Harvard University (2024-2025)

[dreamy lynx]

Cause it’s not like you’re facing any disadvantage by going to berk vs another t20

[flat flame]

why did i waste my rea on stanford 😭 i shouldve just done a bunch of eas

[thick crown]

dude u need to be the next elon musk or some 😭

to have a chance at being considered

wait lmao

LMAO

i didnt read ts

[vocal arrow]

LOL

[thick crown]

twins

[vocal arrow]

yo get me into MIT with a 1460 ill do anything

[thick crown]

my 1440 thinking gtech wants me

[flat flame]

also my mit interviewer rescheduled my interview 15 min before it was supposed to happen 💀

REJECTED LOL

[vocal arrow]

thats good forr gtech

[thick crown]

really?

bruh

itsl ike 9 percent oos acceptance

apperently

gtech

[flat flame]

i really like duke now but im trying really hard to not get attached

[thick crown]

never get attached

i was attached to purdue

and what did they do?

defer me

to gtech?

[vocal arrow]

i think TO seems like a good choice but when AOs read youre app they def have it in the back of their mind about not submitting SAT scores

[flat flame]

depends on math/eng breakdown right

[vocal arrow]

its never really TO

[thick crown]

i believe its required

[misty remnant]

ya and if ur school avg is bad😭😭

[thick crown]

oh i am cooked

💀

gtech is not taking me

[vocal arrow]

yea my school avg is 860

[thick crown]

bro what

i did ea

decsion comes 31st

[tall haven]

No submitted late for rd still got interview

[thick crown]

also act too late

i never studied for act

or anything

[misty remnant]

okayyy good to hear tysm!!

[vocal arrow]

yea lmfao my school is hot SHIT

[flat flame]

when did u submit?

[thick crown]

bruh mines is 1350

[flat flame]

i really want a duke interview but i heard they dont interview that many rd right

[thick crown]

bruh

[flat flame]

compared to like harvard pton

[thick crown]

only if my parents moved to tx

[flat flame]

but i still havent gotten a pton

oh ok

oh i didnt know harvard was selective

[thick crown]

whats pton

princeton?

??

[flat flame]

yeah

[thick crown]

o

[tall haven]

Like three days after deadline

[flat flame]

oh what lol

[misty remnant]

didn’t they have an extension

[flat flame]

i think i submitted 1-2 days before

[vocal arrow]

wtfff, the only reason I submitted is cause of 860 school SAT

and i still dont got a interview

[flat flame]

ohh ok just gpa

[vocal arrow]

bro GPA PRESCREEN I PASS THOSE GOD PLWEAAES

imma crash out

[tall haven]

Then wouldn’t all the 4.0 get one

What

I don’t understanddd

[misty remnant]

i think yale is the whole application tho

cus i read some file thingy

[flat flame]

wb duke does anyone know

[vocal arrow]

whats the SAT threshold then?

like maybe

[dreamy lynx]

Tbh I wouldn’t stress yourselves out nobody knows why you get or don’t get an interview

Best guess is availability but no one’s in the office

[vocal arrow]

i mean ik its def 1460 included cause my friend got it with that

idk though

[thick crown]

harvard ghosting everyone like UT austin did

💀

[vocal arrow]

lol

[thick crown]

did u apply austin?

[vocal arrow]

no

kinda forget yo

[thick crown]

💀 🙏🏿

[vocal arrow]

😭

[obsidian nexus]

if there's no proof from the school that it's selective for your region id choose not to believe the dooming redditors

[reef grove]

cirrus sr20 🔥🔥

[thick crown]

a350 personally

[tame cargo]

Yes

For all schools

[fiery ridge]

42% getting a 2 is crazy

so basically half the pool is academically qualified

[royal radish]

how long should i prepare for the intervieww? i have it tmrw for harvard

i didnt prepare much but i j have some knowledges on how interview works since idid ineterview for other schols before

[fiery ridge]

4 is crazy

A 2 is like

700s on your sat section

So 600s (1200-1300) is adequate for Harvard?

[tame cargo]

i think that's old

[tame cargo]

yea qualified isn't enough

anymore

upenn interview just finished, i think it went fairly well

we talked for a long time but i think that's related to the vibe of your interviewer ngl

[reef grove]

prepare some questions to ask your interviewer

other than that not much

[royal radish]

okok thanks!

[proven minnow]

my harvard interview was almost 2 hours they guy loved me and i got deffered so idek

[worn helm]

honestly a large part of admissions is random

you could do everything “right” and still not make it

[little flax]

Now how did y’all come up w this 😭😭

[obsidian nexus]

we be coming up with new stuff every single day

[pulsar solstice]

huh I got a 1520 😭

bro this is so frustrating

my school counsellor is telling a teacher I worked with on ECs that sending an additional rec letter wont matter

ahem

why do people keep saying this

Harvard accepts additional rec letters after the deadline

hmm

there's no specified deadline tho

at best they read it, at worst they dont

no but

my counsellor is straight up telling my teacher not to write one

[obsidian nexus]

not too late

[charred ridge]

do u guys know when harvard interviews come out

[obsidian nexus]

they are rolling out and will continue rolling out through mid-february

[glad blaze]

you are international so it can come anytime

[vagrant plover]

what is this no name uni

clone of howard

[reef grove]

literally copying haverford

[glad blaze]

cousin to Barnard 😭😂

[misty remnant]

mama no interview

[vagrant plover]

Haverford is a son of Harvard and Stanford

[vocal arrow]

Idk someone said that’s a criteria

[vocal arrow]

So all the Harvard interviews for US people are already out?

[reef grove]

no

[vocal arrow]

alright thats good to hear

[haughty nova]

just finished interview

lasted 2 hrs

[weak gulch]

how did it go?

[knotty orchid]

was it online? that’s long

[haughty nova]

it was online

it went really well

we talked about issues that we cared about and global events as well as uni stuff

[knotty orchid]

bro my interview is only meant to be 30 mins

And it’s in 10 mins

[haughty nova]

i guess it depends on the interviewer really

find a way to engage them (if their schedule allows them to stay longer)

[little flax]

Length doesn’t matter at all, mine was legit 20 minutes but I still got a 1

[haughty nova]

its quality over quantity at the end of the day

but after like 15 mins i felt like i was having an honest conversation and not rlly an "interview"

[reef grove]

woah isn’t interview part of personality section? that’s like the hardest one to get a 1 on 😦

that’s crazy impressive

[last fossil]

Wow!!

[last fossil]

I think it's graded separately

[reef grove]

oh is it? still impressive regardless haha

[last fossil]

Frrr

[royal radish]

was harvard interview 30 mins?

[reef grove]

mine was 45

i think it’s generally between 30 mins to an hour

[royal radish]

ihad 30 mins ineterview and baby was crying in the background LOL

[reef grove]

you’re so good, i choked on my apple cider and coughed for like two minutes straight

[royal radish]

and she said like she has limit of 30 mins 😭 i mean idk if that's true.

[royal radish]

oh my-

[reef grove]

prolly depends on the interviewer, maybe she had something right after your interview to get to

[royal radish]

it's okkk ithink that shows that you r human

not like a bot

[reef grove]

i guess haha

i don’t think my interviewer liked me very much tho lol

[haughty nova]

dont think too much about it, interviews dont make/break an app

[reef grove]

deadass i was describing one of my activities and he went “okay enough of the resume padding, let’s move on…”

sir HUH 😭

[royal radish]

me neither she was nice tho

[royal radish]

wth rllly

[reef grove]

yeah 💀

how i got in is a mystery

[last fossil]

Well deserved

[reef grove]

at the end he told me “it’s nice to do these interviews of the next generation… it gives me a reality check.”

like i’m sorry WHAT 😭

[reef grove]

jury’s still out

[royal radish]

for rea rightt

[last fossil]

Tbh, I think he was trying to crack a joke 😂

[reef grove]

yeah

[royal radish]

congratss that's amazing

[reef grove]

i hope so 😭😭 he was completely deadpan the entire time like :| except for when i choked on my drink then he looked mildly concerned/disappointed like :r

he also graduated in like 1970 BC so he couldn’t answer any of my questions

[last fossil]

Interviews can only help frr
The good thing is that you can see if he did like you if you enroll at harvard

[reef grove]

“how did you like your courses, i see we’re interested in the same field” “uh it’s been a while and it’s probably changed. don’t know.”

[reef grove]

i want to read his report so bad

maybe he was just a grump

[royal radish]

wait does interviewer from same region?

[reef grove]

normally yeah

unless there’s not a lot of availability

[royal radish]

like i m from nyc and i was talking abt me going to one of park in nyc she seemed to know what that was ig?

[reef grove]

yeah they’re normally alumni from your part of the world

there’s prolly no shortage of alumni in the big apple

[royal radish]

ohh ya makes sensee

also when should i email thank u note?

[fiery ridge]

Oh wtf

[reef grove]

as soon as possible

[thick minnow]

i have my interview in an hour lowkey terrified 😭

[reef grove]

maybe wait a couple hours after the interview, or send it the next morning

[reef grove]

good luck!!!

[thick minnow]

thank you 🫶

[fiery ridge]

gl

[thick minnow]

thanks :))

[royal radish]

i just had it like 1 hr ago! idk when is good time

[reef grove]

whenever is prolly fine, if you’re quick they might even see it before they write your rec

[royal radish]

oh okok ty!

[knotty orchid]

mine just went and I’m pretty sure I cooked bro he said some rlly nice stuff abt me ☺️

it was like 45 mins

[glad blaze]

nope

[knotty orchid]

holy bruh im so happy that went well

[glad blaze]

you are definitely a good person to converse with 😂

[glad blaze]

the heck 😭

[glad blaze]

that's great to hear

[native solar]

they have a grading system for interviews?

[worn helm]

the interview rating is separate but im wondering if your interview plays a role in the personality score 👀

[worn helm]

yup

[reef grove]

hsxd is just mr personality

[worn helm]

glaze

[reef grove]

is that yours?

[worn helm]

yeah

[reef grove]

bro for a 1 on personality damn right i am

[worn helm]

i loved my interviewer

but i thought i did so bad

[worn helm]

nah i feel that

[reef grove]

1 on overcome challenges 😭 who hurt you

[worn helm]

1 on personality is hard keep glazing bro

[worn helm]

🤫🤫

my background is p unique

[reef grove]

“kira betrayed me” ahh backstory

[regal oak]

omg i lowk forgot abt this school ever since i got deferred 😭

jk i love harvard plz accept me

[worn helm]

😭😭

[reef grove]

wammys orphanage would deadass make such a good commonapp essay tho

[tame cargo]

dang you must be the most likeable and interesting person of all time

[reef grove]

“yeah my parents died so this dude made me hunt down international criminals instead. i also sit funny”

[tame cargo]

you definitely deserved harvard

[worn helm]

thanks for the glaze goat

[eager sinew]

bro they did not like my ass for new ideas and roommates contribution

[worn helm]

how true do u think it is

i think roommate contribution matches up

[worn helm]

facts

nah but actually

i wasn’t born here and immigrated to the us after the haitian earthquake

and i’ve been living with a chronic illness since birth

[tame cargo]

my friend's sister got all 1s in her stanford interview and i can say that even though the school subjectivity is different, the standards for that are really high

[eager sinew]

hello?? 😭

[tame cargo]

oh r u guys currently enrolled?

[eager sinew]

not wrong but rude nonetheless

[reef grove]

oh damn that’s terrible, hopefully your family/friends are doing okay if they’re still in haiti

[worn helm]

your interviewer did NOT fw you

[knotty orchid]

what’s a good score

[eager sinew]

nah he gave me a 1- overall

[knotty orchid]

like of those who got accepted

[worn helm]

thank you 🙏🙏 they’re getting by but hopefully they can come to the US for a better life bc Haiti isn’t good at all rn

[tame cargo]

i have a feeling i am cooked if this is the criteria

and is the contribution rating overall

[eager sinew]

no

these r interview scores

[reef grove]

how did y’all manage to get a ss of the eval? i thought you weren’t supposed to do that 😭

[worn helm]

wait huh

[tame cargo]

oh i thought it was an overall interview score

[junior imp]

I have a feeling I’m cooked if I don’t get an interview

But we are chilling

[worn helm]

ur interviewer scored u overall @eager sinew

[reef grove]

yeahhh hope they’ll be safe 🙏

[eager sinew]

yeah?

[junior imp]

Brown or Columbia please accept me

Or Princeton

[knotty orchid]

how rare is a 1 on the interview

[eager sinew]

its at the end of the page

[worn helm]

like ur overall app?

[eager sinew]

no

overall interview rating

were u unaware of its existence 😭

[worn helm]

OHHH

didn’t know

[worn helm]

🤫🤫

[tame cargo]

https://tenor.com/view/sigma-detected-respect-sigma-respect-patrick-bateman-american-psyco-gif-17523786110322592071

[worn helm]

when you enroll you can send an email in the fall @reef grove

and they send you a pdf

[tame cargo]

this is the only appropriate time to send this gif

[worn helm]

well they make the pdf available on ur my.harvard

[reef grove]

i think if i had to rate myself id give myself a 3- on the roommate one, 2 on worst subject in school, 4 in describe fave activity (he straight up told me to stop resume padding)

[eager sinew]

chris what was ur overall score

[reef grove]

oooh i can’t wait

[worn helm]

i think 2- from both readers**

[eager sinew]

ok ya same

[worn helm]

lowkey tho i feel like the numbers are a bit bs

[eager sinew]

im confused why theres 2 interview score numbers

[worn helm]

admissions in general is a bit bs 💀💀

[worn helm]

same lol

[eager sinew]

one says 2 and one says 1- but i only had one interview 💀

[worn helm]

honestly it comes down to luck

[worn helm]

OHHH

thats contribution rating and overall rating

from ur interviewer

[eager sinew]

OHH

ic

[reef grove]

what’s the diff? 👀

[dreamy lynx]

Accurate

[eager sinew]

smoof get outta here

[worn helm]

lowkey idfk 😭😭 the rating system is so bs

in my honest opinion this does NOT make sense

harvard lovers** will say im wrong but

[reef grove]

LMAO real

[eager sinew]

lowkey they just be vibe checking

[worn helm]

facts

[reef grove]

my harvard interviewer said the interviews were mainly to make the alumni feel important 💀

[worn helm]

how do you sum an entire person into a few numbers

[little flax]

Wait I did NOT get a 1 on personality LMAOO

[worn helm]

and whats the difference between a 2+ and 1- like bruh

[tame cargo]

yeah 2- and then a really good interview is pretty much guaranteed

[reef grove]

icic

[tame cargo]

well it is for stanford and that's my only data point lol

[worn helm]

dont worry about ratings guys 🙏🙏😭

[reef grove]

do you think anyone ever got straight 1s across the board

other than like jfk 💀

[dreamy lynx]

Me asf

[eager sinew]

you'd have to be a professional athlete

💀

[reef grove]

oh fs fs

i’m actually gonna be the first admit with all 0s

[worn helm]

oh nah

def not

[eager sinew]

i think it would be hard to have 1 in ecs and academics and ALSO be an olympian

[tame cargo]

i know someone who might

actually not for sports

so no

sports would be a 2 probably

[worn helm]

yeah like 1 in academics + ecs + personality 💀💀💀

[reef grove]

who 😭

[worn helm]

like who r u lil bro

[dreamy lynx]

No you’d just have to be recruited

[reef grove]

bro is best friends with goku

[worn helm]

personality prob the hardest

[eager sinew]

no cus for athletic score u gotta be high level asf

[tame cargo]

uh i don't want to dox my school lol

[eager sinew]

just being recruited isnt a 1 idt

[reef grove]

fair fair

[dreamy lynx]

I think it is

I would know

[tame cargo]

well he's probably going to mit and not harvard

[eager sinew]

ur my fav athlete

[tame cargo]

so you guys don't have to compete with goku type ppl

[reef grove]

i’m a recruited underwater basket weaver

[worn helm]

with ur 6

(dw i got one too)

[reef grove]

LMAO

[eager sinew]

i had a 5 🔥

[haughty nova]

what about if im physically unable to do sports

[dreamy lynx]

6

[eager sinew]

thats a 6

[haughty nova]

damn

[reef grove]

if i dont have enough pe credits to graduate where does that put me 💀

[dreamy lynx]

Probably 5

[haughty nova]

am i cooked

[dreamy lynx]

Who knows

[tame cargo]

an A in PE is 4 right

[eager sinew]

girl how many do yall need

[dreamy lynx]

It matters the least

[reef grove]

one a year 😭

[dreamy lynx]

Idk tbh

[eager sinew]

crazy

[tame cargo]

and if you play for school it's 3?

seems like it from that post

[dreamy lynx]

I got all my athletic reqs done off being a manager

[tame cargo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/cfwru7/interesting_statistics_and_info_regarding_harvard/

[eager sinew]

4 is little or no interest

[reef grove]

i don’t think they can discriminate against you for that tho

[worn helm]

nah u talking to 2 people w 6s rn

[reef grove]

like why would they accept a cs major only if she can also play volleyball

seems silly

[tame cargo]

yea so if u do well in PE at school but don't play for school team that should be a 4 right

[eager sinew]

pe doesnt matter dawg

[dreamy lynx]

Athletics tbh don’t matter it’s just recruited athlete or not

[tame cargo]

yeah that's why little or no interest

[eager sinew]

4 is just not playing sports

[dreamy lynx]

Or if you’re varsity it’s cool

[tame cargo]

not like it matters either way

[reef grove]

i want to see what my AOs wrote about me very bad

[rapid wave]

Would not doing sports harm my application?

Or do they not really care unless you’re recruited level

[reef grove]

one of them emailed me about one of my essay prompts and i nearly died of embarrassment

[tame cargo]

no they just care about ur 2 best scores

if ur sports score is bad dw about it

[reef grove]

no i haven’t touched a sport since 6th grade

[dreamy lynx]

It wouldn’t harm it

[eager sinew]

sports doesnt matter at all unless ur good

[eager sinew]

they did ⁉️

[tame cargo]

yikes

they had something positive to say tho right?

[eager sinew]

seeinf my file eased my anxiety sm

[dreamy lynx]

https://tenor.com/view/reari-dog-barking-koreaboomina-bblmina-gif-24010279

[eager sinew]

i like how long that took u to find

[bronze radish]

rural area ppl how did u guys go about talking about that during ur interview

[dreamy lynx]

What

It took me like no time

[eager sinew]

i just did

[dreamy lynx]

I have it favorited

[eager sinew]

he asked why i wanted to go to college and i said cus ppl usually dont where im from

[reef grove]

velocipastor is always positive

[bronze radish]

ahh i see

[tame cargo]

💯

[rapid wave]

Really?

[tame cargo]

that's honestly like me writing random notes on people's physics and calc tests as a ta

[tame cargo]

well one bad score won't bring it down

let's put it that way

[reef grove]

lmaooo

[eager sinew]

not necessarily

depends on what u mean by bad lmfao

[reef grove]

the AO also called my counselor and mentioned velocipastor AGAIN

[tame cargo]

mainly talking about the sports section

[little flax]

LMAOO

[eager sinew]

a 4 in anything other than sports will absolutely bring it down

[reef grove]

they really liked it 😭

[little flax]

That email is so sweet tho

[reef grove]

yeah i was really happy i got it

[eager sinew]

bro why was ur ao so hands on

[reef grove]

velocipastor will do that to you

[eager sinew]

took mine a month to reply to my email and he never emailed me or called me or anything 😭

bro accepted me and moved on

[dreamy lynx]

I didn’t contact them at all tbh

[reef grove]

i forgot to look at the trailer of the movie and it started out with the ex-priest and hooker/doctor-lawyer fighting ninjas in their underwear 😭

[tame cargo]

"hey to whoever is grading the test pls be more lenient on me i had a fever and i don't think i did too well"

don't worry we learned in chemistry that hot makes particles move faster. your brain particles were definitely moving pretty fast because you got all the points

[reef grove]

awww that’s so sweet

[tame cargo]

velocipastor must be insane

i want to see the trailer now

[reef grove]

it’s so good

[rapid wave]

I started the movie a few years back

It was funny but it was distractingly bad

[tame cargo]

nah i feel u

u always feel like your films are bad

pov film class

[glad blaze]

so sorry
hope you get well soon 🙏🏻

[reef grove]

pretty :O looks super slippery tho

[thick minnow]

interview=done

[knotty orchid]

talked abt school experience and like my local village cricket club 😭

[knotty orchid]

yessir me too

[knotty orchid]

this is stressful bruh even if I get 4 2s I’m still cooked 😭

[last fossil]

this is hella cool 😭

[reef grove]

frfr

also i think im not supposed to share it actually 💀

[worn helm]

IM BACK ON CAMPUS

[worn helm]

i think he said 1 on his interview report but im not sure

i dont think so

i got a 1-

i think the interview score is pretty different than overall personality score

i feel like for the interview report its pretty common, especially for admitted students

i don’t think it is a huge deal tho for ur overall decision

more of like a vibe check

like for me, my AOs said on my file i was good for admission, hopefully I have a good interview

[eager sinew]

watchu doing in adams rn buddy

[worn helm]

so it seems like its more like the interview seals the deal rather than determines yes/no

but i could be wrong

[misty remnant]

me when no harvard interview

[worn helm]

wya

[eager sinew]

you'll never know

[worn helm]

stop this💀💀

im supposed to be eating dinner w this group but i couldnt find them

[worn helm]

do u think i should go or nah

[eager sinew]

i have a bad haircut rn so i escaped before u saw me

[worn helm]

basically

my first reader said

“AIV important but this is a very interesting start.” at the end

my second said

“Let's hope for a terrific
interview!”

[eager sinew]

mine said similar

"A good IV and then sub and full committee conversations. DSO if it all works out just for a good start."

[worn helm]

really?

maybe later in the decision process

[eager sinew]

i mean some ppl have a great app then the interview knocks it out to be guaranteed

[worn helm]

at least ur first read is without interview

[eager sinew]

thats likely what ur seeing

[worn helm]

hmm interesting

i got a yale likely but i think it was my essays

my ao said she teared up reading them (glaze) 💀💀

[eager sinew]

bro they glazed me so hatd

like calm down

[worn helm]

tbh admissions is random

LMAOOO

THATS SO BS

[thick crown]

Yeah

[eager sinew]

pls

[worn helm]

“my english teacher’s second cousin said my essays brought her to tears”

[thick crown]

My interviewer rejected me first look cause I had a buzz cut

[thick crown]

Why is she sending it to ur second cousin

[eager sinew]

"certainly one to compare" gave me a massive ego boost

[knotty orchid]

peak for blud

[thick crown]

Indeed

[worn helm]

nah im mocking these r/chanceme kids

[eager sinew]

same bruh

collegeresults got traction for bad reasons

[worn helm]

lowkey im boutta go @eager sinew

[eager sinew]

just leave ngl

[worn helm]

how tf do i find this

with 0 instructions

[eager sinew]

oh ik where that is... i was eating in there

then i left

its next to the drinks

[reef grove]

DSO?

[worn helm]

I SHOULDVE JUST ASKED U

[eager sinew]

dean of students

[worn helm]

what did they mean by that

[eager sinew]

idk honestly, dean of students prolly does smth importsnt

[worn helm]

did the dean read ur app holy aura

[reef grove]

ahh icic

[thick crown]

Oh fire

[worn helm]

good u dont want yale

[worn helm]

did u see a group

of kids

that look smart

[eager sinew]

no i left around 5:40

or 5:50

they mightve seen meg filling up 10 cups of ice at the machine tho

[reef grove]

how many like non-harvard people are on campus normally? like tourists n all

[eager sinew]

too many

not insanely bad

some days it is

like fucking walk faster atleast??

but

generally its fine

[reef grove]

lmaoooo

do they ever try and talk to you

[eager sinew]

i had a girl ask me to take a pic of her in front of my dorm

[reef grove]

oh pff

[knotty orchid]

without the interview my app would be so bare lol

[eager sinew]

also had a gorup of guys asking to get a recording of my dorm building inside

wante dme to let them in

[worn helm]

who’s ryan

is that that one sweat

[eager sinew]

i just said no and closed the door behind me when i swiped in 💀

[reef grove]

thats gotta be against the rules 😭

[reef grove]

LMAO

[worn helm]

more than students

at least in the yard

[eager sinew]

theres literally a big sign saying to call campus police if someone comes in that you dont recognize 💀

[reef grove]

jeez

[worn helm]

but harvard is lowkey hella safe

[thick crown]

Fir real

[reef grove]

bro yeah id be so worried abt like getting harrassed if anyone can just waltz onto campus

[worn helm]

and i like the tourists

might be a hot take

it makes me stay grounded, realizing how privileged i am to be able to study somewhere where people come everyday to visit

[knotty orchid]

how easy is it to live off campus and commute in

[reef grove]

how do they make sure the tourists dont have like bad intent? :0

[worn helm]

ngl very hard

[knotty orchid]

like in an apartment or house nearby

[knotty orchid]

oh damn

[worn helm]

well decently hard

i think something like 92-97% of students live on campus

[eager sinew]

i live in the gayest freshman dorm so i was not letting them in to record people 😭

[reef grove]

living in cambridge must cost a pretty penny too

[worn helm]

we have campus police

[knotty orchid]

so people don’t go and rent houses together in like 3/4th year?

[worn helm]

but cambridge in general is safe

[reef grove]

LMAO that implies that there is a gayness ranking of all the dorms

[reef grove]

ah i see

[eager sinew]

i be walking around at 4 am

[worn helm]

nope, we have upperclassmen houses and usually in ur 3rd/4th year, you can get a suite with your friends in your house

[eager sinew]

2 am jefes and joes 😋

[worn helm]

basically like apartment living but on campus haha

[knotty orchid]

fair enough then lol

[reef grove]

is the campus well lit? evening jogs on campus would be sm fun but im a very not muscular woman so 😭

[eager sinew]

i cant tell ngl i dont pay attention that much

if ur in the yard ur fine

[reef grove]

gotcha gotcha

i wore a turtleneck + blazer jacket + dress pants

business cas

yeah blouse + blazer is a good combo

[worn helm]

@eager sinew do u feel like harvard feels a lot smaller now that you’re used to it

[knotty orchid]

holy what bro my guy was just like ur chill but that’s lowk insane game 😭

[eager sinew]

yeah fs

boston is still giant

[worn helm]

same like i lowkey need to go off campus more

im getting trapped in the harvard bubble

[reef grove]

im gonna get lost on the subway 1000%

[knotty orchid]

glazeeee wtf 😭🙏

[eager sinew]

i still dont icl 💀

[worn helm]

science center > dorm > science center > annenberg > dorm > science center > dorm 💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

cuz you're not real

[eager sinew]

i have a weeklt realization of "holy shit i go to harvard for the next 4 years?? im gonna graduate from here???"

[reef grove]

i have spent all of my conscious life in non-walkable cities, i cant wait to not need a car anymore

[knotty orchid]

same bro deadass Im praying my parents will only let me go America if I get into Harvard ☠️

[eager sinew]

REALL

[knotty orchid]

ye British

[reef grove]

iceberg

[knotty orchid]

noooo

[worn helm]

nah thats the dhall lil bro

[knotty orchid]

Asian/african dude in history 💔

[worn helm]

i need to get out of the loop for real 💀💀

[reef grove]

bro it still hasnt sunk in that i got in, like theyre gonna let me into the big fancy library n shit now

[eager sinew]

i went to norburry or whatever its called the other day

very fun

[knotty orchid]

yes IM the cooked one

[eager sinew]

no but i have bro on linkedin

[reef grove]

i wrote about berg in one of my essays 💀 referring to it as berg too, idek what i was doing trying to seem cool

[knotty orchid]

20 min walk from MIT so I mean

[reef grove]

ill sneak u in dw

[eager sinew]

jazzy called it "the annenberg" for like a month

[reef grove]

LMAO

what do you call a person that goes to harvard

[eager sinew]

a nerd

[reef grove]

harvardite? 💀

[reef grove]

pompous

cryign 😭

[dreamy lynx]

thanks g

[worn helm]

💀💀all good

i hope u enjoy it irl

[eager sinew]

in rick and morty the president called rick a "pompous autistic cadaver" and i think that describes atleast half of harvard

[worn helm]

i have

but he seems chill tho

[reef grove]

💀

[worn helm]

where? 😭😭

[reef grove]

when i took my tour they told me to like rub john harvard's boot to get in

[eager sinew]

newbury

[reef grove]

did yall do that

[worn helm]

OHHH

newbury is fun

[eager sinew]

THEY DID??

GOD

NEVER DO THAT

[reef grove]

YEAH

[eager sinew]

NEVENEVERNEVE

[reef grove]

I DIDNT

[worn helm]

oh…

[eager sinew]

thank god bro

[worn helm]

i didnt visit any school until i got in

i didnt want to be deluded

[reef grove]

the fact that the boot is polished gold and the rest is so dirty 😭

[dreamy lynx]

I visited harvard cause it was close

[eager sinew]

i see ppl touch that foot so often... it makes me scared

[worn helm]

wait what part of MA are u from again

[eager sinew]

yes

[dreamy lynx]

uhhh like greater boston

so

[reef grove]

WHAT

[eager sinew]

not ur kind buddy

[worn helm]

ohh okay

[reef grove]

now im so glad i didnt touch it

[dreamy lynx]

crazy work

[worn helm]

im from brockton if u know there @dreamy lynx

[reef grove]

NOOOONONONONOON

[worn helm]

not affluent at all but its home

[reef grove]

i used to live in peabody

[dreamy lynx]

ik brockton

[worn helm]

but going from a predominantly black city to one where black people are the minority is kind of a crazy culture shock

[eager sinew]

ive seen many drunk men pee on him

[dreamy lynx]

I have a friend who lives in randolph

which I think is by brockton

[worn helm]

sophomore?

[reef grove]

poor john

[eager sinew]

i have a pic of a friend doing it 💀

[dreamy lynx]

no freshman

[eager sinew]

its crazy

[reef grove]

LMAO NO WAY

[worn helm]

wait can u pm me their name i lowkey wanna befriend them

[dreamy lynx]

I think you've probably met them before

[worn helm]

maybe

[reef grove]

they didnt give class of 29 an insta chat :C we have a fb group 💀

ikr

[eager sinew]

ppl make it

not admin

u should make one

[reef grove]

do i just advertise it in crimson connect or what 💀

"fb sucks join my insta"

[worn helm]

we have a community one

[dreamy lynx]

crimson connect

[eager sinew]

yes and in the fb book and ask ur ppl on ig

[worn helm]

yall should lowkey make a discord tho and keep it active

[dreamy lynx]

I used it once and forgor about it

[worn helm]

to spite yale

[eager sinew]

aint NOBODY use crimson connect

[reef grove]

ppl are already sending their insta handle

[dreamy lynx]

the 28 discord died so quick

[worn helm]

I KNOW

[reef grove]

i cant run a discord server 😭 never tried before

[dreamy lynx]

community one is really helpful if you're a cs or stat major

[eager sinew]

i like the community disc

[worn helm]

i hated it bc yale’s discord was lowkey popping

[worn helm]

i agree 💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

cause it's oversaturated with cs and stat majors lmao

[reef grove]

there should be an all school one i feel

easier to keep alive

[worn helm]

im chemistry and feel out of place

[eager sinew]

there is

[dreamy lynx]

there is

[worn helm]

but they’re lowkey hella chill

[eager sinew]

thats the harvard community one

[reef grove]

!!

[eager sinew]

want link?

[dreamy lynx]

I feel like if you ask questions someone will have answers usually

[reef grove]

yes 👀

[worn helm]

that is true which i rlly appreciate

[dreamy lynx]

yeah but the discord is nice

[worn helm]

the mods are hella nice too

[dreamy lynx]

they will probably make a prefrosh question channel in the next few months

yeah

one of them is my stat section TF

last sem

[eager sinew]

yes

[dreamy lynx]

goat

[worn helm]

wait thats fire

[eager sinew]

"is"

bro thinks hes still in 110...

[worn helm]

should i take stat 100 or cs32 or cs50

[dreamy lynx]

I'm in 111

which is the same thing basically

[worn helm]

i lowkey dont need any

[eager sinew]

im doing stat 100 and cs50

[worn helm]

for chemistry

[eager sinew]

do stat 100 next sem with me trust

[worn helm]

but they’re hella relevant

[reef grove]

are the placement exams rlly bad? i kinda wanna see if theres like prep books or smth so i can do well on them haha

[worn helm]

wait i might

[worn helm]

not even worth studying for 💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

I think 100 is good if you want to learn to work with data, cs50 is good if you want to learn to code

[eager sinew]

place exams dont matter

[reef grove]

oh 💀

[dreamy lynx]

I think 100 is more immediately useful for chem

[worn helm]

do you think cs50 is better than 32?

[eager sinew]

u can take whatever class u want as long as u dont fail the precalc section

[worn helm]

i was recommended 32

[dreamy lynx]

hmm

[worn helm]

by some cs students

[dreamy lynx]

I don't know enough about 32 tbh

[eager sinew]

i wouldnt do fhat

[dreamy lynx]

I know some people are very anti 50 and W 32 and vice versa

[marsh lark]

Yale's discord is a psyop designed to make kids get attached to the school (it's working)

[worn helm]

wait why not

[eager sinew]

that just seems stupid lmfao

[knotty orchid]

how tf does this system work bro 😭

[worn helm]

YUP

[reef grove]

boo yale

[eager sinew]

real analysis after calc 2 seems like an insane jump

[dreamy lynx]

bc to 25 is doable if you are very motivated to grind, 25 to 55 might be tough without further background tbh

[worn helm]

hmm i see

[dreamy lynx]

you'd have to be pretty motivated

[worn helm]

bro math here put me off math forever 💀💀

i learned so much but i dont wanna do that again

[dreamy lynx]

25 after bc is fine but it will be a very busy class

[marsh lark]

I have Yale co29 friends now how could I abandon them...

[dreamy lynx]

the pacing is tough

[eager sinew]

im scared of 1b

[worn helm]

lmk if you need any help, 1b can be EVIL

[dreamy lynx]

and then 55b is another jump

so

[worn helm]

but they dont want u to fail

and they dont trick you

[dreamy lynx]

only if you're really motivated

[knotty orchid]

where do I find out what the content is on these courses

[worn helm]

which i appreciated

[reef grove]

if you dont do it to them they will abandon you once you get in

[dreamy lynx]

it might be if you don't have the background

[eager sinew]

math M doesnt try to trick u they just suck at wording and i cant read 💀

[worn helm]

you can lowkey just google them

[dreamy lynx]

google or ask here ig

[worn helm]

see if they’re not behind a login

[knotty orchid]

is it the same for every uni?

[dreamy lynx]

tbh you'd be fine taking 25a/25b and still have a social life

[worn helm]

it depends, some are locked behind a login

[dreamy lynx]

25a/25b already a W

[knotty orchid]

alr I’ll take a look on google first, thanks bro

[eager sinew]

25 is already a challenge dawg 😭

[dreamy lynx]

22a/22b is like avg BC sweat

[worn helm]

21a is challenging enough 💀💀

wait

once u take math here

u will lowkey be humbled

[dreamy lynx]

idt you need to take 55 to feel challenged

like

[worn helm]

being so real

💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

just take 22/110 or 25/110

and you'll have a fun semester still

[worn helm]

oh then take 22 or 25 first sem

[eager sinew]

u will feel challenged starting at the level ur supposed to

[dreamy lynx]

take like 22 or 25 plus another pset class

[worn helm]

3 psets a week is NOT for the weak!!!

[knotty orchid]

25a does not look that bad bruh

[eager sinew]

i hate 3 psets a week but its also lowkey fun

[dreamy lynx]

true the benefit of 22+ is no 3x week psets

[worn helm]

research freshman year is lowkey crazy

[reef grove]

the ppl that gave me my tour told me they took like two classes a week 💀

[worn helm]

see i wish i was smart enough to take them

[dreamy lynx]

what is your major am

o

[eager sinew]

real

[dreamy lynx]

then even if no 55

[worn helm]

oh…

[dreamy lynx]

you can fail by taking 61/124 freshman year

lmaoo

[worn helm]

whats it called when you like to inflict pain onto urself

[reef grove]

masochism? 😭

[worn helm]

@eager sinew

[eager sinew]

im gonna have 3 math psets a week until the end of sophomore year

[worn helm]

bro said 3 problem sets a WEEK is fun

[dreamy lynx]

take 22/25 and 110

[worn helm]

im so sorry

[dreamy lynx]

you could shop 55

but

[eager sinew]

i mean i would procrastinate a lot more without them

[reef grove]

typical masochist behavior

[dreamy lynx]

with only bc kinda weird

[worn helm]

im not taking math 21a until junior year 💀💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

or idk if it's worth

[eager sinew]

why 😭

[worn helm]

because imagine organic chem + calc 3 holy fuck RIP my gpa

[eager sinew]

what if u forget everything

[dreamy lynx]

anyways I really want to take 124 soph year

[reef grove]

bro the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming, you dont needa do allat 😭

[dreamy lynx]

but idk if I will be ready

[worn helm]

i heard u dont need 1b for 21a 👀

[dreamy lynx]

next fall cs61/math112 would go hard if I can

[worn helm]

from upperclassmen

[dreamy lynx]

I feel like yeah you can self study 1b

[worn helm]

you def can

[worn helm]

but what kace is saying is i took 1b in the fall but im not gonna take 21a until junior fall so imma forget everything

[eager sinew]

no thats real i cant do 21b til senior year cus junior fall that would be physics 2 + chem 17 + 21b + gened

id actually die

[worn helm]

holy fuck

[dreamy lynx]

bro knows his junior year courseload

[worn helm]

do u need orgo for neuro @eager sinew?

[eager sinew]

yeah

[worn helm]

ohhh i see

[reef grove]

college class names confuse me

[dreamy lynx]

this actually exists

people have done it

[worn helm]

doable

[eager sinew]

yeah ik a 16 yr old who did

hes 17 now

he is in my entry way

[dreamy lynx]

ofc you talking to the minors lil bro💀

[worn helm]

💀💀💀

[eager sinew]

HES IN MY ENTRYWAY

I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEAK TO THE MAN

[worn helm]

js it A?

[eager sinew]

R

[worn helm]

oh i dont know him then

[eager sinew]

phys 16 profs grandkid

[worn helm]

holy nepo

[eager sinew]

nah hes so chill

love him

[dreamy lynx]

if you're taking 55/16 nepo away tbh

bro is gonna be the next phys 16 prof

[eager sinew]

no fr u cant get that level of knowledge on nepo alone

gotta be smart beforehand

[eager sinew]

honestly good

bro deserves it

[flat flame]

interview tmr and im kinda freaking out

its also my first in person college interview

[eager sinew]

i asked him if he was gonna continue with 55 and he said "yeah its been fun"

[worn helm]

you got this frfr

[flat flame]

help idk how to do that

[worn helm]

dont overprepare

[flat flame]

my rice interviewer said he was "gonna try his best to help me" but idt thats rizz lOL

oh yeah ik what u mean

but also i was looking at the interview rubric thing

and im gonna get cooked on overcoming challenges

I CAN DO THAT

[thick crown]

bro ygs just gotta pull a pope on ur harvard interview

(only obx fans know what im talking abt)

[worn helm]

real harvard was my only in person one

[flat flame]

if i nerd out on stuff that my interviewer didnt major in is that weird bc they wont know what im talking abt

[flat flame]

how important is the interview

[worn helm]

it was lowkey so nerve racking but i stressed myself out too much

[flat flame]

like relative to importance or other collges

[worn helm]

genuinely not make or break

[flat flame]

the only thing preventing me from fully freaking out is that my interviewers seem super friendly

[worn helm]

unless ur like a psychopath

but even they slip through

[flat flame]

how much can it help if its good

[worn helm]

i do think harvard places more emphasis on interviews that any other school for undergrad tho

[worn helm]

i don’t think a good interview will bring you from not in to in

[flat flame]

oh

good to know

[worn helm]

but it may bring you from on the fence to decent chance

[flat flame]

pray

praying so hard

[worn helm]

and a bad one may bring you from on the fence to probably not

but in most cases, interviews are good

it’s supposed to be a chill convo

nothing INSANE

[flat flame]

also maybe its a good look that im driving 3 hrs round trip to meet them irl? they offered to do it virtually bc they said they didnt wanna inconvenience me but i said i'd do irl is that weird

[thick crown]

no

[flat flame]

ok im way overthinking

[eager sinew]

imagine having in person interviews

[flat flame]

do most princeton applicants get interviews

i havent gotten one yet

but some of my friends at school did

[eager sinew]

ask princeton

[flat flame]

i heard its j availability tho

oh good point lol

[reef grove]

i got mine two weeks ago

(i didnt apply)

[fair rampart]

I moderated one before A2C and that was it 💀

You get the hang of it

[dreamy lynx]

shlawg went from level 1 discord mod to level 100 in one server

[reef grove]

true but like id have to get the hang of discord + get the hang of college at the same time 💀

[fair rampart]

Real!

[fair rampart]

Fair but if you make it before college…

[dreamy lynx]

true if you make it now by the time you have classes it might be dead by then

that's what happened with the 28 discord

[fair rampart]

Oh did it not keep up with acceptances

Odd

[reef grove]

what if people bully me in the harvard facebook though

[dreamy lynx]

we kinda did but idt it was advertised well

[reef grove]

"lmao loser were not gonna join your stupid discord server"

[dreamy lynx]

and no one felt like putting any effort into it

so

oh well

[fair rampart]

They’re on Facebook

They’re not any better

[reef grove]

what if everyone points and laughs at me and they rescind my acceptance

[fair rampart]

What if an asteroid falls to earth like it did for the dinosaurs and deletes Harvard

[dreamy lynx]

what if this discord channel was harvard university

[reef grove]

where would all the overbearing parents tell their kids to study then

[fair rampart]

Yale 😱

[reef grove]

i shudder just thinking abt it

okay but like real talk yales mascot is so much better than harvards

thats like the only thing they have going for them

and ofc ut austin mascot is the GOAT

[fair rampart]

My school’s student gov mascot is cute

Unfortunately the alumni refused to make it the official school mascot

[reef grove]

aww

[reef grove]

hes just a little guy

i love him

[fair rampart]

I refuse to acknowledge “Gunrock the Mustang”

[reef grove]

gunrock 😭

"whats the most masculine imposing name we can give to our mascot"

[hoary schooner]

they calleed your nonprofit cute.. not you

i hope it was a slip of the tongue

[misty remnant]

me when 0 interview type shi

pls harv

.

.

i js want ts one

[hoary schooner]

like a habit that just randomly resurfaced

[misty remnant]

& doook

[rapid wave]

How old was he

[hoary schooner]

32

34*

whatever

[reef grove]

😦

it’s giving reverse guy that tried to kiss his yale interviewer

[rugged vessel]

fr he's like a 3 at best

[rugged vessel]

haha not to flex but i got a
3+ 2 3 3
(kms)

I DEFINITELY OVERCOME CHALLENGES

or was it 3 3 2

idfk

[rugged vessel]

they be handing out likelies to anyone fr

[rapid wave]

Do they ask you about challenges in the interview?

Why do you go to such a broke school

I’m a similar situation (and at a broke public school) but I at least have medical issues

[last fossil]

wait. so that was ur interview?

[potent gust]

did you kiss him

damn

[last fossil]

in the case where you are sleeping when your interviewer calls or something. would they email you?

[last fossil]

tell me kiss has two definitions

Lol. that's cute

This was dartmouth or harvard interview tho

haha

[reef grove]

i think the questions change every year

i didn’t get the challenges one at least

i got one about how my roommate would describe me, what’s an activity i enjoy doing, what my least favorite subject at school is, and how i liked going to my specific school

they might also change just based on who interviews you lol

OH and he asked about a time that i failed

[worn helm]

💀💀

[worn helm]

💀💀💀💀

im cryingg

[tame cargo]

do they really

[rugged vessel]

Theres a fuck ton of rich privileged ppl at harvard dw lol

Pls be thankful u dont have challenges😭😭😭

They rejevt a lot of them ngl

Same wit yale

Maybe 10-20% acceptance rate from defer pool

[worn helm]

😭😭😭

your ngmi

[livid pebble]

Got an interview offer, does that mean anything or is it totally random?

[flat flame]

mines a city councilmember + like ai startup founder?

[hoary schooner]

are you cali

ah

[misty remnant]

gimme an interview rn @harvarduniversity

oml

[misty remnant]

me when 0 interview

ong

PLEASE HARVARD

[little flax]

It’s up to the alumni interviewers to give u those scores, and they def arent trained in depth about what constitutes what (which is why length doesn’t rly matter, it’s all up to the alumnus)

[fiery ridge]

how important is Harvard interview towards admissions?

I know it’s lowkey needed to get one for admission (like everyone ik who gets in received one)

But compared to other schools how much does interview matter

[little flax]

Tbh it didn’t even rly affect my personality score that much? The difference was pretty significant between them

[rapid wave]

My Harvard one is one of the more famous doctors in his Heidi and is pretty big