#Harvard University (2024-2025)

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junior imp
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Well I’m open to anything, now I just need to wait like three months lol

reef grove
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mine were for unc, utaustin, and ohio state lol

junior imp
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Well, do interviews come out end of January?

low surge
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yeah

ocean mantle
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did you get into your other schools?

turbid compass
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Because I literally gain nothing from my current one

quasi shadow
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you cannot

low surge
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if i get an interview i am going to crush it

quasi shadow
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you can only report the highest score for a section

turbid compass
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0 competition, the degree is barely useful

junior imp
magic light
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when is ivy day chat when DO I GET MY APPLICATION RESULTS

little flax
low surge
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gonna rizz up the interviewer fr

quasi shadow
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alright I'm just gonna submit the 1580

quasi shadow
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whatever

magic light
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I just finished my why 3 things and submitted my harvard app

little flax
magic light
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🙏

ocean mantle
junior imp
magic light
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why wouldn't you recycle

little flax
ocean mantle
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even if they fall under the same umbrella

turbid compass
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Guys when do results usually arrive?

reef grove
magic light
low surge
reef grove
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just saves you from having to wholly rewrite

junior imp
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For Ivy Day

low surge
reef grove
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yeah FTC is huge

little flax
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Yes

magic light
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yap a bit more or ask grammarly to reduce it to set word count then yap

turbid compass
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Ok so I have to keep torturing myself about my roommate essay until March 27th

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About fine

low surge
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2 days before my graduation day

magic light
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wtf graduating this soon

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I still got 5 months ahead of me

low surge
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our school freaky like that

turbid compass
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But I feel like my roommate essay is not supposed to have any impact though

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That's why I didn't write a lot

quasi shadow
# little flax Yes

wait for the roommate essay is it fine if I write it to my future roommates or am I cooked

magic light
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I just want to finish my essays and be liberated but I need a brain break

turbid compass
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Doesn't affect my academic score, EC score, athletic score

quasi shadow
turbid compass
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My personality is pretty evident either way

magic light
quasi shadow
magic light
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speaking of duke I should go do duke research + cmu research + edit my yale essays + consider life choices

turbid compass
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The latter I shall also partake in

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Ok I better go sleep at this point

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Good luck and good night everyone

reef grove
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night!

dark moth
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😭

quasi shadow
magic light
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hey chat I put that I liked valorant and anime into my 3 things my roommates might want to know about me, am I cooked

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"valorant has guns and planting bombs in the game this guy wants to be a terrorist we cant accept him into harvard"

reef grove
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valorant is crazy 😭

magic light
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i can still change it

reef grove
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depends, silver > auto reject, ascendant < auto accept

ocean mantle
magic light
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plat

reef grove
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nah change it to league of legends

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harvard will love that

magic light
reef grove
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champion rank warwick jungler

magic light
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I talked about my chinese culture and cooking 1st thing, 2nd my love for learning fun facts , 3rd gaming and anime

reef grove
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best four words to put in your app

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yeah lol you should be fine

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as long as it reflects you ur good

magic light
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anime and gaming is the part I DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT

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but its the human nature to seek out other fun activities

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I just cant say some types of games like LEAGUE

reef grove
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better than fortnite

magic light
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true

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BUT LEAGUE

reef grove
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lmao val is fine

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as long as you don’t tell your roommate to get matching names

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“his sage” “her jett”

magic light
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thats crazy

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crazy work

lofty harbor
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is bro talkin about val

reef grove
# magic light crazy work

“third fun fact: i love val! feel free to add my riot tag, i miss her#6969, and we’ll get some aces together! Bomb buddy out!”

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you’re welcome i just wrote ur essay

magic light
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crazy

ocean palm
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yo for the where have you lived question

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what do i do if i forgot where i lived in my early life

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my parents cant find some records rn

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does it rly matter like before five

dark moth
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surely ur parents can remember the city

dark moth
reef grove
ocean palm
fleet loom
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i just left out the months because I literally have no idea

reef grove
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hmm, do you have your old addresses written down anywhere? and yeah i think years are okay

ocean palm
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ok fair

reef grove
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and i suppose just putting down the country/state would be fine

ocean palm
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yeah

reef grove
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or region

zealous rune
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I forgot to include a future AP exam on my common app when I submitted my application, and emailed the admissions office about it. They directed me to the application portal as a way to add information to my application, but when entering my exam, they require a score (which I obviously do not have since I haven't taken the test yet). What do I do?

reef grove
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hmm that’s weird, are you able to put non-numbers in the box? if so i’d put something like “TBA” or “N/A” in there since the date is in the future

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if you’re not able to do that i’d contact them again bc i don’t think they understood your problem

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or if there’s an “additional info” section i’d put it there

zealous rune
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Wait I think they want me to upload an update in the supplemental materials section

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Do I just create a PDF stating my case?

reef grove
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yeah that could work

zealous rune
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Alright I'll do that

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Thanks

trim rampart
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let me in pls Harvard

misty remnant
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real

gloomy moat
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just submitted! (please let me in pleeeeease :d)

trim rampart
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same

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Yaaas

austere portal
gloomy moat
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tyyyyy

waxen nacelle
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i'm submitting mine late

pulsar solstice
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god I hope the terrible estimations for my activity hours make sense

ocean palm
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i hate the future plans prompt no matter what i say it sounds so generic

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omg

solemn panther
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but its ok

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harvard supps are supposed to be direct

ocean palm
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tbh im writing all my supps direct

solemn panther
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only if its short

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if i have space i add fluff

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pls harvard accept me

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I need u

junior imp
eager sinew
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just submit it

junior imp
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But luckily I already submitted so I don’t need to worry about it anymore cursedmoon

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85 days! 🥳

eager sinew
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what

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no i know lmfao

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no one disagreed with u

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i am confused on what ur saying

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if u dont want them to make any decision based on ur old scores then dont submit them

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should be fine

vestal matrix
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For the Harvard portfolio, I was thinking of submitting my MIT maker portfolio changed up a little as a "Other" portfolio. Is this fine?

reef grove
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nah i’m jk it should be fine

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just make sure it relates to what u plan on going in

solemn panther
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i think youll be fine

vestal matrix
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ok bet

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hi shawn

vestal matrix
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buh

reef grove
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after you get access to your portal there should be a place to upload them!

solemn panther
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this was for notre dame but i submitted my architecture portfolio 2 weeks after i submitted my app

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so i think after is fine

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holy balls my future plans essay is straight buns

native solar
solemn panther
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is this jfk

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😭

native solar
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no that was my answer for the future plans essay /j

hybrid yew
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finally free

solemn panther
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rest now

hybrid yew
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boutta take a heavenly power nap

austere portal
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rsity

hidden beacon
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this disagreement essay is killing me

junior imp
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But I have homework tomorrow and swim so the grind never stops 🤑

solemn panther
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Rip

south imp
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where do i find a fee waiver for common app

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i aint tryna pay 85 bucks

tranquil pike
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for harvard sat do i have to send the official one or do they take self reported

south imp
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self

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all ivies are self

zealous rune
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Not Princeton

solemn panther
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is portfolio a seperate due date

zealous rune
solemn panther
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TYSM

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was paniking

fleet loom
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submitted

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not even close

solemn panther
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Same

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Just submitted

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😮‍💨

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In the nick of time

eager sinew
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ur counselor would have verified that u qual

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if u do

solemn panther
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Too late now, submit asap and take the L

eager pond
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hey guys for spacing, do we leave a line on commonapp or do we just put the next line automtcially underneath it?

fleet loom
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what do you mean? like the space between paragraphs?

eager pond
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do you mind if I dm you?

forest moth
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i think if u add extra its like too big

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but idt it matters thatt much

frail kettle
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anyone trying to review supps

forest moth
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ican

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i just submitted

frail kettle
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bet

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i have columbia ones too

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if u want to see those

forest moth
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okok sure

fierce jolt
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submitted my abstract to harvard

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🔥

ionic flint
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Am I cooked if I didn't write the first prompt mainly on diversity? It had more emphasis on community

obsidian nexus
ionic flint
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🙏Thank you

worn helm
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asking for a friend but do u guys know if harvard has an application grace period lol

obsidian nexus
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they have external supp and portfolio grace period though

worn helm
obsidian nexus
severe gust
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is it fine if i wrote the disagreement essay to be like an abstract disagreement with a concept instead of a person

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but very much connected to a person

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that’s not there anymore

low surge
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whatever you feel like answering

obsidian nexus
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it should be a real experience

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that shows how you communicated and learned from other people

austere mulch
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yeah should also be directly you with someone else

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as opposed to like you disagreeing with the ben shapiro pod or pod save america

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unfort didnt have time to apply to harv noooo

low surge
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I just came up with an amazing line for one of the suppliments but I already submitted 😔

glad blaze
low surge
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i used it in priceton🥂

glad blaze
fierce jolt
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Self report AMC is important ?

little flax
fierce jolt
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is it good to do it in the portal too

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since thats why i just did

little flax
still edge
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i have 2 research articles do i upload both? one's close to 7000 words not related to my major but super important to my profile

timber gyro
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harver

dark moth
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wait when do we get the application portal link

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and is it possible to upload additional info on there (I ran out of time to put it on my commonapp)

pulsar solstice
knotty orchid
low surge
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Just abstracts???

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Or am I tripping

lone scarab
knotty orchid
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I did that for Columbia

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no way they got time to read allat

knotty orchid
radiant flume
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got my applicant portal!!

junior imp
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Me too!

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Do I need to self-report scores if it says my scores were received on the checklist?

misty remnant
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me too😁😁

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congrats class of 29 on gang

misty remnant
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sometimes i like to js for kicks LOL

junior imp
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Maybe that’s for people that didn’t report on Common App?

misty remnant
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idk isnt it rwuored

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required

still edge
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if it's got a tick i dont think its required

misty remnant
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welll no aren’t they test required

austere portal
low surge
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i've got the portal

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🥂🥂

gaunt plaza
misty remnant
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im HARVARD bound!!

austere portal
junior imp
misty remnant
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its a joke

gaunt plaza
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manifesting

gaunt plaza
misty remnant
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Help why does my school report & letter of rec say unchecked..

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does anyone else have this um

junior imp
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I’m assuming they need to manually change it

misty remnant
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PLS TELL ME U DO

junior imp
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But mine was for my school report and my transcript

misty remnant
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I SWEAR I SUBMITTED?!?!?

austere portal
misty remnant
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it says downloaded.

austere portal
junior imp
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Yeah I’m sure it will change over time

austere portal
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in the commonapp?

junior imp
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Guys do not panic, they are probably just trying to go through everything lol

austere portal
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i would check the rec page on the commonapp

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just in case

junior imp
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If other schools got it then Harvard did too

misty remnant
austere portal
misty remnant
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okay

gaunt plaza
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hmm it says they've only received one of my recs?

vernal blade
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can i still self report supplementary materials or nah

misty remnant
vernal blade
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like an abstract

gaunt plaza
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I say we just wait a bit & maybe they'll update it

austere portal
misty remnant
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ok its prolly a whole system issue

junior imp
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Yeah I have something sent through Naviance that I feel like will take a bit

misty remnant
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Ohh i didnt do naviance ehh

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she js uploaded directly

gaunt plaza
# misty remnant samee omg

they've likely just not finished updating everyone's application status. It's only the morning after after all

misty remnant
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Idk should be fine no..

gaunt plaza
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after after all is so weird to look at

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sorry lol

misty remnant
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real

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idk im panicking jqwjqsn

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its fine yes..

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Ok phew

gaunt plaza
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is afterall one word?

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no?

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idk i dont give a gaf whatever

misty remnant
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i dont know

junior imp
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I’m surprised there isn’t a space for other recommenders on the checklist though

vernal blade
junior imp
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For any schools

junior imp
gaunt plaza
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omg guys now i can say i have an official harvard website account 😻

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i can feel the fame already...

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guys no pictures please

misty remnant
misty remnant
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Okk all went thru

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phrew

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phew

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god is GOOD

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im getting into harvard guys

gaunt plaza
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girl they updated it already lmao

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ok ya we're chilllll

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slay

gaunt plaza
misty remnant
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i think i almost passed out in the 5 secs btwn then and now

misty remnant
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wait they read my app first ong

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alr admitted

solemn panther
ionic flint
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If I reported SAT scores on Commonapp, I don't need to self-report them again in the portal right?

misty remnant
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why is the portal soo clean

worn helm
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its so nice and minimalistic fr

junior imp
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Better than Dartmouth’s noooo

misty remnant
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what does dartmouth look like

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js submitted LOL

junior imp
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Idk why but Dartmouth’s portal looks like it’s from 10 years ago

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It works it just looks super old

tight fog
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yall if i wrote an essay for a competition (4000 words ish) about history/politics/legal philosophy, should i put it into the academic work section?

ripe plinth
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its dartmouth

stone mural
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I’m getting in I’m calling it

fierce jolt
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dukes is honestly atrocious

lone scarab
gaunt plaza
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anything optional wouldn't be on it

reef grove
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worst thing i’ve seen in my life

gaunt plaza
reef grove
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no

gaunt plaza
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oh ok

reef grove
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and anyway i submitted my uc apps before i got my decision back

gaunt plaza
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assumed that was what the "harvard '29" stood for lol

reef grove
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eh i’ll most likely end up going, i want to shoot my shot at georgetown tho

gaunt plaza
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oh did you put it bc u were admitted to harvard rea and ur assuming that's where you're GOING to commit?

reef grove
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yeah smth like that

gaunt plaza
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oh ok that makes sense

native solar
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wait guys, after we submit our application, we cant download the pdf?

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i submitted it yesterday but it wont give me an option to download my responses

last fossil
# reef grove no

I just realised you got into Harvard early. That's crazzzzyyyyy

gaunt plaza
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just go to "review and submit" then it should be right there in the middle

left sedge
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does applying for financial aid hurt my chances

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despite harvard being need blind

ocean palm
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need blind means they dont care

reef grove
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in my admitted students portal i can choose to apply for aid even if i said no on the actual app, so it doesn’t matter lol

hybrid yew
hybrid yew
gaunt plaza
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they were definitely just not finished inputting everyone's materials into the system yet

gaunt plaza
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Is an interview required for admission? I know they try to interview everyone, but have people gotten admitted even if they didn't get interviewed?

reef grove
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from what my interviewer told me it’s just to make sure the applicant has a pulse

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and prolly to make the alumni feel important 💀

gaunt plaza
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oh lmao ok

misty remnant
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i js forgot ab it

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ngl

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i'll remember mar 27

solemn panther
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submitted my slidesroom portfolio

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10 dollars is diabolical

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💀

worn helm
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so take that with a grain of salt

misty remnant
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Oh

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great anxiety ahead

solemn panther
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time to start preparing

misty remnant
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what if i get none

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i’m cooked

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oh georgetown gave me one (like everyone)😁😁

solemn panther
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worry later

misty remnant
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great

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need to finish submitting first on gang

last fossil
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You guys

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For the how definite are your plans question

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What are the ideal numbers

misty remnant
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js put anything 😭

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not gonna make ur decision w that

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i put like 1-2

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but i will be changing stuff😁

last fossil
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R u sure cuz I semed certain in my supps but I flipped the numbers and put 3 and 4s

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Accidently

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Is it a red flag

misty remnant
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theyre not gonna decide based on that😭🙏

last fossil
native solar
gaunt plaza
last fossil
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If I email harvard to change it, will they allow me to?

reef grove
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the numbers you put will not decide whether you get in or not lmao

last fossil
reef grove
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LMAO expect the admission package in 1-2 business years

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idk why but harvard has the slowest mail in existence

misty remnant
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Great i'll be prepared for my likely letter to come late

reef grove
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lmaooo good mindset

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thats totally why they only sent me like two letters in all four years of high school (im delusional)

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theyre all just super late yk

misty remnant
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oh real

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(never gotten a letter)

reef grove
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not missing out on much lmao, they were just the generic postcards that flood everyone's mailbox

hybrid yew
last fossil
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Columbia rlly wanna reject someone.

Chat, should I send email of rejection coolcry

fallow mist
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does anyone know if i need to self report ap scores on the portal if i did already through the common app

austere mulch
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p sure they sent it to everyone applying past midnight EST

reef grove
reef grove
reef grove
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though if it puts ur mind at ease be my guest lol

glad blaze
glad blaze
glad blaze
reef grove
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but if youre in a super small town with no big cities/grads nearby, its harder to get interviewed than if you live in boston

glad blaze
reef grove
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thats an option too, but once again it depends on availability and they normally like to match applicants with alumni in the same general area

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and if theres no one there, or if a lot of people apply, there might not be enough alumni to go around

glad blaze
reef grove
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a lot of alumni also refuse to interview ppl if theyre connected to a certain school, like my friends dad was doing harvard interviews and wouldnt interview me bc i go to the school his son goes to

reef grove
worn helm
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prove me wrong but

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like i said i haven’t met a single person get in without an interview

worn helm
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maybe athletes tho idk

reef grove
reef grove
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so it follows that a vast majority of admitted students will have gotten interviews

worn helm
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true

glad blaze
austere mulch
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glgl

reef grove
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90% interviewed, 5% admitted, so there is likely very little ppl w/o interviews that get in, not bc not being interviewed is a drawback, but just bc so little students dont get interviewed lol

glad blaze
reef grove
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(if im wrong tho tell me lmaooo)

glad blaze
misty remnant
worn helm
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i don’t see it as oh you’re just one of the ones they couldn’t interview

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i see it as ur app gets trashed but then again im not an ao don’t listen to me

lone scarab
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When do interviews start?

worn helm
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i wonder if athletes still do interviews tho

glad blaze
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i mean if you look at it statistically
50000 people apply
3,000 are accepted.
i mean they would be able to offer interviews to at least 5000-10000
so the chances all of those who got in getting an interview is very high

worn helm
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a good amount imo

lone scarab
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Well well look who’s here

glad blaze
worn helm
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i checked my file and they said i was a strong candidate but had to wait for interview before accepting

reef grove
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my interviewer said no

worn helm
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they were like “hope interview goes well”’or something like that

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so i’d say it matters in the sense that you don’t bomb it

glad blaze
worn helm
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but nothing to stress over

lone scarab
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As long as ur not an ass irl

worn helm
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if ykwik

worn helm
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i got a 2-

reef grove
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my interviewer said its just to check if you have a pulse + not completely inept/jerk 💀

worn helm
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i have friends who got in with a 3 i think

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dont worry abt ur scores

lone scarab
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Ok yay

glad blaze
austere mulch
lone scarab
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I feel ur ecs/awards qualify as a 1?

worn helm
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but if you dont get an interview you could still have a chance

lone scarab
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Hope my senior year gpa doesn’t screw me over 💔💔

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ROBBED

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Wow 😭😭

reef grove
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i think im like 3/2- bc im super not competitive for my major lmao

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going into government without a citizenship will do that to you 💀

lone scarab
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That’s acc iconic

austere mulch
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what's the ranking out of?

reef grove
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5

lone scarab
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5

austere mulch
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coolio thanks

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i didnt apply im just intrigued lol

little flax
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Numbers aren’t thattt indicative of acceptance

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I know plenty of 3+s that got admitted

reef grove
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i feel like my academics + recs prolly carried, i definitely got 4 tops in athletics and 3+ tops ecs

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considering that i dont have enough pe creds to graduate lmaooo

austere mulch
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if i get into any school ever its bc of recs my essays are not it 😭

little flax
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Honestly not sure how they factor recs

reef grove
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if anything my essays carried, i went through so many drafts of them

glad blaze
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same

glad blaze
reef grove
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i wish i hadnt waived my right to see them, im so curious ;-;

little flax
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And interview

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Unless my essays sucked that bad

reef grove
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my interview is abt to be a 5 im calling it

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that guy hated me

little flax
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2+ 2+ 2-

worn helm
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@little flax do you think interviews are required to get in

lone scarab
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Wow I didn’t think recs mattered that much 😭😭

worn helm
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i haven’t met a single person get in without one thoo

lone scarab
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Every day I’m learning something new abt college admissions 💀

worn helm
little flax
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Don’t they have that priority ranking system

reef grove
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oh maybe im wrong then </3

worn helm
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i wonder if athletes get interviewed

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do yk?

little flax
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I forgor but someone sent a link that said they code applicants based on how fast they need an interview from

reef grove
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oh wait yeah ive seen that too

little flax
reef grove
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for rea

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better

worn helm
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the faster the better?

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i got mine hella early

reef grove
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it was like before mid november is highest priority

glad blaze
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ik people who got it so late 😭

worn helm
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like 2 weeks from today

reef grove
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after that is lower priority

glad blaze
little flax
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I got mine 1/14

worn helm
reef grove
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i got mine in 10 days i believe? dont remember exact date

little flax
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But mine wasn’t in a rush lol he said we could interview on 1/30

glad blaze
worn helm
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i did 12/31

little flax
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Yes for me

glad blaze
reef grove
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submitted nov 1, interview request nov 11

tall haven
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If u didn’t like take MVC diff eqn r u at disadvantage if u applied engineering

worn helm
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i have friends who applied bme and did calc 2 with me

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or calc 1

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but idk

glad blaze
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did you get deferred

worn helm
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i have a few friends interested in it but i can check how many people study it

glad blaze
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wooosh
that's lit 🔥

reef grove
worn helm
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i don’t think we accept people by major so what you put shouldn’t matter too much imo

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like we don’t have different acceptance rates depending on major

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but only 43 people concentrate BME it says

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i think

glad blaze
worn helm
reef grove
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but some come back bc of ecs and stuff

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lemme see if i can find where i read abt it

glad blaze
glad blaze
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all rounds tbh

reef grove
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both, only difference is the deferred ppl that get a second look with the og notes still on the application

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it’s an interesting read, from a Dartmouth AO

glad blaze
glad blaze
reef grove
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so they can pick and choose the perfect class once they know the whole picture lol

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its like rea waitlist i feel lmaooo

glad blaze
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yeahhhh

austere mulch
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after reading my early supps i understand why i was deferred peeposmile

glad blaze
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That's why an Harvard deferral doesn't really show an applicant's strength 😭

austere portal
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what is ur pfp😱

glad blaze
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if you get deferred from somewhere like Yale or Brown, you know your application is still slightly competitive
only 17 percent get deferred at both schools

gaunt plaza
reef grove
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composite 36

gaunt plaza
glad blaze
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that's litttt

gaunt plaza
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ya i expected that

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i have a 33 composite so im not too sure they'll even consider my app, but oh well 🤷

reef grove
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i got an 8 on the writing portion 💀

gaunt plaza
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idk their cutoff but I've heard its a 34. Here's to hoping that's not true 🤞

glad blaze
#

the acceptance rate was very high
18% is huge 😭
I still got deferred though 😭

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well, intl student issue 😭

misty remnant
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oh i submitted 1480 which in act terms is 10 pts from a 34

glad blaze
austere portal
glad blaze
reef grove
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no

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its holistic

glad blaze
gaunt plaza
# misty remnant THERES A CUTOFF!!?

not sure at all. I've just heard that they lump applicants into two groups of either under 33/34 or over 33/34
No idea if that's true or not

glad blaze
reef grove
gaunt plaza
glad blaze
austere portal
gaunt plaza
austere portal
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and got in

glad blaze
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bro's confidence was on another level 😭

gaunt plaza
# reef grove yeah

im applying to 5 or 6 reaches, but i rlly want harvard to want meeeee agh

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it ok i dont need academic validation, im too cool for school anyways 😎

reef grove
austere mulch
gaunt plaza
glad blaze
reef grove
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when ur applying for like T20s there rlly arent targets anymore, just reaches and safeties bc like it doesnt matter ur scores, u cant call uva or gtown a target 💀

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its a crapshoot

gaunt plaza
austere mulch
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march is about to be mental breakdown month

gaunt plaza
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like im okay no matter what, but just think how cool it'd be if i got in to these other schools 🫰

reef grove
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mid/late january is gonna be fun, thats when im getting my other results back

austere mulch
glad blaze
austere mulch
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for them

gaunt plaza
reef grove
misty remnant
reef grove
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i applied for honors colleges and special programs for most of them

misty remnant
gaunt plaza
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i applied to honors at one of my safeties

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and uhhh

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thats it

glad blaze
reef grove
gaunt plaza
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thats lowkey one of the reasons why i decided to apply to these reaches last minute

reef grove
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like theres always gonna be enough academically competent ppl, at a certain point it just becomes "okay do we have enough midwesterners interested in government?"

glad blaze
reef grove
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which isnt in my control lmao

gaunt plaza
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at the rate my decisions from schools are coming in, im assuming i'll probably get in to all of the schools I ea'd to in october, so i wanted to apply to some schools id DEFINITELY get rejected from so i'd get at least one rejection to keep me grounded 😄

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i have issues, but character development!!

reef grove
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lmaooo real

gaunt plaza
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so go me! im so smart

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oh

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how does one remove a nickname 💀

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help

reef grove
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user settings > profiles > display name

gaunt plaza
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no i got it

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ok nobody saw that

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aura retained...

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😈

low surge
glad blaze
glad blaze
gaunt plaza
low surge
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It's a habit 😭

gaunt plaza
#

PUT the champagne DOWNNN

gaunt plaza
low surge
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Never had an irl sip of alcohol 🫡

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It is a flex yes

lunar shoal
haughty ember
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lol is it worth it to report aime score of 7 to harvard?

haughty ember
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Maybe 😭

magic light
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I would submit that

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(not submitting my 11 problems right amc 12 score)

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I answered 14 problems left the rest blank I got 11 of them right

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was so close to Aime this year

austere mulch
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7 aint even bad

little flax
solemn panther
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LMAO i left half of the amc 12 blank

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def not reporting, wasnt even close to aime

frail kettle
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@haughty ember i also got a 7 i think lol

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wait why is this chat still active before rd results

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wasnt rd deadline last night

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my yale and duke supps looking like shit rn but thats the ones i build off on for everything else so it might be wraps

quasi shadow
spark flint
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According to Harvard’s admissions process article I’ll almost certainly make it to committee so that’s cool

spark flint
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I saw it on the A2C subreddit a while back

austere portal
spark flint
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It said what earned 2s and 1s etc

austere portal
native solar
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if i had to rate myself based on that thing, i would give myself 2-2-4-3 💀

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i hope i'm just wildly underestimating myself

karmic flax
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admissions isn’t an exact science (especially at a school that is entirely holistic review like harvard). people who get in one year could be rejected in another admissions cycle. your application review can vary wildly even depending on what mood your AO is in. there’s no reason to assume your application will go one way or another

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you’ve done everything you can to prepare but once you hit submit it’s entirely out of your hands. don’t assume you’ll be rejected just because you think it’ll hurt less but also don’t assume you’ll make it to xyz stage of the review process because there are so many variables at play

reef grove
reef grove
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it’s a super interesting read

dark moth
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this is a good article imo

karmic flax
reef grove
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prepscholar is such a good resource omg

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i love the article abt the cofounder’s successful app

reef grove
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and i doubt they’d do a complete rehaul in half a decade

karmic flax
reef grove
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ah i see

karmic flax
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especially since harvard has since gone test-optional and there are some factors that they aren’t allowed to consider anymore

gaunt plaza
karmic flax
reef grove
gaunt plaza
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but commonapp for some reason says it isn't

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which is weird

reef grove
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strange yeah

karmic flax
reef grove
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woah what

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my message just deleted

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LMAO

gaunt plaza
karmic flax
gaunt plaza
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big no no

reef grove
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ohhhh lol

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yeah i think admissions might’ve changed after that ruling

karmic flax
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also the number of people applying to harvard in general has exploded so the baseline score to be admitted is also different now

reef grove
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mhm

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harvard is just a little different than other t20s i feel bc i would think it gets the most spam/joke apps

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purely bc of the name i feel

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so its admissions process has to be super streamlined

native solar
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imagine wasting $85 😭

reef grove
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fee waivers tho

reef grove
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i heard that’s the case for yale and stanford

little flax
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I feel like the barriers for the EC rating specifically are different now and def require nuance (like someone’s background)

little flax
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But it’s pretty easy to memorize

gaunt plaza
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they'll never notice

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that i actually dont go to harvard

little flax
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They just put the file on your portal and tell us to not take screenshots

reef grove
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wait really??

little flax
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Yeah u don’t even go in person now lol

reef grove
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i thought you had to ask and they gave a physical copy

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that’s so nice

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do you have to request it or is it just there?

little flax
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But def request it early, it takes 45 business days

reef grove
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jeez

little flax
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Or actually just regular days my b

reef grove
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i wanna see it so bad but i’m also terrified to 💀

little flax
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Dw u got in for a reason lol

reef grove
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“first ever 4- to be accepted, she had a funny looking first name so we said why the hell not”

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gpa diversity 🔥🔥

gaunt plaza
#

what was ur gpa?

reef grove
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0.01

gaunt plaza
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nah thats pretty good

reef grove
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the .01 was in lunch

gaunt plaza
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can one of you guys write my cornell supplemental please?

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thank you

reef grove
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“to be a Cornell man is an enviable distinction”

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there you go

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that’ll be 1000 dollars

gaunt plaza
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I'll just leave this question here

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when you're done just leave it there and i'll hit continue

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kthx

reef grove
# gaunt plaza when you're done just leave it there and i'll hit continue

Cornell, Please, This Is My Only Chance.

I know I’m probably the last person you’d want to admit to your university. I have a 12 ACT and a 2.2 GPA, and I’m sure it looks like a joke. But I’m begging you, please don’t throw my application away. This is literally my only shot. I’m not applying anywhere else. I’ve been rejected by everyone in my life, even by my Discord kitten, and I’m desperate for someone to believe in me. You’re my last hope.

I know it’s pathetic, but that rejection stung. I thought she was different, you know? I thought maybe someone would finally see me for who I am, maybe even care. But no. She ghosted me. No one cares about me. No one sees me. And now here I am, left with nothing but this application to Cornell. If you turn me away, I’ll have nothing. No future. Just... failure.

I’ve struggled through high school, fought for every grade, and still failed. I didn’t have the support others did, no guidance or help. I’ve always been overlooked, ignored, laughed at. I’m not asking for sympathy. I’m just telling you the truth. I’m asking you to look past my low scores and see that I’m still worth something. Cornell, you’re the only place that could possibly change my life. Everyone else has written me off. Please don’t do the same.

I’m not asking for a handout. I know my numbers suck. But I swear, I will give everything to prove I’m capable. I’ll work harder than anyone. I’ll make Cornell proud. I know I’m not like other applicants, but if you just give me the chance, I can show you I’m more than my grades. Please, please let me in. I don’t have anywhere else to turn.

If you reject me, that’s it. No one will ever believe in me. I’ll just fade away into nothing. But if you accept me, I promise I’ll do whatever it takes to make something of myself. You have the power to change my future. Please, Cornell, don’t let me down.

Thank you for considering my desperate plea.

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chat gpt clutch

gaunt plaza
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i dont have a 12 act, i have a 13 excuse you

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and my gpa is actually a 2.209 which should round UP to a 2.21

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put some respect on the 2.21 please 😤

reef grove
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oh mb mb ofc

austere mulch
ripe plinth
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it was "very difficult" to be admitted with no interview

cinder zenith
#

either works tbh

cinder zenith
dreamy lynx
worn helm
worn helm
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especially since ur interview plays a role into ur admissions file

cinder zenith
worn helm
#

wait ngl

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being so honest but i feel like (for here at least) if ur not interviewed you're probably not gonna get in

dreamy lynx
#

No interview is a bit cooked icl

gaunt plaza
#

yall prepscholar.com says i have a 2% chance of admission. That's it I'm totally moving to harvard town! They totally want me

gaunt plaza
dreamy lynx
gaunt plaza
#

lmao ok thanks

cinder zenith
native solar
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do they only ask to interview you once theyve read your application?

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cuz doesnt princeton make everybody interview regardless

worn helm
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but it can be really late

worn helm
gaunt plaza
native solar
gaunt plaza
#

i feel like my application was good enough that i should at LEAST get interviewed. I'll drink to that much 🙏

native solar
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quora says 90% of applica

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yeah

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idk if i trust that but that doesnt seem too bad then

hardy fern
reef grove
#

on the official site they say they try to interview as many as possible

hardy fern
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i would not read into too much

reef grove
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yeah lmao, my interviewer straight up told me it counts for almost nothing

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just makes the alumns feel special

rugged vessel
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i think interviews help esp if theyre on the fence

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i mean interviewers tend to give a lot of information

gaunt plaza
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harvard doesnt give priority to ppl who submit their apps sooner, do they?

obsidian nexus
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i got a second AO interview and didnt get in so reminder to everybody not to stress too much about all this interview stuff

gaunt plaza
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just curious bc i may or may not have submitted my app on the day of the deadline

obsidian nexus
hardy fern
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they're not even reading applications now

obsidian nexus
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after deadline, harvard distributes the info of names and high schools to the regional teams

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then the head of the region assigns ppl to interviewers

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however i will say that some regions are better equipped than others

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that part is a little sus

worn helm
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oh yall said 90%

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yeah it's a lot more likely u get interviewed than u dont

misty remnant
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oh

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what if im auto reject

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LAMOAOAO

winter pivot
#

i

reef grove
#

o

cinder zenith
low surge
#

true reason

obsidian nexus
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that question was so good

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after i mentally came to terms with it

rugged vessel
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school is hard

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:(

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:(

glad blaze
glad blaze
junior imp
obsidian nexus
pulsar solstice
low surge
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its my cousin's wedding and guess who's writing college essays on a phone while on the venue😇

junior imp
low surge
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why have i not received any interview🤨

misty remnant
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not me already getting auto reject bro

low surge
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screw Princeton (JK I LOVE PRINCETON LET ME INNNNN)

junior imp
#

And when your interviewer sends it

low surge
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I submitted my application.....not so long ago....so they prolly haven't even seen it yet...

misty remnant
#

what if they alr decided to reject me 😛🤞

low surge
misty remnant
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oh didn’t cure cancer - were done

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we’re

low surge
#

were, grammar police will never catch us

misty remnant
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they noticed i can’t use grammar on discord

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am i cooked guys

low surge
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nope instant rejection RELEASE THE KRAKEN

misty remnant
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Oh.

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guess imma withdraw to save myself the emotional damage

austere portal
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open application

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USNCO camper + RSI

reef grove
#

luckily you don’t need THAT good of an app to get in

orchid fog
#

Does Harvard take glimpse videos?

reef grove
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if you have stuff like research papers, slideshows, or writing then i would upload that instead of a glimpse video, but it’s up to you

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i believe you can also submit videos via slideroom if you chose to submit supplemental things on commonapp. if you didn’t you can just do it once you get your portal

orchid fog
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and the slideroom thing is only for arts stuff right?

reef grove
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but i dont think it’s purely for arts, i was gonna submit a video presenting some research i did and put it in slideroom (but i ran out of time 💀)

rugged vessel
#

ya u can kinda submit anything

orchid fog
rugged vessel
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like unless it says you can't

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i submitted a lot of things to a lot of things but i dont remember what ofr what school

orchid fog
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it says
Submission Guidelines: Supplemental submissions are useful only for applicants with substantial talents in the arts beyond standard high school level accomplishment. Consider carefully whether your supplemental materials demonstrate unusual talent before submission. Specific guidelines for each type of submission are available within each program.

rugged vessel
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i think i still submitted stuff

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so it must have been disregarded at worst

potent vapor
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how tough is it to get in to harvard while not being top 10% of the class

potent vapor
#

i was just asking for a friend

karmic flax
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wdym

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a what

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the vast majority of schools do not do that

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if it was required it would have been in the common app

ocean palm
#

caltech encourages it too

rugged vessel
ocean mantle
# little flax

If your school doesn't do class rank you're not included in this statistic right?

ocean palm
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but being highly ranked usually correlates with better grades/profiles/etc

ocean palm
# little flax

tho tbf this is very biased because of the low amt of people who turn in class rank (30%)

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my school ranks in top 10% and quartiles for everyone else

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so i applied as top quartile

ocean mantle
ocean palm
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but yeah you'll definitely be compared with other people

ocean mantle
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yeah they don't actually calculate it but they def do consider it somewhat 💀

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if they know your school

ocean palm
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im just saying, if you have a very rigorous schedule that probably balances out with getting slightly lower grades than others

rugged vessel
# ocean palm they dont even consider it

yeah its just another metric to help the "comparing yourself with eachother" thng but if ur cool in many other ways that are not academic related it wont even matter

ocean palm
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yea

rugged vessel
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and also it depends right like if the top 10% got a 4.0 but you got a 3.8-3.9 thats perfectly fine

ocean palm
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im not top 10% bc i moved schools with different grading standards and some of my old classes got transferred as onlevels

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but my schedule is ridiculously rigoroous except for this year lmao

ocean mantle
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harvard does tend to attend lower gpa kids from my school as compared to princeton or stanford

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dunno if that says anything

ocean palm
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🙏

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last yr only the val here got into harvard

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but he was cracked in other ways 2

potent vapor
rugged vessel
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idt that matters either

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there were a lot of academic checkboxes my peers met but i didnt

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but i seemed to have enough regardless

ocean mantle
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looking at just academics would people have been extremely suprised if you'd gotten in

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looking at past history

rugged vessel
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people were surprised regardless but idt anyone thought i was stupid

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academically i was a medium fish in a big sea

rugged vessel
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but a lot of people underestimated the importance of ec's and rec letters and all that stuff bc they were so obsessed with being the smartest

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so a lot of the surprise was kinda copium lol

ocean mantle
ocean palm
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i mean it also depends bc

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being mid ranked at a prep school vs being mid ranked at a public school

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big diff

ocean mantle
ocean palm
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yeah

ocean mantle
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or does private vs public actually matter

ocean palm
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i mean js school rigor in general

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tho sometimes being in a less rigorous school (epsecially for fgli/rural) can be favorable for admissions

rugged vessel
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no class rank but if there was i rly think i'd be somewhere to the middle

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or leaning lower half

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just because a lot of us already met that academic threshold

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in terms of sat score i'd say half-upper half

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but then everything else abt my app i felt strongly about

reef grove
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no you don’t need it, i don’t think it’d even be considered

dark moth
#

does class rank matter less if nobody applies from ur school?

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for other colleges

ocean mantle
misty remnant
#

Umm wait ab this glimpse

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how the f do i do that

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and what do i talka b

ocean palm
#

specfically for intl students

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i dropped caltech but i t wouldve been funny doing intiial view to "prove" my enlgihs skills considering ive zoom called a caltech prof multiple times

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😭

misty remnant
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ohh

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um do u have to

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bro ion wanna do allat

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ok thank god

rugged vessel
ocean palm
#

brown does glimpse for domestic

ocean mantle
rugged vessel
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maybe like

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1/5 of the class attend a T30

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abit more

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we feed to northwestern tho

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so like