Stanford University (2024-2025)

[wraith hawk]

Electrical and Computer Engineering: Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence

[mossy pawn]

they live in my friends neighborhood

we sneak in there all the time

[thin plank]

anyone applying IU

[mossy pawn]

indiana?

no clue

[thin plank]

yuh

[mossy pawn]

maybe will replace wisconsin w it

or find a different school to apply

[fervent dust]

different major for different school?

[mossy pawn]

what else is there to apply to

[fervent dust]

or am I remembering wrong

[thin plank]

pretty good for finance

[wraith hawk]

Complete opposite over here

I’m in San Diego

[mossy pawn]

im applying

usc

umich

[thin plank]

bro im tryna go to calpoly or usc

[fervent dust]

are yall west coast

[thin plank]

feel like id just be happy there

[wraith hawk]

Stanford has a higher business/econ/cs ceiling so I decided to go for that

Usually though at most schools I tend to go for their EECS track if they have one

So I can get insane technical skills

With CS too

[wraith hawk]

UCSD’s great too

[thin plank]

fax stanford got clout

[wraith hawk]

Yeah

[thin plank]

UC too much money

didnt apply to a single UC

[wraith hawk]

Plus it’s near the beach too so I go hella often

Cal Poly’s alright but it’s all the way up in LA

Which sucks

[cunning ruin]

lowkey cali mfs lucky asf getting instate tuition at UC’s

[wraith hawk]

SDSU’s a solid school too

[thin plank]

isnt SLO really nice

[wraith hawk]

SLO’s in the middle of nowhere but yes

But north of LA

[fervent dust]

damn I'm all the way in DC lol

[thin plank]

fax UC's USC Stanford

[wraith hawk]

Ngl yeah

It’d be great here

[thin plank]

but hella competition id think

bay area asians

[wraith hawk]

It’s only the Bay Area kids

SD’s way more laid back

[thin plank]

if i went to cali i wouldve been a bay area asian

[wraith hawk]

So are we all Asian or what

[wraith hawk]

SoCal’s better

I’m Viet what are y’all

[mossy pawn]

where u from

abb ahh

[wraith hawk]

Fuck no abb’s don’t go to the beach

[mossy pawn]

where u from then

[fervent dust]

what's abb

[thin plank]

its good that u dont know

[fervent dust]

is it abg but b

[thin plank]

yuh

[fervent dust]

😐

[wraith hawk]

San Diego

ABBs get boba and go to raves n shi

Not the beach

Eric Ou if yk him

[mossy pawn]

wth is a rave

[wraith hawk]

ABGs be fine asf sometimes

[mossy pawn]

bro im lowkey so white

[thin plank]

its like a concert i think

[mossy pawn]

oh

[wraith hawk]

Are you white too

[mossy pawn]

no

im asian

[wraith hawk]

Best ones are Wasians

You CANT beat them

[mossy pawn]

tbh

i dont htink i liked a single asian girl til like

10th grade

[thin plank]

lowkey

u right

[wraith hawk]

Asian girls be fine sometimes

White girls are just hit or misses

[mossy pawn]

i'lll say this

[fervent dust]

crazy talk in the stanford university forum 🤣

[mossy pawn]

the average white girl looks better than the average asian girl

[thin plank]

its a big part about going to a state like cali

[wraith hawk]

Wasians are fine as fuck

[mossy pawn]

but lets say

[wraith hawk]

And I’ll stand by that

Like pale white

[fervent dust]

hopefully not

[mossy pawn]

no

like stanley cup

[fervent dust]

what is this discussion

[wraith hawk]

Like

Here

[mossy pawn]

conservative cowgirl christian girl

[thin plank]

nah they going stupid

[mossy pawn]

lulu lemon bags

[wraith hawk]

Suni Lee or Livvy Dunne

[mossy pawn]

like yk like

lemme find a refernece pic

like

[wraith hawk]

My ex was like that except she was Malaysian-Chinese

[mossy pawn]

yk texas sorority girls

[wraith hawk]

And like

[mossy pawn]

im malaysian chinese

[wraith hawk]

Super super whitewashed

[wraith hawk]

Stanley?????

[mossy pawn]

?

[thorn tulip]

DID I HEAR INDIANAAAAAAA

[wraith hawk]

Is your name Stanley

[mossy pawn]

no

[wraith hawk]

Fuck

Bro

My ex’s brother is named Stanley

[thin plank]

yuh

[wraith hawk]

And he’s Malaysian - Chinese

[mossy pawn]

she lives in south carolina

[wraith hawk]

Bro I thought you were him for a sec 💀

[mossy pawn]

no

hell no

[wraith hawk]

I got scared bruh

I’m cool w him tho

[wraith hawk]

Yeah I gotcha

[mossy pawn]

ohh

yk those girls

that r on tiktok

the white ones

[wraith hawk]

Blonde

Yeah

[wraith hawk]

Conservative cowgirl Christian girl

Loves the beach

Wingstop & lululemon

70% of her highlights / posts are of the beach and outside

Yk the usual

Props though Asian guy white girl is really the best mix

I had a white girl before

A few times

Relationship

Kids would be Wasian

I’d say I had a good balance between

White wasian and Asian girls

[thin plank]

fax

[wraith hawk]

More wasian as of recent though which I fw

Volleyball’s up there too

[mossy pawn]

i logged into her account

its like

flowers and stuff

[wraith hawk]

This man

[violet jay]

wrong channel 💀

[wraith hawk]

Seen this so many times

Studious you got a good one

[mossy pawn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/iipnxi/from_a_stanford_student_how_stanford_rates_your/

[mossy pawn]

not really

she just watches reels and sends them to me

[violet jay]

can you screenshot this i cant see it on vpn

[wraith hawk]

😭

Same

[mossy pawn]

I am a current Stanford student. Under FERPA law, after getting admitted we can view our applications and take notes.

Some stuff I wrote down from mine (in order) are:

High school Name/location, GPA as reported on transcript, graduation rate, graduating class size

Your top 3 majors you listed on Stanford app

Any tags on your profile such as DIV, which is diversity, for black, hispanic, native american. Other tags include first generation college student, recruited athlete, LEG for legacy student if your parents attended Stanford or are Stanford Professor, DON if you are relative of someone who has or is committing to make large (6 to 8 figure) donations to the school.

Your GPA recalculated on 4.0 scale, without freshman year classes. A tag for academic rigor. Most admitted have MD, which is "Most Demanding"

Scores from each of your 2 application reviewers. Scores are from 1 to 6 where 1 is the best, and can also have pluses or minus (i.e. 2-). You are rated on:

Test: The only objective one, just based on SAT/ACT and SAT II. Possibly also AP/IB? By far the easiest to get a 1 in.

HSR: High School Record, I think this is mainly how well-regarded your high school is and how many people it has sent to Stanford historically. Better high school = better score. It might also include things like class rank/GPA not entirely sure.

SUP: Support, How strong were your recommendations from teachers/conselor/interviewer? Are you legacy/relative of donor? Are you a recruited athlete? Is a Stanford coach or professor vouching for you?

EC: Extracurriculurs. Standard school clubs count for very little (even with leadership positions), unless you come from poverty/bad area. Things that are unique and/or tie into intended major or you received prestigious awards or press attention for are good.

SPIV: Self-Presentation & Intellectual Vitality. Pretty vague but probably based on your essays, interview rating, and overall application. Pretty sure this is akin to Harvard's "personal rating." Heard they give racial minorities a boost in this area.

Eval: Overall evaluation of your application. Generally I think everyone 2 and above gets admitted, and 2-/3+ are the edge cases.

Interview - The scores the interviewer submitted for you as well as a couple paragraphs they wrote summing up the interview and reviewing you.

You are rated from 1 to 6 on 3 categories: intellectual vitality, depth/commitment, and self presentation/character.

Interviewer will usually discuss your intended major/academic plans, most notable extracurriculars, family background (including where your parents are from), and goals for the future, how easy you are to talk to.

Reader 1 and Reader 2 Reviews:

Repeat of the reviewer scores from above

Also includes 2 - 4 sentences of comments from each reader.

Will mention the top 2 or 3 extracurriculars, 2 words each summarizing your best 2 - 3 essays, intended major, leadership, awards, your family's background, and what they like (or possibly don't like) about your application.

Things like being from an underrepresented state, having prestigious awards or news articles written about you, tons of leadership positions, many (double-digit) AP classes, uncommon circumstances/background etc. will appear here * Will say whether they think you're an for-sure admit, likely admit, borderline case, likely not admit, etc.

Includes abbreviations such as "PQ" = Personal Qualities, or "IV" = Intellectual Vitality.

Reader 2's review is usually shorter and mentions whether they agree or disagree with reader 1. Scores from the reviewers are usually the same or at least very similar.

A copy of your application that you submitted, along with high school profile that your high school submits (info about the school), submitted test scores, blacked-out teacher letters of rec.

Teacher recommendations were blacked out for me since I waived those FERPA rights when I requested them. I was surprised by how short they were (only a few sentences, not a full page letter like I thought).

Bonus: [Here's a visual] (https://www.reddit.com/r/stanford/comments/fv4896/declared_majors_of_stanford_undergraduates_autumn/) I made earlier showing the majors of Stanford students.

CS is by far the biggest one (more than 3x than any other major), followed by human biology (premed), and economics.

Note that Stanford will take your intended majors into account, they give preference to underrepresented majors and judge overrepresented ones more harshly, evaluate if your race & gender are under or overrepresented in the major, and evaluate how well your ECs, classes, essays, recommendations fit into your major.

[violet jay]

tyyyy

[mossy pawn]

yeah

a while ago

[cunning ruin]

Don’t think they do the diversity stuff anymore right

[mossy pawn]

but still useful

[thin plank]

yea im not getting in

[mossy pawn]

allegedly

i find it sus

[thin plank]

i think schools will always do diversity stuff

[wraith hawk]

Yeah

[cunning ruin]

Didn’t supreme court ban it tho

[mossy pawn]

yeah

but they can still use ur personal experiences as a factor

thats why they changed a lot of the prompts

from nbc

[wraith hawk]

What

Why can’t I say affirmative

Action

[thin plank]

fuck shouldve applied columbia

[mossy pawn]

i applied columbia

[wraith hawk]

False my friend got deferred

[mossy pawn]

and yale

BUT

[thin plank]

ahh saved

[mossy pawn]

pton and yale r getting major criticism for this

so they might inc apps this year

OH

and duke

[wraith hawk]

Guess we’ll see in 2 months!

[mossy pawn]

duke went from 35% to 29%

[fervent dust]

that one person studying japanese

[mossy pawn]

LMAO

bro atp just move to japan

[fervent dust]

wish math and computational science was still a thing

[mossy pawn]

lol

ngl

stanford merch goes hard

this is aura

[wraith hawk]

I was gonna buy Stanford merch when I went there last week but

I realized if I got rejected then what use does it serve

[fervent dust]

I like the ones with just the S

[wraith hawk]

I like the white one with “Stanford” and the seal on it

Mid-left

Same with the red one with “Stanford” and the logo on it

Mid-top

To the right one

[wraith hawk]

Tried it on in person and my God that was the coziest thing I’ve ever put on

Stanford Shop

[raw geode]

fire

[raw geode]

not needed

[fervent dust]

its successor is data science right

[raw geode]

sure but just do cs with math minor

[mossy pawn]

i like the black and red one

[violet jay]

the least ostentatious stanford merch

💀

i dont get why every item has to have their logo on it in big fat red and white letters

just put a tree or something omg

[mossy pawn]

its not that deep 😭

tons of people wear college merch just for funsies

like

theres a bunch of harvard, yale and duke merch at my schol

that people wear

we havent had a duke yale or harvard in two years

and its like one at best

[violet jay]

im not us student so i dont know but

do you wear them bc you wanna get in

or what like just casual

[mossy pawn]

ohh ok

no

they just wear it

bc they think it looks cool

[violet jay]

riight

[mossy pawn]

or like

idk

lowkey just a lot of people wear college merch

[violet jay]

yeah idk its kinda weird bc didnt this girl get all of usc's merch then not get in

[mossy pawn]

and collegiate sport merch

oh

doesnt really matter tbhj

well depends

like

id get it bc it looks cool

not for like "extra luck"

cause that aint gon work

[violet jay]

yeah

but tell me if im wrong

normally people wearing the merch are actual students

a bit flashy but you got in so who cares

and if you just buy it yourself as a hs'er

arent people gonna just ask you "did you get in" randomly

or assume you go to stanford

thtas just awkward is it not

"no im not in but i just have this logo and im manifesting"

[mossy pawn]

i wouldnt know

i havent visited any prestigious schoools besides rice

but

[violet jay]

ah

idk euthr

[mossy pawn]

most people just wear merch

like its not that deep

like

[violet jay]

gotcha

[mossy pawn]

we have two main state schools in my state

university of oklahoma and osu

people like rooting for them for football

regardless of whether or not they attended that school

some just like the aesthetic

[violet jay]

mhmm

[mossy pawn]

others. might just like their stuff

like hollister sold this fire usc hoodie

some people just buy them

[wraith hawk]

Fire

[thin plank]

yooo they downloaded

[wraith hawk]

Same

Stanford and NYU

[fervent dust]

not necessarily

well, for anyone younger than a senior at least

like a lot of high schoolers just wear college merch

people will assume things if you're a senior wearing college merch during app season tho

[raven lotus]

Me with my Notre dame hoodie and sweatshirt

It’s been collecting dust since I got rejected

[wraith hawk]

I submitted Penn last and I got their portal first

[wraith hawk]

Damnnnn

Have you got accepted anywhere yet

[raven lotus]

Nope

[raven lotus]

Purdue is coming out next week so maybe

Also anyone else feel stupid abt what they wrote for the roommate essay

[final fiber]

Yeah...

I fear it got too informal...

[raven lotus]

Same

I wrote the stupidest shit in existence

Am cooked

[wraith hawk]

Nah

[raven lotus]

Bro is confident

🔥🔥

[wraith hawk]

The last essay I don’t feel too confident on though

[haughty shore]

as long as its not too stupid and reveals positive characteristics about you

im sure its fine

i wrote all about eating and music but also being supportive

so ya know its all on how you present yourself have fun with it is what stanford days

[spiral drum]

sup chat
im not getting in 💀

[harsh grail]

did u do design?

[haughty shore]

why do u say

[tame dust]

what do you mean

[wraith hawk]

What

[tender slate]

Is it fine if I put undecided as Stanford major

Or do they have to admit majority of their applicants per major interests

[wraith hawk]

They don’t admit by major

[tame dust]

yeah thats fine

[pallid escarp]

donate it

i have ucla merch and i didn’t even apply

it’s cute tho so i’ll still wear it

[raven lotus]

I paid like 180 dollars for them 😭

Gonna give it to my brothers

[pallid escarp]

awh okay

or if u rlly love notre dame gap year it out and reapply

[raven lotus]

lol I moved on

I’ve set my sights to higher places

🕊️

[pallid escarp]

good for you!! good luck x🤍🤍

[arctic narwhal]

Guys… if i withdraw my application from Stanford & apply during gap year. Will I be considered as a reapply or first time???

[unreal tiger]

🙏🤞

[arctic narwhal]

Feel like didn’t go well & there r mistakes

[haughty shore]

like?

what do you think is realistically wrong with your application

[arctic narwhal]

minor mistakes + 2-3 of my short essays r trash

[haughty shore]

let me read them

they cannot be “trash”

and minor mistakes as in like what 🤔

you’re forgetting stats and ecs?

you could potentially be a strong applicant and withdrawing it would be bad

that one looks more like a descriptor for an activity on the actual application

[arctic narwhal]

Im already a reapply. Stanford gives you three chances to apply for undergrad. Incase of rejection. I will be only left with one chance.

[arctic narwhal]

Exactly that’s why im feeling bad about it

[haughty shore]

how old r u?

have you applied before

[arctic narwhal]

21

[arctic narwhal]

Yes

[haughty shore]

and what went wrong in that application

have you grown as a person since then like involved in lots of things

are you international?

[arctic narwhal]

Everything almost. That was a trash. I didn’t give enough time

[arctic narwhal]

Yes ALOT

[arctic narwhal]

Yup

Pls help. What should i do ?

[haughty shore]

the way you tell me things and by looking at your app if im being honest with you the odds are completely stacked against you

if you really think you have a better chance reapplying some other time take time to focus on making your application as strong as possible

and a good suggestion is to maybe aim for a top50-100 school here in the US

because what is your plan after if you potentially aren’t admitted

[arctic narwhal]

Im soo obsessed with Stanford that i believe. Either Stanford or would love to dropout

[haughty shore]

REA is a bad idea if you already feel like you aren’t crazy competitive

[arctic narwhal]

Im a recruited athlete too

[haughty shore]

bc ur competition is like math Olympiads

[hardy surge]

where?

[haughty shore]

then bro go to stanford for sports 😭😭

cant you transfer

[hardy surge]

join #1291445050756169850

[arctic narwhal]

I’ve math international competition

[arctic narwhal]

Award

[haughty shore]

have you placed tho?

oooo woah

[arctic narwhal]

My ECS ARE 🔥 but some short essays will ruin up my app. I believe

[hardy surge]

what sport were u recruited for

[arctic narwhal]

Squash

[hardy surge]

when'd u verbally commit

[arctic narwhal]

2 yrs

back

Should I withdraw my app or do u think i shouldn’t?

[hardy surge]

sooo 2023?

when in 2023

[raven lotus]

does verbal commit mean anything?

[hardy surge]

yeah

[raven lotus]

oh i thought it was like

a promise

but not a gaurentee

[hardy surge]

for a skl like stanford they wont verbally commit a kid unless theyre pretty sure they can get in since they do prereads

[hardy surge]

they never say its a gaurentee but thats just for safety, usually verbal commitments count a lot

bc u also sign ur NLI in november

[raven lotus]

yea the whole sports recruiting thing always confused me

[arctic narwhal]

?

[hardy surge]

thats like the legal document of a. ur gonna come for at least a year and b. usually its together w ur athletic grant

[raven lotus]

i mean u already submitted

so

[hardy surge]

arent u committed? didnt u sign ur nli in nov 2024?

[raven lotus]

why not just wait to see how it pans out

[arctic narwhal]

Im intl.

[hardy surge]

no worries! Im a recruited athlete too

[hardy surge]

same

[raven lotus]

wait i was not aware intls could be recruited 😭

[hardy surge]

doesnt matter intl or not intl, all D1 athletes other than ivy recruits sign NLIs in november

[arctic narwhal]

Exactly

[raven lotus]

do coaches fly out to other countries and stuff?

[hardy surge]

plenty of intls are recruited

[hardy surge]

no, i play an individual sport so i compete over in the states

like over winter break/summer

[raven lotus]

ohhhh

[hardy surge]

arent u recruited???

[raven lotus]

wait thats why my friend would always go to the states to play baseball

ok makes so much more sense

[hardy surge]

yess coaches and colleges usually host camps where intl students can go

[arctic narwhal]

In my own country

[hardy surge]

recruited athlete = recruited to a college

dont confuse that

if ur recruited in ur own country im assuming u mean national squad

correct me if im wrong

[arctic narwhal]

Yup

Yup

[hardy surge]

ah gotcha, that makes a lot more sense

[arctic narwhal]

Yes

[raven lotus]

wait so if u got recruited, then why did u not go?

[hardy surge]

if im understanding correctly, theyre not a recruited athlete

theyre a national squad member

no affiliation with stanny

[raven lotus]

oh i see

[hardy surge]

which is still very impressive obviously

[tame dust]

21 and a HS senior?

[hazy parrot]

where my hug at

[wraith hawk]

Bro what why

[wraith hawk]

The fuck

[wraith hawk]

That’s what I told him

[raven lotus]

rea is so insane

i feel like no one gets in

[wraith hawk]

Just take it bro

Why go through all that trouble just to reapply the next year

You’re only shaving years off that could be used for valuable things

[wraith hawk]

Minor mistakes aren’t gonna cause anything

My friend added 3 extras “and”s in his essays and got in

You don’t know if you’re gonna get in man

Don’t wait take your chances now

[wraith hawk]

Dude that’s an insanely risky move don’t rely on that

You gotta start small then build your way up

There are a ton of great schools here and around Stanford’s area that you could get used to first

Then transfer over

[wraith hawk]

He applied to Stanford before and got rejected

He’s taking his chances again this year

But be fr bro all you’re doing it shaving valuable years off

Could be getting a world class institution in the US but taking his chances on a 4% rate school

[wraith hawk]

Yes you can

[hardy surge]

💀 wow what a struggle, didnt go to stanny but got recruited to an ivy

[tame dust]

tbh yeah i wouldnt be so dead set on stanford

[hardy surge]

i 100% get what ur perception is, but either way ur friend committing is an amazing accomplishment. The way you worded ur statement sounded slightly pretentious - we do not want anyone to feel bad here, thats all! :)

[tender eagle]

I need to notify Stanford about a correction to the documents I submitted, but every time I try to send a message through the contact form, I receive an error saying the message failed to send. Has anyone else experienced the same issue?

[neon dust]

oops I messed up one of my short answers

[wraith hawk]

Yeah

Like they say with stocks

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Diversify

The more options = the higher chance you’ll get accepted to a college

I’m applying to 13-15+

[wraith hawk]

Which

[tame dust]

good move

[wraith hawk]

No I’d recommend emailing them directly

[email protected]

[tame dust]

and there are hundreds and hundreds of schools where you can get a really good education

[wraith hawk]

You’d usually get a response back within a few hours; if you’re lucky, a few minutes

I got a response in 13 min LOL

[tender eagle]

thank you very much!!!

[neon dust]

the "which historical event"

[wraith hawk]

How’d you mess up

I think mine was fine just a rather dark though

Not sure if that’s a bad thing but it’s extremely unique

[neon dust]

I wrote about reading percy jackson

and being interested in greek fire

BUT THEN I SAID THEY WERE INVENTED BY THE ANCIENT GREEK

[wraith hawk]

I don’t think they’ll fact check it

[neon dust]

honestly that's like uh

that's dark but not that bad lmao

[wraith hawk]

A bit dark yeah

It stands out from the rest LMAO

[neon dust]

huh what app is this

[wraith hawk]

It’s well written too from what I’ve heard others say so I’m happy about that

[wraith hawk]

Google Docs

[neon dust]

ah

[neon dust]

mine are pretty bad

[wraith hawk]

How lol

[neon dust]

uhh I tried to be witty with one

[wraith hawk]

Show

[neon dust]

is this witty or like

badly executed

[lone elk]

reaches if ur cs major or engineering or buisness

[wraith hawk]

I sent that days ago

Thanks though

[lone elk]

oh

i opened chat

and thats what i saw

lol

[wraith hawk]

😭

[lone elk]

js thought to answer it lmao

[neon dust]

have you heard what berkeley nicknames the other uc's

[lone elk]

no

what do they nickname

[wraith hawk]

I think it’s fine

I mean

Look at mine

[neon dust]

gimme a campus name

[lone elk]

san diego

[lone elk]

its decent

idk

its giving AI vibes

or im tweaking

😭

[wraith hawk]

Someone hit me

[lone elk]

feels like AI wrote it in a way but thats js me

idk

[pearl lagoon]

I think it’s too generic yeah

[wraith hawk]

UCLA business not really

[lone elk]

reach/target

[wraith hawk]

Mine or his

[lone elk]

depending on stats

his

[neon dust]

uc second decision

[lone elk]

mid

[pearl lagoon]

His

[neon dust]

damn what

😭

[wraith hawk]

UCSD’s goated

[lone elk]

not in a mean way

like

[wraith hawk]

Let me know y’all

[pearl lagoon]

Also I forgot I’d reach or target harder

[lone elk]

js im so used to seeing chatgpt for stuff

[pearl lagoon]

*is

[lone elk]

the use of like highly complex words

its missing something

[neon dust]

😭 this is like a pr answer

[lone elk]

the first sentence is good

[wraith hawk]

I wrote more formal for my distinctive contributions essay

[wraith hawk]

First sentence got to the point I like that

[lone elk]

yeah

[neon dust]

I just reused an essay for that one

[wraith hawk]

I wanted to go more of the unique route to stand out

[lone elk]

indeed

[wraith hawk]

Typically for that question people would go more broad

[neon dust]

I tried to be unique LMAO

[lone elk]

my personal statement was about river rafting

[wraith hawk]

Talk about more broad topics

[neon dust]

I thought people were gonna put issues

[neon dust]

and I was like

"what if we blame politicians
"

[wraith hawk]

I went more specific

[lone elk]

i was going to write legos for my supplementals for purdue

LOL

but then i google legos college essays

[wraith hawk]

Someone let me know

[lone elk]

and sm ppl did it

[pearl lagoon]

I went really specific lol

[wraith hawk]

That’s tuff do it

[lone elk]

idts

[wraith hawk]

Lmao I did too

[neon dust]

I wrote the funniest fucking essay for cornell & mit

[lone elk]

id try staying away politically

[lone elk]

it is but then its not unique if ur engineering major cause everyone did it

like

[wraith hawk]

No comments?

[neon dust]

it was actually a certified banger

[lone elk]

like

[wraith hawk]

Ah yeah

[lone elk]

yeah

so i backed off

but like realistically

[neon dust]

I mean

[wraith hawk]

I wrote about financial education for my problem essay cuz no one writes about that

[lone elk]

legos is what prolly sparked engineering in me

[neon dust]

ok I actually have a debate about this

[lone elk]

💀 💀 💀

[neon dust]

arguably policy changes need to be done

in combination with financial literacy

[wraith hawk]

I wanna combine both STEM and business

[lone elk]

uc berkely does something i heard

[wraith hawk]

It’s also a government issue

[lone elk]

they have a program degree or some

where u can take

[wraith hawk]

The federal reserve too

[lone elk]

buisness and aerospace

or some

thats such a fire one

i lowk shud have done that

[wraith hawk]

Lowering interest rates benefits the people but doesn’t for the government/other countries

[lone elk]

but i only have like 1 ec and thats more finance/buiz

so

💀

[wraith hawk]

Increasing interest rates benefits the government / other countries and doesn’t for the people

Trade becomes more effective when interest rates rise

[neon dust]

most of our problems could be solved by just taxing the rich

but oh well

its the starbucks thats the problem

[wraith hawk]

The rich get proportionally taxed more than the average person

[lone elk]

do u need the question?

idk

[wraith hawk]

Just look at tax brackets and all that

[lone elk]

i meannnn

[wraith hawk]

Yes it hooks people in

[lone elk]

alr alr

oh yeah

hooks

damn i havent wrote college essays since september

november

**

[neon dust]

I'VE WROTE

PROBABLY

20 SUPPLEMENTALS

[wraith hawk]

I’m writing one right now 💀

[neon dust]

30 REALLY

[lone elk]

i was grinding since august-nov bro

[wraith hawk]

For Penn

[neon dust]

OVER WINTER BREAK

[lone elk]

i finished my applications nov 29th 10:58pm

[wraith hawk]

Lmao I gotta count

[neon dust]

HOLY SHIT I'M DONE

[wraith hawk]

I’m not

[neon dust]

I HAVE 10 MORE

😭

[wraith hawk]

I got Penn USC and Michigan to do

[lone elk]

i withdrew

i mean i dropped u mich

i was gonna do the app

it was winter break

[wraith hawk]

Yes the MET track that’s what i applied for

[lone elk]

and i was crashing out

[neon dust]

umich is due in febuary

[lone elk]

over the 550 word supplemental why us

[wraith hawk]

But I forgot about the video so I’m probably gonna just take engineering / business instead

I applied for MET EECS

[lone elk]

yeah

i found out after i submitted

oh well

imma try getting a mba

[wraith hawk]

That’s what I’m going for

[lone elk]

so i can have my own aerosapce startup

[neon dust]

lmao

[wraith hawk]

We’re going thru the same track lol

[neon dust]

i applied berkeley eecs

wish me luck guys

[lone elk]

LMAOO

[wraith hawk]

I did too you’ll be fine

[lone elk]

i didnt apply for the buiseness thing in berk

tho

i js straight up applied engineering

[neon dust]

I gotta pray my ECs carry

[wraith hawk]

I wanna pursue a double in STEM + Business

[lone elk]

yes bro

same

ive recently got interested in that

[wraith hawk]

I applied Aero for Cal Poly Pomona but lowk I’m regretting it

[lone elk]

i needa create my own buisness

[wraith hawk]

Dude

[neon dust]

ok why did I expect something different from the stanford gc

[wraith hawk]

I can’t draw for shit

[lone elk]

aero?

u dont need to draw much tho

[neon dust]

I mean

[lone elk]

thats more like civil and architecture

[wraith hawk]

It’s a branch of ME

You gotta draw a lot

[neon dust]

I applied cs so I can't talk

[lone elk]

draw what

[wraith hawk]

I’m playing it smart

[lone elk]

on hand?

interesting

its more 3d designins tho no?

i mean

[wraith hawk]

CS by itself is extremely competitive meaning its harder to get admitted

[lone elk]

i fw aerospace tho

[lone elk]

wdym

only like 3 of them

cal poly slo
SdSU
long beach prolly

[wraith hawk]

Since everybody is applying CS it’s a really impacted major

[lone elk]

oh for cs

yeah

[wraith hawk]

I tried to find a different track that HAS cs in it

[lone elk]

sjsu
cal poly slo
sdsu
long beach

def competitive

idk abt other csus thjo

[neon dust]

lmao I can't do that

[wraith hawk]

Whether that be EECS ECE CSE Math + CS etc

[lone elk]

cause other ones are kinda mid realistically

[neon dust]

my huge EC that's gonna carry me in is in CS 😭

[lone elk]

good thing im doing cs

not doing

NOT DOING CS

[wraith hawk]

It’s good to get both programming + other experience

[lone elk]

cs is like asking straight up rejection for me

[wraith hawk]

I’m taking CS on the side

[lone elk]

dang

sweat

[wraith hawk]

Like it’s apart of what I signed up for

[lone elk]

thats fire tho

[wraith hawk]

EECS has CS in it

and look

For any school that has a ML/AI track I’m taking that

Duke has an ECE: ML/AI track

[lone elk]

purdue does too

@cold jolt

i found some dude who likes ai

[cold jolt]

Eyyyyyy

[lone elk]

bro actually came

[cold jolt]

Yeahhh Purdue has an ai major and an ai concentration in the cs major :D

[wraith hawk]

Notice how I combined both Business + STEM

I didn’t wanna do just Business Administration cuz that’s too broad

Plus it’s also really impacted

And not specific enough

[lone elk]

u can become a pricnipal rite

w a degree in buisness adminstration

?

or some

[wraith hawk]

Principal’s education I thought

[lone elk]

idk

[wraith hawk]

I wanna found my own startup

[lone elk]

lowk not interested in that

[lone elk]

same

aerospace would be hard tho

cause u need physical materials

and more money

[wraith hawk]

Getting both business + STEM skills would be great

[lone elk]

cs all u need is

a laptop

deodrant

[wraith hawk]

If you become the next Elon split me a cut

[lone elk]

i gu gng

[wraith hawk]

Give me 5% equity

[lone elk]

bet

invest in my company rn

invisible stocks rn

but itll be visible soon

[wraith hawk]

If it’s a private company Private Equity (PE) firms would usually invest in that

Public would be everybody

[wraith hawk]

Gonna give you funding for your startup

The next VC firm

[wraith hawk]

That’s so cool

[wraith hawk]

Yeah wsp

[wraith hawk]

By itself yeah you can’t outcompete

Especially at Stanford that’s why I put it as my third choice

[wraith hawk]

I’m from San Diego so if you go to SDSU ima say wsp

[wraith hawk]

Yes

Aero and Mech got 3d modeling

[cold jolt]

Does Stanford consider major in admissions

I thought they didn’t but there’s a strong chance I’m wrong

[wraith hawk]

No

Students don’t even officially declare their major til sophomore year

[lone elk]

oh rly fire

[lone elk]

yeah ik

[lone elk]

LMAOOO

ya

[wraith hawk]

Yessir

[hardy surge]

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-pete-booty-gif-27267920

[cold jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/purdue-purdue-pete-gif-27555010

[mossy pawn]

i mean

its dangerous

like why do u wanna witness hitler's rise to power

[mossy pawn]

wait isnt penn due

[neon dust]

I'd imagine if it does it only happens at the class shaping step

[mossy pawn]

pretty sure they wanna make sure ur interests and ur major line up

[old vector]

how do you check if you're opted in for a stanford interview?

[wraith hawk]

Writing supps are due later

[wraith hawk]

Yeah see looking back I see it now

[wraith hawk]

Makes it memorable but it kinda presents me in the wrong light

I hope they don’t get that image off of me 💀

I mean it did catastrophically change history

It was an important part of our time, yet it was still very dark

At least it’s memorable and well written

[mossy pawn]

its def memorable

but like red flag memorable

[wraith hawk]

Hopefully it doesn’t hurt much, it probably shouldn’t

[mossy pawn]

but it can also be perceived as a

wanna see his military tactics-y thing

[wraith hawk]

Yeah see

[mossy pawn]

but i wouldnt stress about it

[wraith hawk]

His leadership growth

That’s what I was going for

Then again I could’ve wrote about Ronald Reagan ending the Cold War

[old vector]

It has to align with your profile

[wraith hawk]

It’s okay I just hope that it won’t kill my app

It’s a well written response with a memorable storyline

[old vector]

I’m ngl how much do essays really matter now

Especially with the rise of ai

[wraith hawk]

A lot

[old vector]

dude I know so many people last year whose essays were

Not the best

Yet they still got into t10s

[wraith hawk]

But it’s one supp out of 8 I don’t think it should hurt that bad

[wraith hawk]

Watchu think of mine

[old vector]

Uh what is yours about

[wraith hawk]

Like the quality of it

Keep in mind it’s a bit dark which I probably should’ve fixed the context to

[wraith hawk]

^

[old vector]

hmm

I like the writing style (especially with how I’m brought into the scene with the imagery)

aside from that tho, I don’t really get to know much about you aside from the fact you were into that history and the event

Maybe it’s just me?

[wraith hawk]

In 50 words I don’t really have room to show much

[old vector]

Can I show you what I wrote personally

[wraith hawk]

But that last sentence I hope explains how I’d like to see how that one moment changed history as we know it today

Although it was negative it’s something that, if it didn’t happen, wouldn’t result in the events that shape our world today

[wraith hawk]

Ya I tried setting the scene

[old vector]

This is what I wrote

I’m a physics/data sci major

[wraith hawk]

Majors don’t really need to come into play esp with this prompt

[old vector]

-showed my arts/humanities side (not just limited to stem)
-Relating a scientific concept of turbulence flow from history to my current research (I research smth similar)
-took away a moral from it

ye ik

It’s just for background though

[wraith hawk]

I was thinking of doing something relating to my major in my first draft when I talked about wanting to witness the announcement of the first iPhone

Then I scrapped it cuz I realized that Stanford’s literally the home of tech bros

[old vector]

Yeah it’s gonna be pretty cliche

for stanny lol

[wraith hawk]

So my essay would’ve been cliche

Yeah

[old vector]

Just curious what r u majoring in

[wraith hawk]

This is great

[old vector]

Thank you

[neon dust]

what I thought it was only extended to the 6th

did you get another extension

[wraith hawk]

After reading that I’m getting a lot more ideas of what I should’ve written lol

[old vector]

UPenn you can ask

[wraith hawk]

Ngl I could’ve wrote about Beethoven

[neon dust]

ah kk

[neon dust]

yea same caltech gave me one

they're the goats

👍

[old vector]

Oh shit how long

[neon dust]

to the 10th

[old vector]

Wow okay

[neon dust]

I need to get cracking

[old vector]

I removed caltech off my list

I know my limits

[neon dust]

caltech is like

[old vector]

😟

[neon dust]

I'd probably like going there

but I don't think my ecs are good neoguh

[old vector]

It’s like a 0.8% admit rate

For stem

[neon dust]

yea

its like

[old vector]

They accept less people than my hs lmaooo

[neon dust]

I "dominated" a very niche hobby of CS

dunno how well they'll take that

[neon dust]

yea bro

but apparently their yield rate is shit

[old vector]

Rly?

[tame dust]

i did

[old vector]

eh it’s like the same as ivys lol

[neon dust]

MIT's is 88%

[old vector]

Only hypsm have good yield rates

[neon dust]

which is their direct competitor

[old vector]

💀

I’ve never heard of caltech until last year

[neon dust]

it's like really shit

[old vector]

When I did SSP

[neon dust]

lmao I don't think I applied

rip

[old vector]

o

Yeah caltech like sponsors them

Which is cool

[neon dust]

I severely dislike how they don't allow CS for STEM rec

[wraith hawk]

Ofc I get all the good ideas after I submit

Beethoven, Ronald Reagan ending the Cold War, etc

[neon dust]

lmao I submitted like 7 schools before I realized my stock "community" essay could be edited

[wraith hawk]

My idea was fine it’s just pretty dark

[neon dust]

idk about mine

[wraith hawk]

I hope that doesn’t hurt too much

[neon dust]

as long as they don't fact check me we chill

[old vector]

@wraith hawk is Stanford ur top?

[neon dust]

I joked about being a murderer in my roommate essay lmao

[wraith hawk]

Stanford/Duke

[wraith hawk]

😭

That’s like my only dark supp

[neon dust]

I swear the context is like

fire

[wraith hawk]

My context is LITERALLY fire

[tame dust]

lemme send you mine on beethoven

[neon dust]

I wrote mine about percy jackson LMFAO

[wraith hawk]

Yeah I remember

[neon dust]

I mean

historical inaccuracy doesn't reflect well

[old vector]

Why Duke lol

[neon dust]

usually I reply this as: whatever school accepts me

😭

[old vector]

Highest prestigious school with best aid

[neon dust]

I quite literally did a generational shotgun

[old vector]

😭😭😭

how many schools

I did 20 lol

[neon dust]

I don't think anyone is about to pull off a shotgun like this

[neon dust]

23

[old vector]

nice

[neon dust]

I think I applied to all

all the cs t20s

[old vector]

Damn ur stats that good?

Oh

LMAO I thought u said u were confident in sweeping the t20

[neon dust]

my bad

wrong

no

I think I'll get maybe 2

ish maybe more

[old vector]

ye gl

[neon dust]

you too

[old vector]

I applied for all t20s except like

Northwestern notre dame caltech

[neon dust]

basically name any top CS school

I've probably applied to it

[old vector]

all the bad cs ones

Except caltech tho

UT?

[neon dust]

northwestern campus is beautiful

[neon dust]

yep

[old vector]

ut cs so good

But oos sucks

[neon dust]

its fine

UIUC is the one you wanna apply to

[old vector]

I don’t apply yum

Iuiuc

[neon dust]

they have shitload of quant recruiters

[old vector]

Im instate for it

UT

[neon dust]

ah

[old vector]

I have 6 days

Until it

Comes out

[neon dust]

glgl

[old vector]

Holy shit I’m tweaking

lmaooo my essays during ea

[neon dust]

I've tweaked harder

[old vector]

Sucked

[neon dust]

😭

[old vector]

Well not suck but

[neon dust]

I got jumped by the mit december email

[old vector]

Way weaker than now

How did that go

[neon dust]

thinking it was a portal annoucement date

defer

[old vector]

oh gl

[neon dust]

kinda expected lmao

[old vector]

Can I ask what ur ecs r about

[neon dust]

uhh sure

I did some leadership in math team and programming club

did some science bowl

[old vector]

nice

[neon dust]

and did some chess engine stuff

(if you want me to elaborate I can)

[old vector]

Did you write about them in ur essays

[neon dust]

ye

[old vector]

I’m looking back and I lowkey didn’t write about my club ecs at all

Bc they were pretty boring

[wraith hawk]

Duke’s a great well rounded school

[neon dust]

yea I mean

I didn't write anything about programming club either

[old vector]

It obv depends tho

[neon dust]

I just thought my ec was pretty unique

[wraith hawk]

Duke’s at 2 though cuz I’m from California so

[old vector]

Like for you it might be big

[neon dust]

that it deserved a 300 word essay

[wraith hawk]

Stanford at 1

[old vector]

my school personally is shit

[old vector]

That’s fair

Duke a happy community

[neon dust]

I shit together a duke essay lmao

[old vector]

Nah deadass bro

Yk how they have the

[wraith hawk]

It definitely is yes

[old vector]

Extended deadline

[neon dust]

yea

[wraith hawk]

My Duke essays were good

[old vector]

I submitted mines like

[neon dust]

my duke essays were shit

[old vector]

8 mins before the extended deadline

lmaooo they’re gonna shit on me

[neon dust]

I should probably update that caltech gave an extension

[neon dust]

BRO I REUSED MY COMPUTER CHESS ESSAY

basicallyfor every school its a stock

staple

I think I have

3 essays that I pull out

that are just hella generic

[old vector]

nice

I mean

[neon dust]

1. computer chess
2. fountain pens,
3. cooking

[old vector]

Essays aren’t everything in the end ig

[neon dust]

yea

[old vector]

mm lemme see my topics

[neon dust]

praying that my rec letter's glaze gets me in

he let me read it and the glaze was actually so insane 😭

[old vector]

Commonapp: Metaphor

1. Karate connected with fgli
2. Food bank volunteering
3. Facing dissonance within my own ethnicity
4. Seeing physics and statistics as a story
5. Window watching as a hobby

[neon dust]

gg those are so much better than mine lmao