after RD I believe

I haven't received the package yet

[dim badge]

Mmm ok

Brodie is lying then 😥

[wary basin]

Mates, any examples of spikes for Stanford other than legacy, URM & recruited athletes ?

[elfin coral]

Wdym

[wary basin]

I mean what are spikes?

[elfin coral]

Ecs you do that are extremely good

National and int level

In a core subject or topic

Sport counts

[harsh sentinel]

blud if you're a senior you alr applied and there's nothing you can do about it so dont worry too much and hope for a good result 😭 🙏

[dim badge]

urm no longer a hook

stanford does heavily value diverse perspectives though

[dim badge]

it’ll always be a hook

just not officially

gotta find other ways to express it other than the ethnicity section

[dim badge]

uhh no

dude yes

they're not looking for just race lmao

Urm

yeah

they're looking for people with diverse perspectives

theres many urm without diverse perspectives who dont get in

wdym

and what defines a diverse perspective

[dim badge]

unique take on the world, wanting to solve a unique problem

yk not just "i wanna be cs to make money"

[dim badge]

oh yeah

[fringe sorrel]

Oooooo

[dim badge]

I feel like I did alright with that in that case

I feel like it doesn’t even have to be unique

[dim badge]

thats imo a big reason jerry wei got in (based on his high iv score)

just compelling

he's not urm by any means but his essays were interesting asf

Yeah

it showed a perspective on something nobody has even thought about

essays are by far the most important factor of applying to any private university

thats who stanford is looking for

[dim badge]

Mine might’ve done thise

I think my vitality essay did that perfectly tbh

my community essay talked about my community

but yeah

I think I cooked

[fringe sorrel]

Everyone is cooked

96% of people

[dim badge]

yo lyle

when do likely letters come out

[dim badge]

idk i wouldnt stress about it

most accepted dont get one

who even receives them

[dim badge]

people they think will get into other schools and athletes

someone said “minorities” get them

[fringe sorrel]

Wait do u know acceptance rate for EPC

For RD

[dim badge]

idk if that’s true tho

[fringe sorrel]

or CE2

[dim badge]

not necessarily, yale podcast talks about it pretty well

its a strategic move to increase yield rate for applicants they really want

[dim badge]

I see

[dim badge]

it was around 8-9%

iirc

I feel like the only university that doesn’t have to worry about yield is fucking Harvard

[fringe sorrel]

Oh it was

[dim badge]

even schools like Stanford need to watch out for that

Which is insane

[fringe sorrel]

But I was asking like EPC students who apply rd to Columbia

[dim badge]

Same with MIT

[dim badge]

they do likelies too

[dim badge]

did you do epc?

[fringe sorrel]

Ya

[dim badge]

oh idk the rd acceptance rate

i thought you meant epc acceptance rate

[fringe sorrel]

Ohhh

[dim badge]

well bro

Les hope I get in

[fringe sorrel]

do u know former CE2 rd acceptance rate?

Rd

[dim badge]

also which universities send the most ppl to spacex

[dim badge]

people said mostly everybody got in in the past

hmmm

[fringe sorrel]

Wait oast?

[dim badge]

nvm probably california colleges

so like caltech and Stanford

USC

berk most likely too

UC Berkeley

yea

hmmmmmm

dark Brandon what are your thoughts on Stanford admissions

Is it certainly impossible for most ppl

[dim badge]

i mean i think they're looking for people who are gonna bring change to the world in a unique way and i dont necessarily think every cracked kid is that

[fringe sorrel]

My friend got into stanford last year but rejected from Columbia, yale etc

so I think it’s perspective of AO

[dim badge]

I see

[dim badge]

fs

I personally think my app. was pretty unique in a charming way

[elfin coral]

Sup nerds

[dim badge]

but my AP scores are balls

so we’ll see

for all those colleges

[fringe sorrel]

MIT asked for my AP scores I am doomed

[dim badge]

no 2’s or belows tho so less go

[fringe sorrel]

i had like 2 1’s

[dim badge]

you've done all u can so

[fringe sorrel]

wait is that bad for mit?

[elfin coral]

I ain't tell em fr

[fringe sorrel]

They emailed me asking

For AP scores

[dim badge]

AP scores are the primary test source atm

not eu sorry wtf

everywhere tbh

[rough lark]

in addition to that there’s first generation, low income, feeder schools, faculty child, music “recruits”

[rough lark]

you’re delusional if you think that anythings gonna change, they’ll just use essays or zipcodes but it will always be a big factor to colleges

[rough lark]

do you have his essays

[rough lark]

could you share what an email like that looks like

[dim badge]

i mean, the reason they called "urm" a hook is because they could look at test scores in comparison to demographics as well as gpa

they can't do that anymore - but stanford never really did that to begin with, they've always valued diverse perspectives not necessarily race

[wary temple]

it’s a good thing colleges like stanford value diversity

how boring would it be to see the same groups of people at 1 college

[dim badge]

not just race but diverse perspectives specifically

[wary temple]

yeah all of those stuff goes towards diverse perspectives

[dim badge]

their class is very cool imo

[dim badge]

he has them on his youtube

[dim badge]

do u go to stanford?

[rough lark]

not his essays, just the admit file

[dim badge]

on his youtube and pinned

[rough lark]

ah ok thx

[dim badge]

i agree with you though i dont think class demographics are gonna change that much tbh

they've been preparing for this for awhile

[rough lark]

i hope mentioning being hispanic a few times helps

i’ve read through jerry weis essays theyre good

but i’m not sure theyre the reason why he was admitted though

[dim badge]

i mean if you connected it to how its changed your worldview in a unique way i don't see it not helping

[dim badge]

they're definitely a big reason

i mean ecs and impact also helped a whole lot

[rough lark]

yeah i guess but i feel like his stats and isef and being from virginia carried

[dim badge]

ehh yk i used to believe that ecs and stats carried more weight until i saw the two vytal.ai (from virginia and tjhsst) dudes get rejected on the spot

[elfin coral]

Which carries the most

[dim badge]

i mean, im not an admissions officers but i think spiv and character definitely does

[elfin coral]

Eh

Character only matters after stats and ec

Imo

[dim badge]

i mean, you can't have a low gpa and ecs that are mid in your area that's for sure

those get you in the door

[elfin coral]

Yeah

[dim badge]

but like i dont think you need as good of gpa and ecs as you think

[elfin coral]

3.6+ uw ,1450 and a couple regional ecs enough for Stanford MIT and ivies fr

[dim badge]

it definitely depends on the ivies

and area

[elfin coral]

Stanford is the most holistic so that's more of a case

[dim badge]

yeah stanford fs, i feel like they will give anyone qualified in the least bit a chance

[elfin coral]

When we both get accepted what are the odds you think we'll be roommates

[dim badge]

that hypothetical roommate spot is already reserved unfortunately 😭

[elfin coral]

Have faith

[dim badge]

@dim badge hey bro can I dm you about apps later

idk if you remember me from Ed btw

[dim badge]

sure

[dim badge]

also just another disclaimer lol i'm not an admissions officer

yeah ik

you just seem like a chill dude ig

who knows what he’s doing

[elfin coral]

Damn. ~0.739%

[dim badge]

maybe if you use the unofficial defer rate of 25-15% it'll be better

[fringe sorrel]

The MIT email?

[elfin coral]

Seems like a thing they don't ask everyone. Must be wanting to confirm the rigor of your classes(did you get an A in ap calc bc because your teacher was easy or not)

[lusty thicket]

I read his essays, I don’t think they were why he got in

The topic was interesting but it ultimately wasn’t that introspective imo

[dim badge]

i mean his intellectual vitality shined in them lol

[lusty thicket]

His ECs and everything else were great and clearly he deserved it

[lusty thicket]

I see that in his personal essay fs, maybe not the supps

[dim badge]

i mean i feel like the aos thought they did, otherwise he wouldn't have got a 2 lol

[lusty thicket]

2 is fairly average for an admit, no?

or maybe they garnered IV from ECs as well

[dim badge]

i dont know, ive never heard that before

but "average" for an admit lol

an admit is going to stanford lol

[lusty thicket]

real af 😭

[fringe sorrel]

I don’t think so

I did not submit all my AP scores

So I think that’s why they emailed me

[elfin coral]

me neither

only submited 2

and I too 6 (8 including this year)

[rough lark]

yes, because i didn't submit an ap i got a 3 on, but i did say in the box below i never took it (that's a lie)

[harsh sentinel]

what was it?

[flint umbra]

I trolled so much in my essays here 😭😭

Maybe mine were a breath of fresh air tho bc I talked about things that weren’t nerdy and didn’t geek out in my roommate essay bragging about my achievements or intellectual interests

[harsh sentinel]

Ew who does that in a roommate essay

Do people actually go "you can brag to your friends that your roommate is an imo gold medalist!!"

[digital carbon]

💀

[flint umbra]

I read some post online saying bragging and boring roommate essays were enough to not consider the application lol

probably a lot of people applying brag lool

[opaque plume]

really?

that's v interesting

bcs I think my roommate essay is shit

absolute garbage

[flint umbra]

whyyyy

If you didn’t do any of what I mentioned then ur prob good

[opaque plume]

idk it feels like I'm a nerd trying to come off as someone cool and fun

[forest light]

I wrote about my 1000 song spotify playlist in my roommate essay 😭

idk if cooked or not

[harsh sentinel]

BROOOOO same i should've

[prisma yew]

i wrote about my 688 day streak on duolingo 😭 im actually so proud of myself for it

[ornate urchin]

I talked about anime and kpop for my roommate essay 🔥

[stone mural]

Reading u guys’ topic has me worried

I wrote about a 7 storey toy shop here in London 💀

Im done

[dim badge]

i talked about anime in mine too lol

[ornate urchin]

W

[flint umbra]

I talked about my pinterest boards, cooking, and crying over reality tv

[harsh sentinel]

DAMNNNN i wrote about my 365 one 💀

[real herald]

Getting mogged in a college supp is insane

[lusty thicket]

pack it up smrithi, they found a longer streak 😢

[elfin coral]

only flexed in the intellectual vitality essay I think.

for roomate essay I wrote about how im an avid and impulsive stretcher. joking about how im 4'11 and I need every inch I can get from stretching lol. I talked about how my cooking would save us from constant doordash(average college life). then I talked about how i love collecting little mementos from different periods in my life--I keep a burnt out robotics motor with me because it reminds me of the goofiness of my club.

[prisma yew]

thats so cool! what languages r u learning

[proper night]

Do any of you know if Stanford accepts supplemental materials?

[opaque plume]

bro I wrote about being stingy..

and taking people's trash to recycle it into bags

[lusty thicket]

? 😭

[elfin coral]

idk how theyd take that tbh

sounds annoying if I was your roomie😭

[orchid anchor]

i think it's good

and unique

[elfin coral]

anything can work if written lightheartedly

well not anything

but yk

[lusty thicket]

trauma essays 😭

im a v serious person so all of my essays r serious

[orchid anchor]

for those of u who submitted updates, how many "achievements" did u put per update

[elfin coral]

intresting. I tried to mix it up

[elfin coral]

2

[orchid anchor]

ok cool

and how long was your pdf for this?