#Harvard University (2024-2025)

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topaz mason
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but we went off on like

molten glen
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The lecture by Sandel was cool everything else was boring, repetitive, not necessary

topaz mason
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the stigmas, work aspect of it, esports at the olympics in 2026

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how i used it to create a career

jagged nexus
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that makes sense

topaz mason
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it was more like that rather than “i play video games for fun :D”

molten glen
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Lol

marsh lark
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the interviewer seemed really into it

molten glen
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The mysticism devolves into getting cooked in academics quickly once u get here

marsh lark
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said it had much better completion rates than the other stuff you guys were required to do

topaz mason
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i think personally it very much depends on how you go about introducing yourself

molten glen
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the emojis in ur nickname are tweaking me out

topaz mason
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i started mit, stanford, and princeton with a similar direction about introducing myself and what i did

jagged nexus
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depends on the interviewer. I like random

topaz mason
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princeton interviewer was the only one who really really leaned into it

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then again it is inherently random

marsh lark
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as in harder

topaz mason
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especially if its something kinda unconventional

jagged nexus
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like, I just got home from a 2 hour completely random conversation that went from security -> government -> computers -> mainframes -> the technology when we were kids -> college -> etc. etc.

molten glen
marsh lark
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is that common

molten glen
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No luck is saving me

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Idk everybody here is extremely good at hiding… flaws.

marsh lark
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ah makes sense ig

molten glen
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Of my friends tho we all get cooked daily

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Except this one dude who is an absolute BEAST

jagged nexus
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also included was swimming, running, pet cats/dogs, health pet weights.... it's just free association

molten glen
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I fully expect him to be like a Nobel prize winner

marsh lark
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😭

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are you guys all cs majors

jagged nexus
marsh lark
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oh sorry i meant like

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the people youngnerd's talking about being cooked 💀

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i wonder how much difficulty varies from department to department

jagged nexus
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there are some departments where the professors are offended if someone gets an exam 100% correct. They're happy if the mean is a 40

marsh lark
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💀

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i was looking at those released yale stats of % As given by department

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and unfortunately the two majors i'm thinking of doubling in are at the bottom of that table

jagged nexus
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what do you mean same type of conversation?

molten glen
jagged nexus
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I think both would make an interesting report, just depends on the skill and knowledge of the interviewer

molten glen
marsh lark
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💀

jagged nexus
molten glen
jagged nexus
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I mean..... I wouldn't overthink the interview

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If anything, it's good practice for future interviews, but we know that you're teenagers

molten glen
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Don’t prepare for the interview just be yourself and it will fr work out

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unless you interview with qhasti, blud is definitely asking you to explain to him the difference between an ester and ether kek

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alright well

wet owl
hardy lance
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someone told me that they got 27 IVs. turns out he was talking about pokemon stats not unis 😭

dreamy lynx
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cooked

rugged vessel
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please name all 27 ivies

jagged nexus
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Huh. Guy deleted all his messages

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Almost

molten glen
floral briar
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Still no interviews 💔

molten glen
blazing kite
pastel hare
blazing kite
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ok so based on me saying im cooked

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probably not well

turbid notch
blazing kite
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a little over an hour

turbid notch
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Nice!

obsidian sable
blazing kite
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twins!

golden pebble
blazing kite
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i think i had a pretty strong start

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but i'm just AWKWARD so i think i fumbled at the end

obsidian sable
blazing kite
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i got it literally like, earlier this week. in fl smile

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apparently everyone and their mother here is applying to harvard so i barely got an interview

obsidian sable
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i didnt get one at all

blazing kite
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theyre probably just overloaded tbh

robust zenith
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wsg

sage crown
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what does getting an ao interview mean

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im getting like

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general stuff from reddit

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but theres only been like 3 posts i saw

jagged nexus
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if you get one it's a good sign, but it's not a guarantee of admission. If you don't get one, it's not a sign of rejection either. As something that's out of your control, I wouldn't worry about it

robust zenith
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ngl

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those interviews seemed like a hassle

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kinda nice publics dont do em

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quick and straightfoward process, no mumbo jumbo between

obsidian nexus
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yes, she didnt go to harvard

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you can if your first one is in clear violation of interviewer policy

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you can contact the office or your regional interviewing chair

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i didnt do that, they just offered the second one

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mine was just unenjoyable, i didnt report it

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yes my 2nd one was with an AO

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bro deleted the message

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lmao np

robust zenith
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what if harvard disappears

molten glen
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LOL what homie

robust zenith
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what would you do

obsidian nexus
robust zenith
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like if teh ivys just got sent to planet 9

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what would you do

obsidian nexus
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yeah i think they realized the first one was absolutely ass

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💀

molten glen
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She had to go to Harvard

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Wdym

robust zenith
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like imagine infinite bacon but no bacon

obsidian nexus
robust zenith
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or no bacon which no bacon

molten glen
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oh it was an AO interview

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bruh

robust zenith
obsidian nexus
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i mean i have no clue

molten glen
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yes

robust zenith
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man that sounds fun

molten glen
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it’s not

robust zenith
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yea

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cs

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in a private school?

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never fun

molten glen
robust zenith
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cs in a public big10 school?

molten glen
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I’m 2 PSets away from total crash out

obsidian nexus
# molten glen bruh

yeah bruh she was like any questions at harvard i asked her what her favorite tradition at harvard was or something and she was like i didnt go to harvard

robust zenith
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truely crashout worthy

molten glen
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What’s big 10

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That’s sports right

robust zenith
molten glen
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Yuh

robust zenith
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big10 public schools

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and the worst of them at football this season is my college

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66-0 against IU

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1-11 record

obsidian nexus
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LMAO

robust zenith
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Purdue!!

obsidian nexus
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we'll see

robust zenith
molten glen
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I should know that shit I’m from the rural south football is king there LMAOO I just like basketball better

robust zenith
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purdue a basketball school

molten glen
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Ya fr

robust zenith
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we are horrible at football

molten glen
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Did that Asian dude go to the draft or is he still there?

robust zenith
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we beat ucla 76 to 66

ivory canopy
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What is a boilermaker though

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I should ask that on the prudue sub

robust zenith
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its an old job

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no more use

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but we are a train themed school

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with 3 mascots

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purdue pete, the boilermaker special, and the world's biggest drum

robust zenith
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i havent kept up with the sports

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ive been getting my ass kicked by classes

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fun part of public school

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is the big ass school size

ivory canopy
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March madness though!

robust zenith
reef grove
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will i have to submit the ap scores i take this year?

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i said that i was going to take the tests on my application but like

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i wanna know how much i need to cook on them and if ill get rescinded if i do terribly 💀

jagged nexus
reef grove
jagged nexus
# reef grove do you have a source or nah

Each school has standards for what placement AP gets you. At least in my experience, it wasn't worth that much in terms of replacing course credits, it's more for skipping classes.

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Just look it up for Harvard

reef grove
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well i mean harvard isnt super big on letting you skip classes with aps from what ive heard

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so i feel they would look at my scores as less of a "get out of this class" and more of a measure of my ability

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so if i do poorly it reflects poorly on me

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and i wanna know how poorly i can do lol

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on the harvard website im p sure its just saying you wont be able to get out of any classes lol

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i wanna know if they ask for my scores 🤷

ivory canopy
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They wont rescind you for doing poorly on aps

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it's just missed opportunity to skip courses at the end of the say

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Failing a class is a different story though

dreamy lynx
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you can really only skip like basic math + language

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so either of those consider not skipping

reef grove
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also the new coop x rhone collab is kinda mid icl

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i was excited but then all of the collection is just grey and white lol

near granite
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interviews are still going out, i received my email a few hours ago.

frail plank
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does harvard do remote interviews?

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or is it purely based on who's near you

molten glen
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All of mine were on Zoom, except Harvard, but that was due to some extreme coincidences

tall haven
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Considering there’s a lot of applicants from mass

molten glen
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Mass?

tall haven
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Massachusetts

molten glen
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oh like massachusetts

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idk im not from here

tall haven
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Oh ok

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Np!

molten glen
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im from a different state

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Altho I do know quite a few people here who are from Massachusetts, it's not really a common thing to go around asking "did you get an interview to get in?"

frail plank
molten glen
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no

frail plank
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o i see

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so if they wanted to give you an interview they would

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like it can't be because of location

crimson ermine
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so no interview means reject/waitlist

frail plank
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yeah i'm pretty sure it's just reject

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oh well it's ok

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i'm glad it got cleared up

crimson ermine
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i hear like they interview 90% of applicants tho

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or at least try to

frail plank
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who said that-

crimson ermine
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harvard

frail plank
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where

jagged nexus
novel kestrel
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Definitely is Princeton

low surge
frail plank
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harvard doesn't do that

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they prescreen

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yale interviewed 20% last year, so it's probable that harvard probably interviews that percentage as well

balmy thorn
frail plank
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i c i c

karmic flax
frail plank
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what's uscsda

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oh

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usc sda

novel kestrel
frail plank
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i thought it was US CS/Data

orchid nest
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do they prescreen, cause if they do idk why i havent gotten one

karmic flax
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least egotistical a2cer

frail plank
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LMFAO

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36 iq tho

orchid nest
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im not tryna brag about getting in, just getting an interview

frail plank
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i mean, yale is less selective than harvard though

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it's like comparing alabama to georgia tech

karmic flax
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this is objectively not true lmfao

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youre comparing a 3% AR to a 4% AR

frail plank
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i'm trying to rage bait the egotistical kid bro

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😦

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no one is more prone to rage bait than college prefrosh and freshman

karmic flax
frail plank
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bro 💀

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i'm p sure yale had a lower rate than harvard lastt year

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obv p > 0.05 but

spare beacon
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jk i read what u said afterwards

frail plank
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like leather

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i'm not sure if they had leather back in the day tho

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idt cows were invented yet

orchid nest
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so uh is it prescreen or not

orchid nest
frail plank
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idk don't stress abt it

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u alr got yale

orchid nest
balmy thorn
hardy lance
reef grove
frail plank
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oh when they say that i thought they don’t do on campus interviews

reef grove
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oh maybe thats it

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idk, the official wording is "It is not possible to request an interview and we are not able to conduct interviews in Cambridge"

frail plank
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i see

reef grove
reef grove
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depending on how many alumni/applicants are in your region it can take longer

frail plank
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i think harvard considers me intl so it’s purely prescreen for me

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but thats fine tbh it is harvard

reef grove
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i dont think harvard has officially said it prescreens anywhere, has it?

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like ive heard it on this server but ive yet to see an actual source

frail plank
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they said smth about “more info needed”

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and anecdotally most students i’ve talked to had an interview

reef grove
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so obviously most ppl that got in will have also gotten an interview

frail plank
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ah i see

reef grove
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the way i see it not a lot of people get in w/o interviews bc not a lot of people dont get interviews lol

frail plank
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perhaps the stars just didn’t align

reef grove
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well all the alumni are volunteers that can choose how many ppl they interview

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maybe there weren't a lot of interviewers, the schedules didnt align, there were too many applicants, or whatever

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besides you might still get an interview lol

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dont count one out until you see the status update lmao

frail plank
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nah waiting for these interviews that might pop out anytime is lowkey worse than waiting for the decisions themselves tbh

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so it’s easier for me to assume it’s just over until the 27th

reef grove
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i just resigned myself to the reject

frail plank
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☠️☠️ valid

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god bro i wish these jits were more transparent

reef grove
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and expose the corruption that goes into college admissions? never haha

jagged nexus
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corruption exists everywhere if you're looking for it. Doesn't mean that there is

haughty nova
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Its a part of human nature one could argue

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One domino in a team is needed to spark a cycle of corruption

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And perhaps it is the reason why great ideas oftentimes falter in the long term

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Then again in college admissions I doubt I would call it corruption

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At the end of the day, many of these colleges are private entities,

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And disregarding their committment to certain terms to recieve some government funding, they have quite some reign to decide who to admit

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Their practices may not be fair or ethical, but as an institution that answers to its board, its hard to view it as corruption its self

tall haven
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Is it too late to sumbit add rec

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Like optional

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Also what’s the deadline

haughty nova
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theoretically you could

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but i doubt it will be considered

tall haven
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If u know

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Like what r they doing from now till March 27

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Like 3.5 weeks

haughty nova
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It probably means that the first and second readings have finished.

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So your letter might make it to committee if your application has made it to committee.

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I honestly can't know since I'm a student as well.

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It certainly can't hurt you, but what my counsellor says is that many times less is more.

reef grove
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corruption is everywhere, but theres also no corruption?

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im confused haha

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i suppose it depends on your definition of corruption, but to me, people that get in due to an unfair advantage is corruption

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jeffrey selingo has a great book abt it, who gets in and why, it goes over a lot of shady business that colleges (including harvard) partake in

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looking at the varsity blues scandal and frequent complaints of much of the "dean's list" admits being the children of donors/legacies, i think there are lots of hidden variables that influence one's admission

haughty nova
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but why is it corruption

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harvard does not answer to the public

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if it was a public institution I would 100% agree

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But theoretically as long as it funds its self and remains within the law, harvard, and any private university can make choices

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choices that may not not be fair

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Although on the surface level it would appear that meritocracy would be the best approach for unis and companies since you get the best candidate

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But then again, the best candidate for example might cause trouble (eg if you have a very intelligent individual that may be fixated with one political ideology and create trouble on campus)

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So it might not be in your best interest to admit the candidate with the most merit

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Same goes with admissions. Admitting a child of a donor may deprive the institution of some academic value, but the investment made by the donor allows the institution to invest in tens of other kids that will bring that value

reef grove
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regardless of being public/private, you cant discriminate against applicants or accept bribes

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from what ive read, at least

haughty nova
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Yes that is true. Varsity blues was a discrace because you had many fraud phenomena.

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The thing that especially touched me with the scandal was the fake portrayal of SEN Kids (specialized education needs)

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Because when these systems are abused by preppy rich kids, the kids that actually suffer from physical/learning disabilities face the consequences because their credibility might come in question.

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In those cases as an individual, I would much rather a university be transparent with its preference to sideline certain academic requirements to admit high interest candidates (legacies, etc) instead of trying to fraudulently fulfil those requirements.

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As bad as it sounds, it is more honest, and more humane than having photoshopped pictures of athletes or other proctors taking a test.

karmic flax
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can we move on from this convo lol

haughty nova
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yessir

reef grove
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its an important convo to have haha

karmic flax
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especially around prime admissions season in march lol

haughty nova
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I was about to ask if its considered a taboo topic

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But yeah that makes sense

karmic flax
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if you want to continue you can take it to lounge chat and you should be fine!!

haughty nova
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thanks man

blazing kite
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guys

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I had my interview on sunday

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and now a SENIOR admissions officer just asked to meet with me

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is . is this good or normal

bleak otter
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good !!!

blazing kite
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so it's NOT normal

golden pebble
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nope its a good sign

blazing kite
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guys I need to confess

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I submitted my application so last minute I don't even know what's on it

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I'm almost SCARED to reread my supplemental essay(s)

fair rampart
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This is why you should go to Harvard

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We got ts bc of Harvard Kace

blazing kite
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IM CRYING,??

fair rampart
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I’m using this in my next marketing campaign

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For Ivy day

junior imp
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Harvard I love you, why do you have to be like this noooo

rugged vessel
hardy sable
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everyone ik got an interview request like a day after applying

frail plank
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bro goes to exeter

fair rampart
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But instead of being called king or whatever you’re called by your hypsm title

blazing kite
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they screened the hell out of me

hardy sable
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but

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i’m so sure it’s availability based

balmy thorn
karmic flax
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if youre going to make claims regarding interviews please give evidence from the school or dont say it at all

frail plank
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fr

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but there’s no evidence

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and there’s no harm is saying what u think is anecdotally true

karmic flax
frail plank
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i mean as long as u say it’s based on that

karmic flax
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based on what

frail plank
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anecdotal evidence

karmic flax
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its still going to confuse people and 99% of the time what people think is anecdotal evidence is really just a rush to assumption

frail plank
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true

hoary ginkgo
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there was someone that deleted their message

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and they said "they only prescreen for intls"

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thats why i responded with that LMAO seems like they never had a source i guess

karmic flax
tranquil pike
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sooooooo harvard does prescreen?

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what does getting an interview mean?

ivory canopy
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Typical

karmic flax
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getting an interview isnt typical lol

fiery ridge
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@molten glen when does afe come out?

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Or when does it usually do

blazing kite
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"Applicants are assigned interviews at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, based, in part, on availability of alumni in your local area."

bleak otter
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i agree don’t be salty you didn’t get one but someone else did, we’re p sure it’s random

balmy thorn
# blazing kite this felt like shade

When I say “here” I mean my school. I did get an interview and had it abt 2 weeks ago for what it’s worth. But ik kids with 3.5s and 3.7s that applied as a joke that got one

blazing kite
rugged vessel
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i know people actively at harvard with below 3.8 gpa's

blazing kite
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yeah it's not impossible, just unlikely

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chilling with my 3.87

lunar shoal
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If I wanted to provide an update for my application, should I just type it up in a google doc and upload a pdf to the portal?

lunar shoal
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Cool cool

reef grove
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harvard never called me :(((

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they said they would sometime in february </3

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maybe i missed it

terse fjord
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check ur voicemails if u haven’t

reef grove
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i don’t think i’ve ever gotten a voicemail in my life lol, i wouldn’t even know where to check on my phone

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i’m not seeing any though 😞

zenith falcon
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here they go again with their unfulfilled promises 😊

frail plank
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Do u think Harvard appreciates a straightforward essay style

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I write very straightforward

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I don’t waffle with all the flowery language n shit

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I get the information they need to HEAR

reef grove
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talk abt harvard ig

reef grove
frail plank
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I hope

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I just hate flowery and over descriptive essays it’s so pretentious like chill pls

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I can and do write those it just feels SO disingenuous to write that way like I’m embellishing every living moment in the essay. Not authentic at all

obsidian nexus
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👍

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you do you

eager sinew
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cus ian did not email my ass

frail plank
still edge
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There's no point

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What will happen will happen

frail plank
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Like is it bad

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I’m not worried I’m just wondering if they like that style or not

still edge
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Don't wonder

reef grove
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as long as it’s interesting it should be fine 🤷‍♂️

jagged nexus
hybrid yew
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they want to see who you are, and if you’re direct then be direct

frozen geode
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how would i send an update on a new award i got. I feel like submitting a whole document is too much for just one award. should i email them?

fleet thicket
lunar shoal
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Does Harvard weight interviews a lot?

frail plank
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But less than everything else

lunar shoal
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Cool alright

frail plank
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I mean maybe a little less than supplementals actually

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But it’s part of the “subjective” parts of the application which is less than ur ECs/Stats

reef grove
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i wouldn’t worry abt it man

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mine straight up told me to quit resume padding and then watched me choke on apple cider for 5 minutes

fleet thicket
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they interview u to make sure ur normal 💀💀

reef grove
frail plank
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Harvard prescreens tho? And their interview report is very thorough like 5 pages

reef grove
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on the official website all it says is that interviews are “based, in part, on availability”

frail plank
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In the Harvard lawsuit docs they had given applicants a # based on interview priority

1-4 1 being highest

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If you read further on the website tho it’s basically Yales

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They say most ppl don’t need one so if we need more info we’ll reach out

reef grove
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that’s strange, the rhetoric i’ve heard was that they try to get everyone an interview

frail plank
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Also idr where the interview doc was but u can find the report template on Reddit

frail plank
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“In most cases, the Admissions Committee has sufficient information in the student’s application materials to reach an admissions decision. If the Committee would like more information about a student or has questions about any application materials, someone may reach out to schedule an interview.”

reef grove
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i think that’s specifically for AO interviews tho? unless i’m reading it wrong

frail plank
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Idk it was under alumni interviews

reef grove
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bc alumni don’t have access to your application

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so they can’t ask abt it

frail plank
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I mean idk

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It’s not very clear

reef grove
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strange, yeah you’re prolly right

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i feel like they purposefully word it weirdly

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just to mess with poor high school seniors 😞

frail plank
frail plank
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Above comes from lawsuit docs

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Trying to understand the significance of numbers will lead u nowhere tho

reef grove
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yeah, esp when it actually does matter in part on availability lol

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like sometimes schedules collide or there’s not even alumni or whatever

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i don’t think having a late interview necessarily means you’re like, a 3 or whatever

frail plank
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But this is pre Covid so less applicants it COULD be

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That it’s changed now

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But Yale is even more selective

reef grove
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yeah, it also doesn’t have like, percents of which category applicants fall under

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maybe only like 10% of ppl are 4s

reef grove
lunar shoal
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It's alright I'll make it maybe

quasi shadow
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my friend who got gt stamps cs oos and ut turing and yale rea didn't get an interview

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it's weird

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I think it's partially availability and if you don't suck I don't think it's that deep in regards to getting an interview or not

obsidian nexus
iron ferry
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Someone on Reddit said likely letters come today

molten glen
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porque still worrying about interviews

blazing kite
lunar shoal
#

The amount of people around me worrying about getting a likely letter is wild 💀

blazing kite
#

I really dgaf I'm just curious

#

I got two interviews so um

lunar shoal
#

That's wild lol

#

I was hoping for a second interview but I think it's too late

reef grove
#

i didnt get one at least

blazing kite
#

it's a bit of a rare thing

#

didn't even know it could happen until the ao reached out wanting to talk to me smile

knotty orchid
#

wait nvm

#

mb

lunar shoal
#

Yeah definitely rare

blazing kite
#

can you imagine

frail plank
#

Most ppl don’t need one who get in

blazing kite
blazing kite
frail plank
#

But still vast majority of admits don’t get one

blazing kite
#

it's rare 💜

frail plank
#

Yea so don’t worry guys

#

My school send like 3ppl to Harvard each yr and none of them got second interviews

blazing kite
#

i dont think anyone was worrying LMAO

#

if anything im the worried one bc i have to go through this interview process again

tall haven
blazing kite
#

idk what to tell u sry 💔

#

the first was an alumni interview w someone from a neighboring city in fl, and this second one is literally with an ao at harvard rn

#

also my school is not a feeder at all we can barely get into our state schools bro

frail plank
#

No

obsidian nexus
#

so many ppl here got second interviews here

#

kind of wild

#

i can count like 5 ppl

frail plank
#

Selection bias

#

5 ppl is not a lot

marsh lark
lunar shoal
broken escarp
#

Hāfó Dàxué

frail plank
#

Anyone gotten Harvard likely yet

turbid notch
#

no

#

did you

#

im praying lmaooaoaoao

#

even tho

#

ik it isnt serious

frail plank
#

No

iron ferry
#

someone on Reddit said last years were at 7:23 pm bru

blazing kite
#

the likelies are digital??

buoyant vapor
#

i highly doubt everyone got them at 7:30

turbid notch
#

just like the normal ones

#

but earlier

blazing kite
#

ok interesting

iron ferry
#

oh wait so it’s not an email?

turbid notch
#

email update i think

#

but the real likely is on the portal

iron ferry
#

why’d u delete that lmao

turbid notch
#

who deleted

iron ferry
#

someone wrote a dm that on Reddit someone said their friend got a likely at 7

timid sleet
iron ferry
#

I hope someone else posts or comments if they got it

#

bc lowkey yea

turbid notch
#

bro im not getting one

#

its fine tho trust

#

im still getting in yk

#

copium

lunar shoal
#

Surely Harvard still wants us

#

Definitely

#

Trying not to think of the 54,000 applicant count number

reef grove
#

i don’t think they’re releasing any stats until rd comes out

molten glen
#

Dang 54k?

lunar shoal
#

Yeah it's kinda bonkers

karmic flax
#

thats highly unlikely

#

they had 57k two years ago and 54k last year

#

and they reintroduced test requirements this year

#

theyre not going to see a 20% uptick in applicants in one year

dreamy lynx
#

yeah I doubt 65k

#

probably like similar to last year at best

turbid notch
#

Spike was NOT that big

karmic flax
#

the 2007 birthrate was not high enough for an extra 10k people to apply to a highly-selective school that requires test scores

crystal shadow
#

did any likelies even come out today lmaooooooo

obsidian nexus
crystal shadow
#

and ur no longer merced 💔

obsidian nexus
#

because of uc moo

obsidian nexus
#

omg

crystal shadow
obsidian nexus
#

DOOLITTLE

#

DOCTOR

frail plank
#

u got in rd

#

rea

#

tho

#

right

obsidian nexus
reef grove
obsidian nexus
reef grove
#

you’re going to take my place now

#

attend harvard as kazwithknives

#

live a double life

crystal shadow
#

i wanna buy discounted harvard merch

reef grove
#

i think that’s kace

#

he gets way more of a discount than me

crystal shadow
reef grove
#

aw rats indeed 😞

molten glen
#

It’s a pretty good discount

#

I got like a $115 pair of shorts for like $45

still edge
#

a pair of shorts selling for 115 in the first place is wild

obsidian nexus
crystal shadow
rugged vessel
#

they got an elepahtn??

crystal shadow
lunar shoal
#

Ngl that's really cute

molten glen
#

Idk

rugged vessel
rugged vessel
crystal shadow
reef grove
#

he’s not on the online store ☹️

#

they have this lovely fellow though

karmic flax
#

drop the link

reef grove
crystal shadow
reef grove
#

for 18 bucks is honestly a steal

#

i get a whole dollar off bc im a member 💀

karmic flax
crystal shadow
wet owl
reef grove
crystal shadow
#

it wont let me Shop Tim 💔

modern wolf
#

on skibidi im getting into harvard

gaunt jackal
#

is datamatch popular

#

like

#

does anyone in this server use it

cinder zenith
little flax
#

I think 40% of the student body used it

turbid notch
#

I WILL get into Harvard 💖💖💖

vapid pulsar
turbid notch
#

I’m getting into Princeton too 😼😼

junior imp
#

Lowkey I think we might be

#

But Harvard isn’t really on my radar anymore unless they want to surprise me by changing my life lol

reef grove
gaunt jackal
#

its a student run matchmaking thing 💀

#

you fill out a survey then they pair up ppl on feb 14th using their "top secret algorithm"

reef grove
#

awww that’s kinda cute

#

i wanna do it now but i don’t wanna wait an entire year lol

#

wait they pair ppl up with colleges or other ppl?

gaunt jackal
#

yea i think it opens like a week for valentine's day

gaunt jackal
reef grove
#

ohhhh icic

gaunt jackal
#

i also heard that through the college they offer like free food at local restaraunts so u can meet up w them there

reef grove
#

nvm then there’s no way i’m dating an a2cer equivalent

#

i’m already exhausting enough

#

imagine the first date and y’all compare stats 💀💀💀

gaunt jackal
#

that'd be fun

reef grove
#

eh i feel like it would create an imbalance super early on where one person would feel “below” another bc their gpa is lower or their test scores are worse or whatever

#

with my current bf, i don’t think i told him my stats until like a couple months in

#

and he’s not applying to college this year so it’s not like we’re in direct “competition” yk

gaunt jackal
#

is he taking a gap year

reef grove
#

nah he’s a junior lol

gaunt jackal
gaunt jackal
reef grove
#

i like being academic rivals, but i think there needs to be existing foundation before that can happen right

#

enemies to lovers is so peak

#

but it is very easy to just be summed up as a number right off the bat, which isn’t the key to a healthy relationship

gaunt jackal
reef grove
#

lmaoooo

#

if you like books i’d recommend “i hope this doesn’t find you”

#

i’m not rlly a romance reader but it was so good

#

peak academic rivals to lovers

gaunt jackal
#

i love books

#

i searched it up

#

sounds like something i'd read

reef grove
#

it’s soooo good

#

if you read it tell me if you liked it haha

gaunt jackal
#

fs

dreamy lynx
obsidian nexus
jagged nexus
#

Love ain't stats

reef grove
turbid notch
#

OMG

#

it just works better or smth idk

reef grove
#

that i can give him

#

gotta make sure he doesn’t make the mistakes that i did 🙏

turbid notch
#

Smh

reef grove
turbid notch
#

Lowkey pmo

reef grove
#

mine is currently in his “shotgun every single t20” phase and i’m trying to gently talk him out of it 💀

turbid notch
#

LMAOOOO

#

gently ofc

reef grove
#

he showed me his college list and deadass it was like 20 insane reaches, 1 target, 1 safety

turbid notch
#

Oh lord

reef grove
#

i asked him if he wanted to spend 25 hours a day writing supplementals lmao

#

i had my commonapp essay pretty much done by senior year and it was still the most stressful time of my life

#

i applied to like 13ish colleges, 3 of which were ucs tho

#

with like a 8/3/2 split on reach, target, safety

reef grove
#

it was skewed bc i could only apply private with harvard REA, i had more safeties in rd

rugged vessel
#

my safety was 20% acceptance rate

reef grove
#

i thought i was pushing the definition of safety with like the ohio state, uwash, and american

#

those were all like 40-50%

junior imp
#

OSU is definitely a safety though, especially in-state

junior imp
#

I mean it depends on ACT I guess

#

But still, 33% would be a low safety if anything

reef grove
#

i’ve had collegevine tell me georgetown and ut austin are targets 💀

frail kettle
#

gyatt

gaunt jackal
#

??

gaunt jackal
#

except like 14 reaches 4 targets and 2 safeties

reef grove
#

they calculated like a 35% chance for harvard for me 💀

lunar shoal
#

I mean.....

frail plank
#

it was a 100% for u

lunar shoal
#

That's what I'm saying lol

#

Too cracked for college vine

reef grove
#

pff hardly

eager sinew
#

idk if theyve told yall info abt that or not

half jewel
#

hi gang

hardy fern
#

tbh i think it's just bad at predicting internationals on non-us curricula

wet owl
#

Chatgpt was kinda right about me tbh

rugged vessel
hybrid yew
#

It gave me a 33% for yale and 9% for UNC 💀

balmy thorn
blazing kite
#

chatgpt said I'm getting rejected everywhere 😭 state schools included

haughty nova
#

do NOT trust chatgpt

gloomy barn
lunar shoal
#

Chatgpt is helping me cope

haughty nova
#

i cant tell you about college stuff but i know that chatgpt always marks my papers at around 90-100% and they are always overmarked

#

its innacurate

gloomy barn
#

Try deepseek it's more brutal

lunar shoal
gloomy barn
#

Can someone send that website link lol

lunar shoal
#

I think it's just college vine

lunar shoal
#

Deepseek started my roast by saying "So you're still in high school?" 💀

hybrid yew
iron ferry
#

and ive gotten 10+ decisions back

blazing kite
gloomy barn
#

I dont think its accurate

eager sinew
gloomy barn
frail plank
#

Yes pls

#

ChatGPT is very optimistic for me lol

50% chance at HYPS…

balmy thorn
#

It depends what you feed it

vapid pulsar
#

Are you fr using chatgpt as a chanceme

#

💀

blazing kite
#

I need real chatgpt but not evil enough to tell me that I'll only get into my safeties 💔

balmy thorn
#

It told me 85% chance at yale after deferral and my loci

#

But when I explained how hard it is to get in it said 15%

blazing kite
vapid pulsar
#

I’ll chanceme my own application and see what it says

#

LOL

jagged nexus
#

Is this something we should allow? It's like portal chanceme

ocean palm
# vapid pulsar

this makes sense, at a certain level most of the applicants are quite similar in quality and it comes down to personality/fit/lottery

frail plank
#

chatgpt feeds my delusions lol

iron ferry
#

Here is my entire common app application. I will provide a list of schools. Pretend to be an admissions officer, be brutally honest and predict my admissions results:

Schools:

List schools…

COMMON APP:
Copy and paste entire common app

#

I literally copy pasted my exact common app

wet owl
#

college vine said I have a 9% chance of getting in and chatgpt said I have a 75% chance

iron ferry
#

Lowkey think ab it like this

#

if it says u have a 35% chance of getting into a top school that could totally be true

#

bc ur still more likely to be rejected

timid sleet
#

Collegevine said Princeton is a target…

turbid notch
iron ferry
#

Bs

turbid notch
#

THATS SO WEIRD

timid sleet
#

Yeah it’s really weird lol

turbid notch
#

like bruh ain’t nobody believing u 😭😭😭

iron ferry
#

it’s bc it uses test scores and gpa and if u have good stats it will say that

#

despite the fact that most ppl applying have good stats

turbid notch
#

Collegevine cooked asl

frail plank
#

ChatGPT is actually good for chancing to a certain point

#

Like T10 it’s very hard to predict bc of how much fit is factored in

balmy thorn
#

It said my essays and recs were great though idk

quasi shadow
#

Tbf my umich chances turned out to be pretty accurate

reef grove
balmy thorn
reef grove
#

i wish i could see what my rec letters said

#

i wonder how much colleges actually care abt whether you waive your rights or not

haughty nova
#

i think thats just to keep them in the clear if u demand them or smth

#

i think even if u waive, ur teachers can show them to u

#

if they want to ofc

reef grove
#

yeah my school policy is that students aren’t allowed to see rec letters at all

jagged nexus
#

You waive your right to get them from the school

reef grove
#

teachers won’t write for you unless you waive your rights

jagged nexus
#

Nothing keeps the teachers from showing them to you if they wanted to

#

The problem is the reputational damage on a per teacher basis

reef grove
haughty nova
#

once you graduate from the school they could show you perhaps

#

it depends, sometimes internal policies are a bit flexible

#

depends on the extent to which ur school enforces that

#

either way i wouldnt want to see my letters if i was not accepted

#

bc that might cause a conflict

#

or a blame game or whatever

reef grove
#

pff yeah

haughty nova
#

but if all goes well i would be curious

#

all I know is my counsellor has read both letters and she told me "they do me justice"

reef grove
#

yeah my counselor gave me like a tldr of what my rec letters said in vague terms

#

they were really sweet

haughty nova
#

i think many kids would be worried if they are in large classes, but the teachers I asked are both in classes of 9 students

#

so they KNOW me really well, given that im basically forced to participate given the size and length of the class

reef grove
#

yeah no i’m in a graduating class of <25 so all my teachers know me very well

#

for better or for worse 💀

haughty nova
#

i personally love it cause ive had some great convos which my teachers and have shared alot of my insights which makes for good anecdotes

#

also we work really closely

reef grove
#

small classes are the best

haughty nova
#

They are for most ppl

#

unless u dont like the course, then its hell

#

I know one kid in our global politics class that was basically forced to choose it due to a scheduling conflict

#

Either way 2 years ago I was in a class of 26 ppl and I can tell the difference & really appreciate it

reef grove
#

in freshman year i was in a class with literally one other person

#

french 1

haughty nova
#

oh

#

private tutor basically

reef grove
#

he was a chinese transfer student so he really struggled to learn french and english at the same time so all the teacher did was yell at us 💀

haughty nova
#

oh. yell like in a mean way?

#

or in a passionate i want to help u way but thats how i express myself

reef grove
#

bc we didn’t remember the avoir conjugations

restive mural
#

Ur teacher is goated

#

Least passionate French teacher

reef grove
#

he got fired 😭🙏 my current one is very nice, he also yells but in a fun way

haughty nova
#

i think the worst thing in my school is the modern greek lit IB class. basically everyone that does IB diploma and is greek takes it so the diploma is recognized in the country but no one rlly cares about literature, and the teacher knows this and has to teach uninterested kids, and the one I have is retiring this year and she was frank about how this sucks

#

and she likes to remind us on how we suck in using our own mother tongue..

reef grove
#

bro what are these classes, greek lit and global politics

#

it’s like ur already in college

haughty nova
#

ib courses basically

reef grove
#

my school just has like english math science 💀

haughty nova
#

college-like courses

reef grove
#

ib sounds so much more fun than ap

haughty nova
#

but on the other hand ib is interesting

#

sometimes i bang my head against the wall

#

but ive actually learned some skills that will make my freshman year more smooth

haughty nova
#

we gettin the common data set priorities in order w this one

#

the only AP that is offered here anyway is calc BC, and no one teaches it, u just register to take the exam if ur good

#

and me & math have a complicated relationship

reef grove
haughty nova
#

Hell nah

#

I was literally doing definite integrals as the last unit and ive finished with the materials

#

now i have to revise, which ill prob end up doing 3 days before the exam

molten glen
#

Graduating class of <25??

knotty orchid
reef grove
#

small school

lunar shoal
#

That's wild

#

And I thought my school was small

reef grove
#

lol i can’t imagine going to a school where i don’t know the names of all my classmates

lunar shoal
#

I can agree with that haha

haughty nova
#

it would be weird but its the reality for the vast majority of students

lunar shoal
#

Mine is like ~80

reef grove
#

i’m lucky i can go to one that’s so small

#

even though the class offerings are much less expansive

haughty nova
#

At least in my school, in the IB department we are around 75 seniors, but in the national curiculum, the graduating class is around 220 people, many of which i dont remember. Its like being in a game and those ppl are npcs which i will mb see once in a reunion

hybrid yew
#

below that it gets pretty fine, maybe not at predicting but at analysing how an app fit/doesnt fit

foggy sorrel
#

You guys are delusional

#

ChatGPT isn’t accurate at all because it can’t account for the rest of your high school class, your state/region, the ACTUAL quality of your recommendations (unless you didn’t waive FERPA in which case your letters aren’t weighted nearly as heavily) or the quality of the rest of the applicants within your admissions round.

#

Whereas nonprofits used to look great two years ago, they are practically filler in this cycle for top colleges. ChatGPT is incapable of accounting for this because it’s trained on antiquated data. Admissions changed every single year so you should take what you have and be patient.

reef grove
foggy sorrel
#

Exactly

frail plank
crystal shadow
#

why are we using llms to chance ourselves 😭 🙏

molten glen
crystal shadow
#

maybe hang out with friends

molten glen
# crystal shadow go outside

you really think they go outside or have friends if they are predicting their chances of getting into colleges using ChatGPT?

hoary ginkgo
lunar shoal
#

Real

#

Try running instead it's the best

modern wolf
#

i love harvard

lunar shoal
#

And I can doom for so long all to myself

obsidian nexus
golden pebble
#

I used stockfish for my predictions

#

We not the same 🤣 😹

half jewel
tall haven
#

Don’t trust college vibe

#

Also GPT is not completely accurate

half jewel
#

Parchment also has a chance me

tall haven
#

It said Caltech admit and I got rejected

half jewel
#

it told me georgia tech was a safet

#

safety

tall haven
half jewel
#

My only denial so far

tall haven
half jewel
tall haven
#

Bruh

#

Idt it’s right

reef grove
floral briar
hybrid yew
#

i can gurantee I go outside more than the average A2Cer

#

(a.k.a more than 0 times a week)

reef grove
hybrid yew
#

||does walking to you car to drive to school count though, that’s a good chunk||

reef grove
#

lmaoooo

bronze jungle
jagged nexus
#

🤣

bleak otter
#

too real ngl

reef grove
jagged nexus
#

gotta aspire to be better than the school. Undergrad ain't the end. Fuck the noise, I'm still trying to win a Nobel prize

#

I just might not be as focused on it as the average grinder, but other people aren't my problem

snow horizon
#

Imagine

rugged vessel
#

Harvard crimson jus kinda fire

molten glen
reef grove
molten glen
crystal shadow
reef grove
#

i don’t think i would be able to bear the pain of seeing it in my closet if i got rejected 💀

coarse latch
reef grove
#

doubly so if someone asks “oh do you go to x?” “no i got rejected…”

#

plus they’re hella expensive

coarse latch
#

its so extra

#

i see college decision opening vids with their whole family wearing a schools merch

#

like what now after u get rejected

reef grove
#

oh yeah i’ve seen that too lol

ocean palm
#

cant wait to get into MIT just to hate on harvard

#

😈

lunar shoal
#

Real

reef grove
frail plank
#

I had a capitalization inconsistency in one of my essays, could this tip the scales to a rejection

reef grove
#

i think i get a discount on MIT merch

lunar shoal
ocean palm
reef grove
#

sautéed on a pan with onions

frail plank
#

R u fr

lunar shoal
#

Why would we joke about this

frail plank
#

Guys how could I be so dumb

reef grove
#

this is so incedibky serious

#

how could you possibly forget to capitalize something

frail plank
#

I literally proofreaded and had Grammarly and

reef grove
#

it signals that you don’t give things their proper weight

frail plank
#

😭😭😭

reef grove
#

therefore auto reject

#

pack it up buddy

frail plank
#

Like it was a cultural thing too

#

It was capitalized the 10x times I mentioned it and then the last line I forget 💀

reef grove
#

you can kiss crimson goodbye

frail plank
#

AND U GOT IN SO U KNOW

#

guys I’m gonna go home and cry

jagged nexus
#

Why would you trust Grammarly?

frail plank
#

My school reccomend

frail plank
#

Wait r u guys fr will they reject me bc of this

#

I am too anxious to know truth from lie

jagged nexus
#

Probably not. But if I were a reader, I would notice something like that