Harvard University (2024-2025)

[reef grove]

wait jazzy i have to send you the pic of me at the policy competition with me and my team

they’re all like a foot taller than me

it’s hilarious

[blazing kite]

take me back to visitas

[reef grove]

REAL

i can’t believe i get to spend the next four years here

[blazing kite]

that part

my only regret during visitas is not sleeping more

i feel like dookie

[reef grove]

lmaooo at least you can make up for it today

[blazing kite]

after school.. yes.....

fuck I have a test today too

it's so OVER 💜

[reef grove]

not taking the day off is crazy

i’m still in boston

hanging out in my hotel room

my flight leaves this afternoon

[blazing kite]

there's a board meeting today for our programs sponsor and im literally the only person who isn't stupid so I have to be here

[reef grove]

ohhhh ic

[rugged vessel]

i saw u post it on ur story lolll

[rugged vessel]

real ones go back home and just dont go to school for the entire week

sometimes! i mean usually ppl are quite similar but you're lik

the exact same

like some ppl might have a typing quirk but you just have the quirk 😭

[reef grove]

i’m just full of whimsy

[tender light]

Anyone else get attacked by a whole of bunch of BSA members trying to get you to join the gc😭

[blazing kite]

I don't think i was similar at all

[rugged vessel]

you're fairly similar 😭

[blazing kite]

HOW? I barely said anything 💔

my weird vibes just transferred automatically

[rugged vessel]

Yes exactly

[hybrid yew]

i was on ERJ 😭, i lowk may be mixing up ppl

[rugged vessel]

I literally saw you and had a very strong feeling it was you and i was right

[obsidian nexus]

damn 98% accuracy description over here you don’t look fat

[blazing kite]

it's bc I was the only gorgeous girl on the block obvi

[willow vapor]

for ppl on the harvard waitlist: does it matter if you put ur loci under the upload materials place in the portal or under the waitlist upload place?

i put it under "Upload Materials" a few weeks ago and noticed there's a separate place for Waitlist stuff

or as long as it appers on the checklist is it ok

should i email the office and ask for it to be moved?

[reef grove]

no no i remember now

were you one of the groups with the tiered punishment system

[flat flame]

pinocchios is so good i didn’t try the other two though

[obsidian nexus]

is there a separate place for waitlist stuff? didn't even notice

[obsidian nexus]

what the fuck is going on at harvard tiered punishment 😭

[obsidian nexus]

nah i uploaded it to the normal place and my AO was like "i see it in your file so the whole committee will have access to it"

idt it matters

[reef grove]

it was a policy design competition 😭 we had to develop a solution to the murkiness surrounding hospital pricing

bc it was mandated in 2021 that hospitals have to be transparent, but less than 20% have actually complied

[hybrid yew]

yes

[hybrid yew]

freakvard

[reef grove]

it was kinda crazy that there were parties every single day we were there

like do ppl not get tired

apparently the one at lowell was rlly good

[wide plank]

Guys

I was committed to Princeton but now I think I like Harvard a lot more and find the vibe and fit to be far greater

what should i do

[willow vapor]

ok hopefully it's ok thank youu

[willow vapor]

yeah at the very bottom of the "admissions status" tab

but the waitlist letter just says upload on applicant portal so i think it should be finee

[reef grove]

formally committed or just committed in spirit?

[eager sinew]

hi a2harbard

[wide plank]

formally. I saw that you could sent an email so I just sent a very polite email with the reasons why

[reef grove]

hi a2kace

[eager sinew]

have u commitrf alrdy

[reef grove]

you’d likely not get your deposit back if you sent one, plus the odds of them accepting you for a grad program or any program in the future likely steeply declined

[wide plank]

ok thanks. They dont have a deposit so its fine but a little bummed about the grad program

but its alr i suppose

[reef grove]

at least that’s what my admissions counselor told me what would happen if i backed out

[wide plank]

oh? how did that conversation occur lol

[reef grove]

i got into georgetown and had doubts about harvard

gtown has a better foreign service program

[wide plank]

ahh

i think princeton has a better cs and compe program but I liked harvard a lot more

[reef grove]

you honestly can’t go wrong with either

another thing to keep in mind is that all of these top colleges talk to each other a lot, it’s one of the ways they see if people violated ED/REA agreements

which might also translate to you backing out of your commitment

tho idk if that’s a certainty

[wide plank]

yeah honestly a big thing for me is mental health and ik that harvard has issues with it too but the guy at princeton found in the lake kinda worried my family and me

gosh i hope not

[reef grove]

i would definitely have an honest talk with princeton

[wide plank]

yeah i hope they respond to my email by tomorrow so I have time by May 1

[eager sinew]

harvard has great mental health resources

free therapists and psychiatrists and whatnot

and also peer counseling if ur into that

[wide plank]

yeah princeton has these too but the kids there are just so stressed all the time like they get depressed and stuff

but now im just worried if decommiting means I cant commit to harvard

[eager sinew]

why would it

did u alrdy decline harvard

[reef grove]

i don’t think they won’t let you commit to harvard

[wide plank]

no but kaz had mentioned that these colleges talk to each other so I was worried that they might not let me change or something

[reef grove]

i was talking more like for grad programs and such

[wide plank]

oh ok

that kinda sucks I suppose but im trying to do a concurrent masters at harvard

[reef grove]

for what it’s worth though i’m sure princeton also has top notch mental health, and a lot of the stress can be mitigated with the course load you set for yourself

[eager sinew]

i didnt evrn plan to apply to pton, it just gives me bad vibes

[obsidian nexus]

if you already committed formally dont they have that thing where it says you understand the need to withdraw other colleges

it said that in my penn one

[dreamy lynx]

@eager sinew

lock in

[eager sinew]

greetings smoof

[obsidian nexus]

with that being said you could probably get around it if you wanted to? there's no bad decision here and princeton is great

[eager sinew]

its 9:30 pm i cant do nun til tmrw 😭

[wide plank]

i only saw that it said that I cant hold a place in another schools first year class by may 1

unless im mistaken

[reef grove]

i think that’s just by may 1 you can’t be enrolling in 2 schools

[obsidian nexus]

ah yeah right

[obsidian nexus]

you could probably commit to harvard and withdraw princeton still at this point, i think you would lose your deposit though

if there is a deposit

but yeah congrats on both lmao

[dreamy lynx]

geeked you can do everything rn the world is an oyster

[wide plank]

i had been stressing about this for like so long

and i honestly didnt ever expect to get into harvard

[dreamy lynx]

think about integrals

I would say go to harvard but

that's just me

[obsidian nexus]

yeah i feel you

man

tough call

[wide plank]

a lot of people at visitas were all cross admits so they were choosing between different schools but a lot of them decided to go with harvard and they had pretty good reasons too

[rugged vessel]

if mental health is a big worry um you shoudl choose harvard lmao

like ive been really able to mitigate my mental health here

great support system through friends and teacher, and i have therapy with CAMHS

ppl are princeton are definitly on average more miserable

[eager sinew]

agree

[rugged vessel]

like 9/10 people i go up to here will say that like harvard

[wide plank]

thats what everyone was saying

[eager sinew]

i might just kms if i went to pton

[obsidian nexus]

💀

help

[rugged vessel]

i am someone who like struggles academically and also struggles with mental health in correlation with academics and harvard like literally supports me bc of how the curriculums are structure

[wide plank]

honestly just worried about the resources and stuff like getting internships and whatnot

and some students were saying how harvard engineering kinda sucks

[rugged vessel]

theres only been a few times where i had a level of bullshit where im like "yeah this is fucked" that wasnt my fault

[eager sinew]

arent u cs

harvard cs is very popular

[rugged vessel]

harvard engineering is literally fine you wont think about rankings when you're here

also the overall experience is so much more important

[wide plank]

I would have wanted to go into comp e concentration but i was kinda scared away from it due to what students were saying

[rugged vessel]

i came here wanting to do physics as harvard is like a T3 physics program and now im probably doing environmental engineering or earth science which arent nearly ranked as high, but it fits my needs more

[eager sinew]

does harbard have that

have u spoken to pton luck btw, im p sure hes compe

[wide plank]

oh not yet

ik harvard has compe but i think its under electrical engineering

and its not its own major

[rugged vessel]

yeah

i think its under like engineering sciences or smth

idk

what made you commit to princeton so early?

[obsidian nexus]

yeah what made u like pton originally

[obsidian nexus]

my goat jazzy

[wide plank]

harvard was kind of a hasty decision and I never expected to like it. additionally, I had wanted to do ROTC at princeton and they pressured me to commit

[obsidian nexus]

the army pressure 😭

[reef grove]

tell pton you had a change of heart and want to join the chinese army instead

[rugged vessel]

werent you REA

[wide plank]

yeah

i applied harvard rd

[obsidian nexus]

wait does this mean princeton is free

[wide plank]

princeton for me is about 4k with the scholarship but I would have to commit to rotc and sign a contract in the fall and serve 8 years

harvard is about 8k with no extra stipends and stuff but im not locked into rotc

so I wouldnt say money was a huge consideration for me but at the time i didnt see a risk in commiting because the finaid was so good

[obsidian nexus]

ah i see

[wide plank]

idk i just think i was kind of naive and shouldve done more research

[obsidian nexus]

wait so the harvard aid sounds better than the princeton aid ngl

no 8 year serve

[wide plank]

yeah fr

[obsidian nexus]

is this merit or need?

[wide plank]

but tbf i wanted to do like government cybersecurity and rotc offers internships for that

does harvard have merit?

[obsidian nexus]

oh, no

[wide plank]

it just says faculty scholarship haha

[obsidian nexus]

i was just wondering why princeton is only slightly cheaper than harvard even with the rotc stuff

[obsidian nexus]

ah gotchu

[wide plank]

yeah idk

[obsidian nexus]

oh yeah this is true im gov too

[wide plank]

i think my family contribution would be the save either way

same*

and they just reduce the amount of aid they give me but I get to pocket the stipend and get like $2500 computer credit or something

[obsidian nexus]

i mean ur gonna have a great time at both tbh. i think it's a matter of what you want. yes the news at princeton rn seems like not so great but im sure youll also find a ton of princeton ppl that love the school. but there are tons of harvard ppl that love harvard too so at the end of the day you're not going to go wrong picking between the two best schools in the nation 😭

[obsidian nexus]

ah yeah this makes sense

[wide plank]

or some people said they had princeton cover full tuition and used rotc for room and board but its aa little unethical

[obsidian nexus]

ah i see

[obsidian nexus]

i mean you still have a little bit of time, talk to people between both schools, you mentioned you were worried about opportunities so look at that too, just do more research on both so ur confident with ur decision either way you go... and remember theres not really a wrong decision!

u got this bro

[wide plank]

thanks!

[dreamy lynx]

who is the 1/10

[tall haven]

Did u get off WL or js like commit pton early

Cuz wait if u commit Idt u can withdraw?? Maybe just my end

[wide plank]

oh noooo

[rugged vessel]

idk random ass mf

ur not the random ass mf

some random ass mf

[tall haven]

It’s Always Cali folks trust

[molten glen]

I've like never met anyone who has said they hate harvard except once during Visitas when two ppl said not to come here and that they were transferring to brown but Im kinda convinced they were trolling

[balmy thorn]

I mean u picked pton for a reason right? Gut feeling?

Another thing to consider is pton is undergrad focused also

But u can’t go wrong with either both are insane

[obsidian nexus]

this is true

[worn helm]

pton is hard vro

im lowkey getting fried here i would’ve been deep fried at princeton

[molten glen]

🗣️

[obsidian nexus]

did u get into princeton too

[blazing kite]

officially rejected all other offers. ROLL CRIM!

[eager sinew]

roll john!

[eager sinew]

dony u have a 4.0 brother

[wet owl]

What's BSA lmfao

[tender light]

Black student association

[wet owl]

ohh

[tender light]

They haggled me like Christian missionaries 😭

[worn helm]

i still gotta grind for it 💔💔

if i went yale i would’ve had a 4.0 with 0 effort

[blazing kite]

so are you joining

[tender light]

Yes😔

[molten glen]

thats lowk facts

[worn helm]

if i went to princeton i would’ve had a 3.0 or a 4.0 with 3x the effort

there’s levels to it 🤓

[rugged vessel]

no he's dumb

[rugged vessel]

me when i grind like crazy and im probably dropping below a 3.5 this sem 🔥

[molten glen]

I got off the waitlist lmao

[eager sinew]

nah fuck you

[rugged vessel]

they really let anyone off the waitlist

[molten glen]

I also got into UChicago RD, but that’s less impressive yk

[rugged vessel]

yeah much less impressive

[molten glen]

[blazing kite]

was that ur peak

I genuinely forgot all the colleges I got into minus like . the two other ivies

[worn helm]

but im lazy i only take 2 pset classes at a time

yall be doing too much sometimes 💔

[obsidian nexus]

no this dude got into every ivy 💀

[zealous cipher]

what about cmu 💔

[blazing kite]

but you can only attend ONE!

[obsidian nexus]

so real!

[fathom tree]

Son of one of our friends got into Harvard

If he did it that y’all do it too

[molten glen]

No I could care less about UChicago literally the least imporant one of my acceptances LOL

I got into Yale, Harvard, Princeton off WL, Duke (some kind of scholar), Rice, UVA (Jeffs scholar), Columbia, Cornell,

[blazing kite]

I meant like . was college app season ur peak

[molten glen]

Oh no

I think nobody peaks until college or maybe after college, I think I’m a totally different person even now then when I came here

Especially bc of like how transformative it is to be in such a different place with diverse perspectives coming from rural area

Unless ur just being sarcastic lol

[worn helm]

what r u studying there

[zealous cipher]

Probably CS, maybe Comp Bio

[worn helm]

yea you’re cooked

make sure to get outside tho, ur whole life shouldn’t just be the books

u got it vro

[zealous cipher]

Thank you zawg 🙏

[reef grove]

this is why i kinda wish i had applied to schools in RD

instead i saved several hundred dollars

at the cost of not having a super long list of ivies i got into

i just got into harvard and said yeah i’m not writing any more essays

[flat flame]

do we have to submit all official ap scores or just the ones we reported in common app?

after we commit

[worn helm]

not completely sure but i submitted for all classes i put on my common app

i’m wondering if you even have to submit at all lmao bc they don’t really do anything

[reef grove]

if i get straight ones will they rescinf me

[worn helm]

nah they dont care

[reef grove]

fuck yeah

[worn helm]

u lowkey don’t have to take them

i did to make my teachers happy like a nerd

[flat flame]

ohh okay i was wondering bc i got an email about submitting act/sat but nothing for aps

[worn helm]

otherwise i just wouldn’t show up

[reef grove]

im not abt to study for 8 ap tests ngl

[worn helm]

yea u def gotta submit act/sat

or u may be in trouble

prob not aps

[flat flame]

i’m not doing aps this year so do i just send my past ones

oh alr

[reef grove]

i think you already self reported those

[worn helm]

will it make you pay?

[reef grove]

i havent gotten anything from them asking me to send officia;

[flat flame]

yeah like $20 or smth

[flat flame]

oh i thought they’d wanna verify like they do for sat/act

idk

[worn helm]

i feel like it’s not worth idk

[flat flame]

i forgot how terrible collegeboard ui is

[reef grove]

maybe if youre trying to get our of the language requirement you can send a language score

[flat flame]

oh right i forgot

[reef grove]

but unless they explicitly ask i wouldnt waste the money

[flat flame]

i might as well send them all then i think it’s the same price for all vs one

[reef grove]

you cant send only one

its either all or nothing

[flat flame]

oh mb

it’s $10 to withhold a score LOL

[reef grove]

unless you send this goofy ahh fax to collegeboard

[flat flame]

so if i wanted to send one it would be like $150

[flat flame]

i hate their website

[reef grove]

ikr

[flat flame]

it takes me forever to get to the right page

[rugged vessel]

Wait who

[reef grove]

im so glad i never have to use it again

[flat flame]

same

we’re free

[reef grove]

cant wait for canvas instead 💀

[flat flame]

💀

[reef grove]

i hate canvas ngl

google classroom is sm more intuitive

[worn helm]

lowkey yea

[reef grove]

canvas has more features but theyre weirdly formatted and hard to access

[molten glen]

Bro thinks he can fish

[eager sinew]

ur so real

[molten glen]

I didn’t submit any of mine

[molten glen]

wasn’t rlly a factor for me I didn’t have to pay for any of my applications

But I only applied to 10 and only got rejected twice, some ppl are ACTUALLY crazy and apply to like 20+

[reef grove]

it wouldve taken such a huge mental toll on me if i had to keep writing essays through RD szn

i was already literally worrying myself sick with my EA ones, genuinely i kept getting ill over and over

easily one of the worst times of my life

now its kinda a 180 tho so id say it was worth

living my best life

[molten glen]

Ig it’s different lol I only applied to one school EA and it was UVA the rest were all RD

[reef grove]

ah ic

i applied to like 10ish (if you count all the UCs as 1)

[molten glen]

EA??

[reef grove]

yeah

all my publics i did EA

[molten glen]

Didn’t u do harvard REA?

[reef grove]

the way harvard REA works is you cant apply to other private schools

[molten glen]

Yeah I know

[reef grove]

you can apply to publics tho

so i applied to harvard + a bunch of publics

[molten glen]

Nice

[reef grove]

rd wouldve been when i applied to all the other ivies

but ngl i was mentally done

[molten glen]

UVA was my safety and 1 public, the rest were just the T10 schools

[reef grove]

if i hadnt gotten in idk what i wouldve done, no way i wouldve been able to crank out 20 more schools

my list was ~30 long (though some were safeties that i wouldnt have had to do depending on ea results)

[molten glen]

Wtf

[reef grove]

the list in question

not shown is ucla and ucsd

[flat flame]

did u waive the language requirement?

[molten glen]

No

Unless u got a 5 on a language it doesn’t matter tho

[flat flame]

i did so i can waive it but idk if this means i need to send the score report now or just wait until they directly request it

[obsidian nexus]

didnt u get into gtown tho

[reef grove]

yeah i did

[molten glen]

Wait yeah Gtown is private

It doesn't really matter tho

[obsidian nexus]

yeah gtown is also REA

did u do it RD

[molten glen]

why you mention me not kaz

[obsidian nexus]

directed at kaz

[molten glen]

ahg

[reef grove]

yeah i did rd

it was the only rd school i did

dw i promise i didn’t violate any REA agreement

[obsidian nexus]

dang u really loved gtown 😭

[reef grove]

yeahhhh

i mean i put it in #2 but it really should’ve been tied with harvard

i would’ve been really sad rejecting either of them

bc at harvard i’m missing out on gtown’s foreign policy academy, whereas at gtown i would be missing out on everything harvard has to offer

[rugged vessel]

Die

[molten glen]

@reef grove You'll love harvard dw

Foreign policy? In USA? Right now? Never heard of it!

[rugged vessel]

Its really not that hard

[molten glen]

Huh

[molten glen]

Respond to the wrong person?

[rugged vessel]

tyt

[eager sinew]

[tall haven]

Wait does pton even have a grad school

[tall haven]

Bruh doesn’t Harvard have the most grade inflation

[balmy thorn]

They have a few grad programs but not a ton

[eager sinew]

i would love to know where it is

its pretty big in the humanities but stem is kinda cooked (less cooked than pton)

[tall haven]

This girl on TikTok got a C on final and got A overall

[dreamy lynx]

This girl on tiktok 🥀

[worn helm]

🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️😬😬

i applied broadly bc i didnt have faith in my app

[worn helm]

that shit not real 😂😂 i was delusional too

better term would be grade floor not inflation

nobody fails but not everyone gets an A and classes may either curve down or make A cutoff hella high

[worn helm]

final could’ve been worth like 20% and she locked the rest of the class

i haven’t done css profile 🥀🥀

[molten glen]

@tall haven ^^ my Discrete Math class the final is only worth 20%, tho I still have to make kinda high to get an A, way highe than a C. But like I know in Applied Math 22A--atleast a couple semesters ago and this is a class that freshman can take/sometimes recommended to take--the grade cutoffs for an A were like only 5% of the class and the teacher was so strict about this I know a dude who made a 94% on the exam, but the cut off was like a 94.4% and he just curved him down to a B LMAO

imagine making a 94 on the final

and then getting ur ass curved down to a B

[eager sinew]

due tmrw hello

[molten glen]

chris lock in

[worn helm]

not tonight??

[molten glen]

no its due may 1

[worn helm]

LFGG

[eager sinew]

u thought it was due tn AND STILL HAVENT DONE IT?

[molten glen]

id submit ur idoc tonight tho lowk

imagine they're like hell nah we already getting our budget cut we can't accept late stuff

[worn helm]

i did half 😬😬

[worn helm]

i will try to 🙏

[eager sinew]

i submitted my idoc yesterday snd im still worried

they aint updated the requirements on my.harvatd

it says w2 and tax return and my mother has neither 💀

so i had to do the non filer statement and then i uploaded her government letter so i hope thats enough lmfao

[tender light]

Wait so guys, do I have to pay the non billed part of my finaid?

[eager sinew]

no

[tender light]

Or can I literally ignore it and just pay the bill part?

[eager sinew]

u just pay the billed part

the unbilled is them guessing how much ur gonna spend on personal expenses

[tender light]

Oh shi

So they’re only charging me 4k😭

[eager sinew]

si

[tender light]

My parents make like 200k+😅

[eager sinew]

tf

thats crazy

new finaid thing going hard

[tender light]

Oh Fs

It was 15k more than my next closest option

Though Yale was 6k

Only close comp

[molten glen]

It is, that's what I had to do with my step-dad

[tender light]

I wonder if I saw any of u guys this weekend and yall didn’t realize it

[molten glen]

probably

[tender light]

Were you guys at any events?

Like the debate or iop mixer thing

[molten glen]

I mean I was around didn't really attend any events per say

[tender light]

Ah ok

Would’ve been funny to have a discord meetup lmao

[worn helm]

💔💔

we did this last yr ✌️✌️

[eager sinew]

vro doesnt know

chris go study for ls1b

or do ur css

[worn helm]

wow on this day last yr i committed here

now its last day of classes

🥲🥲

[worn helm]

tmrw 💔 css more important

[reef grove]

i met up w jazzy

[tender light]

Lucky

[eager sinew]

sad i didnt meet u lowk

[tender light]

I could realistically pu to Harvard tmr cause I live so close and meet everyone

But that’s pushing it

[reef grove]

you could’ve 😭

[eager sinew]

p sure i was eeping sunday

[reef grove]

were you the person jazzy called to meet me

[eager sinew]

she called me yes

and i saw ur face

[reef grove]

😭😭😭

you had no excuse

[eager sinew]

I WAS EEPING

LET A MAN EEP

[reef grove]

💔💔💔

ts pmo icl 🥀🥀

it’s okay apparently i’m the exact same irl as i am over text

[rugged vessel]

yes u r

cope

[rugged vessel]

omg i have fans

[tender light]

Ngl I’d rather meet jazzy than kace, so you won

[reef grove]

diabolical work

after he skipped out on meeting me to get more sleep tho (at 5 pm mind you) i agree

[rugged vessel]

i think im prettyu cool sometimes

[reef grove]

you had v cool pokémon drip

[dreamy lynx]

💀

[rugged vessel]

aw is that what we call it

you had um

personality!

[tender light]

What did you guys think of the visitas kids this year

Were we similar to yall from last year, or diff?

[dreamy lynx]

Idk I was locked in

[tender light]

I lowkey wish I toured more classes Monday, I spent the whole day at the CBE event

[rugged vessel]

i have no clue bc i was a visitas kid

like i rly dont know the outside perspective

bc i was so lost the first time

[tall haven]

wtf is the grade inflation fake advertising

😭

Yo what

[rugged vessel]

depends on the class 💀

[worn helm]

hmmm

i feel like half are more chill than this yr

but the other half are more neurotic

there’s levels to it 🤓

[worn helm]

already selling out

[tender light]

I’ve been sold out

[worn helm]

i hate how people come here w passions and then just go consulting

thats life tho

😂😂😔

[tender light]

Were all going to consulting at some point

It is kinda sad tho

I had passions

But that out of college pay is just too good

[worn helm]

how much again

like 120k/yr?

less/more?

[tender light]

Btw if anyone wants discounts at Felipe’s my best friend from hs is the son of Felipe himself

[tender light]

That’s like base

[worn helm]

💀💀💀SAY ON SOUL

[tender light]

More like 120k base 50k bonus

[tender light]

On soul

[worn helm]

nah ur trolling me

ur trolling

[tender light]

I’m so deadass

[worn helm]

the son of felipe? 😭😭

[tender light]

We played fb together

[worn helm]

WHO IS FELIPE

[tender light]

I think he’s his nephew but yeah, they’re related

[worn helm]

DAMNNN

thats great money

[worn helm]

lowkey hook a brother up

💔💔

[tender light]

Hence why everyone goes into consulting

[worn helm]

lmk when u on campus bruzzo

[tender light]

I live in Boston so it isn’t that uncommon for me to be there

[reef grove]

hey man i looked cool ☹️

[tender light]

I’m going tmr actually

[rugged vessel]

u did :D

[worn helm]

what time

[tender light]

Bro really wants those discounts 😭

[foggy sorrel]

rejected 😢

[tender light]

Like 3:45, or 4

Though my friend would have to be working there atm, he’s not there 24/7 yk

[reef grove]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-im-cool-gif-9349408

literally me

[worn helm]

chill im a broke college student

[worn helm]

gotchu

[tender light]

Blank street and the bagel shop were my go to during visitas

Peak bagels and matcha

[reef grove]

there are no cat cafes nearby

that’s my one qualm

i feel like a cat cafe would sell so well in cambridge

[eager sinew]

what kind of voodoo brainwashing did jazzy do on you

[rugged vessel]

NO IVE NOTICED

[eager sinew]

IM IN CBE JOIN CBE

[rugged vessel]

I WANT TO GO TO A CAT CAFE SO BAD

[tender light]

WAIT

are you the guy who was arguing abt the Seahawks during the event Monday?

[rugged vessel]

definitely not

[eager sinew]

no 💀

i am not a sports man

[tender light]

Mere u at Felipe’s then?

[rugged vessel]

the only seahawk he knows is sea salt on french fries

[eager sinew]

no

i didnt go to any of the events

💀

[tender light]

Should’ve been

[rugged vessel]

ya he lowkey a loser

[tender light]

But I do wanna join cbe

[eager sinew]

i was busy on monday.

[rugged vessel]

selling your soul already huh

[tender light]

They seem more fun and chill than hcg

[rugged vessel]

right right

[reef grove]

busy sleeping again?

[rugged vessel]

yeah

[tender light]

Might as well😔

[eager sinew]

lets go with that

[reef grove]

honk mi mi mi due at 8 am tomorrow

[rugged vessel]

god damn it

which word is it

giving?

[eager sinew]

people respect you

highly respect you yk

[rugged vessel]

am i highly regarded

[tender light]

Kace you got a job at MBB yet?

[reef grove]

j*bs 🤮🤮🤮

[eager sinew]

im a freshman bestie

[rugged vessel]

kaz is like a millionaire

[tender light]

I got one for Fidelity but that’s more investment based than consulting 😭

[rugged vessel]

kace

[tender light]

Oh shi

[eager sinew]

best ive got for you is Bain consulting kickstart program

[rugged vessel]

idk why i said kaz

thats a crazy freudian slip

[tender light]

Could be worse, that’s wsp tho

[reef grove]

nah i’ll be a millionaire by the time i graduate trust

[eager sinew]

wasp

[tender light]

Billion for me

[reef grove]

i just have to put it all on red

[eager sinew]

im bored chat what should i do on my phone

stardew isnt seeming interesting anymore

[tender light]

I alr found my winklevoss rowing twins to my Zuckerberg

[eager sinew]

bros planning a double cross before he even knows the double

[reef grove]

actually i’m kinda broke rn, literally spotify premium cancelled on my phone bc i couldn’t pay for it 💀 i need a job

[eager sinew]

diabolical levels of unemployment

[tender light]

Gotta pull a Zuckerberg to get ahead

Jk

[reef grove]

as long as my geoguessr premium stays up

no actually i have a job but they haven’t given me my first shift yet

it’s been a week

[rugged vessel]

you are gonna get along with smoof

[tender light]

Smoof is a canonical gambler I assume

[rugged vessel]

yes

hitting the parlays and shit i dunno how gambling works

[tender light]

Are all the Harvard 28 a2cers just friends or sum😭

I know yall all go to Harvard but do yall meet up and talk, and hang?

[eager sinew]

and B if she ever meets him

[dreamy lynx]

nah hook me up king

[reef grove]

all of y’all just hide in your dorms smh

[eager sinew]

i see jazzy smoof and halo everyday

[reef grove]

ion even wanna meet y’all 💔

[tender light]

That’s hilarious

[tender light]

Igu

[eager sinew]

i see chris like every other day prolly

in passing usually

hes just everywhere

[reef grove]

i prolly won’t see you guys a lot ngl since i’m social sciences

while y’all are stem

[tender light]

I’m seas so I probably will

[worn helm]

yes

[dreamy lynx]

lowk imma be on leave for like 2 years so idk who imma hang out with when I'm back 💀

[eager sinew]

hey i have a psych minor

[rugged vessel]

we are like maybe the first a2blocking group ever which is embarrassing because we all naturally click and have become such good friends, and our friend group of 8 is half a2c, half not, and it's like you wouldnt veen notice or care that we met here, it's so nice

[dreamy lynx]

being a sophomore while y'all are seniors 🥀

[eager sinew]

thhats smth

[worn helm]

damn smoof

[tender light]

Chris having an L pfp should’ve told u he’s in his dorm all day

[worn helm]

is it for medical or nah

[dreamy lynx]

yea

[worn helm]

oh ok..

[reef grove]

put the fries in the bag vro

[worn helm]

i go outside sometimes

[eager sinew]

ME??

[reef grove]

💀

[eager sinew]

hell nah get yo ass in the unemployment line buddy

[dreamy lynx]

you gonna eat em first

[reef grove]

i’m gonna be running the country in a few years watch

[tender light]

Sureee

[worn helm]

dis pic tuff

[eager sinew]

what if i kms

[dreamy lynx]

don't!

[eager sinew]

it'll be ur fault

ong

[dreamy lynx]

noo

pls

[dreamy lynx]

I want to graduate

[rugged vessel]

even now im like befriending a few of you prefrosh and getting like super close to yall, i think theres just a specific type of person who'd be active on a2c, and ig that type of shitter behavior is something i rly click with irl, so i dont mind 💀

[eager sinew]

😭

[tender light]

Hogwarts Ts

[dreamy lynx]

bro is yapping to who rn chill on the words big dawg

[rugged vessel]

literally the person who asked

be on leave for 4 years

☹️

[dreamy lynx]

can you use shorter sentences I can't read allat

[tender light]

Wait, jazzy your a dude?

[rugged vessel]

no

yes

no

[eager sinew]

great response

[tender light]

…

Great 👍

[rugged vessel]

no 💀

what makes u ask that

[tender light]

^ “bro”

[eager sinew]

bro is gender neutral

[tender light]

Fair enough

[reef grove]

^

[eager sinew]

i call kaz bro

[rugged vessel]

smoof would call his mom big dawg

[eager sinew]

and my mom bro

[rugged vessel]

kaz is such a bro

[dreamy lynx]

I just say words

[rugged vessel]

little bro behavior

NAW FR?

[eager sinew]

real

[tender light]

Sounds like yall are mad close irl

[eager sinew]

sometimes my larynx be vibrating n shi

[reef grove]

if i as a 5’2 woman can be bro anyone can be bro

[tender light]

What house are you all going to

[eager sinew]

quincy

[dreamy lynx]

stockholm syndrome

[tender light]

Goated

[eager sinew]

best house

[rugged vessel]

we all blocked together so quincy

[tender light]

I dormed in Quincy

For visitas

[rugged vessel]

you're canonically a little guy

[eager sinew]

omg so did i

[rugged vessel]

whatd you think of it?

new quincy (or wtv) or stone hall or what

[tender light]

It was pretty good I’d say

[eager sinew]

destined for u to be in quincy

[dreamy lynx]

nah he going dunster

[reef grove]

perpetually a silly guy

[tender light]

I stayed in dewolfe but I went to Quincy common room and dining hall

[rugged vessel]

wait

[eager sinew]

HE STAYED IN DEWFOLE

[rugged vessel]

how is dewolfe

lmao

i might want to do that

[eager sinew]

did the suite have 4 ppl

[dreamy lynx]

dewolfe is a funny word I don't even know where it is but I just hear people mention it a lot

[tender light]

Dewolfe is cool as shit, kitchen, common room, and 4 person suite

[eager sinew]

[rugged vessel]

was it like 2 doubles

[tender light]

Yeah

[rugged vessel]

UUUHG

[eager sinew]

jazzy this is so sad

[tender light]

Is that like the most perfect dorm possible😭

[eager sinew]

we want dewolfe but we both have single bedroom

[tender light]

Toughh

I highkey want Lowell house

Or Dunster

[rugged vessel]

tbh i have low standards for a room

lowell and dunster are great

[tender light]

Anything but the quad, I will NOT be walking 20min to class

[reef grove]

how much money would i have to donate to get into apley

[rugged vessel]

i love the quad

sm

[tender light]

What’s the best freshman dorm?

[rugged vessel]

probably the entire state you live in

[rugged vessel]

probably apley lmao

[reef grove]

apley and grays

[tender light]

I’ve been in Straus, holworthy, canaday and greys

[reef grove]

grays is closer to everything

but apley has marble bathtubs

[tender light]

Oh shi

[dreamy lynx]

apley isn't real there are like 4 people there and I've met like one ever

neither is mass hall

[reef grove]

with the weird little animal feet on the bottom

[tender light]

Imo I thought a lot of freshman dorms looked better than the upperclassman dorm in Quincy😭

Well, the two I saw

[rugged vessel]

bro really slipped in GRAYS like we wouldnt notice

[reef grove]

grays is so fire

[dreamy lynx]

grays is fire

weld is good too

[reef grove]

it’s literally the harvard hilton

[dreamy lynx]

matthews on the other hand

matthews basement is interesting

[tender light]

No one ever likes Mathew’s

[dreamy lynx]

I thought it was just normal for basements to be musty asf until I went to other freshman dorms

💀

[rugged vessel]

greenough is peeling

[tender light]

I think I’m gonna go 3 roommates, 5am wake up, and super neat for my housing questionnaire

[dreamy lynx]

matthews has been peeled

[tender light]

But so is everyone else

[rugged vessel]

this is why bro goes back home

[rugged vessel]

aint no one relates i think its just you

[dreamy lynx]

chill on me I be in my dorm most of the time

[tender light]

That’s not normal?

[obsidian nexus]

bro is gonna end up in a maximum security single

[tender light]

Everyone I know is doing 3 rm

[obsidian nexus]

5 am is NOT a real wakeup time

[dreamy lynx]

3 roommates isn't most peoples preference I feel like nor is 5am but neat is cool

[tender light]

I unironically wake up at 5am in the summer

[dreamy lynx]

idk I feel like 2 roommates is enough for me

[tender light]

And 6am during the school year

[obsidian nexus]

wtf

[reef grove]

bro honestly idt we’d be bad roommates

imagine they put us tg

[tender light]

My thought process was that I’d rather a two double dorm than two singles or one single and a double

[dreamy lynx]

true

[obsidian nexus]

WAIT ARE YOU A GUY

[tender light]

Real, we should coordinate fr

[reef grove]

oh wait you’re a m*n nvm

[tender light]

😭

[reef grove]

thank god no

[obsidian nexus]

help

[tender light]

I thought u were a guy too

[rugged vessel]

everyones getting misgendered today

[reef grove]

LMAO

help do i really give off male vibes 😭

[obsidian nexus]

who else

[rugged vessel]

ME

[dreamy lynx]

yeah housing is just a random process at times for first years

[obsidian nexus]

yeah i thought u were a guy until december

[obsidian nexus]

WHAT

[reef grove]

i need to take a cold shower

[rugged vessel]

no i dont think so

yeah wash off the guyness

[tender light]

Ofc u would say that

[obsidian nexus]

no kaz does give off a little guy

[dreamy lynx]

I heard rumors they sort you into a yard and then look at the form to decide within but that's like not proven by anything just a theory someone floated back in the day

[tender light]

You just got misgendered for a guy too😭

[rugged vessel]

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

yeah us guys know eachother well

guy gang wya

[obsidian nexus]

hi

[rugged vessel]

hi

[obsidian nexus]

im gay

*guy

bruh

[rugged vessel]

bruh

[tender light]

I’ll take anyone but a cs major

Preferably gov majors cause their neat and preppy

[reef grove]

you’ll never guess what major i am

[rugged vessel]

cs

[dreamy lynx]

gov econ

[obsidian nexus]

COMPUTER SCIENCE

[tender light]

Linguistics

[worn helm]

😂😂 not during college

[reef grove]

NOOOO

[rugged vessel]

you do give linguistics vibes

[reef grove]

i need to lie down.

[worn helm]

i was just as delusional as you vro

[reef grove]

i’m a gov major 😭💔

[tender light]

Close enough

[dreamy lynx]

my expos was like all some variant of gov econ besides me 🥀

[rugged vessel]

bc they just want their lives to stay easy

[dreamy lynx]

I appreciate gov econ majors

[reef grove]

being called a cs major just knocked me down like 3 pegs

[obsidian nexus]

mb 😭

[tender light]

I think I met like 5 people during visitas who were t planning on going into either gov or Econ

[dreamy lynx]

I feel like I've met less cs majors than I thought

[rugged vessel]

bro's down to 4'8

[dreamy lynx]

very few pure cs majors it's always apmath/math or like gov cs or smth

[reef grove]

💀💀💀

[obsidian nexus]

is that a lot or very few for u

[molten glen]

nah bro I woke up EVERYDAY at 7:30 AM by the latest during high school here im lucky to be 25 minutes late to my 9:45 AM class 💀

[reef grove]

is applied math the new cs

[tender light]

Gov and cs a crazy combo

[reef grove]

i swear i’ve seen like 5 apmath majors already

[tender light]

Very few, I met about 250 people

[molten glen]

CS & Econ is extremely popular too

[reef grove]

double unemployment

[rugged vessel]

@shut cliff

[dreamy lynx]

idk ap math is just such a popular major it feels like

[tender light]

Is that cause your up late, drinking, or just college?

[rugged vessel]

up late spending 1k on food

[shut cliff]

Ok this was just unasked for

[tender light]

It’s very applicable for obv reasons

[molten glen]

jazzy is fake facts don't worry about him

[reef grove]

unasked is crazy

[rugged vessel]

ur so bad at this

[dreamy lynx]

I wake up at 6:10 or 8 no in between

[rugged vessel]

how do u read that sentence and think it sounds right

[molten glen]

Idk sometimes up late sometimes just college ig

[tender light]

In my case, I would never want to skip breakfast at the berg

[shut cliff]

??

[tender light]

Those waffles sing to me

[rugged vessel]

not u

[molten glen]

Ultimately you just don't have that structure here you are used to, like I only have a 9:45 Class on MWF but on Tu Thur my classes don't start until like 3 PM

[molten glen]

dawg you gotta calm urself down and go work a little harder on your papers

[shut cliff]

Should have gotten the other Gov and CS major in our group to join the discord and tag him 🤨

[reef grove]

i can’t learn in the afternoon

[dreamy lynx]

no

[tender light]

Makes sense, most classes I’ve seen are between 9-2, no real late night classes or early morning ones

[reef grove]

i need morning classes

[rugged vessel]

yes

[molten glen]

I have a class on MW that is 6:00 PM -> 7:15

[rugged vessel]

you cant be this dumb

like seriously

its getting out of hand

truly

[tender light]

What class is that?

[molten glen]

It's a class about philanthropy! It's pretty cool, I just got my non-profit a $10,000 donation

[shut cliff]

Well you make your own schedule so

[molten glen]

I presented Monday actually

[tender light]

I forgot, you got into Harvard, ofc u got a nonprofit😭

[molten glen]

No it's not my non-profit lols

You get assigned a "field", mine was education/literacy, and you research non-profits, write memo statements, in-depth research, choose your top 3, then you interview and from that you choose your finalist, and then from there you pitch to the course at the end with your group and we vote on who to give our funding to

[reef grove]

one thing i noticed at harvard was that they really were just finding any excuse to give students money

[rugged vessel]

well

very dpeendent on what

[reef grove]

like a couple of the clubs i went to were literally just saying “yeah they let us vacation to south america three times a year for free”

[molten glen]

So the non-profit we landed on was an early literacy non-profit that is national, but has a satellite based out of Cambridge. Not a field I'm particularly passionate about entering, but nonetheless a good cause and definitely excited to have a picture with a big ass check LMAO

[tender light]

Wait, from your perspectives, how shit are the expos classes?

[rugged vessel]

yes

[molten glen]

Not bad at all, I did a REALLY cool one and got like an Easy A lmao

you have to get a good lottery tho

[tender light]

Ok that makes more sense now lmao

[tender light]

You can’t choose?

[molten glen]

No

You lottery for it

[tender light]

Oh shit

What was the one u did?

[dreamy lynx]

my experience was in between, not too hard a class, I got an A- and I probably could've put more work in, but overall content was interesting and not too much work

[shut cliff]

I mean you rank them and most people get their top choice though so like

[rugged vessel]

i have like 5+ hours of reading a week and i got low B's on both my papers whilealso being flamed like crazy on the rubric ! :D

[molten glen]

did you get ur top choice?

5+ hours of reading is crazy, we didn't read ever

[shut cliff]

My preceptor is going in maternity leave so the expos won’t even be offered next semester! :D

[dreamy lynx]

I can't read

words are hard

[shut cliff]

Me too

Fr

[tender light]

This is why we’re stem majors fr

[rugged vessel]

i got my first choice, it was cancelled, add/dropped got none of them, add/dropped again got like my last choice

i think i got like my 11th choice

[reef grove]

oof

[shut cliff]

Oh bestie being a stem major got me locked in the Cabot basement

[rugged vessel]

idt cal was gonna take gender and mental health hdfgldkfgjldfkg

[tender light]

Cabot is genuinely unfortunate

[rugged vessel]

(not cabot house)

[tender light]

Oh

[shut cliff]

(Cabot library)

[reef grove]

🐟🐟🐟

[rugged vessel]

if you say cabot 5 times in a row i hear you'll summon @zenith falcon

[shut cliff]

Well gender and mental health is very important for everyone ! 🤓☝️

[tender light]

Do people actually do it in the stacks?

[rugged vessel]

literally my two least favorite things

yeah me and @eager sinew have done it in the stacks

[shut cliff]

What does that mean

[rugged vessel]

nvm

[reef grove]

bro they’re college students they prolly do it everywhere

[tender light]

…

[shut cliff]

@dreamy lynx where have you been I have not seen you at all today

[reef grove]

wait actually there was this hilarious article

[tender light]

Smoof not leaving his dorm?

Tryna be like kace

[shut cliff]

No

[molten glen]

WHAT YOU HAD TO DO THE LOTTERY AGAIN EVEN THO URS GOT CANCELLED?

[shut cliff]

The question is when is Smoof ever in his dorm 💀💀

[molten glen]

THat's crazy

[tender light]

Wild

[rugged vessel]

yes! 💜

[molten glen]

I feel for you jazzy, my roommate similar situation got his very last choice but he just forgot to do the lottery all together bro is going thru it

[dreamy lynx]

I went to hs baseball game

[tender light]

All 3 hosts for visitas I had were in final clubs and they felt…interesting

[shut cliff]

Right and will we be seeing you again at all this week

[molten glen]

I swear final clubs is a scam

[rugged vessel]

its very stupid

its like frats but ass

[dreamy lynx]

yes I will be around tomorrow later

[reef grove]

https://www.thecrimson.com/flyby/article/2025/4/29/harvard-visitas-2025-prefrosh-runins/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacubXJ4gallvHPnFpInZw78yX5oxO4kVYeQyhxxPXTB3YhnAqc9qRJv23InXg_aem_YKCNEHHqesjuIsedT9xs-Q

[tender light]

I saw this

Yalls class of 2028 must be jealous of us or something🙄

[molten glen]

What topic is it ?

[rugged vessel]

philosophy

so ofc he grades like a douche

[molten glen]

Ah I c

[rugged vessel]

its like not even a bad class just the grading is crazy and im annoyed bc my course schedule was hard but this is the class that was supposed to help my gpa

and im gonna fall in the B range AGAIN

[molten glen]

its fine gpa doesnt rlly matter

if u stay above a 3.0 i think you're chilling

[rugged vessel]

i hope so

maybe thats just our copium 💀

[molten glen]

fr

[tender light]

This seems promising

[dreamy lynx]

that's the one I took lmao

[rugged vessel]

lowkey never even heard of that

[tender light]

How was it?

[molten glen]

im chilling like way above rn but next sem will prob drop me

[dreamy lynx]

solid

[tender light]

Bet

[dreamy lynx]

I don't really have any complaints idt it was that bad compared to other expos

the negotiation simulations were interesting to do

grades were still only off papers but it filled time

[tender light]

It sounds the most fun tbh, thought the sport options were funny

[real meadow]

ooo exciting !!!

I Js committed officially to Harvard :p

[tender light]

Lfggg

[dreamy lynx]

like negotiation simulations were anywhere from you need to convince the big beverage company to choose you as the distributor in your small middle eastern country to figure out the best way to balance responsibility of carbon emissions for big vs small countries

[real meadow]

out of curiosity is there an ig gc

[dreamy lynx]

good times

[real meadow]

ngl that does sound hella fun

[tender light]

Sounds genuinely impactful to careers down the line

More so significant than some other expo classes 😙

[tender light]

Yeah

And a WhatsApp one

The ig g is full tho

[dreamy lynx]

also the professor is very nice

[tender light]

Definitely my top choice rn

[dreamy lynx]

she's the mother of one of the famous people in the acapella groups

so on her birthday the acapella group came to our class and sang the most extra happy birthday ever

it was fun

[real meadow]

oh bummer

[rugged vessel]

OH YEAH

LMAO

[tender light]

WhatsApp gc has 700+ people

[shut cliff]

Oh wait omg I totally forgot about that

[real meadow]

😭😭

That’s actually insane

[rugged vessel]

like gpa?

[shut cliff]

High key very talented family

I aspire to be like that

[dreamy lynx]

true

[tender light]

So be warned, you may wake up to 500+ notif

[real meadow]

hmm yknow I think I’ll pass 😭

how did y’all like visita’s btw

[tender light]

It was great

I met like 250 people, loved the teachers and the classes

The food was great

My hosts were great

[molten glen]

Yeah I'm pretty well above a 3.5, this semester I'm going to make all 4.0s so it will bring me even higher but then next sem will just cook me down

[rugged vessel]

lucky mf

i think im gonna get like

hm

[molten glen]

u took 5 classes?

[rugged vessel]

A-, B+, B, B- lmfaooo

no i dropped one

shoulda dropped a different one

[molten glen]

cant drop expos tho 😦

[rugged vessel]

mhm

my gpa might drop from like 3.6 to maybe 3.4 ish

whatever

[tender light]

What major?

[rugged vessel]

i'm like a B/B+ average student so this is fitting

[molten glen]

rn I only for sure have two A's, still TBD in Discrete Math what happens on the final exam

[rugged vessel]

undecided but i have like 4 things in mind, i was originally gonna do astrophysics, then astrophysics and eps, but now im thinking physics and eps or physics and ese

eps = earth & planetary sciences, ese = environmental science & engineering

[molten glen]

I'll either make 4 a's or 3 A's and a B+/A- probs

[rugged vessel]

i like HATE my astro class rn like its killing my love

[tender light]

Oh, gpa makes sense

[rugged vessel]

most ppl do well though im not like super smart :p but im doing ok

[tender light]

Your at Harvard, ofc your smart🤗

[molten glen]

in astrophysics?

[gaunt wave]

eps is cool you should do eps 😄

[rugged vessel]

i think i want to

i loooove the community

[gaunt wave]

no clue how the department is at harvard but its my favorite variety of earth science major there is

[real meadow]

ong yayyyyyy

[rugged vessel]

like the second i started considering ese i felt like i was betraying the eps department

[real meadow]

Im ngl visitas overwhelmed me a tad 😭

[rugged vessel]

i think i mdae some bad decisions with taking courses this year so i rly need to make sure i choose a good course schedule in the fall

considering im so unsure

[tender light]

I thought the 20 mixers and networking events were a great way to meet people

[real meadow]

they were dgmw and I made a few close friends

[tender light]

The consulting events and iop events especially

[real meadow]

my social battery was just a little low for some reason I fear

[tender light]

Mine was also dried by the Monday afternoon

I left by like 6

[real meadow]

on Monday? Damn

I left around 3:30 for my flight