Stanford University (2023-2024)

[spring veldt]

OHHHH yes

[bright surge]

MIT certainly doesn't

The MIT admissions office is honestly kinda cryptic when it comes like personalized comments about your application

They don't even keep application comments on their file

[spring veldt]

Dude I’m so excited

I’m visiting Stanford in 2 weekends

[bright surge]

so while you can ask for your file, you don't get any information with it lmaoo

[bright surge]

can't wait for admitted student weekend for Stanny?

[spring veldt]

I can’t go 😦 I have Coca Cola weekend

[bright surge]

WHAT A DILEMMA TO HAVE LMAOOOOO

[spring veldt]

AND WE HAVE TO GO TO GET THE SCHOLARSHIP

this is such a perfect end to this application season

[bright surge]

LMFAO

Tbh I'm lucky since none of my campus visit events overlap

Williams is right after MIT, and Stanford is a week after those

[celest axle]

@spring veldt is it two back to backs to California

One to usc one to Stanny?

[spring veldt]

Staying home next weekend, and then the weekend after

[slate cloud]

Are you changing your mind? 👀 Stanford truly cares

[bright surge]

https://tenor.com/view/shh-kamala-harris-joe-biden-hush-silence-gif-18722290

[slate cloud]

Ohhhhhhh I see I see :))) So not 100% MIT huh. I swear after you see that personalized note from your AO your heart will melt I'm not lying I almost cried reading it

It's like all of your hard work is acknowledged and it's not in a produced by mass way it's DIRECTLY TO YOU 😭

[bright surge]

Real

[bright surge]

To be fair MIT AOs are also badass

POV: the many, many times that petey has managed to get on the #⭐-starboard

[idle willow]

p

[slate cloud]

True lmao both are great schools you'll thrive wherever you are (it's just that Stanford is not only comparable to MIT but also more fun 👀)

[bright surge]

oh my god I actually looked and petey has made it onto the starboard 12 times

This is hilarious

[celest axle]

@slate cloud more than just fun

[bright surge]

🥴

Imma just shut down this conversation topic :3

[slate cloud]

😭 Dw I got chu I knew you're interested

[spring veldt]

Understood Oats

[lusty thicket]

wait can someone share a little bit of what their AO said

^ obv if it’s not too personal

[spring veldt]

someone's interested

Texting my interviewer at the moment

I'm his first interviewee-admit...

[lusty thicket]

perhaps 🙃

[lusty thicket]

bruh I wish I had an interview for this school

[dim badge]

Wait

HS did you get in

[lusty thicket]

somehow

by magic

[slate cloud]

@bright surge @spring veldt You're gonna get one like this and you'll feel obligated to commit lmao (I know Kirk already committed)

[lusty thicket]

THIS IS SO SWEET

wait it’s by email too?

[bright surge]

❤️

[dim badge]

Oh damn

[slate cloud]

(for more context: I talked about being a billionaire 💀 and how I want to help as many people as I can in my Personal Statement. I talked about Pho in my roommate essay. My Chess EC stands out because I had a weird description. I talked about how my grandpa passed away because of COVID in my Community Disruption section. So yeah they remember everything and touched on everything)

[tacit sand]

wait do they actually write that for everyone or is it just REA applicaints

[slate cloud]

Yeah it's by email

Oh they actually have a PHYSICAL card too lmao

[tacit sand]

nah bro your app had hella personality imo

[lusty thicket]

AHHHH

[slate cloud]

Idk they might just write that to everyone (or not cause RD have lots of people but I do hope they'll give it to everyone)

[slate cloud]

Lol thanks yeah I tried 🥲 I wrote essays about my deepest thoughts and stuff so yeah it worked lol

[lusty thicket]

clearly it showed + paid off

do yk how long after decisions was the email sent?

[tacit sand]

like a month

but actually

[celest axle]

Hsxd your letter gonna be huge from all the stuff you did 😭

[spring veldt]

LOL FR

[tacit sand]

with that timeline it doesn't actually make sense cuz at that point that's just admit weekend

and you get to chat with your AO during admit weekend

and they'll probably just talk about you there lol

[spring veldt]

WHAT

NOOOO I CANT GO

[tacit sand]

i read on college confidential before that one of the AOs remembered everything about every person they admitted lmoa

[celest axle]

Zoom em from Atlanta

[tacit sand]

or like clsoe to everythng

[lusty thicket]

that’s actually crazy

[tacit sand]

idk they could've just read their notes before tho but idk

[lusty thicket]

I’ve said this before but it’s insane how AOs read ur app, decide ur a good fit, and fight for u to get admitted

[spring veldt]

theres 30 stanford coke admits

[slate cloud]

It was sent Jan 24, so a little but more than a month

[lusty thicket]

WHAT

[spring veldt]

did it also come in the admittance package?

[lusty thicket]

what’s the breakdown for where they’re matriculating

[spring veldt]

I'll lyk end of April

people will need time to commit

[tacit sand]

bruh i wish i actually applied for scholarships but i also remembered that stanford just reduces the amount of financial aid they give you

[lusty thicket]

yeah ofc ofc

[spring veldt]

Legit no clue how i got coca-cola

[lusty thicket]

Stanford has given me the most aid out of any school so far

[tacit sand]

there's like a california law that prohibits them from taking it but you have to be a california resident going to a california school

[spring veldt]

HSXD U HAVE TO COME

[lusty thicket]

kirk… I think everyone else knows how tho

[lusty thicket]

I MIGHT FALL IN LOVE ONCE I VISIT

[spring veldt]

The ivies don't...

[lusty thicket]

ok but imagine going from ivy day to ending the season w Stanford

[chrome wave]

is there a stanford discord yet?

[spring veldt]

True it's amazing I'm VERY happy

[bright surge]

Same

Took all Ls on Ivy Day and went out with a bang with Stanford

Stanford clutched up ong

[tacit sand]

yes

idk if i'm allowed to send invites here but here it is

[chrome wave]

dm?

[tacit sand]

yeah

[chrome wave]

ty

[tacit sand]

it got removed lmai

[chrome wave]

😭

[slate cloud]

Yeah it ended on a good note fs

You're going to Admit Weekend? See you there!

[celest axle]

Single handedly stopping food waste⁉️

[lusty thicket]

yes!! so excited bc I’ve never been to cali

[slate cloud]

Bro I told you Stanford wanted you 😭

[slate cloud]

Oh yeah same!

[prisma yew]

Accepted stanford woah

[spring veldt]

Lowkey yes...

@bright surge can U go on modmail rq and verify me

[bright surge]

Sure send that up 🫡

[spring veldt]

I did!

[prisma yew]

new york vs california is a crazy choice

but stanford is basically in the middle of nowhere

[slate cloud]

OH BRUH WHAT

Wait I think I know you

Oh yeah I know you lmao I just checked our messages

[prisma yew]

yeah i asked you for advice on stuff before haha

[slate cloud]

OMG GOOD JOB

[prisma yew]

thank you!!

[slate cloud]

This came full circle lmao

[prisma yew]

fr im so grateful

[spring veldt]

no?

[slate cloud]

Oh and sorry when you asked me to rate your essays I gave them a 3 though lmao I didn't know what I was doing 💀 But hey I think I rarely compliment people essays and I do to yours so idk lmao :v But hey anyway congrats into getting into Stanford! I'm so glad to be your classmate

[lusty thicket]

DID U ALR COMMIT

[bright surge]

He did!

[spring veldt]

YES

[lusty thicket]

😫 locked in

[bright surge]

$200 enrollment fee moment

[spring veldt]

For some reason i thought it was $800

[jade narwhal]

I am so jealous of you Kirk

[spring veldt]

You shouldn't be

[slate cloud]

Wait you're commiting to Stanford? Huh?

[bright surge]

Said the Princeton student

[jade narwhal]

But I am, I can’t help it :(

[bright surge]

No @spring veldt did

(I verified him)

[jade narwhal]

Bruh I’m so sad

[slate cloud]

Luckkkk 😭

[slate cloud]

Oh okay I didn't see the messages above

[jade narwhal]

It finally hit me today that I’m moving 3k miles away. Really wished I matched to Stanford :(

[lusty thicket]

Luck you will kill it at pton though

[jade narwhal]

Idk about that, grade deflation will probably kill me

😭

[prisma yew]

noo its ok honestly my essays were not like super good so i understand, i rlly want to read my admission file if i go to stanford and see what they saw in me

[tacit sand]

hey, a 5.5 hour flight is just like driving 7 hours across the state in california, so timewise it ain't that far in terms of travel

[jade narwhal]

3 hour time zone difference :(

[lusty thicket]

dw just stay away from gov and you’ll thrive

[jade narwhal]

😭😭😭

[tacit sand]

idk i read someone that they remove the comments now before the school year starts

hopefully not lol

[prisma yew]

whatttttttttt nooo

[slate cloud]

They def gave you that 1 dawg. I'll DM you '28 Discord server btw

[prisma yew]

okay tyy

[tacit sand]

yeah fair. we have like the opposite swap lol. i'm going from east coast to cali and you're going from cali to east coast

[jade narwhal]

Yea RIP

[stone mural]

Literally me rn, I cant even enjoy my acceptances cuz i feel so sad

I am moving countries too

[celest axle]

Yeah but at the same time it’s new opportunities!

A whole new state

[jade narwhal]

Bruh, I regretted not trying harder for Stanford 😭

[jade narwhal]

Yea but what if I fail 💀

[celest axle]

Doesn’t do anything to the work you did to get in

[grave wedge]

how many ppl get off waitlist for stanford

[jade narwhal]

True

[grave wedge]

also if ur a stanford waitlist is it easy to get into their grad school?

[celest axle]

Pretty low ngl

Stanford has high enrollment rates

[grave wedge]

but they waitlist very few

[lusty thicket]

I think 50-60?

[grave wedge]

idk i heard if you get on waitlist they prefer you for masters programs

[grave wedge]

thast high given barely any get on it

[lusty thicket]

true!

[bright surge]

Tbh mood

But I've already done a huge move

Immigration moment

So tbh moving across the country is just kinda same thing

Doesn't hit quite as hard

[jade narwhal]

When did u immigrate

[bright surge]

When I was 12

so approximately 5 years ago

[jade narwhal]

Ah, I immigrated when I was like 8

[slate cloud]

Ah, I immigrated when I was like 8 (grade)

[jade narwhal]

💀

[spring osprey]

Omg same

[rigid kayak]

stanford isn't too now i think

[bright surge]

They changed that???

Dang

They must've gotten tired of the application file reaction vids

lmfao

[rigid kayak]

i think they're trying to lock down admissions too

stop having ppl game their system

[bright surge]

Fair tbh

That's probably why MIT doesn't keep admissions comments either

[rigid kayak]

i think u just see the numbers now? i might be remembering wrong

idk if thats worse or better

i feel like i don't need the negative confidence boost of looking at numbers without comments

[spiral moon]

wait really? that's so cool

lol wait that's 2 hours ago, thanks mobile

personalized notes have a significantly large effect on swaying you than you might expect so

[low current]

aww really..

[bright surge]

They do!!!

[low current]

im excited to reaad mine

[bright surge]

Didn't Harvey Mudd send you one

👀

[spiral moon]

yeah

[low current]

ru leaning towards mit or stan

i am in a hard spot choosing rn 💀

[spiral moon]

it actually touched me 😭

[bright surge]

Leaning MIT tbh

[low current]

okay real real

[bright surge]

But both are amazing options especially for my academic interests

[spiral moon]

instate vs out-of-state

[bright surge]

They're both No. 1 schools for economics and No. 1 and No. 2 for Engineering

[wary basin]

Fellas, one important question. Is it possible to graduate from Stanford in 2 yrs ? Kindly tell me

[bright surge]

It's wild

[spiral moon]

uh why would you wanna do this

[bright surge]

But why

College is an incredibly transformative part of your life, especially at Stanford no less

[wary basin]

Cuz im taking a gap year

[bright surge]

I could see if you'd wanna do it because of money issues or smth

But eh...

Stanford is one of the most generous for finaid from like out of all the colleges out there

[spiral moon]

(referenced my common app essay)

[wary basin]

But Just clearing up my mind, is it possible to graduate in 2 yrs from Stanford ?

[bright surge]

OH MY GOD THAT'S ACTUALLY SO CUTE

❤️

[spiral moon]

the signature is handwritten too

like omg ❤️

[wary basin]

Kindly if someday can answer my query

someone *

[tacit sand]

I know 3 is definitely possible but idk about 2

I mean if you pick a major that doesn’t require many credits and go ham then maybe

But like idk why you would spend 2 years just being miserable cramming those classes in when you could be engaging in other things

[spring osprey]

Omg this is so sweet

[spiral moon]

definitely one of the best admit packages

the stickers they sent are also very high quality...

[slate cloud]

This is such a sweet message omg

[wraith spruce]

Did that legacy guy get in

[slate cloud]

Who? Lmao we have an A2C that's Stanford's legacy?

[light galleon]

idk if you're talking abt me but i was the penta legacy guy and yes i got in lmfao

[wraith spruce]

I am

[wraith spruce]

Omg yes it was you

Ggs bro

[light galleon]

feeling good 🙏🙏 if not a healthy dose of impostor syndrome

[slate cloud]

Ooooh I think I saw you lmao CONGRATS!

[light galleon]

but we all going to the same place! excited for the next 4

thank u congrats to yall too 🙏🙏

[slate cloud]

Same still have imposter syndrome

[spring veldt]

Just got a SUNet with only my first name 🙂

[light galleon]

no wayy

[slate cloud]

Very very excited

[light galleon]

omg i can set that up now

[slate cloud]

Oh yeah that SUNet thing is so stressful omg like they said you can't change it

[light galleon]

ahh sm fun
anyone know when the mailed packets come to RA ppl?

[spring veldt]

R U COMMITTED

[slate cloud]

I think only committed people can set that up

[light galleon]

i think so!! was btwn stannie and vassar & i love vassar but i can't turn down stanford

didn't apply to any ivies hahaha

ooh ok fun forms to do tmrw then

[sturdy rain]

Is there an admitted student Discord?

[tacit sand]

Yeah

[tacit sand]

I can DM u

[sturdy rain]

Please

[ashen belfry]

DENIED WOOOHOOO

[spring veldt]

VICOTIRA

[azure pollen]

Could you add me too plz?

[last sage]

oops would you mind sending to me as well? tysm!

[spring veldt]

DMing

[plush moss]

meanwhile my interviewer that ghosted me:

[merry lotus]

can u dm me too ?

[plush moss]

dm pls too ^

[sage shoal]

i gotchu

[runic plinth]

^ same tyty

[spring veldt]

Hey

[elfin coral]

heard berkeley students can sometimes take classes at stanford?

[cerulean adder]

WWWWW

[faint nebula]

could you also add me? ❤️🙏

[tacit sand]

I gotchu

[sinful bough]

hii can u add me as well?

[light galleon]

me too 🙏

[rigid kayak]

check dm

[bitter flax]

yo it's been a sec! you going to CMU or UCB? also I found this which may be helpful: https://studentservices.stanford.edu/my-academics/earn-my-degree/graduate-degree-progress/stanford-exchange-programs/uc

[elfin coral]

ucb

[elfin coral]

hm only for grads

but on stanford website its saying something about undegrad with ucb

cant find

[velvet prawn]

you wont ill make sure

[jade narwhal]

You visiting me?

[jade narwhal]

Bruh when I go to pton we better meet up bruh

[velvet prawn]

congrats bro you been a real inspiration to everyone on a2c

[oblique egret]

Crazy dilemma to have

Have you visited both?

[velvet prawn]

ofc bro

[velvet prawn]

yeah i will i promised other pton kids too btw dms

[jade narwhal]

W

[elfin coral]

no hope for transfer unless I go to cc?

[bright surge]

Not yet 🥲

I haven't actually visited any colleges yet since that legit costs quite a bit of money

Closest I've come was UCSB and Pepperdine but that was legit only because we like going to the beaches near them from time to time

I'm getting paid to visit 'em on their admit weekends tho so

We vibin'

[icy geyser]

guysss

do y’all think interviewers know which of their interviewees got in?

[light galleon]

they are made aware of who gets in but - you should still send an email to your interviewer letting them know & thanking them for their help!

[fervent crystal]

guys how hard is it to get off the waitlist 🥲

[bright surge]

Not impossible actually! https://ucomm.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/02/stanford-cds-2023_2024_final_v1.pdf

Actually quite good odds compared to a lot of other schools

But I suppose that's because Stanford is already brutal enough in their typical admissions rounds anyway lmaooo

They barely even waitlist anyone

[harsh sentinel]

yeah stanford waitlists barely anyone

[bright surge]

76/506 is still low but that's still 15%

Quite a good chance

[harsh sentinel]

oats do you not sleep

[bright surge]

No my sleep schedule has been screwed this entire week

💔

[harsh sentinel]

sleep well tonight

its over

[bright surge]

Tried looking at Harvard

☠️

[bright surge]

Ok yeah this is Princeton

ZERO

WTF

In conclusion if you got Waitlisted by Stanford, for once, it's not basically equivalent to a rejection

[harsh sentinel]

0/1348 😭

[bright surge]

15% is a pretty low chance but much, much higher than other institutions

Much higher than Cornell too and they accept a lot of waitlisted kids

[harsh sentinel]

why even waitlist if you're not gonna accept anyone

[bright surge]

Ivies do be like that

Brown wtf

Wdym N/A 😭

[harsh sentinel]

well we know there were at least 15 kids on the waitlist!

[bright surge]

Huh

looking at the data

Stanford Waitlist is one of the ones that actually mean something other than rejection i.e not a complete crapshoot

Across the board they have a higher waitlist acceptance rate than basically all other comparable colleges, including the UCs

The only exception I could find was Berkeley with a 25% waitlist acceptance rate

[harsh sentinel]

i mean yeah stanford final decision policy

[harsh sentinel]

wtf thats high

how many do they waitlist

also speaking of waitlist

[bright surge]

Stanford final decision policy kinda based now ngl imo

[bright surge]

4k, accept 1k

[harsh sentinel]

im thinking of not opting into the nyu wl bcuz i know i wont go but i also wanna see if i get in but i also dont wanna take up a spot from kids who genuinely wanna go

[bright surge]

UCLA had 11k waitlisted kids and only 350 or so acceptances from those so that's like a 3% acceptance rate for WL

💀

[harsh sentinel]

kinda based if you get in/get wl/get deferred

[harsh sentinel]

damn

[subtle dune]

chat transfer admission rates are looking cooked

[harsh sentinel]

11K WAITLIST WTF

[bright surge]

NYU is great but be fr you're going to get charged $49291929 to go there anyway

[harsh sentinel]

and berkeley/la are better anyways

but i also wanna get in for the flexing purposes

but also

it feels bad

[bright surge]

NYU :/

[harsh sentinel]

lol

ok im withdrawing

i wann get the process over with

[bright surge]

Honestly mood

[harsh sentinel]

neu is making me write another essay wtf 💀

[bright surge]

I was thinking of accepting Cornell's waitlist and hoping to get in to get that final fuck you to the ivies

But 😬

I don't wanna be taking spots

[harsh sentinel]

yeah

[bright surge]

And for once I'd actually be taking spots since it's after commitment day

[harsh sentinel]

there is nothing now that could deter me from berk/la

unless of course they come back and say i need to pay oos

that would make me burn them down

but apart from that

[bright surge]

Bruh some of the UCs still haven't determined my residency status

They actual opps for that

[harsh sentinel]

where do you check that

[bright surge]

Depends on the portal

[harsh sentinel]

bcuz so far the only UC i know im considered instate is berkeley

[bright surge]

Some of the UCs have good portals

Some do not

Ahem

[harsh sentinel]

and even then they dont tell you residency

[bright surge]

UCLA

💀

[harsh sentinel]

they just show the coa as 44k and the commitment date as may 15

[harsh sentinel]

NO FR

[harsh sentinel]

which UCs can i check though

[bright surge]

I know I had that info with UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara

not sure 'bout the rest

[subtle dune]

carnegie waitlist has a 0.6% AR

[harsh sentinel]

where do i see davis

[subtle dune]

its so cooked

[bright surge]

[bright surge]

I forgor

💀

Tbh the UC Davis portal is nice looking but also kinda infuriating

[subtle dune]

i NEED a waitlist admission bruh

[bright surge]

The shit you have to go through if you forget your password

[bright surge]

🫂

UCI for CS is pretty fire tho tbf

[subtle dune]

i guess

[harsh sentinel]

211 waitlists in a2c lmfao

[harsh sentinel]

i searched everywhere and couldn't find it 😭

[bright surge]

CS admissions in general are kinda a crapshoot ngl

[harsh sentinel]

ok the deed is done i withdrew nyu 🫡

[bright surge]

I feel bad for the kids applying next year

[subtle dune]

feels like i wasted the last 4 years

a waitlist admission would be nice otherwise i might transfer, but do they even accept freshman transfers?

[bright surge]

Some do actually

The problem is obv getting in tho

Transfer apps are quite a bit different from first year freshman applications

[subtle dune]

UCB transfer rate is 23% but im sure for CS its <5

[bright surge]

You have to really justify why your current uni isn't the best for you

[bright surge]

Tbh that's somewhat skewed by California CC acceptance rates

CC transfers are given preference at most UCs

[subtle dune]

true

columbia has like a 14% AR

[harsh sentinel]

tbh for CS you dont need a top uni

possibly the only major you need a top uni for is business

bcuz for pre law and pre med its your final med and law school degree that matters more

for CS you need the skills not the name brand

but for business you need the connections

[subtle dune]

do transfer admissions check your high school transcripts

[bright surge]

Business

[fervent crystal]

omgg dont make me delulu bro

does it matter when i accept the waitlist offer? obviously i have to do it before 5/1 but i might have to take a while to figure out what updates to give

[bright surge]

Probably not

They don't really think about the waitlist until people have made their commitments i.e 5/1

Tbh it's more important to send meaningful updates than rushing it in

[spring veldt]

COME. TO. STANFORD!

[untold goblet]

how did it go here

[harsh sentinel]

look at the poll lol

[rigid kayak]

My friend got waitlisted too!

I think if u have a strong LOCI it can def help a lot

his loci got in him in some other schools so it’s always worth a shot

[elfin coral]

First day after getting rejected from Stanford. I don't want to leave my bed

[harsh sentinel]

🫂 but you got great options already

dont give thought to a university you're not affliated with

[pliant trellis]

getting rejected from stanford was the most painful experience in my life

thanks stanford

[carmine pilot]

i got rejected from stanford twice

f stanford

[elfin coral]

Whatever I just want a research position at openAI

[celest axle]

Please save the world instead of creating Skynet

[elfin coral]

I now resent this world. You're cooked lil bro

[pine rain]

ong

how do i get into ai bro

im looking at andrew ngs course rn

[elfin coral]

Figuring out the same thing

[celest axle]

Ah hell nah 😭

Put in a good word to the robots for me

[azure whale]

Think so… helps them see how much progress you’ve made

[lusty thicket]

anyone know where to get a fear the tree shirt

[wintry tapir]

HOW DID YOU GET #2 IN THE WORLD ON AP PHYSICS

[uneven marlin]

What da fuck

[jade narwhal]

We do a bit of trolling

[slate cloud]

Please do not bring that up again 😭

[stone mural]

Koi when did u get ur acceptance package??

[slate cloud]

March 25

[stone mural]

HUH?!

Admitted in dec but u got ur package in march

I am already eagerly waiting for the mailman

And it has only been 1 day

[wintry tapir]

bro 😭

why are you ashamed of that it's a really big accomplishment

[slate cloud]

Bro alr if this joke keeps going people might think it's real or smth 😭

[wintry tapir]

oh

💀 i had no idea it was a joke lmao im new here

[slate cloud]

Lmao yeah but hopefully RD people's packages are gonna arrive sooner

[wintry tapir]

one person from my school got into stanford 😃

ea

u might meet them hehe

[slate cloud]

Oh really. Yeah I got a 2 on AP Physics and people were like bro you got #2 in the world for AP Physics wow so impressive

[wintry tapir]

OH lmao

[slate cloud]

Gimme name and Insta

[wintry tapir]

💀

[wintry tapir]

idk them personally so it would be weird if i just gave out their information lmao but they're probably one of the only ea admits from iowa i'll say that

[slate cloud]

Yeah and I got #1 in the world for AP Stats top 💀 Cause there were some people saying they're cooked for AP Stats exam, I just sent that to them as an encouragement so yeah

[wintry tapir]

LMAO

what was ur fav ap

[slate cloud]

Oh okay that's okay appreciate that

[slate cloud]

None I hate all of them

[wintry tapir]

assuming apcsa was free for u

oh

[digital spoke]

u got in?!?!?!?

[slate cloud]

Nah I never got a 4 or 5 on my AP Stats lmao

[slate cloud]

Oh wait true why did I somehow missed that time to send Discord server info

[wintry tapir]

idk if i've asked you this already but where else did u get accepted after stanford

[delicate bluff]

hi stanford is one of my top choices I wanted to ask did you guys go test optional by any chance?

[azure whale]

Can I ask what everyone’s major is ? That got accepted

[inland brook]

what was stanfords acceptance rate

[celest axle]

Sorry koi 😭

[slate cloud]

Lmao it's fine I'm proud of my 1 and 2 on those AP exams tho 💀

[slate cloud]

I didn't, I had 1510, but a person in my HS got in test-optional and there are tons of people also got in test-optional too

[slate cloud]

I applied SymSys, Philosophy, and Data Science

[slate cloud]

Idk about this year but 4-5% I think?

[spring veldt]

No 3.2%

[dapper gale]

Science tech society

[azure whale]

OH

their picky this year

[delicate bluff]

Thank you! Is it possible if I can I dm you for more questions?

[spring osprey]

Lower than Harvard too

[slate cloud]

Bruh wtf how is it that low

[spring veldt]

That’s what I heard but they haven’t confirmed yet

[digital spoke]

I personally didn't

[slate cloud]

Yeah you can sure I don't mind but I'm pretty busy these days (cause uhhh all of the new trees) but I'll try to get to yours :))

[tacit sand]

isn’t that like a record low

If true

[digital spoke]

oh boy

[slate cloud]

Yeah I think it's getting lower and lower every year cause population is growing lmao (maybe)

[spring osprey]

I heard Harvard applicants dropped this year, I guess everyone moved to Stanford 🫣

[digital spoke]

in 2050, the rate bouta be 0.5% 😭

[tacit sand]

Nah but the high school population actually goes down next year

Cuz 2008 financial crisis. And it keeps dropping

[slate cloud]

Damn that's a pretty specific year but dw I'll make sure 2050 is the year world-class education is free for all 🫡 F all Ivies bruh

[spring osprey]

Okay I see you

[slate cloud]

Lmao Harvard is going down 😭 Trees on top

[spring osprey]

Wait til global warming get all those trees 🫡 /j

[tacit sand]

acceptance rates should go up?

[tacit sand]

wait where did you hear this from

[spring osprey]

It’s the 2007 people next year, right? Acceptance rates might go down a little more before back up again for 2008 kids

[slate cloud]

Nah the trees gonna solve climate change before that dw

[tacit sand]

yeah it holds steady actually for next year

[spring osprey]

I’m rooting for y’all 🙏 The unpredictable weather in Texas and now the cold of the northeast is going to kill me

[slate cloud]

Dw we trees got it

[spring osprey]

Ooo there might be hope for next year

[hazy estuary]

ooooo that means hope for me :)

[slate cloud]

Yeah good luck!

[velvet prawn]

Did u get in?!

[stone mural]

Yesss🙏

[velvet prawn]

ayee congrats top pick now?

most cracked intl in the server fr

[spring veldt]

COME W ME

[stone mural]

Hopefully but my dad is still obsessed with Harvard 🥲 gonna go to visitas and admit weekend and then decide

[stone mural]

Cracked where 💀 almost got rejected from all ivies except yale (waitlist) and even northwestern didn’t think I was worth it 💀

[spring veldt]

Doesn’t matter. The two best unis wanted you

[stone mural]

Hopefully!!!!😩😩

[spring veldt]

Stanford and Harvard 🙏🙏

[stone mural]

My king and queen fr🥹

Prayed so hard for these 2 mfs

[spring veldt]

Harvard really WL me smh.

But I’d pick Stanford over it anyways

[stone mural]

They ugly anyways

Stanford 😍😍

U gonna be a cali babe (if u are not already from California)

[spring veldt]

I’m from fucking TX.

I am very happy to go to California… I’m actually in Los Angeles rn.

[velvet prawn]

it dont matter worked out for utho

[velvet prawn]

cant go wrong with either one

[median dew]

Texas gang

[slate cloud]

YES COME TO STANFORD 🌲 Harvard sucks

[still estuary]

i got waitlisted

guess im off to berk eecs

[harsh sentinel]

cali babes are the best

[sturdy rain]

Hi where are you going for the next 4?

[runic plinth]

Idk deciding between Stanford and pton 😭

[dapper gale]

How many of us here are Stanford/Yale I keep seeing more and more pop up 😆

[spring veldt]

You need to commit. Yale shouldn't even be in consideration for you.

[dapper gale]

I want to go into govt eventually tho 😭

[pine rain]

dawg i thought u wanted to go into like bio lol

[spring veldt]

same LOL

[spring veldt]

okay well where r u gonna get billionaire campaign donors other than stanford ❤️

[pine rain]

if u want to go into government though yale might actually be the option

for anything like non humanities though stanford's def better

[dapper gale]

Yeaaa for undergrad I wanna do some mix of bio and humanities then do law school then go into govt bureaucracy with the cdc or hrsa

[pine rain]

oh bruh undergrad doesnt' matter for law school that much

just go to stanford

[spring veldt]

Stanford's 3rd for Poli Sci above Yale

[dapper gale]

Ahh not gonna be a politician that’s scary asf

[dapper gale]

Gonna be behind the scenes 😈

[spring veldt]

Real

[pine rain]

sounds like what a politician would say 🤔 jk

[spring veldt]

Anyways I think Stanford has the better undergraduate education fr also it's Cali

Best location imo behind NYC

[dapper gale]

But I live across the country (fl) & idk anyone in California

[dapper gale]

Yeah it might tbh

[pine rain]

ya but isnt the point of college to meet new people

[median dew]

Me lol

[pine rain]

idk

[dapper gale]

I’m going to both bulldog days and admit week so I’ll make my decision there

[spring veldt]

You're gonna meet so many people at admit weekend too

Not me though and like 25 of my friends, but yeah!

[dapper gale]

Yes it is but I can meet new ppl at Yale too 😆

[dapper gale]

Why aren’t you going?

[pine rain]

ya im saying like the new people thing is a nonissue

[median dew]

Wait I saw you in the Yale discord lol

[dapper gale]

Indeed indeed

[spring veldt]

Coca-Cola Scholars Weekend

[pine rain]

💀

[dapper gale]

Oh awesome! A lot of Stanford kids are going there

[pine rain]

the more i think about it the more i know i will miss this era

y'all were amazing people fr

glad i got to know y'all

[spring veldt]

I'll miss u billert

[pine rain]

i still remember optimizing the semifinalist application with kirk at like 2 am my time

[pine rain]

i'll still be here for a while but i'll probably be retiring soon and leaving this server yea

[spring veldt]

😭😭😭 the good days

[spring veldt]

Bet gotta LinkedIn connect before that

[spring veldt]

Btw r u college or engineering at Columbia

[pine rain]

eng

[spring veldt]

Do ORFE fr

[harsh sentinel]

I KNOWWWW

IM SO SAD

Y'ALL ARE AWESOME

i need everyone's IGs bro

[celest axle]

Yale hate on top

[celest axle]

Did you ever read my essays 😭

[harsh sentinel]

OOPS

in my defence

im literally mid senior year final exams😭

my last exam is on Tuesday

AND THEN IM DONE WITH HS FOREVERRRRRR

[velvet prawn]

tf?

[harsh sentinel]

ok but did you read mine 🤨

[velvet prawn]

ong

[spring veldt]

We hate Yale

[bright surge]

Yale rejected me so they opps

Yuck Fale!!!!!

[spring veldt]

And all the Yale demons that encroached upon this server…

[bright surge]

Real

Bruh I'm fairly certain that whole drama kept me up for like five hours past midnight when it happened

Shit was so confusing

[spring veldt]

They terrorized us 😭

[bright surge]

We were going through message logs trying to decipher what was actually going on

Complete shitstorm

[spring veldt]

Mods came in clutch thoooo

[celest axle]

Kirk hsxd hawk and I were fighting for our lives

[harsh sentinel]

a2c detective era

[median dew]

Wait wait what happened?

[digital spoke]

YAYYY

[sinful bough]

wait is stanford rlly that good for humanities and social sciences

i’m worried that it might be too stem heavy and that humanities and soc sciences will be overwhelmed by stem there

[spring veldt]

Yes it’s very good

Ik European History majors and CS majors who r friends

[sinful bough]

ooo

ok tysmm

[spring veldt]

u must come

[lusty thicket]

u r stanfords #1 advertiser

[spring veldt]

All true advertising too. I gotta get paid

[keen falcon]

if you’re a big hum/sosc fan you should come to uchicago instead

we invented like half of the fields of study 🙏

[sage shoal]

soon youll be a stanford student ambassador

kirk u should be a student campus tour guide later you'd be great at it

[celest axle]

I’ll heckle him

[sinful bough]

i got rejected 🙄

[keen falcon]

transfer

[spring veldt]

u can dm me if u wanna know some of what I’ve learned abt Stanford humanities

[spring veldt]

IM GONNA

[naive plinth]

Hi Kirk could I dm you?

[spring veldt]

Sure

[sinful bough]

🤓

[cloud star]

How long do I have to accept spot on wl?

[slate cloud]

God damn @spring veldt You've been the #1 Stanford embassador 🙏 The Tree Gods appreciate you 🌲

[valid crow]

wait, you got your amazon package, when?????

[still elbow]

Y’all am I tripping or does Stanford not have virtual admitted student events😭

[sage shoal]

i coudlnt find any either 😦 😦

[harsh sentinel]

i wanna know more :(

[sturdy rain]

amazing choices! Neither one is a bad decision. GL

[narrow vortex]

Anyone have any info on Stanford Islamic studies program? I plan on applying for that and linguistics next cycle

[little anchor]

how much waitlist movement should we expect

[spring veldt]

None

Mainly because I’m single-handedly bringing Stanford’s yield to never before seen levels

[slate cloud]

Thanks Kirk ‼️

[bright surge]

The Stanford glazing goes crazy

[median dew]

Anyone here going to the trip April 25-27?

[lusty thicket]

Yes

[median dew]

What about you @bright surge ?

[bright surge]

I'm def going

[median dew]

See you there! 💪

[harsh sentinel]

stanford has a final decision policy where they barely waitlist anyone and their waitlist stats last year were like 76/506 so not great but better than other schools!

[loud wren]

that's like 15%??

i feel like that's incredibly impressive for a school like stanford

bravo stanny!

they rejected me 🙄

[harsh sentinel]

who cares brown on top

(i am a Harvard hater)

MASSIVE congrats on getting in tho that's insane???

[loud wren]

aw thanks

you're right though

i love brown

and though i'm leaning towards harvard

i'm still kinda debating

[harsh sentinel]

yeahhhh they stress their final decision policy a lot which is why they defer/wl so less

i think all the stanford defer kids are going somewhere great

[loud wren]

oh gotcha gotcha

[harsh sentinel]

like ivy/t10

[loud wren]

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[harsh sentinel]

brown brown brown brown brown

what's your major

[loud wren]

cs / polisci

[harsh sentinel]

why /gen

ahhh

[loud wren]

why do you hate harvard

why aer you a harvardhater

[harsh sentinel]

brown polisci is probs great but for cs yeah harvard is probably better

[uneven marlin]

what up guys

[harsh sentinel]

well for starters i know a kid who get in who's hella pretentious and i just feel like Harvard kids are very elitist

also i feel like there are better schools depending on what you want

[loud wren]

ah yes i get that

[harsh sentinel]

like for entrepreneurship or startup you go to stanford

[uneven marlin]

You too? I know this one Harvard admit who gets on like the entire school’s nerves

[loud wren]

yeah there have been some questionable people

[loud wren]

oh god

[harsh sentinel]

STEM academia you go to MIT/Berkeley/cmu

liberal arts or humanities you go to brown/yale

[loud wren]

you guys are making me question my life choices

[harsh sentinel]

Business obv Wharton

[uneven marlin]

They’re the president of the student council but they run it in a more corrupt way than a 3rd world dictatorship

[loud wren]

UGH why are you doing this to me

[harsh sentinel]

SORRY

[loud wren]

i'll go to both admitted students days

and see which i click with more

[harsh sentinel]

valid

[loud wren]

if the people at harvard really are stinky

i wont go

[harsh sentinel]

but personally i just think harvard is praised because of the name recognition and old money rather than actual merit

[uneven marlin]

Plus they’re the first student council leader to like not give a shit about giving to the local community + they’re laundering money

[harsh sentinel]

I mean harvard is still harvard

But it's not the BEST school in the world or anything

Also harvard grad is insane

Med/law/business

undergrad tho meh

[loud wren]

they're laundering money?

[uneven marlin]

Allegedly

They’re charging 110 bucks per prom ticket

A prom ticket does NOT cost that much unless some of the money is going elsewhere

Either that or it’s incompetent that they picked something to require such an insane price

A lot of the students want the current council overthrown for being either shitty or corrupt (we cannot tell which they are atp)

Because the teacher who overlooks the damn thing picks favorites when they apply

[loud wren]

well

social contract

do what you must

[uneven marlin]

The thing is that our school structures student council as its own class

So what ended up happening was everyone got their schedules fucked to appease the scheduling of student council members to have a specific period for student council

We cannot replace student council members because it would require dropping a class

[loud wren]

theres a student council class??

[uneven marlin]

I’m saying student council is its own period

[harsh sentinel]

although @loud wren harvard is probs better for more interdisciplinary and all round learning

[loud wren]

yes i get that

[loud wren]

hmm

yes

perhaps

[uneven marlin]

I think the funniest part was our AP Gov teacher signing petitions against the current student council

How bad do you have to run student government to get the teacher of government to get mad at you

[uneven marlin]

Nevertheless Harvard is an amazing school

If you got in, you can deal with what it may throw at you

Best of luck with what choice you make!

[loud wren]

thank you!

and best of luck dealing with a seemingly authoritative school council

[uneven marlin]

thanks lol (we’re fucked)

[sage shoal]

LMAOO

pop off

[zenith tulip]

Will I get a letter?

[clever grove]

ya'll are lucky you bagged @spring veldt

[spring veldt]

Aw

[clever grove]

Cracked fr ❤️

[elfin coral]

experienced this. Had to talk about my stem activities and research and the guy in the meeting cut me off for someone else tot alk because they got into harvard(they didnt talk about anything stem related bc they arent even in stem)

TIL a harvard law major is better at stem than anyone at berkeley eecs

[clever grove]

I think Harvard has merit. I’ve never met someone who is at Harvard or is going to be that isn’t smart as hell

[elfin coral]

agree, but her main point was that they aren't everything school.

[clever grove]

I’m Harvard CS

I think their CS program is still pretty good lol

[elfin coral]

didnt say its not💀

but its assumed #1 everything

although I think stanford is closest to an everything school

[clever grove]

Sorry it’s in the Harvard rule book that I must defend Harvard unprompted regardless of context

[elfin coral]

I think thats in the berkeley rule book too

[harsh sentinel]

See this is the problem with harvard kids

you think you the shit? bitch you ain't even the fart (im not being mean it's just a meme)

[clever grove]

[elfin coral]

W ice spice bar

[spring veldt]

W

[carmine pilot]

They think they thick but we thicker

[elfin coral]

Not the best at AI & cs clearly bc they rejected me😔

[spring veldt]

It’s random plus you got EECS at Berkeley

Just go to Berkeley fr fr

[elfin coral]

Yeah duh lol. I wanna get a research position at Google deepmind/openAI after undergrad. I'd end up in the same place regardless. Although it's a bit sad working 4 years for your dream college to reject you bc of rng

[elfin coral]

She could be rich, but I'm richer

[spring veldt]

Eh come do your PhD here

[elfin coral]

No I'm salty . Doing cs PhD at MIT/caltech instead

[spring veldt]

Smh

[velvet prawn]

eecs is insane

ofc stanford>

but eecs alone is the second best imo after stanny

[velvet prawn]

whats rng?

[harsh sentinel]

random number generator?

[elfin coral]

Random number generator

[elfin coral]

Berkeley Eecs:

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

MIT eecs:

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-23548728

[heady pine]

should i send a LOCI to stanford?

[elfin coral]

Probably

[clever grove]

yes

[heady pine]

like email them

right?

cause waitlist thingy only has 500 characters

[rustic heron]

yes but if you're gonna email write something meaningful dont fill it up with only awards and ECs

cuz they only waitlist like 1% so ur already qualified u just need to stand out by sending something theyll appreciate

also try not to sound phony lmao thats a big issue i keep seeing with LOCIs

[spring veldt]

imagine having more things to say in your senior year

[mental haven]

Hey

I got rejected

But I’m applying for transfer from UNC Chapel Hill next year

Does anyone have advice or know anything about transfer apps?

Going to Stanford to get any degree is my life goal so I am going to try every year

[elfin coral]

It's extremely hard to get a transfer to Stanford. Only like 10 people a year. Even then it's extremely hard to transfer from a non community college. Especially a top ranking school like unc

Usually look for a reason why they should accept a transfer and it's because you require more resources but you have ample resources at unc. Believe me I looked up and down for Stanford chances too

[mental haven]

Ok so I will just apply every year of my life?

Maybe when I am 80 they will let me in

I will not die without a degree from Stanford

[uneven marlin]

Bro you got UNC Chapel Hill

You have a good school

Is it on the level of Stanford? Nah

But is it good anyway? Yeah

Like atp just try for grad school if you want

I’m not saying you can’t transfer but I’m saying that you should still be proud of what you did achieve regardless

[rustic heron]

unless your app improves drastically i'd exactly the same result

all of HYPSM is impossible to transfer into, but some of the ivies take a lot for transfer so u can maybe consider those alongside stanford

[rustic heron]

couldnt be me senioritis hit me hard 😭

[spring veldt]

same.

[elfin coral]

you and me both

applying for grad

[rough lark]

yeah it is my goal too, but unfortunately the chances of us transferring in are near 0. only 15-20 transfer admits a year, and they usually are community or military or something unique

i'm like lucky berkeley eecs is probably one of the best places that feeds into stanford grad so i'm aiming to do well there and go for masters

you should try to do well and unc and do grad at stanford

[elfin coral]

it is??

lets goooooooooo

[rough lark]

yea like berkeley eecs and stanford cs like are interbreeds

a bunch of faculty at each went to the other for grad or undergrad

but it is tough still though

you still gotta do very well at berkeley eecs which is hard

i'm saying like doing well at berkeley eecs is probably better than doing well at other schools for getting in stanford masters

you going to eecs or cmu?

[elfin coral]

bouta be summa cum laud trust

[elfin coral]

eecs duh

[rough lark]

i wouldnt say duh lol cuz cmu scs is great too

[elfin coral]

lol

[elfin coral]

meant after that stanford feeder mention

it was nobrainer for me

[rough lark]

lol

i mean cmu does well too

like obv top cs undergrads would feed into stanford masters

[rustic heron]

you're in luck!!! https://online.stanford.edu/courses-and-programs

you can get your online degree from stanford for free 🤩

[mental haven]

If I graduate with a 4.0 from UNC honors college maybe I can get in someway

[elfin coral]

I feel like id do well with berkeley degree regardless. 2nd most nobel prizes, 3rd most field medalists or something like that. especially international

[mental haven]

GOING NOW

[elfin coral]

😭

[spring veldt]

see u in the bay area

[elfin coral]

whoever gets the most internships wins🙏

ultimate bay competition

[rough lark]

yea see u. i will shit on your school but in reality its amazing

[spring veldt]

yall will be at the startups ill be at the VCs

its a win win

[spring veldt]

i'll be at berk for the game 🙂

[rough lark]

is it at berk next time?

[spring veldt]

yes

[elfin coral]

same

[uneven marlin]

We’re gonna win bro (I don’t know anything about college football)

[elfin coral]

only time I watch footbal is the superbowl😭

[uneven marlin]

Me too lol

[rustic heron]

berkeley kids in stanny chat

obligatory https://stanfordrejects.com/

[uneven marlin]

Yeah I’m here for the free entertainment

(Didn’t apply to Stanford)

[rough lark]

bro like come on berkeley only gets the shit for being stanford reject because theyre close

like in reality every school is a stanford reject school

[rustic heron]

harvard kids are notably stanford rejects 😔

[elfin coral]

berkeleyrejects.com just redirects you to a cite thats clearly gonna give you a virus💀

[uneven marlin]

I’m a UChicago and Princeton reject

Not a Stanford one

😎

[elfin coral]

technically

most people are berkeley rejects

by the numbers

[uneven marlin]

Real asf

[rough lark]

try to be like this dude who got stanford mscs from berkeley eecs (look at his stats in the first comment): https://www.reddit.com/r/gradadmissions/s/spv3qelzPM

[elfin coral]

4.0 gpa at berkeley

[uneven marlin]

I wanna go to a good med school off of Berk undergrad

[elfin coral]

thats insane

[uneven marlin]

But I doubt I’ll do so

Might be lucky to get CWRU med school

As a best case

Depends how I do

[rough lark]

yea thats actually impressive and shows talent, unlike 4.0 at stanford cs

[elfin coral]

how to get a 4.0 at stanford:

https://tenor.com/view/garfield-lazy-so-done-gif-21309466

[rough lark]

im gonna try to be like that bro

[elfin coral]

same

[rough lark]

yea exactly lol so chill

i feel like anyone could get 4.0 at stanford cs like getting 4.0 berkeley cs like everyone i've seen who got that were already insane at olympiads and math and stuff in high school

[elfin coral]

since youre applying for grad, do you plan to work in AI by any chance?

[rough lark]

yeah i'm on that ai/ml bandwagon

[elfin coral]

W

[rough lark]

right now i'm looking at masters

idk if i wanna do phd

like right now i just wanna make a shit ton of money idk if i will actually enjoy research

[elfin coral]

I wanna hopefully get a job as a research engineer at deepmind/openAI after undergrad

then get phd

[rough lark]

well what you just said you probably need a stanford cs phd

for deepmind/openai

they mainly look at phds from mit, stanford, berkeley, cmu

[elfin coral]

not really, just for higher research positions

seen guys on linkden with just bs degree and alot of AI courses fromm berk

[rough lark]

ok

i think imma only apply to stanford cs masters and berkeley masters

and if i dont get in either imma just not do a masters tbh

[elfin coral]

😭

what about MIT and cmu?

even caltech

[rough lark]

mit doesnt have masters in cs last time i checked they only have a 5th year for undergrads, and they got cs phds

caltech is more of an academia than industry vibe and idk if they have masters

cmu eww sorry not interested berkeley eecs better

[elfin coral]

fair

[spring veldt]

bruh no

it is not easy

thats j perception

[azure pollen]

You’re tripping lmao

[rough lark]

sorry but the people who went to stanford for cs said shits there is easy, easier than the high school

[elfin coral]

😭

[azure pollen]

Idk who you’re talking to but it’s not “easy”. Sure maybe it’s easier than MIT or berk but it’s not easier than high school lmao

For the general people

[jade narwhal]

@spring veldt you should just shorten your name to Kirk. I feel jealousy every single time I see your name

[rough lark]

yeah "easy" is a stretch its definitely not easy

[jade narwhal]

🥲

[rough lark]

but compared to perfect gpas at like mit/cmu/berkeley its significantly easier

[spring veldt]

anything for u

[jade narwhal]

My king

[azure pollen]

But I hope so 🙏 if it’s easy I can front load my courses grad in 3 and coterm 4

[spring veldt]

Stanford is not an easy school LOL

maybe easier

but not easy

[jade narwhal]

Facts

[spring veldt]

Coterm MSCS?

[azure pollen]

Yeah prolly

[jade narwhal]

Everyone at Stanford probably gets 2.0s for cs

Luckily I didn’t get in!!

[spring veldt]

Major in CS or SymSys?

[jade narwhal]

Whew

Dodged a bullet

[spring veldt]

You'll come in 4 years dw

[jade narwhal]

🙏🙏🙏

[azure pollen]

I wanna do a mix of cs and ms&e. Some combination of doubling/coterming not sure yet

[spring veldt]

Nice I'm definitely doing Ms&E

Thinking abt double major with SymSys

[azure pollen]

Oh nice that’s solid. Are you thinking about coterm?

That’s a solid double

I initially wanted to do symsys but leaning cs now

[spring veldt]

Not particularly but maybe... I wanna do MBA at Harvard tho

[spring veldt]

I'm just so anti-CS lol I've been vehemently against it for all of hs

[jade narwhal]

Harvard ez

Anyone can get into harvard

[spring veldt]

Easy

[jade narwhal]

Too easy I didn’t apply 🥱

[spring veldt]

I'm 100% doing Ms&E it's perfect for my profile and what i want to do

And are you thinking double major or dual degree?

[azure pollen]

Lmao lowkey I don’t even like coding a lot but the cs degree is valuable for what I wanna do

[spring veldt]

I don't see the concrete advantage of a dual degree

[azure pollen]

I’m not too sure tbh I haven’t looked into it

[spring veldt]

That's all I've been looking into. I'm so bored LOL

[spring veldt]

I see

I'd need to look at the pros and cons of symsys vs cs

and if its realistic to do a double major w one of those and ms&e

bcuz im not trynna have a shit gpa

or kms w classes

[azure pollen]

Oh yeah for sure

I’ve heard symsys id easier tho if you care about gpa

I haven’t heard much about ms&e

It depends on what you wanna do career wise tbh

I don’t wanna become a developer but I wanna go into tech (like PM) or VC where cs is useful

[spring veldt]

My career plans have been uprooted

with my stanford commit

I never thought I'd cut into Stanford LOL

Initially wanted to go into private equity, but my long-dead entreprenuership/VC dreams have been relit

[strong stag]

whats vc

venture capital?

what's venture capital

[azure pollen]

I have similar interests. I’m not too sure what I want to do but something in PM/VC/Consulting/PE

The thing with PE is that it’s not really a post grad typa field you kinda have to build towards it

I’m def leaning mostly toward PM but VC is super cool

[spring veldt]

I mean the dream is to run a startup, sell, and then work in PE

[naive plinth]

cwru med is insane bro

it's no joke

[uneven marlin]

Yeah ur right

In hindsight that is a bad thing to say

CWRU is very very very great

[naive plinth]

😭

one of my berk mcb family friends actually got into cwru med

and ucsd med

[uneven marlin]

both are great

As long as you have a reputable university to become a doctor through you win

Sometimes as an outsider i forget that

[naive plinth]

yup