Harvard University (2024-2025)

[tall haven]

At have

Harvard

Ur ok

[flat flame]

also idk why i applied bme i might be cooked gpa-wise

[tall haven]

If ur gna be bottom o class

Gna be hard

Premed anywhere

Ykwim

Wait sorry is that sounds like blunt

😭😭😭

[flat flame]

wait no it’s fine i get it haha

i don’t think i’d be bottom of class? i just don’t know how competitive the students are relative to the other school

also about how many harvard premeds are there

[tall haven]

A lot

[dreamy lynx]

Dawg you cracked you’ll be fine at either 😭

[flat flame]

ik gov/econ takes up a giant chunk so less than that right

[flat flame]

i’m scared 😭

[tall haven]

Wait lowkey just like do what u like

There’s always transferring

If u hate ur school

[flat flame]

transferring sm work though

[dreamy lynx]

Tbh I’m scared of life sciences but you got this fs no matter where you go

[flat flame]

i don’t think i’ll dislike it to the point of having to transfer im just trying to figure out what the better option is

also idk fs if i’m premed yet 💀

[dreamy lynx]

Idt transferring should even be a consideration atp

[flat flame]

yeah it’s not for me

[tall haven]

Wait why I had a friend transfer from Harvard to mit

Cuz they didn’t like vibe

[dreamy lynx]

Bro that’s like

Never happened 😭

0.001% ahh

[tall haven]

Yea like a couple years ago

[flat flame]

isn’t the transfer acceptance rate like 0.1% or smth

[tall haven]

But mit and Harvard r same level

Basically

[dreamy lynx]

They take like no transfers and like never from a school that has no reason to transfer from

[flat flame]

u can take courses at mit right

from harvard

[soft lark]

So after going to Harvard undergrad there will still be opportunities to connect with, say, a Harvard law graduate?

[flat flame]

mit waitlisted me 😭

[tall haven]

Yea idk this dude just wanted to transfer

[dreamy lynx]

Like it makes sense to transfer from cc to mit they don’t take people from like ivies cause like you already got everything

[tall haven]

Well obv u need a reason

Idk why that dude decided to transfer

[flat flame]

i feel like mit would be at least as if not more competitive than harvard

[dreamy lynx]

Yeah I don’t see why not, you can always go to the law library ig

[tall haven]

But wtv

[dreamy lynx]

Anyways on Harvard, it’s really easy to switch majors if you change your mind on premed

But for premeds

[soft lark]

I prolly wouldn’t do that cuz I’m not a linkedin warrior but idk how networking really works here

[dreamy lynx]

There is like Longwood Medical area which had a lot of opportunities

Which is just a free shuttle away

[dreamy lynx]

Tbh I feel like if you seek out those connections they will happen, but also some of your TFs may be grad students sometimes

Or even proctor

My proctor is a law student

[flat flame]

yeah that’s another consideration i have

also how hard is it to double major

at harvard

like how much extra work and can u still graduate in 4 years and just have to take more classes per sem

[soft lark]

I just wanna make sure I take advantage of coming here by making connections yk

[dreamy lynx]

It’s kinda tough because double counting rules they encourage joint concentrations more I feel like

I would look into joint vs double and what people do for your major choices

[atomic path]

for the waitlist do you just hit accept on the form and email them a loci/update separately?

[dreamy lynx]

Idk if it’s different for premed cause for stat cs almost everyone does joint rather than double

Double is good if it’s too unrelated fields

[soft lark]

How does finding a roommate work

[dreamy lynx]

Random

[flat flame]

gotcha ty!

[dreamy lynx]

Fill out the roommate form eventually

They match you

[tender light]

The amount of Econ majors I’ve seen recently is insane

[flat flame]

u can’t pick right

a roommate

[tender light]

Yeah u can’t

[dreamy lynx]

Nah fr everyone an Econ major

[soft lark]

What do Econ majors even do

[tender light]

I hope I het Lowell house sophomore year

[soft lark]

Is that mostly stats

[tender light]

They’re usually the finance guys/consulting guys tbh

[soft lark]

Like Ik it’s money but what are u learning

[dreamy lynx]

Econ either more mathy or they avoid the math and do gov econ stuff

[tender light]

Or in rare circumstances they work in the fed

[soft lark]

Do they just learn how to predict market trends and stuff

[dreamy lynx]

Idk I don’t take any econ classes

[tender light]

Eh, in my case I’m studying applied mathematics and Econ to build a trading background

[flat flame]

i feel like econ/gov together would make up half the population

[dreamy lynx]

But I feel like econ majors there is like a divide of math focused or no math

[tender light]

I think it depends

[soft lark]

U got more figured out than me cuz idk what the hell I’m doing

[tender light]

A lot of people don’t which is fair

[soft lark]

It kinda sucks cuz idk if I’m making the right decision turning down princeton and stanford when idek what career I wanna go into

[tender light]

I think in general Econ/govt people work in the state department or some government agency (less math focus)

Could be wrong though

[tender light]

That’s a crazy trio

[dreamy lynx]

Yeah that’s what my friend wants to do

[tender light]

I’m between Yale, Harvard, and Williams

[soft lark]

Well I shouldn’t say turning down cuz I’m still gonna visit them to make sure

[soft lark]

Let’s be honest ur prob not picking williams lol

[tender light]

Fair

[balmy thorn]

What are u leaning rn

[soft lark]

I turned down cornell upenn and brown immediately

[tender light]

But I’m going to bulldogs day and visitas

[tender light]

Applied math/econ

[soft lark]

Ima go to visitas too

[tender light]

Minor cs

[soft lark]

Registration hasn’t opened yet right

[balmy thorn]

No like Harvard or Yale lol

[tender light]

Nah

[tender light]

I haven’t decided but rn Harvard

[soft lark]

I added u first Harvard connection 💯

[balmy thorn]

Ahhh nice. My dream school was yale bc of the community and how it was less competitive with the same outcomes and I was hating on Harvard yk but I got deferred -> rejected 😭😭😭. Now I got waitlisted at Harvard 💀 and if I get in somehow I’ll have to hate on yale

[flat flame]

hsp is insane

[tender light]

Yale’s admitted students package is so ass bruh

[soft lark]

Thanks yale waitlisted me

[fleet thicket]

wait i didn’t get mine yet

[soft lark]

Didn’t apply to mit tho

[fleet thicket]

Tf

[tender light]

Lmaoo

It’s just a sticker

Your not missing much

[fleet thicket]

Tf????

They give u free merch at bdd tho

[flat flame]

i didnt apply to yale lol

i should have

[tender light]

I feel u

[soft lark]

Fuck yale

[flat flame]

but i got lazy

[tender light]

I got deferred Penn

[soft lark]

Yale is just less cool than hpsm

[flat flame]

mit waitlisted me

[tender light]

THEY DO?

[fleet thicket]

Ok don’t lie

[soft lark]

Yale is a lame name

[tender light]

I want the sweater so bad

[fleet thicket]

Yesss the students in the discord server were talking about to

[fleet thicket]

Tf r u talking about

Yale name is aura asf

[flat flame]

also why is there no harvard'29 discord

[soft lark]

Princeton Harvard Stanford mit

[flat flame]

and theres a whatsapp somehow

[soft lark]

Those are cool names

Yale is like meh

[tender light]

Yale doesn’t have as much aura as Harvard though

[soft lark]

Humanities hippies

[fleet thicket]

at least our emails are @yale.edu and not @college.harvard.edu

[flat flame]

princeton and duke have the coolest names

[fleet thicket]

Ur emails are disgusting

[tender light]

The WhatsApp is insane

[flat flame]

ignoring rankings and stuff

[fleet thicket]

Duke is top5 aura names ngl

the 4 letters are so clean

[flat flame]

wdym

[flat flame]

fr

[tender light]

Harvard.edu is still a tough ass ending

[soft lark]

“Harvard.edu is the most prestigious email address in the country” -the social network

[flat flame]

also has anyone gotten an email from harvard yet

[tender light]

I woke up to over 2000 unread messages when I took a 3 hour nap

[flat flame]

my parents got one but i still havent gotten one

[flat flame]

holy

thats crazy

[soft lark]

I got an email about financial assistance to Visitas

[fleet thicket]

i think top 5 aura names unranked r Duke Stanford Princeton Yale Harvard

[tender light]

The intentionals on there YAPPPP

[flat flame]

ah ok

[tender light]

MIT over Duke tbh

[flat flame]

did u get any general email

[soft lark]

Nah

[tender light]

I got one reminding me to set up the Harvard key

[fleet thicket]

u think? I feel like the abbreviation makes it less aura

[tender light]

@fleet thicket did you get into Harvard?

[fleet thicket]

Ok bud

Not too much

[tender light]

Fair

[soft lark]

MIT got a ring to it

[tender light]

I was genuinely asking 😭

[fleet thicket]

Oh LMFAO i got rejected

(yield protected)

[tender light]

Yeah sure…

Ig Yale likely is insane in itself

[fleet thicket]

Yale sends likelies to ppl who they think will get into their peer schools but i think they guessed wrong ig

[soft lark]

I thought I’d get into yale since I got an interview and it went pretty good but nah

[tender light]

Istg my Dartmouth essays were better than my Yale and Harvard ones and I got wl from them

[fickle shell]

didn tu get rejected like everywhere but yale

[fleet thicket]

my yale interview was my best one ngl

[fickle shell]

[fleet thicket]

No?

[soft lark]

I think I sold choosing virtual over in person interview for yale

[fickle shell]

i want to get into yale?

[fickle shell]

let me in

[soft lark]

Harvard I did in person and got in

[fleet thicket]

i got into mich and tufts

[tender light]

My Harvard interviewer and I became best friends

[soft lark]

Same

[fleet thicket]

this is a crazy thing to js say to someone lol

[soft lark]

I think ppl underestimate how much the interviews matter

[fleet thicket]

my harvard interview was interesting

[fickle shell]

I THOUGHT U WERE SOMEONE ELSE

[tender light]

How so?

[flat flame]

my best interview school rejected me and my worst accepted me

[fickle shell]

yet despite that... ur acceptance better than mine

[fleet thicket]

Idk he didn’t rlly ask questions

[fickle shell]

it ONLY TAKES ONE

[soft lark]

My worst rejected me and my best accepted me and the middle waitlisted me

[fleet thicket]

just told me to tell him about myself and why harvard

[tender light]

That’s how I felt about Duke. I’m fully expecting to get rejected tmr

[fleet thicket]

we kinda just talked for 30 minutes it was nice

[flat flame]

i got grilled by my harvard interviewers for the first half

on like

[tender light]

Plus I accidentally said northwestern in my duke Supp

[flat flame]

healthcare politics/bureaucracy

[flat flame]

gg

[fleet thicket]

I also feel like my why harvard answer in the interview wasn’t that good

[flat flame]

SAME

[fleet thicket]

like i think my why yale was so much more natural

[tender light]

I know. Cooked

[fleet thicket]

which is kind of indicative of fit ig

[soft lark]

My Dartmouth interview was ass and they rejected me

[flat flame]

its ok u have harvard

[tender light]

My why is essays were so eh

[flat flame]

i like my duke supps a lot but i think my interview was mid

[tender light]

I didn’t like any of them but Columbia

[soft lark]

Duke tmrw

[flat flame]

he liked me well enough but i didnt get to talk about everything i wanted to

[fleet thicket]

Idk the only reason i wanted to go to harvard was because it was harvard

[soft lark]

Idec about duke

[fleet thicket]

i don’t rlly have many compelling reasons outside of that

which is probably indicative of fit

[tender light]

Real, fuck Duke

[soft lark]

That’s basically my reason tbf

[flat flame]

i just noticed ur pfp

wild

[fleet thicket]

lol

[tender light]

Lmao

I got into all of them but Columbia

[soft lark]

I got waitlisted at Columbia

[tender light]

this was my essay too

my why columbia essay

[fleet thicket]

Idk i feel like my why yale came so much more naturally like i could probably tell u why i wanted to go to yale

[fleet thicket]

i took a very different approach lol

[tender light]

Fair

[soft lark]

Mine was straightforward

[fleet thicket]

i really loved my columbia essays

[tender light]

I used a lot of analogies/descriptive language and metaphors in my essays

[soft lark]

Basically listed off shit at Columbia and connected it to stuff I do or like

[tender light]

That’s probably smarter than my approach

[fleet thicket]

maybe i’ll come to harvard for grad school

i feel like stanford grad school would be fire tho

[tender light]

I plan on getting my mba at Wharton

[soft lark]

If I could guarantee that I’d get into Harvard grad I’d prob choose stanford undergrad

But I don’t wanna miss out on Harvard

[fleet thicket]

i didn’t apply stanny undergrad

[worn helm]

what💀💀

more premeds at jhu fs

[fleet thicket]

jhu is the premed school lol

[tender light]

My question is why does this server have so many Harvard admits😭 makes me feel like the acceptance rate is 20%

[worn helm]

oh yeah fs

[fleet thicket]

selection bias

[soft lark]

Where’s the poll

Where ppl reacted and put their result

[tender light]

I get that but it’s insane

[fleet thicket]

.

[soft lark]

If u pay attention it’s really the same 5-6 people tbh

[fleet thicket]

12% ar

[tender light]

17 in the server

Wild

[tender light]

Fair

[worn helm]

look what channel we’re in bruzzo 💔💔

[fleet thicket]

i feel like there’s only a few crossadmits

[tender light]

Over 100 rejected is also crazy. I don’t think another a2c college has that many

[tender light]

Obv 😭 I mean in general

[native solar]

not even mit?

[tender light]

Maybe, never checked since I don’t apply

[soft lark]

Same

Nerds

[fleet thicket]

mich had 100 waitlists

[native solar]

mit was just absolutely devastating 😭😭😭

[tender light]

Real

[native solar]

i only remember like 3 people getting in

[soft lark]

Caleb u international?

[native solar]

and the channel was flooding with rejections 😭

[tender light]

I know 4 people personally who got in from my school area

[soft lark]

Oh wait

Ur not nvm

[tender light]

My school had 1 acceptance and 2 wl

[fleet thicket]

only like 2 ppl got into mit at my school

i think we had 5 harvards? maybe 6

[soft lark]

The fuck

[tender light]

Basically the same stats here

[native solar]

i just checked, mit had 136 rejections on the poll

7 acceptances

[tender light]

My school had like 8-10 Cornell’s though

3 yales

1 Columbia

[fleet thicket]

we have 14 yales and 12 are going i think

[soft lark]

Bruh I think I’m the only kid to get into an ivy

[native solar]

yo what 😭😭😭

what in the magnet school

[tender light]

You live by New Haven right?

[soft lark]

And yall got 14 yales

And 5 harvards

[fleet thicket]

yeah i go to school by new haven

[tender light]

Makes sense

[native solar]

we have one person go to an ivy league every 7-8 years at my school 😭

[soft lark]

Before this year nobody in my school had gotten into Harvard in like half a decade

Or princeton

[fleet thicket]

you can probably figure out where i go to school if u rlly care

what other stats did we have

i think we have 4 pton

[tender light]

My sister school sends the most kids to Harvard in the country every year. Over 30

[fleet thicket]

and you were one of them congrats!!!

[tender light]

And no, what not Phillips Exeter

[soft lark]

Let’s set up an a2c ultra prestige whore network across all the ivy admits and we’ll be the richest group in America

[tender light]

Lmao, I fear us harvardians already get called pretentious and elitist enough

[soft lark]

U right

[fleet thicket]

h*rv*rd 🤢

[tender light]

Fale

[soft lark]

Bruzz got rejected 😭

[fleet thicket]

U got rejected from yale no room to speak

[soft lark]

Waitlisted actually

[tender light]

I hope I get a lot of free shit from bulldogs day

[fleet thicket]

Soft rejection

[soft lark]

Wouldn’t have picked it over Harvard

[fleet thicket]

Imagine u come to bulldog days and realize you will enjoy it a lot more than harvard

Praying that happens

[tender light]

Never happening

[soft lark]

If I went off enjoyment I’d be committed to stanford

[fleet thicket]

Anything is possible

[tender light]

That was mean

I’m sorry

[tender light]

Stanford has grade deflation I fear

[fleet thicket]

Its ok ur already trying to embody the true harvard pretentiousness!

[soft lark]

Yo what state are u in caleb

[tender light]

Mass

I live 20 minutes from Harvard

[soft lark]

How else do we get into finals clubs 💔

I’m 30 min from princeton

[worn helm]

‼️‼️

[flat flame]

i heard from a friend that in some premed classes only a 97 is an a and they curve down 😭

[tender light]

But I will be taking the free shirts/swag

[fleet thicket]

Acceptance rate to clubs lower than the acceptance rate to harvard itself 💔

[worn helm]

the only people ik who went to bdd and visitas and like yale more were yale likelys

[worn helm]

holy fucking shit

[soft lark]

And the competition is Harvard students this time

[fleet thicket]

Shiii

[worn helm]

oh nahh not here

[flat flame]

are they actually

[fleet thicket]

Yale is smart at sending likelies ig

[tender light]

Lmao

[worn helm]

yes 💔💔

[flat flame]

he goes to harvard 💀

[tender light]

Visitas sounds so exciting

[worn helm]

💔💔

[fleet thicket]

When the marketing technique worked on me 💔

[flat flame]

good thing i probably wont be applying for those !

[fleet thicket]

Actually i’m profiting off yale sooo maybe it didn’t

[flat flame]

the comp ones are the consulting/business type ones right

[worn helm]

a premed class w a 97 A cutoff?

[tender light]

I hear the Coop is mad expensive though

[flat flame]

ik im so excited

does harvard do regional meetups

[worn helm]

i feel like no class curves down either

[tender light]

Yes

[flat flame]

yeah

[worn helm]

dw i did and im still chilling

[tender light]

I have friends in New York that are

[flat flame]

like official ones?

[tender light]

Yeah, they live in Long Island

It’s the fact I’m literally a half hour train ride form Harvard and I still haven’t gotten my admitted students package

[worn helm]

the only one i can think of is life sciences 1a and the cutoff for that last yr was a 93. i think it was like a 95-96 back during covid but i think kids were cheating on their test or the class was too easy for some reason

i might TA it next semester too

[tender light]

Classes are so easy they curve down?😭

[fleet thicket]

how hard is it to TA

[soft lark]

Yall think it would be smart to wear merch from my fav shows the first week so ppl with the same interests come up to me

[worn helm]

they don’t curve down

[tender light]

Fair

[tender light]

Oh okay

[worn helm]

not too hard. i think if you get an A or A- and ask the professor you should be chilling

[tender light]

What house will you be in next year Chris?

[worn helm]

for some of the math courses they send out an application

[flat flame]

im so excited for that too

i bet its good

[flat flame]

ohh okay

[tender light]

I heard it’s stickers and a flag

Not that crazy

[worn helm]

eliot but it’s getting renovated so the inn💔

but the inn is fire

[soft lark]

Why do ppl say the food is mid asf

[tender light]

What’s the best one?

[worn helm]

it can be but i never rlly had a problem with it

[soft lark]

Shouldn’t they be able to afford 10/10 cuisine

[flat flame]

wait how did they cheat was it take home or smth

[tender light]

Even though we get no choice in choosing anyway

[rugged vessel]

hi im here just in case chris is spreading false information

[worn helm]

probably lowell, adams, winthrop, and dunster

[flat flame]

oh aw

[worn helm]

go to sleep

[sage yew]

who else

[rugged vessel]

nah winthrop lowkey smells

completely unbiased quincy is up there

[soft lark]

Are any of the students in here friends w each other irl

[tender light]

They told me not to tell

[rugged vessel]

yes

[soft lark]

That’s cool

[tender light]

But it’s someone with good stats that u know

[sage yew]

oh 💀 ok

[rugged vessel]

me and chris are good friends and as embarrassing as it is im in an a2blocking group

[sage yew]

oh wait

ik who they are then lmfao

[rugged vessel]

(our friend gorup of 8, and 4 of us are in a2c)

[sage yew]

they told me already

sorry i forgot

[tender light]

I’ve seen Lowell, it looks so good

[rugged vessel]

lowell is probably the best all around house

like rly no downside

[tender light]

Wait are we talking the same person? Dm

[worn helm]

bias

new quincy is ugly

[rugged vessel]

IDC

chris aint my friend i lied

[worn helm]

stone hall beautiful tho

[tender light]

How’s leverret, I hear it’s up there

[rugged vessel]

leverett's good

[worn helm]

yea ls1a has like takehome exams

but they’re each worth 5%

[rugged vessel]

i feel like the only house that leans on the bad side is kirkland 💀

[worn helm]

some kids were def cheating

[soft lark]

How common is chatgpt

[worn helm]

i dont like the towers tbh

[tender light]

I’m tryna get into a finals club

[rugged vessel]

notice i enter the chat and @flat flame leaves 😔

[tender light]

I hear they’re almost impossible unless your an athlete/rich

[worn helm]

using it rn 💔💔

[rugged vessel]

bro doxxed himself

[worn helm]

chatgpt actually my goat

[flat flame]

IM TALKING TO MY FRIEND DAFKSLJD

i would never

[soft lark]

This is easier than my ap bio work 💔

[rugged vessel]

i use chatgpt more than i should but i give a shit abt learning compared to high school so i usually put in extra effort to understand material

[worn helm]

W ego

[flat flame]

no way people gpt this

thats more work than doing the problem

[soft lark]

I’m trying to convince myself Harvard won’t make me wanna kms with the workload

[balmy thorn]

I’m sending this to Harvard 😏

[worn helm]

nah i was wondering why we assumed a genotype was homozygous

[tender light]

I’m doing applied math, grade inflation doesn’t even apply in my case

[worn helm]

this exam question

[flat flame]

ah

[rugged vessel]

theres a lot of ppl ik in applied math

[flat flame]

how bad is it

[rugged vessel]

i can probably direct u to my friend if u ever have questions

but he's applied math and econ

theres like 2830493 tracks

[tender light]

Word

[rugged vessel]

i dont get it

[flat flame]

i guess it depends on major

[tender light]

That’s my exact major double😭

[flat flame]

is there consistently 3+ hours of work a day

or does it vary a lot based on concentration/prof

[rugged vessel]

i did not perform super well academically in high school and i struggle in harvard but overall am on track

[worn helm]

solve it for me then 💔

[rugged vessel]

so im assuming all of you are smarter than me (no glaze) so you'll be fine

[rugged vessel]

make a punnett square

[worn helm]

they give us gpt 4o for free

[soft lark]

Bro recombination frequency?

Ain’t that just a proportion

[flat flame]

number of non parent/(parent)

[balmy thorn]

Oh?

[flat flame]

why did it do that

[rugged vessel]

overall yeah i think so, it does depend, but for me i easily have that amt of work a day but bc of how independent college life is it rly doesnt feel as bad

[tender light]

All these bio people, where my math heads at?

[worn helm]

yea so whats the answer

[balmy thorn]

Damn I rlly gotta try to get off the wl then

[worn helm]

yea so whats the answer

[soft lark]

$20

[flat flame]

i am not doing math rn

[rugged vessel]

3 hours of hw a day in hs is a lot worse than 3 hours of hw a day for college

[soft lark]

Fr

[rugged vessel]

i am as far as possible from being a math enjoyer oml

[flat flame]

makes sense bc fewer classes too

how many classes per sem do ppl usually take here

[soft lark]

How many hours of classes a week do u have

[rugged vessel]

4 sometimes 5

[soft lark]

I assume it’s nowhere near the 40 hours a week of hs

Oh

That’s not bad

[tender light]

Math is the best part of school

[soft lark]

So 3 hours of hw is justified

[rugged vessel]

thats what they all say.

[soft lark]

Tbh school is the one thing I’m good at

[rugged vessel]

my math and physics class last semester each gave at like 12-15 hours a week of hw, plus not only lectures, but labs, and sections

there was like 4 required components for my math class

and still are

[soft lark]

So I’m more worried about ppl saying the extracurricular commitments are like full time jobs

[rugged vessel]

expos will give u hella readings and essays at terrible times

[worn helm]

if you have good time management you could get by with less

[tender light]

I feel like that’s mad doable

[flat flame]

my friend goes here and he said the exact same thing

[worn helm]

also depends on major

[flat flame]

like he spends more time on ecs than school

[tender light]

Wait when do class registrations start?

[rugged vessel]

depends on ur concentration yet again bc i think on average a lot of the gov/econ ppl are doing those hella long ec's

[worn helm]

i think mid august?

[soft lark]

Chill bro we don’t need to worry about that yet 😭

[rugged vessel]

or are super smart 💀

[tender light]

Oh word

[rugged vessel]

we gotta worry abt it rn 😔

[tender light]

Bruh I saw math 55 in the course registration

I was scared

[flat flame]

30+ hours/week for just 2 classes sounds terrible wdym 😭

[soft lark]

How much should we prepare over the summer

[balmy thorn]

Are there lots of gov/econ

[flat flame]

ok good

[tender light]

I saw 12-13💀

[soft lark]

I’m tryna chill this summer

[rugged vessel]

yes

[worn helm]

none

[flat flame]

ah yes selective reading

[balmy thorn]

Ah so I’m cooked for waitlist bc I don’t fill an institutional need…. UGHHHHH

[flat flame]

but i missed the "each" at first too

[soft lark]

Are intro classes actually intro or are u expected to have some prior knowledge

Idk how the course recs and shit work

Placement tests

[worn helm]

ehh usually they’re intro

[tender light]

I just know Harvard cs50 is gonna have 500 kids in it

[flat flame]

does anyone know if bio kids generally spend the same amount of time on ecs and classes

[worn helm]

for ls1a they recommend ap chem and i didnt do ap chem and still passed with an a

[worn helm]

probably skewed towards classes

[flat flame]

the bio one looks intro 💀

[worn helm]

some of these bio courses are actually so annoying

[flat flame]

the one chris sent lol

[soft lark]

How much benefit is there to taking harder classes

[rugged vessel]

last semester, math met 3 times a week for an hour and 15 minute section, then an hour a week for workshop. 3 psets a week, each took anywhere from 3-7 hours (this semester, math psets are worse)

physics there was two lectures a week, plus lab once a week, and section once a week, and each pset took me easily like 10+ hours a week 😭 plus prelabs and post-labs

[soft lark]

I feel like I’d rather have a high gpa and Harvard degree than take math 55 and its equivalents

[rugged vessel]

rn my chem class is ok but a ton of side quests for no reason

theres always chem to do

[worn helm]

wait its actually not horrible just the psets are annoying

[rugged vessel]

im doing the opposite as wht you're thinking rn

[tender light]

Oh god no

[balmy thorn]

Guys am I cooked for Harvard waitlist if I’m doing Econ and gov

[soft lark]

Taking easy classes?

[tender light]

Is there a phsyics gen ed requirement ?

[worn helm]

the average on the first test was a 77 tho i think

[rugged vessel]

im pushing myself harder bc i rly want to learn and catch up a bit

[tender light]

Harvard wl is cooked in general tbh

[rugged vessel]

idc as much what grades imma get

[soft lark]

Oh ok

[rugged vessel]

like i try my best but im just trying to keep my gpa idk maybe about a 3.5?

[flat flame]

im scared

[balmy thorn]

Is it more cooked tho

[soft lark]

But are harder classes really just for knowledge

[flat flame]

how do u have time to sleep

[soft lark]

Or do they have other benefits

[worn helm]

we dont 💔💔

[tender light]

Probably, I’m in the WhatsApp and I’ve seen like 12 Econ/govt majors

[worn helm]

just to challenge yourself

[flat flame]

is everyone at harvard sleep deprived due to work or just bad time management

[worn helm]

like why would u go to school to just take easy courses

[balmy thorn]

Ugh

I might have a hook idk we’ll see

[worn helm]

combination. also some people get good sleep but they prob sacrifice social life

[balmy thorn]

Hoping I can get off

[tender light]

Tbh I’ve seen videos and everyone looks like they’re having a decently good time

[flat flame]

i need to not cook my gpa if i decide to do premed

[rugged vessel]

no there are divisional distributions and cool, fun, awesome geneds

arts & humanities (1 total)
science (1)
social science (1)

geneds:

aesthetics and culture (1)
ethics and civics (1)
history societies and individuals (1)
science technology in society (1)

[worn helm]

wait i can put u on

[soft lark]

True but I’m wondering more if like u NEED to take the hard classes for jobs and stuff

[rugged vessel]

harvard has pretty chill grad requirements which is probably my favoite academic thing abt harvard

[worn helm]

if you wanna lock in premed here

[tender light]

Oh cool

[worn helm]

do 2 stem courses 2 nonstem every semester

i’ve been maintaining a 4.0 w that

[soft lark]

Is the language requirement hard

[flat flame]

ooo alr

[worn helm]

and take exams seriously

[rugged vessel]

depends how much u put on your plate, im in a harder than average schedule right now, a time consuming extracurricular, have a good social life, and get 7-9 hours of sleep a night :)

[flat flame]

are there any premed bme majors

or are they all non-engineering

[worn helm]

yeah a few

my friend is

[rugged vessel]

or be like me and take harder classes and get a bit of a lower gpa probably

depends on ur priorities

[flat flame]

are they getting cooked or nah

well ig its still geneds

[worn helm]

nah not really. do you wanna do quant?

[worn helm]

kinda

but hes dumb

[flat flame]

this gives me hope

[worn helm]

double concentrating bme and neurosci

hes doing 5 classes rn and kinda drowning

[soft lark]

Not atm

[rugged vessel]

is this who i think it is

yes

[flat flame]

yikes

[worn helm]

i told him not to take 5 he can barely do 4

[rugged vessel]

💀

we did too dw

[flat flame]

i feel like if i double concentrate my gpa will be cooked

[worn helm]

like last semester he was constantly getting 3 hours of sleep

[soft lark]

Is taking 5 classes so that u can graduate earlier or sum

[worn helm]

nahh

[rugged vessel]

honestly it depends what it is

[flat flame]

wait i genuinely cant do this

[worn helm]

no bc he wants to do 2 majors

[flat flame]

i would die

[rugged vessel]

doubling engineering with another stem is probably one of the hardest doubles you can do

[flat flame]

i need to get 7 a night

[soft lark]

Oh fuck that

[flat flame]

or i dont function

[worn helm]

you dont have to for sure

[flat flame]

which is bad ik

[rugged vessel]

also joints are fine

i am doing joint eps and astrophysics rn

[soft lark]

Did either of u cross register a class at mit

[rugged vessel]

i like the requirements and how they overlap and stuff

nah

[worn helm]

no 💔

[rugged vessel]

tbh most ppl don't

only if theres smth u rly wanna take there that we dont have

no other reason to choose it

it's a free gpa killer

[flat flame]

im thinking of maybe bme and public health or smth like that

but bme by itself seems hard to get a good gpa

[soft lark]

I kinda want to know what it’s like to take a class at mit

[rugged vessel]

it was nice knowing you ally 🙏🏽 🕊️ ✝️ 💐

[worn helm]

if you lock into the method you’re chilling

[rugged vessel]

jk that seems ok

[worn helm]

2 stem 2 nonstem

[flat flame]

NO STOP

[rugged vessel]

u can do 3 stem not all stems are created equal

[flat flame]

this is not convincing me to go to harvard jazzy

[worn helm]

true

[rugged vessel]

just the semester u take expos i would take another nonstem

💀

[flat flame]

what are expos agian

agian

again

i cant type

[rugged vessel]

i am in 3 stem + expos and its like fine i just rly wish i had more free time

[worn helm]

sophomorre fall im doinf chem 17 chem 40 and ps2 but chem 40 is chill

[rugged vessel]

i cant say im having fun overall

[worn helm]

you did it to urself lil bro

2 stem 2 nonstem the method

[rugged vessel]

so who tf lied to you about chem 40

[soft lark]

How expensive is it to live here if u have room and board covered alr

[rugged vessel]

bro u just lazy af

[worn helm]

😂😂😂

[rugged vessel]

one semester of a freshman writing bullshit

[rugged vessel]

keep getting your funny up

[worn helm]

my gpa not cooked so im chilling

[soft lark]

Do most ppl have jobs

[worn helm]

nah ur gpa fine jazzy

[soft lark]

Like normal jobs just for cash

[rugged vessel]

some ppl have jobs

[worn helm]

mb

[rugged vessel]

a decent chunk

[worn helm]

like me

jazzy unemployed

💔💔

[soft lark]

Seems like that would be a pretty busy schedule

[worn helm]

i have like 2 jobs

[rugged vessel]

🤨 i was in a diff tab its fine 😔

[worn helm]

first semester i was working 3

🥀🥀

[soft lark]

3 jobs is crazy

[flat flame]

ah

[soft lark]

Was that also for jobs within ur interest or resume or sum

[flat flame]

are they more timeconsuming

[soft lark]

Or just for more money

[rugged vessel]

chris just wants money ngl

me too fr

[worn helm]

for money

[soft lark]

I think with room and board covered I can prob live off my personal savings

[flat flame]

also for bio/premed is mass networking as important as for gov/econ majors

[rugged vessel]

what do u consider networking

i might just be a loser but imma start spam meeting professors and go from there

[soft lark]

Spamming linkedin follows

[rugged vessel]

that too

[worn helm]

no not at all

you literally dont need linkedin or anything if ur premed

[tender light]

Wait has everyone who’s been talking been admitted ?

[rugged vessel]

gov/econ majors network bc they aint getting a job in their oversaturated ass fields without it

lowkey yeah

[tender light]

Ally, ., jazzy?

[soft lark]

Jazzy attends

[rugged vessel]

im a current freshman

[tender light]

Ahh

[rugged vessel]

signing up for my meeting to schedule classes rn, let's see what my proctor thinks of my 5 stem classes for the fall

[worn helm]

you prob just need research which you can ask professors abt, volunteering which is super easy to do, and clinical is prob the only think you’d need to maybe network for

[tender light]

Do freshman’s host visitas or upperclassmen?

[flat flame]

too late 💀

[worn helm]

both

[flat flame]

yea im admitted '29

[soft lark]

Does everyone get a roommate or is one of the buildings for singles or something

[rugged vessel]

there are singles scattered through buildings

[worn helm]

some people get singles

[rugged vessel]

some ppl got singles in suites

[worn helm]

jazzy has one

[rugged vessel]

some got roommates

[flat flame]

oo okay doable

[soft lark]

Is that totally random

[rugged vessel]

i got a single because i am disable bleh :p

[worn helm]

like i barely network and still chilling

[tender light]

I lowkey don’t want a single first year

[soft lark]

I think I’d prefer a roommate actually

[tender light]

That’s depressing

[still edge]

when does the housing info come out

[worn helm]

im a lowkey premed

[rugged vessel]

theyll give you a roommate dw

[soft lark]

Cuz at least I’ll have someone to talk to

[worn helm]

late summer like july?

[rugged vessel]

low chance u somehow dont get one tbh

[worn helm]

maybe

[soft lark]

Idk how long it’ll take me to make friends

[tender light]

Do you know anyone who lives in the president’s building?

[worn helm]

ooo i do

[flat flame]

how well does harvard match ppl w roommates

[rugged vessel]

is that mass hall

[still edge]

is there anything else ill get rn

[flat flame]

do people ever hate their roommate

[still edge]

or is all of it in may

[worn helm]

not at all 💀💀

[rugged vessel]

yes

[soft lark]

Bruh

[tender light]

Is it nicer?

[rugged vessel]

nah lowkey they good more often than noot

[worn helm]

i dont think so? most of the stuff is after you commit

[rugged vessel]

i can think of several roommate pairs/trios where im like oh damn

quite a lot of roommate blocking groups too

[worn helm]

lowkey not really

prob standard for harvard

[soft lark]

Most students are willing to get along tho right

[flat flame]

oh no

[rugged vessel]

usually

chris is lying he's projecting fr

BRO U LITREALLY GOT GOOD ROOMMATES

[worn helm]

yeah i’d say so

[flat flame]

im scared of not getting along w my roommate and then having to live them w a year

[tender light]

Deadass I haven’t met a single pretentious/elitest person yet on insta or WhatsApp

[worn helm]

we barely talk and you’re bias bc M

[rugged vessel]

barely talk is like totally fine

[worn helm]

wait you’ll probably get along w them

prob not besties

[rugged vessel]

give it time <3

[soft lark]

I haven’t even tried talking to ppl on insta or WhatsApp or anywhere other than here tbh

[tender light]

I’ve made 200 insta friends in 24 hours

[tender light]

Oh god

[soft lark]

Bruh

[worn helm]

bro im so behind

i have to make a cheat sheet for ls1b tmrw

[soft lark]

Did u just follow everyone that posted on Harvard class of 2029 or something

[rugged vessel]

yes

[tender light]

Kind of, and I’m in multiple insta gcs

[soft lark]

Where are u finding them?

I’m alr behind bro

I haven’t even committed

[worn helm]

how big

[tender light]

I kind of just talk to people

[soft lark]

Oh wait

[flat flame]

wait same

[soft lark]

Ur in mass

[flat flame]

im only in whatsapp

[soft lark]

So it’s prob easier

[worn helm]

wait pause

[tender light]

Once u commit and post on the insta, and start following other people it becomes easy

[worn helm]

🤨🤨

[tender light]

Yeah Fs. I know mad people going and people already attending

[soft lark]

I’m gonna wait until may tbh

Pls don’t leave me behind

[rugged vessel]

i think harvard's getting a higher yield than last year

[tender light]

Any of yall at Harvard know someone named Micah who plays the guitar

[flat flame]

i only know 2 but thats bc i knew them from other stuff already

[tender light]

I’ll try

[worn helm]

is it a girl?

[flat flame]

well 3 if u count jazzy lol

[tender light]

Yeah wtf

[worn helm]

i think shes in my classes

[tender light]

You know her?

[worn helm]

premed?

black?

[tender light]

Nvm

[rugged vessel]

☹️ im always forgotten

[worn helm]

oh nvm then

[tender light]

She’s white

[worn helm]

yea no

[tender light]

Def a different Micah

[tall haven]

Wait why does that actually look fire tho

[flat flame]

i wouldnt dare

[tall haven]

Nah I’d turn down pton for Yale

[flat flame]

important question

how is the merch

[tender light]

I’ve been saying, the Yale sweater is top 5

Idk what the ranking is

But it’s top 5

[worn helm]

wait lowkey i haven’t bought any

they send you a shirt tho

[soft lark]

Princeton merch is fire

[worn helm]

its kinda mid

[flat flame]

WHAT

if i commit its gonna be one of the first things i do

have yg been to widener

[worn helm]

ya i feel like pretentious wearing it

[flat flame]

(not jazzy)

[worn helm]

yess

[soft lark]

More nonstudents than students wear Harvard merch

[flat flame]

does it live up to its reputation

[tender light]

We’re called pretentious regardless, might as well

[worn helm]

its so pretty

[soft lark]

Most of the time if I see someone wearing a Harvard hoodie I don’t assume they go to Harvard

[worn helm]

lowkey true

[flat flame]

i heard theres human skin books

[worn helm]

i think there’s 1 but i have yet to see it

[tender light]

We need a Harvard student exclusive line

So people can tell her apart

[flat flame]

same the merch is so widely distributed

its like usc/ucla

[rugged vessel]

yeah

omg i still gotta go to pussy library

[worn helm]

its lowkey ugly

[tender light]

What’s your favorite library?

[worn helm]

but great for locking in

[worn helm]

lamont 🥀🥀

[rugged vessel]

i only go to cabot and lamont

when theres sm libaries

so i think the best library i havent even been to

freshmen dont be wandering much

[worn helm]

the music library is cool too

[rugged vessel]

yeah

[tender light]

I feel like I could go to a different library damn near every school day

[worn helm]

see you think this at first

then fall off

or you find a favorite

[tender light]

Lmao

[rugged vessel]

i struggle leaving my dorm 🥀

[tender light]

I’ll probably stick to the big white one by Harvard yard

[soft lark]

Do yall get privacy in ur dorms or do u feel like ur roommate is usually there

[worn helm]

i mean shi if i was that far away i’d barely leave too

[tender light]

I’m not used to the names of everything yet

[worn helm]

my rooommate be out my dorm like the whole day when hes not sleeping lmaoo

[rugged vessel]

what i wanna say is blocked by the server guidelines

[soft lark]

Acceptances dropped 3 days ago 💀

I don’t know 1 building name

[rugged vessel]

bro i still dont know the names of things

[tender light]

I know a lot of the freshman dorms already

And houses

[rugged vessel]

name em no balls

[worn helm]

should i lock in studying or nah

[tender light]

And clubs

[tall haven]

I mean like research wise

[flat flame]

widener is the only ik bc i put it in my essay

well and quadrangle rec

[worn helm]

that lowkey makes sense

[flat flame]

whats the best place on campus thats underrated

[rugged vessel]

quadrangle what

[flat flame]

its where the climbing wall is

i think its off campus

[worn helm]

bro knows places we don’t even know💀💀

[flat flame]

but closeby or smth

[rugged vessel]

bro is not going to the quad

[tender light]

Hollis, Thayer, grays, mass, university, Holworthy, wield

[worn helm]

it’s the quad gym

[rugged vessel]

university??

[flat flame]

i prob made incorrect references in my essay ngl

i wonder if aos laugh

at them

[worn helm]

is university hall the white one

[rugged vessel]

i didnt even name references in my essay bc i was lazy

[tender light]

University hall, the buildings by Harvard yard

[rugged vessel]

university hall is right behind john harvard right

or no

ugh

[tender light]

Yeah

[rugged vessel]

im so smart

[flat flame]

is campus big

[rugged vessel]

thats not a dorm

[tender light]

Nah it’s not

[rugged vessel]

idk i guess

[worn helm]

it feels like it at first but not rlly

[rugged vessel]

i just work here

[flat flame]

wb compared to mit

[rugged vessel]

small.

well

[flat flame]

wait actually?

[rugged vessel]

idk

[flat flame]

i thought mit was smaller

[rugged vessel]

i dont like mi

mit

[flat flame]

idk

[rugged vessel]

its too many streets

its like a city fr

im not tryna walk that

[tender light]

MIT is pretty small. I live near both

[worn helm]

mit is def bigger

[flat flame]

oh

[worn helm]

at least more scattered

[flat flame]

also hows the food

ive heard

[worn helm]

they dont have like a main yard like we do

[flat flame]

varying opinions

[tender light]

Mit has buildings a 10min bus ride away

[worn helm]

people will hate but its not horrible

[flat flame]

oh thats kinda big

[worn helm]

like if you grew up on public school food like i did its def a step up

[tender light]

I’ve heard it’s mad boring

[soft lark]

I have a car lease but ppl have said not to bring a car to Harvard

[worn helm]

i mean it repeats so ya ig

[flat flame]

would it be like a 5 on 1-10 scale

[tall haven]

R u serious what in the whstttt

[tender light]

Big in spacing, not if you put all the buildings together

[worn helm]

i wouldn’t bruh

bc where r u gonna park

[flat flame]

wait not "some" it was 1

but idk which one

[tender light]

important question:
DO ALL THE DINING HALLS HAVE SODA DISPENSERS?

[soft lark]

My parents have no use for it tho so we’d basically be paying for it for no reason

[worn helm]

i’d give it like a 6 or a 7

[soft lark]

Can I park like a couple minutes from campus or no

[worn helm]

yesss

[tender light]

Why would you want a car in Cambridge?

[tender light]

LFG

[rugged vessel]

they should 💀

[worn helm]

can you end the lease?

[flat flame]

oh thats not bad at all

i heard jhu food sucks

[rugged vessel]

jhu sucks ally

[flat flame]

food is a decently large factor in my decision

[rugged vessel]

you arent going to jhu

[soft lark]

I don’t know tbh

[worn helm]

it does 💀💀💀

[flat flame]

DONT BIAS ME

[rugged vessel]

do u need me to get jhu students to tell u it sucks

[worn helm]

jhu so depressing

[soft lark]

I’ve never been in mass so couldn’t tell u tbh but I do love my car

[flat flame]

theres a jhu student who's trying to convince me to go too

[soft lark]

Jhu is ass

[flat flame]

um

not necessary but i appreciate the offer !!

[balmy thorn]

I need ppl not to go to Harvard

For wl

Pls

[soft lark]

Harvard is a way cooler name than Johns Hopkins

[flat flame]

i feel like there is extreme bias in this channel

[tender light]

Cambridge is a city very much designed for walking/biking. cars in there usually struggle with traffic and/or parking

[worn helm]

well did you visit yet

i went and it rained the entire time

and the food was mid

and it seemed depressing

and the events were boring

[soft lark]

So no benefit to having a car?

[worn helm]

but idk thats just me

[soft lark]

Including in Boston

[worn helm]

not at all, it’s more of a downside

[soft lark]

Damn

[worn helm]

you’d have to pay parking daily

[tender light]

Not really. My parents promised me a car for getting in, but I don’t really need it for college

[tender light]

Boston has more uses for a car

[worn helm]

parking would be more expensive than the T

[tender light]

But transportation is really good

[flat flame]

once 2 years ago for 10 min

[soft lark]

I also wanted the option to drive home

[tender light]

The T and the trains are consistent

[flat flame]

acutally my other friend says this

[soft lark]

Cuz I’m a 4 hour drive

[worn helm]

listen to them💔💔

[flat flame]

wait but another consideration is like

jhu gave me money

harvard didnt sob

[worn helm]

oh shi

did you get that 1 scholarship

[tender light]

Harvard usually gives a lot ?!

[flat flame]

maybe

[flat flame]

its not finaid

[tender light]

Ah

I need to start my physics hw

And prep for my mock exam tmr

[flat flame]

glgl

[dusky peak]

jhu is depressing asf

[tender light]

Thanks, calc frqs will be the end of me

[flat flame]

ok maybe asking about jhu in a harvard channel was not the right move

[worn helm]

wait how much did jhu give

like 10k?

[rugged vessel]

next level copium

[dusky peak]

also what else are u considering?

do u want a safer city environment, opportunities, etc?

[tender light]

Its honestly hilarious how dead Yales thread is versus ours😭

[flat flame]

44k/yr 💀

[tender light]

@fleet thicket get your school together

[dusky peak]

bruh

[worn helm]

ouuu

[dusky peak]

wait what major tho

[flat flame]

i think my main considerations rn are the bme/bio program itself, research opportunities, support for students, and competitiveness

[flat flame]

bme

[dusky peak]

oh shit wait bme

ok that makes the decision more tuff

premed?

[flat flame]

yeah lol

[flat flame]

idk yet 😭

im trying to figure that out