Harvard University (2024-2025)

[flat flame]

i dont have have clinical experience so idk if i'd like it

i want to do research fs but i can't just do research bc the pay

i only have research experience rn

[dusky peak]

if premed id say harvard, bme at jhu is a good program, but it is VERY HARD and there is severe grade deflation

[flat flame]

thats also a big factor in my decision

i heard the grading got better at jhu tho

for bme

[dusky peak]

for research i feel like its even

[dusky peak]

depends on prof

[rugged vessel]

harvard has pretty good bme i think, i dont hear much about it but no negatives

[flat flame]

i feel like harvard bme would be easier to get a high gpa than jhu bme

[dusky peak]

ik one of the profs they’re super nice but others ive heard can be bad

[flat flame]

but jhu bme is also jhu bme

[dusky peak]

this definitely

hmmm, outside of the actual school i feel like boston is def nicer than baltimore

hms vs jhmi is an even comparison

[flat flame]

yeah i think so too

my jhu friend said theres nothing to do close to campus

im also kind of considering caltech but its not good for bio so prob not

the plus of caltech is weather

but also social scene dead

[dusky peak]

ye this is true outside of a 1 mile radius there’s not much to do

u can like get a train and go to jersey/new york/ philly

[flat flame]

i just checked ur roles how do u know all this as a HS JUNIOR thats insane

[dusky peak]

i live near jhu

[flat flame]

ohhh

[dusky peak]

im tight with one of the bme profs

[flat flame]

that makes sense

[rugged vessel]

sounds boring doesn't it/?!?!

[flat flame]

bros in already

[dusky peak]

DEF NOT LOL, i just started like doing interesting ecs

[flat flame]

ur relentless

[dusky peak]

i have like a smidge chance

[flat flame]

u got this

i believe in u

[dusky peak]

🫡

[flat flame]

im expecting good news in the jhu channel a year from now

is it ur top choice

[dusky peak]

ngl i wanna go to yale tho

they have good food

[dusky peak]

in the top 3

id say my list rn is:
yale
pton
jhu

[rugged vessel]

my top choices were like the exact same

[dusky peak]

lol

[rugged vessel]

uchicago was up there too but my brother went so i was like hmm i wanna be special a bit

[flat flame]

is this why u hate jhu 💀

[dusky peak]

lowkey uchicago looks nice but i dont wanna be in chicago 😭

[flat flame]

im scared of uchicago

[rugged vessel]

no i heard things abt jhu

like jhu is literally the prestigious school i have heard the most bad things baout since

im not even kidding

[flat flame]

my friend went there for a program and went to get boba off campus and heard gunshots

[rugged vessel]

i love uchicago that shits like home

[dusky peak]

ye baltimore isnt the safest

so if u go to jhu ur staying on campus or going on a train

jhu also does have like a shuttle that goes around baltimore

i feel like if u go harvard its the better choice for premed, jhu could be a better choice if u wanna do academia

[rugged vessel]

dont go to jhu

[dusky peak]

whats ur problem with jhu 😭

where do u go

[rugged vessel]

jhu

[dusky peak]

LMAOOOO

no way bruh

are u bme

[rugged vessel]

no

[dusky peak]

what major

[fleet thicket]

you know what i realized

harvard students are constantly thinking about us

can’t go a moment without mentioning yale

🥱

it’s okay u guys r fans!!! i love all my fans 🤗

[tender light]

Yk if u got in you would’ve went here too

Don’t lie

[fleet thicket]

i don’t think i would’ve

genuinely

i think i would have considered it but getting a likely really made me fall in love with yale

[tender light]

Fair enough

[fleet thicket]

i think i would have seen how i felt after both visits

[tender light]

Ig that’s the point of a likely

[fleet thicket]

def would’ve considered it tho

lowkey glad i didn’t get in tho because then i would’ve had to make a decision

not getting in = no hard decision needs to be made

[tender light]

I have to make that decision now

Though I think I made it already

[fleet thicket]

yeah but u have ur rzns for harvard

[tender light]

Fair enough, location and cost are good for me

[fleet thicket]

idk the only reason i personally have for harvard over yale is the name tbh

yales aid was fantastic

although harvards aid would have been equally as good

[tender light]

Oh Fs

Harvard’s was 2k less than Yale for me

2k less I had to pay

[fleet thicket]

yale matches aid from other ivies tho

which is nice

[tender light]

I wonder if Harvard does the same

[fleet thicket]

probably

harvard generally gives better aid offers tho

it goes pton harvard yale

[tender light]

Yeah, too bad I forgot Princeton was an Ivy

[fleet thicket]

lmao

pton aid is unparalleled ngl

[tender light]

Though u gotta live in New Jersey

Ew

[fleet thicket]

yeah jersey worse than new haven ngl

new haven gets too much hate tho i love new haven

[rugged vessel]

L

[worn helm]

should i skip lecture tmrw 💔💔

[rugged vessel]

no be a good example

[worn helm]

but i got a test tmrw

ps11 lowkey looks hard tmrw idk if i should skip

if i do skip i can get sleep and probably so good on my exam

but ill be cooked for lecture

[tulip kiln]

fartvard

[blazing kite]

fartmouth

[molten glen]

"wtff" mr. I was thinking about university of richmond over hard and yale

[worn helm]

chill i could’ve gone for free

but harvard and yale financial packages clutched up so i was like richmond out the picture

i also would’ve had an easier time at urichmond

but i still dont regret coming here

[soft lark]

When does visitas registration open

[flat flame]

i’m assuming early april but there will probably be info about it when harvard starts sending more emails

[fiery ridge]

@molten glen Any reasons I should pick Harvard cs over mit cs?

A big reason I see is the inflation at Harvard (though is this even true for cs/stem? I heard Harvard isn’t as inflated as people think)

[shut cliff]

There’s no grade inflation at Harvard it’s a myth

If there was I wouldn’t be dying in math

They take off points for pettiest details 😭😭

[fiery ridge]

I guess the inflation is mainly in the humanities then

[dreamy lynx]

icl I would just go to mit for cs

[shut cliff]

Not sure about the humanities since I have mainly taken stem classes but they’re usually clear on what points you’re being taken off/gaining for

[shut cliff]

I second this

[worn helm]

agree even tho i haven’t taken a single cs class

[worn helm]

its more like a grade floor than inflation

[molten glen]

no go to mit

[fiery ridge]

Okay

[fiery ridge]

Wdym grade floor?

Grade fair?

[blazing kite]

minimum grade

like a C or D instead of an F

[worn helm]

ya like if you put in effort you don’t really fail

[molten glen]

I mean kinda biased MIT was my dream school, but if you want heavy theory you could go to harvard instead but I’m sure MIT has some theory as well

[reef grove]

@eager sinew i feel so patriotic doing degrees of freedom

[flat flame]

how hard is it to get an a though

how does curving work here

[molten glen]

none of my classes have curved yet

lol

[eager sinew]

yeah idt any classes curve

the most curving i have is that one of my psych classes has the A cutoff at 92 instead of 93 💀

[molten glen]

yeah

I mean it's not THAT hard, but like both my spanish classes (alst sem and this sem) the A cutoff is 95 💀

[flat flame]

95 seems high 😭

at my school it’s 92.5

[molten glen]

it is high but here we are

it's different for every single class

could be a 95, 92, 94, 90,

[eager sinew]

90 would make my life so much less stressful

i could clean sweep A's fr

[worn helm]

not insanely if you lock a lil

and don’t overload ur schedule

[worn helm]

none of mine are curved either

[dreamy lynx]

I've had some curves, stat 110 has one but it's not specifically revealed, math 22 kept updating the curve based on the result of each exam but I think wood stopped doing that this sem cause he was kinda testing the waters last sem

[tall haven]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trump-administration-harvard-funding.html

Guys

Premed r cooked

[dreamy lynx]

😭

[balmy thorn]

Will this impact wl

[dreamy lynx]

waitlist? no doubt it

[balmy thorn]

Ah man that sucks

[tall haven]

Guys med apps r gna be so comp

😭😭😭

1%

[molten glen]

Ayo someone told em today that Wood sucks at teaching 22A

[dreamy lynx]

yeah a lot of people didn't like him in 22a, I find him better in 22b but I also didn't put in enough effort in 22a tbh

I think others have mixed opinions

on his teaching etc

[molten glen]

Dang

Well I can’t do 21b too many PSets lmao

[dreamy lynx]

it's fine you'll survive

I feel like he'll improve 22a compared to last fall

[worn helm]

wym

[tender light]

So there’s this rumor going around in the 29 gc that Harvard doesn’t take AP credit

Or that they don’t transfer to actual credits

Is it true co 28?

[dreamy lynx]

yes

they take like no Ap credit

language lets you skip language req

BC can help you skip past up to 1B albeit you can skip anyways they just reccomend something less at times

otherwise idt anything lets you skip much

[tender light]

wtf

So the test are worthless?

[dreamy lynx]

yeah

basically

they want you to take college classes

[tender light]

Fair enough

[dreamy lynx]

I think most of the intro classes are worth doing anyways

[tender light]

I’m gonna ask my head master if I can skip the AP test

My school pays for us to take them

[dreamy lynx]

idt any APs really can replace material, and if they can there is usually a harder intro class you can take

[tender light]

Ic

So generally speaking, AP or not, take the intro class

[tall haven]

What about DE

[dreamy lynx]

idts but I didn't do DE so

[tall haven]

Dudeeeee

[dreamy lynx]

I would find someone who did DE and ask

[flat flame]

@rugged vessel i’ve added another school for consideration 💀

[tender light]

Best Harvard pickup?

[lunar shoal]

Dead chat 🙄

[eager sinew]

de is not accepted either

[eager sinew]

the ap tests can help you skip intro classes but they will not give you credit

like a 5 on microecon will let you skip ec10a and go into the upper class

but it wont give you ec10a credit

[molten glen]

Harvard accepts NO credit, except for language

If you received a 5 on AP (insert la lengua que estudiaste) you can fulfill the language requirement

[rugged vessel]

omg ur hopeless

no saving u

you will either follow the right path or won't.

[flat flame]

there is no such thing as 1 right path 😤

[rugged vessel]

ur other options are hell 1 hell 2 and purgatory

[flat flame]

what’s purgatory

which one

[molten glen]

does bro actually think that jhu and duke are on par with harvard and caltech

?

the only reason you would go to duke is for the 🏀

[rugged vessel]

duke

caltech and jhu are miserable

youve heard my yap on jhu

caltech is super frickin hard and no social life

duke idk i feel like the programs just not nearly as strong as harvard's

[soft lark]

If I’m deciding between colleges rn how much should I let this influence me

Like I’m not sure how much the budget cut will affect day to day for undergrad students

[dreamy lynx]

idt it will affect day to day much

but we will see ig

[flat flame]

they are/better for my major

[molten glen]

defn ot

[flat flame]

?? jhu is #1 and duke is #2 for my major

[soft lark]

Ik u probably don’t know this but is it just as likely to eventually affect other colleges like princeton and stanford too anyway

[dreamy lynx]

I mean seems like they're just going thru one by one, I don't see why they wouldn't tbh

[soft lark]

Good point

[rugged vessel]

i wouldnt worry abt rankings at all

[dreamy lynx]

hard to be sure of anything at a time like this tho idk what's going on anymore

[soft lark]

How is this possibly a good policy

College research is so important

[molten glen]

Dawg I guarantee you get better opportunities from Harvard

[worn helm]

its not 💀💀

this administration is irrational

[blazing kite]

like me💜

[rugged vessel]

i can't lose both you and ally.

i CAN'T

[blazing kite]

JAZZZY WYM IM GOING💔

-# I will be official soon. I promise.

[tender light]

Another HARVARDIAN🤩

[blazing kite]

harvard UNIVERSITY💜

[soft lark]

How many classes/credits usually have to go toward ur major? I’m worried I’ll decide on a major 2-3 semesters in, but not have enough time to fulfill the requirements of the major if I haven’t already been working towards them

[reef grove]

guys.

the harvard alumni in my state are arranging a get together for the ppl that got in in my state

my interviewer is gonna be there 😭

hes gonna be staring me down the entire time 1000%

theres less than 5 ppl who got in, and i know that all but one arent going

idk about the other dude

[blazing kite]

ALL BUT ONE AREN'T GOING???

HUH

[flat flame]

👀

[flat flame]

so it’s gonna be either u by urself or u w 1 other person facing ur interviewer?

terrifying

[rugged vessel]

harvard general requirements are so fair i wouldnt worry about this at all, but to answer your question maybe between 12-16

[dreamy lynx]

True

[rugged vessel]

usually 12-14, maybe like engineering or certain stuff like 14-16, ~16-18 for a joint maybe, then 18-22 for a double depending on how random your double it is (because if it's like a humanities and stem with zero overlap then you are taking the full amount of classes for eaach one)

[dreamy lynx]

Double can be a lot because of double counting rules

[rugged vessel]

it can be

unless yk its not 😭

[dreamy lynx]

If you choose two related fields

Wait I’m kinda goofing yeah it’s a lot no matter what

Idk why I said that

I thought I was cooking smth

[hybrid yew]

i got invited to the DC one 😭

im afraid im gonna have to hang out with like congresspeople

[reef grove]

one is going to stanford, the other to columbia. stem majors amiright

[blazing kite]

I'm a stem major....💔

[still edge]

does harvard need official transcripts from reported courses in colleges & universities?

i believe they dont give credit for it anyway right?

[native solar]

i got that for princeton

except it’s like 7 hours away

i can’t go 😭

[hybrid yew]

hope they find a cure one day 🙏

[viral thorn]

bro lives in wyoming 😭

[blazing kite]

/duke....

[rugged vessel]

right

[soft lark]

Do ppl make friends with all types of dif majors or do most students become friends with people in their own programs

[dreamy lynx]

depends on the person tbh and your extracurricular involvements and who you meet

I feel like people tend to have similar interests cause study groups etc is an easy way to meet ppl / bond

[molten glen]

i find i have friends from all kinds of different concentrations, but mostly cs

but i don't think that's just bc im staying within my own 'program' moreso I think it's because it's an overwhelmingly popular concentration

i have lots in economics/government/pre-med too

[molten glen]

@dreamy lynx im waiting to take stat 110 w/you you better not throw 🙏

[dreamy lynx]

damn alr

[molten glen]

lmao

[reef grove]

this is prolly a dumb question

but does harvard (and ig other colleges) have like a curfew/room check at night

or is that like a high school thing

[willow vapor]

nope

you're free

[reef grove]

yeepeeeee

no tape/pencil tests on the door 🔥🔥🔥

[willow vapor]

loll is the pencil for the door handle

[dreamy lynx]

no

my dorm has a suggested quiet time but they lowk don't care unless you're very loud

[molten glen]

bro what kind of question is this

[blazing kite]

the kind from a traumatized high schooler💜

also catholic colleges do that

[molten glen]

never heard of that nonsense

room checks

imagine

[blazing kite]

honestly a good thing it's insane

[hybrid yew]

question for ppl who went to visitas, do they tell you who your host is ahead of time?

Like i’m not just showing up at 11 at some random dudes dorm

[dreamy lynx]

yeah they tell you a bit before

I forget how long before

but it's ample time I felt

[molten glen]

yeah mine texted me like 2-3 weeks before visitas

[worn helm]

yea and they should text you

i lowkey wanna host some prefrosh

holworthy is W spot for visitas

i was in quincy which was lowkey a lil far from all the action and got lost

[obsidian nexus]

do u sign up to do it

[rugged vessel]

yeah

[soft lark]

Gotcha, because I’m considering engineering which is a pretty small (and usually less social) program so I don’t want to be limited

[molten glen]

Def not

[blazing kite]

hey guys

new role

I'm OFFICIAL

[tender light]

It’d be hilarious if Smoof or Chris ended up being one of our hosts

[worn helm]

woo

[worn helm]

if anyone wants to be hosted lowkey lmk

[dreamy lynx]

bro my suitemate is hosting it actually might

[tender light]

I’m visiting tmr

To buy some merch from the coop

[worn helm]

firee

you’re from mass right

[tender light]

Boston

Yeah

[worn helm]

that makes 3 then

[soft lark]

Is there a difference between how nice the men/women dorms and gender inclusive dorms are

[molten glen]

all the freshman dorms equally suck

[soft lark]

Damn

[tender light]

They all look so big in the videos I’ve seen though

[flat flame]

is there a harvard bay area gc?

[reef grove]

i’m sure you could make one in the whatsapp community

there’s one for south asians already

why not a bay area one

[soft lark]

I think the issues are more with a/c and rats and shit than size but I’m not sure

[frail plank]

please let us manifest no rats

NO RATS

[soft lark]

Rats are chill

Better than cockroaches and other bugs imo

[frail plank]

rats are humongous a cockroach is nothing

[flat flame]

there are RATS?!??!

[soft lark]

I don’t like how cockroaches can be anywhere like there could be 20 in the walls

Rats make good pets

[frail plank]

erwwwww

[frail plank]

you could be like ron weasley or something i guess

im buying rat poison

[worn helm]

wait wdym by gender inclusive

[soft lark]

Idk my dorm options for staying with a student at Visitas were men only, women only, gender inclusive

[worn helm]

ohhhh

i think that might mean you don’t really care what gender you stay with

[soft lark]

Oh ok that’s what I put

[worn helm]

correct me if im wrong current students

i think i put gender inclusive and i got a guy lol

[soft lark]

They prob match guys with guys anyway

Most of the time at least

[reef grove]

idk it says in the single gender it’s for ppl who identify as women and that seems inclusive to me?

[worn helm]

it won’t change where you stay specially

[reef grove]

maybe gender inclusive integrated enbies as well

[soft lark]

So students are separate from their family/guests for most of visitas right?

[worn helm]

mhm

[soft lark]

Do they let me pick whichever events I wanna go to

[worn helm]

yess

u can do whatever u want

[soft lark]

Nice

[worn helm]

i loved it

[reef grove]

widener here i come 🤩

[soft lark]

Is anyone’s fam in the Harvard club of Boston

[worn helm]

its like a preview of being a college kid

[soft lark]

I saw an option for a 6-8pm reception at the Harvard club but membership is $70 a month

[worn helm]

i lowkey feel like thats not worth it

idk

[reef grove]

my dad didn’t want to do it

[soft lark]

I showed it to my dad he’ll decide ig

[worn helm]

my parents didnt do it either

[soft lark]

Cuz I think there’s an option to sleep there if ur part of it

[worn helm]

ohhh

[soft lark]

Rich people meetup

[reef grove]

yeah that’s honestly what it seemed like to me

[soft lark]

But there’s prob networking benefits to that too

[reef grove]

a place for parents to brag abt how successful they/their kid is

[reef grove]

oh most certainly

[flat flame]

i registered for that i think the reception is free but not the membership?

idk worst case my parents don’t go

[molten glen]

it's pretty nice, but i got a free membership for a years o I kinda just reep the benefits for nothing so its probs diferent

the one in Boston anyways

The closest Harvard club to my house is like 8 hours away lol

[soft lark]

How’d u get a free membership?

[stoic elk]

'29 yall better be prepared for EXPOS

its beating my ahh rn

[flat flame]

are they that bad 😭

[rugged vessel]

yes

they're either bad or worse

but its a character defining experience so you'll be ok

[orchid nest]

is it like just hard or does it also fck up ur gpa

[rugged vessel]

its annoying and hard and will not make your semester any better

could fuck up ur gpa depending which one so choose wisely

but fuck up is a strong word, you aint gonna fail it

but some expos teachers do not give out A's like they should be 😭

[orchid nest]

nah like if ur doing premed like me should u lock in

ok ok makes sense lmao

i was never a writer rip

[rugged vessel]

well i doubt med school cares abt expos

[orchid nest]

nah they just care bout overall gpa

[rugged vessel]

i would guess they prefer to look at the grades of classes that matter

and overall concentration gpa

[orchid nest]

from what i heard its mainly overall gpa

[rugged vessel]

like obviously you want to get a better grade but 💀

[orchid nest]

so ppl sometimes just take easy classes

[rugged vessel]

if u dont do well i rly think its the least of your worries

yeah

but when it comes down to it you wouldnt be rejected because you got a B instead of A in expos so like

lock in but dw

[orchid nest]

i mean tbh i havent commited harvard im just asking around to see how each school is lmao

[rugged vessel]

what r ur other options

[orchid nest]

stanford yale

major is cs+premed

but subject to change lmao idk if i wanna do premed

[fiery ridge]

36 iq

[orchid nest]

lowkey its 35.6 but i rounded up

[flat flame]

ME FR

not the stanford and yale thats crazy

the idk premed part

[fiery ridge]

oh aight

[rugged vessel]

hm yeah i think all 3 options are fairly flexible with being unsure abt premed luckily

and none have grade deflation like that (i think)

[orchid nest]

nah fr like how am i supposed to get married and stuff if im constantly in school 💀

[orchid nest]

lmao yep lets hope my choice doesnt haunt me for the rest of my life

[rugged vessel]

well if you go to harvard, will you ask yourself "i wonder what it'd be like if i was at yale"

or ask yourself that more vice versa >:)

[orchid nest]

uh well if im suffering maybe

[fiery ridge]

This bro

I’m stopping at a masters

not tryna be 27 and still in school with no wife

[orchid nest]

nah like ima prob get married during residency in med but like u also get paid not alot so yeah...

[flat flame]

everyone will be married with 2 kids by the time we're done w residency

[flat flame]

where we gonna find the time to get married 😭

[fiery ridge]

When ur in residency ur in late 20s

Dangg

[orchid nest]

you know what the strat is to marry someone whos not premed so they can at least get some money

[fiery ridge]

bro I need to travel with a loved one by late 20s

[fiery ridge]

Real

[fiery ridge]

Also I’d recommend Stanford if you’re not set on pre med but have an interest in cs

They’re so good for both

[flat flame]

but if theyre not premed theyll find someone who has time to hang out to marry LOL

[flat flame]

yeah same

[orchid nest]

nah trust ill convince them i have high potential and am just a low overall rn

[rapid glen]

Harvard v Stanford

such a tough decision

[fiery ridge]

Stanford in a heartbeat

😦

[rapid glen]

for what reasons

[fiery ridge]

I mean I’m in stem

[rapid glen]

same

[orchid nest]

pick m bro

[rapid glen]

I’m thinking neuro and I think harvards neuro is stronger

[fiery ridge]

pickleandbutters will probably benefit more from Stanford than Harvard imo

[orchid nest]

ur picking between stanford and harvard too?

[fiery ridge]

Harvard is pretty strong for pre med

I don’t have much knowledge on that tho

[fiery ridge]

maybe

It’s either that or Yale rn believe it or not

[orchid nest]

what major

[fiery ridge]

Cs

😛

[orchid nest]

nah i believe it cause i love yale

[fiery ridge]

yeah

[orchid nest]

but lowey i dont think i could ever pass up stanford

[fiery ridge]

Stem department might not be as strong but I love community

[orchid nest]

yea same

[fiery ridge]

Stanford i’d take over everything

Even mit

[orchid nest]

i mean mit for cs is insane

[fiery ridge]

Stanford has the Silicon Valley entrepreneurship connections for startups

That’s what I wanna mainly pursue

[orchid nest]

u wanna do a startup?

[fiery ridge]

Thinking about it

[rapid glen]

yeah

[orchid nest]

are u neuro into med

[rapid glen]

I think I will be neuro + premed

and I can drop premed whenever I want in case I explore other paths

trying to figure out my financial situation rn

Princeton gave full aid but Harvard wants me to pay $77k/yr which isn’t possible for my family

[orchid nest]

u can tell them to match

thats wild tho

[fiery ridge]

how did that even happen

[rapid glen]

I asked them yeah

[fiery ridge]

And yea tell them to match

[rapid glen]

idk

[fleet thicket]

wtf?

[rapid glen]

idk how I’m supposed to afford Harvard

[fiery ridge]

😭 😭

Harvard aid should be really good

[fleet thicket]

def made a mistake

[rapid glen]

literally my Princeton bill is $1,150/year

[orchid nest]

im lowkey a d1 princeton hater but w for making their education affordable

[fleet thicket]

LMFAO

[quasi shadow]

How tf?

Just go to princeton bro

[fleet thicket]

well if u want to go to harvard

[rapid glen]

I might have to if Harvard fin aid doesn’t come thru

[fleet thicket]

just tell harvard they made a mistake

[rapid glen]

yeah I appealed already

let’s see if they match 🙏

I’m hoping they made a mistake

[fiery ridge]

They better lol

[fleet thicket]

how did harvard fuck up this colossally LOL

[fiery ridge]

HYPSM aid should be the same

[fleet thicket]

77k a year is insane

[rapid glen]

Stanford gave me $60k/yr so my billable cost is $30k/yr (also appealed)

[fleet thicket]

i think yale is usually a little more but they match with hypsm

[fiery ridge]

wtf

[fleet thicket]

• other ivies

[rapid glen]

Yale waitlisted me 💔

[fleet thicket]

well pton aid is insane

[fiery ridge]

MIT is cheaper than Yale for me

MIT gave full ride but Yale made me pay $5k

[fleet thicket]

yale will match

[rapid glen]

a $76k aid disparity between ivies is insane though

[fiery ridge]

Yeah

[fleet thicket]

are you upper income?

[fiery ridge]

Yeah between the top ones too

[fleet thicket]

makes 0 sense

[rapid glen]

almost how much my parents make a year

[rapid glen]

nope

[fiery ridge]

wow

[fleet thicket]

how did they fuck that up

wtf

[fiery ridge]

Yeah you should get a full ride to Harvard def

Under 100k income

[rapid glen]

I’m thinking they didn’t consider my parents liabilities

[fleet thicket]

like sometimes i just think

how did you look at my parents income

and think that i could afford this package

[quasi shadow]

How much do your parents make a year

[fleet thicket]

like drexel wanted me to pay 44k a year

[rapid glen]

we have businesses “worth” like 1.5m but they are under massive loans

[quasi shadow]

Ohhh

[fleet thicket]

ah

[quasi shadow]

Oh damn

That’s rough

[fleet thicket]

still a massive fuckup

[fiery ridge]

Is it public?

[fleet thicket]

if princeton gave u full

[fleet thicket]

no 💀

[quasi shadow]

Yeah I think harvard will match

If you ask

[still edge]

is there a discord?

[rapid glen]

don’t wanna say that here but I qualify for the under $200k and probably for under $100k too

[fiery ridge]

💀

[still edge]

admitted students discord

[quasi shadow]

damn bro

Hopefully they match

[fiery ridge]

They def should

[rapid glen]

anyone know how long they take to give another offer?

probably a week right

[fiery ridge]

yeah

Columbia did mines in like 3 days lol

[rapid glen]

hope it’s soon because deposit deadline is right around the corner

[rapid glen]

ahh I see

[fiery ridge]

deposit deadline is may 1st?

[rapid glen]

rejected by Columbia too 💔

[fleet thicket]

you still have time

[rapid glen]

yeah

[fiery ridge]

that’s a lot of time

[fleet thicket]

also theres no deposit

lol

[fiery ridge]

you’ll def get offers by then

[fleet thicket]

ivies u just press accept offer of admission

[rapid glen]

I mean like “committing”

[fleet thicket]

yeah

oh yeah its not like a waitlist

u cant decommit and commit somewhere else

[fiery ridge]

bro I’m ngl I didn’t even get a fin aid offer from Harvard yet bc I have stuff missing 💀

But I didn’t bother bc I’m not going

[rapid glen]

my fafsa is like 10000 so idk how Harvard expects me to pay near full

[fleet thicket]

casually declining harvard

[fiery ridge]

Yale better bro

[fleet thicket]

Typeeee

[rapid glen]

I really wanted to get into Yale

[fleet thicket]

someone ik is in a similar situation to u

[rapid glen]

WL warrior

[fleet thicket]

got into pton caltech mit and yale

between yale and mit rn

[fiery ridge]

yea

Is he cs

[fleet thicket]

we will miss u 💔

she isastrophysics major

[fiery ridge]

ohh

[rapid glen]

if Harvard ends up not matching Princeton, does anyone know what the next steps are?

[fleet thicket]

commit to princeton

[rapid glen]

even Stanford at $30k/yr is kind of a lot so

[rapid glen]

hm yeah I guess lol

[fiery ridge]

I’m 100000% sure they’re matching

[fleet thicket]

do u rlly not like pton

[fiery ridge]

Really do try for Stanford and Harvard match though

[rapid glen]

I do, but I’ve heard truly mixed things about pton

[fiery ridge]

They’re probably your best option for pre med

[rapid glen]

also I want to live in a big city

[fleet thicket]

ah

either way no matter where u go u will succeed and be fine

u have great options lmao

[rapid glen]

yeah pton will be a premed killer but I’m sure med schools are aware

[fleet thicket]

im surprised pton harv n stanny acceptance but yale waitlist

would u have gone to yale over all

[rapid glen]

yeah I was Stanny Harvard Princeton Duke JHU but WL at Penn, Cornell, Yale and rejected Columbia

[rapid glen]

it would have been in my considerations

[fiery ridge]

Wow

[fleet thicket]

i was yale likely rejected harvard penn columbia jhu mit 💔

[rapid glen]

so opposite lol

[fiery ridge]

I got all but stanny 💔

[fleet thicket]

my AO guessed wrong; i was not admitted by peer schools

[fiery ridge]

uni why did stanny reject me

😦

[fleet thicket]

Brother

[rapid glen]

Yale is huge though

[fleet thicket]

u got into all the ivies

[rapid glen]

really love the school

[fleet thicket]

yeah no im so excited

[rapid glen]

great academics and awesome vibes

[fleet thicket]

i wouldve committed no matter where else i got in i think

[fiery ridge]

In the end you can only go to one school tho

[fiery ridge]

W

[fleet thicket]

Its also nice bc

I didnt have to make any hard decisions

[rapid glen]

Yale also has nice career placements

[fleet thicket]

The decision was made for me

ig i couldve gone to michigan instead of yale

[rapid glen]

yeah I was hoping to get rejected after my big H acceptance but

[orchid nest]

damn i didnt know everyone loved yale

[fleet thicket]

But like ehhhhh

[flat flame]

u got yield protected

[rapid glen]

now my decisions are tough

[fleet thicket]

stanford yield protect? lol

[flat flame]

i dont think so but theres a whatsapp and insta

[fleet thicket]

why would u not love yale

[flat flame]

bro got into all ivies 😭

[fleet thicket]

its the best ivy

best combo of vibes + academics

besides like brown

[flat flame]

not literally yield protect but if anyone were to get yield protected from stanford it'd be tin

[orchid nest]

nah but like holy i agree im glad yale is getting love

[rapid glen]

my yale interviewer was nice

[fleet thicket]

i loved my yale interview omg

it was a senior and she sent me a handwritten note a couple weeks ago

[rapid glen]

bro it was snowing on my Harvard interview night

like a light flaking

[fleet thicket]

we r going to meet up over coffee during bulldog days

[rapid glen]

I swear it was something in the air that got me in..

[rapid glen]

w

[fiery ridge]

If Yale had a t10 cs program I’d commit in a heartbeat

[fleet thicket]

lol

[fiery ridge]

Even over Stanford

[fleet thicket]

Its yale brah

[rapid glen]

it’s getting better

[fleet thicket]

ur gonna be fine either way

[flat flame]

guys are we the most active megathread

[fleet thicket]

The problem is they are using YES scholar as a way to recruit students

[orchid nest]

i mean lowkey a cs faculty did tell me not to go to yale for cs under any circumstance idk what was going on with that

[fleet thicket]

but the yes scholar yield is bad

[fiery ridge]

Bro last year

[rapid glen]

also I already put Harvard 29’ on my insta profile so they better match for aid 💔

[fiery ridge]

Only 14 of 80 yes scholars committed Yale

[rapid glen]

how much is this

[orchid nest]

bro prefired

[fleet thicket]

like 30%

but its only like 100 students

but also like

[fiery ridge]

I thought it was 80

[fleet thicket]

I was a stem likely but not yes scholar

like Tf

[fiery ridge]

Yh that was weird

[fleet thicket]

I think its bc i didnt put engineering as areas of interest?

[fiery ridge]

I mean yes scholar doesn’t rlly do a whole lot

[fleet thicket]

But i also dk why

its more of an honorary thing

[flat flame]

dw my friend put oxford '29 and changed it when he got into stanford

[rapid glen]

yeah wait what does yes scholar give

[fiery ridge]

Research funding and a small cohort ig

[fleet thicket]

Isnt it just funding for research over the summer

[fiery ridge]

It’s not that much

[fleet thicket]

but like they give u that anyway

[fiery ridge]

yeah

[rapid glen]

omg I wanted to apply to Oxford but I missed the deadline

who has college deadlines in OCTOBER

[fiery ridge]

The best part about yes scholar is prob finding out you got in early

💀

[rapid glen]

I see

[rapid glen]

besides UNC I think

[fleet thicket]

bro i bawled after that call

[fiery ridge]

wait uni did you know that it was gonna be a likely letter

[flat flame]

ut austin 💀

[fiery ridge]

My friends already spoiled it for me lmao

[flat flame]

who then proceeded to defer everyone

[fleet thicket]

I had a feeling but like

[fiery ridge]

Yeah I hate that

[fleet thicket]

I didnt believe it

[rapid glen]

didn’t they send like mistake admissions too

[fiery ridge]

Danggg

[fleet thicket]

I got the email during physics bro

[fiery ridge]

When I got the email I was jumping

Bc I already knew

[flat flame]

yeah i think so

[fiery ridge]

Oh fr mines was at night

[fleet thicket]

And i was like i think this is a good sign

and then i went on a2c and rka was like "ur gonna get a likely"

but i thought he was trolling

but my dumbass thought it was a 2nd interview

so i scheduled it for like 7 pm the next day

[fiery ridge]

💀 💀

At least it was during night

[rapid glen]

Do you guys think Harvard interview is necessary to get in

[fleet thicket]

nah

[fiery ridge]

lowkey kinda

[rapid glen]

like ik they say it’s based on availability

[fiery ridge]

I haven’t met anyone

[fleet thicket]

not as necessary as yale interview

[fiery ridge]

Without Harvard interview

[fleet thicket]

i got one and didnt get in

[rapid glen]

but I’m not sure of anyone who’s gotten in without it

ik it doesn’t matter for Stanford

[fiery ridge]

But all admits ik got one

[rapid glen]

bc I didn’t get a Stanny interview

[flat flame]

some people say no but i think data show that 95% of admits got an interview

[fleet thicket]

i wonder if my interview fucked me it was lowk mid asf

[rapid glen]

ah

[fleet thicket]

this is yale and its 90%

[fiery ridge]

Like yeah a Harvard interview doesn’t mean you def got in

But it means you’re a candidate for admission

[flat flame]

huh i thought it was harvard too

idk

might be misremembering

[fleet thicket]

yale def prescreens

[rapid glen]

how exclusive are Yale interviews

[fleet thicket]

harvard is a little more vague

[rapid glen]

obv they pre screen but

[fiery ridge]

I think Yale and Duke def prescreen

[fleet thicket]

i think 15% ppl get

[rapid glen]

what’s the req

[rapid glen]

oh dang

[fleet thicket]

and then if u get one its 25%

[flat flame]

i think harvard prescreens but not to the extent of duke/yale?

[fleet thicket]

if u dont its like 1%

[flat flame]

but ive never heard of a harvard admit who didnt get interviewed

[fiery ridge]

25% for admission?

[fiery ridge]

Yeah same

[rapid glen]

Duke just started prescreening this year correct?

[fleet thicket]

its just proportion of people who get an interview and are admitted

[fiery ridge]

Idk lol

[flat flame]

yep

[fleet thicket]

no percentages in college admissions are chances

[fiery ridge]

dang that’s insane

[fleet thicket]

just proportions

[rapid glen]

I loved my Duke interview

[fiery ridge]

ye ye

[rapid glen]

tbh I loved all of my interviews

[fleet thicket]

maybe i should be a stats major

idk

[fiery ridge]

Bro I wrote Dartmouth in my Duke essay and still got in

💀

[rapid glen]

I double checked 1000x on my common apps to ensure I didn’t make a naming mistake lol

wait I think imma go back and read my essays that got me in now

kinda curious

[fleet thicket]

i feel like i didnt make any name mistakes

[rapid glen]

they prob suck

[fleet thicket]

lowk my yale essays were not that good

lmao

[rapid glen]

I think my Yale essays were my best ones

[fiery ridge]

Yale was the one I worked on the most

[fleet thicket]

i think mine were okay

[flat flame]

i think duke was my best lwk

[fleet thicket]

but i dont think they were superb

[fiery ridge]

I prob would’ve rea’d if I tried more

[fleet thicket]

i loved my columbia essays

[fiery ridge]

On essays earlier

My Yale essays were the baseline for every essay topic

Why major, community etc

[fleet thicket]

my yale ones were new

apart from the last one that was my mit supp

and hten i liked my short takes

[fiery ridge]

I feel like essays for mit don’t matter as much compared to other schools

[fleet thicket]

my mit essays were so good too

[rapid glen]

My Stanford short answers were chefs kiss

[fiery ridge]

Admissions r pretty predictable based on your merit

[rapid glen]

absolutely cooked on them

[flat flame]

i think for mit awards is most important

[fleet thicket]

yeah my awards were ass

i had no chance

[fiery ridge]

The only award that stood out for me was SSP ig

[flat flame]

oh i listed my program as an activity

[rapid glen]

dang you guys did programs

wish I kind of did one

[fiery ridge]

I did it as a summer ec and award

[fleet thicket]

ehh im happy i didnt do a program

i just worked over the summer

[flat flame]

ah

i just put it as summer ec

[fleet thicket]

i love my job

[rapid glen]

I got my pilots license instead of doing a summer research program

[fiery ridge]

Programs aren’t necessary but they can be good if u don’t have anything to do

[fleet thicket]

shii

[fiery ridge]

That’s so cool

[fleet thicket]

guys

i lowk wanna work in admissions for a bit

[rapid glen]

same

[fleet thicket]

like i would love to read applications

[fiery ridge]

Same

[fleet thicket]

at hypsm for like 2 years

[fiery ridge]

I mean I don’t wanna chance people for the rest of my life

But I wanna see how it is lmao

[fleet thicket]

but like

can i do admissions with an applied math degree

[fiery ridge]

What degree do u even need

[fleet thicket]

lowk just a degree

[fiery ridge]

yeah lol

[flat flame]

u probably can i think its more like applied math majors dont apply for admissions jobs lol

[fleet thicket]

maybe psych

[fleet thicket]

real

maybe if i do cs & psych ill work in admissions for a bit

i also might work for admissions as a junior/senior

and then get internships over the summer

[obsidian nexus]

i lowkey do too

[stoic elk]

Yeah I did not sleep tn. Went for a walk from northwest to the river

[tender light]

I see @fleet thicket in the Harvard mega thread more than I see him in Yale😭

[blazing kite]

OH SHES GORJUS

[reef grove]

bro like the marker?

[blazing kite]

no actually what is expos

[fleet thicket]

because all the yale kids r in the yale server 😭😭

[blazing kite]

why is ur nickname dropping out '29

is everything ok at home

[fleet thicket]

yeah

[fleet thicket]

might drop out idk

i’m just trolling

[blazing kite]

ur crazy

[fleet thicket]

LMFAO

[worn helm]

and science gpa

[worn helm]

yale cs lowkey ass

[worn helm]

felt

its ok @fleet thicket we welcome u here

[fleet thicket]

first welcoming harvard student

[worn helm]

chilll

you just gotta get to know us fr

[stoic elk]

the required writing course for freshman

[rugged vessel]

i feel like theres no other way to describe it 😭

[rugged vessel]

bro what chris easily gotta be the least welcoming one we know

that means you'll love everyone

[quasi shadow]

Random ahh decisions

[blazing kite]

well if it's REQUIRED. we'll get through it

[rugged vessel]

unless you want to take hum10 instead! ❤️

[worn helm]

glaze

[worn helm]

vro committed yale

[rugged vessel]

is he not allowed to love 😢

[blazing kite]

what is hum10...

[rugged vessel]

its an intensive reading class, like if you've ever heard of those humanity classes where you'd read like a book a week, there ya go

[dreamy lynx]

Reading grr

I don’t like reading

[rugged vessel]

im stem major stereotype where i like phsyiological react aversely if i have to reda more than 10 pages for something

[fleet thicket]

you and chris will make me start to love harvard ❤️

[fleet thicket]

chill

[stoic elk]

hum10 math55 and ls50. easiest first year of ur life

[worn helm]

so much to love

[blazing kite]

as long as the book is good 💜

I'm an audio book warrior tho bc I lowkey struggle to stay focused

[turbid notch]

Isn’t Yale cs lowkey top 10-20 still

[fiery ridge]

I mean it’s 21 on us news

[fleet thicket]

it’s yale bruh if u don’t get a job it’s not yales fault

[rugged vessel]

Well considering there are 2839389393 books im sure some are good

[fiery ridge]

Yeah I doubt name matters at this level

[blazing kite]

see! won't god do it

[blazing kite]

COMMIT

[rugged vessel]

Huh😭

Bro just said words

[blazing kite]

that's how I got in

saying words

[worn helm]

idk yale stem in general is just underwhelming

but they’re trying 💔

[gritty parcel]

thats grad programs tho

[rugged vessel]

the most underwhelming thing is that fuckin 30 minute walk everyday to science hill 🤓

[molten glen]

Why does harvard always look cooler in pictures than in person lmao like I went to northwest twice a week every week last semester and that shit never looked that good

[molten glen]

At Yale?

It’s so bizarre that scooters r such a big thing here but I’ve never seen that shit at Yale

[blazing kite]

you need more whimsy

[orchid nest]

ngl bro harvard is so ugly dawg 💔

they needa put mor funding in the buildings

[blazing kite]

it's a HISTORIC CAMPUS💔

[orchid nest]

yeah but like even the other ivies are so much prettier

[blazing kite]

idgaf about other ivies #GOCRIMSON

I'm ready to be extremely cultish now that I've committed

[fleet thicket]

has our rivalry begun

[orchid nest]

it might be just boston cause i think mit is also ugly

[blazing kite]

enemies to lovers bookie

[molten glen]

Def not

[fleet thicket]

🙈🙈

see u at harvard yale 😉

it’s at yale this year tho right

[molten glen]

yea

[orchid nest]

rlly what schools are uglier

[molten glen]

I mean harvard and mit are on widely different spectrums of architecture so if you think both r ugly i think it may just be like bias or something

[orchid nest]

nah ik i feel like both styles are ugly ngl

[molten glen]

But I didn’t think Cornell or UPenn or Columbia or Brown looked better

Yale is def prettier

[fleet thicket]

wait i love brown

[blazing kite]

looks at you with hatred and longing from across the field

[fleet thicket]

i don’t rlly know what harvard looks like tho

[orchid nest]

when i went to tour harvard i think i saw the same red brick building like 8 times around campus

[blazing kite]

I hate brown bc they're the only ivy that rejected me 💔

[molten glen]

Yeah bc it’s all historical buildings that’s all they built with 💀

[orchid nest]

yeah but like its boring...

[fleet thicket]

“i was gonna say no but y r u saying no..”

that was me with like most of my rds lol

[molten glen]

bros going to college based on interesting buildings

[blazing kite]

me with duke cuz why did they come out after ivy day

[orchid nest]

i mean u did say it was prettier than like cornell and brown so like...

[molten glen]

ya

I didn’t apply to brown I’ve just been there

Got into Cornell visited them during whatever their Visitas equal is

Same with the others

[orchid nest]

oh i actually rlly like the cornell campus, their location is shit tho

[molten glen]

Y

A

I feel like u have to be a very specific type of person to want to go to Brown

[fleet thicket]

you think so?

[molten glen]

Yes

[orchid nest]

isnt it just a place to wanna chill

[fleet thicket]

hmm

[molten glen]

Or u applied to all the other ivies and only got into brown

Lol

[fleet thicket]

😭😭

ngl most of the people who got into the other ivies at my school didn’t get into brown

[orchid nest]

i heard brown was employing the same strat as yale where they are giving hella stem students offers

[fleet thicket]

like my friend got into pton cornell columbia but not brown yale or penn

[blazing kite]

twinnem

[fleet thicket]

brown is like rlly good at some stem fields tho

like brown applied math is great

[orchid nest]

ehhhhhhh only math

[blazing kite]

but brown is the color of dookie so......

[fleet thicket]

yeah that’s what i was referencing

guys don’t shit on brown i love brown 💔

[orchid nest]

i mean u cant be super chill and also be like top tier at anything it just depends on what u want

[fleet thicket]

it still is a t20 tho

like idk i fw the open curriculum heavy

[orchid nest]

well yea im comparing to other ivies

[fleet thicket]

and the non elitism

oh ic

[tender light]

Yo Chris/Smoof

One of yall tryna give me a tour on the 26th🙏 (Saturday before visitas)

[blazing kite]

WAIT IM COMING ON THE 26TH TOO!!

I'll be dropping into Boston at 9am

[tender light]

AUYY

Join the early visitas gc on WhatsApp

We’re all planning a dinner together

[molten glen]

Lol

Visitas was so much walking

I had like back to back to back college visits I was dead

I went from somewhere straight to Visitas to bulldog days to Dukes blue devil days

[tender light]

Lmao

I’m going from bulldogs day to visitas

[fleet thicket]

is it directly after

[tender light]

Nah the week after

[fleet thicket]

lowk glad i only have one revisit 3 days is a lot

wouldnt want to do back to back

[tender light]

I’ve already committed

I’m doing this for the plot

[fleet thicket]

Bruh

would u decommit if u happened to like yale more

[tender light]

Lmaoo

Chances of that happening are low

Does Yale have this?

[fleet thicket]

that looks like my schools dining hall

lol

[tender light]

Cappp

[fleet thicket]

thats a bad pic

lemme look thru my camera roll

[tender light]

Lmao

[fleet thicket]

theyre renovating it so i dont have pics from this year

[viral thorn]

are u gonna be the next sbf

[rugged vessel]

bro we aint having this for two years 💀

[tender light]

Chilllll

Dunster peak

I just got back from walking through leverret