Yale University (2024-2025)

[exotic gorge]

altho Meta is mass hiring rn

alas they yoinked meta university

sorry not related to this conversation

[agile finch]

LMAOOO

bro u hire a thousand people a year if your student pop goes up by like 10,000 😭

[slender marten]

@latent mulch you might find numbers if Yale publishes administrative costs

[latent mulch]

2009 - 10,101
2010 - 10,223
.....
2015 - 11,481
....
2020 - 15,314

??????

what the fuck happened btwn 2015-2020

[slender marten]

it might coincide with an increase in indirect costs from the NIH and/or an increase in philanthropic funds

[latent mulch]

they hired like no faculty (around 40 faculty in this period, 3000 admin). it's self-serving, nothing to do with pursuing an intellectual mission or whatever they say their goal is.

[slender marten]

after the Broad institute went insane at MIT, all sorts of other academic institutions have been looking for ways to replicate that locally

[latent mulch]

i may need some context here lol

[slender marten]

Some rich dude gave MIT like 500 million and said, I want your math/engineering people to work with biologists. Thus the Broad institute was created. And basically created a ridiculous amount of scientific output

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Institute

all these top institutions compete with each other for smart people

and so they'll throw 2 million at a researcher internally for 5 years etc.

The Broads made a founding gift of $100 million and the Broad Institute was formally launched in May 2004. In November 2005, the Broads announced an additional $100 million gift to the institute.[6] On September 4, 2008, the Broads announced an endowment of $400 million to make the Broad Institute a permanent establishment.[7] In November 2013, they invested an additional $100 million to fund a second decade of research at the institute.

wow, it was 2005-ish

sorry, this might be too much of a tangent. I'm just trying to figure out reasons

Yale's recent emphasis on STEM is also interesting as well

Yale does get a lot of government funding as well. But I have a hard time imaging that that would affect the undergrads

like man, that's a cold day in hell

[latent mulch]

honestly i get it—yale historically was v good at STEM and budgetary crises led to it kinda collapsing and never really recovering, plus alumni and donors are well aware of how people perceive yale STEM

but also idk it feels like too little too late, or at least too late

[slender marten]

ah, I didn't know that

[cedar kettle]

I’m going to renew my crash out

[latent mulch]

im not nick land or anything but like i really don't think any university is beating technocapital. like, why would you join a top university when Microsoft Research has access to $200bn of compute....

[latent mulch]

it's so bad

[slender marten]

industry compute is at least 3 orders of magnitude over what academia can sniff

[latent mulch]

fun fact i found out today — probably the most common linux shell (zsh) is named for a prof here, zhong shao

[slender marten]

the difference is real

[slender marten]

whoa! didn't know that!

[latent mulch]

wasn't made by him though

which is the best part

just named for him

[slender marten]

//bin/bash all day long

[steel notch]

cant you just go to a residential college that has hot lunches then lol

theyre open to all

[latent mulch]

real

[slender marten]

I always wondered how people got the alternative text. It's just markdown lol

[latent mulch]

that's besides the point

[steel notch]

yeah ik

just an...option

[exotic gorge]

An option, but it completely defeats like the very core of the Yale mission 💀

In regards to residential colleges, anyways

They're meant to be an identity, a culture, and a place of bonding completely equitable (tho, in some cases this is implausible)

[steel notch]

bruh food was genuinely attracting me to yale over harvard

[exotic gorge]

Food is banger at Yale

10/10 would recommend to eat

[steel notch]

why did you choose harvard then

😦

[latent mulch]

the point of the residential college system is to create community—to foster intellectual and social bonds across academic and extracurricular backgrounds within 'microcosms' . completely ruining dining at some arbitrarily chosen colleges is not exactly conducive towards that goal

[exotic gorge]

bc harvard is better

[latent mulch]

"microcosms of the yale community" is kind of a meme phrase but it's true

[steel notch]

u got into yale too im assuming?

[exotic gorge]

yes

[steel notch]

was yale cs one of the components that drove u to harvard instead?

[exotic gorge]

yes

the only component in fact

[steel notch]

oh wow

[latent mulch]

look i am yale cs and if i got into harvard i would (with hindsight) have gone there. yale is socially better—the residential college system is better than houses, the vibes are better, etc, but harvard cs is a lot better

[steel notch]

im honestly not sure what id choose

yale or harvard 😦

im into cs btw

[steel violet]

no yale interview im cooked!

[steel notch]

and i got a yale likely

[steel violet]

gg good knowing you all

[latent mulch]

i think for most subjects you should choose yale

[steel violet]

what...

[exotic gorge]

I thought Yale was stunning, the vibes were IMMACULATE, the social scene is great, and the people are just awesome. However, CS, I'm going to Harvard unfort

[latent mulch]

oh crazy

[steel violet]

did you get a harvard interview too

[steel notch]

yes

[steel violet]

[steel notch]

Yeah ive heard things about yale cs

[steel violet]

wait how are you so cracked?

im curious

thats crazy yale likely!

[exotic gorge]

It wasn't good, even the faculty I met were like... you aren't getting the BEST CS, but we're working on it.

[steel notch]

i really hope its not as bad as people make it because aside from my major's prestige at yale, literally everything at yale fits me

[exotic gorge]

I'll give them the props, they seemed like they were fully investing into it, but I mean it just wasn't there

[steel notch]

how is harvard cs btw?

[exotic gorge]

Erm

[latent mulch]

tbh the program is better than its reputation, if that means anything, and there are lots of classes on my interests that weren't really there when i got there

[exotic gorge]

I mean it's good to the whole world/cs industry, so that's what matters right

[latent mulch]

and by 'weren't really there' i mean didn't exist and that the faculty who teach it weren't hired

[exotic gorge]

Otherwise, Harvard CS is hyper-theoretical, so much theory not a whole lot of programming

[steel notch]

I'm assuming yale's name alone would also carry this into the industry tho

[agile finch]

does the broad family have kids 💀

[exotic gorge]

I thikn Harvard CS vs Yale CS, Harvard would carry more weight tbh and you need all the weight you can get in the current industry

[latent mulch]

tbh name-carrying isn't huge in cs

its not finance

[steel notch]

yeah^

[exotic gorge]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I mean, you can also take into account the connections and more possibilities you got here

Solely focusing on CS

[steel notch]

everyone i met at yale seems ambitious

[dusky bough]

same dilemma lmao

[steel notch]

especially the stem department

[latent mulch]

i think this is true at most top schools

[steel violet]

did you do usaco

[latent mulch]

smart people are driven

[exotic gorge]

All-in-alll tho you should visit both if you end up getting into Harvard, really eye-opening

[steel notch]

for like one month yeah

[steel violet]

what type of cs do you do anyways

[steel notch]

i got silver thenstopped cuz it got boring

[steel violet]

YES scholar?

[exotic gorge]

@latent mulch how is Yale CS? Is it theoretical or do you do a lot of programming

[steel violet]

i know yale is recruiting STEM

[steel notch]

yeah for sure

[steel notch]

yes

[agile finch]

the two likelies in the chat 😭

hi uni

[steel violet]

this is crazy???

[dusky bough]

heyyy

[steel notch]

@exotic gorge Also how important is my undergrad really when i wanna do grad (masters)??

[steel violet]

they kind of have to accept me...

[steel notch]

im def not doing my grad at yale thats fs

[latent mulch]

there's some decent classes in both areas, but it definitely leans a little more theoretical (not that i mind, lowkey considering a PhD....)

[exotic gorge]

i mean im not in grad school so idk 😭

[steel notch]

do u plan to pursue grad?

[exotic gorge]

yes

[latent mulch]

yale has a bs/ms

[dusky bough]

are you cs major

[stable crescent]

yo

wsg

[latent mulch]

y

[stable crescent]

no more slowmode here

[exotic gorge]

but i plan to concurrently do it so I will get a masters in CS and a bacheloprs at the same time

[dusky bough]

how is eecs at yale

or do u know anything about it

[agile finch]

so masters harvard too? is that how it works

[latent mulch]

i was just with my eecs friend in the buttery

[steel notch]

ohh harvard offers that

[latent mulch]

i'll try channel him

[steel notch]

do u complete in 4 years?

[exotic gorge]

I mean like the required courses are they theoretical? Bc like I'm only in my second sem and my "CS class" iss Discrete Math 💀

[exotic gorge]

yes

[steel notch]

yeah ive seen

[slender marten]

yeah, if Yale's CS research is weak, it's going to kneecap the CS folks at Yale who can't get published at the top conferences which makes life harder in terms of getting into the top CS Ph.D. programs

[exotic gorge]

yes 4 years both degrees AB/AM

[steel notch]

its just yale's grad like sucks 😦

[agile finch]

gotcha thanks

damn impressive

[exotic gorge]

no i haven't got accepted into the program yet it's just a dream

lol

[agile finch]

LMAO

[latent mulch]

i mean basically every good CS program requires some systems programming and math lol

[stable crescent]

whats eecs

[agile finch]

its okay u got this i believe 🙏

[dusky bough]

electrical engineer and cs

[exotic gorge]

my next "cs" class is also pure math + linalg lol

[steel notch]

is it selective?

[stable crescent]

ah

[exotic gorge]

tbd

[steel notch]

i lowkey thought u just get into it 💀

[stable crescent]

any yale students in chat rn

[dusky bough]

im also stressing about making this decision of choosing between yale and some better engineering school but i haven’t even gotten the rest of my rds yet lol

[steel violet]

first world problems...

[exotic gorge]

if it's like a "better engineer school" like UMich go to Yale

only reason u should go to a better "engineering school" is if it is MIT or Standford or caltech

[dusky bough]

oh yeah i do have mich

[steel violet]

what about columbia or penn SEAS

or COE

[exotic gorge]

oh idk

[dusky bough]

but i was always considering yale over mich

[dusky bough]

that’s what i’m thinking

[exotic gorge]

I got into Colubmia SEAS and Cornell COE and I chose Harvard wdym

[dusky bough]

my ivy+ rds are columbia harvard penn mit jhu

[steel violet]

id do so much just to get into one of them man

[agile finch]

LMAO

[dusky bough]

i think i would despise being at mit + i think they will reject me tho

[exotic gorge]

im confused why would you go to cornell COE over Harvard

[latent mulch]

this is the CS pset im currently working on i feel u

[exotic gorge]

kill me now

[latent mulch]

its honestly not hard the notation is just crazy

[agile finch]

$$ \prod^n_{i=1} $$

no latex bot 💀

[steel notch]

some people go straight off us news 💀

[exotic gorge]

did you thikn discrete was ez

[agile finch]

its not above it on us news is it

hi solar

[dusky bough]

would u have chosen yale over columbia/cornell

[exotic gorge]

Cornell CS is #5, but it's good for academia not so much for industry

[exotic gorge]

yes

[dusky bough]

so it was harvard vs yale basically

[latent mulch]

yale doesn't require actual discrete, just a watered down version of it for CS (which i took instead) -- that was fine

[steel notch]

engineering???

harvard engineering ranked pretty low

[exotic gorge]

There is no other version of discrete here, discrete math is a CS class lmaooo

[latent mulch]

idk actual discrete didn't seem bad im just lazy

[dusky bough]

harvard engineering is like 20 yale is 31 i think

[exotic gorge]

nah homie i hate it

[agile finch]

🗿

im humanities i always forget they suck at engineering

[dusky bough]

😭

[latent mulch]

yeah it was either math dept discrete or the CS dept one

[exotic gorge]

ayo what u tryna say

[stable crescent]

but the aura from going to harvard and yale bumps it up a lot

[dusky bough]

yeah LMFAOOO

[agile finch]

not u ur singlehandedly bringing the ranking up

[exotic gorge]

like generally i hate the theory so much lmaoo i'd rather do the actual coding

[stable crescent]

school aura is a huge factor in where i go

i hated hte name brown university so i didnt apply

[agile finch]

lmaoooo

[latent mulch]

idk if its just my profs but lowkey some of the theory stuff is super cool

especially systems

[stable crescent]

northwestern i ddint apply bc why is ur school named after a cardinal direction

[exotic gorge]

K

[latent mulch]

difficult but cool

[steel notch]

@latent mulch do most people get internships starting freshman year

[dusky bough]

what school name is the most aura

[steel notch]

for cs

[stable crescent]

harvard yale princeton stanford

mit sounds like ur a nerd

columbia is aura

[dusky bough]

damn

[exotic gorge]

for CS? LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

🤡

[latent mulch]

generally

[exotic gorge]

ayo what

[dusky bough]

people will think u misspelled the country

[latent mulch]

like sophomore year

oh i misred

[exotic gorge]

soph year yah not freshman

[agile finch]

duality of man

[stable crescent]

ngl ive always known of columbia school, i feel like alot of people know cornell

[latent mulch]

i hit enter accidentally

sob

[steel notch]

if its just a regular swe internship (no faang/quant), then i heard its not too bad if ur at an ivy level school

[exotic gorge]

I have an Amazon internship and I'm like one of the few at Harvard CS as Freshman who has anything, much less a FAANG.

[latent mulch]

its possible

[exotic gorge]

oh well if ur going to like a startup sure

[latent mulch]

but idk i just studied abroad

[steel notch]

Im assuming from future amazon scholar?

[exotic gorge]

maybe

maybe not

[latent mulch]

goat

[exotic gorge]

u dont know

[steel notch]

the goat

[exotic gorge]

ya'll should apply it's 🔥

[latent mulch]

regular ML (PhD) intern

[exotic gorge]

might be past deadline tho

[steel notch]

i only ask bc i heard most freshman faang offers are from special programs

like amazon future and google step

[latent mulch]

yes

[exotic gorge]

yeah

lmaoo

[steel notch]

yep way past

[exotic gorge]

im an afe

[steel notch]

i applied tho!

pls take me 😦

[exotic gorge]

good luck

[steel notch]

ty

[exotic gorge]

where did u hear it from

?

like abt it

[steel notch]

oh just online

its kinda popular

[exotic gorge]

instagram?

[steel notch]

yes and google searching

💀

[exotic gorge]

nice

it couldve been me

i was one of their scholar advertisers

[latent mulch]

i was not locked into this shit in HS lol

[steel notch]

oh nice

[latent mulch]

fair play

[stable crescent]

@dusky bough i forgot duke oxford and cambridge, and wharton if u count that but thats only selectively perceived as aura dependent on the person

[steel notch]

what other special programs are there?

similar to afe

[exotic gorge]

Meta University used to be a thing

but it got cut

[steel notch]

aww

[exotic gorge]

praying AFE doesn't get cut

🙏

[steel notch]

yeah fr

i want money

😦

[exotic gorge]

they're all technically DEI programs

they give u hella money bro

[steel notch]

ohh i see

[exotic gorge]

You get 9k/yr towards Tuition + 1k stipend/yr + 1k/sem/emergency grant + random times theyll email u throughout the semester sdaying hey if you do this we will give you an amazon gift card

[steel notch]

i need an internship starting freshman year then a faang/quant internship every summer past that

:>(

[exotic gorge]

and the internship obv

[steel notch]

i cant believe people at harvard

struggle finding cs interns

[slender marten]

going to T20 doesn't mean you don't struggle, it means you're motivated to get through it

[steel notch]

are you planning on pursing ml? thats exactly my expected concentration in cs rn

[latent mulch]

security but i like ML

[dusky bough]

i see

[steel notch]

i see, how is ml "community" at yale?

[dusky bough]

wait wharton is hella aura i feel like

like a lot of ppl confuse penn for penn state but ppl know wharton yk

[stable crescent]

the name is aura

ngl i didnt know wharton tillike

i looked up top business schools

but all business people know wharton

[dusky bough]

stern is lowk aura

[stable crescent]

like if u just say u went to wharton and they know what wharton is ur in

[dusky bough]

and ross

[stable crescent]

true

[dusky bough]

damn these business school names also have aura

[stable crescent]

ngl i didnt know ross til i started applying

[stable crescent]

yeah their names r fire

[dusky bough]

kellogg

not aura

[stable crescent]

northwestern

its good for mba

not aura fs

usc kinda has aura

marshall school of business

[dusky bough]

well i’m not judging the quality of the school just the aura of the name

[dusky bough]

viterbi lowk aura

[stable crescent]

ooh

thats nice name

any old money names r fire

university of chicago kinda got aura

[slender marten]

rockefeller

[dusky bough]

this is also a good question

[stable crescent]

vanderbilt is a fire school too

[dusky bough]

what school is this

[stable crescent]

for name wise

[steel notch]

worst case that yale cs doesnt give me a job ill just switch to finance sellout

[stable crescent]

georgetown is also fire

[dusky bough]

true

[dusky bough]

i can’t bring myself to finance sellout lol i feel like ill hate myself

i also really hate econ

[agile finch]

facts

[stable crescent]

whats wrong w finance

besides selling ur soul

[dusky bough]

not tryna be an investment banker

[stable crescent]

ib exits r good tho

[steel notch]

ib u work like

80 hours a week

I like money but I don’t wanna sell my soul for it

[dusky bough]

i feel like doing ml research could be super fun and then expanding at a bigger grad skl

[cedar kettle]

Wait that’s crazy???

[cedar kettle]

Tbh I don’t think equitable was ever really on that list of goals unfortunately

But yeah this does create major not goods in terms of forming community in these dining halls

Esp bc imo dining halls in the first couple of weeks is like the main way you make friends

[covert sail]

hi guys
for anyone who's been admitted, do you mind sharing what you did in the summer before senior year?

[latent mulch]

nothing productive

in the sense that it would be for boosting my resume / career, or intellectual

[primal needle]

thought about writing essays

point on thought

[cedar kettle]

I did a local research internship

[steel violet]

i realized im not a fit for this school no interview

and i know a person who got an interview today, was listening to the admissions podcast and its over for me

[slender marten]

That's ok! You have to find the school that fits you!

it's like dating

mutually assured destruction

[scenic belfry]

6 weeks of summer research & writing supps

[latent mulch]

oh before senior year —— mostly writing supps, travelled a little (note: i went to school in the uk and our summer break is like 6 weeks, not 12 weeks like yours lol)

[dusky bough]

i worked at my job and played minecraft

[cedar kettle]

Wild way to describe dating but maybe you’re right lol

[cedar kettle]

Interesting do yall have other breaks that are longer or are you guys just generally in school for more days than in the US

[plain viper]

I went to an international school; summer break didn’t mark the change of grades cuz terms went from april - march but we also got 2-3 weeks in december and an october + spring break

In total probably around 200 days of school

[cedar kettle]

Ok so just more school then

[latent mulch]

it's pretty similar, u get ~190 days in the uk (at a state school, may be more/less at a private school) vs. ~180 in the us (according to google this is the average)

the structure is pretty much:

• three terms
• each term has a half-term break (1 week) that is roughly in the middle
• longer breaks between the terms (around 2 weeks for christmas / 'easter', 6-7 weeks for summer)

[cedar kettle]

Three terms is interesting

[latent mulch]

something like this is pretty standard (i am not from here so this isn't a dox)

[latent mulch]

yeah you really don't see the a two-semester system in the UK anywhere, it's normally a quasi-quarter system like this

[plain viper]

wait uk schools are august to may?

I thought it ends earlier for boards

[latent mulch]

idk what boards are but you're reading that wrong lol

generally late aug / early sep - mid july

[agile finch]

dang so your school is just longer

we start beginning of august and end in may

[latent mulch]

if you add up the number of days its 190, which is not that dissimilar from urs

there's just a lot of breaks

as opposed to one massive one

[agile finch]

thats true

@latent mulch

not from here also not dox but close enough

oh yeah its close

[steel notch]

I did a summer research program (if ur a junior you can look for some rn, though some deadlines have passed). If you can’t get a summer program, then you can do some other activity like local lab research/volunteering nonprofit/projects etc. just know that you can def start writing essays during summer, though it is def not needed

@latent mulch btw r u double major or just pure cs at Yale?

[latent mulch]

straight cs but toyed w/ the idea of a double major

what r u thinking?

if u wanna do cs bs/ms i would really discourage a double major but it is technically possible--eg my lab partner for comparch is bs/ms + history which is kinda insane but she is also insane

[marsh heart]

no interview doesn't necessarily mean you're cooked, dw

[steel violet]

nah it does but ive accepted it

[tawdry viper]

Hi i have a question. I applied to yale and just checked my fin aid checklist. 2 more items were added to the checklist on 2/26/2025 and one shows as missing and the other is incomplete. however, i checked my idoc dashboard and it says everything is recieved. also does yale continue to create fin aid packages for everyone even if they are already rejected?

[ruby marten]

wait help

those r my initials so i use zsh everywhere (tho i also love zsh lol)

[idle dragon]

How do you check your fin aid checklist? I only see the admissions one on my portal.

[dusky bough]

you just need to resubmit the documents that are required even though they might not show up on IDOC

[idle dragon]

Is it too late to email them to correct it? I already sent my FAFSA and CSS

[slender marten]

Can't hurt to try

[steel notch]

cs + sds

It might help with ML which is the field I’m tryna get into

[latent mulch]

yeah that sounds fine, definitely not uncommon

again wouldn't recommend bs/ms and a double

[steel notch]

I was thinking of doing grad (masters) at a diff school

people say it’s better if you do your grad at different schools?

like undergrad, select one that is strong for fit and undergrad experience (definitely Yale), then do grad at a stronger institution for your major

which… isn’t really Yale

What’s your thoughts on that

[latent mulch]

idk if it's better, but generally you can "upgrade" colleges bc grad is less competitive

but like if you're an english major anywhere else is probably worse

i think it's just a case of "go where is best for your interests" as opposed to moving being better in and of itself

[steel notch]

hmm does it depend on the college

Like I heard mit grad is

Well a masters at least

Is almost impossible to get into if ur not an mit student

Same with Harvard?

They usually reserve for their own students

[latent mulch]

tbh idk about this? a lot of colleges have large masters programs just because they're lowk money farming

probably varies by college and program

[steel notch]

I see

[exotic gorge]

what

HMS only accepts like 10 harvard students or sum

[steel notch]

Wow rlly??

Including their bs/ms?

[exotic gorge]

I don’t think medical school has a BS/MS

[steel notch]

I didn’t mean med school

I meant for masters

😭

Masters in cs

[exotic gorge]

Oh not sure

[exotic gorge]

Also there is no BS/MS for CS

At Harvard CS is an AB not a SB

[steel notch]

Ohh

[exotic gorge]

It’s an AB/SM program

[steel notch]

Can you rig afe so I can get it

🥺

I need to feed myself

[latent mulch]

how could you see such an incredible place and TAKE AWAY HOT LUNCH

[agile finch]

LMAOO

[daring cave]

IM CRYING WHAT 😭

[devout mulch]

who is that??

[primal needle]

😭imagine ragebaiting on few texts

[daring cave]

crazy 😭

[primal needle]

Bro adds black coffee to his cereals

[latent mulch]

lmfao

[cedar kettle]

From my silliman frien: “bless TD” he is a traitor 😔

[latent mulch]

he's right

the east / temple st side of silliman was designed specifically to make our bell tower look nice

[cedar kettle]

Wait you can’t be serious

Silliman is just a fancy td frame

This is so goofy

[latent mulch]

im being fr

silliman is the goofiest college

because half of it (like all the stone buildings and byers hall) were built earlier

so the rest of it was really just designed to complement existing places -- like TD

[plain viper]

Is no-interview in a place with a bunch of interviews cooked?

[marsh heart]

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[marsh heart]

i wrote about the silliman couches in my why yale 💔

[agile finch]

HIIII

[latent mulch]

real

[cedar kettle]

This is true I fear we are a jigsaw puzzle

[cedar kettle]

What

[marsh heart]

i just briefly mentioned it to set the scene

[agile finch]

everybody's why yale is so interesting ngl

hmm

i correct my stance i think asking why school as an essay is a good essay

[dusky bough]

yes.

[dusky bough]

i feel like my why yale wasnt even that good lol

it was just direct, i just wrote about three aspects about yale that i liked

[agile finch]

ive never read one that was fantastic, but ive never read one that sounded similar to another one

[dusky bough]

hmm

[agile finch]

and ive read like 20 probably which in the grand scheme of applicants is pretty small but still more than 1

[dusky bough]

i just did research, community, academics

a specific research thing that happened at yale, why i like it and how it applies to me.
an aspect of yales community that resonates with me, why it resonates with me.
an academic experience i hope to have at yale, why i want to have it

thats essentially my essay broken down lol

[slender marten]

I guess at the end of the day, the Why "x" essay is actually revealing in that it reveals a student's priorities

and whether or not they're smart enough to try to pick the most unique characteristics

[exotic gorge]

This was actually my whole premise surrounding all of my Why (insert university)'s. While they were genuine, the primary motive through landing on what I chose (I kept it uniform throughout all of my applications) was because it was something extremely personal and unique to myself that stills speaks to the genuine potential to build on that factor at the university in question 🙂 Worked out good 4 me

[plain rover]

i'm gonna crash out

no yale interview yet

[agile finch]

massive w

[plain rover]

sam raskin my goat

[plain viper]

alr ty

[autumn hedge]

nah, interviews mean nothing. Could just be that they saw enough about you and just decided to admit you for example

[latent mulch]

which one?

[latent mulch]

fax

he teaches most semesters too

[plain rover]

he's so cool

[primal needle]

https://tenor.com/view/untitled-farming-game-chicken-the-council-has-decided-your-fate-gif-15383670315430086502

[plain rover]

Yale, please give me an interview

[plain rover]

have u taken a class w him

[latent mulch]

nah not a math major

[plain rover]

wompppp

trust take a math class!

i'm assuming ur cs/physics

if ur cs take abstract algebra or category theory trustttttttttt

and if ur physics trusttttt take diff geo

math is perfect

[latent mulch]

straight cs

ive taken math classes but like lowk not taking abstract algebra sob

[plain rover]

[latent mulch]

for a lot of the math i know i just sorta pick it up from reading papers and learning things though

[plain rover]

that's valid

that's me for cs lowkey

i need to lock tf in

for quant

[exotic gorge]

abstract algebra is CS here trust bro

[plain rover]

ong

[latent mulch]

like there's some in CS but not enough to warrant taking a class

[primal needle]

Y is ur kermit dying

[latent mulch]

why not

[plain rover]

no yale interview

and it's march

it's over

[autumn hedge]

the dream fr

[autumn hedge]

perhaps, but don't lose hope

[autumn hedge]

real

[grave pumice]

I want Yale so bad

[quartz glacier]

Why do you want to go to Yale?

I see.

I was also interested in their history of science offerings.

Good luck! I hope it works out for you.

[marsh heart]

chicken tender thursdays

[dusky bough]

i only applied to yale so i could make the yaffle and the veritaffle

[stable crescent]

i like EP&E

[bold current]

Yale interview went well i hope 🙏🙏🙏

[frosty swift]

🗿

[marsh heart]

yaffle!

[exotic gorge]

is yaffle real

i've had the waffles at yale

they don't have a Y on it or anything

[marsh heart]

i actually have no clue

wait

[exotic gorge]

the waffles at Harvard have the Harvard shield on it

[marsh heart]

allegedly it exists

[exotic gorge]

interesting

[marsh heart]

i think the harvard waffle is more optimized for syrup though

[quartz glacier]

You guys are insane 😭

[exotic gorge]

once u get into colllege ur never waking up in time for a veritaffle anywayts

[primal needle]

Ig it's the curvature of the plate

If u lay it flat then it might work fine

[steel violet]

no interview...?

if i got no pre screen interviews with a competitive profile, am i cooked?

[vague pecan]

Nope

[vague pecan]

Us

[steel violet]

???

[vague pecan]

No interview

[steel violet]

my friends are all getting likelies like wtf?

[vague pecan]

😞

[steel violet]

my friend wont even tell me which likely so i dont go insane

[vague pecan]

Damn

[steel violet]

i know 3 people who got likelies

[dusky bough]

your friends might be lying

[steel violet]

no they arent

i saw them

[dusky bough]

likelies are so uncommon idk why everyone talks about them like they’re normal

[steel violet]

they are cracked btw

[dusky bough]

they send like 200

depending on the school

[steel violet]

i know they arent lying because 1. i saw it 2. no reason too

upenn defer -> then got a likely (not upenn, if i had to guess? maybeh yale?

[dusky bough]

i only know two ppl irl that have gotten likelies

one of them was an athlete and the other one got an amherst likely

[steel violet]

i know one who got cornell (got stanford rea)

[dusky bough]

they do

[steel violet]

then another got columbia likely

[dusky bough]

amherst likely isn’t rlly likely just early acceptance

[steel violet]

to be honest i dont even care about likelies

i just havent received the 3 pre-screen interviews so im worrying

[dusky bough]

yes likelies are fake

most people who get in don’t get likelies

[steel violet]

i know im competitive - and the chances that i'd receive NONE is crazy

[dusky bough]

but somehow ppl her are always talking about likelies lol

[dusky bough]

u can still get in without likelies

[steel violet]

i know the chances that id receive none is crazy given my profile since i was talking with students like me who got all of them ahh

[steel violet]

i mean interviews

[dusky bough]

wait that’s what i meant

[steel violet]

interviews basically are indicative of "you have a chance"

[dusky bough]

you can get in without either

[steel violet]

no interview basically no chance

no its the fact that i got ZERO interviews from the pre screen schools

which tells me i have a red flag i feel like

nah every admit gets an interview

[dusky bough]

were ur essays bad

[steel violet]

even auto admits get interviews to tie them to the school

[steel violet]

no

[dusky bough]

no?

that’s just false

[steel violet]

practically every admit gets one

91% yale admits get one

[dusky bough]

well then again a lot of people say they have good essays

and then they aren’t good

[steel violet]

def good enough for interview

this i know

[dusky bough]

how can u tell

[steel violet]

had people read them

ex students, ex AOs

they are rly engaging

[dusky bough]

u can still get in no interview

idk what stressing about this rn will do for u lol

[steel violet]

i dont care about the fact that i wont get in

its the fact that because i didnt get an interview from EVERY pre screen school i feel like im going to get rejected elsewhere

if i had even gotten ONE interview i would feel good

but the fact that ive gotten 0 tells me something bad

i also just know this because i know im more competitive than some people and they also got the interview

getting none is pretty indicative

explain

from the ivies 💀

i want to get at least into one ivy

yeah but when a lot of colleges start rejecting u its not looking great

the thing is i know my profile is good enough for these schools or at least i believe

so my question is - whats the problem?

even small schools with like barely any alumni were able to interview me

so i doubt its availability i rly doubt it

it doesnt make sense to me tbh

nah its not that

theres something deeply troublesome in my app i fear

[idle dragon]

For Yale, not getting an interview could mean you were a clear admit or a clear reject.

Basically everyone who gets into Harvard gets one though

But I’m also worried since people at my school got interviews from both late January and I still haven’t gotten one

[bold current]

I thought getting an interview means ur borderline

[idle dragon]

Yeah

Sorry I meant not getting one

[bold current]

Ohh😭😭

[idle dragon]

Lol

[prisma glacier]

have ppl from canada gotten yale interviews yet

i havent heard of anyone tbh

[prisma glacier]

ive never heard this before

ive heard intl students who dont get one usually dont get in

but not for domestic

also idk abt harvard and their prescreening cause ive seen ppl from canada get a harvard interview like a week after they submit

[autumn hedge]

I wasn’t that cracked and got one. These things are pretty random tbh

[autumn hedge]

Yeah, I got my likely and on call with the AO I told them I had the interview the day before, they didn’t know. They can make decisions without considering the interview

[devout mulch]

your selling yourself short

[steel violet]

if only that were true idk

maybe it is

maybe im just super supestitious

[thick ermine]

maybe its cause ur washed

u aint got game

ur not balling

[flat oracle]

i think ur overthinking

keep ur expectations low

[rare wing]

aren't the interviews random

[steel violet]

i wish

[flat oracle]

whatever happens happens, but if u crash out and act all elitist one more time we're gonna have to mute

[thick ermine]

thinking ur lebron, but ur moving like Kwame Brown

[rare wing]

no im pretty sure they actually are

[steel violet]

ive gotten 3 interviews: princeton, dartmouth, georgetown

[thick ermine]

they are

[steel violet]

its not looking good

[rare wing]

like they just randomly pull

[thick ermine]

each college is different

[rare wing]

also if you've gotten 3 interviews why complain

[thick ermine]

dont expect uniformity

[rare wing]

doesn't that mean ur fine

[steel violet]

i havent gotten the interviews that matter -

[thick ermine]

theres folks who dont get interviews and still get in

[rare wing]

its princeton and dartmouth and georgetown?

[thick ermine]

stop worrying too much

[rare wing]

these are all very good schools

seems fine to me

[hard condor]

Lwokey, Yale is Not that much better than ur local cc

[steel violet]

LMAO WHAT

[thick ermine]

yale? more like fail

[steel violet]

that is just the biggest lie

[thick ermine]

like cmon

[rare wing]

but yeah like

[thick ermine]

no its not

[rare wing]

im pretty sure all ivy league interviews are random

[steel violet]

yeah but they are availability

i feel like because i didnt get the important interviews im cooked

[hard condor]

yeah theres no way interviews actually matter

[rare wing]

wdym availability

[dawn mauve]

any school with blue colors is full of stupid people

[rare wing]

oh

[thick ermine]

they dont

u can get an interview

and get rejected

[rare wing]

aren't the interviews legit just if they have questions

[hard condor]

They are there to make alumni feel important

[rare wing]

its not like "oh you're getting in"

[dawn mauve]

yes lol

[rare wing]

its just like they want to ask you about something

no interview just means they have all the information they need

which is a good thing

you sent a complete application

[devout mulch]

good interviews can be the push that gets you accepted tho

[hard condor]

yeah also it makes no sense to weigh it over people that didnt get one just makes it less fair for no reason

[rare wing]

yeah but barely

exactly

u cant weigh interviews if you dont give everyone an interview

otherwise its a dumb process

[fallen iris]

This is a fucking wild statement.

[thick ermine]

barely

[flat oracle]

buddy get a grip

like seriously

[dawn mauve]

that’s only in very specific situations tho

[thick ermine]

u are overestimating the value of interviews

[rare wing]

ngl bro is like 17 and college admissions are stressful

[thick ermine]

this aint a job

[rare wing]

yeah they need to get a grip but i feel like telling them that isn't helpful rn

[fallen iris]

getting or not getting an interview is not indicative of anything

[flat oracle]

i sincerely apologize if you are anxious and stuff but this is not the way to go about things

[thick ermine]

yea college admissions makes u think crazy

[steel violet]

its not the fact that i didnt get it

its that i didnt get it

[thick ermine]

bro its random

[steel violet]

not that interviews matter

[steel violet]

but tehy say they pre screen

[rare wing]

huh 🗿

[dawn mauve]

who is they

[steel violet]

yale, harvard, duke

[rare wing]

also yeah who is they

[thick ermine]

"its not the fact that i didnt get it, but i didnt get it"

[rare wing]

where did you see that

[thick ermine]

the cabal

the ivy cabal

[dawn mauve]

what

[fallen iris]

I got a likely letter from a school I didn't even get an interview from. Don't let it to get to your head.

[thick ermine]

this literaly dont make sense

[rare wing]

one thing you gotta realize is that 99% of the info people tell you about ivy leagues is just pure bullshit

people just say shit

[steel violet]

which school is that

[fallen iris]

Duke

[thick ermine]

they hype the ivy like its somethig crazy

[steel violet]

oh WHAT

[steel violet]

when was this

[thick ermine]

but in reality its washed

[fallen iris]

Last year

[hard condor]

This is not supposed to be funny but im dying of laughter rn

[thick ermine]

when they applied

[thick ermine]

this is funny

[hard condor]

This is good entertainment

[thick ermine]

these kids are funny

[steel violet]

okay duke i heard sometimes its when ur borderline idk

[thick ermine]

bros mostlikey stressing

[steel violet]

duke u dont need an interview

[thick ermine]

but we here just laughing

[steel violet]

but what about yale and harvard im scareeddd

WE HAVE 3 weeks left WTF?

[thick ermine]

dont be

[steel violet]

THE STRESS

[rare wing]

just relax

[thick ermine]

start playing a video game

[rare wing]

you did your best already

[thick ermine]

i recommend cyberpunk

[rare wing]

everything else is out of your hands

[steel violet]

i played 6 hours of fortnite today 💀

[thick ermine]

it really gets the energy out

[rare wing]

good

keep playing fortnite

[thick ermine]

keep on playing

get that anger out

the stess

when ivy comes

[dawn mauve]

you can work your entire life but the second you hit submit on the common app everything is out of your hands

[rare wing]

no point losing your mind over college admissions

ong

[thick ermine]

fr

[rare wing]

once u apply its done

[thick ermine]

they usually do the ai

[static comet]

stess

[thick ermine]

to dtermine if u get in

[rare wing]

gotta let it go

[thick ermine]

or not

[fallen iris]

You'll either get in or you won't stop trying to use interviews as an indicator they don't mean shit.

[thick ermine]

interviews are for the alumni

[steel violet]

real

[steel violet]

i just feel like shit since all my friends got likelies

okay maybe not "all" my friends but i know 3 people

[rare wing]

lots of people get in without a likely letter

[daring cave]

thats still crazy 😭 i dont know a single person aside from the sports people who got likelys in my school

[thick ermine]

the moment u stop comparing

you gotta just realize ur goated

and enjoy the little time u got

play more fortnite

[devout mulch]

the majority of people

[thick ermine]

enjoy time with friends

and family

[rare wing]

yes the majority

[thick ermine]

get ur mind off the apps

[fallen iris]

That is incredibly unlikely and a massive statistical abnormality when most colleges send <50 likely letters a year

I wouldn't let it get to your head

[steel violet]

yeah

[rare wing]

anyway by the time you get into college you will be wishing you had just done cc instead

[steel violet]

I AM!

[rare wing]

shit is too hard

[steel violet]

I AM GOATED

[fallen iris]

99% of admitted students have never even heard of a likely.

[flat oracle]

LMFAO

[thick ermine]

good, so just trust the process

if you get in

then good

if you dont

then say fuck yale

and choose the next option

literally realize that colleges aint ur friend and u can tell them to screw themselves

[steel violet]

REAL

FUCK YALE

[thick ermine]

yea

if you dont get any ivys

dont get mad at yourself

get mad at them

you got a whole life ahead of you

dont get worked up cause some college rejected you

or didnt give u an interview

[hard condor]

He got banned?

[flat oracle]

we suspected hes an alt

[hard condor]

tuff

[soft cosmos]

Yeah since when did Columbia send out the likelies

Cause I havent heard of any yet

[exotic gorge]

I didnt' get my likely until like March 14

or march 7

one of those

[dusky bough]

wait which likely did u get

[idle dragon]

Oh thanks I didn’t know that. I probably heard it from international students then.

[exotic gorge]

Columbia

Is what they were talking abt

[civic horizon]

whens the last day yale interviews are sent. am i cooked if i dont got one yet

[plain viper]

probably cooked

my only hope for likely is cornhell

but idc about likelies i just want an acceptance letter

[civic horizon]

u get a yale interview?

[plain viper]

nope

Got duke tho so I’m not stressed

[civic horizon]

WHY IS YALE REJECTING ME WHAT DID I DO WRONG

[dusky bough]

yale did not reject you?

[civic horizon]

oh tuff i didnt apply duke but WHY CANT YALE J SEND AN EMAIL

[dusky bough]

hello

[civic horizon]

bro

no interview

[dusky bough]

yeah ur cooked

gg

[civic horizon]

is basically guarentee reject or maybe waitlist

[dusky bough]

say goodbye to ever going to college

thats what you sound like

[civic horizon]

goodby ever going to college

ill see u in my next life

[dusky bough]

there is literally nothing you can do now between and march 27th

[civic horizon]

maybe

[dusky bough]

just wait until you get your decision

[civic horizon]

manifest

and hope

[dusky bough]

!bgastro

[sterile briar]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[civic horizon]

and seek medical help

[civic horizon]

what is bro yapping abt

!bgastro

[sterile briar]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[civic horizon]

quote of the day

[plain viper]

are you david j?

[civic horizon]

yea

[bold current]

😭

Omg david j 2.0

[plain viper]

oh hell nah

[civic horizon]

whos david j

[plain viper]

the guy who kept complaining about no yale interview

he did it like 3-4 times a day for an hour each

I’d say he invested a solid 20 hrs/week on whining about not getting a yale interview

[civic horizon]

oh shoot lowk i should start doing that

great idea

this is also the first

[plain viper]

he got banned 💀

[civic horizon]

many more to come

oh....

gulp

[graceful bolt]

this true fr?

[dawn mauve]

no

people just like crashing out in here

[graceful bolt]

lol

[slender marten]

it's a life skill/lesson to realize that you can't waste your energy stressing about things that are out of your direct control. Especially with the way things are going.

[primal needle]

!bgastro

[sterile briar]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[civic horizon]

91% of admits get an interview

and the other 9% not interviewed are prob athletes and geniuses who recieved likelys

so u tell me who is crashing out

[civic horizon]

thank u for this

[dawn mauve]

and this statistic comes from where

[civic horizon]

online

search it up

im p sure the yale alumni office

maybe u need to do ur research before calling everything bs

idk j a thought 🙂

ur welcome

[dusky bough]

i got a likely and i had an interview

[agile finch]

ggwp

[civic horizon]

god damn bruh ur insane i mean no disrespect to u

congrats

[stable crescent]

do u remember what date that was

[civic horizon]

but im p sure no interview is likely a reject u guys can read online but thats the connotation from my research

[stable crescent]

or clear admit

but also

[dusky bough]

ok but what is stressing about this gonna do lol

[stable crescent]

u cant change anything

so no use stressing

[stable crescent]

^^^

like literally

a school is not this important

😭

[civic horizon]

not be dissapointed when i recieve a yale rejection

and know that its coming

thats what stressing does

[marsh heart]

😭

[civic horizon]

it makes me accept reality

[agile finch]

😭

[devout bison]

im from canada and my friend that got in last yr did it w/o an interview

[stable crescent]

were they cracked

[devout bison]

no

collegeresults would say rejected

[stable crescent]

damn

i wanna get into at least emory

[devout bison]

oxford or regular?

[stable crescent]

idc

[civic horizon]

congrats

[stable crescent]

campus or oxford still gives u teh same degree

and im gonna go to goizueta if i get in so it doesnt matter

[dusky bough]

lowk collegeresults would tell me im getting rejected lol

[stable crescent]

collegeresults is the biggest ego crusher ever

[steel notch]

hi uni

[dusky bough]

sup

[stable crescent]

@dusky bough is yale ur top pick

[devout bison]

my friend doesnt wnana go oxford cuz it's so rural 😭

[dusky bough]

like yeah

[stable crescent]

bro ur still going to emory like what 😭

[dusky bough]

but sometimes i wonder if another school gave me a likely would that be my top choice?

[steel notch]

uni did u apply to stanford?

[dusky bough]

no

just harvard mit yale columbia penn

[agile finch]

w

[steel notch]

ohh

[dusky bough]

in terms of like top5

[stable crescent]

im a prestige chaser but emory is way less competitivec

[devout bison]

loll thats them to everyone 😭 i would say probably average compared to other intl admits tho

[dusky bough]

i applied to other schools not js those lol

[stable crescent]

for careers and they have guranteed slots at firms

[steel notch]

the only choice id consider over yale is

harvard stanford

[dusky bough]

i would consider mit and harvard over yale

[devout bison]

she said its like a farm in the middle of nowhere i think

[civic horizon]

are u insanely cracked

[dusky bough]

like i dont think so

[civic horizon]

am i in the presence of an isef winner

[stable crescent]

oh i didnt tour oxford but oxfords an aura campus name ngl

[dusky bough]

i didnt have any national awards

[stable crescent]

@dusky bough top 3 awards and ecs

[dusky bough]

national merit commended csholar

and then some school awards

[steel notch]

same bro i had commended scholar as one of my honors

[devout bison]

she thought it was at oxford in the uk at first LOL she only realized what it actually was after she got in

[civic horizon]

are u domestic?

[dusky bough]

yeah

[civic horizon]

east coast?

[dusky bough]

yeah

[stable crescent]

ec's cracked?

[steel notch]

wait uni what were ur big ecs

[dusky bough]

my top 3 ecs were i work at a nonprofit, senior class president, and president of my schools BSA

[stable crescent]

his school had like 12 admits, crazy

[civic horizon]

feeder?

[stable crescent]

he still got a yale likely

which means hes cracked

[civic horizon]

damn bruh ur insane

[stable crescent]

ya

[steel notch]

wtf

[civic horizon]

proud of u

[dusky bough]

thanks

[steel notch]

bro uni im the first yale admit in my school history

😭

[dusky bough]

10 early admits and then 1 likely

[dusky bough]

oh damn LMFAO

[stable crescent]

likely?

[steel notch]

let alone a likely

[dusky bough]

gg wp

[steel notch]

yes i got likely

[marsh heart]

W!!!

[dusky bough]

i was not expecting a likely at all lol

[stable crescent]

was it for that one thing

[dusky bough]

i thought i was going to mich

[steel notch]

yea me too

[dusky bough]

did u get YES scholar

[stable crescent]

the underrepresented minority stem fgli

[steel notch]

i was betting everything on ut austin

[stable crescent]

ya that

[steel notch]

yes

[dusky bough]

i didnt get that which was weird

[stable crescent]

did u get in

[steel notch]

oh fr??

[stable crescent]

did u get in mich

[dusky bough]

prob cause i didnt put engineering as one of my majors

[steel notch]

yes i got into ut cs

[dusky bough]

yeah

mich cs

[stable crescent]

cracked ash

[dusky bough]

i really dont think im that cracked lol

[steel notch]

apparently yes scholar was pure merit

[dusky bough]

i just take hard classes and get okay grades

[steel notch]

with stem

[stable crescent]

i want to get into one of my schools except for washu usc notredame or bc

[civic horizon]

were ur essays insane

[dusky bough]

i think its because i dont have many stem ECs

[civic horizon]

mine are so terrible i j reread

[dusky bough]

they were alright

when the AO called me she mentioned liking my personal statement a lot

[steel notch]

bro my ao didnt say anything abt my app lmao

[civic horizon]

what was it abt if u dont mind sharing