Stanford University (2023-2024)

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that is so inappropriate…

[pliant trellis]

helloo everyone. since i figured that everyone applying to stanford is super smart, i was wondering if anyone can explain the mechanism of action of ecstasy and it's relationship to the mesolimbic pathway to me. i am a international relations major, not a stem major, but ended up in 3 bio classes this year and im suffering. help would be greatly appreciated.

[little lantern]

what the

what level of bio are you in

that looks like something ppl would learn in ap psych instead of bio

[inner ore]

use chatgpt

[round dove]

as a fellow ir major i would kms if i had to take 3 bio classes

[hardy sierra]

anyone know when RD is supposed to reelase?

[little lantern]

they said by april 1

but last year came out march 31

[spring veldt]

when was ivy day

[little lantern]

this year ivy day is march 28

last year was march 30

[flint umbra]

fr

me with any science

i always thought id be a doc or smth but mann taking science classes when you dont need to? you wont catch me doing that

[hardy sierra]

awesome thank you

[narrow vortex]

Curious, what percentage of students that were admitted submitted test scores?

Last app cycle

[digital spoke]

not sure off the top of my head

but you can prob check the common dataset

[hoary sluice]

bye bc why do i feel like ive seen sm reddit posts of stanford alumni saying shit like that

[night frost]

my stanford alum was lovely what t-t

srsly mine was so nice i was lowkey embarassed the whole time because she was complimenting me so much. probably just formality, but it felt very nice

[harsh sentinel]

mine was also very nice

she related my stories a lot to her daughter which felt cute cuz she's almost the same age as my mom

[night frost]

ig this is kinda representative of stanford maybe?

like most ppl are nice and some of them are just full duck mode

[narrow sorrel]

I feel like that’s every school 😭

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nah mine was different

it wasn’t just formality

you could tell they meant it

These fine folks (most of em) sign up for a reason

[harsh sentinel]

same

[night frost]

Honestly real

[narrow vortex]

Yeah tried to look for it there but I don't think they included that stat

[fervent crystal]

aww that is so damn cute

[fervent crystal]

yeah probably i think alumni from my country just happen to be the bad ones...there's a girl in my skl whose stanford alum dad does interviews and he says he scares all his interviewees on purpose 💀

[harsh sentinel]

wtf💀💀💀

[digital spoke]

oh boy

[flint umbra]

😭

keep forgetting I applied here

[harsh sentinel]

bro casually forgot about the best university in the world

[vale plover]

this post caused so much pure unbridled rage in me

maybe im salty ngl

[vale plover]

how does your school even have 3 bio classes 😭

[harsh sentinel]

it would've worked if she did rea

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imma send princeton luck's tiktok to them

[vale plover]

rescind!! now!!

[harsh sentinel]

lol whaat was that tiktok

[stoic stag]

wait you are a mod here?

[harsh sentinel]

lmap

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yes

u just found out? 😭

[stoic stag]

I just knew you were on here but ever since I joined over there I just don't come here as often anymore

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Ye me and billert are mods

[stoic stag]

why are there 2 billerts on this server and why are they both mods

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theres Billert and billert

[pine rain]

Hi intel

😽

How are you still awake bruh

Its 2 am

[stoic stag]

I am trying to find the difference between spanish, mexican, brazilian, south african and australian desert

[vale plover]

australian and south africa are more bushy/scrubby

spanish 'desert' tmk is just arid-ish mountains/plateaus

mexico has le classic wild west desert

and idk brazil ngll

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Brazil is just pure sand dunes

[pliant trellis]

THANK U SO MUCH

the damn neuromuscular junctions ew

btu thank uuuu !!

[pliant trellis]

because i am drom the middle east

dont come its so sad

i love it but i hate the school system

life saver fr

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HSXD

nvm

[lusty thicket]

Hi 😊

[sacred cove]

would be dope if stan pulled thru with an interviwe

[coral wyvern]

does Stan interview mean anything??

[flint umbra]

Idt so

I haven’t gotten one 🥳🥳

feeling very special rn

[coral wyvern]

you're auto admit fo sho

[lusty thicket]

I didn’t get one

[vale plover]

stanley

[digital spoke]

only if they are very very negative or very very positive (and even it's amazing, it'll only help in borderline cases)

[versed kite]

I thought it meant basically nothing

[pliant trellis]

thhey mean ntohing ur right

[flint umbra]

search it up?

why ask here there's no students on here

[trail trellis]

friend got a stanford likely call

from their second interviewer

😳

[coral wyvern]

damn damn 😔

[muted sage]

It’s okay those are so rare

Congrats to your friend but the rest of you shouldn’t worry

[nova horizon]

Regretting rejecting my stanford interview now 😭

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i did - google doesn't have an answer

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there are a couple that pop up every now and then

[flint umbra]

congrats to them 🎉

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nvm found an answer!

[faint canopy]

whyd they have two interviews?

[round dove]

they stole mine ig

[trail trellis]

i guess stanford were 50/50 on them and wanted more to use while making a decision

[harsh sentinel]

ugh i can't stop fantasizing about likelies

[digital spoke]

ayooo

[digital spoke]

wait 2nd interviewer?!?!?!

[opaque plume]

How does one get a 2nd interviewer

[sturdy rain]

is Stanford like Harvard now?, second interview & likely acceptance after interview…? 🤔

[opaque plume]

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What happens if Stanford hasn’t reached out to me since my interview email

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Oh my goodness

Is this guy’s name like Jesus Christ or something?

[solid steeple]

Wdym like u said ty after ur interview and they didn’t respond?

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Nah I didn’t send a thank you note cause kinda pointless

I’m just saying in general

They haven’t emailed me shit

And that dude got a call

So is that a bad sign?

[solid steeple]

Well I don’t know if they are supposed to email u something. I wouldn’t worry. Yet again I haven’t had a single interview. 0 NADA NOTHING

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Me when email astrology

yeah I’m just wondering

hopefully Stanford isn’t being a danpoop

[deft sleet]

no

[deft sleet]

you're more likely to get into stanford than to get a stanford likely letter

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Oooo ok

But what about those other promotional emails

[deft sleet]

meaningless spam

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Like “life at Stanford” or “hey application stuff UWU”

[deft sleet]

and i dont think stanford has sent much anyhow

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I see

[deft sleet]

meaningless spam

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Mk

[lusty thicket]

🇱🇧 so Stanford

[harsh sentinel]

stanford hasn't sent any promotional emails

[rough lark]

stanford doesnt need to send marketing stuff like that like other schools do. their prestige alone is enough to make their yield very high

[stone mural]

Does getting an interview mean u at least passed the first screening??

Or does ppl that get rejected right off the bat also get an interview

[nova horizon]

i think stanford interviews majority

[white mortar]

😔 minority once again

[harsh sentinel]

yall think fantasizing about a likely letter enough could make it happen?

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nah they pr much assign it to everyone

[harsh sentinel]

broski you got into harvard i dont think you need to worry about being an auto reject

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dw interviews are like the least important part of ur app for stanford

[flint umbra]

Same I’ve gotten nothing

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if you dont get one it means nothing

so dw

[flint umbra]

and it’s fine! doesn’t mean you’re a bad applicant

[white mortar]

okay okay ty

[flint umbra]

Why do I keep seeing comments like these on different college threads 😭😭

Someone gets into an rea and then they’re like omg am I an auto reject for “X peer school” bc I didn’t get an interview

You presumably got into your top choice, why not be happy instead of worrying like everyone else?

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stanford is his top choice iirc

[harsh sentinel]

because people who interact on online college forums are not your regular college applicants and are more likely than not overachievers and for overachievers its not enough to get into a top school they need to get into top schools with a likely letter or shit ton of merit aid, they need to be the best of the best, the creme de la crop, to satisfy that ego that's been burning a fire through them ever since their parents called them useless on 20th april 2011

[jovial bobcat]

respect ppl on a2c who want to aim their top choice pls, too many ppl get flamed for wanting to go a school when they already got in a school

[harsh sentinel]

oh you were asking about the interview thing not likelies

[jovial bobcat]

this exactly ^^

[harsh sentinel]

oops

[jovial bobcat]

i really dislike the a2c culture of shitting on ppl who wanna aim higher

[harsh sentinel]

i dont think its shitting per say

[jovial bobcat]

"oMg yOu AlReAdy gOt inTo uMicH"

[harsh sentinel]

most people are projecting jealousy/insecurity

[jovial bobcat]

ye exactly

those are the actual toxic ppl on a2c

[harsh sentinel]

but there are also people who act conceited

[jovial bobcat]

not the ones who wanna get in better schools

[harsh sentinel]

like i wanna say ungrateful for t20 acceptances?

[jovial bobcat]

btw this is not targeting @flint umbra by any means the thing u brought up just reminded me of smth i wanted to say a long time ago

[harsh sentinel]

like not to shit on any school but it's prolly harder to get into hypsm than say ucla but both are top 20 schools but there are people who go "idc about ucla its my safety school i wanna get into stanford"

which rubs the wrong way for people who wanna get into ucla and their dream school is ucla

[jovial bobcat]

in either case just learn to respect ppls decisions

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i agree

[flint umbra]

no, some of the people I’ve seen exhibit this same behavior don’t even want to go to the school. Like one guy I was talking to on another thread said were freaking out over not getting a Harvard interview and they wanted to get in there even tho their rea was their top choice

I’m not referring to people who had another school as their top

But others who got into their top choices

[jovial bobcat]

i saw a reddit post from someone who got into a couple public ivies but got sad cuz he didnt get in any private ivies, and everyone on the post was shitting on him

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other people's business doesn't need to matter to you

[jovial bobcat]

it was aboslutely disgusting

[harsh sentinel]

you can have multiple top choices

[harsh sentinel]

wdym public ivies

like top public unis?

[jovial bobcat]

ye

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getting into multiple hypsm is good to compare price tag lmao

even if ones not ur top choice it could offer a better financial offer

[harsh sentinel]

there are definitely people who shit on others for aiming higher, but a large portion of that is based on how the person words it

[flint umbra]

Nahhh you’re good it wasn’t targeting

[harsh sentinel]

like if its comes off as a complaining attitude, people get mad

[flint umbra]

But no one wasn’t not respecting people’s decisions

I just said what I thought

[jovial bobcat]

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/13b14ke/orm_in_stem_overhyped_by_this_sub_after_ea/

[harsh sentinel]

"ugh i didnt get into any ivy now ill have to end up going to umich 🫠 "

[flint umbra]

It doesn’t? Again, I am saying my thoughts and I am free to. Why would it matter?

I’m allowed to have my own opinion.

[jovial bobcat]

like sure hes an overachiever but no one from a less achieved position has the right to shit on him for wanting more to match what he accomplished in hs

[flint umbra]

I agree, but you guys need to get the difference between shitting and sharing others thoughts

[harsh sentinel]

ivy day on your 18th birthday is so sad

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the way you worded your previous messages seems like you were criticizing him for wanting to get in rea to stanford

[harsh sentinel]

especially with those rejections

[flint umbra]

? @harsh sentinel said they got into Harvard, not Stanford rea?

I’m not again, I’ve seen many comments like that

[harsh sentinel]

okay this is my opinion but i think the reason people got so pissed with this post was because the author said they might take a gap year and reapply which is im ngl stupid because they got into top cs schools. being disappointed about not getting in is one thing but taking off an entire year for the sole purpose of getting into a marginally better school is probably what didnt sit right with people

[harsh sentinel]

for this specific situation, the guy got into harvard rea but stanford is his top choice but he wasn't allowed to stanford rea iirc

[flint umbra]

that would make anyone mad 😂😂 but it’s their decision

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well there is no need to make a comment like that

[flint umbra]

oh! then I didn’t know

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i mean the way you worded it seemed like you were attacking him lmao

especially given the context

[jovial bobcat]

possibly but i was more taken aback by the number of ppl in that thread who believed he was asking for validation and no one believes that he was actually disapointed

[flint umbra]

I wasn’t criticizing him? I’m allowed to say my thoughts

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thaats why we all responded to ur message

[flint umbra]

Didn’t intend to critique him, esp bc I get the situation now

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you can have your own thoughts but you don't need to communicate them negatively

that's all im saying

[harsh sentinel]

ohhhh thats valid. he definitely has a right to feel disappointed but the whole gap year think definitely does reek a bit of entitlement im ngl

[jovial bobcat]

💀 i would DIE bro...esp if i get mass rejected

[flint umbra]

That wasn’t clear in the original post

Again, didn’t mean to

[jovial bobcat]

tbh if u got those schools at least a gap yr wont be necessary - THOUGH i have a classmate who got in uiuc engineering, took a gap year, and landed at berkeley met

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ur good we understand lol just be careful on what u say next time

[jovial bobcat]

so could be worth it sometimes

[harsh sentinel]

yeah i had my usc decision day before my birthday and i was debating seeing after just so im not disappointed on my 18th birthday but i have zero patience but then i got in

[harsh sentinel]

if they took a gap year just to get into a better school thats lowk dumb (that being said, if they're cali instate and didnt get into top uc's and couldn't afford uiuc thats a different thing, i dont really know the context or anything but yeah imo i would not take a gap year if i got into a t10 school for my major just to get into a t5 school)

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i feel like cc is the much better route

[jovial bobcat]

bro a few weeks ago on the berkeley thread or smth i was saying how i wanna get in berkeley even tho i had options of umich gt and uiuc cs and i got shat on by this one guy who was like imma actually beat u up if u dont stop talking just go to those three schools u got into 😐

thats what makes a2c so toxic

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people got mad at me irl for wanting to apply to michigan rd since they think ill get in somewhere better 💀

[jovial bobcat]

jealousy

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mf im not even in

[jovial bobcat]

its always that

[harsh sentinel]

if i lived in california and i didnt get into any top uc's, and the prices of schools i got into were outrageous, i'd prefer gap year over cc

[jovial bobcat]

tbh no one is truly happen for u if u announce that u got in a good school, besides ur parents

ppl are just jealous

[harsh sentinel]

wait i dont get it

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they said i'll get in and take someone's spot and the kids like me are the reason acceptance rates are so low

[harsh sentinel]

they're mad that you're considering options outside of stanford?

[jovial bobcat]

the kid from my school got in austin turing, then all his friends begged him to withdraw all his applications right after a simple "congrats" 💀 shit is so fake

[harsh sentinel]

yeah i've gotten flamed for saying i wanna get into ucla even tho i got into cal lol

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yeah they think ill get into an ivy or something minimum which is absurd

bc im not in anywhere yet

[harsh sentinel]

yalls parents are happy for you?

[jovial bobcat]

nah they are from east coast lol he played it risky ig berkeley met is worth the gap yr

[harsh sentinel]

ok no im joking my parents are happy for me but also my parents wanna ship me off to berkeley because its closest LOL

[jovial bobcat]

yes bc they benefit from it too

[harsh sentinel]

poor usc

[jovial bobcat]

they dont have to worry abt ur future

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i didnt end up applying to michigan bc it would've hurt my reputation within my friend group n shit

[jovial bobcat]

well, to a less extend

[harsh sentinel]

bruhhhh 💀 thats like saying everyone should apply to one school only

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my whole friend group got hella pissed at me for even considering michigan

they called me greedy bro

[harsh sentinel]

wtf insanity

[jovial bobcat]

college app doesnt destroy friend groups, it just exposes the immature and toxic mindset of high schoolers

[harsh sentinel]

broooo im sorry but if thats the only reason you should've just applied and not told them

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it also shows how miseducated people are on them

[harsh sentinel]

college has kindaaa brought my friend group closer because we talk a lot about college

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waitlist is a thing lmao

• if they want you they'll admit you

[harsh sentinel]

but its also a bit delicate since there are 3 of us applying to US schools (i live in india) and two of us are US citizens so things are a lot easier for us but its kinda sad for the one guy who's an intl because yk everything's screwed for him

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yeah that's tough

[jovial bobcat]

i was surprised to learn that waitlists usually mean u qualified but there was some red flag

so they just throw u there lol

[harsh sentinel]

really

[jovial bobcat]

a student who gets many waitlists means that they def have some red flag

[harsh sentinel]

i just thought you're good but there were better people

[jovial bobcat]

whether it's from a reccomendation or just poor grades

[jovial bobcat]

nah its red flag

i read the harvard law suit

[harsh sentinel]

what kind of red flags could cause waitlists over rejects

[harsh sentinel]

ah

[deft sleet]

I sort of get what you’re saying, some of the posters who make comments like that are the type to go into chad rejects on ivy day and be like “Penn accepted me but I rejected them” while other people are grieving about getting into nowhere 💀. Not everyone’s like that tho

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i heard u can get lopped too

[harsh sentinel]

wtf is lopped

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which lowkey isnt ur fault

[jovial bobcat]

like one example was when a recommender wrote that the student sometimes uses "ad hominem" comments during debate discussins" and that straight up caused her to get waitlisted by harvard 💀

[jovial bobcat]

whats lopped

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they overadmit so they have to shred off some of the class

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its in the court documents lol

uhh in the introductory

[jovial bobcat]

yeah im not going back to that huge ass pdf LOL

but yeah i see

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basically they usually admit more students than their yield and stuff so in order to get their class size to where it needs to be they cut students off

[harsh sentinel]

yeahhhh thats what i thought waitlists were

[jovial bobcat]

also like waitlists are not ranked

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i think some people get insta waitlisted tho lmao

[jovial bobcat]

i thoguht they are lol

for hypsm at least

[deft sleet]

Nope

[harsh sentinel]

like a waitlist is different from a deferral in the sense that in a deferral, it's in the college's hands whether you get in or not whereas for watilists its in the admits' hands (ie if a lot of admitted people dont enroll you could get in but thats not something the college can control)

[jovial bobcat]

like honestly nothing is worse than a harvard waitlist

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dont say that

[harsh sentinel]

what recommender would write that tho 😭

[jovial bobcat]

well you'd be surprised

some people do

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that word is banned

[jovial bobcat]

though very uncommon

[jovial bobcat]

lol oop

[harsh sentinel]

lol imo the worst outcome would be stanford rea deferral-> waitlist -> reject because stanford is known for final decisions so you know you're good but you're just not good

[harsh sentinel]

?

[jovial bobcat]

LMAO

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plus you have to do two extra forms with questions

yes why would you say it

[harsh sentinel]

waitlist has a form as well? 😭

[jovial bobcat]

LMAO

[dim badge]

yes so ive hesrd

[harsh sentinel]

oh i thought there was a message in the middle i missed or something

[pliant trellis]

sounds hella random

[jovial bobcat]

[pliant trellis]

but what is your take on emailing professor

[dreamy notch]

y was my msg deleted lol

[pliant trellis]

after u applied

[harsh sentinel]

for what purpose?

[pliant trellis]

cuz 3 years ago i was ill

and a professor at stanford

inspired me to keep on going

and like i emailed her because its been 3 years

since i cut all my hair off

and their work was the thing that actually saved my life

and it wasnt really for

college purposes

just

in general, i feel grateful to be here

[harsh sentinel]

uh i mean i dont know a lot of context and i dont think i understand

[pliant trellis]

even though this process of waiting is actually SHIT

[harsh sentinel]

but if its separate from college purposes, how would it affect college decisions?

[pliant trellis]

like i had cancer and their work

was inspiring to keep me going

lol

[harsh sentinel]

oh im sorry

[pliant trellis]

like they didnt cure my cancer but their work in a particular field did inspire me to stay in school

and like

[harsh sentinel]

but thats nice

[dreamy notch]

u tuff af

[pliant trellis]

its not really related to stanford just worried

it would be a red flag LOL

[harsh sentinel]

nahhh dw

i dont think professors and AOs discuss much or anything

[pliant trellis]

LOL thanks but im a 04 applying as 2028 which makes me a lil less tough

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did u take a gap?

[pliant trellis]

thank god lol i dont want to make my app seem like a sob story

[pliant trellis]

had to yeah haha

[dreamy notch]

nah im talking about ur mentality u tuff af

david goggins type shi yk?

[pliant trellis]

i was in china where the cut off date was in august

so i had to repeat

then repeated again

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fair amount of stanfords class takes 5 years to grad so ur chillin age wise

[pliant trellis]

but flunked out junior year LOL

[pliant trellis]

HAHA thanks

[pliant trellis]

inshallah

we'll see

[harsh sentinel]

you're good dw

[pliant trellis]

also idk who you are

but i am so jeakous and proud of u

like everytime u type u have some sort of good news

and cal?? damn

crazy stuff

[harsh sentinel]

😭 thank you

[dreamy notch]

yall tuff

[harsh sentinel]

i hope you get into some of your top choices too <3

maybe im idealistic but i believe the college app process works out well for everyone

[jovial bobcat]

yk i was p surprised that this classmate of mine got in uchicago ed2 when his personal statement was abt him being a literal npc and grinding academics all the time & being depressed and sad 💀

[dreamy notch]

my interviewer says u usually get into school tht is "best fit" 4 u

[jovial bobcat]

he didnt get in anywhere else, all deferral/rejections

[harsh sentinel]

maybe his uchicago creative essay was goated

and he made a cool video

[harsh sentinel]

yes this is true

[jovial bobcat]

well i hope this means that they dont weigh ps as much as the supps

[harsh sentinel]

like schools would rather admit someone who fits better there than someone who is objectively a better applicant

[jovial bobcat]

cuz i lowkey cooked my supps but not sure abt ps

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my friend wrote his northwestern essays in a class period with only like 3 ecs and got in ed

[jovial bobcat]

i wrote my ps in like one day

[harsh sentinel]

uchicago def weighs creative essay more

[jovial bobcat]

heard someone wrote nu essay with one setnence and got in

[harsh sentinel]

im p sure schools like stanford, columbia, brown with 5+ supps also weigh supps more

but like your ps still needs to be good lol

[harsh sentinel]

WTF

[jovial bobcat]

yea

[pliant trellis]

tbh do unis

[jovial bobcat]

its on reddit

u can search it up

[pliant trellis]

even care that much about grades

[harsh sentinel]

nu ed boost is insane tho

[pliant trellis]

a kid ik got into uchi qith a 3.1 gpa

[harsh sentinel]

thats why i was so crushed i couldn't ed

because i knew i'd get in ed

[pliant trellis]

and another with a 3.5

[harsh sentinel]

its very context dependent

[dreamy notch]

he tuff

[jovial bobcat]

did anyone here rewrite their ps after early round

[dreamy notch]

i was lazy so i j made my own prompt and reused an essay

[pliant trellis]

and i didnt get into uchi with a 3.8 and i was so devasted

[jovial bobcat]

or is it just me

[deft sleet]

Yes grades matter because these are exceptions

[jovial bobcat]

i rewrote my ps completely and completely changed the style of my supps for rd

[dreamy notch]

i tweaked mine a bit

[harsh sentinel]

college at the end of the day is still about academics so they def need good grades but its highly subjective

[harsh sentinel]

i didnt get in with a 4.0

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yk i kinda wish i just didnt restrictive ea anywhere so i couldnt have some of my decisions sooner 😭😭

[harsh sentinel]

i wanted to but didnt have time

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ik i was probably getting deferred anywhere best case scenario

[harsh sentinel]

thats nice

[harsh sentinel]

THIS IS WHY I DIDNT REA

[jovial bobcat]

well i just got myself high one night and wrote it in one setting

lowkey turned out decent

[harsh sentinel]

in august my college list was v big

[dreamy notch]

u tuff

[harsh sentinel]

i wanted to apply everywhere because i had no idea where i stood

i had no idea whether i was a competitive applicant or anything

so i EA'd 13 schools that included afeties, reaches, and targets

[jovial bobcat]

dang

[harsh sentinel]

and decided to decide rds based on ea results

[dim badge]

i feel like if i applied rd my essays and app would've been much more comprehensive

[harsh sentinel]

then i got into all my safeties and targets ea

[jovial bobcat]

im glad i didnt ea too many schools though, bc u tend to write better essays for rd

[harsh sentinel]

only got deferred by reaches

so i did all rds reaches

[dim badge]

stanford is like some of my worst essays imo

[dreamy notch]

i did one safety 1 target rest reaches

[harsh sentinel]

yeah all my reaches were rd so the only school i ended up writing shitty essays for was uchicago

[harsh sentinel]

mm yeah this is true

[dim badge]

actually my usc essays were the worst by far

[harsh sentinel]

i thought my uchicago essay was banger but my friend said "oh this is so nice for your first essay!"

[jovial bobcat]

bro my uc essays are kinda shit now that i look back at it

i rlly evolved a lot for rd

💀

[dreamy notch]

good shit

[dim badge]

my usc why us only had one sentence of why us

[jovial bobcat]

yea i also rlly like my uchicgo essay but i think they prefer the more quirky type and mine was more of a "humanist" vibe

[dim badge]

the rest i just talked about La's resources 💀

[flint umbra]

Yeah

[harsh sentinel]

nah someone got in ea defer ed2 with a philosophical essay

[harsh sentinel]

my usc essay was nice def not bad but i feel like if i put more effort i could've bagged a merit scholly

[jovial bobcat]

well i still think im cooked for uchi

[dim badge]

idt i would've cause my gpa is too low

[jovial bobcat]

i got 2 Bs on my midyear report 💀 despite being 4.0 otherwise

[dreamy notch]

lol same

well

does tht matter much?

[jovial bobcat]

i heard midyear report is used as tiebreakers

[dreamy notch]

i was tweing abt tht

tweaking*

[jovial bobcat]

i mean before they got our reports our files already got viewed

[harsh sentinel]

im ranked top 5 in my grade (out of 180) but one of my classmates forged his grades so it looks like i have bad grades in comparison lol

[dreamy notch]

oh wrd?

[dim badge]

i think it also depends on the classes

[jovial bobcat]

depends on ur school

[dreamy notch]

how tf

[jovial bobcat]

mine school just sent out report in like mid february

[dreamy notch]

iwe used tri system im fucked

[dim badge]

if you got a B in PE i cant see it harming u that much

[jovial bobcat]

so if ur report got sent out earlier then

prob not

[jovial bobcat]

i have a B in physics c

[dim badge]

what else

yk thats not that bad

[jovial bobcat]

econ

[dreamy notch]

i got on in linear algebra and another in stats 💀 dont judge me

[dim badge]

whats ur major

[jovial bobcat]

well i had A first quarter for econ

B second quarter

[jovial bobcat]

astro

[dreamy notch]

ye

[dim badge]

astrophysics?

[jovial bobcat]

nah mostly just astronomy

and earth and planetary science

[dim badge]

oh sick

idk i think you'll be okay cuz those are hard classes

[jovial bobcat]

yeah i hope

it would just rlly suck if i get waitlisted cuz of that

[dim badge]

esp the B in physics c i think you'll be ok

[jovial bobcat]

im more insecure abt the B second quarter in econ

😢

[dim badge]

ehh i mean it doesnt relate to ur major

[dreamy notch]

damn props to him he took advantage of his connections

[jovial bobcat]

but my physics c class teacher is notoriously hard, hes an ap exam problem setter

[dreamy notch]

annoying af tho

[jovial bobcat]

whats ur major

[dim badge]

BME

[harsh sentinel]

i got an email from york college of pennsylvania but i only saw the pennsylvania and thought it was a likely and now im sad

[jovial bobcat]

have u considered ed2ing to jhu

[harsh sentinel]

lol it sucks for the rest of us + if bro can't handle high school stem how's he gonna handle harvard

[jovial bobcat]

this was back in sophomoe year?

[dreamy notch]

damn he got in?

lukcy duck

[harsh sentinel]

no

[dreamy notch]

oh dub

[harsh sentinel]

but its his dream school

deferred rea

got interview as intl tho

[dreamy notch]

same :/

defer stanford tuff

good shit

[jovial bobcat]

well i personally believe good essays can override all that

[harsh sentinel]

you'll get in somewhere better trust

[jovial bobcat]

u did say that ur rea essays werent super good

even if u dont get in stanford ur better rd essays are possibly promising for hypsm

[dim badge]

comparatively, just my diversity essay was lacking

[jovial bobcat]

oh yeah that

bro

[harsh sentinel]

grades dont mean much

[jovial bobcat]

diversity essay so important

i had a shit diversity essay for ea but for rd i absolutely cooked it

[dim badge]

my roommate essay was one of my best pieces of literature i've ever written

tho

[jovial bobcat]

liteature

lol

[harsh sentinel]

can i read it

like maybe after

i just like reading good writing

[dreamy notch]

bro one of my friends spelled out the word hi with the letters h and i

[dim badge]

uhh sure give me a few tho

[dim badge]

also jhu is not for me

[dreamy notch]

like this:
H H III
HHH III
H H III

[dim badge]

i don't really wanna go to the east

[dreamy notch]

u missing out

east > west

[harsh sentinel]

thats cute

[jovial bobcat]

idk lol that kinda is a waste of word count ngl

[jovial bobcat]

just dont wanna get shot here

[harsh sentinel]

west coast>>>>

[dreamy notch]

yeah maybe he made it a lot biger

[jovial bobcat]

i agree west is better

[dreamy notch]

trippin

[harsh sentinel]

like i love east coast and their unis and opportunities but i hate the weather im such a cali girlie

[dim badge]

my experience with some of the ivy leagues/east coast admission officers has given me a bitter taste

[jovial bobcat]

east is old money, west is new money

[dreamy notch]

rip

[dim badge]

the competitive nature is insane

[dreamy notch]

im not talking abt college tho

like the east coast j better

yk???

[jovial bobcat]

nahh

[dreamy notch]

damn

[jovial bobcat]

depends on what u wanna do

if ur into tech and startup

[dreamy notch]

they dotnt mess w/ east coast

[jovial bobcat]

west

but finance and stuff

east obv

[dreamy notch]

is it weird that i hv strong cs awards but havent taken a single cs course and applying sum sort of bio?
in ur guys opinion

[dim badge]

i had no bme ecs

or biology ecs for that matter

[dreamy notch]

why bme then?

college essay question type shi

[jovial bobcat]

what are ur cs awards....

[jovial bobcat]

bme mostly cares abt ur personality

rather than awards

why wouldnt u apply cs then

aos might think ur tryna avoid the competition

[dreamy notch]

too competitive plus my courses, ecs, other awards relate to med

i mean is bio/pre med as an asian rly tryna avoid the competition?

@jovial bobcat meant to repl

[jovial bobcat]

they might think so

[dim badge]

they dont take race into account but the experiences you've learned from ur background

[jovial bobcat]

since most usaco plat just apply cs

[dim badge]

so if you have a diverse and unique perspective i think you'll be ok

[jovial bobcat]

unless u have some serious strong explantion in ur essays

[jovial bobcat]

yeah this just means the diversity essay is so so so important now

[dreamy notch]

there 2 other usaco plat at my school one also did bio other did cs

[jovial bobcat]

the guy who got in turing cs got deferred from cornell ed, he applied cognitive science there

[dreamy notch]

i barely talked abt being asian i talked abt going to conservative school then liberal school

[jovial bobcat]

just saying its possible aos think ur tryna avoid competition

[dreamy notch]

fuckkkkkkkkk

oh well

@jovial bobcat ur pfp keep smaking me thing of travis scott

[jovial bobcat]

depends on ur essay tho

[jovial bobcat]

i know i know i know i knowww

[dreamy notch]

isnt ronald reagon the goat (idk shit about politics)

[dim badge]

you can have any perspective and as long as it's a unique one you'll be good

[jovial bobcat]

yes

im not sure how i feel abt colleges caring abt personality more than awards

[dim badge]

in the academia community he's not well liked

[jovial bobcat]

i think personality is...a lot of it u cant control

in other words it's kinda just nature and nurture

[dim badge]

he's often criticized for using trickle down economics

[dreamy notch]

yeah idk wht tht is but tht shi sound smart af

[dim badge]

yeah

[dim badge]

tbh i think if you have stacked ecs grades courseload sat and awards you'll stand a good chance at some t20s regardless of essays tho

[dreamy notch]

during my stanford interview i was sick and i had a lil boogie dripping down my nose how bad was tht???

besides tht we clicked

[dim badge]

stanford is jus like the one that really cares about personality

it seems like at least

[dreamy notch]

interesting

[jovial bobcat]

and im perhaps being overly cynical here, but i think a lot of ppl who colleges love - such as the ones who are super morally straight, obedient and efficient workers without complaints and no trouble makers - tend to end up being taken advantage of in the work place and just being too much of a scholar without knowing how the society game is played, and end up not changing the world as colleges advertise

[dreamy notch]

bro wrote a paragraph

[jovial bobcat]

i think trouble makers shouldnt be viewed as negatively by colleges, esp those with rebellious traits

maybe i just read too much biographies of successful ceos

[dreamy notch]

i got suspended in ms am i tuff???

[jovial bobcat]

idk

[dim badge]

tbh i dont really think this is necessarily a problem because lots of horrible people willing to do anything to get in put on facades to get in

[jovial bobcat]

i think theres more of those innocent kind of ppl who get in tho

[dreamy notch]

yall seem nice

[jovial bobcat]

but tbh

in the end

the future leaders of the world dont work well with each other

cuz conflicting philosophies clash and they need their own space

so prob better for those future "world changers" to have their own path

[dreamy notch]

wdym own path

[jovial bobcat]

such as not being chosen by hypsm and end up having to go through a bunch of hurdles to reach where they end up

[dreamy notch]

oh wrd

[dim badge]

idk if this is a hot take but i think once ur in most private t20s ur gonna get that boost anyways

especially if its any one of the ivies stanford caltech or mit

[jovial bobcat]

yea i think so too

[stone mural]

U never know 😔 not hearing from them for this long has me tweaking and thinking i got put into the reject pile after the first read

[jovial bobcat]

u didnt get stan interview?

[stone mural]

I did

Not sure what else i was expecting

[jovial bobcat]

so wdym not hearing frmo them

[stone mural]

That’s the only time i heard from them

Other schools has been spamming me

But stanny is dead quiet

[jovial bobcat]

isnt that whats supposed to happen...

why would u hear frmo them

[harsh sentinel]

this is me

[dreamy notch]

my inbox dead af bro :/

[jovial bobcat]

what is u

like the personality i described?

[harsh sentinel]

a super morally straight obedient and efficient person who's going to be taken advantage of in the workplace

[dim badge]

Guys question

would a minor formatting error on an app. update I sent (still legible and you could tell what it says I think) be a dealbreaker for Stanford?

[harsh sentinel]

lol no

[dim badge]

Mk

[stone mural]

Thank u sm for this cuz everytime i come on any other school’s thread except for Harvard’s, ppl be shitting on me

Like dont get me wrong, I am very grateful for my Harvard acceptance

[harsh sentinel]

see thats the difference

[dim badge]

yeah they dont send emails to anyone really

[harsh sentinel]

some people aren't grateful for any acceptances but hypsm

[dim badge]

i understand

esp cuz stanfords ur #1 choice

[harsh sentinel]

they outright shit on schools they get into which are still just as good if not better (like t30s)

[jovial bobcat]

yeah so...

that happens

[dim badge]

like i get it if i was in ur shoes id be in the same position worrying

[jovial bobcat]

the best is to conitnue to be morally straight while knowing the dirty tricks ppl do to u

u know how the game is played but u dont play it

thats the highest level

[stone mural]

Yhh, like im not getting any aid for harvard and if I am actually gonna have to pay then might as well take into consideration other factors as well

I come from the UK

Known for shitty weather

[dreamy notch]

from the mandem???

[stone mural]

So for me the weather is very important

[jovial bobcat]

i too felt the toxicity first hand lol

ppl too toxic here

[stone mural]

From the ends indeed 😔

[harsh sentinel]

yeah im not naive

[dreamy notch]

WWWW 🤩

[stone mural]

Yhh like the competition within each school’s pool is very different

Different schools wants different things

So just cuz i got into harvard doesn’t mean im gonna get in stanford

Im literally just like any other applicant

[harsh sentinel]

i do think though that someone who got into harvard can def not be an auto reject for stanford

unless you say something very questionable in your stanford essays yk

the acceptance rate is only 3.9% so there's a very high chance you wont get in but im guessing the auto reject percent is like 10%? 15%?

[stone mural]

I was deffo reaching with the auto reject thing

But my background is very different to an average stanny applicant so u never know what they might think of it

[dim badge]

plus intl

that's not typically the easiest to get into a school with

admissions is truly a lottery for u imo

[flint umbra]

You just have to let go of it

We have a month left

Nothing you can do now

[sturdy rain]

when is your bday? mine also…

[harsh sentinel]

ohhhhhh right Harvard is need blind

forgot about that part

[harsh sentinel]

no i was referring to a reddit post

[sturdy rain]

K

[random jacinth]

WILD

[civic flower]

woah your bday is on ivy day??

[sturdy rain]

yes

[hallow lotus]

If you were to choose one school, what would you do? stanford cs vs. Berkeley MET EECS?

If you are legitamately into the startup field long-term

[hoary sluice]

Id do MET

[hallow lotus]

Why?

[hoary sluice]

Seems like u actually get a leg up opportunities wise and still have access to the silicon valley space

A lot of people at stanford in my anecdotal experience come in rich -> leave rich

Not actually reflective of the resources the school gives to you but idk

I've heard that MET legit spoonfeeds internships to people

[hallow lotus]

Yeah I was thinking along the same lines as well... MET gives you one-on-one attention wheras I feel like Stanford gives you the resources but you have to compete with other students to get them

[hoary sluice]

And money, opportunities, etc

[hallow lotus]

Yeah there's guaranteed internships freshman year

[hoary sluice]

Yeah I think w met you'll be prioritized

I honestly dont think stanford has that big of a leg up on berkeley to pick it over MET

[dim badge]

Stanford

[dim badge]

The oppsosite

Berkeley is like a fucking concert

There’s so many people to where it’s becoming unsustainable

[azure whale]

I KNOW THIS IS OLD BUT OMG 😭

that’s so unhinged

[azure whale]

I mean you could say the same about people without money

For example activists along those lines of standing outside of the societal norm

[azure whale]

I wouldn’t say they love “obedient” or whatever but critical thinkers instead.

[hallow lotus]

But MET pretty much bypasses that, r?

I believe you get priority everuthing

[hallow lotus]

But MET pretty much bypasses that, r?

Overcrowidng is the main con I've heard about Berkeley

[hoary sluice]

Not if you're in MET

[hoary sluice]

Yeah exactly

Def wouldn't be smth I'd worry abt imo

Ur basically royalty💀

[dim badge]

it's better for the start up field i'm working in specifically

i need a more flexible curriculum

if that makes sense

[azure whale]

yes an overwhelming amount

[hallow lotus]

Ah okok

[azure whale]

i would be a bit cautious idk if they have enough housing too

[hallow lotus]

I believe MET gets priority housing

[azure whale]

good !

[dim badge]

i dont think you can go wrong with either though

[hoary sluice]

I stg met gets priority everything😭

[azure whale]

is met a program ?

[hoary sluice]

U wouldnt be afforded that same royalty @ stanford

[hoary sluice]

Yup

[dim badge]

management and technology

[hoary sluice]

Management engineering tech

[dim badge]

ur royalty if you go to stanford lmao

[azure whale]

ahhh okay

[hoary sluice]

It's different though

[azure whale]

definitely

[hoary sluice]

Like if you're met you are substantially prioritized

In every dingle way

Single

[azure whale]

wow that’s awesome

[dim badge]

i mean but like you also don't really have to worry about resources with stanford yk

[hoary sluice]

A lot of the people (at least from my feeder school) who end up successful at stanford would've been successful anywhere just bc they alr came in w nepotistic connections and money

[dim badge]

like maybe you dont get the guaranteed bezos internship but im sure you can get a good internship

[azure whale]

i def lack nepotism

LOL

[dim badge]

i mean

like

i feel like met would have these kids too

lmao

plus if ur out of state the clear option is stanford if you are receiving any kind of need based aid imo

[hoary sluice]

Yeah but the difference is

Met gives you an inherent advantage

[azure whale]

im good at networking

[hoary sluice]

Whereas stanford is more self selecting

[azure whale]

but low key intimidated by the prestige

[hoary sluice]

Like going to met gives u an advantage for certain research asst positions over regular berkeley students

[azure whale]

im sure people are chill

[hoary sluice]

And u get like the maximum leeway in terms of class enrollment and things like that

[dim badge]

yeah ik but i dont think those are really concerns at stanford

especially outside of first year classes

[hoary sluice]

No but it def alleviates a major con abt berkeley

[dim badge]

yeah that's true

[hoary sluice]

Idk I'd pick berk met but like

Up to the individual and ur needs ig

Like i'd look up berkeley research opps versus stanford research opps in ur dept

[dim badge]

if i was in state and receiving no need based aid i would too

i think atp its just the cheaper option lmao

[azure whale]

wish they had that for my major

[dim badge]

?

[azure whale]

like the M.E.T program

[dim badge]

oh

whats ur major?

[azure whale]

urban studies/enviromental science

[dim badge]

W

[azure whale]

im heavy on the social issues public policy side 💯

[dim badge]

i think the met program is only for engineering

so you'd have to do enviro engineering anyways

[azure whale]

yeah it’s alright

[azure whale]

no thank you 😭

[dim badge]

i am looking into a similar field

[azure whale]

im not a mathematician

i prefer stats and graphs

[azure whale]

Cool !

what field ?

[solid steeple]

ive been told from people at our school. our school was blacklisted by stanford, do u think this actually possibly and hinder my chance

[white mortar]

is that a thing?

[dim badge]

im not really sure what major to choose though 😭

[dim badge]

No

ur school isnt blacklisted trust

[azure whale]

omg why ???

[solid steeple]

for the last 7 ish years no one has been accepted to stanford. and most probable reason cuz its stanford, but the thing is ive heard that a student accepted to stanford from my school got caught cheating or idk it was something bad ig, but these are rumors

[dim badge]

why would that affect the kids at your school though

just cuz one student cheated doesn't mean the whole student body is going to

[solid steeple]

reputation of our school. ive heard schools could get blacklisted but again dont know if this is true

[white mortar]

maybe double major in public policy and env studies? or, idk what schools you're applying to / have gotten into, but there's a nice environmental health & policy program at UNC, maybe that'd be good

[dim badge]

i've heard its only for ED and internal cheating/bribery

[solid steeple]

im not sure that was one of the rumors ive heard. i think there is more but this was before i even attended my hs

[azure whale]

im planning to get my masters actually ! what my professor advised me is to major in something broad as a bachelor’s and masters in something niche ya know

im a CC student btw

[dim badge]

my parents don't want me to apply to chapel hill 😭

[azure whale]

it’s hard to choose definitely

[white mortar]

whatttttt

why not?? because it's NC?

[solid steeple]

whats wrong with nc?

[white mortar]

i live here

[dim badge]

something along the lines of replacing professors with political lackeys or something

[white mortar]

hm

odd

[dim badge]

they dont like how the government is attacking the school or something idk

[azure whale]

Is it public or private?

[dim badge]

also to answer your question i've been accepted to usc

[solid steeple]

well personal opinion but idk i dislike boston a bit

[white mortar]

i would argue that UNC's professors r pretty great

[solid steeple]

public

[white mortar]

ahhhhh

[azure whale]

ohhhh

[white mortar]

congrats on usc boss 🗣️

[dim badge]

way too expensive though 😭

unc is cool though i like it

[white mortar]

real 😔 (i got deferred)

[solid steeple]

90k!!! yay

[white mortar]

it is

wish ur parents would let u apply

[digital spoke]

wait omg what

congrats!

[azure whale]

it would be weird to blacklist a school

[digital spoke]

since the convo was on Berkeley MET

I think I got rejected lol

[dim badge]

https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article274596256.html

[digital spoke]

cuz I didn't get in early

[azure whale]

also Stanford is super competitive

[dim badge]

that might be why

[solid steeple]

unsure but ya.

[dim badge]

really??? 😭

[azure whale]

it’s like the lottery at this point

[dim badge]

did you get into sc?

[solid steeple]

wait pikachu no berk met? fr

?

[solid steeple]

fax

[digital spoke]

well, I didn't receive an early notif

honestly, expected it

[solid steeple]

u dont need u got into stanford

[digital spoke]

cuz I spent 30 min planning out and recording my interview video 💀

[azure whale]

i mean applications prolly look similar

[white mortar]

i mean no politics but...ugh 😫

[azure whale]

to be fair

[dim badge]

yeah i mean im not gonna state my opinion but they don't like that lol

[digital spoke]

I feel like my common app represented me so much better than the UC app

especially with no LORs

[white mortar]

yea 💔 that sucks

[digital spoke]

I feel like the UCs have more generic essay prompts

[solid steeple]

tbh ucs for me. spent four months writing piqs, and spent a day each per each supp

[azure whale]

but im sure everyone deserves a chance to get in

[dim badge]

same with ut austin (except i think the bill passed?) so they didnt let me apply either

[white mortar]

gosh

[solid steeple]

legit copy pasta for supps

[dim badge]

still applying to duke tho... love nc

[digital spoke]

oh rly? that's good, I just found it more restricting

[white mortar]

NC is great when it's great

[digital spoke]

my friend is at Duke and she loves it

[white mortar]

duke especially is lovely

i hope i get in tbh

[digital spoke]

I've heard great things about Duke and Rice

[solid steeple]

the special talent essay piq 3, i used that for my personal statement. i liked my hook. it was "I'm so hot" lol

[dim badge]

Yeah rice seems cool

[digital spoke]

haha

[white mortar]

i tried to avoid the south when i was applying to schools

just a matter of preference 🤷🏻

[azure whale]

LOL I don’t blame you

[digital spoke]

I spent a long time on my UCs too, it's just common app > cuz I got to share a lot of additional context and fun aspects about myself

[solid steeple]

tbh my stanford supps i think may have been the worst. idk why but the one abt culture and ur like own experience and stuff like that prompt ive pretty much covered that in my personal statement, so it was so hard thinking of something for it

[azure whale]

West coast is the best coast

[white mortar]

i think the furthest south I applied to was UGA, then UNC / UNCC

[digital spoke]

oh, my CAPS was great for not overlapping with supplements

[azure whale]

I love the east coast

[solid steeple]

did u put anything in additonal info by chance. i didnt know people left their abstracts or addtional context to their projects. i left it blank

[dim badge]

im definitely avoiding certain states in the south for sure

[digital spoke]

yeah, I included stuff in my additional info

[dim badge]

only really ended up applying to duke tho i think

[white mortar]

ahh

[dim badge]

rest is just east coast/west coast tbh

i'd prefer to go to west coast but like if i get into an ivy or smth i can't pass that up 😭

[solid steeple]

idk why but i feel like i should have. i regret it a lot. perhaps if i get waitlisted from any of the common app schools i can elaborate more upon it

[white mortar]

mine is like:
3 southeast, 2 west coast, 3 midwest, 4 northeast

[digital spoke]

I had 1. classes I couldn't take due to conflicts/capacity priority, 2. my research contributions and my role in my project, 3. details about my background that reveal the reason why I enjoy and love tutoring others

[digital spoke]

ohh

[solid steeple]

damn. i really should have taken advantage of the additional info. i legit left it blank

[digital spoke]

oh 😭

I love learning languages

one of my LORs was from my Spanish 3/AP teacher :D

aw naurrr

that suckss

[white mortar]

ugh thats the worst

[solid steeple]

lol same

mine was cs teacher and spnaish teacher

[dim badge]

its prob not worth to update colleges with it now tho

what's done is done

[white mortar]

i transferred during sophomore year and ended up taking awkward AP schedules because my current hs does like "combo AP" classes so i had to take AP Psych online and then couldn't take AP Lit because i alr took gov

[dim badge]

i heard stanford is lenient with 2 years of language tho tbh

[digital spoke]

ah, my other one was my engineering teacher from freshman year (who also ran our school's async online AP CS courses), I always enjoyed talking with him after school and stuff, so he knew me rly well

he retired tho 😭

[digital spoke]

yeah prob

[digital spoke]

did you have an other recommender?

[solid steeple]

nope couldnt. my instructor or ig my upper lead for this internship was off to japan, so i wasnt able to get one from him during the time my common app were due

[digital spoke]

oh no

😭

[dim badge]

should i submit an update

[digital spoke]

that's unfortunate

:(

I'm so lucky for LORs

because I applied QuestBridge

[dim badge]

stanford ik im already in committee so idk if its worth 😭

[digital spoke]

so I had all of them ready

[dim badge]

did you match?

[digital spoke]

I mean, no harm

[white mortar]

couldn't hurt if u wanted

[digital spoke]

No, didn't even Finalist 💀

[dim badge]

or you got in rea right

[digital spoke]

yeah

[digital spoke]

my income + assets were too high 🫠

it's so sad

[dim badge]

what was your income? (if you dont mind me asking)

my friend made finalist with almost 100k income

[digital spoke]

💀

[white mortar]

whattttt

i thought it was like under 35k?

damn

[dim badge]

didnt end up matching tho

[digital spoke]

like ~55k for 3

[dim badge]

they live in bay area

[white mortar]

ah

[digital spoke]

oh

[dim badge]

so ig thats low income there

[white mortar]

yea ok fair 😭

[alpine plume]

its really 60k before the line gets blurry

[white mortar]

i see

[digital spoke]

I think it was prob assets tho

• income on higher end

[alpine plume]

like ik i got in cuz my family is like 20k w/ no assets in nyc

[digital spoke]

but yeah

I'm glad I didn't finalist with QB

or Stanford may not have come true

🙏

everything happens for a reason

[white mortar]

happy for u boss 🙏🏻

[alpine plume]

yeah if you got in rea you were def qualified

[white mortar]

fr

[alpine plume]

income/assets was prob the only issue

[digital spoke]

yeah 😭 I spent my whole additional section explaining in my QB app 💀

[dim badge]

yeah fs

[white mortar]

im v blessed to have lots of good options even if i get into none of my RD

[alpine plume]

my qb additional info was maxed out lmaoo

[digital spoke]

yeah maybe

[digital spoke]

same haha

[alpine plume]

im glad that qb has a lot more writing spaces tho since that helped me a lot

[digital spoke]

I actually liked my common app more than QB too lol

ig my common app was just the most developed

most full picture

of myself

at least my stanny app was 💀

I had a whole outline of what I showed with every essay

[jovial bobcat]

ye no cap frfr ong

[digital spoke]

it was so deliberate lol

[alpine plume]

i personally think my caps wasnt as good but so far i got into all my common app schools so ig it was

[digital spoke]

ooh

[jovial bobcat]

my qb was horrible

i think the 850 word limit for the qb ps is kinda too much

[alpine plume]

i mean it was there to give you more space to reflect since some people struggle with 650

[white mortar]

fr? yeah i would've loved an extra paragraph for my commonapp ps

[digital spoke]

I had to extend my CAPS after cutting it to get it back to 650 💀

[white mortar]

😭

[digital spoke]

I love my CAPS tho

one of the best essays I've ever written

bro

college apps > any English class I've taken

[jovial bobcat]

frfr

[digital spoke]

in terms of improving in writing

[jovial bobcat]

no cap

[digital spoke]

I've never improved so much

[jovial bobcat]

english clsas useless

[digital spoke]

within a year

[alpine plume]

english class essays are just a pain to write

[white mortar]

real

[digital spoke]

fr

lol

I was looking back just now

my additional info has more words than my CAPS 🤣

by 2 words

[white mortar]

i capped my CAPS and my addtl info at the max word count 💔 i had a lot to talk abt

[digital spoke]

basically same here

I had 647 and 649 respectively

[white mortar]

650 650

technically 652 for Addtl because google docs and CA counted differently

[digital spoke]

lol, that tripped me up several times

[white mortar]

yapper extraordinaire 😍

[digital spoke]

oh yeah

is your dream school yale lol?

cuz it's in your display name

[white mortar]

yerppp

[digital spoke]

:o

did you rea

[white mortar]

i did not

[digital spoke]

ah okay

[white mortar]

i chose to EA to usc and northeastern

[digital spoke]

gl 🙏

[white mortar]

which both deferred me. so.

wish i had REA

[digital spoke]

oh

[white mortar]

💔 i did YYGS and loved it

[jovial bobcat]

neu ddone dirty bro

[digital spoke]

ah ic

[alpine plume]

omg same

[jovial bobcat]

them with their yield protection rate strat

ugh

[white mortar]

what session? and was it this year or last

if u dont mind me asking