Yale University (2024-2025)

[dark idol]

LMAO

[merry pawn]

Bro my parents will kill me if I don't get in northwestern Cornell Yale

[timber plaza]

bro are they not happy w georgia tech or unc

😭😭😭

[dark idol]

no

💀

[timber plaza]

my parents gave up lmao & theyre already planning out my future at uiuc

[dark idol]

lol

[merry pawn]

Yale hates my school so I'm praying for northwestern Cornell

[merry pawn]

Why can't that be my parents with UNC/gt

[dark idol]

did i tell u that a 4th kid from my hs js got into cornell

committed for track yesterday

😂

im so fucked

[merry pawn]

Great another kid from the Seattle area

[merry pawn]

We both are

[dark idol]

bro

this is the fourth kid from my hs to get into cornell

im not getting in

[devout pasture]

ngl

i wish i was a wharton huntsman major

theres just something about it...

[timber plaza]

why you want yale then tf

[dark idol]

3 got in ed

[timber plaza]

what the fuck

[dark idol]

2 got deferred

[winter quail]

theoretically

[dark idol]

1 js committed for track

[winter quail]

man

if i get into yale

[devout pasture]

nah i get that feling of fucked

[bold current]

What makes you think of this 😭

[winter quail]

you best believe i'm blasting ken carson

[timber plaza]

bro doesn’t wanna show his true side 🔥🔥🔥

[bold current]

REAL

[winter quail]

how do you think i got into uiuc?

[bold current]

oh!

[winter quail]

yeah!

[bold current]

Is that yhe strat 😭

[winter quail]

yep! imma try this on my pton interviewer and see how it goes :)))

my mit and dartmouth interviewer enjoyed it and it went for a long time too

[timber plaza]

gonna do this on the yale senior

[winter quail]

you just have to speak about ur passions for a long time in interviews i think that's what works for me

[dark idol]

lets see

if this works for princeton

jaja

[merry pawn]

My interviewers both ended our interviews on the dot x_x

30 min no longer no less

[dark idol]

youll be fine vro

[merry pawn]

I've just joined the gt '29 server and I'm looking for the UNC '29 link

I am embracing my life as a future jacket/tar heel

Idc about yale

Gt/unc better anyways

[timber plaza]

embrace is crazy bro

me w uiuc tho

i dont like the server

bc like

[ebon goblet]

anna save me

[timber plaza]

its all cs nerds

[ebon goblet]

check princeton...

[timber plaza]

help what happened

i didnt apply help

ok but i will

[ebon goblet]

very polticial interview

😭

[ebon goblet]

HELP

[merry pawn]

No literally

Gt isn't that bad

But also

I can tell

CS is the main major

Or engineering

[timber plaza]

right i dont like cs infested schools

so yale 🤓 please

[merry pawn]

Northwestern Cornell please

[winter quail]

in a few years

yale will be taken over by cs nerds

[dark idol]

yea

what do u think theyre tryna do w the yes scholar likely

[compact wren]

4 kids cornell?

were lucky if we even get one

[winter quail]

i lit sold

[dark idol]

we had like

1 last year

and 2 the year before

[compact wren]

are u from ny state

[cedar kettle]

Goodbye Econ bros hello cs gamers ig

Cs bros so welcome tho. Like the people who make course table are actually the goats

[grave pumice]

I MADE THIS REFERENCE

NOBODY GOT IT

[dusky bough]

i play this song daily now

[grave pumice]

i'm manifesting

[dusky bough]

it will work trust

almost submitted the lyrics as my why yale supp

[grave pumice]

what song lyric essay

omg

shouldve

[timber plaza]

@dusky bough didnt u have a senior interview

how was it

do they cap u time wise LOL

[dusky bough]

it was rlly good actually

[timber plaza]

okk

[dusky bough]

yeah they did

[timber plaza]

bc idk i've heard some stories

[dusky bough]

it was like 35 mins

[timber plaza]

oh really

do they tell u we only have x time

[dusky bough]

kinda

[timber plaza]

oh okayy

[dusky bough]

my senior left like 10 mins at the end for questions

[timber plaza]

bc they gave me a new one 💀 after my last shitty interview

[dusky bough]

and like anythign else i wanted to add

[timber plaza]

oh okay nice

[dusky bough]

lol

surprising enough she didntg ask me why yale

[timber plaza]

what questions did they ask hmm

like

[timber plaza]

oh reallyy

[dusky bough]

it was like biggest challenge

day in my life

[timber plaza]

did u find it more personal ig

[dusky bough]

theres like 2 more im forgetting

yeah

[timber plaza]

interesting

[dusky bough]

idk i liked it a lot just cause its a lot easier to converse with someone my age

[timber plaza]

did u have other alumni interviews??

[dusky bough]

felt a lot less awkward and we related on more things

[timber plaza]

oh okay hot

[dusky bough]

ya i had harvard alum, mit alum

[timber plaza]

how do u think it compared

like

idk yk was it more casual

or nah

[dusky bough]

hmm

id like to think so

maybe it was just a me thing but i immediately felt more comfortable

[timber plaza]

okk thats good

[dusky bough]

it also felt pretty chill

dont stress too much about it

i didnt get any like crazy questions

[stiff merlin]

When does commiteee start

Will they consider updates till march or no

[dark idol]

bro js send the updates

it can only help

[timber plaza]

💀

[timber plaza]

they want me 😂😂😂

[earnest kelp]

were u the same girl with the racist yale alumni interviewer

[timber plaza]

yes bro 💀

they gave me a new one

after i emailed

😍

[earnest kelp]

girl they want u

[timber plaza]

this one is for my yale ao

[earnest kelp]

dnjscsjdcnsnh

[timber plaza]

real 🥰

no bc i totally didnt hyperanalyze her email today!!

delulu is the solulu

[bold current]

I love ur name

[bold current]

They so want you

[midnight aspen]

wait what happened

[timid pendant]

the WHAT

@timber plaza explain 🙏 wtf

[slender marten]

#1268143116351832124 message

[timid pendant]

bro what the fuck 😭

goofy ahh mf

[silent gorge]

May I ask if anyone knows when the interview invitations begin to be dispatched

[timber plaza]

this is REAL

[timber plaza]

help yes 💀

[timid pendant]

a while back

[karmic rampart]

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/02/11/how-do-yales-alumni-interviews-impact-admissions-administrators-alumni-weigh-in/

of 537 survey participants (enrolled students) 91% got an interview

[vague pecan]

Offff.......crazzy

[primal needle]

😔 cooked

[meager mango]

Bro so according to this article the interviewing director googles you LOL

[silent gorge]

But I heard that the interview invitations haven’t been sent out completely, right? so maybe we still get a chance…maybe…

[bold current]

Sigh

[stiff merlin]

I sent seven already

[ebon goblet]

wait line

i dont see any mention

interesting.

[agile finch]

interesting

[meager mango]

@ebon goblet

[timber plaza]

didn’t happen w me bro

[agile finch]

this is just NY

the article isnt that good ngl

[timber plaza]

ohh ojay

i see

[merry pawn]

guys where's my likely

or my interview ;-;

[timber plaza]

real

[vague pecan]

😭😭💔💔

[timber plaza]

hi ib

[vague pecan]

Hi annaaaa

Dry inboxes 😞

[timber plaza]

help other than a yale redo 💀

i have nothing

no bc harvard

😢

im cooked

[vague pecan]

Redo???

[timber plaza]

yes

well they js gave new one

LOLL

[vague pecan]

No nothin at all 😭😞

[timber plaza]

no rightt

[vague pecan]

WOAH

[timber plaza]

i wanna harvard interview

💀

[vague pecan]

An AO?

[timber plaza]

no.. senior

ao js emailed LOL

[vague pecan]

I need Harvard, just 1 😭

[timber plaza]

said like i could do senior if i wanna

[timber plaza]

real

[vague pecan]

YOOOO, THAT'S A GOOD SIGN

Crazyyy

[timber plaza]

real (not thinking anything of it)

only bc first one ass ☠️

but like

they want me 😍

[vague pecan]

Nahhh

[timber plaza]

ok im ngl the interviewer kinda hot

[vague pecan]

Yeahhh

[earnest kelp]

u are very much a yale girly

[vague pecan]

"you are a good chinese fit "

😭😭

[timber plaza]

STOP HELP!? ok he didnt say that

[earnest kelp]

the senior one or the racist one?

[timber plaza]

this new senior

[earnest kelp]

show it to ME

[timber plaza]

what a 180

okay i'll dm

[vague pecan]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

HAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAGAGAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[timber plaza]

bro complete opposite

[vague pecan]

The irony

[timber plaza]

tbf they dont tell u interviewer until after u pick the time

but like

[vague pecan]

😭

Welp I wish I had 1 😭

" you guys are getting interviews?"

[cedar kettle]

Help???

[ebon goblet]

ANNA.

[timber plaza]

yes bro

hes literally so cutie

[ebon goblet]

anna.

[timber plaza]

gotta rizz someone up to get in 🔥

[vague pecan]

☠️☠️👀👀

[timber plaza]

bro what

:(

[vague pecan]

Rizz him up ig

[timber plaza]

yes exactly

[vague pecan]

Yale'29 fr

[timber plaza]

u go harvard i go yale

[vague pecan]

Or we both go harvard 💪🏻

[meager mango]

What does his name start w

[timber plaza]

real .. when they gimme an interview ☠️

[vague pecan]

2

[velvet field]

Bro I ain’t got anything except pton and mit

Yall got interviews who are selective😭

[vague pecan]

"except"

I AIN'T GOT NOTHING BRO

[meager mango]

I need stanny lol

I’ve gotten yale rea and Harv and Duke rd

Need stanny 😫

[timber plaza]

um what teh f.

bro u dont need it

stanford dont even matter

💀

bro complaining fr

[meager mango]

No my app is weak otherwise

The only reason I made it this far was recs and essays

[velvet field]

Aren’t u INT though

[velvet field]

Bro that’s all fire

[timber plaza]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/eqriom/i_tried_to_kiss_my_interviewer_are_my_chances/

too bad its virtual bro

[velvet field]

Kiss through the screen

[timber plaza]

yes yes

[meager mango]

Yea but I’m not getting in lol

Seriously like my app is mid

[timber plaza]

lmao u still got an interview okayy

[meager mango]

It makes it worseeeeee

Like my yale interview was sooooo good

[velvet field]

Blud u got interviews for 3 that are selective

[timber plaza]

right lmao

tf 💀

[meager mango]

But then I didn’t get in

[timber plaza]

bro stop complaining

[meager mango]

Okok

[timber plaza]

js wait it out ok

u never know

[meager mango]

Well come back on March 27 lol

[velvet field]

Go to the gym or something

[timber plaza]

bro yale sent backgroujds for the virtual interview lmfao

[meager mango]

I just came back lol

[timber plaza]

do i use one

or does that seem too try hard

[ebon goblet]

they did ?

[velvet field]

LOL im at the gym rn

[earnest kelp]

i havent been to the gym in days

i need to go today

[velvet field]

I got one in my building so I’m lucky sf

[timber plaza]

help i guess so

[vague pecan]

Yeah but like IT'S MORE IMP FOR US 😭

[velvet field]

But it’s just as hard to find a interviewer

[dark idol]

im gonna tweak out if i dont get into stanford

[primal needle]

We intl will chat anytime u want

It's 4 am for me

[vague pecan]

Frrr

[merry pawn]

Yale you better accept me otherwise I will never be able to look half of the people in my life in the eyes again

[warm plume]

guys yale interview

are yale interviews selective?

anyone who had it free to chat about it or something

[meager mango]

Yes

Very selective lol

[warm plume]

yoooo fr?

how do i prepare for this

[dark idol]

bro did u not get a harvard ao interview

[warm plume]

i didnt get a harvard ao interview no?

[dark idol]

o

[warm plume]

isnt that like insane to get

[dark idol]

yes

nvm

[warm plume]

did u think i did from a different chat lmao

[dark idol]

wrong person

[warm plume]

lol

ok anways

has anyone had their yale interview yet

[dark idol]

yes

in november

mine was p conversational]

[warm plume]

i got upenn on the 17th duke on the 19th and then i got my yale interview sometime before like next week still gotta like schedule it rn

oh fr?

bet

do they ask u about ur app

or sum

[dark idol]

mine asked me

to tell her about myself

and spent the rest of the time

[vague pecan]

I got all of them on 29th

[dark idol]

picking apart my answer

i got

[vague pecan]

February.....

[dark idol]

yale november 11th

harvard jan 6th

or 7th

and then mit on the like 12th

and i dont remember the other two

[vague pecan]

No one got that lolll ☠️

[cedar kettle]

No

It’s like a normal interview

Tell me about yourself kinda thing

They only get your name and where you are from iirc

[timber plaza]

ya unless u have my interviewer

cooked

[wild plinth]

so I haven't gotten my Yale interview yet and probably won't 💀 even though I think I cooked the hardest on my Yale supps

is there a thing where they put some apps into a pile that they admit without an interview if they think you're a good enough fit

[dark idol]

yes

people are

accepted

without interviews

the percentage is just quite low anecdotally

[austere stirrup]

interview is random

[wild plinth]

doesn't yale prescreen and everything

I'm also in an area with a lot of interviewers

[dark idol]

im in an area with a ton of stanford interviewers

theyd ont even prescreen

and i havent gotten mine

🤷‍♂️

what can ya do

[wild plinth]

manifest

[austere stirrup]

wait which schools prescreen

[wild plinth]

from what I've heard Yale and supposedly Harvard?

[austere stirrup]

also they do but its very common for ppl that didnt get interciew to get in

[dark idol]

duke yale harvard

[agile finch]

its not a pre screen

[agile finch]

its not a pre screen

[meager mango]

<10%

[cedar kettle]

Harvard Yale and Duke iirc

[cedar kettle]

Wdym

[agile finch]

like there's no official pre screen stage

[exotic gorge]

there is

as far as getting an interview

idk about duke but def harvard and yale

[agile finch]

i believe biggreen said there wasnt for harvard/yale

also the school doesnt officially say it so even if its true, it's in an applicant's best interest not to worry about a) whether or not it's true b) whether or not they passed it because it's completely out of your control and there's no point stressing about things not in your control

like tldr applicants w/o an interview (yet) should stress less, its not in your hands now so just hope for the best!

[cedar kettle]

Well like it’s not a named stage but they do do it?

[cedar kettle]

Yes this is true

[exotic gorge]

welp my harvard AO says a different something 💀

[cedar kettle]

But like lowkey I learned about the prescreening from a Harvard interviewer

[exotic gorge]

personally i believe the harvard AO not sure about you

[cedar kettle]

So

Yeah

[cedar kettle]

Def agree with this pt tho!

[agile finch]

my harvard AO did not say that 💀

[cedar kettle]

Yall shouldn’t worry about it either way

But they like, indeed do pre screen that’s just true

[exotic gorge]

Do you go to Harvard?

[cedar kettle]

Unless they changed it this year

[cedar kettle]

Oh shit you are pulling this card damn

[agile finch]

well the AO is regional + the website so its probably also diff regions

[exotic gorge]

Not a card, I am just wondering why he would have had spoken to his AO

Obviously the AO wouldn't release information regarding the application cycle to an applicant...

[agile finch]

im a senior

[exotic gorge]

I spoke to my AO when I reviewed my admissiosn file and was given the opportunity to ask about the process

[cedar kettle]

For this kind of broader policy it would be odd to me if it were regional

Also at least my admission file at Yale specifically mentions them wanting me to interview

So I’m kinda on the same page as young nerd here I fear

[agile finch]

my friend has harvard legacy and is on the interviewing chair thing for our region and it is shockingly regional you actually wouldnt believe how regional it is

[exotic gorge]

In which, I specifically asked, are interviews selective or given SOLELY BASED UPON AVAILABILITY in which hte naswer given to my by (both) of my Harvard AOs, were that were was a process in which they review applications prior to giving interviews, as it woudl be implausible to just view every single person who applied to Harvard

[cedar kettle]

Interesting

Idk I just assumed bc my Yale interviewer was on the other side of the country but maybe Yale does it differently idk

[cedar kettle]

Yeah this sounds right

[exotic gorge]

My yale interviewer was also from connecticut

[agile finch]

i spoke to the AO because i got a 2nd harvard interview and they walked me through the process + reiterated its availability based etc etc, obviously you actually go to harvard so you know more and probably know better but my overarching point like i said before is just that like.. whether its prescreened or not shouldnt concern any applicant in the process because its out of our control!

i mean it is possible the AO lied to my face ngl

[cedar kettle]

I mean yes it is partially availability based

But like

[exotic gorge]

shouldn't be thikning abt it at all, but i think it's important for transparency that you are aware

[cedar kettle]

That isn’t mutually exclusive from pre screening also being a factor

Yall should just pretend it isn’t happening tho

This is true

[agile finch]

did you ask what they review? this is very interesting ngl

[agile finch]

yeah this is like my main point tbh

because at the end of the day nobody has any idea, some people just have fragments more of ideas than others because u guys r cool ppl that attend the school

[exotic gorge]

they said they reviewed my application like a 'glance over' and ensured that i was a serious candidate and they would want to know more about me before making ad ecision

So, for example, if I was a serious candidate but they could already tell they didn't think I would fit in at Harvard (or, to be more concise, be a contributing member of the Harvard community) they wouldn't necessarily "waste" the resource in a sense to give me an interviewer.

Same if I just wasn't a serious candidate, they would simply put me in the rejection pile

[agile finch]

so like what is biggreen talking about then lowkey

not saying you're wrong i trust you im just wondering

[exotic gorge]

I mean, there appears to be quite the arguments on both side idrk

[agile finch]

makes sense

[exotic gorge]

I choose to believe what I heard from both of my AOs, because they are the ones who were with me throughout the entire process

[agile finch]

theres limited availability so they cant give it to everybody 🤷‍♂️

[exotic gorge]

There may be a level of inconsistency, mostly because I thikn ppl have different ideas of what a 'pre-screen' is

[dark idol]

he had an ao interview

[exotic gorge]

Some probs believe that a prescreen is where they get a slightly LARGER pool of people they think they will accept (more than the # that they actualy accept) and THEN interview all those to narrow it down. Not quite the case

[exotic gorge]

I had a 1-on-1 with 2 AOs whats the point here

[agile finch]

whats ur idea of the prescreen or what did ur AO tell you

[agile finch]

she btw

[dark idol]

o she mb

[agile finch]

but yes

[dark idol]

i was js answering the question of

why they would have spoken w their ao

[agile finch]

my ao was hella nice ngl but she probably couldve lied to my face lmao

wouldnt even blame her

[dark idol]

why are my friends blasting save europe music

these guys are all asian

[exotic gorge]

Just what I said, they are simply ensuring that they are a SERIOUS candidate like they are not someone they would just auto-reject or simply think will not fit into the community at Harvard. THey explained to me basically that they looked over my application and came to the conclusion that not only would I fit in in the community at Harvard, but I had a very compelling story and genuinity (idk if that's the right word, but they thought my application was extremely genuine and had real substance/actions)

And they thought that having an interview woudl seal my fate (whether in the positive or negative)

[dark idol]

oh so were u quote unquote autoadmit then

[exotic gorge]

no

[agile finch]

so would you agree/disagree that theres no gpa/sat cutoff

[exotic gorge]

oh for sure lol

[exotic gorge]

i would've bee nrejected without my interview

they straight up said that in both my application file and to my face

[dark idol]

if u have below a 1.0 gpa and 400 sat you are filtered out

😡

[exotic gorge]

my GPA/ACT score wasn't mentioned anywhere except once in one of the AO notes

but it could've been tkane into consideration in another part of hte process

I only had 5 minutes to answer the questions, so I mostly just focused on some theories i had regarding the proce ss

[dark idol]

does harvard take the interview that seriously

i thought that it didnt matter allat much

[exotic gorge]

I would've been rejected without my interview

That doesn't mean that another candidate would be accepted with or without one

[dark idol]

ya but like

if it was able to swing the needle

from 0 to 100

[agile finch]

what other theories did you get answered

[exotic gorge]

It can swing the needle

[dark idol]

then they must have seriously considered ti

[agile finch]

everything swings the needle thats why its called holistic @dark idol

[exotic gorge]

But my interview was extremely good (in their opinion, not being biased) it they gave it a 1

[dark idol]

did you get your harvard interview early or late

relatively

[exotic gorge]

Idk

I don't know what date it was lol

January 20th is when I got it

[dark idol]

ok but like on a2c when u talk about interviews

[exotic gorge]

Nothing really of substance other than about my interviews lol I asked them if there was actually a certain "perfect applicant" that would always get an auto-admit (basically asking if there is a specific profile that would always be admitted) and they kinda just skrted the question by saying the usual

[dark idol]

most ppl generally say

"it doesnt matter allat much"

[exotic gorge]

My response is generally, "why would they offer them if they aren't taken into consideration?"

[agile finch]

this is the response to destress people

i think most responses should take into account reducing stress of the applicant which is also very reflective in language the actual university uses

[unborn harness]

guyysss lets just open our decisions on march 27th and ill buy geoguessr premium for everyone who didnt get in !!! (i figured out a money glitch)

i need to find healthy ways to not think about decisions

[dark idol]

watch solo leveling

it is peak

[agile finch]

which is also why theres no point worrying about whether a prescreen exists or what type of prescreen exists because it literally is 100% out of your control

neurotic ppl chill out pls

[unborn harness]

i have no immunity against binging bro so i basically have a permanent bar against series

[exotic gorge]

I don't think you should worry about getting an interviewer or not getting an interview by any means, I am just saying your rationale is flawed

Your rationale should be that you have no control over it, you can't hcangei t, all you can do now is be chill and wait

[agile finch]

real

[unborn harness]

predictability is destressing for sm ppl!

i feel like my coping w college admissions was to become as well versed in it as possible

but i think we tend to enable each other tho

which is very bad

[exotic gorge]

if you worry yourself over it you will just be miserable until it comes and if it is an ACCEPTANCE you will just be relieved and finally be able to stop worrying, but instead you should just be ecastic and celebrating. If it is a rejectance, you will feel even more miserable than you woudl have if you just let it go and waited for the decisions calmly

[agile finch]

facts this is my exact mindset ngl

[exotic gorge]

but my statements should be taken with a grain of salt bc unfortunately i am cracked and got in everywhere

its a joke guys

[dark idol]

lmao

[unborn harness]

i just go in w the expectation im getting rejected everywhere and then its pleasant when i dont!

[agile finch]

nah i find that the most cracked ppl r lowkey the most stressed so like

still a valid opinion

[unborn harness]

nah the actually cracked ppl dont waste their brainpower on mortal suffering

[agile finch]

the actually cracked ppl are not in this server 💀 💀

[exotic gorge]

Lol I think the subset of people who are the most cracked stayed in this server

Not saying I am among them, but I know quite a few cracked people in this discord (both recently accepted and still in college, and alumni)

[unborn harness]

ye i know moppers and they just get auto accept into mit and they dont even need to worry abt college acceptances at all they just grind math

[agile finch]

lmao

[unborn harness]

wait we have a mutual

fellow bay area sufferer?

bro im meeting all sorts of random ppl here i prob wouldve ran into irl

ye

[agile finch]

wait maybe i shouldnt say

LMAO

[dark idol]

lmao

i got scared as hell

thats my first name

💀

[exotic gorge]

lol

[agile finch]

LMAOOOOOOO

[unborn harness]

LMAO

[exotic gorge]

\

[dark idol]

on my soul

i was spooked

😔

[agile finch]

well now i cant say it anymore because then id be doxxing you

[dark idol]

LMOAOOOOO

[unborn harness]

i feel like a2c is disproportionately bay area kids

[dark idol]

na ur good

[dark idol]

im not bay area

im west coats tho

so its the same shit

[exotic gorge]

@cedar kettle how does it feel to cosplay as harvard in the snow at yale

[unborn harness]

fax fax

[dark idol]

the kids here r js

slightly less cracked

[agile finch]

people here r cracked ngl

[dark idol]

oh

i meant

in my state

[unborn harness]

i feel like such a faker bro i was so not locked in in hs whenever i was particularly burnt out id just have 4 hr yt binging sessions every day

[dark idol]

compared to bay area

[dark idol]

im a fraud bro

[agile finch]

oh right ur up there

[dark idol]

im a bum i jsut linkedinese'd

[unborn harness]

fr i think im carried by genetics or smthn coz im actually so lazy

[dark idol]

im not even carried by genetics bro

im sped asl

[merry pawn]

who doesn't lol

[dark idol]

kevin

[merry pawn]

My common app makes me sound like some kind of prodigy when I'm the absolute opposite

[merry pawn]

no idea who that is but okay

x_x

[dark idol]

😍

[unborn harness]

whats the diff between grand first and just first

[dark idol]

not a clue

either way guys a genius

[merry pawn]

I'm guessing grand first is better lol

See the trick is just making things sound impressive

Like

[dark idol]

yeah

[merry pawn]

DECA ICDC

[unborn harness]

ik this kid whos isef first and bro is still out here getting deferred by mit and shit like im so confused

[merry pawn]

my category

Is so

Literally just put in the work and you can make it to icdc

But it sounds impressive

[dark idol]

lmao my friend was grand third and got columbia deferral

-_-

[agile finch]

idk any of these terms

[dark idol]

science fair stupid shit

[unborn harness]

idk eitehr i just heard

[merry pawn]

there was this news story last year of this kid who got rejected by nearly every school but got recruited by faang the second they graduated

[dark idol]

ok

he got into

ut austin

for cs...

like

[merry pawn]

And apparently faang was looking into hiring them when they were in like middle school too

[unborn harness]

oh yea that gunn kid

[dark idol]

yeah

ok

[merry pawn]

in state but rejected from like every other school which was insane like you'd think he'd get into cmu or something

[unborn harness]

ppl said it was bc bro had no personality

[agile finch]

ofc it's gunn

[dark idol]

the thing w stanley zhong is

[merry pawn]

Yeah that's what my mom said

[dark idol]

i asked my college counselor what he thought

[agile finch]

bro name dropped

[dark idol]

and eh was like

[unborn harness]

oh i thought u were talking abt the bay area kid

[dark idol]

yeah it looks like he did a shit job

at explaining what he did

[dark idol]

yeah

stanley zhong

gunn hs

[unborn harness]

so not ut in state

[merry pawn]

My mom said that she doesn't think schools like harvard are racist for giving asians lower personality scores because she said all asians are boring x_x

But in a way I kinda agree with her lol

I'M NOT RACIST I'M ALSO ASIAN

[unborn harness]

i cant tell if im too sleep deprived to read properly

[dark idol]

he got into UT and UMD for cs... neither of which are bad schools... one is a t10 and the other is t20

[merry pawn]

true but you'd still think he would get into way better schools

[dark idol]

he got into the

6th

[merry pawn]

With his skill level

[dark idol]

best school

for computer science

in the US

[merry pawn]

you know what I mean smh

[dark idol]

no bro ut comp sci is crazy

[unborn harness]

i think there is a real phenomenon of being more compliant or smthn

[dark idol]

like if u get UT cs

and ur complaining

ur the problem vro

[unborn harness]

yea bro had like 0 self awareness

[merry pawn]

I'm not saying it's bad lol, I'm just saying everyone thought he could've made it to like cmu or mit or something

[merry pawn]

wdym?

I feel like my supps made me sound so boring but I don't think I have the cliche asian activities like piano and debate lol so hopefully that helps me

[agile finch]

piano on TOP

[unborn harness]

this is an overgeneralization but bc of immigrant culture / filial piety we're taught to be obedient rather than challenge the status quo

idk

[merry pawn]

Oh yeah

Definitely

[dark idol]

ngl i think this sums it up really well

[merry pawn]

I quit 😭

[unborn harness]

i think this is the thing w "no personality" put into the most scientific terms i could

[merry pawn]

oh wait he was bay area?

[dark idol]

yes

[merry pawn]

oop I thought he was texas

[dark idol]

he went to one of the most

competitive

bay area high schools

[merry pawn]

I guess I remembered wrong lol

[dark idol]

and was only top 10%

[agile finch]

yeah but this is an unfair assumption ngl

[merry pawn]

Okay yeah that makes a lot of sense

I thought he was texas auto admit for ut austin

And he only got ut and nothing else

And I did not know he applied to no safeties x_x

[agile finch]

no he got ut oos cs

[merry pawn]

Yeah I must've mixed him up with someone else

[unborn harness]

idt this is a real admissions factor for him tho bc at a certain threshold when everyones cracked its silly for AOs to use comparisons

[merry pawn]

I'm so curious as to what my rank is

My school doesn't rank

[agile finch]

its evaluation in comparison to environment

so lowkey it does matter

[merry pawn]

I am 100% not valedictorian nor am I even close to being the smartest in my grade but I want to think I'm at least above average 😭

[agile finch]

i am easily the least intelligent in my friend group tbh

[unborn harness]

i feel like this more helps disadvantaged students than hurt more privileged students

[merry pawn]

NO LITERALLY SAME LOL

[agile finch]

its true i agree

[merry pawn]

WHY ARE ALL MY FRIENDS LITERAL GENIUSES

Like here I am struggling in class and then my friends are getting easy a's without studying

[dark idol]

this is so fucking stupid bro - uiuc cs oos is like 4% and this guy is cherrypicking general admission data to bait clicks on the news

"mistifying process" not a single school he applied to had above a 20% acceptance rate and most were below 5 or 10%

[unborn harness]

lol my school is like
15% ppl who get As w/o studying bc theyre cracked
50% ppl who get As bc they cheated
35% actually studying or just flailing

[agile finch]

the way the whole story is covered just rubs me the wrong way tbh

like i can tell why bro didnt get in

[merry pawn]

okay yeah so that makes a lot more sense lol

[agile finch]

if thats his framing style

😭

[merry pawn]

no same the amount of people who cheat at my school is actually insane

[merry pawn]

yeah now that I know all this info I get it now

[unborn harness]

its either this guy & dad know nothing abt admissions or theyre just complaining

[merry pawn]

I still need to do my math hw due tomorrow and it's 10 pm x_x

[merry pawn]

or both

[unborn harness]

LOL true

[dark idol]

i think

they knew

[merry pawn]

My mom's convinced I'm gonna get in northwestern cornell yale and that's what she said about duke and I got rejected 🤷‍♀️

[agile finch]

its complaining as a result of being entitled lowkey

[dark idol]

but they wanted publicity

[dark idol]

yes

[agile finch]

like this happens to thousands of kids every year

[dark idol]

he applied to 0 safeties, got cooked, then took 0 responsibility

[agile finch]

the reason why this guy is on the news is because he wanted to be

💀

[unborn harness]

fr like it couldve also been that he was just incredibly unlucky w rngesus which can strike anyone

[dark idol]

ngl i coulda been the next stanley zhong

[agile finch]

let's say you apply to all 8 ivies. statistically you have a 75% chance of being rejected from all

that's just how it goes

[dark idol]

i pulled the same

0 safety

asian male ca

cs

bullshit

💀

[unborn harness]

like oliver ni got rejected everywhere except safeties & berkeley eecs but he didn't complain at all

[merry pawn]

yeah I have no idea why you did that I applied to too many safeties cause I was paranoid 😭

[dark idol]

uh

i expected to get into purdue

that is an egotistical answer

but like

[merry pawn]

Purdue oos cs as asian male is hard lol

[dark idol]

💀

[merry pawn]

I mean you got in lol

[dark idol]

my school historically feeds over 20 kids

to purdue cs

[agile finch]

well its also berkeley

LMAO

[unborn harness]

LOL lets congratulate ourselves for mogging stanley zhong

[merry pawn]

Plus I think you'll get in a lot more good schools rd based on your app

[dark idol]

if i knew that this year my hs would have 6 admits to cs in ea… i would have applied to safeties.

[agile finch]

my school feeds no kids anywhere

half the kids dont even go to college 💀

[unborn harness]

bro my parents would be like "no ivy league, hai ya, can't brag to coworker"

[dark idol]

lmao

[agile finch]

average bay area asian parent

[merry pawn]

NO SAME

[dark idol]

i’m UPS bound

[merry pawn]

my parents with T20s lol

[agile finch]

dang bro got that legacy

[dark idol]

i have legacy at a 250

t25”

t250

🤑🤑🤑

[merry pawn]

I have legacy at chinese unis

And I don't wanna go to china

[dark idol]

i have legacy at indian schools too

but like

[merry pawn]

Or random canadian unis cause they went there for grad school

but again not my first choice

[unborn harness]

twins but i cant even apply without gaokaoing coz im chinese national LOL

[merry pawn]

ouch x_x

I'm actually so glad I don't have to do the gaokao

Like for my ACT

on practice tests I got like 35/36s on every section

AND ON BOTH TESTS

I SCREWED UP ON ONE SECTION

FOR NO REASON AT ALL

superscore saved me

[unborn harness]

😢 unfort

[dark idol]

lol

sat was aight

i’m mad i didn’t get 800m
tho

[merry pawn]

act is superior totally not biased

[unborn harness]

good thing us admissions is way more gentle w testing

[merry pawn]

Yeah

I kinda bs'd my way through the act ngl

[dark idol]

i never fot above 780m

ever

[merry pawn]

Ouch

[dark idol]

i got a 97 on related rates and a 780 math

[merry pawn]

I got at least 36 one time in all sections I think

[dark idol]

💀

[merry pawn]

In practice tests

But

Usually I got 35 in math + science

yeah stem is obviously not my forte lol

English section was the best

okay call me a nerd but the reading section of the ap lang was lowkey kinda fun

Like

the articles were interesting

it kinda felt like a game

AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ON DESIGN LOL

I LIKED THAT ARTICLE A LOT

[unborn harness]

lol those passages stay with me

[merry pawn]

And there was another article on desire paths which I found really interesting

And I think about that article a lot now

[unborn harness]

i rem on mine there was a section about nubian pyramids or smthn

[merry pawn]

Ooh we studied nubia in 9th grade

[unborn harness]

kids these days dont get to experience paper sat reading

[merry pawn]

That's partially why I chose the act lol

Cause

Paper

I hate digital

[unborn harness]

fax

[merry pawn]

Like how can I scribble down annotations

[dark idol]

collegeboard is a stupid ass company

i got my first score

then

[merry pawn]

okay when I say annotations I mean just underlining and circling random facts that I think might be important

[dark idol]

it wouldn’t let me cancel

my next

sat

appointments

and get my money back

[merry pawn]

oh yeah same

[dark idol]

so i said fuck it

[unborn harness]

collegeboard lost my friends ap chem exam LMAO i dont think she even got a refund

[dark idol]

i rawdogged the next one

[merry pawn]

LOL

[dark idol]

scored 20 points higher

💀

[merry pawn]

wait what that's insane

I think udub lost one of my classmate's app x_x

at least that's what I heard from another classmate

[merry pawn]

I just skipped the exam

[unborn harness]

umd when they forget to send you the decisions

[merry pawn]

But lowkey I should've taken it

I actually need to do hw

This is so bad

Okay first I need to feed my bunnies cause my mom got scrap pieces of veggies from making dinner and my bunnies love veggies

But I don't wanna move

And I don't wanna do hw

[dark idol]

this was usually

bc of no official sat score

[unborn harness]

that makes sense

[merry pawn]

I sent all my unis my official act for ea/ed

[unborn harness]

lvl 2 senioritis crashout

[merry pawn]

But for Rd I decided to save money and also I don't want them to see my composite scores x_x

[merry pawn]

Yep lol

[unborn harness]

my senioritis crashout is wasting time on a2c

[merry pawn]

The only class I'm somewhat locking in on is my dual enrollment class cause that's gonna impact my college gpa

[unborn harness]

its ok i have break next week

[merry pawn]

ayyee same

[merry pawn]

same LOL like the second I handed in my ea/ed decisions I started using this server

[unborn harness]

i should trade doomscrolling for reading books or smthn thats actually helpful but also light work

[merry pawn]

I was such a huge bookworm in middle school

I would read 2-3 like thick ass books a week without breaking a sweat

[unborn harness]

LOL ive been on the reddit since 10th grade and it doesnt feel like 2 years

i rem planning out my list so early

[merry pawn]

I've been on the reddit since summer after 9th x_x

[merry pawn]

no the thing is

ever since 9th grade

Whenever I wanted to procrasinate

[unborn harness]

omg actually cooked bro back then i was just playing genshin impact and shit

[merry pawn]

I would do college research

Cause it's procrastination

but also being productive

AND NOW I THANK 9TH GRADE ME FOR STARTING THAT HABIT LOL

IT WAS SO HELPFUL

I gotta start doing this but for grad school/internships/jobs

[unborn harness]

💀 LMAO thats my justification for making so many elaborate spreadsheets for college stuff

[merry pawn]

Procrastinating by doing other work is my favorite

You get 100% of work done while doing 100% procrastination

[unborn harness]

i used to grind comp math to avoid doing real work

[merry pawn]

Okay see that's another level though 😭

I've always wished I were a stem kid lol

Like

literally in elementary and middle school

I gaslighted myself into thinking I liked math

[unborn harness]

LOL

[merry pawn]

And then one day

I was like

"hold on"

"I don't even like this subject"

And then I became a stem hater LOL

[unborn harness]

thats crazy

[merry pawn]

Okay to be fair I don't like my english or history classes either

I like classes where you actually do stuff

Engineering

Design thinking

Macro

[unborn harness]

i like those as well but they have so much hw bro

imma go sleep now ive been pulling too many 2 am coding sessions

[dark idol]

math is boring as shit it just pays well if u sellout

[merry pawn]

Design thinking was the best class I've ever taken but apparently the new teacher sucks

[unborn harness]

nice talking to ygs

[merry pawn]

x_x

please turn me into you I want to do 2 am coding sessions and actually like coding

why the hell am I going to gt for a half cs major when I don't even like coding all that much

idk

But yeah

gn

[unborn harness]

hope to see yall again (at yale bulldogs day no cap why did we have this convo in the yale university thread)

[merry pawn]

Yes future yale students fr

[merry pawn]

wait I just realized

I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONVINCED MYSELF I'M GOING TO GT

AYYEEE

WHO CARES ABOUT YALE

GT IT IS

Or unc if I can't convince my parents to let me go to gt

[cedar kettle]

SLAY GOOD

THIS IS SO GOOD

WINNING FR

BRO START VISUALIZING YOURSELF AT WHATEVER SCHOOLS YOU HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO

it makes like the waiting SO MUCH easier

Because like mentally prepared to not get into any more schools

So who cares about them

This is also why I have such a positive opinion of all schools I got accepted in bc I genehineky thought I was going there at some point

[merry pawn]

YES

GT IS THE BEST

IT'S IN A BIG CITY

[cedar kettle]

GT ON TOP RAHHH

[merry pawn]

ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD FOR MY MAJOR

WHY WOULD I EVEN CONSIDER ANY OTHER SCHOOL

[cedar kettle]

FR BRO

[merry pawn]

AND THE HONORS DORMS ARE ALL SINGLES AND YOU ONLY SHARE A BATHROOM WITH ONE OTHER PERSON

APARTMENT STYLE

[cedar kettle]

LIKE LOWKEY IF YOU ARE TECHING LIKE

[merry pawn]

LITERALLY GT IS THE BEST SCREW YALE AND NORTHWESTERN AND CORNELL

[cedar kettle]

YALE KINDA JOT THAT GREAT

[exotic gorge]

Dang this is highkey goated

[cedar kettle]

LIKE GT IS SIMPLY ABOVE

[merry pawn]

YEAH EXACTLY GT IS SO MUCH BETTER

[cedar kettle]

wait what

I AM SO GENUINELY JEALISU WHAT

[merry pawn]

No literally google it LOL

My friend goes to gt

they have the best honors dorms

[exotic gorge]

That’s crazy wtf

[cedar kettle]

I’m not imma cry if I do

Mr harvard and I are not living in this luxury I assure you

[exotic gorge]

Me in Harvard Yard with the mice 😔

[merry pawn]

LOOK AT THIS LOL

[exotic gorge]

Hell nah

[cedar kettle]

Ok I at least do not have that issue

[merry pawn]

LOL

[cedar kettle]

Wait lowkey some Yale suites are like this

[merry pawn]

too late bask upon the glory I will likely be living in next year

[cedar kettle]

Minus the bathrooms

[merry pawn]

NO DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT YALE

GT IS BETTER

[cedar kettle]

WAIT YOU ARE SOOOO RIGHT

[exotic gorge]

So are Harvards lol

Except no kitchen

[cedar kettle]

ALSO YALE GETS SAD AND COLD

[merry pawn]

Also I'm actually such a huge germophobe so the private bathrooms are a huge plus

[exotic gorge]

Only one dorm has an in suite kitchen

[cedar kettle]

yes

[merry pawn]

YEAH ATLANTA IS NICE AND WARM AND IN A BIG CITY

[cedar kettle]

Do we just have really similar housing

[exotic gorge]

GT is in Atlanta?

[cedar kettle]

Probably actually

[merry pawn]

Yep

[cedar kettle]

WAIT ATLANTA SUCH A W

[exotic gorge]

What is GT again

[merry pawn]

georgia tech

[cedar kettle]

George is tech

[merry pawn]

I KNOW

[exotic gorge]

Ohhhh

[cedar kettle]

Fucking autocorrect

[exotic gorge]

I thought we talking Georgetown my bad

[merry pawn]

LOL

Nah didn't apply there

[cedar kettle]

BUT YOU WONT BE MISERABKE AND COLD LIKE ME

[merry pawn]

EXACTLY

I'LL BE BASKING IN THE SUN EVERYDAY

[cedar kettle]

LESS SEASONAL DEPRESSION RISK

[cedar kettle]

Pain

[merry pawn]

AND MORE INTERNSHIPS TOO

[cedar kettle]

Bro Californian to New England is ROGUH

[merry pawn]

AND ALL THE FUN I'LL BE HAVING IN SUCH A BIG CITY

[exotic gorge]

Can u control the heat in ur dorm like turn it down or up

[cedar kettle]

I miss UV

I’m literally gonna burn like crazy when I get home

[merry pawn]

WA has such moderate temperature I'm gonna die wherever I commit to lol

[cedar kettle]

I can I’m just like

Ok hear me out

[exotic gorge]

Dang we can’t control our heat at all I’m literally getting roasted 24/8

[cedar kettle]

I keep my windows open and just be cold

[exotic gorge]

It’s so freaking hot

[merry pawn]

LOL

WHY

[cedar kettle]

Oh every dorm and common room has its own controls

[exotic gorge]

I run my A/C and open all my windows it’s literally a sauna in my room

[cedar kettle]

Help 😭

[merry pawn]

in the summer? or like early fall/late spring

[exotic gorge]

The problem is even with that the heat keeps ROLLING in so as soon as I close the windows it just gets hot

[cedar kettle]

Otherwise it gets musty 😔

[merry pawn]

Cause I'm assuming not in the witner lol

[exotic gorge]

Like right now

Like today

[merry pawn]

ouch

[merry pawn]

x_x

[cedar kettle]

I’m just a fresh air enjoyer

[exotic gorge]

Like all my windows and AC are on now

[merry pawn]

I love fresh air

[cedar kettle]

I’m a Californian I like air

And sun

[merry pawn]

My dorms at art school were so musty and stinky

[cedar kettle]

Guys I miss the sun

[cedar kettle]

Dude tell me about it

I was at calarts once

[merry pawn]

Also I found out later that my dormmates were doing weed so that stunk up the entire dorm even more 😭

[cedar kettle]

I’m keeping it at once

[exotic gorge]

We just have baseboard heaters and you can’t control individual room temp nor is there any type of thermostat in here.

It’s SOLELY based on outside temp so it turns on full blast if it gets below a certain threshold

[merry pawn]

THEY GASLIGHTED ME INTO THINKING THAT I WASN'T SMELLING ANYTHING

Okay they were super sweet but I did NOT enjoy the smell

[cedar kettle]

Do not need to revisit the most cockroach infested place in the planet istg

[merry pawn]

ouch lol

[exotic gorge]

Actually roasting

[cedar kettle]

I hate to say this but this is lowkey the college experience

[exotic gorge]

and the yard is like mouse infested lol

[cedar kettle]

Like someone on your floor will smoke weed

And that is life

[merry pawn]

bro I need like a substance free housing thing

Cause

I cannot STAND the smell

of weed or tobacco

Like I'll throw up

That's how bad it is

[cedar kettle]

I get like

Aggro headaches

[merry pawn]

And also late night parties are not it as I've learned the hard way at art school x_x

[cedar kettle]

But I live somehow

[merry pawn]

Ouch