Stanford University (2023-2024)

[strange mortar]

3why am i double typing

oml

[spring osprey]

My Yale interviewer was all the way in London, England fjdhdhsh 😭😭

[dusky pumice]

sheesh

[elfin coral]

so confusing

[dusky pumice]

i've only had one in person interview and it was my favorite by a lot

[spring osprey]

All of mine were virtual which is not advised but I have social anxiety so

Except the Yale one though

That one I had to do virtual

Can’t fly all the way to London to do the interview sadly

[simple vigil]

my stanford interviewer gave negative shits lmao

[elfin coral]

didnt get to chose

[simple vigil]

perhaps fumbled the bag

[spring osprey]

Wait what did they do

[elfin coral]

might be a question of what they didnt do

[simple vigil]

took the words out of my mouth

[elfin coral]

im in the same boat as you but with harvard interviewer

stanford interviewer was awesome

[inland brook]

ya i heard a lot of ppl get bad interviewers 😭

[spring osprey]

All of my interviewers were nice luckily

[dusky pumice]

same

[inland brook]

ya me too

[dusky pumice]

but my cornell interviewer had meetings directly before and after the interview so there was a timer the whole time on zoom lol

[inland brook]

omg

[spring osprey]

I feel bad because my Harvard interviewer went to the grad school for law so she was like “I can’t tell you much about the undergrad experience because I went to the law school” fjdhdhsh 😭😭

[inland brook]

i joined one of my interviews like 2 mins early and i interrupted an interviewee

😭😭😭

[lost knoll]

ong this was me with mit

[elfin coral]

I knew I was cooked when My MIT interviewer gave me a live pop quiz

[lost knoll]

she got her mba at mit and lived off campus with her husband

😭

[lost knoll]

NOOO LOL

[spring osprey]

Wait pop quiz??

[dusky pumice]

nah your story is crazy

it's wild lmao

[spring osprey]

I couldn’t even ask her any questions 😭😭

[lost knoll]

NOOO IK SAME

[gloomy shard]

bruh what

[lost knoll]

or i would ask and she would be like idk 😔

[spring osprey]

Omg that must have been awkward 😭😭

[inland brook]

yaaaa….

how long were ur interviews

[lost knoll]

like 20-30 mins 😭

[hollow condor]

fr my interviewer was solely focused on writing stuff down 💀

[inland brook]

aur naur 😭

[spring osprey]

All were 45 mins

[elfin coral]

long story short near the end of meeting he wanted to see how I write so he timed me for a minute or 2 to write a short essay on how id change the world. I was sweating balls. Made every grammatical mistake ever

[strange mortar]

did the a2c icon just chnge

[spring osprey]

But she was super nice though so I felt bad 😭😭

[strange mortar]

i swear its a differnt color palette

[hollow condor]

wtf 😭

[spring osprey]

Yea

[dusky pumice]

yeah lol i just noticed

[gloomy shard]

darty interviewer was the nicest person I've ever met

[spring osprey]

Bro what 😭😭

[lost knoll]

me too bro i thought she hated me cuz she ghosted me for three months but turns out she had a kid 😭😭

[spring osprey]

Wait what 😭😭

[elfin coral]

this is why I think alumni interviews should be taken with a grain of salt by AOs

[gloomy shard]

lmfao what the fuck, the pressure must have been insane

[elfin coral]

YES BRO

[spring osprey]

This is wild 😭😭

[lost knoll]

yeah so she was pregnant when she interviewed me 😭😭😭😭

i didn’t even notice

we were sitting down the whole time

[spring osprey]

What is this roller coaster fhdhsg 😭😭

[lost knoll]

LOL

[gloomy shard]

you got interviewed 2 on 1 lmao

[inland brook]

LMAOO

[dusky pumice]

my princeton interviewer was the dean of a whole ass college 💀 i was terrified before but it was actually so chill

[inland brook]

my interviews were p chill

[spring osprey]

I searched my interviewers on LinkedIn and connected with them

[lost knoll]

baby had to approve of me too

[inland brook]

pookie 😨

[elfin coral]

I almost thought that said she was the dean of princeton

[dusky pumice]

no i would have shat myself

just a normal college

[inland brook]

any of yg apply to pomona

[lost knoll]

no 😔

[inland brook]

😣

[gloomy shard]

yea

[inland brook]

ok slay

[gloomy shard]

no interview no likely I think it's over

[strange mortar]

guys!! can you guys look over my essays later on!!

[gloomy shard]

wait I think I declined interviews for all my apps 💀

[strange mortar]

💀

[dusky pumice]

oopsie

[gloomy shard]

intl student, I didn't know what they were :D

[inland brook]

pomona doesn’t offer interviews

unless u req them

[gloomy shard]

oh

phew

[inland brook]

ya

u will be fine

[strange mortar]

wait i just realized i signed up for 5 AP exams

oh im cooked i haven't started studying yet

[gloomy shard]

gl!

[dusky pumice]

for any of them?

[strange mortar]

YE LOL

well i mean technicalaly school covers them but

why am i double typing

techniclaly

technically

[hollow condor]

ya

[idle axle]

starting to study now would be insane

its literally march

😭

[limber flare]

is it possible to get into stanford without an interview as an intl?

[carmine pilot]

for stanford idt the interview matters that much honestly

[simple vigil]

Yes. I saw a post a while back of someone asking their official insta account. Interviews are given based on availability

[idle axle]

stanford interviews dont matter

[carmine pilot]

i have 10+ friends who got interviewed last cycle no one got in

despite how wonderful their interview went

[idle axle]

mine was fine but my dude was lowkey a nerd

[carmine pilot]

mine was weird

idk why it felt so technical

[idle axle]

my guy tried talking to me about the niners. dude did NOT know ball

[carmine pilot]

bro

mine was like: "Oh, you're a bio major? Explain to me how CRISPR works."

"How does PCR work?"

and more questions like that

lmao

[idle axle]

i woulda been cooked ngl if he grilled me on anything

my guy asked some questions like "what books would I bring to a desert island" tho 😭

[simple vigil]

Oh, you’re a bio major?

Name every organism.

[carmine pilot]

and my interviewer is not even a bio person, so his knowledge is kinda skewed to what he knew

[idle axle]

or what issue would i solve with a million dollars

[carmine pilot]

... it fs wasn't my best interview

[idle axle]

maybe you wowed him then

[carmine pilot]

Nah bro he was more like not believing what I said

smh

[idle axle]

my Dartmouth interviewer asked what our foreign policy should be for ukraine, and who i think is gonna win the election

[carmine pilot]

wth

[idle axle]

it caught me off guard but it was fine

[carmine pilot]

isn't it crazy that we get to see our results in 2 weeks

idk but for me at least this is life changing shit if i get in

[idle axle]

love stanford but idk if id go just because of how close it is to me

its closer than my high school

[carmine pilot]

broo

[idle axle]

i keep getting suprised by schools decision dates

literally notre dame and uva are both tomorrow and i had no idea

thought all my shit was april 1st

[carmine pilot]

i believe for the longest time stanford is april

[idle axle]

might as well be we getting it like 3 days before then

[hollow condor]

what'd u say

[idle axle]

bro tryna cook me

[gloomy shard]

yes

[steep swift]

maybe march 29th with all the ivies

28*

[gloomy garden]

!ivyday

[meager eagle]

Ivy Day Decision Date

Ivy Day decisions come out <t:1711666800:F> in your local time
13 days, 10 hours and 47 minutes until the decision date

ApplyingToCollege

[deft moss]

!stanford

[tacit halo]

how much i wish to cluch

[old pike]

!stanford

[dim badge]

yes i think there was one accepted to this rea cycle

[deft sleet]

No portal astrology

[primal harness]

does this come out w the ivies

[simple vigil]

No

usually comes out a day or two after

[quasi relic]

any stanford rea admits here (international admits i mean)

[dawn oak]

any predictions for this year??

[loud wren]

3/29 is the consensus

but only time will tell!

[digital spoke]

@slate cloud

[slate cloud]

I'm not international admit lol

There's a guy I just knew in the Class of 2028 Discord server

I think he's in A2C too

[digital spoke]

oh wait what

[slate cloud]

Yeah I'm Vietnamese but like I came to the US in 2019 so I'm domestic student cause I have a green card

Did you get your CMU yet?

I didn't get mine 🤔

I got rejected from UChicago tho

embarrassing~

[digital spoke]

OH YEAH

I forgot u told me about that

[digital spoke]

not yet

[elfin coral]

Bro koi I got accepted to cmu

You're right

Just believe

🙏

[shut charm]

was it ur dream school?

[elfin coral]

Stanford

[shut charm]

i c, congrats tho!

[slate cloud]

Oh what same

[slate cloud]

Damnnnnnn wtf???

LET'SSSS GOOOOO

Congrats man, CMU is a stepping stone for Stanford lmao

[digital spoke]

LES GO

[elfin coral]

Thanks bro

s

[slate cloud]

What major?

[elfin coral]

Electrical and computer engineering

[jade narwhal]

Hmm, should I major in ECE or CS?

[elfin coral]

I don't trust the outlook of cs rn

I'd choose ece rn

Robotics is about to boom

In next few years

[jade narwhal]

That’s what I’m thinking

[elfin coral]

And computer chips to actually run AI

[slate cloud]

Yeah true those Tesla Robots are crazy and robotics + AI is gonna be a real deal

If you're making an AI robot that gonna take over the world plz remember me 🙏

[celest axle]

Skynet moment

[limber dove]

Anyone get likely letters?

[alpine drum]

Any chances if 2-3 kids already got in rea from my school

[limber dove]

This is the one. Made for this

[spring veldt]

Yes

[hard mirage]

how it feels knowing no-one from my school has ever been accepted

[real herald]

^

[low quiver]

guys what are some good certifications or competitions to do for proof of cs ability to unis

[verbal fulcrum]

usaco

[low quiver]

cause i got hella self-taught knowlege and not a good way to prove it

[low quiver]

bet

[solar widget]

usamo too its good i heard

[shut charm]

thats math not CS

[digital spoke]

yeah usaco prob good for that

[jolly leaf]

just out of curiosity were u in plat?

[digital spoke]

silver lol

[jolly leaf]

Bruh

what am I doing wrongggg

My essays were probably just dookie

[digital spoke]

well, it wasn't my main activity tho

[jolly leaf]

that’s fair, USACO was my 4th down

Stanford is awesome tho

these next few RDs are gonna be so clutch

[elfin coral]

Fr

[solar widget]

usamo still good for stem majors no?

[shut charm]

Yeah but the person asked abt demonstrating CS knowledge

And CS knowledge won’t just let u do well on that

[solar widget]

no they asked ab what awards would best show proof that theyre capable of majoring in cs to unis

ive just seen lots of eecs people do both usamo and usaco

[digital spoke]

same haha

[elfin coral]

research papers, competitions, passing a college ML class. the usual

[solar widget]

oh didnt see ty

[harsh sky]

Anyone know if stanford does sibling legacy?

[slate cloud]

I'm not really sure, but from what I've heard, yeah, to some extent, but prob not to a huge amount

[cloud star]

That’s embarrassing

Do we know release day?

[carmine pilot]

Idts

[white mortar]

Predicted 29

[carmine pilot]

Even if u have sibling idt it’s that guaranteed

I know some ppl with siblings and still got rejected

[cloud star]

ty

[quasi relic]

oh i see

so are there any international stanford admits here?

[elfin coral]

My parents would make me go to Harvard if I got into both Harvard and stanford😭

Cuz I'm on the east Coast

[shut charm]

suffering from success

[elfin coral]

And stanny too far away

[elfin coral]

Lol

[shut charm]

i genuinely think u will bag harvard bro

[pliant trellis]

ikik its in two weeks but plz

let me

in

im literally hanging by a thread rn

i got rejected from chicago and northeastern

and waitlisted at pomona

im actually hanging by a thread plz stanford just let e in

[elfin coral]

Ty ty

[gloomy garden]

Harvard deferred me even tho I had a LOR from a Nobel laureate that taught there

[strong stag]

okay bestie pop off!

[elfin coral]

Rip, you're in rd

[gloomy garden]

nah I’m too petty

even if they accept me imma reject them

[turbid wing]

!stanford

[white mortar]

29th predict

[turbid wing]

29th?>!?!?!

i thought april 1st holy

[white mortar]

we do not know

[hoary sluice]

anecdotally like

yes

everyone ik whose older sibs went got in

lmao

i dont think theres an established protocol for it necessarily but

if your sib went to the same school as u/was in a graduating year that's recent, maybe u have the same regional ao? i feel like that could subconsciously help tbh

[vale plinth]

Wassupppppp

[quasi relic]

For an international, how would you rank these school's CS programs based on difficulty of getting in (most to least, I know some schools don't admit by major but let's say you put CS on your app as intended major), MIT, Princeton, Stanford (full pay), CMU, Berkeley

[elfin coral]

Probably harder for Berkely since it's state school. Then Stanford and Princeton, then MIT, then cmu

My guess

No facts behind that

[dim badge]

prob similar profile

[primal harness]

someone from our school has sibling and parent legacy 🤠

[dim badge]

ehh berkeley accepts hella intls

[elfin coral]

Oh

Interesting

[dim badge]

id say they're all gonna be pretty hard and similar acceptance rates tbh

[vale plinth]

Stanford pre med any good?

[dim badge]

yes

easily the best of the best

[vale plinth]

Yea

[dim badge]

any hypsm premed is insane

[vale plinth]

It is tho

[dim badge]

maybe except princeton or mit cuz of grade deflation

[vale plinth]

Does it have like uh

Early assurance program

[dim badge]

no

cornell and northwestern do tho

brown has bsmd

[vale plinth]

Cornell has eap???

Send link bruh

Nah it don't got any

It's just flexmed I think

[turbid wing]

Princeton is “harder to get in” than cmu and berkeley but Princeton cs is probably worse than both

MIT and Stanford the hardest to get in though

[spring veldt]

how r u gonna rank them against each other

[vale plinth]

Stanford cs is broken a little

[quasi relic]

i know that stanford is need aware

and if one is going full pay

stanford cs should be easier than mit right

maybe stanford cs full pay should be on the level of cmu berkeley or princeton on difficutly of getting in

[turbid wing]

I think

MIT is undoubtedly the hardest (for boy)

Then it’s Stanford Princeton cmu

Berkeley easiest

[vale plinth]

Ngl

Nvm

Was gonna say some stupid stuff

[dim badge]

oh damn i thought it did mb

[vale plinth]

np chief

[dim badge]

mit > stanford ~ princeton > cmu > berkeley

[dim badge]

i would choose princeton over cmu and berkeley any day

prestige to brr

[vale plinth]

Stanford comes out during good friday

[carmine pilot]

is it official tho

[cloud star]

They usually do it after Ivy day

[elfin coral]

It will be a good Friday indeed

[limber dove]

YESSIR

[vale plinth]

Yessir

[limber dove]

iit better

[vale plinth]

It WILL

[hoary sluice]

💀

[dim badge]

me when i see caishen: 💀 🤣 🫵

[hoary sluice]

look whos here

[dim badge]

wyd

[tacit halo]

how much does Stanford value olympiads?

[idle axle]

I’d think every college values it highly

[tacit halo]

yeah, but schools like MIT value it a little too much

so, i was wondering if Stanford is in the same place or not

[dim badge]

paraphrasing this from biggreen10: a lot of top colleges are looking for impact which isn't necessarily shown in olympiads

still probably looks good but im assuming you'd need more than olympiads

im not an admissions officer though so take that with a grain of salt

[hoary sluice]

rotting on discord

[dim badge]

good

[hoary sluice]

i think stanford def cares about community impact

like im ngl

i feel like they value things that 'look good'

[hoary sluice]

whereas this is more of an objective measure of excellence ig (doesnt rly sound impressive unless you actually know about usamo/usa(x)o and all that)

[hoary sluice]

i mean i saw someone post about like

starting an art collective for low income bipoc

stuff like that i feel like

aligns with what stanford is looking for in students

but obviously there's no singular path

also i got deferred so whatever i say should be taken w a gigantic grain of salt but 💀 i also had like no community impact except tutoring

[small iris]

Yo what

[small iris]

Less than MIT

[stone mural]

At what time does stanford normally come out??

[gloomy garden]

he is currently a Stanford professor

my other LOR was from another Stanford prof

the other from the dutch minister of education who was previously director of the institute for advanced study in Princeton

[shut charm]

BRO WHAT ARE YOU

HUH

how are you getting those LORs

[gloomy garden]

met him after I graduated valedictorian despite battling stage 3 cancer in my junior and senior year

so he had no issue writing one

[shut charm]

dang bro hope everything is ok

[gloomy garden]

im good now thx

[gloomy garden]

i usually get invited to private seminars given by those people

[shut charm]

wow

what do u do research in

[gloomy garden]

mathematics, a professor at the university of Amsterdam took me under his wing when I was 16 or so

after cancer I got more interested in mathematical biology

[shut charm]

cool

[shut charm]

thats a bunch of diff eq’s right

or what other kind of math do u use

[gloomy garden]

pretty much, mostly working on cancer modelling rn

[shut charm]

nice

[digital spoke]

wowww, that's so cool

[quasi relic]

why is the T5-T10 us admissions process so rng

literally feels like opening lootboxes in a game

[sterile hamlet]

yes, you need buy all t10 lootboxes

[fossil grove]

Frr

[elfin coral]

Lucked out😭🙏

[white mortar]

donating a building = microtransactions

[lone sparrow]

Realistically how many people apply for Aerospace and Astronautics

and how many get in

[gloomy garden]

idk but it’s like the second best program in the country so pretty selective I guess

[quasi relic]

nah you have a goated profile lol

[quasi relic]

fr the worst part with t10 being like lootboxes is that you only have so many lootboxes you can open

and that number is very little

[elfin coral]

Yeah

[quasi relic]

its like trynan get a legendary item in 5 lootboxes

impossible

[elfin coral]

Someone can get rejected from all t10 but then get Princeton.

Maybe I should have applied to Princeton

I'll never know

[quasi relic]

princeton is t10 tho?

[elfin coral]

I mean

Like

Yk what I meant lol

[elfin coral]

Almost all

[quasi relic]

yeah ik what you mean lol

i have 4 lootboxes remaining for CS (i applied to like 5 unis, MIT lootbox failed)

princeton 🙏 stanford 🙏 berkeley 🙏 cmu 🙏

[elfin coral]

I have other t10s but the only ones to make me reconsider CMU are Stanford and Harvard.🙏

2 lootboxes

[quasi relic]

damn

i mean cmu is a w tho

for me id pick berkeley cs over cmu cs maybe

[elfin coral]

Understandable

But I live in east coast

Mightaswell just go to cmu

[quasi relic]

true

i mean i am intl

[elfin coral]

Ahh cool

[quasi relic]

so east and west coast all the same to me distance wise

[elfin coral]

That MIT lootbox was tragic

[quasi relic]

like thats why i applied to so few in the US, the college has to be worth making me switch from Imperial College London CS

[quasi relic]

fr like totally decimated me

[fossil grove]

Are you CS

[fossil grove]

Wait legit same scenario lmaoo

[elfin coral]

ECE+math

[limber dove]

is cs at harvard good?

i never really consider it like a good stem school

idk why

[pine rain]

Harvard physics and math moment

[limber dove]

well like cs and engineering

there we go

[pine rain]

Thats not the only thing stem 💀

But its cs is good

Its just not like mit good

But u can xreg at mit

So it doesnt matter

[limber dove]

yeah mb

[pine rain]

Same with engineering

[limber dove]

?

what that

[elfin coral]

Oh shiii

[fossil grove]

Yeah exactly

Op

And then more chill than MIT

[elfin coral]

Yeah Harvard pls

🙏😭

[fossil grove]

🙏

[elfin coral]

I'm greatful for CMU tho but still pls

[fossil grove]

Samee

[elfin coral]

Aid+proximity(closer to home than Stanford)+education

[worthy tendon]

when does reg decision release

[solar widget]

estimated 29th

[digital spoke]

omg lol

yea fr

[dusky pumice]

tryna pull a legendary

[white mortar]

e

[hard mirage]

e

[simple vigil]

e

[limber dove]

e

[azure whale]

i told stanford im emo

hopefully thats gets me admitted

[simple vigil]

you broke the e chain

[azure whale]

LOL

oh..

[limber dove]

noooo the e

[dim badge]

💀

harvard is literally t3 in every stem field except cs and eng

cs was only a thing in the last couple of decades

[limber dove]

yeah i ment cs and eng

lmao

mb

[dim badge]

still I can't imagine cs and eng being outside t10

like even though uiuc is ranked higher in cs you'd be a fool to choose uiuc over harvard

🤷‍♂️

[limber dove]

well good thing i applied

🙂

[elfin coral]

Rankings are weird

[random jacinth]

Yeah I think a lot of people also go for the name of the uni but researching about a unis programs and clubs and opportunities is what decides it for most

[elfin kraken]

i got a 100 on my chem test

does this mean im admitted?

[solar widget]

yeah just called them and they said ur in

[digital spoke]

yes 🤩

congrats!

[elfin kraken]

omg thanks!

ill post on the commits instagram now :)

[nimble sable]

what is this

[stone mural]

Dont forget to also post the front and back of ur bank card!! I heard it’s a special tradition for admitted stanford students 🤩🤩

[elfin kraken]

instagram page where people find roomates and stuff

[elfin kraken]

omg i cant wait!!! maybe they will deposit a scholarship :D

[nimble sable]

do u have the @

[slate cloud]

No you're getting yield protected

[nova horizon]

!stanford

[stone mural]

YESSS POOKIE!!

But if u suddenly notice -$400,000, just so u know, Stanford does everything in reverse and that - means + which means $400k has just been deposited into ur account 🥰🥰

[elfin kraken]

@stanford.classof2028 although its not very active yet

[elfin kraken]

😞

[elfin kraken]

omg thank you i was panicking!!

that means i got a scholarship of equal value to my life saving!?

omg!!!

[nimble sable]

they charge ppl $5 to post? 💀

[solar widget]

WHAT

im not paying $5 for that shit

[tacit halo]

whaaaat? that's crazy lmao.

[nimble sable]

ikr lmao

[tacit halo]

$1 would have been enough to prevent bots and spams

[nimble sable]

everyone else is free to post

[tacit halo]

if that was the purpose

of adding price

[nimble sable]

yeah...

but $5 is crazy

maybe thats why theres barely any posts

[tacit halo]

yea. or just ask for acceptance letter in DM. if they want to verify.

[harsh sentinel]

bro its literally a stupid instagram page im not paying even a cent for that shit

[nimble sable]

real

[harsh sentinel]

ill make friends once i go to college tyvm 🙏

[solar widget]

the insta pages r so useless imo

[harsh sentinel]

yeah plus its more useless if you're not even committed

[nimble sable]

schools' student councils make their own decisions page, better to post on there tbh

[tacit halo]

maybe i should open another page for Stanford CO2028, and charge $3. COMPETITION

[harsh sentinel]

i saw someone on the usc page say "im not committed to FSU but its one of my top choices!!"

[solar widget]

the people u meet will talk to u for a couple days and then everyone finds their actual friend groups

no way

[harsh sentinel]

my friend made a decent number of friends by posting (for free) on the umich page

[tacit halo]

bro, i'm not even worried about finding people, i just want to get in

[solar widget]

oh really?

[harsh sentinel]

also i commented on that post and an a2c-er found me through that lmao

but i dont think you need it to make friends or anything

[solar widget]

i found an a2cer on tiktok LMFAO it was so weird

small world

[elfin kraken]

wait prolly the wrong one

ome of them does

one doesnt

maybe its another pahe

sorry

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this one has a fee too

it’s just a dollar but still

[stone mural]

I might be a hater cuz i cringe every time i see anyone post in there 💀

[solar widget]

why is this necessary 😭😭 jusf ask for an aacceptance lwtter

[nimble sable]

nah this me fr

[tacit halo]

are you already admitted?

[solar widget]

yes i got in rea but not committed

[nimble sable]

cracked

[tacit halo]

damn

[nimble sable]

i applied rea to the wrong school

[tacit halo]

waiting for?

[solar widget]

i only like the high school decisions pages bc i run one 🔥

[tacit halo]

i assume stanford probably was your top choice

[solar widget]

ivies and the rest of my RDs

[nimble sable]

no this is based, the hs decisions pages are what ppl should post on tbh...

[solar widget]

yes its my dream school next to columbia

[tacit halo]

so, you'd commit columbia over stanford?

[solar widget]

but stanford lowkey slaughters columbia so i cant compare the 2

[stone mural]

I’ll only allow it if it’s ur school posting it but if u are posting urself then…

[nimble sable]

can u afford it?

[solar widget]

no 😭 absolute not, the only reason im not 100% committed is financial aid and also my family

[tacit halo]

that's sad. but since you already got stanford, you might get better deals

[solar widget]

i have most of it covered but i have to negotiate and wait for fafsa

[tacit halo]

at other schools

[nimble sable]

like if i get berk or stan, im gonna contemplate going cuz its 80k a year... my flagship state school is T10 and 25k a year

[solar widget]

yeah thats why i am waiting for ivy day

[solar widget]

maybe go to ur stae school

what is ur major

[nimble sable]

cs/ece

[tacit halo]

you're domestic? i

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wdym domestic

[nimble sable]

im happy going to my state school

but i dont wanna regret my choice yk

[solar widget]

if ur state school is a t10 then i dont see a difference

[tacit halo]

like, domestic student? inside the US

[nimble sable]

but its stanford vs my state school 😭

[solar widget]

but also a past stanford student did tell me that if i ever turned down stanford id be insane

sooo...................

can u get outside scholarships

[nimble sable]

yeah its worth going to stanford if the fees aren't too crazy

[nimble sable]

no, im upper middle class lol

[solar widget]

im in nyc

[tacit halo]

it would be insane. i mean some debt might be worth it. idk, i'm not in a position to recommend it.

[tacit halo]

oohh. then columbia makes sense

[nimble sable]

middle class is at a disadvantage for everything imo

[solar widget]

i think my deciding factor is financial aid

[nimble sable]

same with me

[solar widget]

i dont see the point of going in debt for a t20

[nimble sable]

like my fam's not broke but not rich either so paying for college is tuff cuz we get no aid

[tacit halo]

you could easily repay it, but depends on your major as well

[solar widget]

if i got in now i can get in for my masters and i know id excel anyway wherever i go

[tacit halo]

but how much loan

[solar widget]

i am a psych major so im legit gonna be BROKE

[nimble sable]

ohhh

[tacit halo]

well, then idk how they make money. so, maybe research

[solar widget]

yeah thats unfortunately the problem with fin aid and the middle class

i really wish it were different

[nimble sable]

im a cs/ece major so going to stan or berk would be in my better interest

[tacit halo]

yeah, but wouldn't a better undergrad institute give boost to your master application? i'm not sure about this

[solar widget]

i plan to go for my masters and then open a private practice 🔥 theres lots of money there if u know how to run one

[nimble sable]

yes, also the things you've done at college like research, internships

going to stan or berk would present u way more opportunities

[solar widget]

i mean yeah but is it really worth going into debt for my undergrad when i want to go to grad school straight after

[tacit halo]

i'm planning to attend a HBCU, idk how it will turn out, but I have almost full ride there

[solar widget]

oidk maybe i need to research

[tacit halo]

so, i'm a little worried about grad placement

[nimble sable]

ohhh

full rides are great if they support u well

[solar widget]

i get the opportunities are better but if im gonna be 100k+in debt idk

[nimble sable]

do some research into what grad schools students from ur HBCU go to

[tacit halo]

yeah. opportunities is the real factor.

[solar widget]

stanfords aid is generous tho my package will get readjusted

[tacit halo]

haven't found one. it is quite unknown.

[nimble sable]

yeah its a tough choice

[solar widget]

thats really good whats ur major?

[nimble sable]

can u afford a T20?

like where else did u get into so far

[tacit halo]

CS and Econ. the thing is, I'll do Econ only if i get in a good uni, otherwise only CS

[nimble sable]

hmmm certain schools have a cs+econ degree plan

[tacit halo]

no. i basically need a full ride. or near it. so, I'm already rejected by most. mainly due to financial reasons

[nimble sable]

what about scholarships

like fafsa

[tacit halo]

yeah, but econ degree is only valued if from a prestigious uni i think

[tacit halo]

i'm international student. too competitive.

[solar widget]

yeah i think for cs and econ ur undergrad does matter

[nimble sable]

OHHH ur international mb

how are the opportunities at ur HBCU?

[tacit halo]

CS is fine. it is more about skills. good skill will give you a slight edge but won't matter ina long term. Econ does matter

[tacit halo]

for CS, I've found most people interning at Google, Apple, Microsoft.

[solar widget]

oh wow

[tacit halo]

but under HBCU programs

[solar widget]

college is so difficult man

esp for intls

[nimble sable]

thats very good

[tacit halo]

yeah. that's why I'm considering it. but let's hope I get into a better school

[nimble sable]

u just gotta fight harder then if u go to the HBCU

[nimble sable]

yup

best of luck

[tacit halo]

yeah. will be competitive there as well.

just a difficult road

[solar widget]

i think itll work out for you

[harsh sentinel]

i mean easy to edit

[tacit halo]

hopefully. i prepared my application really well

[solar widget]

what are ur top choices>

[nimble sable]

like for me atm, its either shooting for the stars or ending up at the moon

[solar widget]

yeah fair 😭 i had a girl fake getting into uchicago at my school

[harsh sentinel]

💀

[tacit halo]

Dartmouth, deferred ED. waiting for RD

[nimble sable]

either stan, berk, prince, or penn, or UT honors

[solar widget]

i love dartmiuth

its so nice there

my peer rec was fire too

[tacit halo]

beside darty, Williams and Amherst are there. tbh, Stanford is the dream of every CS student, but too hard to get in.

[solar widget]

thats like all across the country wow

did u get into berk?

[nimble sable]

no lol

still waiting

[solar widget]

i believe in you!! just trust the process

[nimble sable]

waiting for stan, berk, prince, or penn, and i already got UT honors

[solar widget]

praying for u guys

[nimble sable]

🙏 ty

[solar widget]

if everything goes well next week i will see u on admit weekend 🔥

[nimble sable]

RD treating me rough so far

[tacit halo]

thanks! yes. it is all a part of process. afterall colleges can only offer a limited seats.

[solar widget]

whatre ur results so far

[tacit halo]

how many Ls?

[solar widget]

my rd has been pretty weird ive been getting rejected from targets lmfao

[harsh sentinel]

yield protecc

[tacit halo]

I had 3 safeties, all W. 1 Waitlist, and 6 L💀

[nimble sable]

6A : UT ece honors, uiuc cs+physics, GT, uc davis, rose, tamu
1 D: umich (didnt submit loci)
3R: ucla, ucsd, caltech

[solar widget]

theyre all in-state schools and my sem 1 grades were trash so idk

[tacit halo]

Damn, UCLA is so good

[solar widget]

ut honors is amazing tho

[nimble sable]

i got rejected tho 😭

[solar widget]

and uiuc is goated for cs

[nimble sable]

yeaaaaa im mostly happy about my decisions

i was debating UT vs UIUC for a long time, ive settled with UT

[harsh sentinel]

bro but thats so goated

[nimble sable]

cuz its in-state

and 25k a year after i got the merit scholly

[harsh sentinel]

uiuc ut honors gt all great schools for eng

[harsh sentinel]

yeah plus honors

[nimble sable]

yup powerhouses lol

[solar widget]

thats amazing ngl

i dont know how people can do cs

[nimble sable]

theres not much of a diff between ece and ece honors tho at UT

[solar widget]

its so torturous i admire u guys

[nimble sable]

psych majors earn my respect as well lol, i cant remember all that stuff for the life of me

[solar widget]

thank u lmao i originally wanted to go into cs or swe

but i gave up at the beginning of junior year and just built my application around psych

[harsh sentinel]

what are you doing

PSYCH MY LOVE

[solar widget]

yes i love psych sooo much

i cannot wait to go for my masters

[nimble sable]

arent u also a psych major

[harsh sentinel]

glglgl

[harsh sentinel]

nope

journalism

[nimble sable]

ohhh gotcha

DAMN RESPECT

[solar widget]

journalism is amazing wow

[tacit halo]

i think all majors should come naturally from within. like passion or interest. i can't do a major i'm not interested at any cost.

[solar widget]

how is the job market tho

[harsh sentinel]

idk im going to law school after

[nimble sable]

bro is set

[harsh sentinel]

i need money im sorry

[solar widget]

yeah thats why i gave up on cs. i just realized it wasn't for me

LMAOAOAO true

[harsh sentinel]

i will still (hopefully) write on the side though

[solar widget]

im thiniking about law too

[nimble sable]

are u getting financial aid

[solar widget]

college is all about discovery anyway so lets see what'll happen

[tacit halo]

what do PSYCH major do? like, therapy and stuffs?

[solar widget]

i think psych majors can go into basically anything

[tacit halo]

yup. most of my colleges are LACs, better place to explore.

[solar widget]

like HR management, social work, counseling/therapy

but for the latter u will need masters and stuff

[harsh sentinel]

yeah

[solar widget]

thats y people dont make much right out of under grad

[tacit halo]

hmm. that's interesting. I think you guys can be pretty heavily involved in crime investigation and stuffs as well

[harsh sentinel]

same with communications (which is my backup for schools that dont offer journalism)

[solar widget]

yeah! most psych majors go into law too

[nimble sable]

nice nice

ur set lol

[solar widget]

my dartmouth interviewer was telling me ab it

[nimble sable]

why do ppl do psych over pre-law

is it cuz of the cost

[solar widget]

no idea ngl

maybe i shouldve asked that..

im so bad at interviews

[nimble sable]

lmaoo dw bout it

[solar widget]

when they ask "tell me ab urself" i genuinely have no idea what to say

[nimble sable]

my mind goes blank during interviews

[tacit halo]

my dartmouth interview was so weird lmao. had his daughter disturbing us most of the time

[nimble sable]

but i did my stanny and princeton interviews well

my penn interview was iffy

[tacit halo]

i didn't even get stanny interview

they don't interview in my region

[solar widget]

LMAOAO

[tacit halo]

so, it is direct decision, which is pretty scary

[solar widget]

my stanny interview was rly rly nice

hated my princeton one bc she was so boring and bland

[solar widget]

wait wdym

[nimble sable]

ahhh yeah its pretty random

my stan and prince interviewers were so nice

[solar widget]

which one did u connect with the most

[nimble sable]

my prince interviewer

[solar widget]

maybe its a sign..

[nimble sable]

hes rly smart

like incredibly smart

he said prince would be lucky to have me

[solar widget]

aw omfg

[nimble sable]

ive never so complimented in my life

i was about to cry during the interview 😭

[solar widget]

gthats so sweet

for my stanny one she said i'd fit right in

[nimble sable]

i knowwwww 😭

ayyy nice

[solar widget]

adn when she asked why stanford she said i described it perfewctly

when i tell u i melted

[nimble sable]

no fr ik exactly how u feel

[harsh sentinel]

Pre law isn't a major

You don't need a major to go to law school

[nimble sable]

oh its not??

[harsh sentinel]

Nope

[nimble sable]

wait so what is pre-law

[solar widget]

its so sweet man i lvoe connecting w people, but it kinda gives me false hopes ab if im a good fit w the school

i think its a track

[harsh sentinel]

Yeah

But you don't need it for law school

[nimble sable]

yeahhh ik right cuz even if the interviewers say we're awesome, it barely means anything for the admissions process

[nimble sable]

ahh okay

[solar widget]

right like penn's interview barely counts 💔

[harsh sentinel]

Like if you're on that track you'll probably have access to lsat prep, law internships and stuff

Same like w pre med

[nimble sable]

ahh gotcha

ohh thats cool

ik many ppl who dont do premed and just do the 7 year program

[solar widget]

ueyah

i watched a yt vid

this girl got into harvard and barnard

but didnt go

[nimble sable]

holy

[solar widget]

she chose a med program that sent her straight to med school w/o mcat

[nimble sable]

sheesh

cracked

[tacit halo]

you apply and you hear from the university directy on decision date.

[solar widget]

ah i see

i dont rly like the us application system

but compared to europe and other countries

its not that bad

[nimble sable]

dont get me started with the asian system 💀

one test determines everyone's future

[tacit halo]

it makes me feel good

about that system

this US application is so random

[nimble sable]

i suck at test taking lol

i prefer the us system tbh

even if theres so much

[tacit halo]

did you do SAT?

[nimble sable]

cuz it provides more ways for me to learn about myself

yeah

[tacit halo]

i spent months making every part of my app good, and just seeing rejection is kinda brutal

[nimble sable]

yeahhh its a tough feeling

[solar widget]

omfg the anxiety must be crazy

[nimble sable]

i suffer from anxiety lmao

[solar widget]

where im from u have to take an entrance exam to hs

[nimble sable]

no wayyyy

[solar widget]

and theres like top 5 hs and stuff

[nimble sable]

crazy

[solar widget]

u take it in 6th grade too

LMAOAOOA

[tacit halo]

it is pretty common in asia

i gave entrance test for my HS

[solar widget]

i had no idea

[tacit halo]

got in, went because it was a feeder.

[solar widget]

yarh i think the highest score was like 528 and i scored 505

[nimble sable]

the JEE in india is crazy

[tacit halo]

and now this year, literally no one has got good placement in our class

[solar widget]

my hs was ranked like 4 and it was so underfunded 😭 imagine the lower ones

whats the jee

[nimble sable]

the engineering exam

[solar widget]

also what is neet bc ive been hearing ab that too

[nimble sable]

its the premed version

its the same thing as the exam u took

[tacit halo]

people go crazy for that

isn't that the one that gets you in IIT?

[nimble sable]

theres a ranking for the colleges, and ur score determines where u place/get into the college

like if u get a rly high score, u get the higher tier college

[nimble sable]

yup

the spots fill up fast tho cuz everyone competitive af

[tacit halo]

the highest score is like 99/100? i heard so

[solar widget]

wow that’s actually horrible

[nimble sable]

so literally one point can make someone go down a ranking

[tacit halo]

extremely competitive

[nimble sable]

ppl kill themselves over the score they get

india is crazy

[solar widget]

oh my foddd

[harsh sentinel]

It's based on percentile not score

[solar widget]

that’s insane man

[harsh sentinel]

Highest score gets 100 percentile

[harsh sentinel]

yeah it's not a great system

[tacit halo]

there is a whole tv series based on students going through this.

[nimble sable]

im thankful that my parents moved to the US 💀

[tacit halo]

ohh. didn't know that

[harsh sentinel]

Kota factory lol

[nimble sable]

KOTA FACTORY

[harsh sentinel]

im in India but not stem fortunately

[nimble sable]

ahh nice

still tho, ur intl and u have 18A

cracked

[harsh sentinel]

us citizen

[nimble sable]

super 30 was a good movie

[tacit halo]

i watched it with subtitles. 1st season was p good. my friends recommended it.

[nimble sable]

thats the IIT one

[tacit halo]

hmm. heard about that one as well. hritik roshan?

[nimble sable]

YUP

[solar widget]

that’s so terrifying tho

how do theh prep for the exams i’d imagine theres expensive ass tutor ing

[nimble sable]

oh yeah

the tutoring business is crazy in india

[solar widget]

oh wow

[nimble sable]

kids start preparing for the JEE and NEET when they're like 8

theres also a lot of bribery for college entrances

illegal, but its there

[solar widget]

i’m indian but lived in south america so i didnt know it was that horrid

[tacit halo]

damn.

dark

[solar widget]

yeah…

[tacit halo]

people are literally born to be a test giver

if they're preparing for tests at 8

[solar widget]

ngl thags how some a2cers think

but definitely not as severe

[nimble sable]

the huge difference between the US and asian systems are the value of the exams

so many internationals prep hard for the JEE and NEET but the skill of testtaking doesn't mean much for US admissions unless you're EXTREMELY cracked

cuz here, there's other factors like ECs, essays, rec's, etc.

[tacit halo]

are all asian countries as sever as NEET? or JEE?

my country also does entrance based admission

but not this severe

[nimble sable]

i wouldnt say all of them

but south korea and china are worse (more severe)

the gaokao for china, and the suneung for south korea

[tacit halo]

i heard they stop flights because the sound disturbs students during exam

in south korea

[nimble sable]

YEAH LOL

i think last exam, one of the proctors caused students to waste 30 seconds of their time or smth, and the students sued

cuz those 30 seconds have a HUGE impact mentally

plus students want all the points they can get

[drifting nacelle]

For Stanford if I got a gpa lower than 3.9

Is it basically cooked?

[nimble sable]

no, as long as ur other parts can make up for it

[harsh sentinel]

People start prepping from 6th grade lol

[tacit halo]

no.

[drifting nacelle]

What’s like the bare minimum

[tacit halo]

that's sad ngl

[drifting nacelle]

That Stanford will even consider

Your app

[tacit halo]

there is no BARE minimum

get the highest you can

[nimble sable]

but 3.6 is a reasonable minimum

[drifting nacelle]

I got like a 3.8

[nimble sable]

ur fine bruh

[tacit halo]

that's p good

[tacit halo]

SAT?

[nimble sable]

especially if ur course rigor was tough

[drifting nacelle]

1530

800 math and 730 English

[tacit halo]

damn. you're in a good position ig

[drifting nacelle]

Got rejected from ucsd and ucla and accepted to uci so far for ucs

[nimble sable]

same with me, but uc davis for acceptance

[real herald]

i applied to only 1 cali school (stanford)

[drifting nacelle]

Is applied math more competitive than pure math

[nimble sable]

based

[drifting nacelle]

Just wondering

[real herald]

id rather stay instate than go to any UC

[real herald]

i dont think stanford admits by major

[nimble sable]

i wouldnt say so

[drifting nacelle]

For like ucs

[nimble sable]

u can look at the acceptance rates

but theyre prob very similar

[harsh sentinel]

poor usc

[real herald]

oh i forgot

i was gonna withdraw from usc lmao

[harsh sentinel]

kvd im 6/8 on cali schools <3

why😭

[real herald]

bc im not considering it

but i paid the fee

so no point tbh

[harsh sentinel]

yeah but you wrote the essays and paid anyway

yeah

i don't see the point of withdrawing if you didn't ed

[real herald]

ye

[harsh sentinel]

like sure maybe it might help someone else but it's not really a seat by seat basis and you never know what could happen so you need backups

[real herald]

exactly

if i was gonna withdraw tho

id prolly do

usc, cmu, emory, vandy, mich

but i wont

[harsh sentinel]

i wouldn't withdraw anything but I'd probably decline almost all of my offers except Berk and la

[harsh sentinel]

You would choose UT over all of them?

[real herald]

nah dont decline usc

[real herald]

or gtown yea fs

[harsh sentinel]

what's the point though

[carmine pilot]

If u think abt it

[harsh sentinel]

i can't afford 90k lol

[real herald]

yea but u can flex

[harsh sentinel]

Oh yeah i forgot

did you get fin aid

[carmine pilot]

Is it unethical if u dont withdraw

[harsh sentinel]

im already flexing

[real herald]

bro

still no

[harsh sentinel]

i got the acceptance package and shit

[real herald]

they keep asking for more info

about random shit

[harsh sentinel]

For ed yeah

[harsh sentinel]

😭

gl

[carmine pilot]

For non ED

[harsh sentinel]

have they pushed back enrollment date

[real herald]

no

[real herald]

idk

[harsh sentinel]

no reason to withdraw if non ed

[carmine pilot]

The argument is

[real herald]

youre not taking a spot tho

thats not how it works

[harsh sentinel]

^

[carmine pilot]

Aren’t we

[real herald]

no

[harsh sentinel]

they admit keeping yield in mind

they know that if they admit 50 people only 30 or so might commit

just because 15 of the 50 people decline doesn't mean they'll admit off of waitlist

only if like more than 30 people decline they'll go to waitlist

And colleges maintain fairly steady yield rates

[carmine pilot]

My friend was pressured into withdrawing by their peers

😞

I was trying to give a valid argument not to withdraw

[harsh sentinel]

rip

[spring veldt]

Likelihood of this not coming out on 3/29!

[elfin coral]

50/50 it either will or wont

[loud wren]

the same odds of me getting into stanford!!

[digital spoke]

💀

[nocturne compass]

Is RD actually 29th or is that a myth

[real herald]

speculated

could be 28th

[simple vigil]

I can’t take 8 rejections on one day please let it be the 29th 💀

[torn galleon]

8 goddamn

[limber dove]

Wait question.

Was there an option to submit an engineering portfolio?

ik there was one about arts and stuff

[turbid wing]

no

[turbid wing]

they're already finished

and yes they do

[limber dove]

ok ok thank you

[limber dove]

did anyone get it this year?

[turbid wing]

i remember seeing one somewhere in this chat

[lusty thicket]

stanfords r mainly reserved for athletes

[limber dove]

ahhh

so we not cooked yet

[lusty thicket]

lol nah

[limber dove]

awesome

[turbid wing]

what lmao

[nocturne compass]

It's so over

[final tapir]

I have participated in high school summer offered by Stanford, how likely it is for me to get admitted?

Also got lor from Stanford alumni, & I am an international student

[harsh sentinel]

i wanna find someone who did all 8 ivies, duke, nyu, berkeley, and georgetown

[gray rivet]

I think I know someone who applied to all of those schools except georgetown

[slate cloud]

Can I ask why lol?

I didn't apply NYU, Berkeley, Georgetown ;))