Harvard University (2024-2025)

[fleet thicket]

they give good fin aid

[tall haven]

Not rlly

When I was applying

It was still too expensive

Cuz I got a lot

[fleet thicket]

i go to a new england prep school a full ride

oh rip

[tall haven]

Of siblings n stuff

So sending everyone to prep school would be hella expensive

[rugged vessel]

lowk the opposite

even besides the feeders imo

idk maybe im biased just bc ik so many ppl from mass

[onyx zodiac]

what if you're from mass you literally have the best chances

the number of kids from mass that i know is just ridiculous lmfao

way better than if you were from a random public school elsewhere

[tall haven]

That’s cuz mass students r like Bay Area kids

They r just more comp so my applicant pool is so much harder

Like ur compared e classmates

[onyx zodiac]

i mean harvard does just take like an outsized number of mass kids

that’s part of their admissions responsibility

it’s like how 1/3 of stanford’s class is from california each year

yes - it’s definitely a factor of being more knowledgeable about the school/having proximity as a way of motivating you but i think there is a decent bias in both scenarios

[hardy fern]

goes to china
protests for the abolition of the chinese state
gets deported

like im sorry but what are you expecting? you wouldn't have this sort of belief if it were any other country

[tall haven]

Nah china is chill

Ngl I would prob consider going back

College admissions r unfair these days

[foggy sorrel]

They were protesting a US ally, not the US. We also have protections for critical protest

The precedence here in the US is that college and protests go hand in hand. We all have a natural right, here in the US, to LEGALLY protest what we take issue with. I don’t take a side with the Israel/Palestine protests because I am uninformed but I can still recognize the importance of protesting these issues. I don’t know if you’re from the US or not but if you are familiar with US history you would find issue with these actions, republican democrat or other

I expect our constitution to guarantee and protect our rights. Maybe that’s the difference between the US and the rest of the world

[sour pewter]

well stated!

[tall haven]

acc fr

i would love to go to london someday

[knotty orchid]

wait did the person who got rescinded were they a citizen

[tall haven]

yea

i think grad student

with green card

[knotty orchid]

but then they aren’t protected under the constitution then no?

[tall haven]

they r supposed to be

but some ppl r still getting rights violated

[knotty orchid]

that’s crazy

[crystal shadow]

yep

[short lagoon]

All good gang

[reef grove]

wait am i misunderstanding smth

how can you be a us citizen but also have a green card

green cards are for perm residents

or are you saying they were a citizen of a diff country

[foggy sorrel]

He was an immigrant who was married to a US citizen so he had a green card.

[reef grove]

ahhh okay so not a citizen

i was confused

[foggy sorrel]

Everyone in the United States is protected by the Constitution. This includes green card holders, citizens, and undocumented immigrants. Green card holders, unlike citizens, are liable for deportation if they violate their status by breaking a law, etc

[reef grove]

mhm

can’t wait until i’m a citizen

jury duty seems cool

plus voting and allat

[gritty parcel]

everyone on us soil is

[reef grove]

personhood, not citizenship 🔥🔥🔥

if you’re a person in the us of a you’re protected

[hardy lance]

said nobody ever lmao

[hardy lance]

pretty sure they were a green card
and you can get ur green card recinded

its a good idea not to do anything remotely controversial on a greencard bc its so hard to get so easy to lose

[reef grove]

lmaooo it comes with the gov major

[hardy lance]

right u wanna get into politics

[reef grove]

diplomacy :,)

[hardy lance]

international relations

future fullbright scholar here

[reef grove]

ehh from my experience it holds up pretty well

[junior imp]

I want jury duty but not for a sad case

[reef grove]

you have to do some badddd things to get it revoked

i feel a lot safer with one

[hardy lance]

in my experience yeah too but

[reef grove]

but that’s just my experience

[hardy lance]

given the current administration its best not to attract any attention

to yourself

[tight fog]

im low key terrified rn 😭 i have a green card, but my only citizenship is from a uh

unfriendly country

[hardy lance]

get ur citizenship as fast as possible

[tight fog]

am tryna. unfortunately gov services are a lil cooked these days lmao

[hardy lance]

i mean if ur really desperate cut a deal with the military

it'll fast track you and those contracts are really really hard to break

even for the president

[reef grove]

oooof yeah that sucks

i pass for american pretty easily since i’ve spent nearly all my life here

[reef grove]

ikr 😭 my parents are trying as hard as possible to get their citizenship before my 18th birthday so i don’t have to go through the whole process, but their interview/test is four days before my birthday…

[hardy lance]

yeah i do[n't think they'll get sworn in in time

[reef grove]

i want a citizenship before college sooooo bad so i can do gov internships

[reef grove]

my parents are optimistic, we have a p good lawyer

[hardy lance]

yeah but its a ceremony

i don't think you get a private ceremony

[crystal shadow]

oh i did my oath ceremony a couple months ago!

my mom went to a hugeee hall in downtown and they had a whole official ceremony with a ton of stuff and hundreds of people

[reef grove]

wait wdym

[reef grove]

i’m excited to get my flag haha

we do oaths in the courtroom

[hardy lance]

like the ceremonies are scheduled in advance u don't get to choose when

[crystal shadow]

for me i just went into a room in the immigration office downtown and there were maybe like 40-50ish people there, they said the pledge of allegiance, the star spangled banner, then we all took our oaths and it was done 😭 we were in and out of there in like 30 minutes

[reef grove]

oh yeah yeah

[crystal shadow]

yesss its super cute

[reef grove]

i’m gonna have a big barbecue afterwards

[hardy lance]

i was a minor so i just sat in audience

[reef grove]

maybe go down to the firing range

[hardy lance]

got my passport a few months later

[crystal shadow]

lmao same my mom and i had different ceremonies

[hardy lance]

really? i was like 10 so ig they didn't bother w me

[crystal shadow]

ohhh fair enough

[hardy lance]

but i also lived in a small city so idk

[crystal shadow]

i just did mine like 2 months ago and i'm 17 😭

and they made me do a seperate one

[hardy lance]

oh

maybe ur old enough

i was like in middle school i didn't know what tf was going on

but enjoy ur american passport

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOO

[hardy lance]

its done wonders for me when i travel

[crystal shadow]

i hate my american passport photo

my chinese passport had a cuteish pic

[hardy lance]

mine is back when i had long hair

i looked so stupid

[crystal shadow]

my citizenship certificate is a pic of me from when i was 10 😭 and i had really short hair

[hardy lance]

but it doesn't matter tbh its so easy to get thru immigration now

[reef grove]

my hungarian one is soooo bad 💀💀💀 the camera wasn’t working so i opened my eyes rlly wide to try and trigger it and it took the picture and i look actually demented

[crystal shadow]

😭

[hardy lance]

oof i don't have one i just have the passport

my dad's working on getting me a american birth ceritificate soon

that'll make life so much easier

[reef grove]

i’m happy they’re letting me keep my passport bc i get to go in the EU line in european airports which is always shorter

and i will get to go in the US line in american airports

that’s why i’m becoming a diplomat, to get the shortest lines possible

[crystal shadow]

wait that's so cool

is it dual citizenship? or

[hardy lance]

i had to give up my other one

[crystal shadow]

yeah i think i did too

[hardy lance]

they don't let u have dual citizenship unless ur born with it

[reef grove]

yep, hungary doesn’t make me give mine up

[hardy lance]

yeah china notoriously doesn't

china is bad like that

[crystal shadow]

ooh thats so cool!

[hardy lance]

also i think it'd be a conflict of interest if there were chinese-american dual citizens

[crystal shadow]

omg i have a couple friends from hungary i met them at an international summer camp lmao

[reef grove]

that’s sick

hungarians r pretty chill

we have a cool obscure language that isn’t similar to any other one around it

it’s close to like estonian

and finnish

we also have great food

[crystal shadow]

lmao i remember during the camp one of my friends got her acceptance letter from a hungarian university and she was freaking out

[reef grove]

pfff that’s awesome for her

[crystal shadow]

hungary very cool

[reef grove]

i considered school in europe but wasn’t sure if i qualified for the erasmus program

plus to work in the american gov it’s prolly best to go to school in the us

[modern wolf]

#illgetintoharvard

#imsoharvardcoded

[tight fog]

i low key do too. its just a little spooky, thats all. had more than a few encounters with border agents that looked at green card extensions weird. weird limbo.

im 18 alr so ill have to do the whole thing regardless, but idrc. if i cant pass a citizenship test i gotta hang it up 😭

[reef grove]

bro my parents r studying for the test and the test is so incredibly easy 💀

[tight fog]

oh shit ur hungarian? thats cool as fuck. im russian lol

[reef grove]

my dad is russian! he had a USSR passport

born in hungary so he has a hunagrian one too

actually after the USSR collapsed he never renewed the passport so he never got the russian one

[foggy sorrel]

I hope all of you that are internationals are especially careful when you enter the US

I don’t mean for that to sound weird or mean sorry

[tight fog]

that makes sense. russian passports are useless lmao

[reef grove]

prolly a USSR one is even more useless atp 💀

[reef grove]

perm residents are domestic

not intl

it’s a cool little fact tho, like yeah my dad is from a country that doesn’t exist anymore 💅

[robust zenith]

11 days

[foggy sorrel]

Which?

[reef grove]

ussr

[crystal shadow]

lmaooo my mom made me quiz her

[robust zenith]

the soviet union?

[robust zenith]

thats aura

[reef grove]

mhm

[reef grove]

bro it’s so easy 💀 “who is the current president”

“name 3 of the 13 colonies”

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOO

[reef grove]

even if ur a citizen i’d recommend taking a look at it

it’s rlly funny how little you need to know

[crystal shadow]

it reminded me of the civic test i had to take in 9th grade

[reef grove]

and you need like a 60% to pass

[fiery ridge]

they say shooters shoot

Harvard whats up with you

[tight fog]

and the question bank is available online

[reef grove]

yeah 💀

they make you do the pledge too

gotta memorize it

[crystal shadow]

i feel like the pledge of allegiance is burned into my brain now

like i'll never forget it

[reef grove]

my school doesn’t do it for some reason

[robust zenith]

the citizenship exam is not hard

my parents did that

[reef grove]

i still know it tho

[robust zenith]

it was a bit of studying

but they alr were here for like 12 years

[reef grove]

i also know the national anthem

[crystal shadow]

ohhh say can you see

by the dawns early light

thats all i know

[robust zenith]

ngl

after being in the usa 16 years

i still dont know that anthem

[hardy lance]

u can literally study for one day and pass

[hardy lance]

ohhhh say cannnn youuuu seeee

by theeee dawnnnns early light

[robust zenith]

it does get harder the older you are

easier for us young folk

[lunar shoal]

My citizenship exam really had questions like "is the house of lords part of the us system" 💀

[hardy lance]

hahaha

[robust zenith]

ngl, its better for me to remember the span of a matrix than that bummy song

[hardy lance]

did u get into cmu?

[lunar shoal]

Yeah

[robust zenith]

bro going into the college of doom

doing the major of gloom

[lunar shoal]

💀

Too real

[robust zenith]

i have not heard a single good thing about cmu

[lunar shoal]

Yeahhhh

[robust zenith]

tho yall near upitt

[hardy lance]

holy cow

[robust zenith]

so parties and shit over there

[lunar shoal]

That's why the question mark is there 💀

[hardy lance]

early childhood education?

[lunar shoal]

Electrical and computer engineering haha

[robust zenith]

electrical and comp eng

[robust zenith]

any alternatives/

[hardy lance]

oh..... this guy is cracked

[lunar shoal]

But tbh I'm basically cs with some hardware stuff I like 💀

[lunar shoal]

UMich/Purdue and whatever happens this month lol

[robust zenith]

PURDUE?

bro ece at purdue is goated

im at purdue

[hardy lance]

harvard or cmu?

[robust zenith]

like the ece opportunies that purdue offers is insane

umich as well

[lunar shoal]

I know but it's actually more expensive 😭 (at least comparing the NPC for me)

[lunar shoal]

Idk it would be at both

[robust zenith]

damn purdue being expensive?

woah

thats crazy

not heard that before

[hardy lance]

what?

[lunar shoal]

Not sure what you were asking

[lunar shoal]

Yeah lol

UMich as well actually 💀

[robust zenith]

well if money an issue

[robust zenith]

that makes sense

umich expensive as a mf

i didnt even apply

cause it was just too much

[lunar shoal]

No UMich is cheaper 💀

[robust zenith]

HUH?

are u from michigan?

[lunar shoal]

Nope oos

[robust zenith]

how does purdue become more exponsive than umich

wtf

[lunar shoal]

Let me like triple check the npc but

[tight fog]

didnt purdue freeze tuition

[robust zenith]

yea in 2013

bro im oos, with scholly paying 20k a year

at pdue

[lunar shoal]

Yeah Purdue is telling me like $50k/year lmao

[robust zenith]

damn

[lunar shoal]

Whereas cmu and UMich are around $20k-$30k/year

[robust zenith]

wow

[lunar shoal]

But I also haven't actually gotten any fin aid offers so I'm still waiting

[robust zenith]

then i would say umich

ece

[hardy lance]

if u got into harvard would u go over CMU

[robust zenith]

is the move

[lunar shoal]

Really over cmu

[robust zenith]

like even over harvard

umich ece is like goated

[lunar shoal]

Idk I would be tempted because I love Cambridge

[lunar shoal]

Valid

But cmu has more research I'm interested in

[hardy lance]

ok ok

[robust zenith]

fair

[lunar shoal]

But yeah I'm definitely going to have a hard time deciding next month lol, incredibly thankful to be in this position

Tbh if I was doing the more hardware side of ECE UMich and purdue would be a lot more tempting

[robust zenith]

i recommend checking out the purdue discord, cause theres ece majors there

who can answer some questions

the reddit is filled with old heads who havent been to purdue in decades

[hardy lance]

wait u got in harvard?

[lunar shoal]

No sorry 😭

[hardy lance]

oh purude

that makes sense

[lunar shoal]

Will do thanks 🙏

[reef grove]

my free harvard tshirt came in the mail 🔥🔥🔥

[lunar shoal]

🔥

Gonna collect so much free merch no matter where I go

[gaunt wave]

i love merch bro

all the stickers pls 🙏

[robust zenith]

damn yall get merch

yknow what we get

stickers

[reef grove]

that’s what i got in my actual packet

but if i then signed up for the coop discount then they gave me a feee shirt

which just arrived when i got in in like uhhh

december

[modern wolf]

do you live in russia

[fair rampart]

How did yall get 10 seed bruh

Anyways join the #🏀-march-madness bracket groups pinned in that channel

[tall haven]

Anyone know what stage Harvard AOs r in rn for making class

Like if I just sent in rec last week

Will it be considered

[broken flare]

uhh

thats cutting it real close

[orchid nest]

brother what happened

[tall haven]

So my recommender like was super busy

[wet owl]

I still haven't got my t shirt lmao

I received my acceptance package like a week after I got in

my t shirt hasn't arrived yet 💀

[reef grove]

they said it would come by like early april so im mildly surprised it came so early

i want to fill out the roommate/housing form already

im looking at the map of first year housing and i dont think i wanna be in apley

its so far away from the rest of the houses for some random reason 💀

the one in red is apley

[lunar shoal]

Yeah lol that's crazy

[reef grove]

idek which house i would want to be in

straus seems to have rlly good commons space but doesnt have its own laundry

omg wait maybe wigglesworth bc it has a funny name

a lot of them have silly names tho 💀

wait wtf apparently apley is cracked

[lunar shoal]

Only at Harvard can they casually name drop famous people's rooms

[reef grove]

p sure theyre all famous ppls rooms lmaooo

[crystal shadow]

MARBLE?

[reef grove]

but like if i got the room where jfk lived you bet id never shut up abt it

[reef grove]

DUDE LOOK AT PICTURES OF ANY OF THE DORMS, THEYRE CRAZY GOOD

this is straus halls commons

i would never even sit down, id be afraid id break something worth millions

[lunar shoal]

Bro what the hell 💀

Although honestly not surprised

[dreamy lynx]

o that's nice

matthews common room is cursed and old

you'd be disappointed with matthews common room

tbh I am after seeing that

I was also after seeing grays common room

I think they all beat matthews tbh

[reef grove]

grays is the harvard hilton one right

[dreamy lynx]

idk

it's nice

[reef grove]

lmaooo

[dreamy lynx]

I think all that borders matthews is nicer

[reef grove]

you get the matt damon house

[dreamy lynx]

bro they really haven't been in the basement I would bump it down just for that

[reef grove]

dyk ur upperclassman house yet?

[dreamy lynx]

quincy

[reef grove]

oooh ive heard thats a rlly good one

[dreamy lynx]

yes

very happy

[reef grove]

did you have any problems with like

tourists looking into ur dorm

bc like that would scare me so bad

just some rando lookin at me

[dreamy lynx]

no my room is like first floor but near the back

so not on the yard side

but our blinds always up

so tbh I wouldn't know

[reef grove]

ah so you dont have to go up the stairs of doom aparently lmao

[dreamy lynx]

true

[reef grove]

apparently theres a house with only like 30 ppl in it

a frehman one i mean

[dreamy lynx]

mass hall?

[reef grove]

lionel

[dreamy lynx]

oh

[reef grove]

it has 35 ppl

thats crazy

apparently most get into wigglesworth

bc theres like 3 buildings for them

[dreamy lynx]

I thought mass hall had very few as well but I forget how many

apley isn't huge either I feel like

[dreamy lynx]

yeah wigg is big cause it has like

a million entryways

same with canaday

[dreamy lynx]

oh yeah 15 ppl

lmao

crazy work

[reef grove]

15 is actually insane

i would hate to live there

i like the small size but being above an administrator

that would suck so bad

[dreamy lynx]

okay I just figured out where lionel and mower are

😭

[reef grove]

💀

[dreamy lynx]

overshadowed by hollis and stoughton

[reef grove]

theres a cool map of first year housing on the harvard website

bro PLEASE dont put me in hurlbut

that name is diabolical

[dreamy lynx]

jazzy is in greenough

halo is pennypacker

but we don't have a hurlbut

[junior imp]

Harvard please let me in

I’m begging

[true aspen]

Should we expect a rejection if we didn’t get an interview

😰

[eager sinew]

oh thats my dorm

lionel is the homosexual dorm

my proctors are married lesbians

[hardy lance]

probably

but you should also expect a rejection if u got an interview

you should probably expect a rejection in general

[crystal shadow]

oh my god

this is actually insane

marble in a dorm 😭💔

[crystal shadow]

did you get like

yale and duke interviews

[hardy lance]

didn't apply

[true aspen]

No

No prescreened

[hardy lance]

where r u from "colin"

[true aspen]

Midwest

[hardy lance]

oh

like real midwest or

fake midwest

ohio ain't midwest

[true aspen]

💀

Illinois?

That’s real Midwest

[hardy lance]

ohh

ur chicago

yeah um it might be hard to get an interview there

[quaint steppe]

Please harvard want me

[true aspen]

Not Chicago

[hardy lance]

well still

it might be hard for you

[true aspen]

Just Illinois

Oh

💀

[hardy lance]

where else did you apply "collin"

fine ignore me @true aspen

[true aspen]

Stanford

[hardy lance]

well obviously

[true aspen]

Dude I’m in class tf

😭

[hardy lance]

give me ur fulll ist

[tall haven]

Dude u got into Stanford

[hardy lance]

wait this guy got into stanford?

[true aspen]

No I got deferred rea

[quaint steppe]

Wait thats good

[true aspen]

Yea

So im still simping

For Stanford

[gaunt wave]

wait collin where in illinois

ru still up north

[hardy lance]

don't they only defer a really small amount of kids

[quaint steppe]

Yea i think so

[crystal shadow]

i’m in the realest of the midwests

[hardy lance]

i didnt apply

[true aspen]

Um sry I don’t really wanna doxx myself

Not Chicagoland tho

[hardy lance]

ngl stanford i thought was a football school not an acc good school

[gaunt wave]

illinois is the realest midwest state

[quaint steppe]

Oh 😭😭

[crystal shadow]

my state is even realer

[hardy lance]

kansas/nebraska

[gaunt wave]

false

[hardy lance]

those are the realist midwestern states

[crystal shadow]

illinois has chicago that’s not true midwest

[gaunt wave]

kansas and nebraska are barely midwestern imo

[hardy lance]

if u live in chicago yeah

[reef grove]

bro

[quaint steppe]

Are we having this debate again??

[hardy lance]

kaz bring out the map

[reef grove]

LMAO

its on my phone </3 im in class rn

[gaunt wave]

illinois wisconsin and michigan are the holy midwest trinity and i will die on this hill

[crystal shadow]

ahh

[crystal shadow]

bro left out one of the most true midwest states

[hardy lance]

migchigan being midwest is crazy

[gaunt wave]

its just not a part of the trinity 🤷‍♀️

[crystal shadow]

minnesota wisconsin and iowa are the true midwest trinity

[gaunt wave]

those are all midwestern states but not the trinity

[crystal shadow]

michigan and illinois are well known outside of the midwest

[reef grove]

bro...

[crystal shadow]

a hallmark of the midwestern trinity is barely being known outside of it

[reef grove]

kansas iowa nebraska

midwest trinity

[gaunt wave]

bro no

[crystal shadow]

i can accept this too

[hardy lance]

isn't kaz from like south dakota?

[gaunt wave]

again kansas and nebraska are hardly midwestern

[reef grove]

im from true midwest

[crystal shadow]

i don’t wanna hear anyone say michigan or Illinois is any form of true midwest when everyone in the US knows those states 💔

detroit, ann arbor, chicago… i don’t wanna hear it 💔💔💔

[gaunt wave]

whats the issue with having cities

everyone knows minneapolis

madison

kansas city bro

st louis

[reef grove]

kansas city can be midwest

[fleet thicket]

why is this debate happening again

[gaunt wave]

the debate is important

[fleet thicket]

noone gaf about the midwest

[gaunt wave]

woah woah woah

[fleet thicket]

most irrelevant part of the us 💔

[gaunt wave]

ok no corn for you buddy

[quaint steppe]

FRRRRR

[gritty parcel]

FRRRR

[gritty parcel]

WISCONSIN INSTEAD OF MINNESOTA????

fighting words

[crystal shadow]

definitely not as much as chicago

[gritty parcel]

the chiefs?

[crystal shadow]

oh 💔

[crystal shadow]

okay but apart from the chiefs

people wouldn’t visit kansas city as much as they would chicago

[gritty parcel]

true but

the chiefs

[crystal shadow]

NO FR

[gritty parcel]

they almost three-peated

every american knows em now

[crystal shadow]

the midwest literally is the best part of the us

[gritty parcel]

so real

all i know is the midwest beats the west coast and the south fs

[crystal shadow]

the midwest has minnesota

minneapolis

st paul

duluth

[gritty parcel]

east coast is the only debatable part

[crystal shadow]

and minnesota

[gritty parcel]

forgot st cloud

[crystal shadow]

oh oh yes

and stillwater

[gritty parcel]

and you just CANT forget minnehaha

everyone loves minnehaha

[crystal shadow]

me when minehaha falls

[gritty parcel]

me when minnehaha

[gaunt wave]

fr bro

carried by chicago tho 🙏

[crystal shadow]

me when eden prarie

[true aspen]

Kaci did u get Columbia likely

[crystal shadow]

do not compare my queen juicy lucy to whatever the hell a chicago deep dish pizza is

[gaunt wave]

yah

[gritty parcel]

so rich

and wayzata

[gaunt wave]

tbf i dont like deep dish

[crystal shadow]

wayzata hs and their massive million dollar athletic building bro 😭

[true aspen]

Nice!

[gaunt wave]

but chicago hot dogs bro 😭

they hit too hard

[crystal shadow]

this is an argument i can get behind

i also quite like the bean

[gaunt wave]

bean is ok

[crystal shadow]

oh

the bean is the only good part about chicago

[gaunt wave]

the museums around it are peak though

[gaunt wave]

bruh

[crystal shadow]

https://tenor.com/view/chicago-the-bean-my-beloved-gif-12568556691458694921

[fleet thicket]

and the green river!

[crystal shadow]

green?????

[gaunt wave]

i literally saw it two days ago

[gritty parcel]

bro have you seen their car meets

[gaunt wave]

its great

[gritty parcel]

its actually stupid

[crystal shadow]

they have car meets??????

[fleet thicket]

they dye the river green for st party’s

[gritty parcel]

MULTIPLE

PER WEEK

[gaunt wave]

the green river

[crystal shadow]

green eggs and ham

with a side of chicago green river juice

[crystal shadow]

????????

[gaunt wave]

midwesterners love their cars

[crystal shadow]

i do see car meets every weekend at the ski hills hmmm

[hardy lance]

@crystal shadow

[crystal shadow]

yes hello

[hardy lance]

i want to get into harvard

help me

[crystal shadow]

if you put your finger on your nose and spin three times while chanting boola boola you will get into yale ❤️

[hardy lance]

i don't want yale

i didn't apply yale

[crystal shadow]

☹️

ok have you tried dressing up as a beaver

[hardy lance]

no

[quaint steppe]

Please

[hardy lance]

why is it 100,000

such an arbitrary number

[lunar shoal]

Lmao based Harvard

[hardy lance]

can't we make it under 200,000

[lunar shoal]

Please you're my last chance at free college 🙏

[crystal shadow]

if you do that you might have a shot

[hardy lance]

ig i don't have a shot

[lunar shoal]

Why a beaver for Yale??

[crystal shadow]

no chairity doesn’t want yale

this is for harvard

[lunar shoal]

Oh ok lol

[crystal shadow]

and dressing up as a beaver for harvard is because of the mit x harvard ship comic lmao

[lunar shoal]

I understand now

[hardy lance]

i want harvard

i want cheap school

i want to get away from my family

[hardy lance]

why do you want harvard

[crystal shadow]

econ baddies

[knotty orchid]

I thought everyone is chopped at Harvard

[hardy lance]

are you a guy?

@crystal shadow

[knotty orchid]

yes

[hardy lance]

ik ur a guy bluedragon

that much is obviously

[crystal shadow]

no

[crystal shadow]

no i’ve seen some baddies on tiktok

[hardy lance]

do you want baddies tho

[knotty orchid]

there’s that one girl who does the Ivy League guide thing

or whatever it’s called

[autumn sorrel]

When does harvard stop giving interviews again

[hardy lance]

i don't like her

[knotty orchid]

yeah she clickbaits a lot

[hardy lance]

probably have stopped already i read somewhere their interview deadline as long as its an alumni innterview is march 1st

[crystal shadow]

☹️

[knotty orchid]

surely Harvard gets mad when influencers get into Harvard

[hardy lance]

i don't trust any of those influencers

[knotty orchid]

like how did they slip through the cracks

and get in

[knotty orchid]

fr

[fleet thicket]

never

they interview people every year

[hardy lance]

like if they have the secret sauce why are they spending thier boundless advice adn intellect on instagram?

[knotty orchid]

March 28th probably

[autumn sorrel]

not that way. i mean what month per cycle

[hardy lance]

its like when a bodybuilder tries to sell u protein powder

[crystal shadow]

apparently people have gotten interviews like a week before decisions so

[hardy lance]

prob march 1st

[knotty orchid]

yeah and they are always really insufferable and just bragging about getting in lol

[hardy lance]

but most of those are AO interviews

[hardy lance]

did you get an interview?

[crystal shadow]

still an interview!

[autumn sorrel]

oh so alumni interview have deadlines but AOs are OP

[hardy lance]

yeah it kinda seals the deal unless ur a total ass

but i read somehwere like only 2% of the incoming class gets an AO interview

[knotty orchid]

I had an interview with John Harvard idk abt u guys

[hardy lance]

so if u don't get one it doesn't mean anything

[hardy lance]

did u get an interview

[knotty orchid]

source?

[autumn sorrel]

kinda makes sense. AOs won't be interviewing a lot of ppl for obvious rzns

[crystal shadow]

not for harvard i got duke yale princeton mit though

[hardy lance]

i saw it somewhere

[autumn sorrel]

r u an mit admit?

[hardy lance]

😐

[autumn sorrel]

gosh applied to all those skls and got nada interviews for them
I only got stanford and dartmouth

[hardy lance]

that's really good

[crystal shadow]

what does this mean

[hardy lance]

casual yale interviewee

i have this gut feeling that ur gonna get into yale

[knotty orchid]

Don’t most people who get into Harvard also get into Yale

Besides early or athletes

[crystal shadow]

yay!

[hardy lance]

don't forget about me when ur a supreme court justice

what is ar

[autumn sorrel]

By reason of statistics, it's false

[hardy lance]

yeah i didn't get one tho

idek how they'd contact me

[autumn sorrel]

the yield rates are too high for that to be true

and neither have binding rounds

[hardy lance]

i think they might communicate

to prevent too many cross admits

[autumn sorrel]

I have that feelings icl

Someone I know applied to 8 ivies

waitlisted from all except yale

yale admit

[hardy lance]

i only applied to one so

i don't have to worry about it

[autumn sorrel]

Harvard?

[hardy lance]

yessir

[lunar shoal]

Isn't that illegal

[hardy lance]

dunno

but now that i see it

some of the ivies like dartmouth have much lower yield rates

are you sure they are tellin gu the truth

when was this

some ppl r truly cracked

that kid isn't normal

we should all like

remind ourselves that

[crystal shadow]

i was thinking columbia because audit but i would love yale

[hardy lance]

good job for columbia

NYC

[crystal shadow]

i love columbia

i have a columbia sweatshirt on rn

[hardy lance]

i have no merch except for my state flagship

[crystal shadow]

i should get some of my state flagship omg

[hardy lance]

if i get into harvard

i wanna go to a football game

maybe even try out

seems fun

i've never played football iml

[crystal shadow]

i’m probably gonna do intramural volleyball 😋

[hardy lance]

quite fun

i wish i was a recruited athlete

but feet surgeries in sophmore and junior year killed any chance of that

[errant pond]

omg rea deferral gang

[hardy lance]

why is jaiden animations in a2c

[errant pond]

LOL

[hardy lance]

she's like late twenties

[errant pond]

hi nice to meet you

[hardy lance]

hi hi

did u apply to

harvard university?

[errant pond]

i did 😩 did you

[hardy lance]

i did

what state are you from

wait ur cali

thank god

hope u get in!

[crystal shadow]

😭

[wet owl]

I just hope I don't end up in the first floor lmao

I'm rooting for dunster or elliot for my upperclassmen house lol

SAME there's someone I lowkey wanna end up rooming with my first year

[errant pond]

im actually from mass LOL

what state r u from

good luck to u too!!!

[hardy lance]

not mass

which is good

so i'm not competeting against u for a spot

[crystal shadow]

this isn’t an ftc tournament no need to scout out competition

LMAOOOO

[obsidian nexus]

LMAO

least competitive a2cer

[undone mango]

is the midyear report a requirement?

[coarse pebble]

yupp

[knotty orchid]

I think so unless you don’t do one

[undone mango]

i mean it just showed me a cross on the checklist but I never got an email from them asking for it and I think my counselor did put in the option that my school doesn't do them

[knotty orchid]

If your counselor did that then I think it’s alright

I also don’t have one as I do A levels, but I just got my counselor to add a letter restating my predicted grades as of year 13 (grade 12)

[reef grove]

are there any ppl in here that are considering/have done SPARK? it seems p cool

and its paid 🤩

[wet owl]

what's spark lmao

[modern wolf]

guys i will get into harvard

watch me

[foggy sorrel]

Good luck!

[modern wolf]

not you again

stop stalking me

[undone mango]

but it still shows up on my checklist

[rugged vessel]

apley definitely has the nicest rooms

and its not even crazy far

its right across from farkas hall which is where theres a lot of theater productions and shit of that sort

wigglesworth is cool, it just lines up the gates and seems to be pretty balanced over all

straus you just have to walk to like mathews for laundry

[knotty orchid]

idk, I don’t think it’s something they will hold against you if you literally don’t have one to submit

[reef grove]

which one are you in? and which house did you get into? :0

[hardy lance]

that's me

[hardy lance]

u r weird

[rugged vessel]

Greenough —> Quincy :3

[reef grove]

ooh! do you like greenough?

also did u link w kace

or not linked

blocked

[rugged vessel]

I would say i do

I blocked w kace

[reef grove]

v cool v cool

i hope i get quincy then :DDD

once im a sophomore

[rugged vessel]

aww jdlgkjd

it was my top choice

also im trying to be a paf

so imagine i get into paf and then im your paf...

[obsidian nexus]

WHOA

[lunar shoal]

What is paf lol

[reef grove]

❗ ❗

[rugged vessel]

peer advising fellow 🤓

upperclassmen who are like mentors for entryways (basically haravrd advisories)

and they be silly and plan stuff

[lunar shoal]

Ooh that's kinda fun ngl

[hardy lance]

how do i like

feel better?

i go on reddit and see ppl miles better than me

i have basically no shot

10% maybe

how do i feel better about myself?

ik i'm prob gonna get rejected but i don't wanna feel this way for another 9 days

[still edge]

Stop going on reddit and go outside and take a walk

Convince yourself you are more than a college application

[hardy lance]

i don't need this

i'd really like it tho

i'm already in a really good safety

[still edge]

This isn't the first time you'll feel this so it helps to get started early on combatting it

[still edge]

Live as if you're going to attend it

Binge watch all dorm tours dining tours campus tours

[hardy lance]

i'm already kinda attending it

i just wanna get this

@still edge u should hack into the servers and give me acceptance

[reef grove]

ppl on reddit overinflate things or even make stuff up, it’s best to treat it like a creative writing site. normal people do get in, a lot of them. like me! i’ve never been in an olympiad, done any national competition, research, internships, etc etc. i was p much just a good student. a lot of the stats you’re seeing are either fake or legacy, both of which the AOs can figure out and account for

[hardy lance]

i hope i'm like you kaz

but i'm sure you had something compelling

[rugged vessel]

she did 💀

[hardy lance]

oh right

she did the whole like

lobbying stuff

[rugged vessel]

yeah

[hardy lance]

yeah kaz what u talking about you are outsanding

[rugged vessel]

but she's right you don't need all those crazy things you think you need

[hardy lance]

i don't have any of that

[rugged vessel]

chances are if you've been really involved in something, you've done something impressive with it

and maybe you don't see it because well...it's you and its something you're interested in

i didnt see how cracked i was for awhle because how do i gauge my ec's when my ec's are things im passionate about?

[hardy lance]

haha i haven't odne anything impressive w my life just yet

[rugged vessel]

maybeee u dont kno

w

[hardy lance]

wdym idk

i think ik my ecs pretty well

i don't have anything good other than my grades lmao

[hardy lance]

i haven't done this

just school clubs

some volunteering

[rugged vessel]

there are no objectively good ec's, its what you make of the ones you have

im sure you spend a lot of time with your clubs and volunteering

[hardy lance]

yeah some time

not a whole lot

but enough

hopefully my interview helps convey how dilligent I was about it

i spent most of my time trying to maintain my gpa tho

[reef grove]

i did, but the things i did dont translate into awards and internships and stuff. i did the things i was passionate about, even though when written in a chanceme sub it probably wouldnt look too good

what im saying is theres a lot of ways to show that youre a strong candidate

and how passionate you are about furthering your education and making a difference

all of those things come across in your application, essays, and interviews, but get lost when making a 200 word reddit post

[hardy lance]

thank you kaz u have lifted me up

when i open my letter next thursday ik i't'll be a rejection but i'll be happy either way

[crystal shadow]

goat

[rugged vessel]

omg ivy day is so soon

shivers

[crystal shadow]

9 days

[crystal shadow]

9 days until you see which a2cers will terrorize u on campus

[rugged vessel]

i am going to hide from most of you

i cant process more than like 3 of you at visitas but i know there is going to be more

[reef grove]

a2c meetup fr fr

[dreamy lynx]

ts like fight club

[lunar shoal]

Real lmao

[reef grove]

yeah 💀 i am taking my a2c participation to my grave

"i was on a2c reddit during high school"

https://tenor.com/view/kids-the-game-indie-game-white-background-people-crowd-gif-26418334

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

are you gonna run away from a2cers irl

[blazing kite]

people genuinely say this... and I'm worried for them......

[wet owl]

We should get some applause for surviving college app season while seeing all those posts ngl

[reef grove]

im staying far away 😭

[obsidian nexus]

yeah but do u care about something

if u care about something that will show

[obsidian nexus]

i mean ive met some awesome ppl on here

thats not because they're on a2c they're just really cool kind and nice ppl who happened to be on a2c when i met them

[rugged vessel]

I hear a2c mentioned quite a lot here

but 9/10 times its the reddit

and im scared bc they are so close to discovering the discord

[obsidian nexus]

LMAOOOOOO

[rugged vessel]

arent u the one that said u didnt have an a2insta

[obsidian nexus]

my friend always talk about a2c and its the reddit

[rugged vessel]

one of u did

[obsidian nexus]

🤫 😶

[crystal shadow]

hi!

[obsidian nexus]

hi jeni!

[crystal shadow]

nsop.

[crystal shadow]

bro my friend scrolled a2reddit in front of me

i’m 90% sure she’s seen my post

[obsidian nexus]

HELP

LMAOO

[zealous cipher]

Imo this is a rather privileged take

[zealous cipher]

THATS DISGUSTING

[obsidian nexus]

wanna elaborate on this

[zealous cipher]

I lock myself in a dark closet before scrolling a2reddit

[zealous cipher]

Like 99% of people don't have something very impressive to show for their passions

[rugged vessel]

what do you consider impressive

[obsidian nexus]

okay but how does that correlate to privilege

[rugged vessel]

your idea of impressive might be rooted in the privilege you think colleges require when reading someone's app (which isn't your fault, that's one of many shitty things about the process that is instilled onto students)

[zealous cipher]

You gotta have the resources to be able to do that

[obsidian nexus]

like yes privilege exists in helping you become more impressive but i dont see how what jazzy said is inherently a privileged take

[zealous cipher]

Hm you might be right lol

[rugged vessel]

like what

[crystal shadow]

well “impressive” is relative to your context for admissions lol

[zealous cipher]

Okay yes I do agree

[crystal shadow]

i don’t come from an area with anywhere near the resources bay area would have but i’m also not being directly compared to them

[obsidian nexus]

yeah colleges evaluate you based on how well you use the resources/opportunities around you

[reef grove]

real

[rugged vessel]

also additionally there are some things that are more achievable for people with the resources (like higher test scores), but people automatically assume that those sort of things are what college want

[zealous cipher]

My perspective has been broadened

[rugged vessel]

which is why the more resources --> better chances at college is what many people seem to think

[crystal shadow]

LMAOO

[reef grove]

i rlly only use the discord for this server lol i like hanging out w the harvardees

[rugged vessel]

i thought the same thing so i used to worry for the opposite reason

[crystal shadow]

harvardees

[rugged vessel]

i was like ooh my school has so many resources but im not using them 🤓

[crystal shadow]

i thought they were cantabrigians

[rugged vessel]

but that olympiad bullshit and stuff of that sort wasn't what was important to me

[zealous cipher]

The hardvarks

[zealous cipher]

Yeah I just did what I wanted but there was an extrinsic motivation to do well and go beyond in that, in part because of college apps

[crystal shadow]

real i refused to touch leetcode anymore than i already did

[reef grove]

fr its all in context, ik that bay area kids prolly do everything i do before noon lmao

but i also dont have the same resources/connections that bay area kids do

[zealous cipher]

And then they spend an hour malding on a2reddit

[rugged vessel]

the less you do things for college apps i feel like the better chance you have lol

[crystal shadow]

real

[reef grove]

hell im in a class with 4 ppl rn

[zealous cipher]

Yeah I have seen this

[crystal shadow]

real my ap chem class year was 9 people 😭

[zealous cipher]

Like the things I did were not driven by college apps but how far I went in them was in part (?)

Idk if that makes sense

[reef grove]

9 ppl is the avg class size at my school 😭

[rugged vessel]

my apchem class was about 30 people and there were 3 periods of it, and i was one of few people in the class to get below a 4!! and look where i am

[reef grove]

bro i got a 2 on ap calc

[crystal shadow]

omg 😭😭

[crystal shadow]

LMAOOOO SAME

[reef grove]

no one is perfect

[zealous cipher]

You got below a 6?

Why am I making factorial jokes

I apologize.

[obsidian nexus]

what ur so lucky

[crystal shadow]

ap calc ab sophomore year cooked me i had a reason though 💔🙏

[obsidian nexus]

small class size the goat

[rugged vessel]

4! is not even 6

[zealous cipher]

But 4!! is

[rugged vessel]

i got a 4 in calc bc and wanted to blame series but got a 4 in the ab subsection so i cant use that excsue

[reef grove]

there are defo benefits, i like small class sizes but we also struggle to have sports teams, extracurriculars, etc bc no ppl

[rugged vessel]

THATS A FUCKING THING?

[zealous cipher]

Yes

[rugged vessel]

WHAT

[zealous cipher]

You skip every other number

So 4 * 2

Triple factorial it's every 2 numbers

4!!! = 4 * 1 = 4

🙂

[reef grove]

4x2 is 6? 💀

[crystal shadow]

4!!!!

[zealous cipher]

Man I'm withdrawing my application

[reef grove]

LMAO

[zealous cipher]

Okay but like

Multiplication and addition are similar okay

[reef grove]

thats so real

[zealous cipher]

So 4*2 could be 6 if you just tweak hard enough

[reef grove]

its all abstract anyway

4 is just a couple lines that we arbitrarily assigned a value to

it is comprised of 3 brushstrokes

therefore its actual value is 3

and 3x2 is 6

[rugged vessel]

stroke 😳

[reef grove]

therefore you are correct

[zealous cipher]

Does Harvard give good aid btw

[crystal shadow]

can we return to when we used to count beans and stuff

imagine doing differential equations with beans

[reef grove]

200k and under is free next year

crazy stuff

[rugged vessel]

some of the best and the nation

and they made it bester

[zealous cipher]

Is that 2023 or 2024 tax return

Cuz uhh

[crystal shadow]

ivys give really really good aid

[zealous cipher]

2024 might have me screwed

[reef grove]

2025 i think

its not for our class

[zealous cipher]

WHAT

[reef grove]

next years class tho

[zealous cipher]

Ok I'm cooked.

[reef grove]

harvard still has good aid tho

[crystal shadow]

wait would it not go into effect your sophomore year

[zealous cipher]

Well let's see if they actually accept me first

[reef grove]

real

[zealous cipher]

My alternative is so expensive 😭😭

[reef grove]

maybe idk

i havent looked into it allat much tbh

[zealous cipher]

I'm hoping Harvard is cheap

Well, provided they accept me 🙏🙏🙏

[reef grove]

you can also try finding third party schoalrships n stuff

merit or financial (if u qualify)

[zealous cipher]

Yeah I need to start that

Sometime

[fleet thicket]

has anyone done the math for acceptance rate for harvard given interview

someone did that for yale

[rugged vessel]

ONE HUNDREDDD 🗣️

i would have said 100!!! but i dont want to continue this conversation

[zealous cipher]

I loved my Harvard interview

[reef grove]

prolly not much of a difference since they try to interview a lot more than yale

[fleet thicket]

i see

[zealous cipher]

It was my best interview

[zealous cipher]

😈

[crystal shadow]

like the difference between interview vs no interview isn’t huge?

[rugged vessel]

honestly idk

i feel like my interview carried some weight

and it objectively was factored into my composite score

[crystal shadow]

yeah for sure

[rugged vessel]

and ik ppl who had higher interview scores than everything else and got in so like

idk

[reef grove]

i feel like it depends, for edge cases it can defo bump you one way or the other

[rugged vessel]

it probably helps more to have a good one than hurts to have a bad one

[reef grove]

but for most its just to make sure you have a pulse

[zealous cipher]

How do you know your score

[crystal shadow]

well someone did the math that 160 yalies were accepted without interviews i wonder what the number is for harvard

[rugged vessel]

its also hard to have a bad one unless u try

[reef grove]

thats what my interviewer told me

[rugged vessel]

i got my admissions file

[reef grove]

me

[zealous cipher]

Idk if I'd want my admissions file

Like what if I just barely got in

Would I want to have knowledge of that?

[rugged vessel]

yeah kaz is a prime example of having a terrible interview and getting into harvard

[rugged vessel]

it definitely makes u feel a mix of emotions 💀

esp bc we all got it at least a month into school if we requested

[reef grove]

yeah like i messed that shit UP and still got in, its rlly just to make sure youre who you say you are

[zealous cipher]

Impostor syndrome worsens

[fleet thicket]

i wanna read my admissions file for all schools ngl

[crystal shadow]

reject imposter syndrome

everyone’s still eating the veritaffle

[reef grove]

i would read my umich file bc they deferred me

[rugged vessel]

u can only do it for the one u go to