Harvard University (2024-2025)

[worn helm]

im so excited to do chem stuff

but anything else fucking kill me dude 💀💀

math, bio, writing 💀💀

[flat flame]

that took me 4.5 hours

most i’ve ever written in one sitting

[wet owl]

BC background and taking 21a + 3 STEM classes and a science gened😍

what a lovely start

[blazing kite]

how do yall know what ur taking already 💔

[wet owl]

just looking thru the courses + requirements lol

[broken escarp]

Where are the gov kids 💔

[blazing kite]

@reef grove unc is calling

[dreamy lynx]

what are the other two stem classes

[wet owl]

APPHYS50 or Physics 15, CS50

[blazing kite]

so ive never been to college so i might be stupid

but aren't you supposed to like . have a mix of non stem or am i misunderstanding the requirements here

[wet owl]

well yeah there r non-stem requirements fs and im gonna take them

but the expos classes im interestes in r offered in the spring

same thing for the two of the humanities geneds

also CS50 is better in the fall from what I've heard and I need to take electromagnetism in the spring

[blazing kite]

wait you pick your expos class . i thought it was assigned

[wet owl]

U put preferences

from what ik

[blazing kite]

probably on the placement exam i still haven't taken

[wet owl]

Ive taken it but no

when u register for courses ig

u rank a few classes or smt

[eager sinew]

u rank 15

and they run a lottery

[blazing kite]

they run a what

i thought the gambling for classes thing was a joke .

[blazing kite]

is this every semester or just the very first one for freshmen?

[eager sinew]

this is just for expos

[blazing kite]

OH

you scared me 💔

[worn helm]

💀💀💀

yall always come in doing toooo much

relax a lil and enjoy ur life

[wet owl]

I really wanted an easier first semester lmfao

but ill have to start with 21a and I cant delay physics so I can take an EE class freshman spring / sophomore fall

and same with CS50 cuz idk how to code

[worn helm]

clearly not💀💀

[worn helm]

mm are you bme

you can delay cs50 and the other stem class u said and the gened u said

[worn helm]

this is a good idea frfr

[worn helm]

true true

but then again it’s ur life

i’ll always advocate for a chill first sem to just get used to college and have fun

[wet owl]

im EE

Yeah I wanna take the science of cooking

but its only offered in the fall

[worn helm]

so gened + cs50 + physics + 21a

[wet owl]

yeah

[worn helm]

drop cs imo

but u dont gotta listen to me

[wet owl]

I alr took half of CS50 online idk if that will help

[worn helm]

i think physics has some coding but they may teach u

[wet owl]

whats ur major?

[worn helm]

chemistry

[wet owl]

I was thinking of appphys50 cuz it doesnt have exams

[worn helm]

😬😬😬

my friend was thinking the same but the courseload is bad bro

[wet owl]

oh damn GL😭 chem ruined my gpa

[worn helm]

and it’s a lot of busy work

[worn helm]

thank u twin🙏

[wet owl]

oh yeah can be up to 8 assignments a week lmfao

but u work in groups

[worn helm]

true

[wet owl]

but also I am familiar with most of the material so idk how terrible it can get

[worn helm]

just keep in mind almost no freshmen are taking apphy50 off the bat

[wet owl]

oh

[worn helm]

it’s a very sophomore/junior based course i think

[wet owl]

ohh alright thanks!

I was thinking of 12 but same issue mechanics start in the spring

which will be pretty late

[worn helm]

you want to do mechanics earlier?

[wet owl]

and 15a reviews on the q report r terrible

[worn helm]

yea makes sense😭😭

[wet owl]

yeah I wanna try and take quantum physics classes

[worn helm]

ooo

[wet owl]

potentially minor in CS

[worn helm]

why do you need cs50 first sem

ohhh

[wet owl]

😭

[worn helm]

damn bruh😭😭

just hearing this schedule makes me queasy i can’t lie

but u said u have experience

21a and physics is already a time sink

gened is good

[wet owl]

same but im also thinking of getting a part time job💀

[dreamy lynx]

be fr what is your schedule it's probably not that far behind

[dreamy lynx]

idt you will have time for that

unless it's like harvard shop

[wet owl]

I cant do anything off campus my first year since Im int and cant get cpt or opt

[worn helm]

fresh fall i took ls1a, math 1b, a first year seminar and a gened

[dreamy lynx]

idk how many hours that is icl

[worn helm]

best decision i’ve ever made ❤️❤️

[wet owl]

thats p chill but whats ls1a?

[worn helm]

intro life sciences course like bio + chem

[dreamy lynx]

ls pies scare me I will not be taking that

[worn helm]

i was also working 3 jobs tho

[dreamy lynx]

[worn helm]

but STILL CHILLING

[dreamy lynx]

what 3

damn

get your bag goat

[wet owl]

is it a lot of work? I mgiht need to take it or take 2 physics classes instead

[worn helm]

mignone center, hsa cleaners (then switched to hsa tutoring), and doing college consulting for maybe like ~2-3 hrs/week

[worn helm]

nahh it’s not a ton of work and i really enjoyed it

im also a course assistant for it next semester sooo

would vouch

[wet owl]

oh also clubs 😭 im thinking of a few light ones + engineers without boarders + smt in finance / consulting

[wet owl]

ayee

[worn helm]

oh yea my thing tho was i didn’t do any clubs really

but i was fine with that

considering all the stuff u wanna do i’d advocate u drop cs i can’t lie😭😭😭

but then again u dont gotta listen to me

[dreamy lynx]

what they got you doing at mcs

[worn helm]

ls1b is not enjoyable 😔

[wet owl]

thanks ig if I cant finish it before college starts (the online one) I wont end up taking it

[dreamy lynx]

CS50 isn't a priority unless you're CS

[worn helm]

i was posting jobs and employer events to their online portal

next semester COULD break me tho

i don’t think it will im goated

[dreamy lynx]

tbf I do wish I did cs50 in the fall

but

idk

[worn helm]

im doing chem 17, physics 2, gened, and african american course

[wet owl]

ur a math major right?

[worn helm]

but i’m also pafing and working as a course assistant

[dreamy lynx]

true soph fall is hell

for egveryone

[dreamy lynx]

stat

so basically

yeah

[worn helm]

adds up😔😔

[dreamy lynx]

I was thinking of adding CS joint

but less sure about that rn

[worn helm]

is ur gap for a semester or yr?

[dreamy lynx]

yr

or two

[worn helm]

mmm okok

stay safe twin

[wet owl]

my spring sem would be p chill 2 humanities gen eds + expos + diff eq + electromagentism ig

[dreamy lynx]

I lowk don't see myself coming back within 2 years

probably more

[wet owl]

ohh nice ur a sophomore?

[dreamy lynx]

next semester will kill me

[dreamy lynx]

yes

I get to be a super sophomore

💀

[wet owl]

😭 LMFAOOOO

[worn helm]

5 🤨😭😭

yall so ambitious

luv it

[dreamy lynx]

I think you can take 5 in the spring

[wet owl]

I have a phobia of labs essentially

[dreamy lynx]

just not fall

[worn helm]

ik but im so lazy that i can’t imagine doing 5

[wet owl]

I wanna have an easier schedule by the time I have EE labs

[dreamy lynx]

I was thinking of taking 5 but the 5th didn't work with my schedule and my other idea for a 5th wasn't worth taking cause I didn't need to

[wet owl]

ik someone (long ago) who took 8

a semester

[worn helm]

💀💀💀

[dreamy lynx]

trinity?

[wet owl]

yeah they told me to do it and I was like nahhhhh

[worn helm]

expos is a silent killer watch out

[dreamy lynx]

don't lmao

[wet owl]

no but another feeder lmfao

[dreamy lynx]

do like 5

at most

[wet owl]

r trinity kids like that😭

[dreamy lynx]

no someone named trinity in harvard disc

[wet owl]

oh yeah im not even a native speaker 💀

[dreamy lynx]

they took like a shit tone of classes

ton

[worn helm]

you’ll be fine but the work CREEPS up on you

you can go from chilling to having an 8 page paper due fast

[dreamy lynx]

yeah idt I could've handled 5 this year

[worn helm]

for me i never really planned far ahead for the essay deadlines so i was always writing a few days before the deadlines

don’t advise

[dreamy lynx]

I wuold plan ahead

[wet owl]

I do that all the time

[dreamy lynx]

and not follow the plan

[wet owl]

yeah valid

I wanna have a social life

so this isnt looking good

[worn helm]

do NOT add cs50

again no need to follow my suggestion

[wet owl]

good thing about the science of cooking only 30% based on exams

and no final

[worn helm]

yea the gened seems fine

and it seems like you enjoy it

[wet owl]

ive never cooked in my life😭 but it seems fun

[worn helm]

oh and keep in mind that physics will have labs and/or section and cs will have section i think

[wet owl]

oh damn

wait section r with TFs?

liek when they say section time its diff from lectures

[worn helm]

yes!

i slept on the fact that those were a thing

and my schedule was more packed than i anticipated

[worn helm]

mhm

[wet owl]

they dont appear when u register?

[worn helm]

you choose them when you add the course to your crimson cart/schedule

but i don’t think you guys have access yet

[wet owl]

makes sense thx

[worn helm]

np and gl with first year

[wet owl]

thank you!

[reef grove]

chat i was rejected in my first ever comp

do i rescind my enrollment

[dreamy lynx]

Yes! Give up on your dreams!

[blazing kite]

what is a comp 💔

[reef grove]

application to a club

[blazing kite]

YOU CAN APPLY TO CLUBS NOW ?

[reef grove]

some

most dont have summer comps

a lot of the IOP clubs have summer comps

very competitive comps, apparently :,)

i think theres been one stem-related summer comp so far but idr what

[reef grove]

abandoning my government dreams and becoming a stats major

[blazing kite]

unrelated question is the placement exam gonna record me bc if so i have to do my hair

[reef grove]

no

[blazing kite]

thanks queen

[reef grove]

at least the writing one didnt

[blazing kite]

you still haven't done math......

[reef grove]

you still havent done either sybau 😭

im refreshing my calculus knowledge a little

i forgot arccos was a thing ngl

[blazing kite]

comparison is the thief of joy 🩷

ok guys im locked in

[blazing kite]

ok i finished the writing exam

why in the fawk would that take you longer than that chat!!!!!
-# they're putting my dumbass in expos studio 10 .

math time!!!!

[worn helm]

nah lmaoo

[reef grove]

they’re finna put my humanities ass in math -55 😭🥀

[blazing kite]

ur lying

what i just experienced is gonna have me in math so low satans gonna be teaching it ☹️

[reef grove]

i saw the part a questions and made my peace

they’re just actually gonna kick me out of harvard for this one ngl 💔

[wet owl]

I think it was the climate change one

[wet owl]

whats ur major?

[blazing kite]

cs

[cinder zenith]

yuck fartvard

[frail plank]

cs at harvard is crazy

imagine 🤣

[blazing kite]

who are you

[worn helm]

😭😭😭

[reef grove]

diabolical

[molten glen]

what the helly

[frail plank]

bro i really summoned the gang

calm down, your highnesses, no disrespect intended

also the fact that yall ALL have "harvard" in your name is hilarious

says a lot

[reef grove]

bro and if you go to the ucla thread everyone will have ucla in their names 😭 what is your point

[blazing kite]

can you explain to the gang what ur original msg meant

like was it "cs at harvard is crazy 😱" or "cs at harvard is crazy 😬"

[blazing kite]

its a cow farm.... ur gonna find cows outside

especially in this season . like from april to ... idk whenever applications start getting serious for class of '30, these threads are probably gonna be . students mostly

[worn helm]

about?

where we go to school…?

i get you’re trying to say we’re pretentious or something but it would make sense if we were the only people to put their college in their usernames

[frail plank]

whatever stokes your ego

[frail plank]

no but everyone who jumped me had harvard in their names

lmao

[worn helm]

what thread is this btw

and just to let u know the application season has ended, so logically, most people in the harvard thread still are those who are going to harvard

comment in general and you’d get a different response😭

i don’t see ur point

[frail plank]

and i dont see the point of putting your uni in your name

[blazing kite]

ur not being jumped but also u did come in here with . an intention

[frail plank]

but you do you

[worn helm]

tell that to the majority of the people in this server who are in/going to be in college

[frail plank]

so you're following the crowd huh

that still does not disprove my point

in fact it proves it

[worn helm]

why single out just the harvard thread? at least generalize it and say it in like general chat or something

[frail plank]

bet

[worn helm]

when you can be so many things why choose to be mean bruh

[frail plank]

#🚀-general-chat message

here u go

[worn helm]

they’re frying u😭😭

[frail plank]

are they?

#🚀-general-chat message

[worn helm]

ik u think it’s an ego thing but sometimes people are just genuinely proud of where they go to school

[frail plank]

and thats cool

[worn helm]

and like gen chat is saying, if people have questions, they can specify then if they know ur school

[frail plank]

yes allllll the dms asking for chancemes on getting into harvard

i bet theyre great

[worn helm]

i mean i constantly have people asking for advice and i gladly give it

idk why u have to be so negative

[blazing kite]

personally. no. i hardly get those out of the blue

people have enough common sense to ask in server for the most part

[vapid cedar]

people ask about it

and its nice knowing if the person you're talking to goes to your uni

its really not that deep lol

[blazing kite]

retweet that's why i asked who that was bc i wasn't sure if it was a self-hating cs major making a joke or . a regular hater .

[vapid cedar]

literally lol its just easier for everyone

[blazing kite]

i think we've found its a regular hater

[vapid cedar]

i think this is above and beyond a regular hater

[blazing kite]

no bc what i do 💔

what WE do

[vapid cedar]

if someone asks if you go to harvard, you're legally required to lie about it

otherwise its bragging

[blazing kite]

what do i say instead? some shitty school like yale?

that'll make them feel better about themselves

[vapid cedar]

if you say the school they go to, then its not bragging

[blazing kite]

OHHHHH OK

@frail plank what school do u go to queen im changing my name

[vapid cedar]

😭 😭 😭 😭 😭

[dreamy lynx]

Lmao coming into the Harvard thread and making snarky comments then acting like others have an ego for having Harvard in their name

Make your bed and lie in it damn

[blazing kite]

harvard names in the harvard thread? next headline: fork found in kitchen

[vapid cedar]

i cant believe they put harvard in the name of this thread

pure narcissism

[blazing kite]

we're gonna have to say h*rvard instead to avoid triggering ppl

[vapid cedar]

its the only way

[fleet thicket]

Yale always catching strays… Living in ur mind rent free

[blazing kite]

look whose thread ur in bookie

im going to kill autocorrect with my bare hands btw

[fleet thicket]

Precisely why i’m confused as to why yale was mentioned…

[blazing kite]

bc we hate you

obviously

[turbid notch]

No hate uni I love yalies 💖💖

[fleet thicket]

❤️😘

[blazing kite]

im reporting you to john harvard

trust you WILL be dealt with

[worn helm]

LMAOOO

[worn helm]

we’ve got an outlier

[hybrid yew]

you mean A.S.L.A.C.O.B?

[reef grove]

can i reuse my pre o essays between the different options

both LIFE and FUP want me to talk abt a community i’m in

do i just put the same essay or write a new one??

[turbid notch]

no babe i love harvard more bc i chose it but i also have love for yale too

[blazing kite]

chat am i cooked

my counselor said she submitted everything ummm I think she lied

[worn helm]

yea for sure

[broken escarp]

Sometimes they are bad at getting stuff

I’d email them

I got jumpscared the same way

Turns out my school had sent everything the Harvard people just didn’t register it for some reason

[reef grove]

fire

also im ngl i almost applied for FYRE without realizing its for FGLI students

it just sounded cool to me

[blazing kite]

are underrepresented in any way

[reef grove]

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings

harvard #1 🔥🔥🔥

[wet owl]

goated

[blazing kite]

my advisor is gonna hate me

12 courses in da crimson cart

and the only one im sure about is cs50

[wet owl]

😭 its alrrr

[blazing kite]

how the helly do u pick courses

[flat flame]

doesn’t course registration not open until aug?

[reef grove]

you can’t enroll in them until then, but you can add them to ur crimson cart rn

it tells you how to do it in that online module they assigned us

but it’s under the course search section in my.harvard

[blazing kite]

i finished summer orientation and one of the steps is to add stuff to ur cart

[flat flame]

ohh alr

is it first come first served or lottery

[blazing kite]

ik expos you rank 15 and it's lottery

I assume everything else is first come first serve.... harvard student answer

[worn helm]

2 stem/concentration courses and 2 nonstem/nonconcentration has been my go to

and i been chillin (for the most part…)

[worn helm]

a lot of the intro courses have no cap

some geneds (general education) have caps, which is lotteried for

i personally haven’t taken any courses that are first come first serve, most are lottery

but some upperclassmen courses/seminars may be first come first serve

[blazing kite]

what did u do ur first semester.......

[worn helm]

lazy ahh schedule i can’t lie

lifesciences 1a, math 1b (calc 2), first year seminars (pass/fail), gened (this one was an easy A)

[obsidian nexus]

dang harvard club new york city

[wet owl]

when's the deadline for this?

[reef grove]

like august 10

or some time then

[worn helm]

this nice asf😭

[reef grove]

the tapestries on the wall are crazy

[obsidian nexus]

ikr 😭 😭

[obsidian nexus]

for a small (large) fee you too can become a member

[worn helm]

🤨😬😬

[flat flame]

isn’t it like 800 bucks a year 💀

[wet owl]

thanks! they sent this yesterday: Today you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete the other educational module launching today.

Is this the same as the one ur talking about

[obsidian nexus]

yeah so you pay a due first that is basically equivalent to one year. then if ur a new grad it’s like $100 a year but it goes up so like older ppl pay $3000 a year and more

[wet owl]

can u enter if ur not a student?

I used to think u cant

[obsidian nexus]

the harvard club?

yeah i was a guest

penn club right across 💀

[wet owl]

the vibes ate😭

[reef grove]

it’s the perspectives one and the intellectual vitality one

there’s two

they’re on ur checklist too

near the bottom

[wet owl]

thank you!

[blazing kite]

ok chat

i went from 12 courses in the crimson cart to an actual schedule plan

compsci 50
math idk
expos wtv / portug 10
physics 123 / psy 1

what do we think

[eager sinew]

whats physics 123

[blazing kite]

apparently something i shouldn't take according to goat jazzy

[eager sinew]

psy 1 light

[blazing kite]

yay!

[reef grove]

if i’m a gov major i don’t take gov 10 or 20 right

i just go right to the bigger number ones

[blazing kite]

i see comparative gov mentioned so maybe not
https://www.gov.harvard.edu/undergraduate/academics/concentration-requirements/

[reef grove]

yeah but im gonna be going into the IR subfield, not the comp gov one

[blazing kite]

ok so yeah just take ur subfield

OH WAIT IT SAYS ONE COURSE IN EACH SUBFIELD

i cant read bye

[molten glen]

@eager sinew i need my aid back immediately

ive heard theyre switching up on us this aid season

like being less lenient even tho they just announced the < 100k full ride or <200k free tuition

[worn helm]

not bad tbh but i would avoid physics alongside cs and math😬

[blazing kite]

is there context behind this
-# taking the warning regardless im just curious.....

[blazing kite]

are u deaduzz

is the source reliable

[molten glen]

ig? idk it's a harvard student lol

[blazing kite]

they be lyin

[worn helm]

i just wouldn’t recommend 3 pset classes first sem to anyone

many do it and do really well

but i think it just takes away from ur opportunity to get acclimated and have fun

[blazing kite]

ok since ive heard this 3x i think that's my sign to change my schedule

compsci 50
math
portug 10
expos / psy 1

this is my masterpiece unless someone tells me otherwise

[worn helm]

i fw it

expos could be a silent killer tho make sure to keep up w the essays

i did 2 pset + expos in the spring and lowkey became a hermit

but then again i’m not a super fast writer/psetter

and i wrote most my essays like 1-2 days before the deadline

[blazing kite]

ill keep that in mind 🫡

[dreamy lynx]

btw 22 has 3 psets now a week

like 21

[blazing kite]

whats 22.

[dreamy lynx]

math 22

[blazing kite]

OH

ok noted

[reef grove]

how time consuming is math 18

and is it worth it for gov

apparently it’s the social science math class

[blazing kite]

is that what ur taking first semester or later

[reef grove]

i think first sem

bc there’s 18b as well

but that’s less social science now that i think abt it

[eager sinew]

same amount as the other maths i would assume

usually like 9-12 hours of work a week

[reef grove]

gotcha ty

also how strict is the 4 classes a semester thing

like that just seems incredibly low to me

i was looking at the available courses and no way i can narrow it down to 4

[dreamy lynx]

First sem you have to take 4 I believe

You can take 5 after if you rlly want

[reef grove]

ic

does harvard accept dual credit

like if i take college courses online

or would it be a separate transcript

[dreamy lynx]

I don’t think so? Unless you’re a transfer

[worn helm]

neither

😭

[blazing kite]

wtf is ur nick

[worn helm]

!!!!

[reef grove]

uni and i swapped 💀

[molten glen]

Ur lying

Bitch

It does not have 3 psets ill quit

I’d rather learn more calculus atp

I need a fact check immediately

[eager sinew]

he fr

[worn helm]

this heat devilish 😭😭

its 98 tmrw im cryin

[karmic flax]

no bc i’m in nc rn. why is it cooler here than it is up north

[reef grove]

pre o orientation decisions need to drop rn

[blazing kite]

i knew they were gonna be on 6pm nonsense

[reef grove]

😭

i can’t believe they would drop FYRE decisions then dip for 5 hours

[worn helm]

fyi prefrosh

[blazing kite]

yeah we're counting down the days

[dreamy lynx]

That’s like a whole month🥀

I can’t count that high

[reef grove]

when do we get access to the harvard slack

jazzy said we could find out what yard we were in once we were in the slack ;-;

[dreamy lynx]

O

I remember that

💀

Try logging into slack with Harvard email

[reef grove]

okay wait that worked

i joined the main harvard slack

[dreamy lynx]

What channels you got

[reef grove]

uhhhh like my workspaces?

[dreamy lynx]

Idk slack

Terms

[reef grove]

i have 487 workspaces

[dreamy lynx]

Uhh

Can you show a ss

Idk what workspaces are

😭

[blazing kite]

what da hell

[dreamy lynx]

Try clicking one

Idk get to the interface that looks like discord

[reef grove]

it just pulls up more info on the individual group and asks me if i want to request to join

[dreamy lynx]

Okay probably not that

Uhhh

[reef grove]

its probably not out yet methinks

they still have a month and all

[dreamy lynx]

like

I have this

maybe if you have the desktop app

idk how slack works

💀

[reef grove]

idk 😭

[dreamy lynx]

probably isn't worth

doing all that

to find out your yard

I did anyways a year ago but it can either narrow it down a little or not at all

like one of hte yards has like 8 dorms

another has like two

[worn helm]

it is imo

i didn’t want canaday soo bad

and when i got ivy yard i was like fuck ya

but i don’t think you can do the glitch until they send the email saying join slack @reef grove

which might be early-mid july?

[dreamy lynx]

oak yard is devious

it's 50/50 canaday thayer

💀

[reef grove]

icic

elm or ivy yard PLEASE

anything but crimson yard actually

[blazing kite]

whats wrong with crimson yard

[blazing kite]

idk the yard lore um

#fake

[reef grove]

it just doesn’t have the dorms i wanna be put in lol

but yk what i will be happy with just going to the college atp 😭

[blazing kite]

yeah thats fair just give me a room and preferably not 5 roommates

[worn helm]

crimson nice just far

and i think apley is crimson maybe

[reef grove]

nah it’s ivy

i chose elm and ivy bc that’s where grays and apley are 💀

[worn helm]

oh shit😭😭

[broken escarp]

You gotta join the main Harvard workspace

And then see your channel perms

It’s either Harvard FAS or College

Probably college but I don’t really remember

[wet owl]

I can't find a channel named Harvard FAS or College

😭

[balmy thorn]

I HOT OFF THE WAITLIST HOLY FUCOSNENDU

[willow vapor]

OMG CONGRATS!

i know you've been wanting this soo badly omg

[crystal shadow]

WAIT THATS CRAZY

show the letter

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOO GOATED

THIS IS SO FUNNY

brown is lowkey tryna rescind anyone they can rn i think theyre overenrolled so theyre probably jumping in glee rn

[balmy thorn]

Omg bro I was having sm trouble deciding between brown and Columbia yesterday

[crystal shadow]

LOLLL omfg i saw

[fleet thicket]

wait did they just call u

Lmfao

[crystal shadow]

this is actually so funny

[balmy thorn]

At 5:15 yea

[fleet thicket]

are they acc??

[crystal shadow]

congrats bro

did u get off every single wl

[balmy thorn]

Tysm

[balmy thorn]

Yes

[crystal shadow]

well we dont know for sure but theyre sending "application reconsideration" emails to kids with a few Bs 😭

[fleet thicket]

Wait we need to do an a2meetup at harvard yale lol

[balmy thorn]

Ong

I still don’t believe it’s real

Like I won’t believe it until I see it in the portal

I feel like I’m gonna open the portal to a rejection lmfaoooo

[crystal shadow]

HELP LOL

have u told ur parents

if not u should surprise them

"open my rejection with me"

[dreamy lynx]

congrats

[balmy thorn]

I did lol

I should’ve done that tho

I was just too excited

[crystal shadow]

holy W bro

lowkey like

people were saying the class was full

or like shit like that

ts is really possible 😭 🙏

what did they ask when they called u

[fleet thicket]

I feel like i wouldnt have picked up

😭

[crystal shadow]

youd be like that one guy on reddit who didnt return his princeton ao's voicemail for a month

[fleet thicket]

LMFAO

Before yale called me tho they sent me an email

They were like "hey i want to talk schedule a timeslot pls"

Harvard just calls 💀

[crystal shadow]

i think princeton just calls too 💀

yale at least has the decency to ask u first

imagine if they call while ur taking a shit

[fleet thicket]

What if i had just said no tho

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[fleet thicket]

💀

Likely rescinded...

[crystal shadow]

its not a waitlist offer so they probs still wouldve given u a likely letter

[fleet thicket]

"Hi [AO],
I unfortunately am not interested in chatting.
Best,
uni"

[crystal shadow]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

bro i fr wonder what they would respond

[balmy thorn]

Yep they do

My friend got off pton wl and they had to call 3 times cuz he didn’t know

I lowk knew right away when I saw this tho

[crystal shadow]

this is so funny LMAO

LMFAOOOOO

[dreamy lynx]

yo why we doxing their number

💀

[balmy thorn]

Oh shit

I thought it was the general one

[dreamy lynx]

it's all good probably online already

[balmy thorn]

Oops lol

[dreamy lynx]

idk

[balmy thorn]

Anyways what are preorientatiok programs?

[dreamy lynx]

they're optional programs you can apply to that are like

extended early orientation

I feel they're catered towards pretty specific people, ie internationals, outdoorsy people, theatre and arts to name a few but check em out and apply if you want

[balmy thorn]

Do a lot of ppl do them / would u recommend them?

[blazing kite]

you can apply for them this late? decisions came out already

is it different bc you've been on the wl

[balmy thorn]

Oh idk

I just heard someone tell me

To look into those

[blazing kite]

uhhh idk if u can at this point

[balmy thorn]

Okayyyyy

[blazing kite]

maybe go to the pre-o website and find someone to contact

bc people have already been accepted/waitlisted/rejected from programs and I have no clue if this would be a factor

[flat flame]

ONG CONGRATS

are u committing??

[balmy thorn]

Yessssss

Once it’s in my portal tmr!!

[flat flame]

ROLL CRIM

[balmy thorn]

Yuhhhhhh

[reef grove]

CONGRATS!!!

[fleet thicket]

Damn rka i would’ve been ur biggest fan at brown but ig ur my rival now 🤷

[blazing kite]

a small price to pay to be #1

[blazing kite]

is this a thing people do

is food provided

[fleet thicket]

well it’s just a fun weekend no

probably functions

[blazing kite]

its a whole weekend

with FUNCTIONS?

[worn helm]

holy W

welcome to harvard

[worn helm]

^^

[fleet thicket]

there’s frats and tailgates

js find someone at yale 2 stay w

[reef grove]

i call dibs on rooming w uni

[blazing kite]

hes all urs

[zenith crescent]

SO COOL CONGRATS

[balmy thorn]

Ty im so excited!!!

[balmy thorn]

Thanks!!!

[worn helm]

if you have any questions let us know 🙏

[balmy thorn]

Thanks I’m sure I’ll have a lot lol, first one, where can I find a calendar for the year with breaks and everything? I looked online and couldn’t find one, but maybe I just am being dumb

[fleet thicket]

oh ok

[worn helm]

nahh dw i feel like they make ts hard to find on purpose😭

https://registrar.fas.harvard.edu/calendars

scroll down to events for harvard college

I hate how they give you guys 2 days for course reg

also break schedule isn’t out just yet bc it’s the summer but if you want a general date, go to past events for harvard college

[blazing kite]

was that too far

[balmy thorn]

Thanks! I only see Thanksgiving and winter break for breaks before the new year, is that accurate?

Bro I’m actually already getting imposter syndrome like everyone who goes to harvard is so accomplished omg

[reef grove]

ikr 😭

are you in the whatsapp gc yet

[balmy thorn]

No I haven’t even gotten my official acceptance LOL

Just the call and email, they said official one is tonight

[reef grove]

oh suck

you have some catching up to do lol

gotta do your placement exams and submit your immunization records

nothing too bad tho

[blazing kite]

#1 priority is to make ur harvard email do not slack on that 🥀

[reef grove]

fr u need that for everything

[blazing kite]

it takes like 15 minutes and yes you need it for EVERYTHING

and you get cute emails every monday

big fan of summer in the yard but I miss the polls

[reef grove]

frrr i love those emails

so far most of my answers have been the plurality for all of the polls

[blazing kite]

same!

[worn helm]

yes lmaoo

winter break is long tho

[balmy thorn]

Damnnn

[worn helm]

holy W

congrats again

[worn helm]

there are a few singular days off during the fall but i don’t remember

[balmy thorn]

How hard would it be to go home for a weekend occasionally

[worn helm]

where are you from? ma?

or east coast

[balmy thorn]

Michigan

Flights from Boston are frequent so that’s not too big of an issue, just wondering if I’d have time

[fleet thicket]

it just won’t be fun lol cuz u have to fly

how long is the flight

[balmy thorn]

Like an hour and a half

Maybe just under 2 hours

[fleet thicket]

oh wait lol that’s not bad at all

[worn helm]

hmm tbh don’t plan on it😭

you’d have to pay for the flight, go to the airport and board, spend the time on the flight, drive home, etc

and when you have psets and essays due it becomes a lot

i’m from mass and maybe went home every other month

[blazing kite]

where in mass

[balmy thorn]

Got it got it

[worn helm]

brockton

underground lowkey

most ma people from boston or near boston

or west part of ma

[dreamy lynx]

Chris put Brockton on the map😭 🤞

[worn helm]

🤫🤫

[balmy thorn]

For language requirement - I have a 5 in AP Spanish, that’s enough to fulfill it right? So I don’t have to take any language classes?

That was my interpretation but I wanna make sure I don’t have to take a placement test

[dreamy lynx]

Yea I believe so

[balmy thorn]

Ty

[worn helm]

i think so too

[balmy thorn]

Thx

[worn helm]

np

[balmy thorn]

Any pre-o programs u recommend?

[worn helm]

FOP but deadline already passed and idk if they’d accept people who just got off wl😭

i’d still try to email them tho

if you’re fgli, FYRE is nice too

the other preo’s lowkey seemed like doing free labor lmaoo

[balmy thorn]

I can’t do fop bc I’m traveling then unfortunately

I’m not fgli, anything other than fyre that’s good?

[reef grove]

they’re all at the same time i thought

fop just starts like two days earlier no?

[blazing kite]

yeah thats true

[blazing kite]

you can look at the pre-o website. did they give you any guidance on how to apply?

[balmy thorn]

Yea I get back the next morning lol

[balmy thorn]

They said I have to pick ones I’m interested in and reach out to the director to see if there’s space

[blazing kite]

oh so you technically dont have a limit

then just uhh . yknow pick the ones ur interested in and shoot ur shot

[errant pond]

HOLY CRAP RKA CONGRATSSSSSSSS

THATS AMAZING I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TIME AT HARVARD

[balmy thorn]

Thanks!!!!

[eager sinew]

its crazy that we're getting a new round of a2Harvard

we were the original

[worn helm]

remember our pic😭😭

[worn helm]

😬😬maybe fup?

[worn helm]

awe

[karmic flax]

bro is him

THE waitlist warrior

[balmy thorn]

Ong 4/4 is crazy ngl

I did NOT expect this after Ivy day

[worn helm]

did any current students get their fin aid back yet

@eager sinew @molten glen

[karmic flax]

are you committing to harvard or still trying to decide?

[worn helm]

my goat already committed

big ahh emojis

[balmy thorn]

Yuppp committed

[balmy thorn]

Okay I’ve set up my harvardkey but what comes next

[blazing kite]

make ur email

or more like log into it

go to gmail and use ur login

[balmy thorn]

It didn’t work

I have the email address

But that’s the harvardkey

But when i went to google it didn’t work idk?

[blazing kite]

uh

ok then idk if u have ur email and password it should . work

[balmy thorn]

Hmmm I’ll try to figure it out, once I get the email what’s the next steps

[blazing kite]

check it idk 🥀

just make sure u can use it

also you need to go to myharvard bc thats kinda the whole point of the key

[eager sinew]

insane message

[worn helm]

did u get ur aid back

[reef grove]

i think it takes some time to get the email to work

idr

[blazing kite]

idk it probably says it somewhere

i remember getting an email

so read that

[eager sinew]

ye

[worn helm]

bruh i need mine asap😭

[reef grove]

when did y’all get your jobs if y’all have one

i’m thinking of emailing a couple stores asking to work in the fall

so i can get ahead of the competition yk

[worn helm]

like early fall

[worn helm]

you can do that

just don’t take on crazy hours until 2nd/3rd week i’d say

anything like 3-4 hrs a week is fine

but wait to see if ur schedule would allow u to do like 10 for example

my schedule was chill so i was able to work a lot first sem

[balmy thorn]

Where do u work

Also how hard is it to get a job at the Harvard gym

[eager sinew]

idt ive seen students work there

[molten glen]

Yes

Same aid nothing changed lol

[reef grove]

gotcha gotcha

[balmy thorn]

Oh wth

[worn helm]

i worked for HSA and did tutoring on the side

next semester i’m going to be a course assistant and probably continue tutoring occasionally or looking over college essays

[eager sinew]

why do u have 12 jobs

[reef grove]

how did u find the jobs? like just on indeed or smth?

[reef grove]

o wait i found the SEO website

[worn helm]

i LOVE money

and i’m maybe tooo used to working during school

it’s the summer and i still have like 3 jobs

maybe 4

[worn helm]

yes‼️

hsa (harvard student agencies) jobs usually email you

go for either chill things or things that pay well

and never feel bad about quitting

or doing minimum work if ur getting minimum wage

[sudden torrent]

hi guys

im a little late to everything but is there a gc or something for co ‘29

[balmy thorn]

Yea dm me

[eager sinew]

me with proctor icl

i aint even getting paid money i just get a class 😔

[worn helm]

working to suffer

[eager sinew]

1b at that

we starting taylor polynomials on monday 🥀

[worn helm]

ALREADY

🥀🥀

are the psets the same

bc i gotchu if u need help

[eager sinew]

halo alrdy got me w that 🙏

but ty

[worn helm]

gotchu

[molten glen]

polynomials ez

it’s the first unit that is the devil incarnation

[blazing kite]

chat my school deaduzz did not send my final transcript 🥀 how cooked am i

[balmy thorn]

I sent mine yesterday lol

Ugh no harvard email means I can’t do anything

[blazing kite]

well you are fresh off the waitlist so thats kinda different

[molten glen]

You can make ur harvard email as soon as you get in chat

[blazing kite]

that part

[molten glen]

I got access to my email pretty fast

Like instantly in fact?

[blazing kite]

that part²

[blazing kite]

im asking like fr btw this is hurting my heart

[vapid pulsar]

you’ll be fine dw

[blazing kite]

they literally mailed it and harvard doesn't accept mailed ones and they straight up just didn't send it via common app like i begged and reminded them to ☹️

[balmy thorn]

I made my harvardkey last Friday so I have an email but can’t log into Google with it

Idk

And then also nothing appears in my.harvard

[blazing kite]

you should contact IT bro 🥀

[balmy thorn]

Idt these ppl know what they’re doing

I called IT and they said admissions has to do it

Then admissions said IT has to do it

Then admissions and IT were both on the line together with me and talking to each other and didn’t know wtf was going on

Maybe they’re rescinding me lmfao

[worn helm]

first unit had me crashing out too😭

[worn helm]

😭😭

[balmy thorn]

I’ve been on the phone for the past hour and a half and I’ve been transferred back and forth between like 6 departments 💀

And this hold music pmo now

[fair rampart]

Yall got a future classmate who is definitely a closeted a2cer https://www.linkedin.com/posts/caitlin-riordan-a535222b9_harvard-seniors2025-classof2029-activity-7345869503358021632-4r1i

[balmy thorn]

Unfortunately a lot of harvard students go this route

I’m going this route but doing it for free lol

[crystal shadow]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

a4c is crazy

why is barnard on there but not columbia as a whole 😭

is it the school list of like student advisors they have or smth

[reef grove]

bro hasn’t even stepped foot on campus and is already monetizing the harvard name

honestly props to her

[dreamy lynx]

lock in kaz you need to profit off the harvard name

[reef grove]

bro i’ve gotta not be rescinded for my ap scores first off

[dreamy lynx]

“What almost getting rescinded from Harvard taught me about building a startup”

But my course to learn more

[reef grove]

ts so tuff

[errant pond]

we skipped a3c and went straight to a4c 😭😭😭

[blazing kite]

the closet is glass #happypride

[blazing kite]

no not props to her she gotta save this for at LEAST september 🥀

[blazing kite]

IS THAT A THING

[crystal shadow]

wait im confused explain

[reef grove]

okay i looked into it and i’m 99% sure it’s not a thing

but i emailed them asking

[blazing kite]

"yall got a future classmate who is definitely a closeted a2cer"

not everything is about people who are lebanese

[crystal shadow]

OH

[crystal shadow]

😞

first day after pride month and i get attacked like this 🥀

[blazing kite]

HAPPY JULY!!!!!
-# im not homophobic i promise love you guys sry about the laws and all that

[fleet thicket]

why are we hiding our homophobia

we should be PROUDLY homophobic. THEIR month is over its STRAIGHT month now

[blazing kite]

these notifs made me spit out my fucking drink oh my GOD

[blazing kite]

they get a WHOLE MONTH!! what about our troops

[marble parcel]

fr troop month

aw fuck how do i remove myself from a thread after i messaged in it

i came in here to stalk one thing i don't belong here

[reef grove]

😭

[reef grove]

if ur on mobile, long click it in the list of all the little categories on the sidebar and click “unfollow post”

i think that’s how you do it

[marble parcel]

thanks

[zenith crescent]

closeted a2er is CRAZY

[blazing kite]

when are we starting a3c
@reef grove @fleet thicket

[fair rampart]

Yall need to laugh at a4c girl if you see her irl someone brought up how her product sounds like a2c, she admitted she ripped off the Reddit name, and then deleted the A2C comment

It’s in #💀-skullboard

[reef grove]

ideally before we learn anything in college so we can maximize how scammy we are

we have to ensure we don’t give a lick of good advice

[blazing kite]

this is giving me some nasty secondhand embarrassment

[blazing kite]

tip #1: do NOT put any ap scores under a 5!

[fair rampart]

Once A2-4C are exhausted maybe we can make A Through C

[blazing kite]

ABC type shit

[balmy thorn]

I lowkey might lmao

[fading haven]

stop I know the stanford girl

[blazing kite]

hi chat cs20 or cs51 for spring

the q reports on both scare me but cs20 seems less scary

[dreamy lynx]

what math are you taking

if you are cs and only plan to take like math 21

b

and just fill lin alg req and move on from math

I would do cs20

if you plan to take like 101 etc then 51

but you can honestly go without 51 at all I would only take it if you want to take another cs class in the spring

cs20 you can also go without but I think you should learn the material mostly one way or another, ie take 110 + 101 or self study gaps that other classes don't cover

but if I had to choose one I think just go with cs20

[blazing kite]

the low one

[blazing kite]

truthfully dont have a plan beyond fall, im just trying to get somewhat ahead with my spring cs course since i have options

cs20 sounds better when i looked at it bc it teaches more foundationals

[dreamy lynx]

I think cs20 is the better option

gets you a taste of stat 110, teaches you basic proof stuff for cs120s, etc

[turbid notch]

I mailed it, don’t worry

[balmy thorn]

Any rlly good first year sem?

[worn helm]

me included

good way to make some extra money ngl

[worn helm]

LMAOOO

[worn helm]

the intro to research one (52t) 🙏

[blazing kite]

like all of them

[worn helm]

the seminar itself is a little long but the fact you get guaranteed research after is fire

[blazing kite]

I didnt see that one on the list

are we talking about the same thing

nvm it has a long ass name
https://firstyearseminarprogram.college.harvard.edu/directory/learning-how-to-think-like-a-scientist-an-introduction-to-scientific-research/?cp-dir-id=401

[blazing kite]

what'd you do research on?

[worn helm]

rn in bio we’re mutating this gene which makes an important part of the outer bacteria cell wall

in chem we’re making the substrates for a reaction that makes C-N-C bonds

[karmic flax]

can confirm i am someone

i also asked how she was qualified on giving advice to students from very different backgrounds than hers/what experience she has outsider of her personal application journey and she completely dodged the question

girlie went to a feeder school

[worn helm]

damn😭😭

[molten glen]

Chat I was genuinely concerned harvard was gonna have to slash finaid

We up tho

No debt yet

[cinder zenith]

For now…

[molten glen]

Wdym

Where the helly is my debt coming from

All my aid is private except 6k from the Pell Grant

Truthfully the issue with slashing Pell grants is diabolical

However I’m lucky enough to be in a situation where any $ taken away from Pell Grant is just replaced by harvard grants

[cinder zenith]

That’s lovely

[cinder zenith]

I’m just joshin

[molten glen]

PTon should be same way

[cinder zenith]

No it is lol

[worn helm]

i got less aid rip

reasonable tho bc my mom made more in 2023

[crystal shadow]

rip 😞

[wet owl]

that's lit which prof teaches it?

[blazing kite]

i sent the link for it, scroll up

[wet owl]

tyy

[worn helm]

actually i lied i got MORE aid but the cost went up 4k 😔

[crystal shadow]

they raised tuition? 😞😞😞

[blazing kite]

happens every year ive been told !

[crystal shadow]

😭 😭 😭 help what

like they raise tuition every year???

[blazing kite]

every university does

[crystal shadow]

its so cooked

🥀

[blazing kite]

no its just to account for inflation and operation costs

[crystal shadow]

yeah that makes sense

[worn helm]

yea 😔

[molten glen]

Yeah lol

[vast crypt]

We have a four year guarantee

I assumed qll schools did

[blazing kite]

most of them don't

ive heard some have a freeze on tuition but i haven't seen one actually do it in practice . ever .

[vast crypt]

Interesting

[vast crypt]

“The University of California (UC) has a "Tuition Stability Plan" that guarantees a fixed tuition rate for incoming undergraduate students for up to six years, or until they graduate. This plan aims to make the cost of a UC education more predictable for students and their families. For continuing undergraduates, tuition will remain flat at current rates for the duration of their enrollment, up to six years. “

[blazing kite]

i never said it was fake 😭 ? hello

thanks for the example i think

[vast crypt]

That’s all I was providing yeah chill 😭

[blazing kite]

i should've said "i know that policies exist where your tuition won't change, but the universities that i received financial aid offers from did not have those"

all of them had the little "this is subject to change year by year" at the bottom

[fleet thicket]

hey guys. asking in the harvard thread because the yale thread is dead 💔

how many hours do u think is too much to work starting off fall sem

[blazing kite]

i think someone here said no more than 4h/wk until you can see how much more work you can fit into ur schedule

probably 12h/wk is a hard max idk

[fleet thicket]

ok cuz i saw this research intern position and it was min 12hr/week and i didn’t know if i should apply

[blazing kite]

oh umm

someone more wise can chime in

[karmic flax]

student jobs have a hard cap at 20hrs/week (at least they do at usc but i’m pretty sure it’s the standard) but i worked abt 12 hours/week last fall

and 10 hours last spring, my job has a min of 8hrs/week

tbf i didn’t start until late october so i already had two months to acclimate but

you can always get a less time-intensive job to start and then apply for more rigorous ones later

[molten glen]

Research is a lil different bc of the academic focus imo

[fleet thicket]

as in you can do more hours or less?

Or that it feels like an academic class

[crystal shadow]

HELP????

[molten glen]

More hours

As in—it will work around your academic schedule

If it’s faculty led

If you’re working for Associate Professor Smith of the Yale Medical School then they’re far more likely to be like “oh you have exams this week; take all the time to study.” Versus John Doe from CVS or some shit who will be like work or die

But this also assumes you do your work and you’re passionate about it

If you’re just going to do the bare minimum then idk

[worn helm]

😬😬

ngl apply and if you get it then negotiate hours

[reef grove]

there’s this doc getting passed around abt freshman survival tips lmao

it was written by someone who graduated a couple years ago i think

[fleet thicket]

i also don’t even know if i should apply on the portal or if i should just email the professor