MIT (2024-2025)

[wicked pond]

I think it's also has to do with those admissions influencers convincing people that if they have certain things they are guaranteed in

[trim locust]

We need to ban those ppl

[wicked pond]

One od the current students said he feels like if he applied 100 more times he doesn't think he'd get in again bc it is like the fucking lottery

[gusty onyx]

i hate those people who are like "here's how i got into HARVARD... for a small price of $59.99"

[wicked pond]

Then it's like: get good grades. Start a "non profit"

[gusty onyx]

i need to win the lottery just ONCE 😭 please let me into even one of my schools

i mean, aside from my safety lol

[wicked pond]

Yall might not believe in manifesting but just manifest it

That's kinda all you can do now

Just keep your head up 😁

[wicked pond]

Bro why I didn't get any aid from my safety and I'm getting aid everywhere else .... like who do you think you are??? Please throw money at me 😞

[gusty onyx]

so many high schoolers who start nonprofits are rich from the start unfortunately 😭

[wicked pond]

Then they just disappear after they get into college 💀

Where else did you apply?

[gusty onyx]

you're going to cringe 😭

i swear im not super pretentious

[wicked pond]

I was shotgunning at first so you're okay I promise lol

[gusty onyx]

penn, jhu, duke, uchicago, harvard, rpiceton, cornell, georgia tech, yale, mit

i internally cringe whenever i tell people my list 😭

[wicked pond]

Ooooo what are you studying?

[gusty onyx]

bme! i got into georgia tech since i was in-state and guaranteed

i applied CS for gt though

[wicked pond]

Bro that's awesome. Was that your safety?

[gusty onyx]

yup, i would actually be super happy going there. i love the campus and vibes

[wicked pond]

I think I'm cooked for gatech bc I accidentally put my purdue essay in my gatech google doc and it had purdue in the essay 🤡

[wise glacier]

I did shotgun :/

[gusty onyx]

what is shotgunning 😭

[wicked pond]

I got out before having to write all the ivy essays 💜

[wise glacier]

Applying to a lotta schools

[wicked pond]

Especially t20s

23 --> 9 schools 😭

[gusty onyx]

still good luck 😭 if i got into my major of choice w my corny essay, ur probably fine

[wicked pond]

Shotgunning is not for the weak

[wise glacier]

Am I getting called out wtf

[wicked pond]

Dude it's literally talking about a purdue specific program in my why essay I'm cooked

[wise glacier]

I applied to 23 😭 🙏

[wicked pond]

The fee waivers were calling me

[gusty onyx]

oh 💀 gg, maybe you'll still get in if ur super cracked

[wicked pond]

I'm only human after all 🤩

[gusty onyx]

what r u planning on studying

[wicked pond]

CS and either business or political science

[gusty onyx]

what's ur top choice over mit?

[wicked pond]

Nothing 😋

I briefly considered stanford but I was NOT doing another college app. No way. I felt fomo for a sec but now there are wildfires in cal so I think I made the right choice

I'll take the cold over fires 🙃

[gusty onyx]

i just want this to be over already

[trim locust]

Isn’t that socal😭

[gusty onyx]

can't believe i have to wait until basically april to know if i got in anywhere

[trim locust]

Fr

[wicked pond]

I live in the south I don't know anything outside of Texas and Louisiana. I couldn't tell you 😭

[gusty onyx]

omg sorry if this is random but did u put roblox in your ECs

i put roblox in mine 💀

[trim locust]

Not Roblox specifically but my yt channel

[wicked pond]

That's why I ea to as many schools as I could. I could not do it 😭

[trim locust]

I’m not a dev

So

[gusty onyx]

i have a clothing group w 12k members so that's why i was asking 😭 somebody told me that theyre going to roll their eyes at that but i still put it

[trim locust]

I think that’s pretty cool!

I think if u highlight the impact umade it’ll be fine

Ppl just don’t understand how hard it is to be sucessful in Roblox 🙄

[gusty onyx]

i had to grind that clothign group for like 4 years 😭 but it made a really cool topic for apps

like i talked about it in the mit "what u do for fun" prompt too lol

[wicked pond]

I felt like that was the hardest essay 😭

[gusty onyx]

i know a lot of people who talked about how they do community service in that one 😭 i feel like AOs can see through superficial things like that

[trim locust]

Omg same

[wicked pond]

Oh for sure lol

[trim locust]

I just talked abt my Channel

[trim locust]

Doing community service as fun is crazy

[wicked pond]

Those are really good ones esp with impact and growth

[wicked pond]

"I feed my local community to for fun and out the goodness of my heart!" (I work in fast food)

[trim locust]

Nourishing the bellies of my community with toxic chemicals every day!

I work at McDonald’s

[wicked pond]

I hate mcdonald's do much

Work place is terrible

Food is Terrible

👿

[trim locust]

I’m ashamed to admit I love the food at McDonald’s

The quarter pounder is just too good

[wicked pond]

We had a running joke about the mc rib bring horse meat

[gusty onyx]

reminds me of these people: I work in a fast paced, high energy, high volume service industry where I am directly responsible for the satisfaction and financial transactions of the clients for a multi-billion dollar company.

like bro u work at mcdonalds, put the fries in the bag 😭

[untold sequoia]

bloxburg builder 💔

[wicked pond]

I fear this is what my resume is 😞

[trim locust]

I never trusted it

It reminds me of school cafeteria food

[untold sequoia]

"geological studies" ahh workers

[wicked pond]

Bro and the company that made out plastic bags for the tea went bankrupt or something for a sec, so they just put the tea in the containers but they never cleaned them so it was moldy 💀

[trim locust]

“I help facilitate sanitation and a clean environment in my domicile for all people (I cleaned my room)

[wicked pond]

If you know what's good stay away

[wicked pond]

Get this guy into Harvard and mit immediately!

[trim locust]

Harvard is already sending offers!

(They sent me a promotional email)

[wicked pond]

They want you so bad bro 💯

[trim locust]

Fr they even sent me a packet 😝

They want me so bad

But ima play hard to get so they don’t lose interest in me

[wicked pond]

So true. Keep em desperate 😎👍

[cursive hazel]

THANKS

didnt pop up before

[crude flare]

Tbh if there's one thing I've noticed it's that MIT kinda hates that
They legitimately just want you to be honest

(Not community service, just embellishing things, or doing them only for college)

[crude flare]

As far as I can tell they really just want relatable/down-to-earth people who just so happen to be really good at something
(Obviously I could be wrong, but that's the vibe I get at least)

[crude flare]

Same :c

[torn marlin]

AHHHHHHH

i'm doing it on sunday i am so scared

[frank lance]

omg good luck !!!!!

[torn marlin]

why is it over zoom this is lame i hate zoom

[frank lance]

REAL dude

i feel like online interviews are so 😰

[haughty token]

When are interviews due?

[fresh mirage]

didn’t get any req from any school yet 😔💔

[haughty token]

I got one but they haven't responded since

[haughty token]

Yeah I'll wait a week before following up

But I'm concerned I won't interview in time and it will affect my application

[idle pumice]

it is january 9th

[haughty token]

When are interviews due though?

[haughty token]

Alright I should be fine then

[idle pumice]

in the infinite recesses of the future

the great and eternal fractal always

[trim locust]

Day 3 of no interview

😭

[idle pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/time-loop-timeloop-gif-6395373014339475065

[fresh mirage]

https://www.reddit.com/r/MITAdmissions/comments/1hwx1k1/dine_and_dashed_over_interview/ 😭

what is going in r/mitadmissions 💀

[stark fox]

bro whatttt

[trim locust]

I mean you can always report this kind of behavior

And it seems it’s taken seriously

[glacial lion]

i find that hard to believe

yes the interviewer might not be the nicest person, but this kind of behavior would risk alot of things

expecially since its on record sort of

[wanton ore]

anyone tryna rview mit essays

[trim locust]

What for

Applications are over

[gusty onyx]

they’re due today

[crude flare]

Wait, is "Best," an actual greeting lol-

There's a 3 day grace period

At least, there is for the portfolio

(That being said I'm pretty sure it's only for those who already started before the deadline)

[crude flare]

Either way aAAAA I'M FINALLY DONE THANK GOD

I spent like 12 hours on the maker portfolio aaaafhgdfdg

[misty badge]

yes

[crude flare]

Fair fair, i'm not a native speaker

Just seemed silly to me

I just thought they mistyped "Best wishes," or "Best of luck," or something lol

I'm not a native English speaker I've just never seen best by itself like that .w.

[gusty onyx]

yeah people use “best” a lot, it’s short for “best regards” (like them wishing you all the best)

[gentle vessel]

yippee! got an interview
she doesnt say where she lives but also said that i can request an in person? hmm

[cursive hazel]

i talked about community service in a different one

but for the fun one i talked about how i like museums lmao

nah thats good they love nerdy

LMAO

coincidentally i did write about that too

[cursive hazel]

yay got mit interview

[fresh mirage]

no interview yet

[bold swallow]

youre not alone rip

[stark fox]

techbro meets creative is an interesting bio

[wooden stag]

enjoy your time for now....youre gonna be dummy nervous once u get it

[bold swallow]

i forgot that was my bio 😭

[wooden stag]

I have mine tomorrow and im so freaking out rn

[bold swallow]

not my best pick

[bold swallow]

al the best! youll do great :)

[wicked pond]

Yall its okay they can come late 😭

[wicked pond]

Good luck! 😁

[stark fox]

it's kind of a cool bio except i dunno how i feel about tech bros

[wooden stag]

thank you I hope so....im like practicing answering some questions and i think im a bit rambly

[stark fox]

hi jamie

[wicked pond]

HELLO 😁

[wooden stag]

I literally could spend the whole hour talking abt "why do u want to go to mit"

[wooden stag]

Thank you!

[bold swallow]

well thats a good sign... right

[wicked pond]

Emi are you class of 2028 or 2029?

[wooden stag]

yeah well...I hope he wont like stop me

that would be kinda bad

[bold swallow]

im not a conventional sf startup bro dw (for starters im a girl)

[wooden stag]

like "okay shush ive heard enough"

[stark fox]

so are you a techgirl then

[stark fox]

29

[bold swallow]

my friends joke ab it thats hwy the bio 😭

[stark fox]

admitted 2028, deferred to 29

[stark fox]

oh lol

i was just wondering cuz your twitter bio says building cool shit

that's like

[wicked pond]

If you talk too long they might. You're on their free time lol. She straight up told me we have ti get it done in an hour lol bc she had a dinner date or something

[stark fox]

peak techbro energy no offense

[stark fox]

lmaoo

[wooden stag]

💀

Nahhh

[wicked pond]

Oh you can do that?

[stark fox]

mhm

[bold swallow]

in my defense

[wooden stag]

like fair enough but kinda scary

[bold swallow]

i was on my buildspace arc

[stark fox]

on the commit form you can request to defer

[bold swallow]

ooh wait gap year?

[stark fox]

o no i'm not judging

[bold swallow]

why so

[wooden stag]

oh also guys where can you upload research or additional materials for mit

[stark fox]

primarily personal -- life skills, time management, mental health, and like finishing transition

[wicked pond]

I mean she gotta bag her bitches and respect that

[stark fox]

or well

transition related stuff

[stark fox]

real

respect

[wooden stag]

I think mine is like 70

so i think in that aspect hes safe

[bold swallow]

oh like hs to college?

[stark fox]

no like i'm trans

lol

[bold swallow]

OH LMAO

bruh i was so confused

[wicked pond]

Oh you started? Im trying to get to ma asap so I can start mines lol

[stark fox]

usually i think i say "transition related stuff (i'm trans)"

[stark fox]

i was lucky enough to get access to medical care early

i'm like

2 year hrt now

[bold swallow]

yeah no i assumed like transition bw hs to college cus you mentioned life skills and stuff haha

[wicked pond]

Ain't no such thing as too old if you a player 💯

[stark fox]

😭

[stark fox]

BASED

[wicked pond]

Louisiana hates me so I can't 😭

[stark fox]

nooooooooooo :<

i'm sorry

i really really really need to do voice training but i... haven't

[wicked pond]

Yall save me it's 30 degrees out here and I'm fucking dying j won't last at mit

[stark fox]

i'm going to die from the cold at mit but oh well !?

[bold swallow]

wait (excuse my ignorance this is a stupid q) how does voice training work

[wicked pond]

Nah it's good, louisiana is so stupid. We just had this law go into effect about having the 10 commandments in class rooms and no one is doing it because they didn't get posters 💀 cant event past shitty laws right were sooooo cooked

[stark fox]

the primary difference between masculine and feminine voices is resonance, which has to do with the shape and size of your vocal cavity and weight, which has to do with the amount of time for which your vocal cords are open

both of these are controllable by using the right muscles

it's just... hard

[stark fox]

BRO WHAT

10 commandments ?????

[bold swallow]

oh??? so basically sex predisposes you to something, but its changable?

[stark fox]

more like controllabel with the right muscles

[wicked pond]

Yes lmaoooooo

And a federal judge ruled it to be unconstitutional in a lawsuit but only the parishes involved in the lawsuit are excused for some reason

I'm gonna study political science and fix it dw give me 20 years

[bold swallow]

oh damn i didnt know that, ty!

good luck w your gap year :)

the fellowship?

nah

are you?

ohhh

im thinking of applying is it good?

ah jus checked its from another server lol

[stark fox]

😭 best of luck

[bold swallow]

💀

im scared

bruh what do you even say to that

yeah im stealing that

wait so they changed it up this cycle

valid response tbh

still got finalist we up 🔥

i might jus apply for the hell of it

DAMN

common app award section go crazy fr

wait

does ordering matter?

i kinda didnt pay attention to that

rip

i think i put most recent to lease

least

[hidden axle]

I use that

Unless I’m emailing someone for a favor then I use “thank you”

[frank lance]

this is terrifying 😭

jeez

[stray plume]

i would be raising hell if that happened to me

[gusty onyx]

i like how he name dropped

just looked the guy up 😭😭

[full lynx]

I do yours truly until the 3rd email

Then I drop greetings and goodbyes

[stray plume]

if you start searching his name up it autofills his name + mit

[wanton ore]

question question question

so on my mit i got an extension right

and im trying to do the self reported course section

but theres one ap score that i dont want to report because i got a 3

but on that class i put that i did take the ap test

is it fine if i dont put that one ap socre in the self report section or do i have to put it?

i need to submit this app within like 30 min so lmk rn rnrnr

[wraith cairn]

if you took the test they’re going to expect you to report the score

[wanton ore]

ye i figued that just now

i put it on there like 1 min ago lol

if its a 3 it probably doesnt do anything to hurt me right

if it doesnt hurt me doesnt help me i guess hiding it is just unnecessary

[wraith cairn]

not really, admissions officers know that exams and courses are very different things so as long as you did well in the course you’ll be fine

[outer mountain]

For those that did portfolios, did you use all 900 characters?

[rocky notch]

on some of the responses yes, on others no

I used a good amount of characters for all the responses though

[outer mountain]

Okay

How did you describe the portfolio summary? I feel like what I’ll put there is just gonna overlap with other sections

They ask how we understand the things we make, but to me they’re pretty much just like what I’d put in Motivation and Interests

[rocky notch]

I believe I described more what the projects mean to me in that part (if I remember correctly)

[trim locust]

some yes

[trim locust]

basically a condensed version of my abstract

[tired flax]

if you’re a math major

we should start a cult

react if you wanna join cult

[outer mountain]

If I didn’t write a project write up for FRC, is it still worth it to attach clips of my activity in it?

I thought it’s too common to the point it’d be boring, but some of the clips I find interesting

[misty badge]

can i add new ec's and awards to the FUN form or just grades?

[cursive hazel]

i dont see why not, just follow the instructions

[forest perch]

yep! i did :)

[sturdy ravine]

were you initially deferred

[forest perch]

no i was rd haha

[full lynx]

Is there like a space to talk about stuff that I've started doing

But not completed

Like if I'm working toward x and y certifications but haven't gotten the myet

[forest perch]

u can write whatever on the fun form

put that down go for it

[outer mountain]

Out of curiosity did you submit a portfolio

[jovial lake]

so how imporatnt are interviews really

[cursive hazel]

not that important

most schools will say it’s not that important

[jovial lake]

okaty thats good

[civic sail]

Anyone know if theres a way of seeing what you submitted to MIT

forgot to copy over some of the activity descriptions

[waxen cloak]

noep

[civic sail]

no as you dunno or no as in not possible

[waxen cloak]

not possible

I haven't done any diging

but it seems to be the case

[civic sail]

wonder why they don't want us seeing what we gave them 🫠

[waxen cloak]

unironically I like it more

I can stop dooming

[cursive hazel]

just added my STEM recommender to MIT 💀

hopefully MIT will still see it if he submits it in 3 weeks

[torn marlin]

what do they ask in the interview...

[trim locust]

No they don’t give pdfs

They specifically stated that when you submitted the application

[errant turret]

Oh sorry to ask but did you apply since last year ? Wondering when they offer interviews

[torn marlin]

i sent in my application day of

[errant turret]

Day of ?

[torn marlin]

day it was due

[errant turret]

I just got an interview request

[errant turret]

Same ngl 🤣

[torn marlin]

awesome!

[sterile pebble]

international students, does MIT do online interviews like princeton, stanford do?

[wicked pond]

If they can't meet in person the interview is over zoom

[sterile pebble]

oh cool. And do they interview based on competence or simply on availability?

[wooden stag]

I think availability

And also if ur stressing abt it DONT!! I just did mine and he was super nice

[sterile pebble]

cool cool

[wooden stag]

It literally felt like just a chat with a knowledgeable friend

[sterile pebble]

that sounds AMAZING!!!

congratulations

[sterile pebble]

that is really reassuring honestly

[wooden stag]

Yeah be reassured

I was sooo stressed before as well

But no reason to be

[idle pumice]

cinnamew how is year 1 going

i remember you from the usaco discord but haven't been around spinning arts much this yr bc am too hosed

[wicked pond]

Availability. It took three weeks (24 days) for me to receive an offer because there just wasn't any Availability esp in my area.

[forest perch]

vro the girs are so bad (i still haven't even done bio 💀) but i ended up joining a bunch of random clubs LMAOO

[forest perch]

wait i wanna do firespinning so bad but i don't have the time

and idt they're doing anything over iap

i picked up theater and dance though!! you should've come to pillowman :(

[idle pumice]

Oh, I saw we were mutually in the spinning arts discord so I just assumed

But you should definitely join! Just come to some of the spin jams

[torn marlin]

should i practice at all?

[trim locust]

Def practice

[rocky notch]

I didn't practice but I prepared a lot in advance

[jovial lake]

do most ppl who get accepted have maker portfolios or simialr

[civic sail]

Nope

They said there was no review page not that there was no pdf

[cursive hazel]

when is maker portfolio

due

[trim locust]

Actually it was both

😭

But yea no review or pdf

[trim locust]

Once u send ur answers are gone

[civic sail]

"PDF review screen"

Not "Pdf and review screens"

[cursive hazel]

i breathed a lot tbh

[trim locust]

I mean you can just email the admissions office for a copy of your application if it’s that important.

[trim locust]

Consumed the entire worlds supply of oxygen

🤣

[rocky notch]

do a double interview >:)

(/j)

[trim locust]

Meanwhile me with no interview

😀

[cursive hazel]

double up

[rocky notch]

they stole yours lmao

[wooden stag]

all u need to know to answer is why mit why you, and tell me abt urself

the rest was just follow ups

[errant turret]

Thanks

[opaque magnet]

mit interviews most of its applicants right?

[true star]

^

my interviewer had scheduled my friend's interview exactly an hour after mine at a different place

bro was going to cut me off at like 40 mins no matter what

[trim locust]

Damn

[tired flax]

GOT AN INTERVIEW

FIRST INTERVIEW

i'm so nervous i haven't even scheduled it

like they just have so much aura

also what does "educational counselor" mean?

[trim locust]

All I got were emails from random colleges 😭

[tired flax]

dude the time will come dw i was in shambles too until now

[lone thicket]

I got an interview I'm cooked 💀

I applied to art but I don't think MIT has a good art program

[jovial lake]

mit has an art program ? 😭😭😭💀💀

[lone thicket]

That reaction supports it lmaoooo

[nocturne bough]

💀

[misty badge]

i think it's pretty solid, there's a lot of artists on campus at least

[lone thicket]

Really?

[misty badge]

super cool example https://youtu.be/0rUwgOZ4LUg?si=FzLQ1UyHBGTu00C8

also it's not like the arts are inherently separate from the sciences, mit seems like a place where they value balance

[lone thicket]

Ic ic

What I've seen from forums tho is like the program isn't that good and there's very few classes and I gotta take classes somewhere else being other programs or schools in boston for art and get credit

[misty badge]

oh probably yeah, i was just mentioning that there was a solid arts community on campus too, not sure ab curricular wise

best of luck with the interview though!

[lone thicket]

Alr got it

[lone thicket]

Ok thx

[torn marlin]

TWO HOURS???

[trim locust]

Day 6 of no interview

😀

[errant turret]

It will come Dw

[errant turret]

Dumb question but why did you guys pick MIT ? Im curious plus I’m practicing for interview

Like apart from the opportunities academic rigor and location

[stray plume]

the better question is why you picked MIT

anyone here has their own personal answer thats relevant to them, but your interviewer wont care that some other random stranger liked physics or whatever

[errant turret]

No I’m not asking to use their answer

[stray plume]

well why did you apply besides this

or was that your only reason

[errant turret]

I’m asking for opinions incase someone here has been on the campus

[errant turret]

No I like the fact that’s it’s a school that drives you but also they have fun I heard about the pranks and I find that really cool cuz most people think MIT is a nerdy school and all

So that’s one

I’ve never been to MA before but another thing is the program not many schools in us offer civil and MIT has a great civ program plus they have lots of labs and some im certainly interested in

[stray plume]

what labs

[errant turret]

But yeah Incase anyone has been on the campus would love to hear

[stray plume]

oh and what pranks too

[errant turret]

There’s this concrete lab not sure if I’m saying it right

They are currently doing some research in self healing concrete

Which is cool cuz it’s a new thing and would help with collapsing buildings

[errant turret]

The Tetris one and the car on building one honestly o heard about this on their tik tok page

Also YouTube

[stray plume]

do you see what I did there

[errant turret]

Wdym

[stray plume]

you seem to know why you applied and what draws you to MIT besides just their academics

I would learn the name of the lab if I were you but

you seem well prepared enough for the interview

[errant turret]

Yeah but I want to know the campus vibes lol

I saw this man statue onmine

With formulas around

[stray plume]

I'm not sure if there's any MIT students who are actually on campus right now

[errant turret]

Bruh they only take 4-5 from my country 🤣😭

[stray plume]

we have a few who have gotten in but arent attending yet

@stark fox

emi is class of 2029

[errant turret]

Thanks for interviewing me 🥹

[stray plume]

:3

interviews are more like conversations

expect a few questions to kick it off but they will also ask you followup questions

or to elaborate on stuff

most important thing is to just not be a dick which is pretty easy

[errant turret]

But what if evryone from your
Country is a fit😅

Honestly I’m just gonna not overthink this and do my best

Thanks for the help !

[tired flax]

why he so rizzy

no glaze but "bring a smile" is so much aura

i cud genuinely use that on a girl

yes bro it's so much aura

[misty badge]

that would ease my nerves so fast

[tired flax]

na like when u like plan a date and they're like "what should i bring" if i say "bring your smile" that's rizzy asl

[torn marlin]

i hate that my interview was online booooo

that is threatening

i just had my interview today

i lowk stuttered a lot

one point i literally said i was bad at interviews

[grave bronze]

Is anyone applying for econ

[torn marlin]

i dont think it went horriblllyyyyy thoooo

standard positive?

ohhhh alr

im chill w that

i didn’t say anything about my intelligence

might’ve come off as a little slow tho lmao

OHH EM GEEE

i get it now

i misread

why wouldn’t they be mostly that 5%

okok

good to know

idt im getting in but whateverrrrr

true

[stark fox]

@oats

oops

[stray plume]

😭

[onyx glen]

oh im on campus

i <3 iap its so chill

[onyx glen]

i would say something i love abt this place is the ability to work hard and push youself to your limits academically and also have tons of fun!

ngl i dont hear that much about hacking recently but maybe its just cuz im not on that part of campus

its def a fun place tho!

[errant turret]

Define fun

Do you guys party hard 😅

Also thanks for responding

Like how’s a usual weekend MIT in terms of events ?

[stark fox]

ec and random be like

[stray plume]

If I get into MIT i will be bringing hacks with me

rest assured 🧟

[vivid tulip]

Some places lol but there is a lot of different kinds of fun

Some dorms especially Burton Conner (and also invariably) East Campus when it reopens next year) are known for super rowdy parties

And ofc the frats go wild with the parties

Some dorms are known for very much not having parties

E.g. Macgregor which held an incredibly lame rager

Which was then subsequently revived when ppl from Burton Conner (the "Burton Bombers") came over

So yeah lmao that demonstrates it

Not sure tbh 💀

Everything around EC is super unpredictable rn

But you'd probs have a good shot

Considering the dorm is gonna be technically empty when you're ranking dorms in the fall lol

But just generally the party atmosphere or more generally the types of fun you can find can also depend on the specific floor you're on inside the dorm

e.g. my floor is rather quiet, meanwhile the floor below mine has parties loud enough that it shakes the floor while some of us try to sleep

Ain't declaring allat to A2C,,,

A2Cers be menaces fr fr

You're also on the '29 server (I've yapped enough about my dorm on there) 🦀

[vivid tulip]

Oh yeah the hacks are wild

Admittedly though I don't remember if there has been any big hacks recently

But I have heard Alumni talk a lot about hacking

Fun fact the great dome, ofc, is an incredibly common target for hacks

[errant turret]

Is the dome a library or chapel or ?

I can’t remember what I saw online

[vivid tulip]

It's a library yeah

[errant turret]

Okay 👍

[vivid tulip]

Lowk it's awful as an actual library but it's great for the vibes

The dome shape makes the room have great acoustics

Not great for when you want a room to be quiet 💀

i.e. a library

It has a lot of aura tho

In a sense

(It's a great place to take a nap too)

[vivid tulip]

Aside from the police car (btw they have that exhibited in the stata center lmao)

[errant turret]

Stata center ?

[vivid tulip]

I've heard of a prank where a team set up an entire working phone booth on the top of the dome

Wired up and everything

[errant turret]

How did they get there lmao

[vivid tulip]

When the police were sent up there to investigate, they rang the phone 💀

[errant turret]

Without getting caught

[vivid tulip]

(They also listened in on the police radios so they could hear the poor policeman's bewilderment with the random ringing phone on the top of the roof)

[vivid tulip]

Frankly I have no idea

Finesse ig 💀

💀

[errant turret]

Have there ever been prank wars like between schools ?

[vivid tulip]

Mostly targeted towards Harvard and Caltech yeah 🗿

[errant turret]

Quick question

[vivid tulip]

e.g. Caltech has an antique cannon

[errant turret]

Is MA a busy place like New York and all ?

[vivid tulip]

However, it was soon revealed that the cannon had been appropriated by MIT in retaliation for the previous year's pranks, and relocated to Cambridge.[14] The MIT team consisted of about 30 hackers, of which two flew to Pasadena and five drove cross-country. While acquiring the cannon disguised as construction contractors, the hackers had run-ins with a Caltech security guard and physical plant worker, to whom they explained that they were moving the cannon in preparation for the pouring of a concrete pedestal. Once off Caltech's campus, a local resident called in a noise complaint, and the Pasadena police arrived but did not recognize the then-disguised cannon. On the way to the shipping company, the trailer's hitch cracked, necessitating a slow trip on surface roads, and on arrival they were unable to physically remove the cannon from the trailer, causing them to spend an extra $1000 for the services of a company that specialized in moving large film props.[28]

On April 6, the cannon appeared in front of the Green Building sporting a giant 21-pound gold-plated aluminum Brass Rat around its barrel, which was positioned to point towards Pasadena, and female MIT students mockingly posted pictures of themselves posing in bikinis with the cannon. It was revealed that preparations for the heist had been underway since December. MIT was softly criticized for not leaving a note explaining that the theft was a prank, as required by Caltech's pranking ethics, which were said to be more stringent than MIT's, but the prank was largely taken in good humor at both campuses.[29][30]

TL;DR they heisted Caltech's cannon and dragged it all the way across the country to the opposite coast 💀

[vivid tulip]

In a way

boston is a medium size city

I think there's a good range

Boston and Cambridge are very energetic, neighborhoods like Somerville and the areas of Cambridge around Harvard have a town atmosphere

Out in the suburbs you have woods where you can like, meditate lol

It turns surprisingly rural surprisingly quickly

[errant turret]

Beaches ?

[vivid tulip]

e.g. about 30 minutes from here there's a pond in the woods where Henry David Thoreau did all his philosophizing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden)

[vivid tulip]

Yeah there's a few beaches here

You can actually get there through the Subway

Not the greatest ofc but they're pretty nice

imo the MA coast is more enjoyable if you're on a boat rather than hanging out on the beach

Oh yeah MIT is surprisingly great for sailing

MIT is right on the Charles river so you see a lot of MIT boats sailing out right on the Charles

[errant turret]

Do you have a dragon boat club ?

[vivid tulip]

Especially in the fall and spring

Not rn tho 💀

(The Charles is literally frozen over)

[errant turret]

Also I saw something about making swimming mandatory 🥲

[vivid tulip]

Not dragon boats specifically but rowing is a big sport

[errant turret]

I can’t float to save my life

[vivid tulip]

Literally me (I can't swim for shit 💀)

There's an unlucky few who procrastinate on the swim class and end up being forced to become a super senior because of it

It's a graduation requirement lmao they're not joking about that

Nah I forfeited 💀

The swimming class though reportedly is generally pretty great

Most of the PE classes are great mostly because they're sort of treated like stress relief instead of y'know, torture 💀

[errant turret]

Like how do people get water on their eyes and still keep them open 😭😭

I mean without goggles

[vivid tulip]

PE class registration has limited slots and they're popular enough that those slots (for popular classes anyway) get filled up within like, a few minutes after registration opens 💀

People camp out in the early morning on their computers just to get spots in PE classes

e.g. Archery

[errant turret]

But why swimming why not archery 😭

[vivid tulip]

Archery is hella popular

[errant turret]

Omg you read my
Mind

[vivid tulip]

Because everyone wants to do Archery 💀

[errant turret]

No like I literally just made a random statement

[vivid tulip]

I have no idea what the filter is on about ngl 💀

Oh it's probs 🏴‍☠️

Discord TOS moment

Course 6'd

Biotech pipeline moment

I'm not even joking here there are a ridiculous number of Biotech companies surrounding campus and I don't even know why

It's all linear algebra?
Always has been

https://tenor.com/view/my-new-character-my-new-character-chill-gif-3448582885601940604

Campus is cute sometimes, sometimes it's 💀

Stata is honestly pretty charming but it's horrific to navigate through

At least on the lower floors

Some classes, for some god forsaken reason, have classes in Stata's basement

Stata is already bad enough to navigate

Now you have to navigate the tunnels 💀

Actual backrooms

Sinusoidal

It's so over to we're so back cycle

There's a reason why IHTFP stands for both "I hate this fucking place" and "I have truly found paradise"

Can't really quantify it since everyone has an individual experience

But yeah the stress does get real sometimes

The blogs are a good place to get an idea about that from

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/meltdown/

this post specifically is great

Yeah definitely lol

I have to say a lot of the stress can be self-inflicted

It's a balancing act of figuring out exactly how much challenge you can take on, how you can incorporate stress relieving activities into your life, just getting enough sleep 💀

And that's why the first year is pass/no record 🦀

Nah Harvard is stingy and doesn't let first years cross-register

Extracurricular commitments are largely stress relief here tbh

[errant turret]

For real ?

[vivid tulip]

They're very lowkey and noncompetitive

Most of them at least

Not the pre-professional business clubs ofc but they're an outlier

[errant turret]

Oh yeah I remember seeing that in someone’s essay😅

[vivid tulip]

Oh yeah the UROP program is great

[errant turret]

@vivid tulip do you know anything about the civil program at MIT

Eng ^

[vivid tulip]

Yeah (I'm planning to major in Civil Engineering lol)

[errant turret]

🫂

[vivid tulip]

It's a bit of an oddball program but it's pretty neat imo

Civil Engineering is an incredibly broad discipline so there's a lot of variation within the major

[errant turret]

Yup a reason I chose it

[vivid tulip]

There are three main tracks, Structural, Environmental, and Systems

[errant turret]

What part of civil are you leaning to

[vivid tulip]

Structural is the kind that most people think about when talking about Civil Engineering

[errant turret]

Is there a transport track ?

[vivid tulip]

Under systems yeah

Environmental is pretty self-explanatory (think waste treatment, pollution management)

Systems is goofy

[errant turret]

Wdym goody😭

[vivid tulip]

It's the most common track that Civ Eng. majors take here

[errant turret]

That’s shocking

I thought structural would be popular

I’m leaning to transport anyway

But who knows

[vivid tulip]

Systems is just an incredibly broad field

The main thing that it centers around is obv Transportation Systems Engineering

[errant turret]

Because it’s cool 😎

[vivid tulip]

But "Systems" just about any System that you could conceivably engineer

It's surprisingly computer science heavy

[errant turret]

😭

[vivid tulip]

think big data

that type of thing

Systems engineering is a contemporary interdisciplinary field where students design and manage large, complex systems over their lifecycles. The Systems Engineering tracks combine academic rigor with tangible applications critical to designing and managing large scale urban networks.

Think innovative city design and development; transportation planning; advanced energy resources integration; resiliency planning; materials and structure design; health care management; and integrated cyber-physical security solutions.

Innovation opportunities are vast – including introducing new forms of energy like wind; inventing new modes of transportation like autonomous vehicles on our highways; and tracking and analyzing environmental health data in densely-packed cities.

[errant turret]

The funny thing is

That was my college essay’s narrative

Like I live on a place that experiences accidents often so I wanted to do transport and integrate cs and data and stuff to predict traffic patterns and other stuff and possible reduce road accidents or transport accidents in general

This wasn’t my MIT narrative

But was my narrative in general for other places

[vivid tulip]

Yeah that's an area where a lot of research happens at MIT lol

CS + Transport

Machine Learning is surprisingly applicable in transport problems, I've also seen computer vision applications in transport research here

[errant turret]

Oh yes I added machine learning

[vivid tulip]

Research in transport isn't just in the Civil & Environmental Engineering department though

A large part of that research goes on in the Urban Science and Planning Department (Course 11) too

[errant turret]

It’s interdisciplinary 😉

[vivid tulip]

The profs between the two depts work together a lot

[errant turret]

That word is in every college app 😭

[vivid tulip]

Course 11 also has an entire major incorporating computer science into it (11-6)

[errant turret]

That’s cool I love how civil is course 1

Makes its feel special

But how did the naming come about btw

[vivid tulip]

I have no idea how the "course [number]" terminology came about ngl 💀

But I do know why Course 1 is Course 1

MIT started off primarily as an engineering school, hence, the Engineering and Science courses came first

Mechanical Engineering was actually initially Course 1, and Civil Engineering was initially Course 2

For some reason though, they swapped the numbers

So Civil Engineering became Course 1, and Mechanical Engineering became Course 2

[errant turret]

Maybe alphabetical order?

[stark fox]

me when i'm asian cs transfem

i'm like not really either

🤷‍♀️

[trim locust]

How are mit dorms

Are they like modern or old

[fresh mirage]

honestly js do spivaks calculus and try to learn some proof techniques/linear algebra

just dip your toes into proof techniques rly

after that its a matter of whatever

[fresh mirage]

wait does 11-6 urban science w/ cs fall under the EECS dept

[fresh mirage]

why'd you choose Civil Engineering over Urban Science/CS

js curious

[vivid tulip]

The entire point is that joint majors fall under both departments

In this case Course 11 (Dept. Urban Science and Planning) and Course 6 (EECS)

[tired flax]

no this is not the move 😭

spivak's is insta kill

[fresh mirage]

if he already knows calc then spivak just develops the proof intuitoin. but you are right that its a very rigorous book. id dip my toes into some proof/discrete math stuff before and Axler's Linear Algebra. then, do Spivak

personally i did Tao's Analysis 1/2 bc I already had a lot of calc experience but Spivak works fine if you have a good understanding of calculus and proofs

[fresh mirage]

thats based

yessir

ngl my math journey was hella scuffed: BC (9th) -> stats (10th) + linear algebra done right + bunch of proof/formal logic books -> calc3/diffeq + discrete (11th) + tao's analysis 1/2 + abstract algebra stuff + calc on manfiolds -> nothing (12th)

[tired flax]

damn i'm cooked 💀

@fresh mirage do u do oly

i need to properly learn analysis

i've basically only done linear and abstract algebra and like some cgt

[fresh mirage]

hell no im dog shit

my peak was 120 on AMC 12 last yr but

im 99% sure it was a fluke

i usu average 110 on AMC 12 mocks and i cant be assed to practice oly

[fresh mirage]

sweet i know category theory from CS/linguistics more lol

[tired flax]

maneeee i didn't grind enough for it and never qualled aime 😭

wait why u intl

[fresh mirage]

visa

[tired flax]

if u did amc

OHH SAME

[fresh mirage]

i qualled aime last yr

yeah\

but ngl idt aime qual is that big of a deal anymore

credential inlfaiton

[tired flax]

lowkey ever since they made

amc 12 top 16%

r u math major

[fresh mirage]

i applied for urban science+cs

but i did sya i was interested in math/linguistics as secondary major/minor

[tired flax]

what about for mit

[fresh mirage]

bro its fine my honors list is so bad lmao

[tired flax]

my ecs are trashhhhhhhhhh

[fresh mirage]

yeah at MIT i applied as Urban Sciences+CS

[tired flax]

the only thing that's kind of clutch is my state

[fresh mirage]

elsewhere i mostly applied CS/linguistics

[tired flax]

DAMN that's a major?

[fresh mirage]

and math as secondary

yeah

[tired flax]

if u want to

[fresh mirage]

^

[tired flax]

it's senior second sem tho so just do what u want

but like

[fresh mirage]

fax all i do is play fortnite and watch anime now

and make transit diagrams

[tired flax]

ur goals are different

from everyone elses

rnt u tryna cs phd

you don't need thattt much math for that

maybe do some competitive programming this sem

but like you don't need to do much else

@fresh mirage can you explain like

cat theory

in linguistics

like how its used

[fresh mirage]

cat theory is a language of mathematics

essentially

meow

[tired flax]

mewo

meow

meow theory

fr

[fresh mirage]

https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2018/02/linguistics_using_category_the.html

[tired flax]

omg wait that's such a natural framework

[fresh mirage]

anyways the main connection between category theory and linguistics is:

• syntax (categorical structures are natural analogues for syntax trees and describe transformations between different sentence structures/word types)
• logic/semantics (categorical logic and type theory directly relate to constructive logic)

[tired flax]

@fresh mirage what computation do you need in linguistics?

[fresh mirage]

same

[tired flax]

like what do you need to compute

i thought it was mostly logic

[fresh mirage]

it depends honestly

formal logic doesnt usu fall under "computational linguistics"

but like computational linguistics is used for more statistical analysis things, language processing, machine translation algos, etc

[tired flax]

hm i see

p cool p cool

mane

i'm so cooked i didn't do any original reserach

LMAO

Chat I got an offer from McDonaldsFAANGOnlyFans!

[fresh mirage]

i didnt do any "formal research"

i did a "research" project where i essentially tried to figure out a better reconstruction for proto-indo-european, did some research on some other language reconstruction a while back.

then i got into programming language design so i spent like a few years designing a PL/writing a compiler.

now im super into transit systems so ive been studying/playing with/proposing a lot of transit extensions/urban design stuff in my area

lmao

[tired flax]

lol i wanna study traffic flow

[fresh mirage]

going onto r/csmajors as a brown person is psychic damage so i dont 💀

[tired flax]

holy fr

twitter was a landmine a few weeks ago

shi was scary

[fresh mirage]

i need to land an internship this summer

[tired flax]

shi do u have an ead

send

[fresh mirage]

yh

if cmu had one i woulda done blacl & yellow

i did a twenty one pilots song 💀

so

not from blurryface tho

its more recent but kinda corny so im not going to spill the beans

i was lowk considering doing 6pm in new york tho

[tired flax]

i did viva la vida

[keen girder]

does mit have a chess club again?

i forgor

buh

i'm asking since they just don't update website and social media anymore

[chrome quarry]

Real bro

That stuff is scary

[trim locust]

💀

[crude flare]

If it makes you feel better, it's also psychic damage for most programmers lmao
I don't think any of them are even interested in Computer Science I think they're literally just in it for the vibe

If they're as misguided on that topic as they are about programming, you're fine pffft

[crude flare]

Jesus christ I'm actually shocked they're even worse than A2C

They're just as clueless, and like a hundred times more toxic

I think I'm gonna have an aneurysm omfg

[tired flax]

it's toxic but they have a point tbh people glazing passion when most people just tryna make a buck

same reason people go to banking and finance

[crude flare]

I mean, it's fine to not be passionate about your area - I don't think most people really are - but that whole post is about how passion should never matter

[glacial lion]

at the end of the day the employer cares what result u achieve, not how much u love the subject. if ur passionate + good at smthing you've hit the jackpot

[crude flare]

Ofc, but the thing is that most of the dudes on that subreddit seem to only do things because they heard it'll be good for their career / because it helps get them a high paying job

That sort of thing usually leads to a far worse understanding of the material / more burnout and stress / a more toxic environment / etc.

[tired flax]

nah the post is complaining about how people who are passionate about cs are complaining that the job market is crowded due to people that aren't passionate

[crude flare]

Also - within the context of that sub, the way they see merit has way, way more to do with what stands out on an interview, compared to what actually makes you a good software developer

[tired flax]

hm really

that's odd

how are they expecting to keep their job

isn't tech like d1 layoffs

[crude flare]

Which sours it a lot more; to me it comes across as "you're entitled if you think you're as qualified as someone who grinds Leetcode for 8 hours a day instead of actually understanding the material"
It's like saying you're entitled if you think you're better for having a ton of relevant extracurriculars that you like doing, compared to someone who did nothing but grind for a 1600 on the SAT

[tired flax]

chat i found the holy grail

idk personally cs is fun but i don't know if swe is fun

[crude flare]

Tbf if you look at that sub almost none of them even have one

[tired flax]

💀

[fresh mirage]

the sub literally selects for the most terminally online code-monkeys lol

[trim locust]

Do ppl actually still major in cs

😭

Considering how cooked the job market is

[chrome quarry]

If ur hyper cracked it doesn’t matter

[nocturne sable]

aint that cooked tbh

I mean, if you're good then you're good

If you aren't then that's just it

[trim locust]

So the only cooked ppl are those who do it for money

[fallow cliff]

fr

[jovial lake]

top school for CS is helpful but its actually not like required for good job

my brother is software engineer for amazon he says a lot of his collegues just come from like local state schools

they're the top of their class there but still

as long as ur good at cs ull be succesfull

learning almost the same things at the end of the day

except caltech

😭

[misty badge]

how popular 'is ai + decision making?

[fresh mirage]

theres a lot of "double enrollment" programs but caltech legit does not have a good offering for non-stem subjects

[short estuary]

Can u send loci with fun form

[keen girder]

i just had my mit interview

good thing it was a zoom interview because i was shaking the entire time 💀

[cursive hazel]

this will be my scariest interview

[haughty token]

Bro it's been a week since I responded to my interviewer and they haven't gotten back to me

I did yesterday, hopefully she sees it

[keen girder]

i only got asked 4 questions lmao

1. tell me about yourself
2. what's your favorite subject(s)
3. what do you do outside of school
4. any questions for me

and be prepared to answer a lot of follow ups

[cursive hazel]

did you try and talk about stem-related stuff

[cobalt valley]

shit i realized that for the research supplement, i didn't write how many hrs per week i worked on the research ☠️

[keen girder]

we barely talked about stem

[cobalt valley]

should i email..?

[cursive hazel]

it's not the most important detail but it doesnt hurt to email

[keen girder]

it was mainly about fit

[cursive hazel]

like if the supp is good they probably know you spent a lot of time on it and its an accident

[cursive hazel]

oh okay

[cobalt valley]

idk the question asked for it but i just skipped over that part and just gave the dates ☠️

but okok

wait how do i email those kinds of things

like do i just say

dear mit person,

hello. i forgot to write how many hrs/week i worked on research supp. i worked ___ hrs/week. thank you have a nice day.

from, me

[cursive hazel]

just be like "dear admissions office, i am name and this is my applicant id. i realized i did not provide hours per week on the research supplement i submitted. i worked on this for x hours per week. thank you very much"

yeah

exactly

we wrote the same thing p much

[cobalt valley]

👍

sounds good thanks

[cursive hazel]

make sure to mention ur number/id whatever mit has

[cobalt valley]

yup makes sense

[cursive hazel]

colleges dont take anything unless you include ur identification to prevent like sabotaging and stuff

[cobalt valley]

this server a savior for me ngl throughout this application season

[cursive hazel]

fr

[trim locust]

Anyone else grinding for JSHS and ISEF before the deadlines

😭

[errant turret]

Thanks

I don’t know why but am I the only one who gets nervous when asked tell me about yourself😭

[cursive hazel]

i liked this video https://www.instagram.com/p/DCIYhiPy7Tq/

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[errant turret]

Thank you so much

[trim locust]

Crickets in my email

🫠

[placid prairie]

guys im tweaking out over my interview its today 😃

how many mit-specific questions did you guys ask your interviewers
bc im like scraping the bottom of my brain ttrying to figure out what to ask and i can only come up with asking about is traditions ☠️

hmm ok

[wicked pond]

Depends on interviewer. Mines didn't ask any lol. I had to go out my way to include why I wanted to study at mit. It's definitely good to include though even if they don't ask

[placid prairie]

Alr

Did you guys send a thank you follow up email after or nah

[tired flax]

always glaze whenever you can

glaze = good

[wicked pond]

I didn't but it wouldn't hurt. A simple thank you again email would be noce

[placid prairie]

Unlucky

[placid prairie]

Alr I will keep that in mind (my interview starts in 13 minutes) TY

☠️☠️

[errant turret]

@vivid tulip hi 👋 I forgot to ask where can I find MIT traditions I don’t think I saw any on the site

[placid prairie]

OK IT WAS AN HOUR THAT WAS GOOD

LONGER THAN MY COUSON SO AT LEAST KY MOM CANT GET MAD AT ME FOR NOT TALKING 😍😍

[errant turret]

Just finished your interview? Congrats

[cursive hazel]

YAY

[sudden sand]

how is one supposed to answer "why mit" in an interview

[placid prairie]

Guys is this a sign (this was the word I did on the daily game today)

Kid you not I finished it and my interviewer walked up to me

[cobalt valley]

just had my mit interview

[cobalt valley]

ngl i bombed that ques

i feel like i was okay in the rest of the questions though

luckily my interviewer went to the same school as me

[trim locust]

Woah that’s cool

My school never had an mit admit

Hopefully I’ll be the first

[cobalt valley]

i think shes an exception

because my school never had an mit admit again after her

maybe

[trim locust]

Damn

Meanwhile some schools send multiple kids every year

[cobalt valley]

feeder schools

[crude flare]

I reread my essays and tbh I'm kinda worried about how.. weak, they are

They aren't actively bad - at least I don't think so - but they just neglect a lot of aspects that I think are important, and it feels like I'm ticking a box

[placid prairie]

my interviewers son went to my school 20 years ago 💀
and founded the robotics club
and also went to mit

[crude flare]

Ironically I feel like the essays I wrote for other schools are actually a lot better for MIT, because they actually show the qualities I want to showcase

Instead my essays just come across as.. bland, not bad but certainly not that good I guess. There's no real underlying story, it's certainly polished but it's not that great

At least my letter of recommendation is pretty good, I hope that makes up for it; I submitted a maker portfolio too (which was a lot more informal / really went in-depth)

That, and I totally fucked up two of the prompts

Idk, I'm just worried because I legitimately like this school but it's not that well reflected in my essays

[crude flare]

In hindsight I'm definitely overthinking this
But either way let's just hope for the best

[cursive hazel]

haymitch

[cobalt valley]

i go to district 11 school

[placid prairie]

they filmed district 12 in my state 🗣️

[cursive hazel]

LMAO

[gusty onyx]

yay i got my mit interview

[cursive hazel]

woo!

[trim locust]

OMG

I GOT MY MIT INTERVIEW REQUEST

HOLY SHIT

WTF

[nocturne sable]

haha

[true star]

whos gonna tell him

[hidden axle]

Bird

[placid prairie]

CONURE???? OMG ITS SO CUTE IMMA CRY 😭

KJDSHFKSDJHSKJGHDKJ

HES SO ROTUND

[hidden axle]

I think? Idk I just went to pick up one of my medications and this woman was just chillin in line with her bird so I asked to take a pic of it

[trim locust]

whos this diva

[placid prairie]

Well its a very well trained borb, i do not know how it is sitting so calmly and how the owner trusts it without a harness to keep it from flying away lmao

[nocturne sable]

?

[frank lance]

BIRD !

[trim locust]

aw im so sorry to hear that

are u upper middle class?

im kinda scared this will happen to me

😓

[nocturne sable]

i mean, if you tell them this then they may consider re-evaluating it i guess

[tired flax]

did u post on reddit!

i think i saw that

i'm really sorry about that

financial aid should be priced more inclusively :/

[tired flax]

damn so much for free tuition under 200k

[trim locust]

That sucks

[trim locust]

Fr bro like im worried now

😭

I thought you had to be Pell grant eligible to qualify for gates scholarship

I’m confused

Doesn’t Pell grant require a very low income

I see

Best of luck

[cursive hazel]

if i send this reminder to submit for my MIT LOR what does it say

[nocturne sable]

Same email but reminding them to submit

[little sequoia]

not really
i might be eligible for the lowest possible pell grant and my parents make more than average household

[cursive hazel]

does it tell them that i sent it to them

i dont wanna be like annoying lmao

[nocturne sable]

Oh I'm not sure
If they're working on it then don't worry too much

Rec deadliens are flexible

[cursive hazel]

sadge

[trim locust]

lol my mit interviewer is ghosting me

pls respond to my email

😭

[misty badge]

is it bad that i haven't emailed my EC back bc i got her email last night

[cursive hazel]

no

[quick pilot]

when is mid year report gonna be open - its mid january now

[misty badge]

ok that's good, i'll message her asap still

[long spruce]

It feels weird no longer reading the mit blog posts

I used to read them like the day they would come out 💀

[cursive hazel]

finally scheduled the interview yay

[trim locust]

Bruh my interviewer has gone mia

She hasn’t responded to my email 😭

[onyx atlas]

THE FUN FORM IS OUT

THE FUN FORM IS OUT

[glacial lion]

this is good

cause they want 1st trimester

1st trimester was peak performance

prob just a delay in the auto emails

[onyx atlas]

On one hand, I wanted to be a good Samaritan, so I sent out the message here and to my friends about it

There is a part of me that would have just strategically withheld the notification warning but morals won over

[trim locust]

whats fun form

mid year report?

[haughty token]

Does it look bad if I move one of my cc courses to the summer instead of the Spring semester?

Chemistry to be specific

[sudden sand]

how does one fill the FUN form
nb: am british, we dont get "midyear grades" in the american sense, though i still have predicted A-levels but they are the same and haven't been updated?

[steady swift]

I have this predicament too

My counselor told me I’m free to say I don’t get mid year grades

since we don’t do them

[sudden sand]

alr icic ty

did u get ox offer? ggs

which subj

[steady swift]

yeah

[steady swift]

history :)

[sudden sand]

college?

[sudden sand]

oo nice

[steady swift]

brasenose

which was the one I picked so super happy with that