Caltech (2024-2025)

[final thorn]

im keeping my other options open

[fathom flame]

NO IR DOESNT

[final thorn]

like i only really want to get in to verify my app is strong

[white mauve]

she's the only person whose ever done anything w her first name

js google it

if u are that much

[final thorn]

id lowkey take HPS over yale

[late ore]

im also a big anthropology nerd so I have to ask which indigenous group you have ancestry in
like the nahua, the purepecha, the zapotec, etc

[white mauve]

id take s over yale

not caltech tho

[late ore]

if i was at any other uni i'd minor in anthropology instead of planetary science

[final thorn]

valid

[fathom flame]

a couple but mainly aware of yucatec maya

[fathom flame]

😭

[worldly anvil]

do u do tutorials

[final thorn]

hilarious

[white mauve]

tutorials on what

[final thorn]

its a name joke little bro

[worldly anvil]

anything

it would be funny

[late ore]

that's so sick

[white mauve]

guys if i start doing tiktok will u guys watch and follow and like and subscribe

[final thorn]

yeah

[white mauve]

my chem teacher asked me

what do you wanna do in college

i said

start a youtube / tiktok

THIS WAS IN THE ITNERVIEW FOR MY REC LETTER.

[fathom flame]

bro

[white mauve]

I SAID I WANTED TO DO TIKTOK IN MY REC LETTER INTERVIEW.

[worldly anvil]

our family will make a shrine and praise you everyday

[fathom flame]

bro

[worldly anvil]

bro

[white mauve]

damn

ur a real one bro

respect

[fathom flame]

Lmdao

LMFAO

[white mauve]

everyone here is a fake

[worldly anvil]

🙏

[white mauve]

anyways i have 2 viewers now

thanks guys

[worldly anvil]

np

it will be a billion soon

trus

[late ore]

the mayan phonology and orthography is top-tier fs
i have such an interest in linguistics but i only wanna pursue it as a hobby iykwim

[white mauve]

nerdd

[worldly anvil]

[fathom flame]

ong

r u latino

[white mauve]

@late ore will you like my tiktosk

and my college decision reaction video

[fathom flame]

im gonna get fucking rejected

and then not make a video

[worldly anvil]

yes

r u gonna get a phd?

[worldly anvil]

nuh uh

we dont know yet

[white mauve]

i'll get 2 views dont worry

it'll be teh same shit

[worldly anvil]

<t:1734053880:R> we will

[fathom flame]

my mom said to not make a video cus it’ll make me sad

cus i’m gonna get rejected

[white mauve]

will u watch my video

[white mauve]

wait

ur '32

bro

ur a freshman

lock in

[worldly anvil]

already am

[fathom flame]

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/6284892/my-countdown

[worldly anvil]

I have a year to prepare

for soph

[late ore]

i dont have tiktok unfortunately 😔

[late ore]

nah im black

[worldly anvil]

good

[fathom flame]

i’m gonna eat my cat he’s too cute

[worldly anvil]

its propaganda

[fathom flame]

close enough

[late ore]

😭 real

[worldly anvil]

LMAO

[fathom flame]

u can come to the carne

[white mauve]

will you watch my youtube video

🙏

[worldly anvil]

carne

[late ore]

yes 🙏🏿

[worldly anvil]

thats meat right

[late ore]

planning to

[worldly anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/yummy-gif-26859618

[white mauve]

thanks

[worldly anvil]

what r u gonna do ur phd on

[white mauve]

i have 3 viewers

thanks guys

astrophysics probably

[fathom flame]

should i do caltech makeup

[worldly anvil]

can u send link

[late ore]

astrophysics

[worldly anvil]

pls

[white mauve]

what does that mean

💀

[worldly anvil]

oh

[worldly anvil]

YES

[fathom flame]

for the video

[worldly anvil]

pantone orange

[white mauve]

i thought u said ur not doing a video

lol

[late ore]

caltech makeup 😭
thats so real

entirely valid

[fathom flame]

my mom won’t let me post i

but i still record

[worldly anvil]

and rawr profusely in intervals for 5min

[fathom flame]

LMDAO

[late ore]

open intervals or closed intervals?

[worldly anvil]

we will watch in spirit

[worldly anvil]

you choose

[white mauve]

brah

js post it and hope she doesnt see frl

[fathom flame]

ok

i have caltech shirt

caltech shades

[worldly anvil]

damn

do u got the caltech torch

[fathom flame]

caltech water bottle to drink from before i open the portal

[worldly anvil]

become the statue of stemerity

[fathom flame]

i can draw caltech torches on my cheeks for the caltech makeup

[worldly anvil]

which cheeks

oops

[fathom flame]

??????

[worldly anvil]

left or right

[white mauve]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[worldly anvil]

😭

[white mauve]

holy shit

never cook again

[worldly anvil]

bruh

left or right cheeks

what u thinking

[fathom flame]

😢

[worldly anvil]

WHERE

[white mauve]

bro

💀

i just made a sock puppet in ap psych chat wanna see

[late ore]

bro brought out the face diagram

sure

[worldly anvil]

yes

[white mauve]

its so creepy

holdon

[worldly anvil]

[worldly anvil]

cute ngl

look like a skin in the game where u damage the puppet 😭

sickk

[white mauve]

LMFAO

[worldly anvil]

OMG IS TTHAT IT

[fathom flame]

should i draw beavers on my cheeks or torches or just “caltech”

[white mauve]

bro

[fathom flame]

LMAO

[white mauve]

lmao

[fathom flame]

IMJUSY A GIRL

[worldly anvil]

lmaooo

[fathom flame]

HAHAHHAAHAHA

[white mauve]

ur actually a geek bro

💀

[fathom flame]

IRS FOR GOOD LUCK ONG

[worldly anvil]

😭

[white mauve]

do i draw

like

bulldogs on my face

for yale

[worldly anvil]

both

[white mauve]

theres not enough space bro

[worldly anvil]

✊

your forhead

[worldly anvil]

yes draw all u can fit

[white mauve]

i have a tiny forehead tho

not much room to write stuff

anguish

[worldly anvil]

your neck maybe

or grab somebodies head

[white mauve]

who bro

[worldly anvil]

and use theirs

[white mauve]

oh word

[worldly anvil]

will u post

[white mauve]

a video? yeah

[worldly anvil]

niceee

cant wait

[white mauve]

i have to get a giant glow up tho

[worldly anvil]

u already glow in our eyes 😉

[white mauve]

nah

that's cap bro

💀

[worldly anvil]

🙏

trust

[white mauve]

my inner l ight is not bright enough to keep people viewing my youtube video

[worldly anvil]

u will be brighter than the sun

[white mauve]

nah bro

im dark

[worldly anvil]

atp put a torch in your mouth

[white mauve]

real

[worldly anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/avatar-the-last-airbender-atla-aang-ozai-remove-bending-gif-17675277

[white mauve]

ending it attempt number next

[worldly anvil]

did u apply to any other

[late ore]

if you didnt apply to anything else you're cooked. verily

[white mauve]

uh

ive applied to 17 schools so far

[late ore]

fire
I've applied to 8

[white mauve]

6 ucs 11 common app

first one is yale

[late ore]

average california resident

[worldly anvil]

alr thats good goodluck to all!!!!

[white mauve]

na

washington

we can js afford to pay fulll pay for ucs

i wouuld never go to a uc

but

[late ore]

ah

[white mauve]

my parents wanted me to apply

[late ore]

moment

[white mauve]

legit i think id be miserable at every uc

too big

too competitive

[late ore]

real
my school is super small so caltech would be ideal because of its size ngl

[worldly anvil]

is uc irvine good? why he acting like he harvard or smth

[white mauve]

uci is cool

but im not going to uci

[fathom flame]

abgs

[worldly anvil]

ur berkeloey

[white mauve]

what about abg's

if u want abgs go to ucr bro

or ucm

[late ore]

alpha beta gamma ahhh statement

[white mauve]

im not joining a frat

unless i become a serious degenerate

[late ore]

the frat hate is insane
i dont want to join one but i dont think the members of them are vile

[white mauve]

i think

hazing

is a humiliation ritual

and i think

[white mauve]

the people in frats make it their lifes journey

to be degenerate

[late ore]

yikes

[white mauve]

my cousin is in a frat and he was dating 3 girls at once for months

or

graduated frat bro

[worldly anvil]

wild

[white mauve]

he told me the tech

of how to date

several girls at once

i have no intention of using it

it'is funny tho

[fathom flame]

ok i did a test run of the caltech makeup

i feel like it’s not orange enough

[white mauve]

donald trump maxx

[fathom flame]

LMAO

[white mauve]

js draw black torches and call it a day

[late ore]

yeah so not all frats are 'degenerate' or whatever, and even if you had bad experience its not a representative sample at all
its a bit of an insulting generalization to make

[white mauve]

sure that's true

that's jus tmy personal experience

if u join a frat all power to u

[worldly anvil]

what r frats smh

r they uncs

[white mauve]

yeah

uncs

[worldly anvil]

like literal uncs

oh

figured

[white mauve]

frl

[late ore]

they're organizations that people join for social community basically

[white mauve]

mhm

most ppl ik say its paying for friends

[late ore]

idk that much about other fraternities/sororities but im most familiar w/ the divine nine

[white mauve]

lol

[worldly anvil]

thats not that bad

[late ore]

yeah there's just. problems

systematic problems

[worldly anvil]

does freedom land have moral classes?

[white mauve]

..what

[worldly anvil]

like

uh idk

we have those here

we call em esp

[white mauve]

oh

america

wdym by moral classes

[worldly anvil]

human ethics*

mb

idk if they're the same

[late ore]

ethics? sort of

[fathom flame]

some schools teach ethics

[late ore]

yeah but it varies

[worldly anvil]

ohh it should be integrated tbh

like more so

[late ore]

at my school they had character education as a 9th grade elective but we didnt do much of anything

[late ore]

i don't think it'd change much

the social rules are weird here

[worldly anvil]

yea maybe

but atleast they have knowledge about humility

[worldly anvil]

how weird 😭

worried

[late ore]

its mostly smth you have to acclimate to but as a resident in said social framework i can't really speak on it

i just know its unusual

[worldly anvil]

ive watched american movies 😭

idk if its far from reality

[fathom flame]

i just accidentally brushed my teeth with my sisters toothbrush

[late ore]

nightmare

[worldly anvil]

but like steoryoeotypes? like "britanny is the locker queen"

😭 😭

[fathom flame]

HUH

[worldly anvil]

double brush

[fathom flame]

americans do not remove their shoes in the house

[worldly anvil]

WHAT

[fathom flame]

and do not bring food for their hosts

[worldly anvil]

the dirt

[fathom flame]

(usually)

[worldly anvil]

boy

thats just

[fathom flame]

the west coast has a very relaxed social culture compared to the east coast, with upsides and downsides

for example, west coasters dress much more casually

[worldly anvil]

ca in the west ryt?

[worldly anvil]

ohh

[fathom flame]

yes

[worldly anvil]

great

where u from

[fathom flame]

washington state

[worldly anvil]

🙀

[fathom flame]

northwestern most state in the us

[worldly anvil]

capital?

[fathom flame]

olympia

[white mauve]

my piano teacher let me wear shoes in his house

[worldly anvil]

is that dc?

[white mauve]

when i took them off

he was like

what are u doing

[fathom flame]

no.

[white mauve]

keep ur shoes on

bro i js walked in dirt

[fathom flame]

DC is in the east

washington state is in the west

[worldly anvil]

o

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[worldly anvil]

that is wild 💀

imagine an asian mom seeing that

[fathom flame]

chao are you asian

[worldly anvil]

they will beat yo ahh if u contaminated the floor with a micromillimeter of dirt

[fathom flame]

nvm im braindead

[worldly anvil]

tbh idk

[white mauve]

my mom stopped putting me in piano

cuz i didnt practice

[worldly anvil]

NOOO

do u still know

[white mauve]

im actually a whitewashed asian

[worldly anvil]

alot

[white mauve]

coconut

no

lmao

[worldly anvil]

when did u stop

[white mauve]

fw months ago

[worldly anvil]

sadd

do u remember the last thing u remember that day that u remember

[worldly anvil]

wait yes

[fathom flame]

which flavor

[worldly anvil]

wild

😭

[worldly anvil]

adobo

[fathom flame]

adobo is a mexican sauce

[worldly anvil]

its a philippine dish

[fathom flame]

oh

[worldly anvil]

as well

[fathom flame]

i see

you are filipino

[worldly anvil]

yes

but i was born in britian

ain

then I flew

then im going to freedom land

its crazy

but funny thing is

I look chinese 😭

so like

[lavish crown]

less than 6 hours till I get rejected

[sterile plank]

good luck to you future pasadenites🧡

[final thorn]

You guys had rec interviews?

We had a form we filled out and sent to our counselor

And it had like 5 short versions of common college essays on there 💀

[late ore]

you had a form? we just picked ours ourselves by hand

[white mauve]

yh

[final thorn]

Deadass?

Oh for teacher recs we picked

This was just a way to circumvent our counselor not knowing us too well

[fathom flame]

same

[late ore]

yeah

[late ore]

we picked all our recs

[final thorn]

like you wrote them yourself???

[late ore]

no????

we picked who wrote them

[final thorn]

oh

we pick ours too then

if thats what u mean

[white mauve]

my counselor asked to see my ps

[late ore]

ahhh okay

[white mauve]

i js didnt do it

cuz i was lazy

[late ore]

i wasnt sure what you meant

[white mauve]

my chem teacher made me sit down and get interviewed

ush teacher made me fill out someq uestions

[late ore]

i knew all my recommenders well enough to not do interviews, but i did share my resume with them

[final thorn]

oh thats interesting

for us it was ap lit teacher but thats bc it was part of a senior portfolio project

[white mauve]

i knew mine well too

but they talked about like

asking us what qualities to write about etc

[late ore]

ahhh okay

[boreal pelican]

Ah guys Imma sleep now

And wake up to y’all either depressed

Or happy af

[late ore]

gn

[boreal pelican]

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

Good luck

[late ore]

only a few hours now 🙏🏿

[boreal pelican]

I just memorized 1.8k words

Hopefully all of it stays till tomorrow morning

💀💀

[late ore]

oh! surefire strategy right there

[sterile plank]

may the acceptance letter visit you in your dreams and in reality

[boreal pelican]

Yes yes yes please

[open rivet]

Chat I almost hit a Lamborghini while driving to volunteering does this mean something

[late ore]

😭

car avoidance luck
type yes to affirm

[open rivet]

Yes

It was a red Lamborghini and my car is blue does it represent caltech defeating mit

[late ore]

i fear so

apollo cares not for your health. the prophecies must flow

[open rivet]

🔥☠️

[lavish crown]

is it just me or why is the beaver in the top right of the portal missing

[open rivet]

Average portal astrology

I haven’t checked it since yesterday and i don’t intend to

[viscid socket]

schools normally remove assets from the portal to prevent crashing when decisions come out its not indicative of anything

[lavish crown]

oh

really

[viscid socket]

yeah

[open rivet]

Interesting

[fathom flame]

im gonna throw up

4 hours is too long

[late ore]

i can not be trusted to be alone with my thoughts

leaving school is gonna be so bad

[fathom flame]

real

[fathom flame]

what time zone r u in

[late ore]

cst

[fathom flame]

is that

2 hours after west coast?

[late ore]

yeah

[lavish crown]

at least we can first see all the princeton and harvard rejections

[open rivet]

Yes

[lavish crown]

before ours come

[late ore]

Schadenfreude ⁉️

[open rivet]

did only the beaver disappear or the entire top banner

my entire top banner is gone 💀

[thorn otter]

like 7-8% my year

[fathom flame]

ong guys

i got into another college ong

[hollow bobcat]

yes

entire

[open rivet]

alr

[hollow bobcat]

I feel so excited for this decision
Regardless of the outcome since it'll be my first

I think I put in my best

If I do get in, I'll def shoot for MIT and ivies
If I don't then I'll have to crank up safeties

If I get deffered then that'll suck

[fathom flame]

i have had 2 now

😢

[open rivet]

only one 🗣️ 🔥

[hollow bobcat]

2 accepts bro

1 accept too lol

[fathom flame]

bro they’re both like 80% AR

[open rivet]

mine was the safest safety ever bro

they were emailing the shit out of my email becaues they wanted me SOOOO badly 😭

[fathom flame]

mine are

nmsu and plu

[open rivet]

PLUH 🗣️

what is plu

[fathom flame]

pacific lutheran university

[open rivet]

i see

me when im lowk a chill guy and dont gaf about college

https://tenor.com/view/chill-guy-chill-guy-just-a-chill-guy-relax-gif-1579445140409713118

im so chill guys

[hollow bobcat]

Broooo
You reminding me about how upenn disturbing me with emails too

I think Harvard is like the only ivy that doesn't advertise

[open rivet]

Columvia emailed me so much I put them in spam

[hollow bobcat]

Lol, I hate hate hate columbia

cuz of their core curriculum

music and art are just disgusting to study

I love painting and I love listening to music

But omg not to study it

[open rivet]

Music theory is interesting to study

Mathyfying music basically

[late ore]

I've never touched music ngl
In terms of studying that is

I listen to it constantly

[white mauve]

i used to listen to music

[open rivet]

I’m self studying AP music theory I need to lock in 😀

[white mauve]

now i like to be on facetime

or like call w someone

n js yap

[open rivet]

Ok

[hollow bobcat]

Swrssm I was like Ok too

[rose moon]

good luck guys!

[hollow bobcat]

Wait, did anyon eget IDOC for caltech?

Or any confirmation of CSS profile sent?

[open rivet]

Idr

[hollow bobcat]

I'm bad with acronyms sorry

[open rivet]

I don’t remember

[rose moon]

i didn't

[hollow bobcat]

Oh ok
Cuz they're financial department looks like they on off OR I wasted 25 dolls to get rejected

[rose moon]

oh r u international

[hollow bobcat]

Yes, I am lol

[rose moon]

that could be why

[hollow bobcat]

Why what

[rose moon]

why you got idoc

[hollow bobcat]

Oh no, I didn't get

That's what I'm saying

[rose moon]

oh idt anyone has lol

[hollow bobcat]

Ohk, thanks lol

The Beaver is back on the portal lol

Just gonna drop him here

[fathom flame]

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/6284892/my-countdown

[open rivet]

😀

No

[fathom flame]

stePHDen i feel sick

i feel like im gonna vomit up

the 2 things i ate today

[viscid socket]

calling the humanities disgusting is wild

[fathom flame]

frl

[viscid socket]

most normal STEM major

[fathom flame]

i love hum

mostly history and politics though

[hollow bobcat]

No offence
Infact I'm double majoring in a humanity(if that's correct) at caltech or at least that's what I applied as

But def not music or art. I just naturally dislike both

[open rivet]

No same

I don’t want to eat dinner

[fathom flame]

i feel naseus

naseous

[open rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/blåhaj-haj-mobil-weeeeee-speed-driving-gif-5591280404365460062

[white mauve]

are u okay bro

[fathom flame]

i feel NASEOUS

[open rivet]

My jaw hirts

Hurts

[white mauve]

i couldnt eat today

it's good

i ate

two bites of breakfast

and 3 of lunch

😍

[lavish crown]

i woke up from a forced nape

nap

I want to punch something

[white mauve]

real

[lavish crown]

LOLLLLLL harvard and princeton came out

[open rivet]

My life ends in an hour and 24m

[fathom flame]

me too

[hollow bobcat]

Don't make me take it deep tooo 😭

[open rivet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/969280119015358495/1215360031093035028/E7E2D12D-4C89-4515-90C5-D9B21F69B02B-1.gif

https://tenor.com/view/cat-on-fire-sitting-edited-on-fire-fire-gif-17645117

Insane cat

[gilded flame]

caltech

rah

[open rivet]

Ok

[open rivet]

Swwdesewawwff

[hollow bobcat]

So we have like 40 minutes left right?

[fathom flame]

48

[hollow bobcat]

oh yh acc

already tired

it's 1 58am in my country

[open rivet]

I genuinely can not eat bruh

Imma throw up

[crisp iris]

Get hyped 🔥

Good luck!!!!

[late ore]

RAHHHH

thirty minutes!!

[open rivet]

i feel like im gonna pass out regardless of decision

thats gonna be embarassing 😭

[late ore]

its okay bro
just keep breathing and drink water

you'll live on

[open rivet]

i drank a lot of water it aint working

im not sure about the living part but

[late ore]

start breathing more then

[sterile plank]

thirty minutes!

[open rivet]

i wore my caltech shirt so i hope that does something lmfao

[sterile plank]

y'all got this

[late ore]

fr

[white mauve]

if u guys dont get in ill start roasting the school for u guys

as a better rea applicant (yale)

[wary plume]

be realistic guys only 3% of people get in youre very likely to get denied even if ur the best

[late ore]

its too close to the deadline to doom

[white mauve]

is caltech rea really 3%

[late ore]

have some faith

everyone says it is

[white mauve]

whats the overall ar

i thought it was like 10

[late ore]

isnt the rea and overall the same

[carmine lark]

no its low af

[white mauve]

wait

[late ore]

3%

[white mauve]

its 2.7%????????

fuck i might drop it

[carmine lark]

yeah

[white mauve]

not tryna get egoed that hard

😂

[carmine lark]

when does it come out?

[late ore]

in 28 minutes

[white mauve]

28 minutes

[late ore]

27

[open rivet]

ok thanks bro

[late ore]

im wearing my "it is what it is" shirt because even though I know whats gonna happen it'll all turn out fine

[open rivet]

lmao real

[wary plume]

https://tenor.com/view/mind-reader-hypnotize-thinking-reading-your-mind-gif-4463445

[sterile plank]

true

[open rivet]

changed my life fr

[wary plume]

@open rivet @late ore @foggy ocean getting denied

[sterile plank]

in front of you are three paths and they all lead to future success

[open rivet]

what

[wary plume]

what!

now if u get denied you can blame me instead of yourself

youre welcome

[open rivet]

the last person is applying to grad school lil bro

[late ore]

😭 yeah

[white mauve]

should i start roasting caltech now

or should i wait

for a/d/r

[open rivet]

wait

[sterile plank]

all things considered there aren't too many things to roast imho

except maybe its size theres less students there than my hs

[late ore]

they have 10x as many students as my school 😭

[white mauve]

yes there are

u have not met me yet

[sterile plank]

you're right, i have not met you yet

[white mauve]

real

[bright fjord]

Hello folks

[white mauve]

anyways caltech is boutta get flamed in 17 minutes

[sterile plank]

exciting times

[sterile plank]

hii

[late ore]

reading asimov to pass the time

[sterile plank]

whats your favorite short story of his

[late ore]

THE LAST QUESTION

by far

[sterile plank]

classic

[late ore]

reading the foundation series rn

[sterile plank]

for me its a tie between that and nightfall

(the short story, havent read the novel)

[open rivet]

Emotional support birds

[white mauve]

good luck guys

[white mauve]

one brownie to another you'll be fine

[open rivet]

I ate two brownies today

The food

[white mauve]

we are two brownies

the people

[open rivet]

Ok

[white mauve]

good luck

stephen

fuck my eyes aer so itchy

a bunch of my friends got into cornell so now i have to wait for caltech

[sterile plank]

one more minute!

[white mauve]

isnt it

11

?

[open rivet]

It’s 848

False information

[sand basin]

!caltech

[stray mirage]

Caltech REA Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1734053880:F> in your local time
Caltech REA until the decision date

[open rivet]

The email says 548

Pst

[sterile plank]

someone typed it into the bot wrong

[open rivet]

Yeah

[sterile plank]

mb guys

[open rivet]

Fake

[white mauve]

someone put it into the bot wrong lmao

[open rivet]

I think I will check at 850

Or 849

I need someone to check before me ☠️

[lusty belfry]

do u have to send all sat scores or just highest

[lavish crown]

i predict a rejection

[sterile plank]

5 more minutes!

[open rivet]

Same

Ngkdmasnsjas

[white mauve]

4

[void yew]

3

[open rivet]

Leave me

[sterile plank]

2!

[bright fjord]

Boioioioing

[hollow bobcat]

damn, i'm about to click record for my reaction video 😭

[bright fjord]

Real asf

[open rivet]

I’m dying

[white mauve]

one minute

[sterile plank]

1 more minute!

[white mauve]

30 seconds

good luck guys

[open rivet]

Who’s going firsr

[white mauve]

https://time.is/

me

[open rivet]

I’m checking at 850

[white mauve]

good luck

:)

[open rivet]

DROP GUYS

[knotty quest]

Good fucking luck guys]

[sterile plank]

good luck!

[white mauve]

howd you guys do

?

[rose moon]

deferred

[white mauve]

it's okay

thast still good

good job

[knotty quest]

Where's astro

[knotty quest]

Don't worry

Caltech defers barely anyone

It means you're still competitive

[rose moon]

yea it's fine

[white mauve]

damn

this thread dead asl

where yall at

@late ore

[carmine lark]

@fathom flame

[white mauve]

she got in

[lavish marten]

E

[void yew]

where is everyone

[sterile plank]

crickets thread

[knotty quest]

🦗 🦗 🦗

[lusty belfry]

my friend got in

[lavish marten]

W

[knotty quest]

@late ore HOLY SHIT

CONGRATS

OH MY GOD

[late ore]

THANK YOU AAAAHHHH
this isnt real

[white mauve]

wait

u GOT IN?

YOOOO

[sterile plank]

BANGER

[rose moon]

congrats guys!

[open rivet]

i got rejected 😍 🔥

god is good guys

[white mauve]

aww

it's okay

i'll strat roasting soon

[open rivet]

yes

[white mauve]

• worse stem school with a beaver mascot? tryna be like mit so badly?
• "i go to the california institute of technology, yeah" "NONONO ITS NOT A STATE SCHOOL"
• everyone there wants to die

let me think of some more

[open rivet]

💀

[quartz knoll]

hey yall

who in

[open rivet]

its ok at least im not bawling like i did for ssp

i dont feel anything 🙏

[white mauve]

• only relevancy is young sheldon
• class size tiny as fuck
• stanfordi s better anyways

[quartz knoll]

vro they didnt even look at my ssp app cuz i forgot a letter of rec

[hollow bobcat]

Rejected. Omg, I could cry

[quartz knoll]

woah hey

[open rivet]

twin 🙏

not the crying

its ok i feel relieved

i dont feel like vomiting anymore

[rose moon]

i got rejected ssp 💀

[white mauve]

me too omg

[rose moon]

i did not know how to write essays for ssp

instead i am working for the military industrial complex

[hollow bobcat]

I don't even know what to say. My parents are sleeping

[white mauve]

real

<3

[quartz knoll]

ill see u inthe discord gang

[lusty belfry]

ssp is lowkey fradulent

[hollow bobcat]

I suppose I should feel that way. Lemme let loose a bit

[knotty quest]

They perma waitlist everyone

Don't have the heart to reject 💔

[fleet violet]

Congrats to everyone who got in

[lusty belfry]

nah cause my friend went there and he hated it

but yeah i also got perma wl

[white mauve]

they rejected me lmao

💀

[open rivet]

same

[white mauve]

damn

we're just ass

[lavish crown]

I got rejected

@fathom flame did u get in

[white mauve]

she did

[white mauve]

keep ur head up homie

[hollow bobcat]

I just keep on staring at the letter and wonder

[white mauve]

i get it

[hollow bobcat]

What could I have done bette

[severe bay]

i did not get rejected

[open rivet]

chat should i still apply to mit

[white mauve]

a?

[lusty belfry]

dw bro u got rd

[white mauve]

d?

[white mauve]

mhm

[lusty belfry]

mit is better anyways

[severe bay]

nah

[severe bay]

nah

[white mauve]

oh did u js not apply

lmao

[open rivet]

🔥

[severe bay]

(i didnt even apply)

[white mauve]

real

me too omg!

[lavish crown]

i might

..............

[white mauve]

it's alright

i get it

take some time

[lavish crown]

i waited the whole day

for this

[white mauve]

it's okay

[lavish crown]

i haven't even started my rd apps

[white mauve]

it's alright

[lavish crown]

i hate this

[open rivet]

its ok tomorrow is a massive locking in day

[white mauve]

i get it

it sucks

[open rivet]

i will be so productive

[white mauve]

genuinely

[lavish crown]

You think if I email them they will tell me why i got rejected

[white mauve]

dont sweat it man

genuinely

[sterile plank]

it will be a new day tomorrow.

[white mauve]

i know it sucks

take the time to process it

but you can't let this ruin your life

[foggy ocean]

Why am I here

I ddnt even apply to caltech for grad school

[open rivet]

nah bro was right

@wary plume ru happy

[wary plume]

cuh

idk u

[open rivet]

oh

[wary plume]

y would i care

rsorry to hear that tho

im sure your denial wont stop you from greatness 🙂

[lavish crown]

i might just not apply rd

[open rivet]

yes im going to take over the world now and my first target will be caltech

[lavish crown]

I really thought I had it for a second

[open rivet]

ok now im just impatient like im not waiting until january for results now 💀

and march

[hollow bobcat]

I feel so stupid atm
I shouldn't have opened it
Now I'm exhausted, sad and frustrated

Maybe heartbroken

[quartz knoll]

LMAOO

[severe bay]

erm

i present to you

SoCaltech!!!!!

[open rivet]

🔥

[white mauve]

LOL

[open rivet]

im going there fr

shi

[severe bay]

sob

[hollow bobcat]

Damn, exact same letter

[open rivet]

I predicted the future no way ⁉️

[crisp iris]

Can't believe Caltech rejected a seer... missing out fr

[open rivet]

ok on the bright side this frees me up to do whatever

i can now run into the wild and no one will think im insane, theyll just think its a college decision side effect

[hollow bobcat]

Acc, Im happy now

International acc rate is like 0.25% so at least I tried

[lavish crown]

I spent so much time on the Caltech REA app

im cooked for rd

[rose moon]

lmao my internship mentor made me make a project for him since he had a conference right before EAs 💀

issok i still cooked on my apps

[boreal pelican]

Wait guys all rejects?😭😭

[rose moon]

some ppl got accepted

i got deferred

[boreal pelican]

Yeah I’m trying to read the texts

[rose moon]

does anyone know the actual deferral rate btw

[boreal pelican]

Congrats

[rose moon]

you get in?

[boreal pelican]

Haven’t checked ahah

[rose moon]

🫡

[boreal pelican]

Checking tonight

Literally JUST woke up

It’s 6am

[plain zinc]

The amazing institute of Caltech

Big fan

[rose moon]

international students in r/a2c are typically cracked

u probably got in

[boreal pelican]

Don’t say that💀💀

[late ore]

afaik 2 of us have gotten accepted so far (based on #✨-celebration-station )
idk abt anything else

[rose moon]

2 is allat

[late ore]

fr

[rose moon]

nearly 1% of the student body 💙

[late ore]

so true

[plain zinc]

Congrats to those admitted

[late ore]

thanks!

[plain zinc]

Lmk if you have questions , I had to make this decision two yrs ago and have a few friends at Caltech

[late ore]

after some time I might ask an AO

not sure tho

i think its ~5%? idk

[rose moon]

copium abt to go through the roof

[plain zinc]

My understanding is that it’s quite low

[late ore]

it is very low yeah

[thorn otter]

i have two friends at harvard who applied to caltech REA and got rejected

just thought abt that

[plain zinc]

Caltech rejects are quite common at other institutes

I mean ultimately only like 400-500 people get in per year

[late ore]

omg ty for your advice by the way
it helped a ton over the summer 🫡

[rose moon]

applied RD im guessing?

[thorn otter]

WAIT

YOU

YOUUUUUUUUUUU

IM SO PROUD FO YOU

WTF

[late ore]

YESSS

THANK YOUUU

[plain zinc]

I applied RD yes

[thorn otter]

I MANIFESTED THIS I SAW GREATNESS

I FULLY CREDIT MYSELF

FOR THIS

[rose moon]

someone from my school applied RD caltech last year with MOP, usaco plat, sports (not recruited but pretty good), an internship (the same one i have this yr), and reserch (i think mites?) and got rejected RD ☠️

he applied mit EA and caltech probably thought he wouldn't go to caltech i guess

[plain zinc]

I know some medalists that didn’t make it to CIT

[rose moon]

well he chose mit over stanford

[rose moon]

yea that's why i asked RD cuz if ur a camper and u apply RD that's probably sending a message

[plain zinc]

Not a camper

I did a lot of research

[rose moon]

oh i meant the ppl u knew

[late ore]

idk how in the world i made it
i've only won a few things and none of them have been big awards (did hella research though)

[rose moon]

caltech does professor review so they probably like research

[plain zinc]

Oh the medalists I am referring to are international, effectively all US guys who make the international team end up at mit

[rose moon]

oh lmao yea sorry for not clarifying

[plain zinc]

Yeah research is great! What area were you working on

[late ore]

exoplanet atmospheres

[plain zinc]

Very cool; I assume you’re prospective physics or astrophysics then?

[late ore]

yep

astrophys

[rose moon]

i applied cs+cds

[thorn otter]

the world is not ready for us

omg im so happy for u i kept staring at ur pfp with dejavu

[late ore]

LITERALLY

[late ore]

thank you 😭
i actually can't believe it

[thorn otter]

omg

im actually partially swithcing majors tho LOLL but not fully

instead of physics + astro im doing earth science + astro and considering a minor in archaeology :)

ive been finding myself liking more of the macrosciences lately

so EXOPLANETS aren't ready for us

[late ore]

omg i love that
i've gotten into planetary sciences a lot more recently because of exoplanets so i entirely vibe with that

[thorn otter]

yaaa for sure

i just love the things i can see around me so much

im like rly looking into geophysics

[late ore]

oooh

I'm gonna have to learn so much chemistry if i wanna look at exoplanets but thats okay because i am up to the challenge

research, exoplanets and gravitational lensing

never did isef

both

[thorn otter]

ive grownt o love chemistry

chem was lowkey my enemy

sophomore year

but im growing to love it again

[thorn otter]

OK FLEX

[late ore]

our school doesn't have a chem teacher 😭
so I'm basically self-studying this ap

its so bad

grav. lensing was on my own but exoplanets is w/ a prof

[late ore]

😭 ngl with the prof i just got unimaginably lucky

[thorn otter]

self studying chem is evil

[late ore]

not really

its a lot of python

[thorn otter]

im interested in grav lensing so you'd have to teach me >:)

exoplanets in a lab is crazy

me with a chunk of planet on my desk

[late ore]

fr like where are you gonna find a big enough lab 😭

[thorn otter]

nah i get yu LMFAO

[late ore]

ofc
its simultaneously not as bad as you think and worse
it took me months to get the math behind everything

[quasi root]

yooo

[late ore]

but the concept is easy

[quasi root]

did rea drop

[thorn otter]

math 😟

[late ore]

yeah

ofc I did something
you haven't seen the pages and pages of notes

math...

[thorn otter]

AURA

[thorn otter]

nvm thats all you sweetie 💜

[late ore]

LMAO

[thorn otter]

wait i know what like a lot of that means im so cool

[late ore]

the basic gist of it is that there's two objects in your line of sight, and one of them is reasonably big (a star)
you can use the fact that gravity bends light to see how the star (the lens) warps the background object (like a galaxy for example; the source) and find their properties based on that

[thorn otter]

mhm yaya

what made you interested in that? is there a lot of overlap with exoplants

[late ore]

if a planet is around that star, it bends light a bit different, and you can measure that bending to find properties of the planet

[thorn otter]

right

OH YES

that

that one

[late ore]

yep

[late ore]

being so fr i was looking at past winning projects and narrowing topics down
i considered transit surveys but those were everywhere and so I picked gravitational microlensing
learned as much as i could and bashed my head against papers for 3 months until I found a niche nobody had looked into

then i just. taught myself the math, taught myself python (i had no prior experience), and then did it because I could

thats literally it 😭
i wasnt part of a fancy research program or anything i just decided I was doing it and did it

[thorn otter]

That shows lkke immense dedication and hardwork ngl

Like wow

Idk if i couldve brought myself to do all that in hs

I did a researxh program

[late ore]

yeah you told me!

[late ore]

by far one of the most absurd and crazy things I've done

[quasi root]

i did sum similar with my programming language project ‼️ lets go independnet projects!!!

i just need to figure out how to put that into a research supp 😭

[rugged geyser]

yo

which one?

[late ore]

its okay you got this

[thorn otter]

And yk what- thats what they love and im sure you got a lot out of it too

[thorn otter]

Its p small so i wont dox it💀