Harvard University (2024-2025)

[glad patrol]

Does Yale not mark interviews as important like Harvard and MIT do?

[rustic path]

they're pretty important

they prescreen for it

for most auto-admits, they wont be offered an interview

[glad patrol]

I see

[rustic path]

mostly people who get likelies

and then interviews

thats just to recruit them

its more like "come to yale" rather than "why yale"

[glad patrol]

Maybe I am too good for Yale then

(obv /j)

[crystal shadow]

tbh no point in dooming over something you cant control

[quaint steppe]

I thought ppl who got likelys got interviewed then ao phone call

[glad patrol]

The wait is deadly sadly

[rugged vessel]

I JUST GOT AN INTERVIEW

[crystal shadow]

OMG 😱

[rustic path]

im telling khurana about you

[dreamy lynx]

rick hash

[knotty orchid]

no way the doomers got silenced

[reef grove]

im still waiting on mine :(

[crystal shadow]

sorry i ate it

:(

[reef grove]

i hope it tasted good at least

[crystal shadow]

tasted a bit expired

has it been a long time since you ordered one

[reef grove]

mmmmmaybe

[obsidian sable]

real

[modern wolf]

hi

[supple jay]

hard fart

@crystal shadow hi

[obsidian nexus]

congrats!

[viral thorn]

random but i love your username

might be one of my top 5 fav discord usernames ive seen

[rugged vessel]

LOLL tysm

[knotty orchid]

Harvard simp as a JUNIOR is insane

[crystal shadow]

hello

[obsidian nexus]

touch grass get a life and learn to spell 😭 🙏

[obsidian nexus]

hi jeni

[reef grove]

bro i’ve been a harvard simp since i could pronounce the word 😭🙏

[molten glen]

@reef grove hopefully u get a good host during Visitas and not quad host

i just feel like the experience being in a river house during visitas is top tier

[reef grove]

oh like riverside host?

[molten glen]

ya

[reef grove]

i just can’t wait to go to widener

have you been yet?

[molten glen]

Have I been yet? lol...

[reef grove]

i can’t imagine how 56 miles of books looks like

[molten glen]

56 miles of books?

[reef grove]

idk maybe you never went 😭

[reef grove]

yeah that’s how much they have

[molten glen]

Oh I don't think you can get to that part

it's kidn of more of a museum in there for the most part and study area

but to get books from there you just go to a desk and they find it, the actual book part i think is restricted to staff

[reef grove]

ohhhh icic

[molten glen]

ofc ive been to widener

[reef grove]

so you get someone to search through all the books for you

[molten glen]

i went during visitas and ive been to study

[molten glen]

yah

[reef grove]

i’ve heard it’s like dead silent in there

[molten glen]

if you want to see a fuck ton of actual real books go to Lamont basement and there are a lot

[reef grove]

ooooh

[molten glen]

You can talk normally except in the top rooms

The top rooms are COMPLETE SILENT rooms

[reef grove]

i saw this instagram reel abt some college that installed these like study “pods” into their campus

where you could choose different sounds and lights and stuff

customize your study experience

[molten glen]

yeah we don't got that

[reef grove]

it seemed cool lol

[molten glen]

but in the bottom of cabot there are indiv pods that are meant for like zoom meetings

[reef grove]

oh interesting

[molten glen]

u gotta book it tho

also in some librfaries there are cell phone pods so u can talk on the phone without interupting studying

but thats mostly at grad school libraries like HLS, HMS, HBS

[reef grove]

okay wait so obviously harvard campus is big right

but how big

like could i walk all of it

[knotty orchid]

lmao I only decided to apply in 2024 I was always an oxford simp

[obsidian nexus]

wait i saw that too 😭

[reef grove]

IT LOOKED SO COOL

idr which college tho

[obsidian nexus]

my parents didnt want me to apply to harvard i had to convince them 💀

[obsidian nexus]

probably nyu or something

ngl

[molten glen]

what campus ?

[reef grove]

bro my parents straight up told me i wasn’t getting in

[reef grove]

the undergrad one

[obsidian nexus]

mine too and they were right 😛

[molten glen]

oh just the Harvard College campus?

[knotty orchid]

they aint belive in us, god did - dj khalid

[reef grove]

yeah

[molten glen]

oh yeah you could probs walk it all in like an hour or something

maybe 30 minutes

its not that big

[reef grove]

that’s good at least haha

[knotty orchid]

you play any sports big bro

[molten glen]

no

[knotty orchid]

like not even recreational?

[molten glen]

no

[reef grove]

i want to sail so bad

[knotty orchid]

not even some 3v3

or some crewe

or an afternoon of golf

how do u destress

[molten glen]

Whats 3v3, crewe?

[reef grove]

3v3 is basketball right?

[knotty orchid]

basketball and rowing 😭

[molten glen]

No none of the above

[knotty orchid]

yeah ofc, im a demon at pickup

[reef grove]

my short ass could never

[knotty orchid]

What abt gym

[molten glen]

no

[reef grove]

youngnerd burns so many calories using his brain he doesn’t need to exercise lmaoooo

[knotty orchid]

nah even at my basketball club theres some girls and they are pretty tekky, they are rlly good at handles

[knotty orchid]

oh sorry bro are u not concerned for like being active and like helping your brain relax

[knotty orchid]

fr bro does his exercise while studying 😭

[molten glen]

I'm actually varsity football for harvard

[reef grove]

yeah it seems fun, i just don’t have enough ppl at my school to form a team :,)

[broken escarp]

Do you have a scooter

[knotty orchid]

fair enough lol

[broken escarp]

If so I hate you

[reef grove]

basketball just seems a little unfair tho tbh, like if you’re taller you’re just playing the game on easy mode

i would rather do tennis or smth

[reef grove]

i have a pogo stick, what’s your opinion on me

[fleet thicket]

basketball is rlly fun tho

[reef grove]

knockout is fun

[broken escarp]

As long as you don’t step on my feet in the Yard it’s fine

[reef grove]

lmaoooo

[molten glen]

do scooters run over ur feet in the yard

[reef grove]

oh r u a harvard student as well?

[molten glen]

no he couldnt get in he just hangs around

[reef grove]

💀

[broken escarp]

im skibidi studies @ hawktuah U it says right there

[obsidian nexus]

what 😭

[reef grove]

my bad i can’t read ☹️

[broken escarp]

damn these test optional kids really are coming in hot huh…

[molten glen]

i thought we werent test op anymore

[reef grove]

they’re just letting anyone into harvard these days

(me)

[obsidian nexus]

oops lemme send mine in rn

[broken escarp]

i think this cycle was the last

t/o

possibly i dont nnow

know

[molten glen]

no the class of 2029 isn't test optional according to the google

[vast crypt]

Hi friends

[broken escarp]

oops my bad

[reef grove]

yeah i’m p sure i had to submit mine

[reef grove]

hello

[broken escarp]

hellawh

[obsidian nexus]

yeah no its not

[quaint steppe]

This cycle was test required

[reef grove]

you could self report tho

you didn’t have to officially submit

[broken escarp]

what

whats the logic

[reef grove]

unless you got in

[molten glen]

theyll require u to officially submit at the end

[reef grove]

yeah lol

[broken escarp]

oh that makes sense

[molten glen]

so if you lie, get in, send ur official and it mismatches, u get kicked out

[reef grove]

it saves you like 15 clams

[obsidian nexus]

yeah this is good tho because i am not affording so many test score sends

[crystal shadow]

i think princeton was the only ivy that required an official score sent

[reef grove]

okay but real talk sending ap scores was so bad

you have to either send all or none of them

not to harvard but just to the schools that needed them

[obsidian nexus]

yeah i wonder how many people r phased out because they didnt do that

lowkey just a literacy check 💀

[broken escarp]

who’s doing FIP here

?

[reef grove]

and to remove a bad score you had to FAX them or write a PHYSICAL LETTER 💀💀💀

[crystal shadow]

oh 💔 so they're gonna see my ap chem score

[reef grove]

what’s fip?

[broken escarp]

pre orientation for intls

[reef grove]

gtown saw my 2 in calc bc before i withdrew lmao

[broken escarp]

you havent selected yet?

[reef grove]

ah icic

[obsidian nexus]

wait gtown is the worst abt it

[reef grove]

i think we choose it in the summer

[broken escarp]

i dont remeber that might be it

[crystal shadow]

mit and georgetown are the only schools that require every single score be sent right

[reef grove]

rn we’re still doing visitas stuff

[molten glen]

they didn't release pre-os until after visitas

[reef grove]

i got like information abt all the camps but sign up isn’t open yet i believe

[broken escarp]

when’s visitas this year?

[obsidian nexus]

but mit is self report every score georgetown is physically pay to send every score

[reef grove]

april 27-28

[crystal shadow]

why does it overlap with icdc

[molten glen]

the last day of classes

[crystal shadow]

icdc is 4/26-4/29

[obsidian nexus]

omg will u not be able to make it 💔

[reef grove]

“cura personalis” nah they just want my entire wallet 💀

[crystal shadow]

if i win state this weekend AND get into harvard then no

[reef grove]

idk what icdc is

[obsidian nexus]

both guaranteed scenarios

[crystal shadow]

deca (inter)nationals

[reef grove]

im not good w acronyms

[molten glen]

i have Espanol Examens during visitas no flash photography

[reef grove]

ahhh okay

[broken escarp]

idk when that is

[obsidian nexus]

buena suerte

[broken escarp]

at the end of april is all i know

[crystal shadow]

does anyone know when bulldog days is

[broken escarp]

ew

[reef grove]

yo soy muy cansada

[broken escarp]

estoy*

😁

[obsidian nexus]

estoy

[obsidian nexus]

oh

[reef grove]

oh right right

bc estoy is temporary

[obsidian nexus]

unless you're tired all the time i guess 😭 that could be a thing

[reef grove]

soy is permanent

[broken escarp]

acceptance rescinded

[crystal shadow]

ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ
aw rats

[crystal shadow]

oh ok

[reef grove]

aw rats

[broken escarp]

those are just letters

[crystal shadow]

yo soy muy cansada then

[broken escarp]

don’t fall for it

[obsidian nexus]

😭

[floral briar]

Still no interview (form any uni) ☠️

Cooked

[hardy lance]

bay area in early feb

[vagrant plover]

sem

ima wait till march 11

then start grinding national entrances

[obsidian sable]

harvard interview?

where in da bay

[viral thorn]

This is an a2c alt right

[obsidian sable]

im from the subreddit 😭

[viral thorn]

Well yeah but this discord account is an alt

[obsidian sable]

i literally just made it

[viral thorn]

I found someone unironically named after Yale

and it was their main

and I’m scared of people here now

[obsidian sable]

wdym named after yale?

[viral thorn]

like

they were named like

yalelover or something

[obsidian sable]

i lurk on the subreddit and its very neurotic

[obsidian sable]

dartmouth simp

got into yale

[pastel hare]

had my followup interview 2 hrs ago 🙏

[molten glen]

Congrats

[obsidian sable]

likely?

what happened yo

[hardy lance]

yes

[obsidian sable]

when

[obsidian sable]

where in da bay?

[pastel hare]

Idkkkkk is that what it is?

[hardy lance]

early feb

[hardy lance]

proper

[pastel hare]

went very well. nerves started kicking in 30 mins in and i struggled to say what i was tryna say about my personal statement

but spoke a lot about my major , an initative i started, and she asked me like how senior year has been and studf

but she also asked me what would i study if i had the choice to study anything like outside my major

[obsidian sable]

when did you receive it?

[obsidian sable]

was this an alumni or an AO?

[obsidian sable]

I DONT KNOW AHAHA

[floral briar]

Hmmmmm
I proposed this idea a lonnnnngggg time ago
But I was shot down
Sad

"Harvard simp" crazy

[balmy thorn]

Will AOs read rec letters sent now?

[foggy sorrel]

Most likely no.

[balmy thorn]

Yikes

It was one that could shift a decision…

[foggy sorrel]

Then I suggest you include more info about why it was so substantial in an application update.

Those can typically be found on the portal.

[balmy thorn]

I mean he emailed it to the admissions offices

Not like submitted through common app

If that makes a difference

[foggy sorrel]

I think if they’re still considering you/reviewing your application then that recommendation might be added to your portal and can influence the decision.

You would have to be on the brink of a waitlist though, I’d assume.

[balmy thorn]

Oh would it be added to my portal if it is being considered?

It’s a supplemental rec so in addition to my other 2

And it’s stellar

[foggy sorrel]

It would be added to your application file and if they’re currently reviewing your application then I’m sure something like that would be considered.

It all depends on whether or not you’re on the brink of admission or waitlist otherwise I couldn’t see them taking too much time on a supplemental recommendation this late in the cycle.

[balmy thorn]

Hmm okay

That’s disappointing

It was really good and made the depth of my #1 EC crazy

Sucks he wasn’t able to get it in earlier

[foggy sorrel]

There’s a chance they might read it so don’t be too worried.

[balmy thorn]

Got it thanks

[reef grove]

worst case they won’t read it and it doesn’t affect anything, best case it changes you from a reject to an admit lol

[balmy thorn]

I’m praying and hoping lol

It genuinely is a letter than can probably change a decision at some schools

At least from a reject to a WL

[pastel hare]

I had my alumni one about a month ago but that one was also very nice we spoke for a few hours

her role is senior something of admissions

idrk what that means but it said it in her email thingy

[obsidian sable]

ur literally in

[jade igloo]

few hours????

wtf

what do you even talk about for that long

[turbid notch]

Mine was a bit over 2 and we talked about a lot of things I can’t imagine a few hours ☠️☠️

[jade igloo]

mine was literally like 35 minutes

💀

[turbid notch]

Oh!

We had such a good chat

[pastel hare]

No guarantee of anything, but it was pretty weird the way in which she reached out

idk wasnt expecting it at all

[pastel hare]

Just find something to connect about tbh

doesnt have to be all harvard related

they're real people too

Worst case scenario ur interviewer has zero interests with u

and at that point idk

but if u were the interviewer u would write a really good report on the person u actually liked and could bond with, not neccessarily the "best" candidate

colleges like down-to-earth people on their campus. they care about their culture

[rapid wave]

Interviews are mostly a vibe check

[pastel hare]

Facts

stats is the entry but bonding is the key

[obsidian sable]

lucky!

[pastel hare]

i dont like zoom interviews 😪

everything is just better in person

so much more u can show

[crimson ermine]

still no interview yet is it over

[reef grove]

indubitably cooked

sauteed on a pan with onions

[fiery ridge]

@reef grove are you considering ut take world by horns over harvard still?

[jade igloo]

I literally couldn’t get any in person

most of them were all on east coast or wanted only zoom

[obsidian nexus]

https://blogs.iq.harvard.edu/english_first_n

[still edge]

can someone resend the statistics from the lawsuit about how many people interviewed and get in

there was a table or sumn a while bakc here

[reef grove]

nope i withdrew

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[wet owl]

ur username is iconic lol

[tardy sparrow]

Hey is turning in my mid year report late like bad

Haha

[haughty nova]

Not if the office of admissions was notified that you would delay in it advance and for what reason

I told them it would come out on the 28th, and they waived it and said they would use 1st trimester and predicted marks.

For other cases idk

[still edge]

Getting an interview as an international student implies a non-zero chance of admission right

[short lagoon]

existing implies a non-zero chance of admission

[still edge]

A statistically non zero chance of admission is what i meant

[short lagoon]

it was like 20 apply, 2 get interviewed, 1 gets in

[still edge]

Where did you get this number from?

[short lagoon]

yes if u recieved an interview it means ur odds of admission go up

[short lagoon]

sffa vs. harvard if it were a 20 person sample size

[still edge]

What is sffa

the lawsuit?

[short lagoon]

yes

[still edge]

Can i see this information for myself?

[short lagoon]

ur in a really good spot if u got interviewed

[still edge]

Where is it available

[short lagoon]

github

google sffa vs harvard

[still edge]

Can you link it?

ok wait

There's like 500 things

https://github.com/tyleransom/SFFAvHarvard-Docs

This?

[still edge]

could you link me to where this resource is available

[short lagoon]

keep at it

idk where the exact link is

idk if its productive for anyone to know the numbers

[still edge]

i have some free time and am curiou

[haughty nova]

What you guys are saying is a bit misleading.

If you get a staff interview, (AO interview), your admit rate jumps to 50%+ most likely.

For alumni interviews it doesn't do much unless you are on the brink of admission/rejection.

[tardy sparrow]

I didnt know my counselor would not turn it in 💀 i emailed them saying sorry its late and they said thanks for the update

[haughty nova]

oh uhh good luck then

[tardy sparrow]

Im cooked

[haughty nova]

Dont read too much into it

[tardy sparrow]

Ill try

[haughty nova]

We have enough doomers in this server

The reality is that for most applicants there is no way to guess, so unless you are exceptionally great, or mediocre, your admissions decision has quite some luck factored into it.

[tardy sparrow]

Thats what i hate but if the luck somehow plays into my favor then ill be thanking it lol

[haughty nova]

everyone will know in less than a month

[tardy sparrow]

Aaa

[haughty nova]

funny thing is

theyve put the grades on my portal

but they wont release them

until friday

for whatever reason

further delays 🙂

[reef grove]

i think smoof would keel over if he read this lmao

[fleet loom]

just realized I didn't see my interview email because it was in spam

[jagged nexus]

that's the worst... reply back and see what happens!

[fleet loom]

yeah i just replied back because she texted me, but she first emailed me 2 weeks ago so i just felt bad

[jagged nexus]

that's ok. It's part of the process. They tell us to e-mail or call 3 times before considering them unresponsive precisely because of spam mail screwing shit up

I e-mailed one kid 3 times and called them before they replied by e-mail 🤷

[obsidian sable]

i dont know why harvard has not given me an interview but i take it as a sign of ignoring me for how little they like me

[molten glen]

dang blud was persistent

[tall haven]

How many people does Harvard admit rd

Versus rea

[golden pebble]

idk

[reef grove]

about 3

[potent gust]

didnt it go up to 4 last year?

[reef grove]

we don’t talk about number 4.

[tall haven]

Did any QB get an rd interview yet

[molten glen]

Wait what QB?

[wet owl]

Quest Bridge

[bronze jungle]

I heard its gonna be 3.5 this year

[trim vine]

how many ppl get the second interview

and r they still sending out interviews

[reef grove]

most ppl only get one, a second one is rlly only to clarify something that was unclear in your application from what ive heard

it doesnt mean youre a better candidate or anything

i only got one lol

[marsh lark]

Related what are Harvard AO interviews like 😭

What do they ask you generally

I assume they have access to your commonapp?

[obsidian nexus]

pretty much like a normal interview

they do have access so i've heard that sometimes they ask really specific questions and i think mine asked 1 specific question

but mostly it was pretty much the same as an alum interview

[marsh lark]

Oh that's nice

Less stressful lol

[balmy thorn]

When did you have initial interview

[obsidian nexus]

in october

[obsidian nexus]

yes it was very conversational

but she did take a lot of notes

[knotty orchid]

wait so u had ur normal one for rea then an AO one for rd right

[obsidian nexus]

they were both in rea

which is a little curious

[knotty orchid]

oh damn

can only mean good things for rd

[marsh lark]

Fwiw I had my alumni interview literally a week ago 💀

Harvard AOs work fast I guess

[supple jay]

ihihiihihihhi

[obsidian nexus]

HIIIIIIIII

[obsidian nexus]

they have to lmao

[obsidian nexus]

we will see!

[pastel hare]

ehh

i got a second one

what are some things they would try to clarify?

cus for me it felt like a regular conversation

[pastel hare]

this

mine was few days ago

first interview like a month ago

[reef grove]

things in your application that might’ve been unclear

so like an extracurricular or smth

[pastel hare]

what about major

[obsidian nexus]

ehh

[pastel hare]

Because we spoke a bit about that

[reef grove]

bc the alumni interviewer doesn’t see your app so they can’t ask you to clarify things yk

[obsidian nexus]

no, my AO didnt ask me anything about that

[pastel hare]

but tied it back to my major

[pastel hare]

But i personally don't agree with this. nothings guaranteed, but senior AO officers are very busy

why would they reach out?

If you were vague/unclear I feel like that's a you problem

Ur applying to harvard 💀💀

[reef grove]

idk man that’s what i’ve heard, i would like to think that for an application that seems good, they would be willing to send out an AO to clarify

[pastel hare]

same

[reef grove]

i could very well be wrong tho

[pastel hare]

she just spoke to me

like a regular person

and asked about like how senior year was going and stuff

My interviewer didnt ask me that

and we spoke for 2 hrs

😭😭

[obsidian nexus]

nah ur not wrong

but i think that’s just one of many reasons an AO might reach out

[reef grove]

yeah makes sense

[fallen osprey]

shivering in my timbers

[supple jay]

😭

[quaint steppe]

SHIVER IN FEAR 😭😭😭

[potent gust]

my timbers are shivered

[obsidian nexus]

OMG CONGRATS SOLAR

should be mar 1

but its diff deadlines for diff candidates ngl

@crystal shadow

oh! exciting

[crystal shadow]

omg!!!

congrats on the harvard interview!

[molten glen]

I take problem with the statement because you can be assigned an interviewee (or multiple interviewees) and just simply not have time to complete them all as soon as you get them. Maybe Mar 1 is when they stop assigning, but that doesn't mean there is no mas assigning happening

[obsidian nexus]

i mean the school can assign it whenever they want ngl

they have total and utter discretion

[fair rampart]

So who’s message was that

I know it was an alt but I do wonder if perhaps someone in here is aware

I have a few guesses by timing

[supple jay]

yea fs

[fair rampart]

I know you’re in a server

[supple jay]

i know

[fair rampart]

Is this their doing

[supple jay]

which one

[fair rampart]

The one that also had people saying they found my address

[frail plank]

is there an interview deadline

[fair rampart]

Because they were upset they got banned from applyingtocollege

[supple jay]

idk

[fair rampart]

Taking that as a yes ngl

Ik ronak has been throwing some alts in here

[frail plank]

how did they find ur addy

[fair rampart]

Although unsure if he’s been using them

[supple jay]

wait whos that

i being deadass here

[fair rampart]

Ronzo

[supple jay]

oh

[fair rampart]

They could be bluffing

I make an effort to wipe my address

So it’s harder than it was 3 years ago

But simultaneously they made some weird specific threats

So I would just generally like to be cautious

[frail plank]

huh weird

all that for a ban

for this shithole of a server

[fair rampart]

Touché

[supple jay]

im sayin

[frail plank]

just create an alt

[supple jay]

ok bro 😭

[fair rampart]

Should I assume you’re an alt based on your same day join

[frail plank]

wdym

[fair rampart]

Your account was made the day you joined here

[supple jay]

tbf people make accts for this so liek

[frail plank]

nah i never had discord

[fair rampart]

Yeah I’m less suspicious since its not newly activated

[frail plank]

i created for college app help

[fair rampart]

Fair

We have our fair share of those which is why I can’t immediately kick new accounts

Although ideally I would bc basically all of these are those

[frail plank]

i mean why kick accounts that haven't done anything

[fair rampart]

For context my address has previously been found

So it’s more of a proactive effort

[frail plank]

oh yeah

sorry

[fair rampart]

I don’t even mean this case

There was a case back in June

I got in a small argument with someone who had been active enough that day to earn embed perms

I don’t even remember what it was about

I think it was about an application question or smth extremely minor that no one really noticed

But anyways they got mad and responded to me with a deepfake of myself that had my name and address on it

[frail plank]

embed perms
what are those

oh nah

[fair rampart]

Lets the funny gifs actually show in discord

Vs just displaying as links

Also ability to send images from camera roll

[frail plank]

ah why is it off by default

[supple jay]

oh hell nah 😭

[fair rampart]

Because of that + we’ve gotten our fair share of general gore spammed

[supple jay]

so people dont send gore and shit

[frail plank]

oh

bruh

y do people always choose the chaotic route

tis the human nature

[supple jay]

humanity

[fair rampart]

For here specifically I’ve noticed some kids get worryingly attached

It’s weird because you’d think if they at least are able to maintain contact with their friends from the server post ban maybe they’d be okay

But scholars have proven that’s not the case

I think the time I really noticed it was when a person out of anger started repeatedly referring to A2C as “my server” (in reference to me) instead of A2C showing they could not distinguish between me as a person and A2C

[frail plank]

attached to the server?

[fair rampart]

Yes

And they heavily associate me with the server

And are unable to fathom I exist outside of it

[frail plank]

y do they get mad at u

[fair rampart]

I’m the owner

[frail plank]

haha really

but like it's its own thing tho

[fair rampart]

So I’m typically thought of as the head for most mod actions

[fair rampart]

Subreddit?

[frail plank]

no like

if it was ur server

it would be like

"carly's server"

[fair rampart]

Oh I see

[frail plank]

and discussions would be about u

or related to u

or u would be relevant

right

idk

like it's not logical to associate the server to you heavily

[fair rampart]

I think some of them just see me so often around here and I talk to them bc they were also around here multiple hours of the day every day that they assume we’re friends when we are not

So when they get banned it feels like a friend betrayed them

[frail plank]

ah i see

betrayal

[frail plank]

i'm gonna kms

[fleet thicket]

u can get in without interview

dont doom

how did this happen

[frail plank]

there's like at least five harvard alumni in a 25 mile radius 😦

that's so chuzz

what's your SEAR?

stats, ecs, awards, region

[obsidian nexus]

SEAR is wild

[fleet thicket]

hello???

crazy thing to ask

[frail plank]

hey just asking

[fleet thicket]

i had a 2.5 gpa and 1230 sat and got a likely so theres still hope for u

[supple jay]

clutch

[obsidian nexus]

SSEAR

[fleet thicket]

SSNEAR

[obsidian nexus]

sneer

[frail plank]

i can't wait to do a r/collegeresults post

"brown man gets absolutely played by 14 universities, ends up going to safety to khs"

[molten glen]

yes

you don't get contacted by the admissiosn office first ever

at least i wasnt

[frail plank]

did u js get itnerview

[rugged vessel]

THERES A FUCKING ACRONYM?

hey girl, whats your NUDES?
National Awards
Underrepresented Minorities
Demographics
Extracurriculars
Stats

[reef grove]

sear is diabolical

[still edge]

what's the deadline for harvard interviews?

like it's march 1st for princeton

[reef grove]

theres no official deadline

it can go all the way up until decisions from what ive heard

[fair rampart]

Ts should be a slur

[jagged nexus]

it's 2/26 for Princeton

[still edge]

Oh my bad

Alright

[jagged nexus]

last year was 3/1/2024, this year 2/26/2025. I'm sure there's a pattern there, I just don't feel like digging itup

[viral thorn]

wait real

LMAO

unironically the random internationals without profile pictures in my DMs from this server

that’s insane work

LMAOOO

[fair rampart]

I used to get DMs about a summer program 4 years after I posted abt it on reddit

But then I deleted my Reddit

[reef grove]

i used to get so many of them in the weeks leading up to harvards rd due date

theyve slowed down a lot tho

i like revising essays tho so it was never a problem lmao

[jagged nexus]

I stopped reading essays when I got busy in December. I figure people aren't going to really go crazy with that again until next fall?

[reef grove]

prolly yeah

[hallow prawn]

Dawg

[frail plank]

SEAR is tuff

don't lie

[dreamy lynx]

ts not tuff ts pmo fr icl 💀

[floral briar]

No Harvard interview still in my region 😞

Like no one

[obsidian nexus]

its ok

[floral briar]

No ☠️

😭

[obsidian nexus]

yes

[floral briar]

No

How

[marsh lark]

Update yeah same mine was basically an alumni interview lol

As in she didn't ask me a single question about my application 💀

[obsidian nexus]

yep!

i do wonder why they do that

sometimes the interviewer just writes such an abysmal report that they need to step in and reconduct it

💀

[marsh lark]

It was absolutely critical that the Harvard admissions office find out what I'd do on the ""perfect New England snow day""

[obsidian nexus]

this probably informed their decision and nothing else

[marsh lark]

There's a really boring answer in the lawsuit files

Let me find it

(whether you choose to believe it's pr speak or not is up to you)

In addition to alumni interviews, which are offered to most applicants, a small percentage of applicants interview with an Admissions Office staff member. [Oct. 19 Tr. 177:14–19]. Although some staff interviews are offered on a first come, first served basis, many applicants secure staff interviews because they are well-connected or particularly attractive candidates, or because they are from a part of the country where an alumni interview may be unavailable. [Oct. 17 Tr. 219:14–220:12; Oct. 19 Tr. 175:8–181:14]. Students who have staff interviews tend to be among the strongest applicants and are admitted at a comparatively high rate. See [Oct. 19 Tr. 178:24–182:18].

Source https://casetext.com/case/students-for-fair-admissions-v-president-of-harvard-coll

[obsidian nexus]

well connected or particularly attractive 💀

didn’t know they thought i was that pretty but ok

jk

[marsh lark]

They should bring back having headshots in applications...

But yeah

https://github.com/tyleransom/SFFAvHarvard-Docs/blob/master/TrialExhibits/P619.pdf

Probably still rejected but

At least you can say Harvard thought you were particularly attractive

[pastel hare]

interesting

[pastel hare]

facts tho

@marsh lark how often do u hear of people who get an AO interview that get admitted/rejected ?

[jade igloo]

it’s 44% as per the lawsuit documents

[marsh lark]

The stats from 2014-2019 (i.e. 6 years aggregated) are here

[marsh lark]

So it was 51% overall but more like 30% for non-athletes/legacies/dean's list (donors)/children of faculty

[pastel hare]

huh.

and what should be ur goal in the interview 💀💀

i am none of those things 😀

[marsh lark]

Idk lol just have fun

It's interesting to hear about how AOs work

Other side of the metaphorical table

You'll probably get rejected anyway so you might as well

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pastel hare]

oh i already had it lol was just curious

not expecting too much

it's harvard

[marsh lark]

Yeah same

[marsh lark]

Did yours have questions about your actual application?

[low surge]

It's decision month y'all 😃

[oblique trench]

i dont know this guy

[obsidian nexus]

i thought the doc said 55-79%

[marsh lark]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[obsidian nexus]

52 mb

yeah ur right

[marsh lark]

So we'll see lol

It's funny actually

My AO told me I could email her with any questions

I wonder how often people email her asking why they got rejected

[still edge]

This is staff intv right

not alumni

[obsidian nexus]

wtf 29% to 78% is insane

[crystal shadow]

no you are 👅

[crystal shadow]

oh wait is this chart staff interview or alumni interview

[rugged vessel]

do you think 77% of people with alumni interviews get in

[balmy thorn]

Would be wild

That would mean my school is sending 5 kids to Harvard 💀

[crystal shadow]

this is true

yeah i was gonna say i think more than 1.26% of non-aldc applicants get interviewed 😭

[supple jay]

what is aldc

[rugged vessel]

idek what aldc means

[crystal shadow]

athlete legacy deans list children of faculty

[rugged vessel]

what are these fuckass acronyms

[supple jay]

ong 😭

[crystal shadow]

💔

i love deca

my WHAT 😨

[supple jay]

only in the harvard megathread 💔

[fair rampart]

No it’s GREAT now

Grades region ECs awards test scores

Wb major

Where r u getting that from

Idot

[balmy thorn]

Wait I didn’t know the meaning of this “acronym” so I actually sent them to colleges

[frail plank]

What % of people get an interview

[supple jay]

wait what is nudes

e is ec and s is scores im assuming

idk acc

[supple jay]

why are there so many fucking

😭 😭

can i see your PENIS
personal statement
extracurriculars
number of aps
intended major
stats

holy peak

[crystal shadow]

oh.

[supple jay]

im about to

💔

i deadass used all of my brainpower for those

[balmy thorn]

Bro

[frail plank]

no harvard interview

and it's march

it's over

[junior imp]

Yeah same, I’ve left behind all hope for Harvard lol

[quaint steppe]

Same lol 😭

[obsidian nexus]

no it's 79% of AO interviews who are athletes, legacy, or donors get in

[obsidian nexus]

bro its an official harvard term unfortunately 💔

[fleet thicket]

its athelete legacy donors and children of faculty

or maybe deans list just means donors idk

[obsidian nexus]

deans choice

yeah

which is both donors and children staff

70%+ is crazy....

[crystal shadow]

yeah

[fleet thicket]

whats aclus

i only know sear and nudes

[obsidian nexus]

the american civil liberties union?

LMAOOOOO real

[hallow prawn]

What school is this?

So according to this, 1% of applicants get interviewed? That doesn't sound right

[marsh lark]

Harvard but specifically AO interviews

Not alumni interviews

[pastel hare]

whats ALDC?

huh? 😂😂

[pastel hare]

hmmm

[obsidian nexus]

athlete, legacy, deans choice (aka major donors or children of faculty)

athlete, legacy, deans choice (aka major donors or children of faculty)

[pastel hare]

yea, what i would study outside of my major / question bout an initative i did / how senior year is going for me /

I didnt see a point glazing harvard because I doubt that's something they don't get often. But i did make efforts to quickly follow up which i think speaks for itself

[obsidian nexus]

wdym by glaze harvard

like in the interview?

[pastel hare]

this was also right after school so i was kinda tired

[pastel hare]

yes

[obsidian nexus]

gotcha

[pastel hare]

Did that in my essays already, and she has access to them

[marsh lark]

Oh interesting

Mine only asked like

[obsidian nexus]

are all the AO interview people here 😭

[obsidian nexus]

yeah no point doing it in the interview i didnt either

[pastel hare]

wow

[marsh lark]

How's senior year
How would you, your friends, and your teachers describe you
What would you do on the perfect New England snow day
Ideally how do you hope your college experience goes
What kind of roommate do you think you'd be

[pastel hare]

wait, so for us normal people its 50%

[marsh lark]

More like 30% lol

[obsidian nexus]

for an AO interview, yes

thats what the lawsuit says

[obsidian nexus]

wow mine asked like

10 questions

okay i counted yeah mine asked exactly 10

[marsh lark]

Nah lol this is including aldc and non-aldc

If you look at only non-aldc it's like 30%

[obsidian nexus]

well it's 52% of "all" applicants so i guess ALDC probably skews it upwards

[pastel hare]

I see. this is interesting. 2nd one my first interviewer (the alumni) asked me, and she took a lot of notes. the last one I couldve sworn we answered that in the roomate prompt or is that for a diff college? the first one she directly asked me, and the last one i now remember we talked ab that and i expressed how stressful its been and how im optimistic that this challenging stage of my life is preparing me for the future.

[pastel hare]

yea, i had that

[marsh lark]

Yeah I just assumed by "normal" prod meant non-aldc

Mb

[pastel hare]

yea. like non aldc but also got ao interview

[marsh lark]

Oh yeah then 30%

Lmao

[pastel hare]

😭😭

[pastel hare]

Ohhhhhh

[obsidian nexus]

mine went tell me about yourself, whats your favorite class, whats a project you worked on in class, what are you hoping to get out of college, when did you need to ask for help, what's your proudest moment, why major, what's something you did in ec that you enjoyed, where are your classmates applying to college (this one was a bit sus), what are three adjectives to describe yourself, why did you pick those adjectives, do you have any questions for me

bro asked me so many questions it was like speed round fr 😭

[pastel hare]

😭😭😭

[pastel hare]

most of these questions i got in my first interview

[marsh lark]

What the 😭

[obsidian nexus]

yeah me too but she asked them again idk why

[marsh lark]

Ngl I felt like mine was very boring

She didn't even seem like she remembered my application 💀

Well

[obsidian nexus]

then she asked me if i had any questions for her and when i asked then she said well i cant answer that because i didnt go to harvard

💀

[marsh lark]

She remembered when I mentioned what my essays were about

But she didn't have it open or anything

[pastel hare]

I got so lucky with my alumni we connected so much. she stumped me on a question which lowk helped me prepare for the AO one about my major

[obsidian nexus]

i wanted to ask why are you giving me this interview

😭

[marsh lark]

Same 😭

I tried to hedge

In that direction

But I assume she wasn't supposed to tell me

She was just like

Oh yeah it's always nice to meet students and calibrate a bit

[pastel hare]

😂😂😂

[marsh lark]

See how our perception lines up with alumni

[pastel hare]

Same but couldnt 🙏 act nonchalant

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOO

[obsidian nexus]

oh actually this makes sense

because my alumni interviewer very clearly despised me

[pastel hare]

calibrate?

[marsh lark]

I actually really liked mine 😭

[marsh lark]

Yeah that's what she said I think

[marsh lark]

Definitely my favorite

My Princeton interview was so weird

She asked me to define leadership

And then after I did she started screensharing a slide quoting herself with her definition of leadership 💀

[obsidian nexus]

i really liked my AO interview

we had a lot in common and grew up in the same place

[marsh lark]

I feel like I talked a lot more about my academic interests in my alumni interview

And more philosophically in my AO interview

So idk if they'd line up

[obsidian nexus]

you should be fine

[obsidian nexus]

kafka moment

[marsh lark]

It's a reference to Kafka on the Shore actually 😭

My username used to be kafkaonthewhore

13 year old me thought I was very funny

But then I started using discord for like

School/extracurricular stuff

[pastel hare]

where did yall apply early

[marsh lark]

And figured I should tone it down

[marsh lark]

Yale lol

[pastel hare]

deferred?

[marsh lark]

Nah I got in

[pastel hare]

thats crazy

I got deferred from princeton

[obsidian nexus]

wait this is so funny because i think i specifically mentioned that book to my AO interviewer

obligatory mention that murakami is a weirdo but i really loved that book

[marsh lark]

So many opportunities I could've mentioned what I've been reading lately and I just didn't...

In my AO interview

Oh well

[marsh lark]

It's fine their prompts were horrendous

[turbid notch]

MURAKAMI

i love murakami

[marsh lark]

Real footage of me writing the Pton supps

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOOOO

[obsidian nexus]

YES OH MY GOD

[turbid notch]

my favorite he's lowkey incelposting but in book form

[obsidian nexus]

bro this is facts like some of that should NOT be in a book but also why are you cooking hard

[turbid notch]

how it feels to go the wrong way so far on a map that you wrap around the earth and get to the right spot

[marsh lark]

I like the edginess of it (I'm still a 13 yo at heart)

[turbid notch]

exactly what i meant by incelposting

[pastel hare]

haha i was stressed out in november and that resulted in poopy essays. they werent bad but RD arent comparable to them

[turbid notch]

BROOO PTON PROMPTS

SO BAD

[obsidian nexus]

for me it's like the style

like he seems to be able to weave the english language in such a way

[pastel hare]

I honestly had the most fun with harvard and penn

[turbid notch]

i reread the weirdly long one and wanted to die

[obsidian nexus]

that i havent seen anybody else do

even though its like translation

idk

[turbid notch]

i loved yale and harvard ones lowkey

[obsidian nexus]

wait is it just me that loved princeton

they gave me so much room to yap!

[turbid notch]

his translator locked tf in

[marsh lark]

Good translation is an underappreciated art

[obsidian nexus]

bro for real its so ethereal

[turbid notch]

i shat on the room they gave me

[marsh lark]

I didn't do Penn but I enjoyed Harvard

They were really quick for me

[obsidian nexus]

well me too. but like. eheh still

[marsh lark]

My interviewer recognized my hobby essay when I called it my pigeon essay <3

(My favorite supp but I couldn't use it many places)

[obsidian nexus]

PIGEON

PIGEON

whoa

[marsh lark]

I think I just stitched a few other supps I wrote together lol

Part of my Stanford roommate

Basically my entire diversity supp

[turbid notch]

roommate essays are so corny bro

let me speak my truth for a second

so ingenuine

[obsidian nexus]

bro theyre like fun tho. its so meta

like ok i would never actually write this to a roommate

but still let me cook

😭

[turbid notch]

yeah but it is just so corny

[obsidian nexus]

true

[turbid notch]

hey roomie! deep lore drop!

[obsidian nexus]

hi ive never met you before! humble brags

[turbid notch]

how it connects to my future plans!

can't wait to meet you! future tense conversation about what we'll do together at harvard that i definitely got accepted to!

[obsidian nexus]

bro true and u gotta like act like u got accepted 💀

[turbid notch]

MANIFESTING CODED

its so so corny

[marsh lark]

Ngl I used my Harvard roommate supp as a pseudo-short answer section

Maybe that's why my interviewer asked me what kind of roommate I'd be 💀

[turbid notch]

☠️☠️☠️

AO or alum

[marsh lark]

AO

[turbid notch]

Bro was confused

nah ur in bro don’t sweat it

[marsh lark]

30% odds!

[obsidian nexus]

my AO asked me 10 questions clearly this means that i missed 10 things 💀

[obsidian nexus]

LMAO

u got this bro

[turbid notch]

Side note my alum interviewer was so goated I literally emailed her a week later being like “btw I had a conversation in TOK that reminded me of our great convo” and she replied in like 30 min

I love her I hope I can get in so I can yap to her again

[obsidian nexus]

for harvard?

[turbid notch]

Ye

[obsidian nexus]

this is so cool

[obsidian nexus]

it will genuinely be a miracle if i get in because my alum interviewer was absolutely terrible

[turbid notch]

NO

[obsidian nexus]

i think the AO one made up for it though

[turbid notch]

booo

[obsidian nexus]

but like it was genuinely so bad that it was comical

im not even sure if she was allowed to interview me because i know her sister?????

[turbid notch]

Bro you got an AO interviewer

Ts pmo why are you stressing

[obsidian nexus]

and her sister is an opp btw

[obsidian nexus]

nah im not stressed

[turbid notch]

Nvm

[obsidian nexus]

its just funny

im relaying the comedy of it for humorous purposes not for dooming purposes

[turbid notch]

yall are Harvard 29 ggwp

[turbid notch]

So real

Dooming pmo when others do it it’s only okay when I do it

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOOOOO

[marsh lark]

I stopped caring about college apps like two months ago

Well actually

[obsidian nexus]

no i usually dont doom maybe its because im just delusional

[marsh lark]

Stanford should give me an interview

They've had my file since December 5th and couldn't bother

[obsidian nexus]

its just this alum interview specifically that is absolutely hilarious

[marsh lark]

Harvard gave me 2...

[obsidian nexus]

its random

[obsidian nexus]

W

[turbid notch]

I started tweaking again after opening my timer app and seeing 12 days left until decision MIT

[obsidian nexus]

wait is it not 13

[marsh lark]

Yeah I know but still I need to find somewhere to hate

[obsidian nexus]

oh i guess its not 13 full days

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOOO

[turbid notch]

12 and like 22 hours but it scared me

[marsh lark]

Chicken soup for the soul

[obsidian nexus]

massive W

you will collect the two stem schools

[obsidian nexus]

real

[turbid notch]

Trust

Guys what doesn’t find me wasn’t meant for me or something

[fiery ridge]

When did Harvard likelys start coming out (if they came out already)

[jagged nexus]

This is the kind of shit they tell us NOT to do

[marsh lark]

💀

she ran a christian nonprofit

the logo of said nonprofit was in the corner of the slide

and also in her zoom background

[jagged nexus]

That's like... Literally 🤦‍♂️

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOOOO

[marsh lark]

my parents still go to church so i mentioned that and let her assume i also continued to

i think that's why later

when we were talking about ai

she was like

"but ultimately of course as christians we know it is ultimately in His hands"

[obsidian nexus]

😭 😭 😭

[marsh lark]

yeah anyway so i'm getting rejected from princeton

it's fine

[obsidian nexus]

its okay your decision is in His hands

[jagged nexus]

that's the kind of shit that someone was like, "that's not explictly disallowed, so I guess I can do that"

[obsidian nexus]

😭

[crystal shadow]

idk when they start coming out, but ik at least some came out in early march last year

[jagged nexus]

literally, questions that quiz the students about academic material aren't allowed, this falls under this by spirit but not rule

I mean it's late, but I guess if you wanted to, you could respectfully note this to your regional organizer person that's cc'ed on your first e-mail, but.... hey, maybe you jived with them enough that they thought you were a good interview

[marsh lark]

yeah she didn't seem to dislike me

well she seemed to like me but she also seemed peppy enough that i think she would act like that by default lol

it's whatever

[jagged nexus]

I don't.

I mean, some people prepare that and make a point to tell me, but it's not the most important thing for me to know

like, I know from A2C that there's a question about community, so sometimes people volunteer that stuff + the why Princet

there's no such thing as "ideal", because there's a wide variety of students. In my head, sometimes I try to map students to other Princeton people I know

there's no Princeton "type" per se

[fiery ridge]

Do any come out in feb?

[jagged nexus]

based on the stories here, it sounds like lots of interviewers ask, "Why Princeton", but they don't give as any questions to ask

[marsh lark]

i wonder what the point is in asking even

like surely implicitly by applying to pton you're indicating interest?

it's princeton lol

[molten glen]

My PTon interviewer asked me why I thought Princeton would be a good fit for me

[jagged nexus]

like, your pfp amino acids, why?

[topaz mason]

feel bad for you guys i personally went off about gaming for 30 minutes with my princeton interviewer 😭

[molten glen]

It’s good idea to ask that sort of thing to understand ur thought process behind why you think you’d be a good addition to the community, it’s an important aspect

[jagged nexus]

I can definitely see that happening with some of my friends, I guess that would make an interesting interview report

[molten glen]

However > rinceton so

Boston bodies whatever the fuck New Jersey is 10 times out of 10

[marsh lark]

ngl if my harvard ao interview was about anything it was about this

but of course the questions weren't actually harvard specific

[topaz mason]

tbh

you just gotta be yourself and if it veers in that direction itll go that way

[jagged nexus]

I mean, Jos basically said what I was going to say

[still edge]

i dont think it would go that way if the interviewer came with the expectation of asking you a fixed set of questions no?

[topaz mason]

started mit and stanford the same way i did with princeton and only pton went far in that direction

[marsh lark]

oh related @molten glen what did you think of the intellectual vitality module thingy

[jagged nexus]

you can talk about gaming if there's something interesting.... but I'm not sure how that would be helpful as a primary activity of a student at a Research institution

[molten glen]

what

[marsh lark]

my ao said your year was the first year to do like

[molten glen]

Oh

[marsh lark]

some module about having productive discourse?

i think

[topaz mason]

it was moreso on my career in esports journalism

rather than gaming itself