Harvard University (2024-2025)

[rugged vessel]

class of 250-300, like 20-30 go to northwestern, 30-40 go to another T30ish

[ocean palm]

is blud from chicago

[rugged vessel]

wanna take a guess

[rugged vessel]

ok not 20-30 thats kinda crazy

10-20

[ocean palm]

lol

tbh my school is a "t30 feeder" as well just because a lot of people get into UT

[rugged vessel]

thats real

my schools just for tryhards bc u have to test into it

so out of those 250-300 over like 150-200 try for at least one top school

[reef grove]

they look at applicants from previous years in that case to see how you stack up

[gaunt plaza]

what do they do for schools that don't do class rankings

[reef grove]

you’ll be examined in the context of your school, so if you go to a very well funded private school they’ll normally look for more impressive ecs than if you went to an underfunded school

[reef grove]

compare you to past applicants

from that school

[gaunt plaza]

oh ok

[reef grove]

• your counselor/principal/whoever also writes your report that says how rigorous your courseload was, so AOs can look at that

in case no one at your school has ever applied to a certain school before

or if there was a grading system overhaul, like there was at my school

we switched to the ten point scale this year instead of the 7 💀

[dark moth]

oh alright

my school is good in my country but the last person we sent to an ivy was a guy in 2019

he went to harvard but they dont even look at class ranking LOL 💀

[reef grove]

that means it’s high time for another 🔥

[dark moth]

🔥 🔥

[reef grove]

yeah my school doesn’t do ranking or unweighted gpa 💀 it’s so stupid

[dark moth]

rip

so did you only submit your weighted gpa

[reef grove]

ahhh no i was able to do unweighted too bc it was an easy calculation

[dark moth]

ohh nice

we dont even have a gpa 😭

[reef grove]

what 😭

it’s okay, every school does it differently so they recalculate it anyways

[dark moth]

and my counselor had to give me a class rank from my standardised test results

[dark moth]

oh true

[reef grove]

like my weighted gpa was super low bc i maxed out APs and had to take regular courses instead

if i hadn’t taken more courses i would’ve had a higher gpa lmaooo

[dark moth]

💀

thats so cursed

[reef grove]

• my college counselor realized she had made a calculation error and dropped my gpa right before i submitted my harvard app 😭

soul crushing experience

[dark moth]

nooo

wait but u still got in right

[reef grove]

by the skin of my teeth

[dark moth]

🐐 🐐

a win is a win

good stuff

[reef grove]

fr fr

[dark moth]

but dude harvard's customer service is so bad

[reef grove]

calling it customer service is crazy 💀

[dark moth]

idk what to call it 😭

like AO emails i guess

[reef grove]

“i’ll take one admission please”

“that’ll be 80 bucks, second window”

[dark moth]

so true

first come first serve!!

[reef grove]

they should make every harvard applicant just duke it out for the spots

WAIT OMG that’s such a good idea for the athletes

one huge soccer match to determine who gets in

it could be televised

same with every sport

harvard olympics

(i’m going crazy)

[dark moth]

lmfaooo ikr

wait omg replied to the wrong msg

[dark moth]

meant this lol

or do a hunger games!!

[gentle wasp]

People on this server are smarter than I thought

[dark moth]

💀

[karmic flax]

the average person doesn’t seek out a community to apply to college

[gentle wasp]

Yeah that’s true

[reef grove]

or are very good at inflating their accomplishments lol

plus a lot of ppl lie on here prolly bc there’s not rlly a way to fact check

i wouldn’t worry too much abt it

[gentle wasp]

I mean it seems like a lot of people here get into t20s

[karmic flax]

normally we can tell when people lie lol

also there’s not really anything to gain from lying in here, especially if you want to stick around after you get your decisions bc you have to verify your enrollment at xyz school

[reef grove]

ego inflation id assume

but idk lol

[reef grove]

also true yeah, i think it’s more so a problem on the subreddit than here

[rugged vessel]

@reef grove lil bro go to georgetown and i better not see you in these parts again

bro thinks she's john harvard already

[reef grove]

we going to georgetown with this one 🙏

[rugged vessel]

what are you, john georgetown?

[reef grove]

yes

i’m sorry i had to hide my identity for so long

my cover has been blown

[junior imp]

I just realized I talk about making tea in my roommate essay but electric tea kettles are prohibited

Lowkey might be cooked

But oh well I can’t do anything about it now lol

Well I guess if I didn’t specify that it was in the dorm? Or do they really not care?

[rugged vessel]

they might be fine bc you can get them in dorm kitchens i think

if not already have them

[junior imp]

I hope it doesn’t affect my app

[fiery flame]

the portal so nice

[junior imp]

Basically I was saying that if I was listening to an artist while making hot tea, that could be a part of sharing music with my roommate

But idk, maybe it’s not that deep

[dark moth]

ikr

[junior imp]

Well I’ll see in March ig lol

[eager sinew]

it wont lol

theyre allowed in kitchen like jazzy said

so as long as u didnt say "in my dorm"

ur chilling

[fiery flame]

still tho it don't matter

they def don't know that

[junior imp]

The full sentence was “Whether lying in bed and soaking in the sounds of The Cure or making hot tea to George Harrison, I would share my music, and thus a vital part of my identity, with my roommate.”

[misty remnant]

why is this so formal help

[junior imp]

Bro I know but that’s my writing style

I cannot write super informally it makes me feel weird

Like I can text like that but not write essays

[dark moth]

real

[misty remnant]

oh i wrote it as a letter to my roommate..

nvm idek

informal asf tho

[misty remnant]

fair

[junior imp]

Yeah I just did three paragraphs to the AO but it can be directed to the roommate too

[misty remnant]

okkk i see

valid

[junior imp]

But anyways if I get rejected I don’t think it will be because of the tea thing lol

[misty remnant]

bro this is not an issue help

u gonna be fine

i talked ab eating expired donuts for breakfast w my roommate (which isnt happening dont we have to get the meal plan)

idk 😂

[junior imp]

Yeah I’m not too worried about it

[misty remnant]

harvard bound gang

[rugged vessel]

i know people who listed classes that they couldn't even take 💀

[junior imp]

Ah okay I’m chilling

Well, idk if I’m chilling, but about that specific thing I’m chilling

[rugged vessel]

i cant remember examples

i mean technically u can take anything but it was

unfeasible

and that happens all the time with why colleges

we're tryna suck up to them

colleges know that

[fiery flame]

we had a why harvard essay

?

[misty remnant]

yes bro the harvard education

basically why us

😭

tbh u could write a line ab ur future or smth

[dreamy lynx]

the prompt is about your future I wrote like more than a line I think

but I guess word count nowadays

a line is like half your essay

💀

[misty remnant]

Oh yea hel

help**

idk howmuch

js wrote ab the iop

Um.. idek what esle

please lemme in or smth

[dreamy lynx]

imagine writing about the iop in your essay and then the iop rejects you

I would crashout tbh

I just reread mine it was so bad I made like one specific reference and all the others were so general lmao

good thing they let me in due to aura and not literacy

3+ academics

I actually have the rizzlers stats

I saw a clip of the rizzler trying to do basic multiplication he was not cooking

But he has insane aura

Only on Tuesdays

Or Thursdays

[misty remnant]

this is why i send my essays to chatgpt to glaze

[dreamy lynx]

Or sometimes some other days

[misty remnant]

doing it rn

but you have to specifically ask to glaze

man its the only way i can deal w the anxiety

tbh ion feel much

[dreamy lynx]

Same

[misty remnant]

right

I have accepted the rejection 🙏

[dreamy lynx]

It’s called a winter break that is way too long

[misty remnant]

why am i here?

[dreamy lynx]

Idk why our winter break is so damn long

27th

💀💀

My friend at Uchi is going back this Sunday

Winternships are for nerds

(Please hire me)

[rugged vessel]

L wait no i take back that L please dont give the perfect retaliation please please please

[dreamy lynx]

What is the perfect retaliation

I have nothing on you

[rugged vessel]

ok phew

[dreamy lynx]

I only know Kace can’t multiply

I can’t even diss you like that

[rugged vessel]

lets just settle on that then

[dreamy lynx]

Ok

[pulsar solstice]

for RD when do interviewers normally reach out

I should clarify that I'm international, but we tend to get interviews where I'm at IIRC

[ocean mantle]

Harvard doesn't burn admissions files?

or am I tripping

I know but I thought Harvard was one of those schools that burns them

[misty remnant]

am i auto reject ALREADYY

oh no

😞

lmao

[worn helm]

you only have 24 hrs to see it after u get it and then i think its gone

idk for sure tho

@dreamy lynx

[pulsar solstice]

what

[misty remnant]

im joe king

[pulsar solstice]

i havent gotten anything yet im just asking when interviews usually come 😭

[misty remnant]

i prolly already am tho

❤️

issok

[eager sinew]

no 😭

they have to keep them for some amount of time that i dont remember

i think its 5 years or sum

the 24 hours thing is just it getting removed from ur portal

[ocean mantle]

do all schools have to do this?

I thought some (most?) schools made it so that you can't see anything but what you submitted to them

so its useless

[eager sinew]

yeah but not all let you see the file

they have to keep it

[eager sinew]

correct

just cus u cant see it doesnt mean they dont have it on file

[ocean mantle]

if they still have it but just aren't showing it to you doesn't that defeat the point of requesting them

[eager sinew]

well yeah?

[ocean mantle]

thought it was under ferpa or smth

[worn helm]

oh

i stay spreading misinformation on the internet

[onyx laurel]

did harvard extend their deadline

im considering applying

[wicked notch]

umm guys i thought i turned my harvard application in but apparently it didn't go through

i'm freaking out what do i do

[orchid fog]

if im reporting amc and aime scores, are you supposed to report all ever taken or just highest or whatever you think is best?

[little flax]

I only reported highest

[little flax]

It can take a few days for it to be downloaded

[orchid fog]

like highest aime and amc score?

When I reported it, nothing changes on my portal. Is this normal?

[little flax]

? Like on common app?

[orchid fog]

its a form in the portal

[little flax]

Oh that happens

Usually there’s a small line saying materials uploaded on XX date

[low surge]

I wanna tell them about another ec but there was no space anywhere

Can I upload something on the portal?

[obsidian nexus]

yeah

but honestly idk if you should

[pulsar solstice]

god I keep overthinking it

I feel like my hour estimates for my activities were all vv conservative

[low surge]

I honestly estimated the hours I actually had no idea how much time I spent

[reef grove]

i think anytime this month would be pretty reasonable, likely in the next two-three weeks

it takes a bit to find an interviewer and get assigned to them tho, id imagine

[pulsar solstice]

yeah same

but I feel like i mightve underestimated some

[last fossil]

Wait so Harvard doesn't really accept withotu interviews?
Pls who knows about this 😭

[wet owl]

99% of the time internationals should have one

but for the US they do

[last fossil]

Oh wow. Thanks lol
So I'm just hoping for one now

[last fossil]

If my common app. AKA Superscore is for two different dates
Do I have to self report all on Harvard portal?

[wet owl]

I heard that in some rare cases they do accept internationals without one

tho everyone Ik who got in early and int got ones

[last fossil]

Oh wow
But it's rare

[last fossil]

I just hope I get one atp

[wet owl]

SAT? yes just submit ur super score on the common app and you'll only need an official one if u choose to go there

I don't think they superscore ACT tho (not sure)

[wet owl]

Give it time, I was paranoid cuz I kept seeing these posts about people getting theirs really early, and there are tons of people who applied RD so it'll take some time

[last fossil]

Oh alright
Cuz I'm superscoring a math 800 from a 1380 in 10th Grade & a 750 from a 1500 I took October 2024

[wet owl]

yeah it's alright then

[last fossil]

Omggggg
Please God 😭

[wet owl]

Good luck!

[last fossil]

Thanksss! 🫂

[worn helm]

ngl not rlly😭

[glad blaze]

real 😭

[radiant flume]

i mean i think it applies more for feeders

logically speaking too interviews just more of a vibe check

with the feeders theyre used to the vibe and know theyll turn out fine so

[dreamy lynx]

Vibe is true but doesn’t mean they don’t get interviews

Tbh they are more likely to by default because they know the school

[reef grove]

at the very least i would hope they offer a virtual interview

mine gave me the option of in person or virtual, ik someone who applied to penn that only got virtual

[little flax]

yeah my Penn was virtual

[halcyon cairn]

what sat score did u get @little flax@reef grove ?

[reef grove]

i didn’t submit sat, i did act

free response is not my jam 💀

[halcyon cairn]

huh

[halcyon cairn]

ohh okayy. how much did you get in that?

[reef grove]

the sat has a couple questions at the end that aren’t multiple choice, i don’t like it haha

when i took it the free response tripped me up rlly bad

[reef grove]

36

[glad blaze]

yeahhhh 😭

[glad blaze]

they are intentionally made so much trickier 😭

[halcyon cairn]

omg same
in my first attempt

[halcyon cairn]

thats soo goodd

[reef grove]

absolutely diabolical of them, esp when the answer is like a fraction or decimal where you need to round 😭 makes me second guess everything

i didn’t even crack 1500 when i took sat

[little flax]

1600 but u def don’t need that

[reef grove]

agreed, i think in the court case it said a 33-36 act would all get a 2

[eager sinew]

bro my sat math was a 540 💀

that was some bs

act is sm better

[reef grove]

REAL

did you hear they’re getting rid of the science section tho???

[eager sinew]

thats dumb

[native solar]

wait WHAT

[eager sinew]

science was hard for me til i learned how to do it

[reef grove]

they’re phasing it out like the writing

[eager sinew]

never learned how to do the math part 💀

so i just maxxed my other 3 acores

[reef grove]

yeah it’s like polar opposites for ppl, for some it’s the easiest for some it’s the hardest

[eager sinew]

and let math be math

[reef grove]

i just got good at using my calculator lol, still don’t know probability for shit 🔥🔥

[eager sinew]

me plugging matrices into my ti84 like my hs ever showed me a matrix

[reef grove]

💀💀💀

polysmlt 2 was my lifeline

apparently digital act is worse than sat tho

no desmos for one

[eager sinew]

thank god i took paper act

[reef grove]

same, i think they still let you do paper but you can choose to do digital

i did digital psat tho which was nice

that was the first year they did it so they made it way too easy, this year they way overcompensated and it was super hard (or so i’ve heard)

[eager sinew]

i did normal psat and got a 1250 and since that qualled me for the national recognition thing the school was very happy 💀

[reef grove]

i know someone that was 1 math question away from getting national merit

[eager sinew]

sat system is so confusing bruh

[reef grove]

if he had missed a reading question instead he would’ve made it

[eager sinew]

i dont like sat

mayhaps cus i grinded act through hs

[reef grove]

they got rid of all the super long reading passages for sat 💀

brainrot

there’s only short paragraphs now

[eager sinew]

dumb

isnt the whole point reading comprehension for long stuff

[reef grove]

yeah but attention spans are like waaaay shorter now than like ten years ago

it’s crazy

“the average human attention span has decreased from 12 seconds in 2000 to around 8 seconds in the mid-2010s”

and i assume it’s kept decreasing

[karmic flax]

incorrect i got an 800 last year☝️🤓

no but seriously if i had to take the digital sat i would bash my head into a wall

probably less painful

[native solar]

honestly though i prefer the long passages with multiple questions rather than a new paragraph per question 😭

[reef grove]

bro they’ve gotta put subway surfers in the corner, points would go up so fast

[reef grove]

ITS NOT THO, ITS THE SAME PARAGRAPH FOR SEVERAL QUESTIONS 💀💀💀

[native solar]

no? not on the digital sat anyways

[reef grove]

for mine i had like 3-4 questions per

maybe it changed? or i’m misremembering

[native solar]

oh idk but it's definitely not like that now 😭

it's a new thing per question

[reef grove]

oh no wait you’re right, i just looked it up

[native solar]

the longer ones with multiple questions helps my brain reaffirm and solidify what i've read while the new thing randomly shifts from topic to topic per question causing brain lag for me 💀

[reef grove]

1 question per 150 word passage

[reef grove]

plus i liked reading the book excerpts and studies and stuff, they were more engaging than 150 word nothing burgers

some of the topics were so weird tho

[native solar]

what month did u take the act

[reef grove]

february

of this year

[native solar]

wtf that was super long ago 😭

i forgot that juniors start takign tests

[reef grove]

lmaooo

yeah i’d definitely try getting it out of the way in the second half of junior year when you don’t have apps to worry abt

i was stressed out enough applying for all my colleges, i did not need to be studying for the act on top of that

[native solar]

i took all of my tests as a senior since my school doesnt offer the sat and i had to drive pretty far for it

[native solar]

that was litertally my experience 😭

[reef grove]

oof that sucks 😭

[karmic flax]

iirc the GRE has the short paragraphs so maybe they tried to make it more similar?? but like. most state standardized tests use the longer paragraphs lol

[reef grove]

it seems like all the standardized tests are trying to be more similar, esp w act getting rid of science, which rlly sucks bc some students do way better on one than the other

[karmic flax]

the act is doing what???

that’s wild lmfao

[reef grove]

YEAH IK

starting april it’s gonna be optional

[karmic flax]

i took the act because i knew science would compensate for my math score lol

[reef grove]

going the way of the writing section

[reef grove]

real 💀 that’s what mine did too

i like having 4 data points instead of 2

[native solar]

a lot of people apparently complained that the science section is just another reading comprehension section

[karmic flax]

i got a 34 without even studying for that shit

rip to a real one

[reef grove]

if it only had 2 i would gotten a 35 since i got 34 math

but since i had 4 i got a 36 instead

[karmic flax]

it’s not tho like you need to understand how to read diagrams/know the scientific method lmfao

[reef grove]

i have science to thank for that

[reef grove]

data interpretation, it’s more statistics than science lol

but without a standardized curriculum they can’t rlly test science

and i think reading graphs/charts is a good skill to have, don’t know why they’d get rid of it unless they were going to incorporate it into a different section

because that’s what the sat does now right? they have a couple graph-y questions? i might be dead wrong tho

[glad blaze]

realll 😭

[glad blaze]

mennn 😭

[glad blaze]

the digital SAT is another level in toughness 😭😭😭

[glad blaze]

on the digital SAT, nope
it's a question per paragraph

i agree 💯

although maybe I do have concentration issues with the long passages in the paper SAT 😭

i find the bit sized passages in the digital one more easier for me 😭

[glad blaze]

peak ball knowledge 🤝😎

would they read through it though 😭

[wet owl]

Mine for Harvard was virtual but my friend travelled to another country for her school X interview

just what they ask for

most people add research as an EC so it's pretty much explained there

[glad blaze]

wowww
wait, are you a domestic
and does she live outside US

[wet owl]

Nope I'm international

She does but there are plenty of folks who graduated from that school here lol

they could have easily done it virtually

[glad blaze]

ohhhh, that's good

[glad blaze]

yeahhh 😭
maybe they paid for her flight or something 😂😭

[wet owl]

thx

lmao no they did not

[glad blaze]

the heck 💀

please tell me she got in 😭

[wet owl]

no

[glad blaze]

Jesus 😭

[wet owl]

she got deferred

yeahhhhh that's insane

[glad blaze]

ohhh shitttt 💀😭

that's very very insane 💀😭

flight money, although not yet, in smoke 😭💀

i just hope she didn't collapse when she saw her decisions 😭

but do you have the full info,
i feel like they might have asked her to pick between virtual or in person
cos, I am international also and I wouldn't imagine traveling to the US or another country to interview for a school I am not guaranteed to get into 😭💀

[karmic flax]

schools will not make you fly to another country for an interview

very few people are even offered interviews and schools try to match applicants with alumni from their area. it’s not going to happen

[austere portal]

i went to their fly in and it was not mentioned once

ohhh maybe only for ints

[wet owl]

The country isn't far

but I think it was just her

she's the only one ik who had to travel for one

they said she'll either have it in person or no interview

[wet owl]

nope

Like she did all that y'all better accept her

[cinder zenith]

Sigh trust. I know

Like wow

[eager sinew]

i read sigh as sigma i may be cooked

[cinder zenith]

Nah not may be, you’re gone 😭

[ocean mantle]

Is there a point of submitting supplementary work like creative writing to Harvard/Yale/etc. if your work isn't outstanding? Have a couple of things I've worked on but they're kinda mid

[glass dune]

dont

[still edge]

any point uploading a 7000 word research paper on humanities i did with a team? (mentioned on my application)

[crisp needle]

i mean idt it hurts you?

idk

[reef grove]

as long as it relates to your field of interest, i’d say

[hybrid yew]

a dumb part of me wants to upload my IB EE cause its related to my major but a smarter part of me is telling me not to do that

[zealous rune]

Am I required to send official college transcripts (credits from dual enrollment) before getting my decision?

[lunar shoal]

That's what I've been worried about as well

From first semester, yes (just put them on your high school transcript)

From second semester, I don't think you'll need to

At least, that's what MIT told me when I emailed them

[brazen needle]

if you’re proud of it, send it

[zealous rune]

So are you saying I should send them? On their website it says they only require official transcripts if you get admitted but I’m not sure if this applies to college transcripts

[reef grove]

i didn’t send any official transcripts other than my main high school

but i did report that i was taking college courses + had taken courses from a diff high school

[zealous rune]

Alright, thanks

[tired cypress]

can i use excerpts of a piece instead of full piece for the arts (music) portfolio?

thats what ive been doing for other schools cuz they require it

[lucid jackal]

HARVARD!

[reef grove]

i don’t see why not

[reef grove]

haavahd

[low surge]

this if they reject me

[low surge]

this if they accept me

[misty remnant]

harvard my deez nuts

[low surge]

💀💀

[eager sinew]

No

[zealous rune]

Ok cool

Thanks

[eager sinew]

just like make sure u mentioned that ur taking them

[zealous rune]

Yeah I included the colleges and courses on my common app

[tall haven]

What does this mean

[misty remnant]

that they didnt get ur transcript

sometimes takes a bit to load though

if you just got the portal idk

[tall haven]

I got portal two days ago

Just opened it

[glad blaze]

you can email them tomorrow

ask your counselor if it's been submitted

if she says yes, email them and they will sort it out

[tall haven]

Guys what’s the difference between submitting an abstract vs full paper

Is there an advantage or disadvantage

Like do they spend less time if u sumbit a paper

[dark moth]

the full paper would usually include an abstract anyway

[tall haven]

Is there a limit to only one paper

[dark moth]

so i imagine they'd skim the paper if they wanted to, and if not they'd do the abstract

[tall haven]

Ok

[dark moth]

not formally but i wouldnt push it

[tall haven]

Ok like could I combine multiple abstracts in one file

[dark moth]

yeah that could work

[lunar shoal]

Oh rip, I probably should've submitted my whole paper then

Whatever lol

[dark moth]

its alright

chances they would read the whole paper are pretty low

at best if they're interested they'd send it to a prof

[tall haven]

Wait

Do AOs read

How will they understand

Technical language

If mines like bio

[low surge]

They smort

[eager sinew]

i believe they have a prof read it

or an ao who is familiar with the topic

prof if there is no one

[dreamy lynx]

I read them

[hardy fern]

most AOs went to the university you are applying to

[tall haven]

Smoooooff should I do abstract or paper which ones make u not so disappointed

[dreamy lynx]

flip a coin

I'm gonna take your shi 💀

only personality can be bribed

[tall haven]

Meeeeeee

How much

[dreamy lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/costco-guys-aj-big-justice-we-bring-the-boom-double-chunk-chocolate-cookies-gif-18116155287695806894

5 booms

[tall haven]

Huh

5k?

[dreamy lynx]

you're cooked buddy

https://tenor.com/view/rizzler-the-rizzler-christian-turn-rizzler-turn-gif-3468410536510015644

[tall haven]

Wait can sm legit give a real answer to this

Like I thought this was the Harvard help channel

[rugged vessel]

he answred ur question

its like the same shit

whichever u like more

or both

[molten glen]

@rugged vessel or @eager sinew when is FAFSA & CSS due

I fucked something up so I haven’t submitted it yet

[eager sinew]

like march

[molten glen]

oh ok

So I’m good

[rugged vessel]

do we have to do CSS

[eager sinew]

yes

[eager sinew]

ok deadline may 1 acc

[rugged vessel]

im krilling mysnelf RIGHT NYOW!!

[worn helm]

https://tenor.com/view/krill-gif-26227395

[rugged vessel]

thas fucked up

in the harvard help channel

[cinder zenith]

as it should be tbh

[karmic flax]

reasonable reaction

all my homies hate the college board

[obsidian nexus]

average harvard experience

[worn helm]

real

[worn helm]

u said it first

this ismt even a real help channel

its just for seniors to doom

[rugged vessel]

cuz u aint helpful

[orchid fog]

for anyone who did dual enrollment, did you upload your transcript for those colleges on the portal??

[reef grove]

nah i didnt

[orchid fog]

did u send official transcripts?

[zealous rune]

You only need to send official college transcripts if you are admitted and choose to enroll

[reef grove]

I sent my primary HS transcript only, i didnt send my other high school transcripts or my college ones. i did say that i did them on commonapp tho

[zealous rune]

Did your college credits transfer?

[reef grove]

not sure yet, i havent committed

nor have i sent my official college transcripts yet

[zealous rune]

Oh ok, just curious

Would be nice to not have to take all those courses over again

[lone scarab]

3 of my friends have the same interviewer as me on the same day 💀💀

Is that normal

[junior imp]

I had a dream I got into Harvard

Why is my brain being delusional rn

[native solar]

probably esp if you only have one interviewer in your area

[misty remnant]

me thinking i'll beat the harvard acc rate type shi

[junior imp]

Wait are Harvard interviews already coming out?

[misty remnant]

right..

ok my area isnt really the best for harvard alum wtvr

[junior imp]

Bro maybe I’m cooked

[misty remnant]

i think it depends on availability

[junior imp]

Probably

But I got a Princeton interview I feel like I should get a Harvard

[native solar]

wait i thought harvard gave out interviews like 2-3 weeks after the deadline, theyre already giving them out?

[junior imp]

All of my interviews are based out of a city that’s like 40 minutes from me though lol

[misty remnant]

why i no get one

[hybrid yew]

when did you submit?

i assume ppl who submitted jan 1 havent come out yet

[rugged vessel]

@worn helm dude my fucking expos got cancelled

LMAO

be so fr

[worn helm]

wait how 💀💀

[rugged vessel]

a goddamn staffing issue

@reef grove dont come here there'll be a foreign policy class and then they cancel it bc of staffing issues

[worn helm]

sorry to hear damn

what you gonna do now

[dreamy lynx]

stat classes never get canceled!!

except stat 123

[rugged vessel]

i listed only tongue-tied out of protest 💀

[rugged vessel]

it is NOT easy as 123 🙏🏽

ALSO IM SORRY I WAS VISITING YOUR NEW BOAT AND THERE WAS A CREEPER

IT ONLY BROKE LIKE 3-4 BLOCKS AND A RAIL

I LIKE TOOK YOUR FUCKING ROLLERCOASTER DOWN AND RIGHT WHEN I GOT OFF THERE WAS A CREEPER 💀

[dreamy lynx]

😭

can you repair it

it's fine if not

Idt I'll be playing much anyways

[rugged vessel]

probably not the rail but i can try next time im on

i can just steal something from someone

[reef grove]

but the alternative is georgetown and you already banned that

man ill just become a cs major

[rugged vessel]

THIS IS NOT THE PTH I MEANT NONONOOONONONO

im fine with a georgetown daughter

i can...live with it

itll take awhile for me to accept you for who you are, but i love you nonetheless

[reef grove]

but cs is absolutely unacceptable

[glad blaze]

i honestly thought you were a boy 😭
the knives in your nickname confused me for real 😭

[reef grove]

LMAO its a book reference

[glad blaze]

i just noticed that @rugged vessel always calls you her daughter
that's when I realized 😭

i kept using bro for you though 😭

[reef grove]

bro is gender neutral for me lol, i call my boy and girl friends bro/dude/guys

[glad blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-surprised-awkward-uncomfortable-nervous-gif-744822327069673415

[glad blaze]

yeahhh
it actually is 😂😭

[rugged vessel]

nah kaz is a bro

bro is just a vibe

[rugged vessel]

yeah, i have standards

ppl call me bro a lot too

[glad blaze]

realll sha 😂

[glad blaze]

your nicknames are both not female like so to say 😂

[reef grove]

lmaoo what would a female username look like 💀

[rugged vessel]

really? i would think mine is

[glad blaze]

yeahhh
obviously better than kaz 😂
and you also added your pronouns

[rugged vessel]

eh i just added the pronouns because people on the internet assume im a guy more often than they should for some reason

[glad blaze]

Anna for example 😔😭
i am tripping 😭

[rugged vessel]

its also discord tho not everyone has to have their name or wtv in their username

[glad blaze]

i can relate a little 😭

[glad blaze]

yeahhh 😂😭
i am tripping with the username stuff 😭

[rugged vessel]

idk also if i don't know for someone, i just guess or use they

i think i used they for kaz until i asked

[glad blaze]

yeahhhh
i also guess or I just ask them

[last fossil]

If you're applying to Lehigh then please upvote suggestion https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1267305559716003913

[slim fiber]

does anyone know how good you should be to submit a music supplement?

[rugged vessel]

probably not amazing tbh

do it to show a passion

if its an ec

always makes it a bit better im sure

[slim fiber]

oh ok thanks

bc I think I read somewhere that it could theoretically hurt the application if it's bad

[obsidian nexus]

half the time they dont look so just do it

[slim fiber]

also do any of you know who will review it if they do look at it?

do they get faculty from new england conservatory to review it or smth?

[dreamy lynx]

I listen to them

[little flax]

Decently good

[slim fiber]

is having gotten in all state good enough?

[rugged vessel]

thats insane tbh i mean if its bad its bad, but if you think you're pretty good its pretty good. they wont weight it any harder

[rugged vessel]

probably not unless you're applying to that thingy, but i wouldnt know

[rugged vessel]

i would say so

i submitted creative writing supplements without any sorta awards

and it was like my 5th ec

just a pure passion

and even tho its not super developed or amazing, doesn't make me less of a passionate writer

@little flax whats ur pfp its scary

[dreamy lynx]

was it furry fanfics

[rugged vessel]

of course

[little flax]

Nick drake album bud…

[junior imp]

I like this album but it definitely took more than one listen

The first time I listened I wasn’t a fan

[little flax]

yeah I think bryter layter is more accessible but I def got used to pink moon

[junior imp]

I’ll have to check out some of his other stuff, I haven’t spent much time with his music tbh

[rugged vessel]

oh now i just sound uncultured 😭 ugh

[little flax]

yeah that was embarrassing

[maiden cosmos]

has anyone uploaded their research abstracts to the portal? and if so, how did you format it?

I have two abstracts I'd want to add

[fierce jolt]

what cover letter

[fierce jolt]

oh

mines not published

[true scaffold]

wait do you need to attach the letter seperately or like add it to the first page of the paper

[foggy siren]

I pahk my cah (bike) at the Hahvahd yahd

[hybrid yew]

they send out harvard int invitations quick huh 😭

[misty remnant]

?!? u got one

why i no get 1

[low surge]

why i no get 1 they hate me already

[misty remnant]

ong

[hybrid yew]

from the email, im not special lol

its just when stuff gets assigned and interviewers send reqs

[low surge]

Okay a few documents still need to be sent by my school maybe that's why

[reef grove]

OH MY GOD IM SO EMBARRASSED

ONE OF MY HARVARD AOS WROTE TO ME ABT VELOCIPASTOR

actually crawling into a hole and dying rn

[low surge]

WHAT DID THEY WRITE LMFAO

[reef grove]

"We also got quite the kick out of watching the trailer for the VelociPastor, so thank you for introducing our team to that cinematic masterpiece. "

[dreamy lynx]

damn

they did NOT write to me about anything

[reef grove]

it was in the email telling me the admitted student portal exists + go to visitas pleaseeee

[junior imp]

What essay did you mention this in lol

[low surge]

I don't even remember what I wrote in any of my essays anymore

We'll see if they like them 💀

[junior imp]

True lol

I’m not worried about essays anymore, they’re already sent off

[reef grove]

roommate 🔥

bro now im imagining a group of harvard admissions officers huddled around a computer watching the velocipastor trailer in dead silence

if velocipastor got me in im producing the next movie

[low surge]

Do it

[reef grove]

absolutely, and ill be the doctor-lawyer-hooker

[hybrid yew]

but what will you do if a car explodes

[reef grove]

film it and base the entire movie around it

[low surge]

That's actually a character? 💀

[reef grove]

yeah, her names carol

[hybrid yew]

okay but whos ready for the spirtual sequel "victorian outback lesbian vampire dracula love dramaedy"

[low surge]

"Your honor, my "client" had a cardiac arrest"

[reef grove]

in italy, no less

[hybrid yew]

my body and soul are so ready

watch party on the yard once it comes out and we all get in

[reef grove]

this needs to happen

[low surge]

With the vampire driving an aston martin at midnight

[reef grove]

the car prolly cost 3/4ths of the budget 💀

[low surge]

Get an actor who already has one 💀

Get henry Cavill

[tame cargo]

Anyone else also get an interview request

[quasi shadow]

I haven’t yet

[reef grove]

i got mine ten days out and that was pretty early, id give it at least another week if not two

[hybrid yew]

yea

[rugged vessel]

idt they prescreen at all i thought

[quasi shadow]

nah they prescreen

just less

[misty remnant]

U ALR GOT ONE?!?

what the f

ok tbf, i submitted w the extension

[low surge]

im submitting everything late help why do i procrastinate everything😭

its me and my shots of espresso against the world fr

[raven crane]

whats a prescreen

[misty remnant]

oh ok

[knotty orchid]

yeah wondering the same thing

never heard of a prescreen

[opal pasture]

the Self-Report Test Scores form

whos submitting multiple

is that allowed

[knotty orchid]

Do we need to do that on top of common app?

[opal pasture]

idk but if you took stuff like amc

it might be good to send in scores

[knotty orchid]

I’m from England so I have the British math challenge but not the American one lmao

But yeah ik what u mean

[opal pasture]

yes but did you report all scores on amc

i didnt put specific scores on my common app but i have multiple amc scores

do i click self report and send multiple times

[native solar]

i got my harvard interview!!!!

and an in-person one at that

[glad blaze]

congratulations 🎉

is it good to submit a resumé

just like a 1 1/2 page or something

[last fossil]

Goodluck!

[little flax]

None of my interviewers took mine

2 said it was a bit corny

[junior imp]

Dang, mine have taken it so far

Still hoping for a Harvard interview though

I guess it is only 6 days after applying

[little flax]

Yeah ur fine, I got mine on the 14th

[junior imp]

Yeah I need to chill, I’ve been dooming a lot

But seeing all the online people’s apps is just so worrying lol

[last fossil]

Reddit?

[junior imp]

Yeah

And Insta

It just feels like everyone is at a private school with crazy debate teams and research opportunities lol

Like guys chill

I’m hoping my school will help my apps but idek at this point

Well I either get in or I don’t

[misty remnant]

dawg where tf is my interview!!

😹

[idle berry]

Idt it happens that fast lol

Ik you said you got Gtown interview, but Gtown sends you interview information before you even submit the actual app sometimes

Cuz you fill out the like "registration" first, then the actual application

[glad blaze]

ohoh 😭

[glad blaze]

yep
it doesn't happen that fast

[misty remnant]

yes

[native solar]

i forgot that a lot of harvard alumni are extremely successful

my interviewer is one such example 😭

[rugged vessel]

one of my friends was interviewed by like mark zuckerberg's wife or something

[native solar]

i'm kinda nervous that this dude is going to think im some random hillbilly 💀 he's filthy rich

[rugged vessel]

my interviewer was just some nonchalant ass guy

he was like "yeah idk how i got in"

ME FR

[native solar]

im not going to go into too much detail but mine is married to a famous supermodel

[dreamy lynx]

I know how you got in

[idle berry]

💀

[dreamy lynx]

if you have to ask

[hybrid yew]

bruh my interviewer is a deputy chief at the DoJ 💀

and my friends is asemi-famous natsec correspondent for the post

[rugged vessel]

RAHHH DISABLED GANG

[dreamy lynx]

mine was a white collar lawyer lmao

[dreamy lynx]

freaky gang

[hybrid yew]

my yale interviewer was a lawyer specializing in one of my fav part of one of my majors and he refused to inquire further about it 💀

[misty remnant]

WHAT

[tardy sparrow]

That sucks 💀

[obsidian nexus]

my interviewer specialized in what i did as an EC and pretty much just flexed on me the entire time and every time i said something she would correct me

[hybrid yew]

oh thats just insanely annoying

[obsidian nexus]

same thing happened to my friend that got interviewed by the same person

lmao

[hybrid yew]

and i thought my wake interviewer being 30 minutes late and sitting in complete darkness was bad 💀

[obsidian nexus]

LMAO

idk they were just very on a high horse

great first interaction with harvard 👍

[little flax]

Same mine went to hms not the college

So I rly didn’t know what to ask him

[dreamy lynx]

yeah

interviews were never rlly a q&a session anyways it's more of a conversation

[rugged vessel]

i didnt ask any qustions at the end ngl 😭

[cinder zenith]

odd ball aren't ya

[molten glen]

I made up questions everytime on the spot

I mean they were genuine questions by that so

But I always tried to tie it back into the story I was building around my app and the interview

I think you can use questions to your advantage, it’s an opportunity to almost convey a degree of seriousness to (presumably) struggles you’ve had to get to where you are

[wide vale]

wait quick q- does harvard admit students they may not interview?

[tame cargo]

tbh harvard's pre-screen is pretty lax if they have one

it's likely just gpa + test scores + maybe a quick look at ur achievements

a lot of ppl at my school got requests already

[wide vale]

damn thats quick

interesting interesting

[tame cargo]

to be fair there's a huge and highly structured harvard alumni group in my area

mad respect

[wide vale]

i'm sure there is where i am as well lol but regardless

i kinda applied to a lot of the ivies on a whim so i have no clue whats going on haha

[tame cargo]

shotgunner's mindset

[wide vale]

PFTHh oxford's been my dream school for a hot minute but i thought i might as well try with harvard

tbf i didnt apply to that many schools

[tame cargo]

i know too many shotgunners lmao

[wide vale]

me too

its scary

idk how they do it

[tame cargo]

they're playing ranked when we are just playing casual 💀

[obsidian nexus]

harvard is not ready for this LOCI

[eager sinew]

generally no 💀

not many ppl get in w/o interview

most applicants are interviewed tho

[wide vale]

ahh okay

[bronze jungle]

Does that apply to internationals as well?

[glad blaze]

i am delaying my Brown LOCI till month ending 😭😭
I can't think of something big to write about
i sent in updates around 2 weeks to the ED decisions and now nothing significant has happened 😭

[obsidian nexus]

lowkey a bunch of things have come together so i have a lot of loci stuff

like i was doing a bunch of stuff i didnt get to complete because i was busy with REA and UCs and then now its done

just like

[glad blaze]

men 😭

[obsidian nexus]

if ur talking about me im a girl

lmao

but like you got this i believe in you

just like think about anything thats progressed and add it

[glad blaze]

thankssss
you got this also

[obsidian nexus]

i think you can also "reiterate stuff" but dont overdo it

[glad blaze]

yeahhh
that's my plan
I got a research position so I can just talk about the specific research we are doing

[obsidian nexus]

but also if you sent one in idk if you need to do another big one?

[glad blaze]

yeahhh
i think I am just gonna go low-key

i am trying to email admissions to see if they accept InitialView Interviews 😭
i submitted a video portfolio but just in case if they can accept the one I did
it was quite nice 🙂

@obsidian nexus random question but I am trying to get my internship supervisor to submit a rec letter for me
but he doesn't have access to the company's letter headed paper
can he just write the lor as a plain PDF 😭

[obsidian nexus]

i believe so

[glad blaze]

aight
thanks

[exotic lodge]

when do interviews come out

[vagrant plover]

Generally jan end and mid feb

[exotic lodge]

ohhh alr

[low surge]

My lazy ass school has finally sent all the documents

[vagrant plover]

🔥

[glad blaze]

you can still receive as late an Mid March 😭
ik someone, albeit an international, who got his Harvard interview like 3 days to decisions

[last fossil]

Tell us he got in 😭

[glad blaze]

yeahhh 😭

[glad blaze]

oh sure he did 😭😂

[rugged vessel]

im a bit of a silly goose

actually i think my question just became a rant about the college app process

then bro dropped some wisdom at me

[rugged vessel]

(he doesn't know what he's talking about)

(dw)

[dreamy lynx]

(jazzy)

[rugged vessel]

(smoof?)

[dreamy lynx]

thanks g

[rugged vessel]

yw g

[fiery flame]

OMFG

[half sparrow]

Damn are interview requests already doing out?

[glad blaze]

@fiery flame 🙂🙂🙂

[fiery flame]

lol bro i doxxed myself

[half sparrow]

Well it's not like Im getting in lmao

[glad blaze]

hehe 😂😂😂

[fiery flame]

same

h-bomb

[half sparrow]

Unless Harvard sees something in me

That I don't

[fiery flame]

perhaps grad school

[glad blaze]

they see something in everyone who gets in 😂

[half sparrow]

That's why I ain't getting in

[glad blaze]

until you see your decisions, you can never be too sure

[rugged vessel]

fr

a lot of the people i know didn't expect they'd get in

like they thought they could, but didn't think they would

[glad blaze]

the "oulds" in this sentence is something else 😭
for real though
maybe just 1% of those who get in can really say they were certain they were getting in
the remaining 99% had fear in their mind

[rugged vessel]

fr just do your best and maybe you'll get in, maybe you won't

being "capable" usually isn't what's in question

[glad blaze]

but you will definitely be fine wherever you go!!!

[fiery flame]

rishab jain

calling harvard a target

duke a safety

[glad blaze]

fr
way too many capable applicants 😭
i mean we talk about how Harvard receives a lot of "joke" apps and all
but at least 20,000 of the 50000+ applications they receive will definitely be strong apps
they just don't have enough space for everyone 😭

[fiery flame]

😭

[glad blaze]

Rishab isn't a normal applicant 😭

[rugged vessel]

shi then call me yield protected 🇸🇧

wrong

ass emoji

LMFAOOO

I MEANT SOB

or skul

💀

thats what i meant

[fiery flame]

god bro seeing rishab jain makes me feel like shit

[rugged vessel]

seeing rishab jain makes everyone feel like shit dw

seeing 75% of my peers makes me feel like shit

but im here so i just gotta keep up the grind and only worry abt myself

[vagrant plover]

fr same

[dreamy lynx]

I think it depends on how you look at it

cause you're in the same place

I feel like it's also very

what's the word

affirming

no

idk

I'm not literate

[crisp needle]

yo when are people sending locis in

[viral thorn]

yeah 😭

[glad blaze]

that's the most important thing ‼️
keep grinding ‼️
as long as I become better today than I was yesterday, I am good fr ❣️‼️

[vocal ocean]

has anyone gotten an interview request yet

[misty remnant]

no dawg

[karmic flax]

they’re not going to send out an interview request less than a week after apps were do lmfao

they’re humans. they have to read the applications

[native solar]

yeah i got mine

i thought they were going to do some screening process but they surprisingly sent mine fast

[vocal ocean]

slay gl!

hopefully i pass a screening

[native solar]

just hang in there, yours will come soon too

[misty remnant]

where is mineee

mineee

@ harvard gods

[native solar]

based on what ive heard, i thought like 90% of applicants got an interview

but also it depends on alumni availability so keep that in mind too

[karmic flax]

this is not the truth lmfao

[lunar maple]

What did yours look like

[karmic flax]

harvard gets almost 60k apps a year, it’s physically impossible for them to interview everyone. it depends on alumni in your area and alumni availability in general

[native solar]

oh i swear a bunch of people said this in chat the other day 😭

my bad, wasnt trying to spread misinfo

[karmic flax]

they may have been talking about rea applicants but rd is very different

[opal pasture]

for supplemental materials

for research should i submit the entire paper with cover letter or just abstract

[low surge]

nah man, they hate me

[opal pasture]

help

how many pages

does that relaly make a diff

if its long or short

[hybrid yew]

My interviewer is a deputy chief of the DOJ, my friends is a pretty famous journalist, and my other friend's is a recent prez of the crimson 💀

wth

[crisp needle]

💀 lmaooo

[obsidian nexus]

they're mogging you

[hybrid yew]

brother im a fat white boy from northern va i dont need to be seeing genuine microcelebs

[obsidian nexus]

oh nova of course

[hybrid yew]

yea

its all the DC alums 💀

[obsidian nexus]

LMAO

[opal pasture]

did anyone here submit research to harvard

[solemn panther]

I submitted an abstract thru the portal

[opal pasture]

is it fine if i already submitted the entire paper

[obsidian nexus]

lets go my LOCI uploaded

[glossy jolt]

when is it due?

[bronze jungle]

To submit a research do we need to only submit an abstract?

[bronze jungle]

is there a deadline for it?

[reef grove]

bro mine was one of the people in charge of the nukes 💀

i made very sure not to upset him

[knotty orchid]

when are they gonna stop sending out interviews

I might be cooked

[junior imp]

They usually come around end of January and early February, you’re chilling

[glad blaze]

people receive it till February

[knotty orchid]

alr that’s calm then

I got one for Princeton during REA but I don’t think they prescreen

[little flax]

Harvard doesn’t prescreen either

They just send the list of applicants to the local club iirc

[knotty orchid]

so it’s only Yale who does then?

[solemn panther]

Time to stalk my local Harvard club

[native solar]

wait what is a common meeting place for an interview

[rugged vessel]

restaurant, coffee shop, not-quiet part of a library, park

[native solar]

omg i really hope this guy doesn’t choose a restaurant 😭

[solemn panther]

Dine and dash incoming!

[native solar]

this guy has a bigger net worth than my entire county 😭😭 doubt he would do that

the city that he lives in is super posh, i just don’t want to go to an expensive restaurant and be judged 😭😭😭

[solemn panther]

Bro rich ppl are the most stingiest

So I wouldn’t be surprised to a see a millionaire find ways to save a few bucks

[native solar]

okay he finally responded

we’re doing a coffee place

[obsidian nexus]

no

id do it by end of jan

[obsidian nexus]

most altruistic harvard grad

[eager sinew]

by not quiet part i thought u meant like cabot levels of loud 💀

and i was like terrible place to have an interview

[reef grove]

mine was at a super crowded cafe where i fought tooth and nail for the last table 😭

i then proceeded to choke on the apple cider i had bought and spent 5 minutes hacking and coughing in front of my interviewer

not a good look

[misty remnant]

me when no harvard interview

😞

[reef grove]

i got mine in ten days lol, it’s still suuuuper early

[misty remnant]

ok yea fair

[reef grove]

give them a bit

[misty remnant]

i guess 😿

[reef grove]

• it’s regular decision so there’s a ton more applicants to go through

[solemn panther]

I’m starting to regret my disagreements essay topic 😵

I feel like I chose the most cliche and overdone things to write abt

[misty remnant]

regretting my ec essay

i aint getting in anyways 💯

[solemn panther]

Nah have hope

[misty remnant]

bro i literally wrote a better ec essay for amherst i cant belkieve i didnt think of it for harvard 💀

[solemn panther]

We’re gonna make it in 🔥🔥

[misty remnant]

am tripping

[misty remnant]

real asf

[solemn panther]

I hate how Harvard was the first one due

[misty remnant]

i have 6 apps left and idgaf no more 😭

[solemn panther]

So my essays were in the worst conditions

[misty remnant]

i acc only care ab georgetown/usc um

but the other ones fuck it man 🙏

[reef grove]

don’t worry about the past, prepare for the future 🔥🔥 do a mock interview, prepare some questions, figure out how you’ll respond to certain questions

[misty remnant]

real help

bc i rewrote my diversity essay for yale & they turned oit better..

im tripping acc 😭

[solemn panther]

I’m just trying to survive second semester of senior year 😭

[reef grove]

noooo don’t apply georgetown i wanna go there 😭

jk jk lol

[misty remnant]

dawg we aint even applying same school

😞

u gonna be an sfs auto admit

[misty remnant]

real

[reef grove]

it’s the most prestigious fs school in the world 😭

my ass is not getting in

esp not with the ap scores i submitted 💀