Columbia University (2024-2025)

[proud fulcrum]

Yea like essays

exactly, it just comes down to vibes

it's totally an essays thing

[frozen ridge]

please let my nerdy ass statistics essay get me in

PLEASE!!!

[vivid orbit]

Except me

[mild fable]

it’s me against u rn 😭

[frozen ridge]

LOL JAY IM SORRY

[rare ruin]

i wrote abt a character from atla am i cooked

[frozen ridge]

no

[rare ruin]

for one of my supps

[vivid orbit]

I hope so cuz my essays are good

[proud fulcrum]

youre compared vs your region

[vivid orbit]

My commonapp made my dad emotional enough that he cried

[frozen ridge]

MIDWEST KIDS UNITE

[vivid orbit]

For the first time I’ve seen in my life

[proud fulcrum]

but then again you never rlly know how they evaluate

[plucky kernel]

I'm auto admit then 🔥

[proud fulcrum]

thats sweet

[mild fable]

ik ik 😭😭

[frozen ridge]

imagine being from north dakota

i would love to be from south dakota

or montana

[proud fulcrum]

Or Idaho

[mild fable]

or wyoming

[frozen ridge]

naw like buttfuck nowhere wyoming

[proud fulcrum]

what is even happening in the dakotas

[frozen ridge]

yeah it doesn't exist

[proud fulcrum]

what do people do there

[frozen ridge]

horrid winter weather

[proud fulcrum]

hm

ill take nyc instead thanks

[frozen ridge]

agreed

it's so much easier to get in though

[proud fulcrum]

city girl lifestyle...

[frozen ridge]

ive known so many kids who are from rural appalachia who get in

BROOKE BURROWS CARRY MEEE

[proud fulcrum]

to south dakota university>

?

[frozen ridge]

no to columbia if you're from south dakota

[vivid orbit]

Probably look at tornadoes and shit

[proud fulcrum]

oh ok

[proud fulcrum]

i thought thats in oklahoma

[frozen ridge]

cause your comp is prolly not that tough

[vivid orbit]

It’s more like the Midwest in general lol

[mild fable]

@proud fulcrum @proud fulcrum @vivid orbit for some reason i see a trend where the ppl that talk the most in the threads usually get in so rooting for us all

[proud fulcrum]

ok but if youre applying to columbia from south dakota you probably have an insane work ethic

[proud fulcrum]

got it.

[vivid orbit]

Storm chasing is on my bucket list of stuff I wanna do

[proud fulcrum]

Omg hopefully

[proud fulcrum]

i think youre supposed to go in the opposite direction actually

[vivid orbit]

My high school broke its trend of sending people to Stanford rea this year

[frozen ridge]

wait wait...

[vivid orbit]

I’m about to break another trend

[quick sentinel]

@proud fulcrum @onyx chasm @forest snow IM ROOTING FOR YALL

[plucky kernel]

ok I gotta lock in then

[frozen ridge]

trendsetter

im on here daily

from when i wake to when i sleep

[vague pilot]

I’m so scared bro

[mild fable]

how bout me? 🥺

[proud fulcrum]

same

[vague pilot]

less than 24hrs

[proud fulcrum]

Btw did anyone else get deferred from mit ea or just me

[quick sentinel]

YOU TOO OFC 😋

[vivid orbit]

Yeah but I live life on the edge

[frozen ridge]

patrick greaney does the entire state of michigan

[mild fable]

r u applying or did u ed somewhere else?

[frozen ridge]

wtf

[quick sentinel]

im doing RD here since i couldnt prepare my app in time for ed!

[vivid orbit]

Are we stalking aos now

[frozen ridge]

if he reads all the essays and stuff from michigan, im essentially going against those urban kids too right??

[mild fable]

ohh okay good luck in the RD round then!

[frozen ridge]

or do they separate the state of michigan into regions and stuff

[vivid orbit]

Probably separate to some extent

[quick sentinel]

im sure theyll split it into regions

[frozen ridge]

okay good, cause im cooked against those international academy kids on the eastside

they're ranked 8th in the nation for best school

it's nuts

[proud fulcrum]

can it really be that good if it's in like detroit

no shade

[frozen ridge]

ive already made up my mind im listening to either empire state of mind or welcome to new york tomorrow while im opening my decisions

[frozen ridge]

yes

[vivid orbit]

Bro my state has a top 10 high school and they held so much aura to me then I clapped 3 teams from that school back to back to back at a debate tournament

Biggest aura downfall I’ve ever witnessed

[frozen ridge]

detroit historically has the best schools in the state there

same with ann arbor

[proud fulcrum]

yeah but i mean nationally

[frozen ridge]

yes

they're near umich LOL

[proud fulcrum]

hmmmm

[frozen ridge]

and private plus public eats hard there

[proud fulcrum]

but it's not like a dalton or a harvard-westlake or a philipps exeter right

[frozen ridge]

uhm.. not that level but prolly close

[proud fulcrum]

i think you will be ok

they wont compare you to those guys

[frozen ridge]

my school isn't even top 100 schools in MICHIGAN

much less USA

[vivid orbit]

Ur evaluated in the context of ur school

And I think region to an extent

[onyx chasm]

yes but still

I believe I’m qualified

but the uncertainty is so high

[plucky kernel]

will me sending a few columbia vids improve or lower morale

i have some good ones

[frozen ridge]

send

[vivid orbit]

Send it

[frozen ridge]

we need morale boost

[plucky kernel]

ok ok

[frozen ridge]

the more i watch it though i realize how much i want it

[proud fulcrum]

lower tbh.....

[onyx chasm]

the acceptance or the campus

I have like 50 saved tiktoks of columbia

In my favorite folder

Whoops

[onyx chasm]

RIGHT BACK TO YOU!!! THANK YOU BAE

[plucky kernel]

just don't watch trust

ok damn I gotta get in now 😭

[frozen ridge]

listening to unwritten and jamming out is making it better

[tacit sun]

lol same

[proud fulcrum]

My guidance counselor went to visit Columbia the other day and she said she did a ritual to manifest me getting accepted 😭😭

[onyx chasm]

HELLO

IS THAT REAL

[frozen ridge]

i stopped by her office today and her eyes literally lit up and went "YOU NEED TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW!!"

[proud fulcrum]

Yes 💀

[vivid orbit]

Y’all have such good relations with ur counselors lol

[proud fulcrum]

Stop I can't get rejected i would be a disappointment for everyone

[plucky kernel]

can relate

[onyx chasm]

This is definitely a unique experience! congrats

[onyx chasm]

bro. do yk the smt of people that have messaged me I feel like it’s affecting me rather than helping oml

[proud fulcrum]

Exactly..

[proud fulcrum]

STOP IKR everyone thinks im getting in

Like what if I don't though..

[onyx chasm]

real. theyre so sure

And the fact that decisions are out rn

Like theyre done done

Yk not out for us to see but they’re done

like everyone voted

[frozen ridge]

4 catholics, 3 teachers, 1 partner, 1 academic opp, 10 other people are all rooting for me

[proud fulcrum]

wow your friends really believe in you

thats nice

[onyx chasm]

admission officer presented me weeks ago. Based on how many aos raised their hand is my decision

[plucky kernel]

academic opp 😭

[frozen ridge]

someone put this in a book

[frozen ridge]

yeah it's the salutatorian

[onyx chasm]

DAMN

[frozen ridge]

and him and i have a fake hate relationship but he secretly wishes i would slip up and let him get the 1st place

[proud fulcrum]

i like how you listed catholic separately

as if theyre like a different breed

[frozen ridge]

power of god against me

thats why

they're all praying

[onyx chasm]

Wait I’m gonna send you something I actually read a whole 3 pages about like a sorta fan fic about college decisions

[proud fulcrum]

ok but how many buddhists,,, how many jews

you need to diversify your portfolio

[onyx chasm]

Do yk IwillDieForCornell from A2C?

[frozen ridge]

zero of both because we have 0 at our school

[frozen ridge]

i fucking knew youd say that

[onyx chasm]

LMAOOOOOO

DID U READ IT

[proud fulcrum]

ok well i will root for you. now you have a jew-catholic rooting for you

[frozen ridge]

no but i had a sense

[frozen ridge]

THANK YOU!

[proud fulcrum]

Stop he got rejected

[proud fulcrum]

aw poor guy

[frozen ridge]

listening to nyc vibe music to conjure good luck

[plucky kernel]

they wrote a poem or something right?

[proud fulcrum]

if i get rejected im not setting foot in nyc for months.....

[vivid orbit]

i've only been messaged by my close friends

[onyx chasm]

This is the most emotional part

[vivid orbit]

but its stressful

[onyx chasm]

SPOILERS BTW

[plucky kernel]

link the entire thing

[frozen ridge]

😭

[onyx chasm]

NO IT WAS A WHOLE STORY AND IT WAS SO GOOD TOO

[frozen ridge]

he got rejected from cornie too

[proud fulcrum]

they didnt deserve him

[plucky kernel]

i need a link 🤠

[onyx chasm]

let me look for it

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nsEizcI6aEj2JaW9RdXRI5_TMTgSJdsgdv9-5o-y5Y0/mobilebasic

@plucky kernel

[plucky kernel]

thanks

[frozen ridge]

imagine going to sleep tomorrow, waking up with only 12 hours left on the clock

[onyx chasm]

I’m thinking of pulling an all nighter and waking up at 7pm

[plucky kernel]

I'm gonna study chem all day then see my decison at 3am (timezones ❤️) sleep for 4 hours then cook on my chem final
I'm gonna lose it

[proud fulcrum]

That's smart I would too but I got 2 tests and a presentation tmr

[onyx chasm]

Tomorrow is my first break for Christmas yay

[frozen ridge]

bruh

mine isn't till next week

i have a final tomorrow im winging

[vivid orbit]

same

well i could study rn

[vivid orbit]

https://tenor.com/view/me-atrapaste-es-cine-its-cinema-cinema-esto-es-cine-gif-12869046600151364058

[plucky kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-writing-gif-24533171

dude send this to hollywood rn

[vague pilot]

same

all my friends keep saying that I’m alr in and some other stuff

I feel like I’m letting people down

why does applying to college have to be so stressful

[onyx chasm]

WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING

I almost cried at the end

[onyx chasm]

ik.

it’s more harmful than relieving

[rare ruin]

hi im unsure if it provides you any reassurance but ur definitely not letting ppl down. what matters at the end of the day is what you feel about ur decision, while others may provide comments and whatnot, it's your future ^^ best of luck though all we can do now is wait!

[cinder hollow]

Can I put novellas and shorter books on my Columbia list?

[vivid orbit]

yes

u can basically put anything

that is a form of media

[frozen ridge]

put smut on it

[upper magnet]

...

get that wattpad fic out

[cinder hollow]

I’m putting JoJo’s

I feel accomplished for having watched it all

But I’m also putting some art pieces and museums I’m trying to have a wide variety

[vivid orbit]

i put down like 4 different museums

[cinder hollow]

But that Yale rejection is making NYC life seem so much more attractive

[frozen ridge]

i only put down one

[pearl bramble]

Is Columbia tmrw

[cinder hollow]

Yeah

Good luck everyone!

[pearl bramble]

Good Luck guys

[frozen ridge]

also put down a painting (ophelia) but unsure if they'll get the millais reference

thanks :3

[upper magnet]

columbia here i come 😎

[pearl bramble]

Hope everyone who gets what they want

I got Cornell deferral🙄

[upper magnet]

who needs lil old new haven

[frozen ridge]

statistically impossible 🤓

[cinder hollow]

Ooh Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

[vivid orbit]

is ur name gavin or gavino

[pearl bramble]

Well Gavino isn’t a name

[frozen ridge]

i dont understand the background of the painting, but ive always loved it

[cinder hollow]

Exactly, maybe I’ll see you in uptown Manhattan next year

[pearl bramble]

I’m being difficult Yh it’s Gavin

[vivid orbit]

lets gooo

my brethern

[pearl bramble]

You from US?

[vivid orbit]

yeah

[pearl bramble]

Lucky mf

[frozen ridge]

most of us are

[pearl bramble]

Ffs

I’m UK

[frozen ridge]

i can tell by the way you text

[pearl bramble]

Wdym

How

[frozen ridge]

no one says ffs for real

[pearl bramble]

Fr?

[frozen ridge]

not as much in the states

also americans arent into soccer that much

[pearl bramble]

Damn

You can tell me at least who he plays for right?

[frozen ridge]

no?

i dont like sports in general, im more of an academic

[upper magnet]

british football

[pearl bramble]

Can’t be both?

[pearl bramble]

The correct football

[plucky kernel]

liverpool

[pearl bramble]

Yessir

Don’t tell me you British

That’s cheating

[plucky kernel]

nah

[pearl bramble]

Damn where you from

[plucky kernel]

not from the states though

you'd never be able to guess

[pearl bramble]

Europe?

[pine steeple]

wait my name is also gavin

[vivid orbit]

malaysia

[pine steeple]

whats up

[vivid orbit]

yooo

[plucky kernel]

nope to both

[pearl bramble]

Wtf

[pine steeple]

are you applying ED

[vivid orbit]

ya

[pine steeple]

same

[pearl bramble]

Three Gavin’s?

[pearl bramble]

Africa

Oceania

[plucky kernel]

and outing entire continents is crazy

nope

[pine steeple]

bro i hope the gavins get in

[vivid orbit]

fr

is that a yuri pfp

[pearl bramble]

Second this

[pine steeple]

idk bruh im matching w my girls lmfao

[pearl bramble]

North America?

[plucky kernel]

nope

[pearl bramble]

South America

[vivid orbit]

asia?

[plucky kernel]

yes but you're not guessing the country

[pearl bramble]

I swr someone said that

[vestal hawk]

Hi

[vivid orbit]

ok i thought so

indonesia

[pearl bramble]

Piss off 😭

[pine steeple]

YOOOO

[plucky kernel]

no

[pine steeple]

4 GAVINS

[pearl bramble]

Vietnam

[plucky kernel]

no

[vivid orbit]

nepal

[pine steeple]

@vestal hawk u eding columbia bro

[plucky kernel]

no

[vestal hawk]

Yeah

[pearl bramble]

Cambodia

[vivid orbit]

which region of asia

[plucky kernel]

bro that's cheating

[pearl bramble]

Sri Lanka

[plucky kernel]

nah

[pearl bramble]

Papa new gimme

[plucky kernel]

💀

[pearl bramble]

Idk how to spell it

[pine steeple]

china

guatemala

purdue

purdue, indonesia

[vivid orbit]

💀

[rare ruin]

india?

[vivid orbit]

purdue is my safety

[pearl bramble]

Thailand

[pine steeple]

aint o way

its t4 engineering

[plucky kernel]

lowkey country fr

[pearl bramble]

Japan

Fiji

[vivid orbit]

i know

[rare ruin]

turkey

[pine steeple]

i was originally going to ED purdue

[pearl bramble]

Tuvalu

[rare ruin]

uzbekistan

[pine steeple]

but my mom didnt let me

[pearl bramble]

Mongolia

[vivid orbit]

purdue mid asf ngl

[rare ruin]

wait u said asia right oops

[plucky kernel]

yes

[pine steeple]

wdym bro

[vivid orbit]

i could walk there rn

[rare ruin]

hmm

[pine steeple]

its t3 engineering

[rare ruin]

myanmar

[pearl bramble]

It’s Mongolia

[rare ruin]

bhutan

[pearl bramble]

Ffs

Ooohh

[pine steeple]

wait bro @vivid orbit whats ur major

[vivid orbit]

engineering

[rare ruin]

malaysia

[pearl bramble]

Engineering

[pine steeple]

same

what kind

[pearl bramble]

Idk

[rare ruin]

any -stan countries

[pine steeple]

im doing systems enginnering

or industrial

[vivid orbit]

either operations research engineering or systems or industrial

[rare ruin]

philippines

Man i give up

[vivid orbit]

yoo

[pearl bramble]

Prolly systems or industrial

[rare ruin]

south korea

[vivid orbit]

my high school feeds into purdue

[pearl bramble]

Nah I’m playing I think aero

North Korea

[rare ruin]

bangladesh

what else

[vestal hawk]

I'm thinking systems for UIUC I heard from my friend Rogan that it's good

[pearl bramble]

Taiwan

[spiral basalt]

indonesia

[pine steeple]

bro we all gonna be in the same class tf

hell yeah

[vivid orbit]

hell yeah

[pine steeple]

the 4 layers of gavin

[pearl bramble]

I’m not applying Columbia

[spiral basalt]

malaysia

singapore

[rare ruin]

laos

[pine steeple]

wtf

u gotta bro

please gavin

gavino

[rare ruin]

wait is it laos

argh

[pearl bramble]

I’m doing duke instead

[pine steeple]

oh shit did u get in

[pearl bramble]

Regular

[pine steeple]

oh good luck bro

[plucky kernel]

gl bro

[pearl bramble]

ED I did Cornell

[pine steeple]

my friend emilia got into duke ED yesterday bro

[pearl bramble]

I got deferred

[proud fulcrum]

What's your major

[pine steeple]

industrial or systems engineering

[vivid orbit]

my friend group is currently 1/8 for earlies and that 1 is my friend who got into cornell engineering ed

he was our first decision

[pine steeple]

my friend enjoys it hella

[pearl bramble]

Lucky

I’m international so chances are slim either way

[rare ruin]

did u guys finish rd apps yet

[spiral basalt]

we are 1/6 right now and my friend got in sanford cs 😭 but we r waiting on my friends oxford decision

[pearl bramble]

Hopefully Imperial wants me

[proud fulcrum]

Why are u all the same person

[pine steeple]

damn bruh my friend kevin also got inot cornell engineering

hella people be getting in bruh

[proud fulcrum]

Finish? No. Start? No.

[pine steeple]

we got the same name

[pearl bramble]

And same field

[rare ruin]

Oh!

[proud fulcrum]

And major apparently

[rare ruin]

ive accepted my fate alr but i hope i get into emory ngl ...

i like their program

[pearl bramble]

What does 3A 0R 0W mean

[rare ruin]

3 acceptances 0 rejections 0 waitlist

[proud fulcrum]

What about deferrals

[rare ruin]

ill put that in rejections

❤️

[pearl bramble]

Where did you get accepted?

[proud fulcrum]

I said 0/1/0 as in accept defer/waitlist reject

[rare ruin]

2 safeties and 1 target

[proud fulcrum]

MIT deferred whatevzz

[pine steeple]

so far i got into rose hulman with a 10k scholarship

[pearl bramble]

That’s good no?

[plucky kernel]

doesnt matter since you're getting admitted to columbia tomorrow

[rare ruin]

i got into stony brook but im waiting on their honors college decision which is what i rly want to get

🫣

[pearl bramble]

So far UCAS doesn’t even wanna give me an offer

[proud fulcrum]

Exactly

[pine steeple]

what ucas

[plucky kernel]

commonapp but british

[proud fulcrum]

Well 60% get deferred so meh

[pearl bramble]

UK common app

But 5 choices maximum

[plucky kernel]

where else did you apply

[pearl bramble]

Imperial, Bristol Bath Southampton Nottingham

[rare ruin]

hows kings college

[pearl bramble]

Cba to do oxbridge

[plucky kernel]

no oxbridge?

[pearl bramble]

KCL is good

[rare ruin]

i wanted to apply there lowkey

[pine steeple]

wait i have a family friend who goes there

[pearl bramble]

I cba, didn’t have time for the deadline as it was close to admission tests and us deadlines

[proud fulcrum]

Columbia has hella internationals

Applicants

[pearl bramble]

I did the open days and didn’t really feel like Oxbridge was my kinda thing

[plucky kernel]

ah
hope you get into imperial dude

[pearl bramble]

Icl I’d rather go US over anywhere in the UK

[proud fulcrum]

Luckily I'm domestic 💆‍♀️

[pearl bramble]

Frick you

[plucky kernel]

valid

[plucky kernel]

matt where in asia would you guess I'm from
no one guessed right in like 25 tries

[pearl bramble]

It’s just I got 0 financial aid

[rare ruin]

..

[pearl bramble]

New gimme

[proud fulcrum]

China

Lmao

[pearl bramble]

China has discord?

[pine steeple]

yeah

[proud fulcrum]

Um idk

[rare ruin]

yemen

oman

syria

[plucky kernel]

not one of the easy ones ofc 🤷

[rare ruin]

cyprus!!

[pearl bramble]

That’s Asia?

[rare ruin]

idk

[plucky kernel]

DING DING DING

[rare ruin]

YAY

[plucky kernel]

yes

[spiral basalt]

wait thats sick

i wanna visit so bad

[pearl bramble]

What

[plucky kernel]

I havent been there in 6 years

[rare ruin]

oh

[pearl bramble]

I swr Syria is in active warfare rn

[spiral basalt]

its so rich in history

[plucky kernel]

dictator got overthrown

ong syria lore is crazy

[spiral basalt]

and the food is insane

[plucky kernel]

RIGHT?

[pearl bramble]

But not right now visiting Yh?

[spiral basalt]

christians islam and judaism all have such cool stories in syria

[spiral basalt]

yeaa but like its my bucket list

i love going places no one raelly goes

[pearl bramble]

I mean you can visit now if you wanna, it’ll just be a one way ticket instead of a return

[frail coral]

hey guys whats good tmrw is decsions good luck

[plucky kernel]

bro it's not that bad 😭

[spiral basalt]

lmk how yall doo!

[pearl bramble]

Second this

[pearl bramble]

Fair enough, I’m not one to take because I know little about it

[spiral basalt]

honestly its not terrible so many people go u just gotta go w a good tour group

[pearl bramble]

Dodge the artillery

[vivid orbit]

i have an ap bio final tmr that i havent studied for

im cooked

[pearl bramble]

What is AP,

[proud fulcrum]

Same but ap physics and multi

[pearl bramble]

Advanced placement?

[plucky kernel]

like a levels

[proud fulcrum]

And a ap lit presentation

[rare ruin]

i have an anatomy test and i lit cant focus

[vivid orbit]

ya

[pearl bramble]

Like harder than a levels or nah

[vivid orbit]

multi cooked me this summer

[plucky kernel]

easier

[vivid orbit]

i was on track for an A then bombed the final

worth 30% of the grade

[pearl bramble]

Oh shit

What do you do

[proud fulcrum]

Did you put it on your app

[pearl bramble]

A levels or Levels IB

[vivid orbit]

only to the schools that require all grades high school or college

[proud fulcrum]

O

[rare ruin]

my schools weird so most of our classes are like rly major specific

like medical terminology

[plucky kernel]

my school follows an american curricilum

[pearl bramble]

What do you guys learn abt in AP physics

[vivid orbit]

depends

theres two types of AP physics

[proud fulcrum]

I take both of them

[vivid orbit]

1 and 2 or C

[proud fulcrum]

😔

E&m and mechanics

[vivid orbit]

i took physics c directly

[pearl bramble]

Well name some topics?

[vivid orbit]

mechanics and e&m

[proud fulcrum]

E&m is horrendous

[pearl bramble]

Electric and magnetic fields?

[proud fulcrum]

0/10 do not recommend

[proud fulcrum]

Yes

[pearl bramble]

What is e&’

[vivid orbit]

electricity and magnetism

[proud fulcrum]

Electricity and magnetism

[pearl bramble]

No it’s fine

[vivid orbit]

the ap test frq for e&m was horrible for the version i got

[plucky kernel]

yeah 100%
2011 syria was crazy though
my uncle got kidnapped once 💀
I have so many crazy ass stories

[vivid orbit]

i had to calculate shit for a triangle-shaped wire moving through a magnetic field

[pearl bramble]

What type of questions

[proud fulcrum]

🍅🍅🍅

[pearl bramble]

Wtf

[vivid orbit]

where some parts of the magnetic field going through different parts of the triangle were going in different directions

[spiral basalt]

crazyy glad its doing a bit better though

[pearl bramble]

what’s AP chem like

[hollow basalt]

hell

[vivid orbit]

its pretty straightforward but its hell at my school

[proud fulcrum]

Hard but e&m is worse

[vivid orbit]

i love my ap chem teacher but his voice puts everyone to sleep

[proud fulcrum]

Hardest ap award goes to..

[pearl bramble]

What topics?

[vivid orbit]

and he tests on stuff like 2 days after he teaches it

[hollow basalt]

i have butterflies in my stomach and it’s not even the day

[vivid orbit]

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

[hollow basalt]

i’m so cooked

[proud fulcrum]

I've had it since 2 days ago

[proud fulcrum]

Like a pit in my stomach

[hollow basalt]

😭

i hope i pray

[vivid orbit]

i just dont wanna write more essays

i wanna chill over winter break

[pearl bramble]

This is light

[rare ruin]

real

[pearl bramble]

I’ll be real

[loud furnace]

I have 4 tests tmrw I can’t omg 😭😭😭

[proud fulcrum]

Ugh same

[pearl bramble]

It’s not acc difficult

[vivid orbit]

it honestly isn't that hard

[proud fulcrum]

I got a 5 yass

[rare ruin]

omg good luck 🫂

[proud fulcrum]

On chem

[vivid orbit]

but the way my teacher taught it

was so bad

[rare ruin]

i have 2 tests but the content is so much

[pearl bramble]

I do Further Mathematics😭

[vivid orbit]

i got a 4 and to this day i still dont know how 😭

i was so sure i got a 5

[spiral basalt]

3 more days until school is over

[proud fulcrum]

Me on physics 1

[spiral basalt]

i cant wait

im so done with it

[pearl bramble]

I’m off school ibr

[vivid orbit]

what kinda topics

[spiral basalt]

lucky

[proud fulcrum]

It was lowkey hard though

[pearl bramble]

Methods with differential equations

[proud fulcrum]

I have 5 on ab bc chem stats 4 on physics 1 apes psych

[plucky kernel]

my uncle chilling right after the government collapsed

[rare ruin]

stats was my fav ap

[pearl bramble]

Hyperbolic trig intergration

[vivid orbit]

stats is the chillest ap ive ever had for math

[rare ruin]

real

[pearl bramble]

Is that like probability

And data

[proud fulcrum]

Ya

[rare ruin]

im taking stats II over winter break

yea

[pearl bramble]

EWWWW

[rare ruin]

What

[pearl bramble]

that stuff is disgusting

I hate it

[rare ruin]

Um

[pearl bramble]

I’d rather do mechanics

[rare ruin]

😢

[pearl bramble]

Mechanics> Stats

[plucky kernel]

@rare ruin nah dude everyone is crazy happy

[rare ruin]

i applied to some schools with stats as my second choice i think

[pearl bramble]

I just don’t like it at all

Imma go to bed icl

[rare ruin]

omg 😭

[vivid orbit]

bro this is like comparing apples to oranges lmao

they're so different

[pearl bramble]

Yh

[frozen ridge]

Ez 4

[pearl bramble]

It’s 2:07am😭😭

[rare ruin]

u should get rest

[vivid orbit]

is this part of calc 3?

i feel like i recognize hyperbolic integration

[pearl bramble]

Idk I’m British bro😭

[plucky kernel]

53 year dictatorship is over

[plucky kernel]

what a levels you taking

[rare ruin]

are british ppl real

[spiral basalt]

no

[plucky kernel]

I mean

[pearl bramble]

Maths, Physics, Chemistry and FM

[rare ruin]

ireland is pretty nice

[plucky kernel]

how's fm treating you 😭

[spiral basalt]

i just can not with british food

[rare ruin]

fish and chips lmao

[pearl bramble]

Content is not bad, it’s understandable

[spiral basalt]

thats teh best thing they got

[vivid orbit]

oh yeah why does it get soloed by any other cuisine 💀

[rare ruin]

tbf american cuisine is lowkey ass too

[vivid orbit]

maybe im spoiled with chinese cuisine

[rare ruin]

burgers fries.

[pearl bramble]

Until you realise what you’ve just spent the last week revising is around 0.01% of the entire course

[spiral basalt]

at least there isnt fish head in pies

[vivid orbit]

hey good texas bbq

[plucky kernel]

😭

[vivid orbit]

goes crazy

[rare ruin]

middle eastern food is really good

[pearl bramble]

I just like food

[vivid orbit]

(ive never had texas bbq in my life)

[spiral basalt]

its so fire

[vivid orbit]

but i wanna try it

[spiral basalt]

idk why but theres so much middle eastern spots in canada

[plucky kernel]

what's your fav dish

[pearl bramble]

And I’m still skinny asf

[rare ruin]

chicken shawarma .

[pearl bramble]

Idk how many lb I am

[plucky kernel]

🗣️🔥💯

[pearl bramble]

Falafel?

[rare ruin]

yes that too

[plucky kernel]

wait ill give you a rec

[pearl bramble]

Chicken tandoori wraps?

[plucky kernel]

100% authentic

[spiral basalt]

i love morocan food

[pearl bramble]

I like raising canes

[spiral basalt]

i went last winter and it was the coolest place

[vivid orbit]

bro good korean bbq

[spiral basalt]

i wanna try so bad

[vivid orbit]

hits so hard

[rare ruin]

REAL

[spiral basalt]

hundred

[pearl bramble]

I had it when I went US

It was good

[vivid orbit]

the chicken is mediocre but that sauce hits me different

[plucky kernel]

this stuff is insane

[vivid orbit]

especially on a late night

[pearl bramble]

And Wingstop

[vivid orbit]

after a tennis or debate tournament

[rare ruin]

oooo this looks good

[pearl bramble]

Hold on

[spiral basalt]

have you had the olive grape leaves wraped thingy

[rare ruin]

ive never tried any of the traditional chicken places here bruh

wingstop is popular tho

[pearl bramble]

So @vivid orbit you are Asian, Doing Engineering and plays tennis?

[plucky kernel]

called yabraa or yalunji there are two kinds

[vivid orbit]

yeah im a very unique person as u can tell

[spiral basalt]

oh oops but yes its so yummy

and egyptian koshery

idk how to spell it

[pearl bramble]

This is the fucking multiverse

So I’m practically the exact same as you but British

[vivid orbit]

that automatically makes u a worse version of me

im sorry

[plucky kernel]

good enough lol

[pearl bramble]

My mandarin is better than yours

[vivid orbit]

ni hao 🔥

[pearl bramble]

Yeah this mf is white as can be

[empty linden]

Glad this thread is doing well for now

[pearl bramble]

😭

Surrey

[spiral basalt]

didnt have to bring it up😭

[plucky kernel]

don't remind us 😭

[rare ruin]

!columbia

[spiral basalt]

im not even eding and im nervous for yall

[empty linden]

It’s nice tho

Y’all are bonding

[vivid orbit]

i cant use chopsticks as a chinese person

chat am i cooked

[rare ruin]

21 hours yesss

[pearl bramble]

You good at tennis?

[vivid orbit]

define good

[pearl bramble]

UTR?

[vivid orbit]

it fluctuates but i'd say back when i was at my peak around 6-6.5

[pearl bramble]

This is genuinely the multiverse

Nah I’m going crazy

This better all be a dream

[vivid orbit]

yeah u are dreaming

[pearl bramble]

I’m going to bed

[plucky kernel]

it's still early dude

[pearl bramble]

Knowing there is an American doppelgänger of me who speaks less mandarin and more American English

[pearl bramble]

It’s 2:17 am

[vivid orbit]

erm you are the doppelganger of me

[pearl bramble]

Oh nah 😭😭

[vivid orbit]

dont get it twisted

[rare ruin]

wtf

[vivid orbit]

:(

[rare ruin]

9:17 pm here

early

[pearl bramble]

That’s what a worse doppelgänger would say

[vivid orbit]

as a british person u are automatically worse

[plucky kernel]

est gang 🔥

[vivid orbit]

its been predetermined from birth

wait is this racism

[plucky kernel]

ok wait

I know how to settle this

who was born first

[vivid orbit]

i was born in 1776 🇺🇸 🦅 🧨 🎆 🔫

[loud furnace]

SO GOOD

[plucky kernel]

the cold or hot kind?

hot = yabrak/yabraa
cold = yalanji/yalunji

[loud furnace]

Hmm I’ve only ever had the cold kind

[plucky kernel]

hot is better trust

the cold kind is an appetizer
the hot one you can have for lunch

[onyx chasm]

@hollow crown I’m so proud of u

CGS!!

[hollow crown]

thank u pooks 🤧

[vivid orbit]

to columbia? 😭

their team is all 12+ utrs

dude hes so good

ive been following him since before he was at columbia

well for context utr doesn't include matches where the opponents differ by 2 utr or more cuz its expected to be a blowout

[clear swallow]

thats good enough for club tennis atl

[livid spruce]

glgl

[hollow basalt]

holy fuck

i’m gonna sleep early

i’m so cooked

[livid spruce]

GL

😁

remember if u r lagging so badly when u click status update

and a video pop up

u got in

[kind nacelle]

plz accept me tmr

[onyx chasm]

hope my computer crashes from insane lag

will celebrate

columbia is the best school everrrr

🇨🇴

[livid spruce]

bro

[onyx chasm]

columbians are kind and clever

[livid spruce]

Colombia Columbia

😹

[onyx chasm]

LMAOOO

[mild fable]

is dalton a good school

[frail coral]

Dude i was watching the vid on yt

Its fuckin lit

[livid spruce]

yooo for whom wears watch, plz record ur heart rate.

💀my heartrate is 140-160 when I open my ed

😹

[kind nacelle]

plz I wanna get into columbia

[plucky kernel]

yo you're a genius

[livid spruce]

[onyx chasm]

happy day we get our decisions

[sharp pike]

Good luck! Columbia was my first love after they sent my likely

Wdym lol

The answer is in the question

Sorry that was a joke

Tbf it’s Harvard, connections are endless and the name carries even more weight

Also liked it better

But Columbia was cool

Def an amazing olacd

Place

[onyx chasm]

IM MORE NERVOUS

but with a sprinkle of excitement

I’m rooting for u char

[frail coral]

🙏

[willow estuary]

good luck all!

[crisp dome]

yo how is it guys

[mild fable]

@forest snow @onyx chasm we will be getting into columbia in 16 hours!!

[onyx chasm]

YES, may the universe hear u jay 🩵🩵🦁

[round creek]

gl to u all

im getting deferred anyway so I’m transferring my acceptance %%% to you all

[honest falcon]

Gl Columbia kids I’m gonna be lurking on your decisions

[sleek ginkgo]

hi guys good luck

(columbia soph)

[clear swallow]

!columbia

Okay bet

I’ll take my chem exam and then wake up for this shit

[rare ruin]

i can’t sleep im so nervous 😟

[pine steeple]

https://youtu.be/zBJDNj477Zg?feature=shared

hope yall see this in your portals tmrw

[crisp dome]

gl guys

will be rooting for u all

[frozen ridge]

Morning everyone

Twelve hours.

I get the impending doom feeling

[hollow basalt]

me too

i slept so much longer then usual but i feel worse

[urban anvil]

ive seen this more times than i can count atp

[frozen ridge]

I took melly and cold medicine to knock myself out and I’m awake and refreshed but somehow feeling so stressed

[urban anvil]

hopefullt we get to see it fr soon

[vague pilot]

Does anyone know how many applicants there are this year or acceptance rate?

[vague pilot]

same my stomach is killing me

[spark summit]

free w incoming dw

big.

[dusky ruin]

!columbia

[hollow basalt]

we’re all getting in guys

[frozen ridge]

Bad feeling I got deferred 💀

[urban anvil]

good luck everyone, it's gonna be a good day

[plucky kernel]

same
that'd be torture

[loud furnace]

Is anybody else losing their shit over the admissions insta THE STORIES R SO CUTEE

[plucky kernel]

oscillating between "dude you're basically auto admit" and "I'm ending up homeless in 10 years"

[bright cosmos]

yess

and not me putting hearts on each one as if thats gonna change smth

[plucky kernel]

at least ill go to school like

https://tenor.com/view/ronaldo-walking-ronaldo-ronaldo-cristiano-cristiano-ronaldo-gif-21424747

[bright cosmos]

yeah it might be 10 hrs before decisions talking but that doesnt sound bad rightt

[plucky kernel]

hard agree

[bright cosmos]

and now I saw a reel calling cs majors pre homeless

Its a sign Im getting in

[proud fulcrum]

Same

[frozen ridge]

deferral is worse than rejeciton im sorry

[rare ruin]

!columbia

😖

i barely slept last night ugh

[round creek]

3-4 days ago, asked God for a sign. See a random dude with a Columbia hoodie just strolling (genuinely an impossible occurence in my country)

[plucky kernel]

omg
I really hope you get in

[round creek]

really not possible for an intl to get in early

cus they still wanna see all the global applicants 💀

[plucky kernel]

If we really believed that none of us would've applied early

[frozen ridge]

how many people are even international in here

cause if there' s abunch... there's hope for us domestics

[tacit sun]

it is. several ppl get in every year early from my country

[plucky kernel]

why? 😭

[plucky kernel]

to columbia?

[frozen ridge]

internationals have a harder time getting in than domestic

[tacit sun]

yeah

[plucky kernel]

that doesn't really change your chances

[round creek]

really does if u need financial aid

[frozen ridge]

yeah i need finaid

[plucky kernel]

columbia is need blind for domestic

[plucky kernel]

I mean more international applicants ≠ domestic applicants have better odds

[plucky kernel]

full pay or seeking aid?

[round creek]

wish i was the sole international applicant to Columbia

still a 3% chance of getting accepted

4.2 GPA and no SAT Scores = im cooked.

[tacit sun]

seeking aid

[round creek]

i should've j sent the 1480

fml

thing is idk how they look at the GPA

do they just average 9-10-11 grades?

[tacit sun]

try to stay calm. there's nothing we can do anyways rn😭

[plucky kernel]

dude I've been asking around for months if anyone knew if aid seeking internationals ever get in ED without a deferral
thanks that makes me feel better

[round creek]

yeah im calm, i genuinely couldnt care less rn if i get in

i really wanna take a gap year anyways

[round creek]

on my soul i would give my acceptance to you, if only i could guarantee a 150k+$ paying job for myself (:

but damn NYC for my first time being to the U.S. would be

insaaaneeee

and me not having to prepare any more supplementals

[plucky kernel]

RIGHT?

[round creek]

im just praying atp

there is a chance.

and im a man of chances.

[tacit sun]

been sending prayers to Morningside heights since Nov 1st lol

[plucky kernel]

to be a Columbia man is an enviable distinction

[round creek]

(this means im a gambler)

[plucky kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/gamba-xqc-gambling-addict-777-gif-25803752

[round creek]

I should've written just those 9 words on "why columbia"

[frozen ridge]

I got in 2% umich research program i got a shot at columbia

[round creek]

ok this made me want to gamble

[round creek]

i turned 10$ to 1000$, i got a shot at something that's like 10% 😭

[frozen ridge]

what

[round creek]

with gambling of course

nah i cant WAIT to just be a happy lad in my country until summer if i get in

i have done only 1 supplemental essay entirely.

excluding columbia

[frozen ridge]

LOLL

I have safeties so there's hope but im not hopeful particularly

[round creek]

no the thing is, i really dont care about prestige, but i do care about being able to see my friends on a weekend basis.

i will make new friends, sure, easy, but i dont wanna lose the old ones

i transferred from a public school to a private one and i was kinda unable to maintain the old friendships

NYC = current friends ✅

ok nvm

we'll just see.

[zenith glacier]

aaaaaAAAAAAAA

[kind nacelle]

guys 7 and a half hrs to go

[mild fable]

DID ANYONES BUTTON TO WITHDRAW DISAPPEAR

[frozen ridge]

What

[mild fable]

on the portal

[sleek ginkgo]

it doesn't mean anything other than the decisions are being loaded into the portal

[mild fable]

im being delusional, everyone got it prob

[sleek ginkgo]

so you can't be taken out of consideration rn

[clear swallow]

Also like

Dont portal astrologize

💀

The only time it ever remotely gives u information is when it outright tells u ur decision

I remember getting my caltech decision 1 day early cuz it said “submit ur waitlist applicarion update here”

[sleek ginkgo]

i wouldn't think of it that way necessarily they're completely uncorrelated yall will do great whether you get in or not

[sleek ginkgo]

crazy

wait how was your chem final btw

i literally just woke up i'm about to start studying for physics

[clear swallow]

uh my brain was extremely cooked during the final but i think i got most of it right

[sleek ginkgo]

that's good

i forgot the grade i need for an A+ in physics i think its potentially a 95

i need a 78 for an A+

[clear swallow]

I think imma sleep then get a haircut

[sleek ginkgo]

do you think that's doable

[clear swallow]

Highly test dependent

Some tests are lowk cooked

[sleek ginkgo]

yea true

i mean i need like a 50 for an A

without taking the final im at a 67.5

[sleek ginkgo]

i don't think it'll be cooked

the question bank is the hws

and the midterms and final practices

[clear swallow]

oh just memorize the sols then

free 100

[sleek ginkgo]

yea

[clear swallow]

lowk i shouldve taken 2800

i immensely regret not taking it

[sleek ginkgo]

i mean i did too but im glad i didn't

[clear swallow]

they have so many cool problems on their psets

[sleek ginkgo]

too much content you don't learn as much unless you already know everything

[clear swallow]

like they actually go over shit like signatures of tensors and phase spaces

actual practical stuff

[sleek ginkgo]

like hon math i already took multivar and knew set theory at least and some linalg so i was fine but accel would be mmm

[sleek ginkgo]

yeah

idk where that fits in actually

prolly not til core sequence

[clear swallow]

Phase space is most common with the hamiltonian i feel like

If you set it up as a matrix u get a skew symmetric matrix

[sleek ginkgo]

yeah

so i'd believe probably mechanics core

that class is designed to make the core sequence light work i believe

same w hon math

[clear swallow]

Yea thats what my grad student friend told me

[sleek ginkgo]

hmm

@clear swallow i have a 99.51 in physics rn

i'm just not sure how the final is going to play out

also our 2 lowest psets gets dropped

[clear swallow]

Lol which class is it

Is it like 3003

[sleek ginkgo]

so i have above an 100

because of extra credit on 2 psets with numerical problems

[sleek ginkgo]

no 2601

classical/quantum wave

[clear swallow]

lol the grade inflation sounds lowk crazy

ive never heard of extra credit like that b4

[sleek ginkgo]

not really i just got a 100 on every pset and 2 psets had extra credit because they required you to set up physics algorithms basically on your own

for the psets

and then he realized not everyone could do that

[clear swallow]

inchresting

did you have to do midterms

or no

[sleek ginkgo]

and then i got a 90 on the midterm

the second midterm got dropped

yeah

[clear swallow]

i see

[sleek ginkgo]

we had midterms

i was above median somehow

so

[clear swallow]

i think i have like a 95 in my physics class rn

but thats cuz i dont do any of the prelecture assignments

[sleek ginkgo]

lemme recalc my grade

[sleek ginkgo]

that's really good

and you said your gpa would be cooked

[clear swallow]

if our prof rounds down for hon math it might be 💀

[sleek ginkgo]

i didn't like get good enough to actually be good at shit until this year

[clear swallow]

also chem i got off to a really bad start

im hoping i can clutch up the a-

[sleek ginkgo]

an A- is not cooked

idk what i'm going to get in prob theory

that's my biggest concern

everything else is fine rn

[clear swallow]

what do u need to get for a passing grade

[sleek ginkgo]

what's a passing grade

[clear swallow]

im not sure

[sleek ginkgo]

idk the scale

that's the thing

[clear swallow]

Surely 60% is passing

[cinder hollow]

Good luck to Columbia people today

[sleek ginkgo]

is 60% passing?

if a 60% is passing let me calculate