Harvard University (2024-2025)

[arctic bone]

hey fam

anyone used contractions in the supps

[pulsar solstice]

I used a lot but then changed em

there are still a handful cuz I'm trying to save space tho

[arctic bone]

samesies

[low surge]

does 11 59 pm on jan 1 means one minute before jan 2 or one minute before jan 2

[arctic bone]

one minute before jan 2.

[rugged vessel]

my good friend @crystal shadow has a question she really wants to ask the harvard university thread. Hopefully you guys are kind and accepting to her when she asks her question.

[eager sinew]

harvard doesnt require anything??

my hs only offered 2 years of spanish as language and i took none #title1

[pulsar solstice]

finally submitted

🙏🙏🙏

[gaunt plaza]

rq question: Is there a recommended word count for each of the questions on the application? I've tried to stick between 100-150 words for each of the questions, but for #4 I'm currently at 81 words and don't really want to add anything else.

[obsidian nexus]

id get to 100

not sure what you can say in 81 words

i assume #4 is the future one?

if you're only at 81 words you're probably not getting specific enough and detailed enough

[gaunt plaza]

yes

Ok, I'll try to get to 100

Am I supposed to include certain resources of Harvard's that would aid me in my response?

[obsidian nexus]

100%

thats why im very surprised ur only at 81

explaining how you would use their resources should take up a lot of space

[pulsar solstice]

yeah

All of my supplementals are about 148 words and above

when drafting IMO it’s good to be hitting an even higher word count than that, but ive just submitted lol dont take my word for anything

[low surge]

I made a small change and now my common essay is 651 words

Aigh

Sigh*

[pulsar solstice]

im sure you can find one word to remove lol

[low surge]

I still don't get how bridge u works, said my school's gonna send all documents via bridgeU

[torpid sun]

the former is, idk the latter

[ionic flint]

Is the Students Taking on Poverty (STOP) student-organisation still active?

[near granite]

this is how i’m interpreting it

i can’t write a disagreement essay for the life of me god

[fleet loom]

i give up

[reef grove]

ya

[zealous rune]

Is it bad if two of my supps relate to the same EC but in different ways?

[reef grove]

it’s totally fine man

[rugged vessel]

emphasizing could actually be a better thing

[reef grove]

it’s the day before the app is due, don’t be rewriting the entire thing 😭 you put in the work, don’t sell your efforts short

[rugged vessel]

its your story

if your story is like 50% one thing 25% two other things, it makes sense if ur essays reflects that

[zealous rune]

Alright, thank you guys

I'll just keep it as-is

[low surge]

i did the same😭
but that ec is really important to me and i spent a lot of time cus i care a lot about that

hope they like it

[zealous rune]

Yeah same I spend like 2 hours a day on it

[low surge]

me too for 4 years and counting💀

[misty remnant]

not ready to submit help

gonna sleep on em

js in case smth major changes

[low surge]

i'm literally filling the additional info section now

[fleet loom]

lol im starting my supplementals today am i cooked

[native solar]

tbh theyre not that bad, i had the most fun writing these ones since theyre short

[fleet loom]

yeah but its hard to start when the writing space is so small

[misty remnant]

real some of my fave supps

[hallow flower]

yo anyone know if Harvard extends deadlines?

couldnt find it on this thread, apperantly many unis extend it https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1hp74x9/college_application_extension_megapost/

[fleet loom]

ive never heard of it, but I'm sure if you have genuine extenuating circumstances they'll give you more time

[knotty orchid]

Is this actually true, for all applicants as im super stressed abt Columbia and would appreciate an extra day lmao

[native solar]

you can email them and make sure, im pretty sure they send the same copy-paste response to everybody. although it isnt super surprising to see esp because schools are just sorting through documents theyre receiving for the first few days and arent reading apps immediately which is why this is a grace period and not a formal extension

[karmic flax]

you’ve had several months to apply, i’m not sure why an extra few days matters

[gaunt plaza]

people have their reasons, but a few extra days could really help some people so maybe it's worth looking into.

[reef grove]

i would think they give a little leeway because of international applicants with different timezones, but i wouldn’t push it if i were you

especially since commonapp sees what timezone you’re in and gives you deadline info based off that

i suppose you could change your computer to display a different timezone?? but i really wouldn’t test my luck, i don’t think a couple hours will determine if you get in or not

[hallow flower]

hm I emailed them but they said no :(

[hallow flower]

yea. most unis extend it, this guy verified it by emailing them lol

[tall haven]

Anyone willing to take a look at one supp 150 words?

[fleet loom]

damn thats rough

[mild ridge]

let me guess

u procrasinated till the last minute

heres a life lesson kiddos do not procrasinate things until the last minute

u barely get redos in life as it is

college apps is one of them

ur cooked

[severe gust]

harvard doesnt take act superscore right

i have 35 ss but 34 composite

and a 1510 single sitting, should i submit both?

[karmic flax]

https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/does-harvard-superscore-test-results

[little flax]

I submitted my app a day late, it was fine

[little flax]

I’d say over 50% of my supps for each school all talked about my culture so it should be fine

[little flax]

Haven’t heard of anyone in it

[severe gust]

so that means theyll consider it as a 34 then right

sorry to keep asking

[karmic flax]

they consider the highest score in each individual section, not their composites

so basically they look at your sections score more than your total score

[severe gust]

oh ok

thanks a ton

[worn helm]

prob not

[fleet loom]

bro how do i make the roommate essay 150 words💀

nvm i somehow shortened my roommate essay by 80 words

[obsidian nexus]

it's 3 things

50 50 50

[fleet loom]

yeah i just like yapping so its hard

[agile kite]

sent in my nerd ass application

🤓

[reef grove]

doesn’t have to

ye

[karmic flax]

yes

[reef grove]

that’s crazy, i can’t believe interviews are considered over state residence

[low surge]

Cs 181 and cs 280, hcs

Chat does all this exist

[ripe plinth]

my new years resolution is being part of harvard '29

[worn helm]

cs 1810 maybe?

couldn’t find 280

[rugged vessel]

my.harvard misses a lot of classes

not even if its just not offerd that year

i'd look at the courses pdf

and if not, look up on google

[worn helm]

looks like its a graduate seminar

[worn helm]

i think they renumbered the cs courses

so maybe 181 became 1810

also happy new years

[rugged vessel]

happy new years

[rugged vessel]

that doesnt help either 💀

[worn helm]

harvard computer society exists

but seems a little dead

last insta post was april 2024

[low surge]

Why would they do that 😭

[rugged vessel]

bc theyre stupid

harvard not cs dw

[little flax]

HCS is more of an umbrella organization

There’s a ton of more specific ones that are a part of it

[junior imp]

Idk if I’m overthinking but I feel like all of my essays lowkey suck now

I’ll sleep on it and read them all again tomorrow

Or wait, today I guess

Bro they’re due in less than a day

[low surge]

Like...😭

[reef grove]

do you know the titles of the courses? like “intro to cs” or smth like that? i feel like those would be less likely to change than the numbers

[rugged vessel]

YOU SHOULD KNOW ‼️

wait misread

carry on

[reef grove]

i should know ‼️

[low surge]

Yeah, they're machine learning and cs vision

[reef grove]

id just say that then tbh

[low surge]

I did, cs1810: machine learning

And blah blah

[reef grove]

imo i don’t think you need the number if you’re already naming the class

but you do you ofc

[low surge]

Makes sense....

[reef grove]

GUYS i jjst realized

i won’t be able to watch the nashville new years countdown anymore bc i’ll be in a diff timezone 😭

this is actually tragic

[karmic flax]

it’s a private school. private schools don’t consider state residency.

[dark moth]

mine is due in 6 hours

😭😭😭

cooked beyond belief

[low surge]

Final, roommate essay revising

Then imma submit

I've been sitting here for the past 10 hours

Tired af

150 words are not enough 😭

[ripe plinth]

real

WE ALL WALK THRU IT THO

!!!

[low surge]

There are things I wanna tell my roommates🫠

Sigh

[eager sinew]

i think she misinterpreted it as them not considering background

[ripe plinth]

what timezones are yall in

[low surge]

Will have to wait untill in person ig (manifesting too hard)

[eager sinew]

like they do consider where ur from, but being from mass does not help ur app which is why they say they dont consider state residency

[rugged vessel]

im editing my client's essay and my edited essay was 200 words. some habits never change.

kms

[low surge]

Sigh, I should've hired someone to do mine too, doing literally everything myself

[worn helm]

you edit for them too 🤨🤨

i just add suggestions

[rugged vessel]

im in a vc so i edit with during the vc

[worn helm]

ohh i see

🔥

[rugged vessel]

this is my 2nd/3rd call of the night lmao

[worn helm]

no don’t be neurotic

[worn helm]

its 3am holy

business booming

nope

[little flax]

All on the HCS website

Tech 4 social good, tech and global health initiative, product lab

[winter pivot]

for people who applied harvard/nec or harvard/berklee, did you mention this in any of your essays (probably your using your harvard education in the future one)?

[low surge]

If I assign the external recomender

Can they upload it afterwards?

[obsidian nexus]

yes

[low surge]

After the deadline?

[obsidian nexus]

yes

[low surge]

Great

This mf is celebrating new year I'm assuming and not responding 💀

[knotty orchid]

the Harvard css isn’t due today is it

[low surge]

Feb 1????

Yeah it's Feb 1

[pulsar solstice]

fuck so

I realized in my Harvard application

I accidentally ticked an additional year for one of my activities

I think its data collection probably

[pulsar solstice]

how do I get in touch with the admissions office to let them know this

the website option for emails is specifically for questions from what I can tell

so like

[low surge]

Submitted 🫡

[obsidian nexus]

yay

[obsidian nexus]

not the end of the world

[pulsar solstice]

yeah but it rlly does suck since i went over the whole thing so many times

[vagrant plover]

ay peeps

how big should i word my 1 grade deflation

in additional info

like any rough idea

[hallow flower]

oh damn, nice to know. will prob do the same

[pulsar solstice]

if you have a good reason then yeah

but otherwise I dont think you should draw attention to it

[vagrant plover]

and 1 more doubt

[pulsar solstice]

I used my additional info section just to elaborate on ECs and an award I got

[vagrant plover]

like i very recently got the opportunity to make a menu for a cafe, like uk ...I wanna open a fusion dish cafe and type...so this opportunity i got a week ago, it has no impact on me yet..but it seems cool

[pulsar solstice]

wdym

[vagrant plover]

i am interning in a cafe as a menu designer (in short)

but this started like 2 days ago

so is it worth mentioning in the additional info, cuz it sounds cool

[pulsar solstice]

I mean sure why not I suppose

I don't see it doing any harm

but then again dont take my word verbatim I also literally just submitted

[vagrant plover]

yeah ima do a coin toss

[low surge]

no harm in mentioning

[vagrant plover]

valid valid coin toss also said yes

so we do it

and submit

[pulsar solstice]

regarding financial aid, can you get admitted to harvard but rejected for aid?

[turbid compass]

Hello, does anyone know what the supplemental essays are for harvard this year? I know it's super late but I need to get my teachers emails to assign stuff and I can't see them beforehand

[low surge]

Harvard has long recognized the importance of enrolling a diverse student body. How will the life experiences that shape who you are today enable you to contribute to Harvard?

Describe a time when you strongly disagreed with someone about an idea or issue. How did you communicate or engage with this person? What did you learn from this experience?

Briefly describe any of your extracurricular activities, employment experience, travel, or family responsibilities that have shaped who you are.

How do you hope to use your Harvard education in the future?

Top 3 things your roommates might like to know about you.

[turbid compass]

Thank you so much!

[knotty orchid]

can anyone help me quickly with the how would you use your Harvard education in the future question

[reef grove]

i did two paragraphs: 1.i traduce something i’m passionate about and what i’ve already done to advance that passion 2. how i can continue these efforts through harvard

[reef grove]

yep that’s an auto reject i’m afraid /j

[night sinew]

Is it ok if a teacher LOR comes in a few days after a deadline

[reef grove]

yeah

[night sinew]

Recommender doesn't have to do anything special right? Just submit it through commonapp?

[reef grove]

yep

[turbid compass]

So I emailed Harvard for a similar issue
Question:
Hello, due to the government announcing national holidays in Georgia (the country where I'm from), I am unable to obtain my School Report for my first-year admission until January 14th. Is there any chance I can submit my report then?
Answer:
We will continue to accept support material through January. --Fileroom

Hope this helps

[reef grove]

yeah there’s also a space to submit supplementary stuff in your portal right up until the admission decision, you’re just much more likely to actually have that stuff read if you submit it soon after the deadline

i think 2 weeks is normally the window to upload extra stuff and have it be more likely to be considered? don’t quote me on that tho

[low surge]

somehow not so far off from what i've written

[turbid compass]

Idk but I literally wrote my primary essay today, I'm gonna do ACT in feb and I'm doing supps rn

I somehow forgot to start applying earlier

[low surge]

probably yeah, my school uses bridgeU for these things, not sure how that works too but counselor said dw bout it

[reef grove]

oof feb act is a little rough, did you let them know you’ll be submitting it late?

or did you apply test optional/w a diff score

[turbid compass]

Yeah Coalition has a field where you specify if you will be taking it later

[reef grove]

oh cool cool

[turbid compass]

Harvard is the only one that considers the Feb score afaik

[reef grove]

is the coalition app a lot different from the commonapp? i was gonna use it for rd but ended up not needing to

[last fossil]

Heyy guys!!!
Harvarddoesn't superscore but takes highest sections to account.
This is my score history below. What do you suggest I do. Which scores do you think I should submit. Will submitting the 1380 show I was good in math early and eventually improved in English? Or just cause harm?

December 2022 (Paper) : 800 Math, 580 R&W (1380)
August 2024 (Digital) : 790 Math, 720 R&W (1510)
October 2024 (Digital): 750 Math, 750 R&W (1500)

[low surge]

it iss, there is more space to describe the activities

[reef grove]

what field r you wanting to major in?

[last fossil]

Computer Science

[reef grove]

ohh that seems nice actually

[pulsar solstice]

am I doin too much

[reef grove]

a little 💀 if it’s gonna eat away at you by all means fix it, but it’s rlly nothing lmao

[pulsar solstice]

dyt I should js not email them then

the overthinker in me is fighting a battle rn

its either I don't email, they look at it and go "wow this kid fucked up his participation grades" or I do email and they go "this fuckin nerd emailed us about this tiny error in his application"

[reef grove]

hm if it were me i would submit the first one and the second one since 800 and 790 is practically the same score + it shows growth, the third one seems a little redundant and you got a lower math score. but it prolly won’t harm you if you submit all three. out of the three, i think the second is best tho

[reef grove]

or they’ll just assume you misclicked, which you did, and move on 😭

if it’ll put your mind at ease email them, it won’t harm your app one way or another

[last fossil]

Thanks a lot!!

[pulsar solstice]

I guess the good thing about consistently titling my activities with the grades in brackets is that the actual grades I did it in are still in the app

[reef grove]

after i submitted i refused to look at my app again in the fear of all the tiny errors that i made lmao

no use stressing over things i can’t control

[pulsar solstice]

yeah that makes total sense

honestly I do kinda regret deciding to read my app again after submitting

only thing it did was make me more anxious

[reef grove]

yeah lol nothing good can come of it

i had to look over my essays bc i was altering one for another college and i had to come to terms with the fact that i made at least a couple minor capitalization/punctuation errors 😭

all related to my field of study which sucked 💀

[pulsar solstice]

while I was rereading my supps etc I started thinking abt like whether it would've been good to talk about my activities more

because I really didnt talk about them much

but no changing that now lol ig

[reef grove]

eh you had space in the activities section, if you explained it there you’re prolly fine

[pulsar solstice]

oh yeah ofc but I do wonder whether linking up everything more wouldve been a good call

my common app was about my top activity anyways

[reef grove]

yeah same

[low surge]

sent in my 3rd app for the day!

[pulsar solstice]

and there are some mentions of some others in my supps

[pulsar solstice]

Congrats!

[low surge]

if only yale hadn't deferred me i wouldn't be applying to safeties🫠

[reef grove]

i’m lucky to applied to almost all my safeties in EA

since they were public and harvard lets you submit to public during REA 🔥

[pulsar solstice]

oh yeah IIRC my friend did both GTech and Harvard REA

[low surge]

dang it shouldve applied to harvard rea instead of yale

[reef grove]

i think i applied to uva, unc, uta, and a couple other big state schools

i have to wait until like late january for those results tho 😭

[pulsar solstice]

have you alrd enrolled harvard tho

[reef grove]

nope

[pulsar solstice]

fair enuf

god im still on the fence about emailing em

[reef grove]

pff if it’ll put your mind at ease just do it

there’s no harm

[junior imp]

For the future essay, I talk about how Harvard’s offerings could help me to advocate for an issue in the future, but how specific does the issue need to be?

Like right now I just say I would advocate for global judicial improvements, should I hone in on something a little more specific than that?

[reef grove]

id say as long as it accurately represents what you did and the essay couldn’t describe someone else, you should be fine

[junior imp]

Well it’s for something that I want to advocate for

I just don’t know how specific to make the issue

Maybe I’m overthinking it

[reef grove]

i think as long as you differentiate yourself from others and the AO knows what you’re talking abt it’s fine, tho i’d say generally the more in depth abt a subject you can go, the more it seems like you know what you’re talking abt and not just saying words to make yourself seem cool lmao

[junior imp]

Thanks!

[vagrant plover]

hey i just submitted, i wanted to know when do i have to submit the financial documents

like css and stuff...

[pulsar solstice]

feb 1st

[native solar]

you can see it on their finaid website. css and fafsa are both due feb 1

[pulsar solstice]

you should get your applicant portal email in about a day or so, I just got mine like an hour ago

[native solar]

quick question: in the honors/awards section, do i put what a description of what the award is in the title box? since there's nowhere else to put it

or do i just put the name of the award

[vagrant plover]

so uni will ask from me for css, i can chill rn??

[pulsar solstice]

you can chill but be sure to just submit before the deadline ig

[vagrant plover]

ok thanks

[reef grove]

if it’s self explanatory then i’d just put the name, if you feel like it needs more info i’d put that in the “additional info” section

[pulsar solstice]

^^, I did this as well

[junior imp]

I think my Harvard essays are done 🥳

[native solar]

if i got money with an award, do i include that?

like i got $500 for one ap biology award

[gaunt plaza]

I finally submitted my app 😄

[reef grove]

if you think it’ll help your app, then sure, put it in the additional info section

[hybrid yew]

hey fellow Harvard/UTK applier lol

[native solar]

GOOD LUCK!!!

[gaunt plaza]

lol ya, utk does guaranteed admission for tn students who reach their qualifications, so it was more of a formality 😭

like why do i have to pay money to apply if ur not even gonna read my app 😔

[gaunt plaza]

also THANK YOU AND YOU TOO

[hybrid yew]

im OOS but it has a really good program for my niche major so I just kinda applied as a really strong safety

[gaunt plaza]

icl it really is becoming a better school each year

[hybrid yew]

even though the numbers drop in recent years is kinda crazy and its not much of safety anymore

[gaunt plaza]

i won't lie, im considering it as one of my top choices rn bc of how affordable it is for such quality

[gaunt plaza]

ikr! Like how th did it go from 80ish percent to around 20% acceptance rate in only a few years???

why they do that? 😭

[hybrid yew]

same, im waiting for my Finaid but i got pretty good merit from them so its pretty much my top school if i dont get into my state (UVA)/other reaches

[hybrid yew]

its probably gonna be like a 17-18% oos acceptance rate this year if i had to guess

[gaunt plaza]

most likely

[hybrid yew]

thats lower than UVA's in-state 🫨

My supps are finally done 😭

gonna get someone to read them over (if anyone willing) and submit 💪

[misty remnant]

submitteddd im scared LOL

cant wait for the rejection 🔥

[ripe plinth]

we up in RD ‼️

[misty remnant]

real

see u in cambridge 🫡

[reef grove]

fr we have to make the best class ever

[misty remnant]

ongggg

[lunar shoal]

Nah we'll all get in 💪

And then we can celebrate by going to the golden raising canes

[pulsar solstice]

harvard class of 29 rizz party

[reef grove]

visitas isn’t ready 😈

[misty remnant]

omgg yes visit day

wait why am i deluding myself into thinking im crimson bound ‼️

(bc i am)

[pulsar solstice]

wait do international students get to go for visitas too

[reef grove]

everyone is invited

i believe

[pulsar solstice]

act nvm thats a stupid question scratch that

yah

[reef grove]

however travel aid is only given for ppl with heavy financial need i believe

[misty remnant]

best form of manifestation is planning for visitas

[misty remnant]

OOOHH

yes free trip to boston!!!

[reef grove]

fr just book the flight now, what are they gonna do reject you?? (this is terrible advice do not do this)

[misty remnant]

HELPP real

ok goat did u alr get in 😍

or is this manifesting idk

whichever one it is congrats ?!

[lunar shoal]

Ngl I just hope visitas isn't mid

[low surge]

I've submitted 6 applications today 🫡 and my head hurts, and I hope I get harvard

[lunar shoal]

(I'm delusional that I get a choice)

[misty remnant]

HELPP we gotta get in first

(we will)

[low surge]

I love crimson color

[misty remnant]

ngl my harv essays kinda cooked but still getting a big fat reject 😋

[low surge]

Uss

[reef grove]

yeah i got in rea

[misty remnant]

omgg congratsss

[reef grove]

if my ass can get in so can y’all 😈

[misty remnant]

bro is confident 🔥

harvard class of 29 in this chat

[reef grove]

frfr

[low surge]

Lmfao manifestating

I no longer have 50 essays left I can change my name back 🥂

[reef grove]

i better see all of y’all in the facebook group or i’ll be mad

[low surge]

I will literally make a facebook account

[reef grove]

LMAO

[low surge]

My back hurts I've been sitting infront of my laptop all day 😭

[reef grove]

i had to actually put effort into my linkedin profile bc so many people were sending me the stupid connection requests to a BLANK PROFILE.

genuinely i forgot i had even made one

[reef grove]

so real

[low surge]

Now we send an loci to the rival yale 🫠

If I get yale I'll see y'all at the game

Wearing blue 💀

[reef grove]

nah that’s crazy

i immediately covered up my yale tour sticker with a harvard one when i got my admissions package

[misty remnant]

my yale app is ass

harvard pls take me cus

[pulsar solstice]

in the middle of the 400 word yale essay rn 😭

[misty remnant]

i twisted my amherst essay until it resebled a diversity essay LMAO

[pulsar solstice]

god harvard please take me my other submissions are struggling rn...

[misty remnant]

PLS RIGHT

i like penn & dartmouth but idk

js one IVY

penn app is highk sexy i neeed need neeeed

plslslplsplps

[pulsar solstice]

applying to harvard is exciting until you realize you've spent most of your time doing ONLY harvard supps and essentially putting all your eggs in one basket...

[misty remnant]

ok gang i didnt do that HELP

my other ivies minus yale turned out sexier highk

[reef grove]

i’m just so glad i had other college deadlines before harvard

my utaustin and unc apps were… something

[pulsar solstice]

ok well not only, but I feel like I really spent an unreasonable amount of time on Harvard

[misty remnant]

no real

i did fly ins where i wrote shitty essays & did bad state school ea apps 🔥 it was good practice

so glad i didnt ed anywhere omfgg

[pulsar solstice]

rn I'm reusing an ancient common app draft for my yalr community essay

only problem is im hitting over 600 words

[misty remnant]

bc my writing was so bad 😭 in oct

[misty remnant]

HELPP

idk what 2 do

my essay came out jumbled

yale why school is the one where i struggled

same w why major idk

harvard why school was so easy...

[pulsar solstice]

my "why major" sounds so fucking boring right now

[reef grove]

at first i hated it but looking back the 150 word limit was so nice

[quasi shadow]

I had to cut down my princeton one from 600💀

[misty remnant]

no FR

[quasi shadow]

it's always boring

[pulsar solstice]

I'll definitely spend time spicing it up

[misty remnant]

helpp

didnt apply princeton for that

goofy ahh 500 wd

[reef grove]

i would hate to have yapped for 400 words

[pulsar solstice]

oh yeah definitely

[lament eagle]

hey guys. its fine if i self-reported my SAT on the common app? should i also self-report it on the portal, via the form?

[quasi shadow]

I'm literally submitting applications to be rejected

[misty remnant]

no right idk why ppl hate on the word limit

its so sexy

like sm easier to wirte

[pulsar solstice]

I self reported everything again on the portal

[quasi shadow]

Wait gang

so

[misty remnant]

same w columbia

[misty remnant]

real

[pulsar solstice]

not sure if you need to but I just did anyways

[quasi shadow]

harvard only sees a superscore

[lament eagle]

aight ty

[quasi shadow]

on commonapp

[pulsar solstice]

same with UPenn

[lament eagle]

makes sense

[quasi shadow]

do they ask again on the actual thing

portal

whatever

[misty remnant]

NO REAL

[pulsar solstice]

3 200 word essays god bless

[misty remnant]

penn essays were the besttt

omg

[quasi shadow]

cause in that case I'll just submit the 1580 on commonapp instead of my 1590 superscore

[misty remnant]

penn 29 if not harvard 🤫

[quasi shadow]

or whatever

[misty remnant]

i know when i read them in 1 month im gonna cringe so hard but idgaf

[quasi shadow]

don't reread

just submit and forget about it

[misty remnant]

ok yea

[quasi shadow]

it's not worth it

[misty remnant]

idk im paranoid ab my details SOO imma look over those like 500x help

like my test scores or wtvr

[reef grove]

best word of advice, never look at your application after you submit 💀 nothing good can come of it

[quasi shadow]

my friend put the wrong professor's name in her umich essay and it's killing her inside

[misty remnant]

even tho i alr looked over them 200x

ok yea

[quasi shadow]

yeah

[reef grove]

live in delulu that there are no typos or capitalization errors

[quasi shadow]

this is what spellcheck is for real

also tbh nobody cares

[reef grove]

I STILL MISSPELLED AND CAPITALIZED RANDOM STUFF 😭😭😭

[quasi shadow]

like this stuff happens a lot

[misty remnant]

ngl i was looking over my essay and realized i didnt even know what i was talkin ab

but i submitted

cus thats not gna make or break

🔥

(i like to t hink)

[quasi shadow]

I could not care less about this app process anymore real

[misty remnant]

real af

[quasi shadow]

so Imma just submit and forget about it

[misty remnant]

no fr

[reef grove]

the perpetual yap

[misty remnant]

im donee ahh

[quasi shadow]

go live my life for a little

[misty remnant]

ong

idk cus by the end of it i didnt know the diff btwn idea and ideal

wtvr idgaf

hopefully they know

[reef grove]

fr y’all deserve a break, get yourself a cheesecake or go somewhere fun bc y’all earned it

this is a huge accomplishment and y’all put a ton of effort in

[quasi shadow]

Did you get in REA?

[reef grove]

ye

[quasi shadow]

what major?

[reef grove]

government

[quasi shadow]

ooh

cool

I'm applying EE here

prolly won't get in though

[misty remnant]

ok real gov

i did econ & gov

not getting in on gang

[reef grove]

no use worrying abt it, what’s done is done

[quasi shadow]

yeah tbh idrc harvard's a moonshot for anyone anyways

[misty remnant]

march 27th we're gna be celebrating

[reef grove]

pat yourself on the back and get a little treat

[quasi shadow]

unless you're usamo usaco plat isef or whatever

[hybrid yew]

ay fellow econ double major

[misty remnant]

my essays carrying me on gang

[misty remnant]

yayy omg

[reef grove]

no but like i’ve heard abt kids with actual patents getting rejected from MIT like 😭

[hybrid yew]

im just classics + econ so im a weirdo 💀

[misty remnant]

ok thats fire

[low surge]

In addition to the common app one, how much yapping can they read

[misty remnant]

no fr

cornell w 650 wd 💀

+350 wd

crazy ahh

not doin allat

[low surge]

I'm literally reusing my words

[pulsar solstice]

I really hope my essays + main activity carries me tbh

[hybrid yew]

i havent even started on princeton yet 💀

time for the lock in of the century

[misty remnant]

js did dartmouth, harvard, penn, and columbia

perhaps yale

[low surge]

Us, I spend 4 years doing that shi

[misty remnant]

which im highk done

[pulsar solstice]

ok I spent less time but

[misty remnant]

hopefully essays + context 💀 of family responsibilities woo

pls

[pulsar solstice]

I'm still rlly proud of it

[misty remnant]

and my counselor rec and my one rec or smth

m,y other rec meh but

it'll be fien prayin

PLEASE LET ME IN

[quasi shadow]

I did Harvard Penn Columbia Duke Northwestern Princeton Stanford Cornell

all for EE or CE

[misty remnant]

sheesh

how many did u do total?

[low surge]

One rec letter of mine is literally glazing

[quasi shadow]

15

[misty remnant]

okayy nice

[quasi shadow]

my friend did 20 though

he's nuts

[misty remnant]

i have 25 more to submit LMAO but im so lazyy

[junior imp]

Me but with my low opportunity school

[misty remnant]

idk im done w everything but like

[quasi shadow]

25 more?

jesus

[misty remnant]

12 hrs left..

so idk

[pulsar solstice]

reporting you to the admissions office rn if you waived ferpa rights....

[low surge]

62 including all different countries and shi

[pulsar solstice]

/j

[misty remnant]

submitted harvard & taking a break

[junior imp]

Wild

[quasi shadow]

I mean there's not much to do

[rugged vessel]

my friend's chilling if he submitted harvard like 2-3 hours late right

[quasi shadow]

just paste your essays and submit

[misty remnant]

WHATT

[misty remnant]

help real (i check over the info i put in like 3x)

[low surge]

No it was the peer one for Dartmouth, my friend wrote it and I read it

[little flax]

Yes

[pulsar solstice]

oh right lol

[reef grove]

nope auto reject and thrown to the lions, im afraid /j

[quasi shadow]

I wonder if my pton test scores will get there on time

I rush reported on monday

but idk it'll get there

[pulsar solstice]

ngl aint got fuckin time to rest for me dawg

immediately after I submit everything im gonna need to mega lock in

[magic light]

wait harvard essay was due earlier today?

[quasi shadow]

how many essays u got life man

[quasi shadow]

ah shit why

[rugged vessel]

terrible new year

[pulsar solstice]

I have A-level papers on 14th and 17th

[quasi shadow]

nah I think he's intl

[pulsar solstice]

like actual papers

[quasi shadow]

damn that's tragic

[pulsar solstice]

for further maths

[hybrid yew]

wait does princeton require official scores by jan 1 💀

maybe im not applying to princeton ‼️

[reef grove]

the uc application cooked me so bad tho lmao, not allowing test scores is diabolical 💀 deadass i put my ACT reading score in the english proficiency section as someone that’s lived in america for 16 years 😭

[pulsar solstice]

Ive spent my entire break writing essays so hopefully I can clutch 💀

[quasi shadow]

yes💀

Well

[hybrid yew]

welp

[quasi shadow]

they have a grace period

for test scores usually

[pulsar solstice]

oh deadass my UC application is so fucking terrible

[hybrid yew]

it was a for shiggles thing anyways

[pulsar solstice]

genuinely atrocious

[reef grove]

no due tn

[quasi shadow]

cause like

not that deep

[magic light]

he due date should be in est so its in 10 hours

[quasi shadow]

as long as ur actual app gets there in time

[quasi shadow]

nah I think it's all local timezone right

[magic light]

Im still missing my 3 things your dorm mates should know about you and the dissagreement essay

[hybrid yew]

wait yall can i ask a question bc the website was ambigious?

[rugged vessel]

ik a lot of internationals who mogged me in sat reading and grammar bro its crazy

[hybrid yew]

does harvard superscore?

[reef grove]

i submitted my utaustin ones late and they didn’t care lol, you should be fine

[magic light]

i got 10 hours to write it

[quasi shadow]

yo is it fine if I wrote my 3 things my dorm mates should know about me to the roommates

[hybrid yew]

cause they say no but then say they only consider sum of best sections

[rugged vessel]

bro is applying to things for fun

[quasi shadow]

I was wondering about this

[hybrid yew]

and my superscore is 40 pts higher than my best (1520/1560)

[reef grove]

i applied to a bunch of public schools bc they were the only ones i could apply to during harvard REA 😭

[hybrid yew]

oh i did too

[reef grove]

plus utaustin foreign service program is goated

[hybrid yew]

every school i could EA i did EA

[reef grove]

real

[hybrid yew]

need UNC to clutch up for me

[reef grove]

i’m still waiting for my results from them tho

they come out mid-late january tho 😭

[hybrid yew]

cautiously optimistic about UNC bc of a scholarship thing but its still a nightmare oos

[misty remnant]

HELPP this is crazyy

are u committed yet?

ngl i respect it LOL

[rugged vessel]

i am clicking the commit button for kaz

[reef grove]

me w utaustin… they accept the top 6% of all texas applicants so oos rates are abysmal

[hybrid yew]

yea ik its genuine nightmare fuel to get into texas

[reef grove]

nah i’m still submitting to gtown (against this group’s wishes)

[rugged vessel]

ut austin made sure to accept 2 annoying rich popular kids from my school tho

[misty remnant]

REALLYY

thats crazyy

[hybrid yew]

the most annoying thing is that my realistic top choice doesnt come out all the way until april 1 😭

[misty remnant]

what is this

[reef grove]

best foreign service program in the world babyyy 🔥🔥

[rugged vessel]

these words don't leave my mouth often, but i hope you get rejected

[hybrid yew]

wake forest

[misty remnant]

ok and is havard worse

Harvard

[reef grove]

absolutely crazy 😭

[misty remnant]

ok real

[hybrid yew]

than gtown for foreign service

[misty remnant]

very very marginal difference

[reef grove]

IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A FOREIGN SERVICE MAJORRTT

[misty remnant]

ok true

[reef grove]

i have to do government and it’s a sub field in that

[misty remnant]

i mean

[hybrid yew]

actually more than you think purely because of geography

[junior imp]

I’m applying to GTown today 🥳

Worst application ever

[reef grove]

THIS TOO

[junior imp]

Why is it on a different website

[misty remnant]

ok thats fair

[hybrid yew]

its like why smth like GW/AU can be better than ivies for pub policy bc of congressional internships/opportunities

[reef grove]

gtown is in dc, the internships r just gonna be better purely bc of location

[misty remnant]

but no doors r gonna close cus u went to harvard instead of georgetown, but yea location is valid

[hybrid yew]

im from NoVa too so i know a lot of ppl who went to gtown over other places

[misty remnant]

ong

[reef grove]

i was gonna apply to those ones too but i accidentally missed the honors college deadline so i thought why bother lmao

[misty remnant]

gave me a headache

[hybrid yew]

yea

[misty remnant]

no ec descriptions eitehr why i gotta upload a resume

[rugged vessel]

majors are all the same shit, the clubs/connections/classes are more important

[hybrid yew]

and those are good schools for foreign service prob but at a pt harvards still harvards

[rugged vessel]

u can still get those internships bc u go to harvard and they'll love you

[pulsar solstice]

@reef grove gtown is a great school, dw about your harvard acceptance you can just hand it to me I'll take it for you

[reef grove]

ye plus undergrad isn’t all that important in the scheme of things, so i might do undergrad harvard grad gtown if i still wanna do foreign service

[pulsar solstice]

/j

[rugged vessel]

i think there are hella foreigners in boston fr because there's 453534235345 schools

[hybrid yew]

cant believe im defending someone who got in REA applying to somewhere else 💀

[misty remnant]

i agree

if you dont want that, i can split it w u

[reef grove]

wait could you actually explain why it’s bad? it’s always confused me lol

[hybrid yew]

its not really

but some ppl think that if youre 100% gonna matriculate somewhere

[reef grove]

fr fr just check your email inbox the acceptance will arrive shortly

[hybrid yew]

(which youre not)

then its bad form to leave your applications in because you might "take spots" from other people

[reef grove]

ohhh i see

[rugged vessel]

whyd you apply REA at all then

[reef grove]

i would think colleges account for that tho? that’s what waitlists are for lmao

[hybrid yew]

but thats also kinda why waitlists exist and you still deserve the spot

[rugged vessel]

turning down harvard feels cursed but thats me being a prestige whore

[hybrid yew]

people conflate REA with ED and thats where people get tripped up

if you did ED somewhere and youre leaving other apps in then that is kinda shitty

[pulsar solstice]

nah but fr tho I rlly respect the choice to still continue with your Gtown app

[misty remnant]

i also respect the choice to give me harvard

[reef grove]

boosted acceptance rate, i might be cocky but i feel like i didn’t need the booster gtown rate as much as i needed the harvard one

[hybrid yew]

but REA =/= ED

[rugged vessel]

tbh both boosts are scams

ppl always tell me its easier to get into harvard RD

but that's bc ppl like hating on me

lmao

[pulsar solstice]

its a culture problem here in malaysia but some of my uni choices were rlly influenced by perception

[reef grove]

whaaat that’s crazy

[pulsar solstice]

need a fancy school to get a good job etc etc

[reef grove]

tbf there was this insane stat that like half of REA admits were legacy/athlete

[hybrid yew]

what do i know though i got straight rejected REA 💀 💀

[pulsar solstice]

I saw that too, not sure how true that is

[rugged vessel]

although its likely true/close to it a lot of people are just using it for copium

[reef grove]

looking at a couple of my classmates i think it’s pretty accurate, a lot of them have said they’re gonna be representing a sport

[rugged vessel]

so if you get in REA you feel better about yourself in the grand scheme of imposter syndrome at harvard lmao

[pulsar solstice]

makes sense I guess

[reef grove]

hey i mean you never know i could be deceiving everyone by getting in purely bc my daddy donated a building

or maybe i never got in in the first place 🤯

this is actually just a huge scam guys i’m going to community college

[pulsar solstice]

I mean I really only decided to apply RD because I feel like a lot of the boost in my chances are mitigated because of that statistic but also cuz I'm an international

• I appreciate the extra time for all the essays lol

[magic light]

what extra time?

[hybrid yew]

lowk looking back on it my RD essays are a lot better than my EA essays

def got a lot better at college apps

[misty remnant]

no right whatever i did early

horrible

i keep drafts of every essay ever

omgg

crazy ahh change

[hybrid yew]

i said "disunengaged" accidentally in my UVA essay 💀

[misty remnant]

HELPP

[reef grove]

my utaustin essays were so dog 😭 nov 1 deadline wrecked me

[pulsar solstice]

compared to REA

the extra 2 months

[rugged vessel]

i didn't even consider boost i quite literally only applied to some schools EA so then i could experience ivy day to its full effect

[misty remnant]

no fr am cooked for uiuc in state ong

cus those were ass

[rugged vessel]

applying to an ivy REA felt like cheating

[misty remnant]

ok this is so real

im excited

[hybrid yew]

i just decided that every nov 1/nov 15/dec 1 deadline was all Nov 1 and almost killed myself to get them all done

[misty remnant]

i wanna apply all 8 for kicks (will not be doing this)

but it sounds fun

and like hell too

[reef grove]

dudeeee i’m not gonna get to do ivy day (first world problems)

[misty remnant]

this is wild 😭

[rugged vessel]

(i did this)

[pulsar solstice]

Ivy day is like just a couple days before my bday (1st april)

[misty remnant]

ok real

[misty remnant]

omg ur a joke!!

[pulsar solstice]

either gonna be best or worst bday of my life

[hybrid yew]

"oh im kazwithknives i got into harvard, im not gonna be able to experience ivy day, i have to apply to georgetown" fuck you. (/s)

[reef grove]

😭 mb all

[hybrid yew]

nah im joking

gl goat

[rugged vessel]

kaz u arent playing mc with us until u commit 🙏🏽

[pulsar solstice]

i cant wait to get accepted to harvard (manifesting rn) and hear this every time I introduce myself

[hybrid yew]

see you at crimson days/visitas

[reef grove]

noooo <//3

[hybrid yew]

hahvawrd

[reef grove]

havaad

[pulsar solstice]

harvard? the school from suits?

that's a real place?

[hybrid yew]

harvard? like the Boston Latin graduate school?

[tribal ingot]

181 exists but it’s called 1810 now

280 isn’t a thing afaik

hcs exists but it’s broad bc there are a bunch of orgs under it: https://www.hcs.harvard.edu/initiatives/

[reef grove]

not even in boston smh, in some tiny town next to it that no one cares abt

[misty remnant]

oh u mean umass cmabridge?

cambridge

[hybrid yew]

they want to be uk cambridge sooooo baddddd

[misty remnant]

that goofy state school

ongg

better food

[hybrid yew]

Cambridge Community College

[misty remnant]

Umm great question

idk ngl js go to umass atp

[pulsar solstice]

harvard? what is that, like a local community college?

[reef grove]

getting into harvard purely for the discounted merch 🤤

[misty remnant]

discount of 0.01 dollars

[reef grove]

10% if ur accepted + free shirt

25% once admitted i believe

[misty remnant]

free shirt that tears after a week

im kidding

except they're a public school, so their endowment is small

[reef grove]

i got the package already, the t-shirt is separate tho and is estimated to come by the end of april for visitas 💀💀💀

[misty remnant]

hell yea more merch when we get in

[reef grove]

literally strapped the shirt to a snail and pointed it in the right direction

[misty remnant]

new shirt to add to closet on gang

[reef grove]

nm

[misty remnant]

me next yr ong

[reef grove]

• the actual admission letter. which i can’t show for obvious reasons lmao

FAKE POLAROIDS

THEYRE CARDBOARD

😭

JOHNS HOPKINS GIVE YOU A SPEAKER

HUHHHH

NO WAY

man i was happy that the dean hand wrote me a little like “hope you join us!” at the bottom of mine 💀

hobe 😭

idk i haven’t gotten anything like that

i think you can request to see your application w the notes the AOs put on it once you get in tho

i’m so excited but also terrified to see mine 💀

“what is this girl yapping abt” “well i mean she was the only person in this state that applied so… i guess she’s better than nothing…” “oops my finger slipped on the reject button”

[hybrid yew]

weird question for me plus somebody else

if youre a semifinalist for a prestigious but school specific scholarship (robertson for duke)

[reef grove]

i wrote about velocipastor 😭

[hybrid yew]

yall think its fine to include on your harvard app if it replaces a meh/bad award

[hybrid yew]

holy goat

goated movie unbelievable

[reef grove]

truly one of the movies of all time

[hybrid yew]

so excited for sequels

[reef grove]

ye id say so

[reef grove]

ikr it looks so good

“After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. Although he is horrified by the new power, a sex worker convinces him to use it to fight crime.”

i rlly should have googled the summary to the movie bc this looks so bad for me 💀

[hybrid yew]

for what supplemental 💀 ?

[reef grove]

roommate 🔥

[hybrid yew]

I wrote my roommate essay as a syllabus 😭

cause i thought it was funny

and a more generic gimmick than a letter

[little flax]

Look out for an email!

[eager sinew]

what does rhis mean

[reef grove]

tell me you’re joking 😭

[eager sinew]

they dont do them for rea 💀

[little flax]

LOL L

[eager sinew]

its so sad bro

[reef grove]

cryign rn

[little flax]

they don’t even try to win y’all over

[reef grove]

“yeah you can’t throw a ball or donate a building so wtvr”

[hybrid yew]

Department: Harvard College Housing
Class: Orientation 50A: "Being Josh's Roommate" (Y1S0)

Course Overview: (one sentence course overview)

Graded "I Can" Goals: (my three bullet points in the format of "I can" standards)

[reef grove]

“congrats ig, have a fake polaroid”

[eager sinew]

cus they know why we rea'd 😭

[reef grove]

wait that’s actually so cute

[eager sinew]

i aint even get that, they like yall more

[reef grove]

class of 29 >>>

gonna be the best class ever

[eager sinew]

i got one sticker

ONE

[reef grove]

lmaoooo

[eager sinew]

did they give yall an admissions certificate

[reef grove]

yeah

[hybrid yew]

dude UTK sent me a whole ass flag and they admit like 20k people a year

it wasnt too bad

and a bunch of stickers and stuff

[eager sinew]

the certificate is so fire

[reef grove]

i got my letter, an admission certificate, and then financial aid info

[hybrid yew]

i felt like i should do a gimmick bc my three points werent creative enough

I proudly say in that essay i will wear my yankees hat around the Greater Boston Metropolitan area and if i get rejected for that then idc

[pulsar solstice]

ngl I feel like if I do get into harvard I'll either shatter everyone in my house's eardrums or just fucking faint

[hybrid yew]

if i got into yale REA i really wanted to mess with my parents

I was gonna go ask if we could get Frank Pepe's, let them ask why, then say i had to get used to shitty ass pizza if i was gonna spend the next 4 years in new haven

[reef grove]

LMAO

[pulsar solstice]

if you get in you need to put on that cap and head straight into fenway park, they'll absolutely love it trust me

[hybrid yew]

"I can help Josh recover whenever he is attacked for hubristically wearing a Yankees hat around the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area in a
foolhardy show of loyalty to his favorite team."

literally what i wrote

[pulsar solstice]

wait this is such a good idea

[reef grove]

hubristically is crazy 💀

[pulsar solstice]

i'll let my parents know if I get in by asking them if we can get lobster rolls

[hybrid yew]

idek if hubristically is a word

but it made me laugh

more so than anything i want to get into duke so i can bully my brother because he also goes to an ACC school ('cuse)

[reef grove]

one of my essays i decided to go verbose for no reason whatsoever

[hybrid yew]

3 of my essays are really dramatic about my love for classics

and then my roommate essay it that

and my commonapp is about chicken parmesean 💀

[reef grove]

“While transnational decision making is quagmired in minutiae, America nonetheless may ameliorate past wrongs by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as 186 countries have done.”

real line in my app btw

[hybrid yew]

i just have a lot of asyndeton in my essays

not a fan of conjunctions

[reef grove]

i went through and removed every single contraction from my essays

[hybrid yew]

oh i have a ton of contractions

[reef grove]

same for all the ones i’ve had people ask me to look over lmao

[hybrid yew]

some AO said they dont really care

so im running with it to save space

[reef grove]

my college counselor hated them lmao so i removed them

[hybrid yew]

unless it messes up tone/rhythm

[reef grove]

sometimes a contraction jjst flows better honestly

[hybrid yew]

yea

i do a lot of speechwriting so i write in a very specific voice

so a lot of my writing is by flow

[pulsar solstice]

I dont rlly have any quirky lines in my supplementals tbh

ok well except maybe

"I groaned as my weekend Fortnite plans crumbled before my eyes."

[reef grove]

i just counted and i have 8 contractions total in my essays, 6 of which are in my roommate one

the other two i should’ve corrected ngl 💀

[hybrid yew]

my personal statement ends with "thank god for the man with the tank battery" 💀

[reef grove]

mine ends with like “even if it means more senators will have to invest in shin guards”

[pulsar solstice]

now my essays seem so dull ngl 😭

[hybrid yew]

my "how do you hope harv education" essay is really vitriolic though 😭

[pulsar solstice]

"Even though our Forum won’t be happening at the scale I’d imagined, I’m proud we’ve turned this dream into reality. " is my PS's ending

[pulsar solstice]

towards... harvard?

[reef grove]

we have the wordsmith here 😭

[austere mulch]

[hybrid yew]

i have the audacity to say "A harvard education isn't merely a want, its effectively a necessity."

[hybrid yew]

towards academia

[austere mulch]

errr

[reef grove]

“i hate school. lemme in”

[hybrid yew]

its about how my field of higher academia is dying

[reef grove]

playing hard to get is crazy 😭

[hybrid yew]

so i talk about how my only real chances of contributing to a field i love deeply and giving back to it is with the help of a harvard education

[austere mulch]

is saying "harvard is the only way i can do this all other colleges are dead" the way to go about it tho..?

[hybrid yew]

i glaze harvard a lot in it lol

[hybrid yew]

probably not

but yolo

[pulsar solstice]

even though stylistically my writing is somewhat plain im rlly happy with the contents of all my essays though

like

[austere mulch]

real ngl

[ocean palm]

tbh i just talked about research, some clubs, and some advocacy in mine

my supps r super direct

[pulsar solstice]

a lot of my friends who applied to harvard or are applying generally take a pretty serious approach especially regarding the prompts like "how will you contribute to harvard" and the "harvard education in future"

[hybrid yew]

i end that essay with an anaphora of three sentences beginning with "With a Harvard education, I can __" and I just end it with "With a Harvard Education, I can be a classicist" 💀

[pulsar solstice]

so I just decided to go the other way

[hybrid yew]

its overly dramatic

[pulsar solstice]

my entire contribution to harvard essay is rlly deadass just about how I'm a fun guy

(and that fun is rlly important in building a tight-knit community)

[hybrid yew]

im trying to strike a balance bc the whole vibe im going for is "really serious but also social and not a robot"

[austere mulch]

wait r u saying studying Classics is unique to harvard

[hybrid yew]

so my personal statement is pretty humorous

[hybrid yew]

no

Im saying getting a PhD is nearly impossible in classics nowadays 😭

[austere mulch]

o alr

[hybrid yew]

bc getting a phd in classics is pretty much unique to harvard and a few other schools 💀

[austere mulch]

isnt that more grad school than undergrad

ig influence and whatnot

[reef grove]

i read that as “with a harvard education i can be classist” and i was like okay a little ballsy

[pulsar solstice]

ive rlly got so many odds stacked against me but im gonna continue huffing hopium

every year there are only like 3 or 4 malaysians who get accepted to harvard

[hybrid yew]

getting into grad school is next to impossible in the classics and theres like 15% of the tenure track positions after that than there were 20 years ago

[hybrid yew]

yolo

[pulsar solstice]

im gonna be one of them js wait and see 🔥🔥🔥

[hybrid yew]

if they dont like it fuck em 🔥 🔥 🔥

[austere mulch]

i meant like how ur applying for harvard undergrad not harvard grad school/PhD program

[pulsar solstice]

with an ivy league education I will be able to further my dreams of exploiting the labour of others!!

[reef grove]

“i can’t wait to follow in the footsteps of the greats: ben shapiro, henry kissinger, the unabomber… the list goes on.”

[hybrid yew]

to be a harvard man is an enviable distinction

[hybrid yew]

undergrad matters disporportionately for classics PhDs than compared to other PhDs

because graduate programs are shrinking rapidly

[austere mulch]

ah gotcha

[pulsar solstice]

then too, I would like to go to the same college as my father

[hybrid yew]

so its quickly becoming mostly just based on networking/connections

[hybrid yew]

"I do get bad piercing headaches sometimes, but harvard may alleviate them"

[reef grove]

my man has connections i see

[pulsar solstice]

its the JFK harvard essay

if only it was this easy

[reef grove]

OH lmao

[austere mulch]

i too would like to go to the same college as my friend's parents friends siblings sons daughters grandpa's wife

[reef grove]

i’ve only ever heard the first part of that essay

[hybrid yew]

100% one kid submits that ver batim every year right

[pulsar solstice]

"I have felt that it is not just another college, but is a university with something definite to offer."

[reef grove]

this shit so ass 😭 “i’ve wanted to go for a while, so lemme in please? 🥺”

[austere mulch]

nah surely not 😭

[pulsar solstice]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

[hybrid yew]

hope nothing bad ever happened to him

[pulsar solstice]

I was so so so really tempted to mention it or quote it in some way or another

but I'm glad I didn't

[hybrid yew]

i think its such a meme that a bunch of ppl do it

[reef grove]

why didn’t he say he was a president instead of writing that dogshit essay? is he stupid?

[hybrid yew]

but by god did commitment to the bit almost overcome good senses

[reef grove]

nothing bad ever happens to the kennedies!

[pulsar solstice]

why didn't he tell them he was named after an important airport?

[hybrid yew]

objectively speaking the worm is like the sixth worse thing to happen to a kennedy brain

[hybrid yew]

bc its in new york

[pulsar solstice]

LMAOOO

[hybrid yew]

and theyd think hes a yankees/giants fan

[reef grove]

throwing fr

he didn’t even say he was related to rfk jr

[pulsar solstice]

yk what

reading his harvard essay

I can see why the best reason he could come up with for going to the moon was

"not because it is easy, but because it is hard!"

[hybrid yew]

LMFAO

al capone being an idiot stumbling upwards vibe

[reef grove]

words to live by

[pulsar solstice]

oh my god I'm so happy my essays have improved since 6 months ago

I deadass quoted that in one of my earliest attempts at one of the harvard supps

cant remember which

but it was terrible

it was along the lines of

[rugged vessel]

THATS WHY IVE HEARD PEOPLE MORE THAN ONCE SAY "HARVARD MAN"

[rugged vessel]

i love you 😭

[pulsar solstice]

"I want to go to Harvard, not because it is easy, but because it is hard!"

[reef grove]

LMAO 😭

[hybrid yew]

"I want to go to harvard, because hard!"

[rugged vessel]

is there any other famous people harvard essays

[hybrid yew]

"I want, harvard, hard!"

[rugged vessel]

maybe the standard for essays was just lower back then

[pulsar solstice]

if you remove the rva, harvard becomes hard

[pulsar solstice]

his daddy was also a shitass politician and alumni so I guess it helps

[turbid compass]

I have "awaiting" status on my application, anyone else?

My application better not have failed cuz I'm emotionally invested rn

[pulsar solstice]

on the common app?

[turbid compass]

apply.college.harvard.edu

So whatever that is

I guess yeah

[pulsar solstice]

wdym awaiting

[turbid compass]

Redd cross and it says "awaiting"

[native solar]

wait ur not a college freshman?

[pulsar solstice]

did you submit on common/coalition app already'

[turbid compass]

Yes part 1 and supplements

[pulsar solstice]

did you get the acknowledgement email and applicant portal?

[turbid compass]

Yeah harvard allows matriculated students

[native solar]

oh wait NVM didnt realize

[turbid compass]

For part 1 yes, for supps no

[native solar]

my bad 😭

[pulsar solstice]

whats part 1

[turbid compass]

It's fine, no worries

[turbid compass]

"Thank you for submitting the first part of your application to Harvard College for the 2025 Regular Action application round. The Coalition Application - Powered by Scoir includes two student-submitted components: 1. the main application (which we have received) and 2. the student supplement. Your application will be considered incomplete and we cannot review your application until we receive your supplement."

[pulsar solstice]

ahh right

I did common app so I just got acknowledgement for the whole app

[turbid compass]

[pulsar solstice]

maybe this means they havent downloaded the files yet?

I think thats probably what it means

[turbid compass]

The additional 5 essays

[pulsar solstice]

supplemental essays

@turbid compass since you only got acknowledged for submitting 1 they probably havent downloaded the files for part 2