University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2024-2025)

[mighty anchor]

yeah my mom has access to my applications and all my essays

I already filled out the stanford stuff

just I thought my essays were bad

she thought I was done and turned it in

[red summit]

am i cooked if i submitted 20 minutes late

[mighty anchor]

no

I think they give like a few hours of grace?

[red summit]

ok thank god 😭

[mighty anchor]

like if you are late you can email them saying I was having connection issues

issues with submitting

[red summit]

would u say u have to email them for them to consider your application if its late

[uncut skiff]

is writing to a student overdone

cus the whole point of mine is how the student transformed my view of teaching and helped me become better

[naive timber]

nothing is overdone

[open scroll]

i ended up writing to a guy who i was friends w but no super close to and js thanked him for being there idk if thats very "inspirational" 😭

[timber silo]

is the point of it to be inspirational tho

i think u can take it in any direction as long as its evocative enough

or maybe i already forgot th eprompt LMFAO

[vivid thunder]

yall am i cooked if i submit my application 1 day late like will Penn still download my file??

[warped delta]

do u have a valid reason as to why its 1 day late

or was it js i procrastinated but here u go

bc honestly apps opened in what august? and we're in january

[pearl socket]

uh maybe

no one will know if they will or not

[vivid thunder]

It was a ‘just for fun’ application but then after researching a bit I found the perfect program then realized I made a mistake 💀

[pearl socket]

people talk about a grace period so just submit and pray

[vivid thunder]

I’m just asking if past years they still downloaded applications after Jan 5th

Oh okok thank u 🙏

[pearl socket]

yes they do

but depends

sometimes they dont

[vivid thunder]

Yeah apparently Johns Hopkins extended their deadline to the 10th cause they didn’t receive enough apps

[pearl socket]

😭 sometimes you just get a random inclination to apply

[vivid thunder]

yepp

[ionic parrot]

Got my portal

[lean quest]

I submitted my app yesterday and attached the recommenders on common app a while ago. I just signed into my portal and it says they haven’t received my LoR’s or school report yet. Does this mean my application is late or does it take them time to match those documents to my app and I’m fine?

[spring dew]

probably just takes time

because same

but common app says downloaded

also they havent approved my waiver yet aishdsudfsi

[wooden needle]

takes like a day or two to reflect on your checklist

[civic nymph]

this was on my portal and i also submitted yesterday

[warped delta]

I didn’t get a portal yet?

[rough hearth]

q for those that got in ED and got aid - how was it? was it more than you expected? running the NPC and i'm only seeing the same stuff as before including the home equity q's. thought the new fin aid program got rid of that. thx!

[topaz mason]

wait was there an extension

[tired belfry]

i think today is the last day of the extension

they gave a 1 day extension

[topaz mason]

okayy ty

[dull estuary]

How do we fill out the Penn Outside Resource form? I don’t see it on my financial aid checklist

[tight jasper]

hi, i just got an invitation to an interview. these are non evaluative and wont boost or break your application right?

[topaz mason]

why do i never get interviews 💔

except for georgetown where everyone gets one LMAOO

[coral umbra]

How do you know if you get invited to an interview?

Do you get an email?

[tired belfry]

yes

[tired belfry]

also yes

usually your email but sometiems they might text/call you

[coral umbra]

Where are my interviews😭

[tired belfry]

it's based on availability so not eerybody is going to get one

[wooden needle]

for me, the npc underestimated the actual net cost so i have to appeal to the fin aid office

also Quaker commitment is for the 25-26 academic year, not 24-25

[raw bluff]

If you're applying to Lehigh then please upvote suggestion https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1267305559716003913

[tight jasper]

yeah i got emailed

[rough hearth]

I see. Sorry to hear. And yeah, I thought that Quaker commitment basically started for those accepted in this cycle, so yes, those starting 25-26 academic year.

[vast ferry]

that shouldn’t have any impact on you if you’re a current hs senior

you’re entering in the 25-26 academic year

[dull estuary]

13 people in front of me for financial aid call queue

[spring dew]

nah thats crazy

[manic gyro]

you have to call?

[dull estuary]

I had a question

[keen crest]

should i opt in for the alumni ambassadors conversation thing

i was wondering if i shouldnt

becuase i suck at interviews like i cant talk in depth enough ever

[austere spindle]

its fine either way

penn interviews dont matter

[keen crest]

i applied wharton as medicine (healthcare management concentration)

oh should i press no then?

[austere spindle]

nice chance to meet a cool alum though ive heard ppl get cool things out of their convos

both learning abt the school and even potentially intern offers so its worth it

low risk potentially high rewards

[keen crest]

how do the interviews work

i thought all interviews just grill you on who you are/your ecs and stuff

[austere spindle]

they just pair you with an alum and you get to ask them abt the school and they get to know you

[keen crest]

i would get super nervous and then just sound like im not even a person they would want

oh fr?

[austere spindle]

and they arent judging/grading you at all

[keen crest]

ill put yes then i suppose

[austere spindle]

for nearly every college interview they never have access to any of this

all they have access to is basic name/where you’re from/what you applied for type stuff

[keen crest]

deadass?

[austere spindle]

yeah

[coral umbra]

Do you give a resume to them or what

[keen crest]

my friend had an ao interview for a t20 last year and he said he lowkey got grilled on some ecs and stuff

[coral umbra]

because I saw on a collegeresults post

[austere spindle]

nah i never did for any of mine we just talked through it

[keen crest]

like they thought one of his things wasnt genuine and he got fully grilled on it

[coral umbra]

that some guy got grilled about his research

[coral umbra]

alr chill thanks

[austere spindle]

damn what school is hating on yg like this

[keen crest]

oh but not alumni?

[coral umbra]

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1ebnqdt/asian_male_in_cs_makes_it_out_the_hypsm_hood/

[keen crest]

ok so i guess ill opt in for most of them then

[austere spindle]

i did interviews for hmc, northwestern, harvard, yale, princeton, and mit and none of them ever had any info on me

[keen crest]

bc i think most interviews are all alumni/converations right

oh shit fr?

[coral umbra]

go to the interviews on this post

[keen crest]

unless its like ao requests you i suppose

[coral umbra]

the guy says he got asked a crap ton of questions

[keen crest]

but also hes from nova

[coral umbra]

How long did it take you to get your harvard interview

[keen crest]

idk if that makes a difference

[coral umbra]

do you remember

I already got pton

[keen crest]

comp east coast so most likely nova region right

[austere spindle]

a while i think

[coral umbra]

but they give that to everyone

got it

I'm only interviewing for pton harvard penn duke

bro he was USAMO 3x

tf do you expect

[austere spindle]

yeah only harvard and yale are actually exclusive for interviews i think

[austere spindle]

oh yeah i did duke too i forgot abt that

[coral umbra]

that's not the point though

[keen crest]

Harvard - 10/10, interviewer was working in the field I want to go in. Asked weird questions to test my on the spot thinking and thoroughly tested my knowledge of my research. I answered all of his questions with detail and then we had an amazing conversation about research, professional life, my fit at Harvard, volunteering, etc. Lasted 3 hours

MIT - 10/10. Loved this interviewer too, started by asking me some random math questions when I mentioned Olympiads and then eventually chilled out and had a casual conversation with me. I loved her questions and we were laughing the whole time, said I would be a wonderful fit at MIT

Yale - 7/10. Standard interview, answered all her questions, she seemed happy but nothing extraordinary.

Princeton - 9/10. Really good, similar to Harvard and MIT interviews but it was cut short because she had a family emergency

UPenn - 1/10. I can’t express how much I disliked this interviewer. Barely made eye contact with me, asked me a list of pre written questions in a neutral tone, refused to answer my questions about Penn, questioned my research, etc. He may have just been in a bad mood that day but I emailed Penn abt the interview and they said they would disregard it.

[coral umbra]

yeah

[keen crest]

ye he got like grilled or somehin idk

[coral umbra]

sure seems like he got grilled

but it might be because of the ECs he did

[austere spindle]

and also harvey mudd

[keen crest]

what does that mean

[coral umbra]

Like if you didn't do much research then I don't imagine you'll be grilled

[austere spindle]

that they only give interviews selectively not just to everyone like princeton/mit do

[keen crest]

ohhh

i have to submit my pton tonight lmfao

by 8 59 pst

[coral umbra]

yeah I think that tracks

[keen crest]

i might be cooked

still trying to finish a 500 word essay i havent started yet

[coral umbra]

since I talked to some guy on this server who got it already and he had pretty damn good oly results

so I'm not surprised he got it first

[keen crest]

u tryna review for me dg

shits wraps

[austere spindle]

tbh this sounds exceptionally fake to me lol sounds like this is what someone from the outside would think and say

[coral umbra]

Nah I'm fairly sure the guy's legit

[austere spindle]

no alumni interviewer is just going to break into asking you fucking math problems on the spot lol

[keen crest]

i did one but it wasnt like some international shit like this guy i just put it as an ec and the actual publicatoi nas an award published it with review in a peer review journal pretty big one tho that most ppl do

[coral umbra]

lol

yeah we're gonna get harvard late

I think

if at alll

[austere spindle]

it takes them a while dw

[coral umbra]

you'll prolly get it in a few weeks

if yo do

[austere spindle]

lemme try and see when i got mine

[coral umbra]

so don't worry

you might get it earlier dunno how competitive you are as an applicant but they probably go in that order

[austere spindle]

ok i think i deleted those old emails but i would say i did not get my interviews for those schools until february at least

so dw too much

[coral umbra]

thanks

[proud harbor]

It’s also when you submit probably

It took them a like 2-3 weeks before my interview so I assume most schools are like that

[coral umbra]

yeah I submitted day of deadline lmfao

[iron cairn]

For upenn, where do we submit a supplemental material (im doing research abstract)?

the upload materials says either applicant update or HS transcript, and im not sure if its either option

[dull estuary]

What is this?

Was it on Common App?

[topaz mason]

yea im p sure it was on there but also on the portal?

[raw bluff]

UPenn finally extended the deeadline for me

[raw bluff]

When was this?
This cycle?

[keen crest]

no this was some guy on reddit last year

he posted his results 6 months ago

so that means last year's cycle

[echo light]

i just did mine, and it was super casual... we really just went back and forth and asked questions... no drawback at all..

[keen crest]

oh bet

[bold crest]

i did applicant update

[naive timber]

@fringe patio

Research Abstract

well it says research abstract

it doesnt hurt

worst case they're just like "oh we cant look at this" and ignore it

it wouldnt

[wooden needle]

my interview lasted 30 min and it was basically a friendly conversation like he asked me what artists i listened to and what’s it like going to [my school]

[manic gyro]

ao interviews r vastly different and matter way more

[naive timber]

upenn also doesn’t consider them in the process

[rapid minnow]

i had 26 at usc

[ionic parrot]

should i send a research and art supplement to penn

[raw bluff]

Did this later work?

[bronze flame]

penn

[bold crest]

got interview invite

hype

[ionic parrot]

i used it and so far it worked

i got my portal and stuff

so glad i saved like 80$

[raw bluff]

Scoir gives you portal automatically and I just ued it like today like just now

Upenn gave me a deadline extension till 10th but I just submitted

[ionic parrot]

i used commonapp

[raw bluff]

Lol, used all 20 slots on common app already

[ionic parrot]

19/20

😂

[raw bluff]

We all shotgunning lol
We got this

[ionic parrot]

leaving one open just in case i need to apply to a safety last minute

[raw bluff]

I understand lol

[ionic parrot]

my mom told me to apply to more safeties..

idk if i should tho

i applied to my state flagships (not from texas, cali, michigan, georgia, nc, or virginia) so i think ill be fine

[topaz mason]

crazy helpp

[raw bluff]

Black schools have a portal where you just pay $20 for 68 skls
So I basically have about 10 safeties I chose from

[ionic parrot]

thats actually nice

if only ivies did that

Imagine a onetime "Ivy Fee"

[topaz mason]

umm where tf is my penn interview @ bro

[raw bluff]

It'll acc make a lot of sense

[topaz mason]

HELPP

[ionic parrot]

or a "T20" fee

[topaz mason]

i been obsessed w email

[ionic parrot]

then it would help us shotgun easier

[raw bluff]

Frrr
Kinda bad tho ngl
Maybe they'll allow us to rank in order

[raw bluff]

Obsessed with checking or overwhelmed?

[topaz mason]

obsessed

me after checking every 5 mins

[raw bluff]

Lol, that's legit me too
It's annoying because all of a sudden, emails just became scarce

[topaz mason]

right helpp

me "i wont mind waiting"

also me

PLEASE JUST TELL ME RN

[uncut skiff]

t20 subscription for "demonstrated interest" just $5 an hour!

[ionic parrot]

For an extra $1,000, you can get a premium IVY subscription too!

[uncut skiff]

lowkey i need eas out NOW

[uncut skiff]

real!

[ionic parrot]

fr

just one more week

🙏

usc pls accept me!

socal is calling for me

[uncut skiff]

so real same same

ucla i giess

[sly pebble]

its easy

they give u an intro to them

mine did IB and PE

[spring dew]

got my intervieww lets gooo

[spring dew]

uh they havent accepted it yet on commonapp but everything is underway so

[iron cairn]

does this mean you're opted in for an interview?

[spring dew]

my interviewer

almost has the same first name as me

and a lot of our ecs are similar too 💀

[raw bluff]

you already have an interview?

[robust patio]

did anyone else apply to huntsman

[robust patio]

you weren't supposed to look them up

😭 it's alright if you did but

[austere spindle]

doesn’t matter

[iron cairn]

people do it all the time lol

[robust patio]

idk just personal preference

[austere spindle]

i think its better to know

who you’re talking to

[ionic parrot]

It’s probably to like

Get you familiar with the program

And give a chance to ask questions about m and t

[radiant atlas]

yo for the upenn fin aid, has it shown that your fafsa has been sent?
i sent it back in dec, but it still hasn't appeared. also its asking for w2 and tax stuff again, does the fafsa i did cover that?

[vast ferry]

schools don’t get FAFSA data until mid-january at the earliest

and no. you need to submit everything they ask for

[iron cairn]

how many hours a week he work 😦

[ionic parrot]

probably 70-80

[radiant atlas]

Alr ty

[spring dew]

mines an m&t grad too

[spring dew]

i tried not to

but 😅

ill tell her though instead of slipping up accidently

[restive estuary]

Just submitted my writing supplements guyz... wrote all 3 essays in 4 hours... damn I must be insane...

[rigid warren]

lmao I guess upenn doesn't have any cs students

[austere spindle]

10% of every year is cs

[olive orbit]

has anyone gotten their penn interview yet

[coral umbra]

dude ur in every thread

if you wanna know just scroll up

[olive orbit]

bro when

i still haven't gotten it

does penn pre-screen for interviews

[olive orbit]

me?

noice

[coral umbra]

yeah

penn interviews are just based on availability

I know people who've gotten in without it

[iron cairn]

Can any upenn students answer this question: Why is seas's admit rate lower than wharton, but when you get into upenn, the transfer into seas from, say CAS, is pretty easy? Yet if you try to transfer into wharton, its insanely hard

[proud harbor]

yeah

[thorny lily]

fr?

m&t mostly cater to cs??

let's goooo

[austere spindle]

its not “insanely hard” but its kinda obvious if you think abt it for even a minute lol

penn pushes you towards business not engineering; most pre-law students, ppe students, kids trying to do consulting/finance, and even pre-med kids are pushed towards wharton while almost none of them are pushed towards seas

therefore a lot of CAS is trying to transfer into wharton but very little is trying to transfer into seas

[austere spindle]

no

m&t acceptances are much more spread out but then they usually just switch to cis

[iron cairn]

thanks bro

also how is dual degree workload?

[austere spindle]

a lot

[iron cairn]

If i do go to penn i wanna do seas + wharton

[austere spindle]

not worth imo

[iron cairn]

ah

[austere spindle]

you get nothing out of this

tbh

[iron cairn]

rn im just not sure whether my career path is purely in ml swe or finance side

i was kinda thinking of doing both but obv thats insanely hard

[austere spindle]

you’ll do better at both from seas tbh

[iron cairn]

ah

i mean i can just take wharton classes right

without needing to double or dual wtv

[austere spindle]

yeah if you want to

and some are useful

but you rly dont need

[iron cairn]

do a lot of people from seas still end up in finance roles like counsulting?:

just bc they have upenn on their resume

[austere spindle]

yes

50% or so

[iron cairn]

wow

[austere spindle]

seas is just much more flexible

[thorny lily]

nice

[iron cairn]

💰

been broke for too long

[worthy aspen]

has anyone taken orgo here

[iron cairn]

@austere spindle Also do you know anyone who has actually gotten rejected from seas transfer

assuming they request freshman year

[ionic parrot]

Lmao I didn’t do the dual degree program bc I didn’t want to write the essay

[iron cairn]

i think dual degree u just request (except from special ones like m&t, huntsman etc)

[ionic parrot]

I was gonna do the

Fuck I forgot the name

The cas and Wharton program

[austere spindle]

well not really

[austere spindle]

huntsman/lsm

[ionic parrot]

OH

The lsm

That one

Took one look at the essay and I was like nah

[austere spindle]

well a lot of them still go into tech just cs instead of ee/bme

tons of then get in for ee/bme and switch to cis

[iron cairn]

the hypsm should be penn instead of princeton lowkey

[austere spindle]

nah drop yale first yale is shit

[oak drift]

Got M&T’s 2 prompts to finish for Penn then I’ll be all done 🙏

Just finished Wharton’s

I applied for both M&T and Wharton hope that’s a solid combo

[oak drift]

M&T got 2

1 650 word one and 1 250 word one

Basically another personal essay but it’s literally ALL for M&T

[iron cairn]

i think everyone and their mom does that

[oak drift]

No shit

[oak drift]

Seemed like you didn’t do that though

[iron cairn]

i just stuck to seas lol

[bronze flame]

wasnt that due like 6 days ago 😭

[oak drift]

Supps are due after

I have til the 12th

[topaz mason]

where tf did they say that

[oak drift]

My email said it lmao

[topaz mason]

oh ok

[crimson cloud]

ah

for me the email said i could turn it until the 10th

[crimson cloud]

ah nice nice

glgl!!

[olive orbit]

bro got additional time for everything

[olive orbit]

Watch him get like every t20

[spring dew]

i killed myself the day before my physics internal final to finish it off

submitted 1 am then studied physics for 3 hours to just barely pass

and then theres this

[oak drift]

There’s what

[thorny lily]

LOL fr

[raw bluff]

Wow, they acc extending for everyone atp

[cloud sonnet]

yo

has all penn interviews come out yet

[cloud sonnet]

bruh lwkey i shouldve just done this

i ended up rushing a lot of my apps at the end and the quality isnt up there

do colleges let you resubmitt apps

[robust patio]

no

[wooden needle]

definitely not + it doesn’t matter cuz they’re non-evaluative

[iron cairn]

They say they’re non-evaluative but they still send the notes to aos

[tight jasper]

do they rlly read them if it's non evaluative tho

[iron cairn]

I would say upenn’s interviews definitely has less impact than other interviews because UPenn states its non-evaluative; however, I think it’s not like TOTALLY non evaluative

[wooden needle]

it will have little to no impact on your decision

[bronze flame]

they get 1 sentence to sum up the entire interview which upenn aos do not even look at

[iron cairn]

its one sentence?

[bronze flame]

yeah this one interviewrs was like "yeah since they made it non-evaluative they limit us to one sentence to write something"

[austere spindle]

they don’t matter at all

[trim yoke]

nah

ive heard ppl say their interviewer asked them what to write and they didnt get in

[oak drift]

We up

[topaz mason]

me when no interviw

ahhh

[wooden needle]

i got mine two weeks before my decision day

[proud harbor]

^^^

just got out of interview

that’s that unless u get in on a rlly close date

[proud harbor]

like ^^

[austere spindle]

i didn’t get one at all

[olive orbit]

were u in an area where they usually send them out

[austere spindle]

well i live in the bay area so

hope that convinces yg they are irrelevant!!

[naive timber]

upenn is not evaluative so it doesnt matter

[minor crater]

im currently taking it rn

are u also taking it?

[radiant atlas]

Yo so do interviews not impact admissions that much

[trim yoke]

correct

[ruby crest]

But does getting it signify anything?
Like if you do and peers from same area don't?

[trim yoke]

no and no

[naive timber]

they are not evaluative for upenn

[radiant atlas]

Alr

[bright dagger]

If the interviewer makes a report and the ao reads it I find it hard to believe that it won’t at least subconsciously influence their opinion

[spring dew]

Yeah but the report is one sentence so

if your sentence is "hes good" then itll have no influence

"this man sucks dont take him he lied about an ec" has a negative influence

[naive timber]

rip

[still sparrow]

tr*mp shade

[minor basalt]

Hey

[raw bluff]

Heyy

[minor basalt]

did u apply penn/

[raw bluff]

Yess

[minor basalt]

ed or rd?

what degree?

[raw bluff]

RD

Comp Science

I acc want to do CS+Econs

But just applied as Comp sci

[minor basalt]

oof

tough one

im applying class of 30 ( so incomming cycle ) econ + app math

[raw bluff]

Oh nice

[minor basalt]

r u tryna get into quant or ib?

[raw bluff]

quant no but what's ib

[minor basalt]

investement banking

[raw bluff]

I'm interested in cybersecurity if that helps

[raw bluff]

oh no

[minor basalt]

oh great , thats amazing why econ tho then >

?

[raw bluff]

My passion is to fight scam and all. It has a lot to do with money and how people's habits and attitude towards money changes (like when digital)
I honestly still don't know but Econs seems like a good match due to the financial part of scams and all. Or does it?

[minor basalt]

i mena thats amazing but why not fiancne and cs

i mean tbf value of getting a econ degree from upenn is next level

so good choice imo

[raw bluff]

I have awards in econs in high skl

[minor basalt]

yea saem

cold

[minor basalt]

what awards ?

[raw bluff]

dm

[sweet maple]

i feel like this is a super generic combination

[minor basalt]

tbf more generic undegrad more opps for post grad

[sweet maple]

it's the "i want to go into quant" starter pack

[sweet maple]

huh

[drifting needle]

Yeah I’m so confused on Penn interviews

[wooden needle]

they don’t matter. they are simply just conversations for you to learn more about penn from an alum

they have zerooooo impact period

[raw bluff]

which uni

[raw bluff]

damnnn

[trim yoke]

this is so dumb

thankfully its not like

anyone is fair game, you have to sign up to put ue linkedin there

its actually the most toxic thing ive seen yet

[austere spindle]

nah idts

its just that their algorithm is shit and only shows the same smaller subgroup of people

[trim yoke]

its cuz u have to register on the website to get ur linkedin there

like

there are only like 150 ppl id say

[austere spindle]

nah

most of my friends on there definitely did not register 💀

[trim yoke]

oh ok

that sucks th en

my bad

lmao

[austere spindle]

wait bro delete it doxxes you 💀

[trim yoke]

oh shit ok

does instagram send ur username when u send a reel

like this isnt me

[austere spindle]

yeah

[trim yoke]

oh

mid

[austere spindle]

nj head 😂

[ruby crest]

All is noted

[austere spindle]

just like the rest of em

[ruby crest]

Coming for u

[trim yoke]

😔

u got me

[spring dew]

that was

a mid ash interview

like my interviewer was nice

but it was an interview 💀 😭

[languid verge]

no when do u generally send it

[trim yoke]

not january

not an expert but mid feb probably

[fathom hinge]

upenn interviews are no longer evaluative though

so it doesn't matter

[topaz mason]

me when 0 interview

[fathom hinge]

upenn interview is chill right

[naive timber]

bro

😭

[naive timber]

me when the person wants me to interview on mlk

[earnest salmon]

anyone have a upenn example loci that they could share?

[spring dew]

i think they are for m&t

like she told me about an evaluation form

and then asked me a set of pre-made qs

[fathom hinge]

oh lol

[topaz mason]

me when 0 interview

[west trellis]

my life

my dream

please upenn, buy me

i will be your janitor

[topaz mason]

me when 0 interview

[austere spindle]

me when 0 interview (i still got in)

most of my friends when 0 interview (they still got in)

[topaz mason]

me when 0 interview

PLEASE ANYTHING

[topaz mason]

me when no interview

[topaz mason]

no fr😨😨😨

[bleak delta]

Bro penn ain't even evaluative 😭
Not valid crash out

[topaz mason]

jswanna chat man

[bleak delta]

Man I see you spam every channel

[ruby crest]

Valid

It's so stressful

[topaz mason]

yes bro i jist want an interview

[topaz mason]

LMAOAO

no cus how long does it take

“availability” my ahh

js find more alumni dawg

yea 😭

bro no harv interview = no SHOT!??!

[ruby crest]

😞💔

[topaz mason]

please harvard

wtf

wtf did u do to them

*i

i lowk dont even want an availabiloty one

cus i lazy

LOL

well no like

idgaf ab dartmouth no more

cus like

i js need harvard. harvard. harvard

ong

real

no fr

no cus how tf do they read apps

like

are they in order or smth

ok i dont cus my ecs suck 😍

i dont think they do too much maybe unless they admit u?

which i think yale audits

i thought yale did that b4 accept or smth

no no yale like asks u to confirm lors

and stuff

😭 idk

and ecs

yes

they email ur teachers or smth

wheb did u submit yale

😭

oh ok

erm i used the extension LMAO

so 5th

like 10 pm

no no they put on website

ya bro ion trust that post

😭

like okay..

but idk some of them didnt seem believable

real HELPP

im p sure it went thru idk

no right

😭 like okay sure u heard on reddit

any proof 💀

other than a random email

NO FR

[ruby crest]

WHAT happened

[topaz mason]

help???

no cus bro made sm stuff up

i only used like yale cus on website

💀 so i trusted em

ofc

well it doesnt say anymore

but it was a banner

like u can submit till 5th

[raw bluff]

What if my teacher doesn't check his school email regularly?

And Yale performs an audit on him

If he doesn't respond then am I cooked?

[sweet maple]

it deadass is availability

the only ones ik of that actually mean anything are harvard and yale RD

and even then it's 50/50

[languid verge]

What if I got an interview from Yale after being deferred rea

But I never got one rea

[sweet maple]

idk man you stress too much

just lock tf in on everything else

if not going to yale throws a wrench in your plan then you have a shitty plan

[languid verge]

Like what does it mean

[low surge]

it means you got a yale interview

rejoice

you got screened again and they needed more info on you

[spring dew]

i didnt ask to confirm because i was happy to be there anyway but she made it sound like it was yes

[wooden needle]

just wait for them to reach out

[dull estuary]

Anyone else still have pending assignment?

[topaz mason]

yes 💔

[dull estuary]

Well at least I’m not the only one lol

[topaz mason]

no cus its only availability but wtf

😿

wheres mine.

[dull estuary]

Exactly, I don’t have Penn, Cornell, Vanderbilt, Duke, Harvard, or Dartmouth

[fathom hinge]

i have 5/5 scheduled 💀

peak availability in my area

moment

my penn is later today

same

stanford yea i think

idk about pton

doubt it tho

for penn?

[dull estuary]

So far I’ve done William and Mary, Georgetown, Yale (rejected), and now Princeton

[topaz mason]

ong

[dull estuary]

I had to drive like 40 minutes for Yale just to get flat out rejected

[topaz mason]

only got yale & georgetown & middlebury 😿

[topaz mason]

bro thats why i didnt do irl LMAOAOOA

cus it was like a one hr drive

to a random suburb applebees

[dull estuary]

At least Yale pre-screens so you know you aren’t an auto-reject

[topaz mason]

and then the uber back ws $100... cus no license

[topaz mason]

ok real 😍 (3% acc rate)

[dull estuary]

Crazy

[topaz mason]

yes so i js did zoom for free

[dull estuary]

I thought it was 6

[topaz mason]

reallyy

i thought rd was crazy

idk 😭

im cooked regardless

[dull estuary]

I think Harvard is 3

And Columbia is 4

[topaz mason]

at least they want me ong 💯 (delulu)

[dull estuary]

Bro I was so sure I would get deferred

[topaz mason]

no yea 😭

cus u got interviewed right

& apparently there were ppl w out interviews that got deferred?!?

[dull estuary]

But honestly I think my essays were sub-par and I hadn’t worked enough on the rest of my app

[dull estuary]

Yeah

[fathom hinge]

😍 i like to think that way at least

[topaz mason]

that is fair

dw clutch rd

😍

yale sux

[topaz mason]

ong

[dull estuary]

I’m really hoping for an Ivy but we’ll see in two months

[topaz mason]

no bro i been reading thru the yale interview posts on reddit

[dull estuary]

Yeahhhh

[topaz mason]

as delusion

bc i aint get no other interview ong

so this is my only sign

[dull estuary]

Harvard wants me so bad that their rival just couldn’t take me

Bro it’s a 3 percent acc rate please do not crash out

Just be satisfied that you tried your best

That’s good!

[fathom hinge]

purdue?

[dull estuary]

I’m hoping for any of my other schools at all and I would be pretty happy

Obviously I really want an Ivy but any OOS and I’ll be okay

I just really, really do not want to go to OSU

[topaz mason]

no fr

one reach please

js one

pls get me outta here 🙏

ty god

[fathom hinge]

same lol

[topaz mason]

me when my yale interviewer no respond thank you note:

bro was weird af ngl

cause after i said was chinese

he was like

thoughts on tiktok ban

does bro think im a communist 💀

well he was like acknowledging racism @ princeton

his undergrad school

[dull estuary]

Oh mine didn’t respond either

[topaz mason]

bro weird thing is he interviews for pton too

so he like

trashing on them + how elitist it is

[dull estuary]

That was a little disappointing

[topaz mason]

but interviews for em

ion understand

[topaz mason]

NO FRR

[fathom hinge]

that has to be borderline weird lmao

[topaz mason]

no right

[dull estuary]

I don’t even have the email for my Princeton interviewer so we’re chilling there

[fathom hinge]

u seem pretty chill

[topaz mason]

at least bro was like yea ur a good fit 💀

[fathom hinge]

but i guess some other ppl who are less chill would report that tbh

[dull estuary]

But my Georgetown interviewer was so nice, she messaged me back and sent me resources for a program she was telling me about

[topaz mason]

got smth outta it...

[fathom hinge]

💀

[topaz mason]

ya 😭

bro idk the whole interview was weird af

why is bro asking me my class rank, all ap classes, all ap scores, my gpa, my gpa for this sem, my sat scores, how i stufied for the sat

bro doesnt need to know allat dawg

thats on my file

[dull estuary]

Whaaat

My Princeton interviewer just asked me what classes I’m enjoying

And then asked if I’m taking a math so I talked about that

Which was good because my math teacher is my Quiz Bowl coach

[topaz mason]

HELPp what would i say..

ok i dont remember exactly

i swear after i said smth ab being chinese he asked that

well he didnt exactly assume i was communist

it was js like

why tf u askin that

after i said that

😭

he is soo weird omg

bro is like

"lots of bachelors in college"

"not saying to spend ur college yrs focused on dating BUT"

keep in mind bros 70

• im 17

no right help

idk

whole interview was like a list of q's

def didnt feel like a convo

at least i got bro to smile

bro hecame in all fucking business

like okay can we chill

[dull estuary]

Yeah my Yale interview kinda threw me off of Yale lol

[topaz mason]

real

georgetown tho 🤭

my love

[dull estuary]

So real

But that acceptance rate

Yale really killed my confidence so we’ll see if Michigan brings it back

[topaz mason]

ong

oh and the interviewer omg was like r u first gen?? so i’m like yes and he’s like isnt that a p big boost

bro acting like i’m lucky to be that 😟

and then he was like what language is spoken at home

why does bro need to know that.

[fathom hinge]

nah peak freaky

[topaz mason]

ong

and ofc bro is a doctor

it feels like theyre interrogating u to find what disease u have yk

bro that is EXACTLY what it was omg

felt like i was some patient 😨😨

[raw bluff]

Tf?!
You've had 3 interviews!!

That's cool. Real cool

frr

I'm just hoping for one

I did an initialview interview to get the feeling

And I kinda like talking to people older than me. idk y

[ruby crest]

We are intl

[ruby crest]

It will take time

We'll get them too dw

[fathom hinge]

upenn interview went fairly well

75 minutes

maybe it could just be related to the type of person your interviewer is though

felt much different than the vibe for my other schools

[topaz mason]

i love having such diff interview experiences for each shpo ong

school

after doing like 9 including many random lacs

i have collected experiences alright

😭

[ruby crest]

Anna wid us

@topaz mason r u the frontman

[topaz mason]

HELP LMAOAO

😭😭

[spring dew]

a lot

mine was a 20 min qna 😭

[weak aspen]

Did anybodyelse not get the Penn applicant portal yet?

I'm so confused it's nowhere in my email checked spam as well

Ik it's so weird

I guess I'll email them

OMG

Y'ALL IT'S IN MY TRASH

WTF

I DID NOT DELETE THIS SHIT WHAT IS GOING ON 😭

[foggy dove]

😭😭😭there might be some snakes in your vicinity

[heavy marten]

my upenn interview was almost 2 hours

wait no it was an alumni convo so idk if that technically counts as an interview

[topaz mason]

0 interview sad

[heavy marten]

huh

[topaz mason]

me when no interview

:(

[crimson cloud]

same

[trim yoke]

interviews mean nothing to ur app

literally

if u dont have an interview u can get in

as long as u dont light your interviewer on fire nothing actually matters

[spring dew]

im p sure theyll get a strong recc if the alumini talked to them for 2 hours

cuz like

they were def enjoying the talking

[fathom hinge]

That also depends on the type of person your alumni is

Some people inherentsly like talking to others more

[spring dew]

true

[wooden needle]

the “strong rec” is 1 sentence

also the length of the interview doesn’t determine how well it went or what ur chances are

my interview was less than 20 min 🫣

[spring dew]

same 😭

[topaz mason]

me when no interview.

[trim yoke]

bro

please

stop

[trim yoke]

my interview was like 10 minutes

its not deep

[topaz mason]

js want one 😔😔

[ruby crest]

There was 1 tho, right 🤨

[topaz mason]

me when none

sorry i got jail tho

☹️☹️

only 1

please another one

[ruby crest]

I need just 1 - Harvard ☠️

[topaz mason]

no fr

cus that’s the auto reject one 🥸🥸

erm i’m cooked

[trim yoke]

stressing doesnt change anything

go outside or something

[topaz mason]

💀

ermmmm what the f

[glad bloom]

did u do m&tsi

ohh alr alr

im applyin to it this yr yeah

im a junior

[formal stone]

the sal at our school did m&tsi and got in ED

m&t isnt that useful for quant/swe specifically

it's a project management pipeline

maybe more with vc/ib/consulting

but quant/swe are more technical

m&t teaches management

so project managers, tech consultants, maybe stuff like VC/PE

m&t doesnt help with it tho

like cs vs cs m&t doesnt matter for quant/swe

except maybe network

but just get into a good rso or whtv

tbh idg yale for stem

i mean i guess school quality carries or whatever

but like

ive heard pretty mixed things abt yale cs and engineering

like iirc they use harvard's cs50 for their intro course or something

i just didnt apply to yale also penn

ive seen too many videos about new haven lol

uh

interesting

a&m bby

idk thats why i want to go to UT so bad

didnt u get purdue lol

no point

tamu is too

o

still in first sem?

i clutched an A in lit

jeez

ay its calm

my friend got like 3 Bs last yr (physics C, chem, research) and he managed to get yale defer and UT CS ea accept

[formal stone]

**my friend's applying this cycle

he got those Bs junior yr

i didnt get interview anywhere yet

crashing out

me dropping caltech, brown, yale, penn, chicago ☠️

tbh i coulda done yale

i just couldnt answer "Why Yale"

[trim yoke]

m&t is crazy for quant

like

there r quants from non m&t

but like m&t get them more often, sometimes trading but definitely dev is significantly better

but m&t ppl are already smart to begin w

[iron cairn]

for undergrad thats so valid

yeah lol def

[trim yoke]

hits hard 😔

[iron cairn]

does name even help for quant?

id think its just

pure skill

interesting

like

quant dev trader research etc

ye

but the other 2

name helps?

damn

do yk if ut cs

is target

for quant

wtf why umich lol

[trim yoke]

almost target

theres a list out there somewhere

[iron cairn]

i didnt know business people go into quant bro

thought it was just sweaty math/cs/physics majors

[trim yoke]

you can teach a math major finance but not a business major math

[iron cairn]

ok i need to find

[trim yoke]

yea

[iron cairn]

@wicked cosmos for you would upenn cs > ut cs

[coral umbra]

turing def feeds quant dude

[iron cairn]

oh yeah definitely

i was just wondering reg ut cs

[coral umbra]

I mean you can but it'd be better if you got turing lol

[iron cairn]

yeah bro i just need turings to come to me

💀

[coral umbra]

💀

[iron cairn]

40 people is insane

[coral umbra]

they're taking their sweet time I heard

I know a guy who'll prolly get it

I mean isn't there another austin special program for cs

[iron cairn]

i thought this too last year

[coral umbra]

cs and business

[iron cairn]

but didnt happen lol

[iron cairn]

ye csb

[coral umbra]

he's usamo usaco plat 1600

I'd be deadass surprised

[iron cairn]

i heard turings better tho

[iron cairn]

o

theres also CSB

[coral umbra]

you think you've got a shot at CSB?

[iron cairn]

i didnt apply

[coral umbra]

oh damn

[iron cairn]

idek how csb is

cuz id assume reg ut cs has like

good startup opps too

[coral umbra]

yeah def

but tbh dude

if you landed ut cs

you'll prolly land somewhere else pretty crazy

[iron cairn]

uhm

i mean i got in

but

its also a toss up idk

ive seen people with 1300s get into ut cs

[coral umbra]

man just be proud it's a big thing

program is mad selective

even in state

[iron cairn]

yeah it is

😭

bro if i go penn im immediately switching from cas to seas

[coral umbra]

bro why didn't you just apply seas

[iron cairn]

i regret yea

[coral umbra]

nah it's pretty ez

I think

[iron cairn]

yea

a lot of people try to transfer wharton

not seas

and if they somehow reject transfer ig ill just do math in cas + cs in seas lol

[foggy dove]

Did anyone in here get deferred from Penn then accepted RD? 😭 I’m trynna keep my hopes up 😭

[coral umbra]

Penn doesn’t defer much bro

You’ve got a good shot

[umbral hedge]

Its not hard from what i hear

[iron cairn]

ye

[dapper granite]

math is terribel at penn from what i've heard

one of the most difficult schools to tak emath classes in

[iron cairn]

damn I rlly need to get to seas then

[dapper granite]

just do like

light major at cas and do engineering

[iron cairn]

I mean I’m not sure if I want to double if I had to

[dapper granite]

oh yeah i mean if u dont get to transfer completely

i dont know how transfers work

i know u can do dual or double if u wanted to p easily

[iron cairn]

dual gets you 2 degrees right?

[dapper granite]

yeah

[dapper granite]

i meant logistically

i was considering doing that actually and then i decided to not...

[iron cairn]

I heard duals are pretty hard tho

[dapper granite]

yeah courseload is

p heavy

[iron cairn]

@dapper granite did u get into cas?

[dapper granite]

yep

[umbral hedge]

Mostly calc sequence is terrible

Upper level not bad

I think

Difficult major but not like the most difficult imo as long as you put in the work

[iron cairn]

What you majoring

[dapper granite]

oh icic

whats the most difficult major

[dapper granite]

im doing chem

[iron cairn]

oh nice

[austere spindle]

how are you liking my goat jianqui liu

[umbral hedge]

I switched to the other 3140 and 3600

Have not had him

[foggy dove]

im an intl seeking full aid 💀

[coral umbra]

Bro u must be cracked

[foggy dove]

😭😭😭im really not

[dapper granite]

hard

[trim yoke]

well

both but

more bad than hard

math is math, its difficulty is on u

[fluid lodge]

Uh

I just had my interview

And it only lasted 10 minutes

How bad is that

[steep shard]

its ok bc penn interviews aren't evaluative anymore

[crimson cloud]

oh

i was scared cuz i didnt get one yet

[iron cairn]

10 mins wtf

what can u even do in 10 mins

@austere spindle At upenn do you think a major in math in cas with a double major in CS can prepare u for the swe/quant route

or do you think cs in seas is better option

or does both not rlly have a difference..

[heavy marten]

how tf does ur interiew last 10 min

[heavy marten]

i wish they were 😭

[fluid lodge]

They asked four questions with 0 follow up

I answered them

Then my questions

End

💀

[iron cairn]

help

[steep shard]

yea cuz the interviewers know that they don't rlly matter anymore so its mainly for u to ask them questions abt penn

[fluid lodge]

That’s fair ig

I’m just really surprised how short it was

[formal stone]

am i trippin if id take UT over Penn