Caltech (2024-2025)

[glacial dock]

we dunno if it's

17 or 32

[late ore]

oh this is a fun riddle

[bronze horizon]

this was for x=32

[dense nacelle]

isnt it 17

[bronze horizon]

yes but some are saying 32

[steady willow]

did you all do it by u substitution?

[outer relic]

guys it comes out at 10 am

[late ore]

its 17 guys

[indigo inlet]

The integral if you graph it approaches 0.5 regardless of how many minors over 10, 0.5 * 20 is 10 so its 10AM

[viscid socket]

the answer is ~10.3745 but it said to round down to two sigfigs so the decimals dont matter lol

[steady willow]

thanks for the clarification, I misread the integral

So, it's 10:37. then?

[steady willow]

sounds good, thank you!

[brave fiber]

Is 10 two sig figs

ChatGPT says sometimes

[late ore]

no

id just assume sometime between 10 and 10:30 generally

[brave fiber]

So then is it at 11 possibly

[wanton fable]

Yeah I mean sometimes it is

[late ore]

i dont see why it would be

you're not rounding up

its also counterintuitive

admissions isnt gonna make one of their riddles unsolvable, so its probably the most obvious answer

[late ore]

bro is covering up the variable to integrate with respect to 😭

[open rivet]

it was 1/1 *s - pm0

but the 1/1 looks like the t

the answer was 12.5

[late ore]

😭

[brave fiber]

So they hate us and want us to die

[late ore]

they've probably been getting a deluge of emails
but yeah most likely

[brave fiber]

You had it so easy

All you had to do was run print statements

[late ore]

i mean 😭
rea i guess

[open rivet]

Yeah like wtf

The difference in ease is so funny

[shut marlin]

this wasn't much harer or easier

you can just plug the integral in wolfram

[open rivet]

then why is everyone still tweaking out over it

[bronze horizon]

bc theyre trying to solve it by hand

even though its impossible

The integral only has an analytic solution for infinite bounds

[late ore]

yeah afaik there's no elementary antiderivative for trig functions with x^2 inside

you gotta approximate it

[open rivet]

when you're so intelligent it loops back to being dumb (no offense to whoever wrote the problem but like)

[bronze horizon]

I got excited when I saw the integral

Because the past few puzzles have been incredible easy

the RD ones I mean, not even talking about the REA

I think last year's RD was just logarithmic manipulation or something

Caltech should really give harder puzzles

For a school that only accepts 250 or so undergrads a year it's an insult to their intellect to make them copy paste Python print statements as a "riddle"

or type things into wolfram

Make us suffer

Make us solve the Laplace equations for fluid flow or smth

[late ore]

😭

i dont think its really meant to be difficult i think its meant to be a general test
like "if you cant do this why are you applying" so it only covers material they expect you to have seen already

like they expect you to have taken calculus so they include it

just my personal thoughts tho

[outer relic]

Fr they’re not tryna give you like an unsolved problem just to see ur decision it was never that deep

[late ore]

the decision date question but its just like a millenium prize problem 😭

[outer relic]

LMAOOOAOOAOAO exactly so unnecessary

I can’t wait to meet the people who solve it in RD 😛

[late ore]

so true

[glacial dock]

wait I'm stupid

10.37 to two sig figs is 10

10.37 doesn't literally mean 10:37

[raw mortar]

yeah thats true

10 written as-is technically has only one significant figure

[viscid socket]

i wouldnt say the people in the thread are stupid, moreso that caltech intentionally made it confusing by adding the sigfig part when they almost never release decisions on the hour

[glacial dock]

We're stupid mostly means I'm stupid lol

[viscid socket]

i mean i did the problem just for fun and was very confused about the sigfig part lmao

[glacial dock]

Lol.

[viscid socket]

especially since the answer is obviously a time when rounded to two decimals

[glacial dock]

Future Caltech students

Being confused by sigfigs

[viscid socket]

i go to usc man i have no pull in this game

[forest plume]

10.37 might mean 10:22

[raw mortar]

explain

[forest plume]

bc there are 60 minutes in an hour

.37 * 60 is 22.2

[raw mortar]

oh, i understand

wait no, that wouldn't make sense then

wait am i tripping or dd a bunch of previous messages delete

[forest plume]

ur tripping

[dreamy ravine]

They did

prolly cause no portal Astro talk allowed

[raw mortar]

oh

gotcha

[forest plume]

u guys are funny

[dreamy ravine]

bro it’s not allowed y’all stop talking abt Astro 😭

asking to be deleted

tsk tsk

[viscid socket]

if you keep talking about it you’ll be muted for 24 hours

[quasi root]

👅

[bronze horizon]

😭 rip

[brave fiber]

Davis moment

Anyone who didn’t log on before 3pm PT still cannot access their decision

This also happened last year

[vapid oasis]

Which banner?

[bronze horizon]

I think im stressing out too much but searching through the Caltech portal source code

[sinful pecan]

this is the definition if portal astrology 😭

[bronze horizon]

😭

[viscid socket]

source code hints are a myth

[bronze horizon]

I know but still lol

When you're desperate all logic goes out the window

[normal vine]

not really right cause we're rounding to 10? it would be 10. (w/ a dot)

[raw mortar]

thats exactly what i said...

the number 10 as-is is not two significant figures

10. (w/ a dot) is

[normal vine]

oh

sorry i didnt see it 😭

[raw mortar]

no worries lol

[glacial dock]

I mean it doesn't matter because they're equivalent?

idk anything else is just a semantics argument

[raw mortar]

this is very caltech-like tho 😭

[steady willow]

Why do they play with our emotions 😭

[muted leaf]

Caltech why u do me like this

😭

[muted leaf]

Email astro isnt allowed

[viscid socket]

if you talk about portal astro or email astro you will be muted

its leading to speculation, thats why we've deleted questions about it

[viscid socket]

please read the last message before you send stuff

decisions literally come out in 12 hours theres no reason for you to speculate

once again if you get an email and you speculate on your admissions decision in here because of it you will be muted

[late ore]

regardless I agree with that

[steady willow]

does caltech waitlist?

[dreamy ravine]

yeah

[raw mortar]

by the way, where can you find the waitlist section on the portak?

i dont see it

the place where you can update

[clear axle]

its gone now

[raw mortar]

oh gotcha

what happened to it?

[clear axle]

not sure lol

[raw mortar]

kk

[fathom flame]

No email astro😔😔

[native carbon]

theres a channels and roles tab

[late ore]

leads to unnecessary speculation
you can check #📜-rules if you want, its rule 4

[charred loom]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1b9wqmw/tell_me_bad_things_about_caltech_and_mit/

This gonna make the decisions hurt less guys

[steady willow]

how are we feeling everyone?

[floral roost]

Pessimistic

[steady willow]

can't blame you haha

[sudden vessel]

Did you get in early action?

Wait you’d already be in the discord if that was true

I guess solve the riddle and find out

[south vigil]

no, i didn't apply early to caltech

[sudden vessel]

Okay

That’s an interesting email

[south vigil]

oh the riddle is just the same fresnal integral thing

[sudden vessel]

Oh that’s bizarre

Must be a mistake?

[south vigil]

i'm guessing there was a mistake and this was for applicants who got in during EA

and the integral is again to let them know the time

[past badger]

I'd recommend checking with anyone else u know who's applied to CalTech to see if they got the same email

[sudden vessel]

Apparently, several people on the subreddit have got it

Also why are people freaking out about the beaver

Blud has just been chilling in the corner of the page for the whole application cycle

@south vigil so what I’m reading is that Caltech might have prematurely accepted all of its admits

That’s crazy

[wanton fable]

Guess I'm outta luck

One can hope

[sudden vessel]

There’s still the waitlist

[raw mortar]

it didn't lmfao.

the emails were meant exclusively

for

rea/questbridge admits

[sudden vessel]

Well then they sent some of them by mistake

[raw mortar]

yes.

[sudden vessel]

💀

[raw mortar]

someone on the caltech admit server confirmed

[sudden vessel]

So they were sent randomly or were they sent to the admits 💀

[raw mortar]

im not sure, but ik that there was a mistake

you'd need to ask somebody who got into REA

like @late ore

[sudden vessel]

I did

[wanton fable]

I heard next to nobody gets off the wait-list

[raw mortar]

that's just speculation dude

[sudden vessel]

do something noteworthy is crazy

Let me go solve an equation real quick

[floral roost]

Yeah... I mean what defines noteworthy....

[sudden vessel]

I’m talking like I’m good enough to get on the waitlist anyway

[elder wing]

Thank God the email doesnt mean anything

[sudden vessel]

My and my 750 math ass

[elder wing]

Earlier i received a css code meant for someone else, caltech going mad this yr

[sudden vessel]

California Institute of Technology, ladies and gentlemen

[elder wing]

I mean didnt ruchir just say it

Or is he kidding

I mean caltech only admits 200, and the amount of people that ive seen receiving it on reddit, collegeconfi and everywhere

its not possible for all of them to be admits

[sudden vessel]

You’d think you’d actually see more if they were for admits

I think they said they were taking 235 students this year

[floral roost]

245

[wanton fable]

They accept a total of less than 300 people?

[floral roost]

last year, they accepted total 315 i think

[raw mortar]

they accept more people that they can offer, because of their yield rate

which is why the waitlist for Caltech means a lot

compared to other unis

[elder wing]

But theyre trying to take less and then take off the waitlist

[raw mortar]

im not an AO, but I would assume they are accepting people who would likely commit to caltech in a heartbeat

and then pick from the waitlist

[sudden vessel]

Jesus Christ

[raw mortar]

what do they want me to do 😭

i clocked out after february

[floral roost]

yes... seriously what else can we do

[sudden vessel]

I would commit to Caltech pretty rapidly if I knew that I would succeed there

[wanton fable]

Me with Purdue wait-list

[raw mortar]

all im doing is maintaing my grades lol

[sudden vessel]

But I’m worried that because I couldn’t get as good of an education as most people there I’d fail

[elder wing]

I mean im not even gettin in so ill just go

[raw mortar]

nah caltech is collaboration oriented

you'll be fine

i think

[wanton fable]

Some people don't graduate in 4 years anyways. Nothing to worry about

[sudden vessel]

Like the absolute best I could get from my high school is an online Calc AB equivalent class

Shitty ahh rural high school

[raw mortar]

which

is stilll good

cause you have a calculus class!!

did you get an A?

on both?

semesters

[sudden vessel]

First semester yeah

Still in second semester

But I expect an A

Integrals are easier

[raw mortar]

i love integrals

[wanton fable]

Nerds

[sudden vessel]

Finding the volume of a goofy ahh shape is fun

[raw mortar]

i got a C one semester, but am hoping that my multiple AIME quals make up for it

albeit i took calc BC

they're very picky

[sudden vessel]

There are no AIME testing centers within like 200 miles of me

[raw mortar]

😭

[cold needle]

3.5 hours to gooo

[sudden vessel]

I hadn’t even heard of it until I joined this server

I just vibed and did my own thing through high school

Which meant being really good at a lot of things

It’s 3

[bright fjord]

zoinks

im goin 2 bed fr

Ill wake up in 3 and a half hours and tell yall what I got lol

Probably a rejection I reread one of my supps and it was steaming dogshit

[wanton fable]

I read my supps and found grammer issues

Idk how I missed those

Read it like 3 times

[glacial dock]

I did my app at 3am

[muted leaf]

😭😭

[charred loom]

2 hours now 😭

[bronze horizon]

I wrote my supps in 10 minutes each a week before the deadline so yall probably doing better than I am

[sudden vessel]

I did in fact get the Caltech email it was just in spam or something

[bronze horizon]

Is it the one that tells you to welcome your future classmates in the discord but doesnt give you the discord link

[sudden vessel]

Yeah

Goofy ahh mistake on their part

[bronze horizon]

Yeah i think someone said it was an email sent out to REA and QB kids that accidentally got mass sent out

I wish ivy rejection simulator had one for caltech

Why do they have gtech but not caltech

[sudden vessel]

The funny thing is not everybody got one

Very few people got one

So it’s the mad scramble to find out what the people who got one have in common

[bronze horizon]

bruh what

thats crazy lol

[sudden vessel]

I’m on college confidential rn talking about it

They’re all presuming it was accidentally sent to some of the admits but I don’t think so

[bronze horizon]

Yeha I doubt it with caltech being so selective

[sudden vessel]

It is rather curious why the UG Admit office has some of our names

I’m not getting my hopes up at all though

Computers are weird, anything can glitch

[sudden vessel]

Especially because of my 750 math score 💀

[bronze horizon]

Watch it be smth really mundane like student ID numbering or smth

[sudden vessel]

💀

Or first letter of surname

[bronze horizon]

99% thats the case

like some unique identifier ordering gimmick

[sudden vessel]

Some operator failed and their parameters to send it to REA and QB admits also looped in a few other people

[split crater]

in their CDS they said they accepted 0 off the waitlist

[bronze horizon]

most likely

[clear axle]

didn’t they accept 15?

[muted leaf]

Aren’t they going to admit less people this and take more Off the waitlist

[clear axle]

or was that a different year

[honest linden]

Yeah that's what I heard

[muted leaf]

Same

[raw mortar]

i got a 730 math score

ur doing better than me

[sudden vessel]

Real asf man

[split crater]

8900 applicants

surely

surely i hear positive result

(im coping)

[steady willow]

This is so hard

Nearly an hour left

Every minute passes like I’m in dilated time

[steady willow]

How ironic, considering it’s an Institute of Technology

[raw mortar]

i remember someone petitioned Caltech to change their name to California Learning Institute of Technology so that it could be abbreviated to clit

[sudden vessel]

Beautiful

Maybe they’ll learn where to find it

Or even get a girlfriend in the first place

[wanton fable]

Everyone makes mistakes

[steady willow]

I visited caltech, and some student group had posters that petitioned to change the mascot to a turtle or frog (idr), because the beaver matched with that of MIT, and they thought that it is inferior

[bronze horizon]

True, and it's not like the nobel prize winning faculty at Caltech are the ones managing the email list

[steady willow]

Absolutely true, I’m just amused haha

[raw mortar]

its prolly just a hired engineer

[bronze horizon]

AOs are AOs and they can make a mistake

[bronze horizon]

If they use slate for application management they prob have some hired engineer or 3rd party firm handling all this grunt work

[loud coyote]

How long till decisions release?

[glacial dock]

Surely the 35 is not the reason I get rejected

[bronze horizon]

it was turtle I think bc of the pond

[glacial dock]

An hour

[sudden vessel]

One hour and seven minutes

[steady willow]

Ahh yeah that makes sense

[muted leaf]

I think its mines, my math is too low

[sudden vessel]

My math is too low too

750

[wanton fable]

An insane score to complain about

[bronze horizon]

True, but given that it's caltech I can see the anxiety

[sudden vessel]

Isn’t their math median like literally 800

[glacial dock]

Mine was reading lmaoooo

[muted leaf]

A 750?? I got a 32 on my math act 😭😭

[bronze horizon]

Their 25th percentile is 790 💀

[sudden vessel]

I got that accidental admit email but I’m convinced that means nothing

[muted leaf]

Reading I can do!

[muted leaf]

Ern

Erm

Sure!

[wanton fable]

At least I got 790

[muted leaf]

Dont get muted now

[sudden vessel]

Yeah

I’m saying it means nothing

[glacial dock]

Yeah but idt im gonna get rejected because of that lmaooo

[charred loom]

What was their english median?

[sudden vessel]

No portal astrology allowed

[wanton fable]

Only an hour left now

[steady willow]

What does that mean?

[muted leaf]

😭😭

It is one part to the application

Just

[sudden vessel]

More importantly what’s the average showers per week

I hear they don’t admit people who take more than three per week

[wanton fable]

People see changes to their portal and think it means something related to their decision

[steady willow]

Oh okay, got it

[sudden vessel]

Sometimes emails too

[steady willow]

How many deferred in the house!!???

[wanton fable]

Like "my portal doesn't show this anymore but everyone else can see it. Accepted??"

[steady willow]

Ohhh

[sudden vessel]

Astrology can sometimes be accurate but it’s really stupid because it just adds stress

[wanton fable]

"Astrology can sometimes be accurate"

[steady willow]

That makes total sense

[glacial dock]

I make this mistake every fucking time

[wanton fable]

A broken clock is right twice a day

[glacial dock]

I said I wasn't gonna be emotionally invested

Yet I am

[steady willow]

Correct 😂😂

[glacial dock]

Fuck

This is an abusive relationship

[sudden vessel]

I literally do not care if I get accepted or rejected

[wanton fable]

Breakup. (Withdraw your app)

[steady willow]

I know right. It’s always down to the emotional wire no matter how much you try to condition yourself

[sudden vessel]

I have a fucking awesome safety school to go to

[glacial dock]

Can't anymore

[bronze horizon]

Everyone right now who's stressing about the email should take a shower at this moment

And that includes me

[glacial dock]

Ik I have no chance

[charred loom]

False news

[glacial dock]

Just

Hoping

[sudden vessel]

Guys my portal says welcome to Caltech, did I get rejected?!?

[steady willow]

I’m sure you do! We all do!

[charred loom]

Rejected for sure better go to that safety u were talking about

[glacial dock]

No I don't the only thing I have is a decent rec I got from a prof 😭

[steady willow]

They always look for fit. You just might fit! Just wait and see!!

[sudden vessel]

I literally have nothing going for me

Especially when Caltech doesn’t consider state of residence

[glacial dock]

No one wants a smelly cs major

[steady willow]

Oh I’m sure Caltech is THE place that wants a smelly CS major

[glacial dock]

Yea

I mean

My cs is not even good

[charred loom]

I regret applying for cs I should've just done maths 😭

I like it more anyways

[sudden vessel]

I applied for physics and astronomy

My goodness lots of CS people here

[quaint elm]

I didnt get in

[steady willow]

I applied astrophysics and applied physics

[rugged geyser]

so 56mins left

right?

[clear axle]

in theory

[rugged geyser]

how high r ur hopes rn bro....

[glacial dock]

I honestly think major doesn't matter

[charred loom]

Lots of cs people everywhere 😭

[sudden vessel]

Major has to matter

[rugged geyser]

def

[glacial dock]

It's like minimal

[steady willow]

Can you switch majors?

[clear axle]

i’m trying not to think about it

[indigo radish]

55 minutes guys

[clear axle]

also i applied bio 💀

[quaint elm]

Uh its actually called an option 🤓

[glacial dock]

Rip I'm not getting in then

[charred loom]

Guys I'm calling it atleast one of y'all getting in

[wanton fable]

I had a dream that I woke up to an acceptance letter on my laptop and remember desperately trying to check if it was Caltech or some random safety

[quaint elm]

But caltech RD rate is something like 2% no

[wanton fable]

Yeah it's very low

[glacial dock]

I had a dream I got rejected from Berkeley

[rugged geyser]

holy moly

[glacial dock]

Then I saw I applied cs + business

And I knew it was a dream

And woke up

[rugged geyser]

🔥

[glacial dock]

Because I would never fucking do business

[bronze horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/ltg-gif-24337002

Take a shower NOW!

It'll help w your mental health

All of you

[indigo radish]

oh ik fourier series

[steady willow]

How many of you have been deferred REA?

[indigo radish]

is it that function which can replicate stuff

like can approximate how a function looks relly good

[bronze horizon]

Yes

But its for periodic functions

[indigo radish]

nice 🙂

[charred loom]

Again? 😭

[indigo radish]

oh like trig ones?

[bronze horizon]

The awesome thing about fourier series is that they can be used to solve differential equations

[indigo radish]

what are diffrential equations lol

[bronze horizon]

trig functions are periodic but not all periodic functions are necessarily trig ones

[bronze horizon]

😭

Well basically

[indigo radish]

basic rundown lol xd

[bronze horizon]

any equation with a derivative is technically a diffeq

[indigo radish]

i see

[bronze horizon]

But

[indigo radish]

diff eq stands for diffrentiable equation then right?

[bronze horizon]

Let me think of an example

[indigo radish]

since diffrentiable=derivaitve

[bronze horizon]

yeah kind of

Ok so the idea is

[indigo radish]

k

[bronze horizon]

Here's a simple on that AP Calc uses

Say the number of bacteria in a petri dish is y

[indigo radish]

yes

[bronze horizon]

And the growth rate of the bacteria is directly proportional to the number of bacteria in the dish by proportionality constant k

in math form that would be dy/dt = ky

[indigo radish]

k

it sounds more like series ngl

[bronze horizon]

But thats not very useful by itself

Because you want to know the y at any point in time

So you need to solve the diffeq

[indigo radish]

for its deriviative?

[bronze horizon]

no you need to solve for y in terms of t

Eventually you end up with y=C*e^(kt) where C is the initial amount of bacteria and k is a constant

But not all diffeqs can be solved analytically like that

Sometimes you can only get numerical solutions that hold for one specific scenario

[indigo radish]

I see I have a friend who said you use lapalce transformation or smth do yk what that is?

[bronze horizon]

But, with some diffeqs you can approximate the solution as a Fourier Series and solve that analytically

[indigo radish]

I see

[bronze horizon]

I don't know laplace transformation, but I do know Laplace equation

Bc it's useful in fluid dynamics

[indigo radish]

ah

[bronze horizon]

Laplace's equation is just an equation saying that the divergence of the gradient of a scalar field is 0

Its useful in some fields

[indigo radish]

got it

[bronze horizon]

Like in fluid dynamics sometimes you can apply Laplace equation to velocity potential to solve for flows much easier

[indigo radish]

i see nice

[indigo radish]

What major are you applying as?

[mellow frigate]

Is caltech today?

[bronze horizon]

Im CS but I added aerospace engineering minor in my application
Even though I know that Caltech students are prob too busy to take on a minor esp aero

[indigo radish]

ah

I hope you get in 🙂

[bronze horizon]

Me too

[indigo radish]

41 minutes!

lmk if you did :p

[bronze horizon]

Ngl MIT was my first choice but as caltech time comes closer im starting to like it more 💀

[indigo radish]

lol are you domestic or international?

[bronze horizon]

domestic

[indigo radish]

nice

have you done olympiads before too?

[bronze horizon]

Only in middle school

I didnt do any olympiads in hs which prob hurt me a lot

Mostly focused on research & scifairs

[indigo radish]

ah I see

[fathom flame]

About last nights email

[keen night]

hello!

[bronze horizon]

there go my high hopes lol

[sudden vessel]

As I suspected it means nothing

Rejection time

[bronze horizon]

Rejections aren't real

[rugged geyser]

well well well

[bronze horizon]

It's either accepted or yield protected

Keep a positive attitude

[rugged geyser]

how confident r yall in being rejected

[sudden vessel]

99.85%

[rugged geyser]

🔥

[bronze horizon]

Caltech was one of my weakest applications in terms of essays so 99.1%

[quasi root]

chuzz tech

[sudden vessel]

I think mine was unique and strong but too many deficiencies

[native carbon]

sure they said this

[quasi root]

man i kinda wished i applied here

[native carbon]

but doesnt mean its not true

[quasi root]

i mean i’d take UT over it but still

[sudden vessel]

They didn’t actually say why it happened either

[glacial dock]

The rejections don't get easier

😭

[bronze horizon]

stop giving me hope that'll only make the rejection feeling worse

[native carbon]

rejections are light bro

[bronze horizon]

Rejections hit diff when you submit a maker portfolio though

[native carbon]

i've been rejected too many times that im numb to them now 😔

[native carbon]

i submitted a research portfolio

[keen night]

i know itll be hard but you'll end up where you're meant to be

[native carbon]

which looking back was so bad

[fathom flame]

AOs talked about it a bit in admitted student server, it really doesn’t mean anything. If you’re curious, the fly in has a HUGE percent of Caltech admits, but only like two received the email

[bronze horizon]

I didn't apply REA anywhere so I didnt get that numbness yet

[bronze horizon]

whats the fly in

[fathom flame]

Caltech pays for you to fly to their campus and woos you for three nights

[bronze horizon]

nah what

[native carbon]

i wish i knew about fly ins before

[fathom flame]

Anyway, only two of us that applied regular for the email

Which ngl wouldn’t make much sense

[charred loom]

Same bro

This bouta be rough

[bronze horizon]

Ohhh caltech up close

[fathom flame]

Yes

[bronze horizon]

This will be my 2nd rejection

[charred loom]

Bro samee

[sudden vessel]

This will be my first

[bronze horizon]

STOP GIVING US HOPE 🙏 😭

[fathom flame]

.

[indigo radish]

22 mins!

[fathom flame]

good luck you guys!

[native carbon]

imagine being a tech school and messing up so many things smh

[charred loom]

Great I can finally go sleep after that

[indigo radish]

lol

[keen night]

people make mistakes

theyre still people

[sudden vessel]

First rejection how exhilarating

[quaint elm]

Its out @sudden vessel ?

[sudden vessel]

No

Im manifesting

[keen night]

it's expected in ~20 minutes I believe

[sudden vessel]

I have nothing that makes me think other wise

[charred loom]

Why does every minute feel like an hour 😭

[sudden vessel]

But we chillin

Something cool could happen

About a 1-2% chance I believe

[keen night]

patience is a virtue

[glacial dock]

I don't need to manifest

I KNOW I'm getting rejected

[sudden vessel]

Me too don’t worry

[boreal pelican]

Good luck everyone!

[open rivet]

Gl guys 🙏

[steady willow]

I’m having trouble breathing

Lol

[indigo radish]

11 mins

[steady willow]

It’s like watching your favorite team play the finals

[charred loom]

My voluntary muscles be movin involuntarily 😭

[steady willow]

Lol

[charred loom]

Dude it's already almost midnight where I live 😭

[frosty rose]

gl guys

[glad salmon]

i hope not

[steady willow]

Lol same. I live in India

[native carbon]

guys drop ur predictions

[glacial dock]

I would just die

[charred loom]

Reject...

[glacial dock]

Reject

[fathom flame]

i predict u all get waitlisted

[sudden vessel]

Reject

[forest plume]

I think it will be at 10:22

[fathom flame]

no

[cold needle]

reject

[charred loom]

Any of you guys cure cancer?

[fathom flame]

yeah

but i already got into caltech

sooo

[forest plume]

What a fun fact

[indigo radish]

congratulations

[glacial dock]

Congrats

[fathom flame]

bleh

I don’t think i’m gonna go

[glacial dock]

But please don't say anything in the next half hour

😭

[fathom flame]

waitlist warrior will take me spot

[charred loom]

Wut 😭

Congrats tho

[glacial dock]

You gotta let us

[fathom flame]

I wanna go to udub or harvey mudd

[glacial dock]

You gotta let us slowly take it in

Please

[fathom flame]

LMFAO

[sudden vessel]

I submitted my full collected astronomy logs in the stem portfolio

That demonstrates passion I think

[fathom flame]

brotha

chill

[sudden vessel]

I am chill

[charred loom]

Ur getting in

[fathom flame]

ur getting waitlisted

[sudden vessel]

I literally do not care if I get in

[sudden vessel]

It’s just backyard astronomy

[native carbon]

r u in washington

[sudden vessel]

Not like it’s research

[fathom flame]

Caltech plans to underadmit this year

[fathom flame]

yea

[native carbon]

yoo we have a mutual

[fathom flame]

BRO HES IN MY MATN CLASS 😭😭

[smoky plinth]

hiii

Best of luck

to everyonee

[native carbon]

what kind of math class

[fathom flame]

Harmonic anal

[smoky plinth]

tf

[native carbon]

idk what that is 💀 💀

[smoky plinth]

LMAOOOOO

[native carbon]

he graduated like 2 years ago

[smoky plinth]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

[fathom flame]

It’s part of the analysis series

[glacial dock]

5 MINUEES

[keen night]

imagine having to take math

[fathom flame]

yes i cN

NO

[sudden vessel]

First rejection YAYYYYYYYY

[fathom flame]

its very pure math

[smoky plinth]

how many people applied to caltech this year

[glacial dock]

Do you like real anal or complex anal

[glad salmon]

8900

[smoky plinth]

LMAOOOO

[sudden vessel]

really?!?!?!

[fathom flame]

2883949929

[glad salmon]

yeah

[sudden vessel]

I’d guess about 12,000

[native carbon]

they accpet like 300 kids total tho

[smoky plinth]

thats it?

[native carbon]

its a lottery after a certain point

[smoky plinth]

yeaa

[fathom flame]

The AOs tell us things :)

[indigo radish]

3 mins!!!

[sudden vessel]

8900 TOTAL?!?!?

[smoky plinth]

isnt caltech more selective than mit lol

[sudden vessel]

Oh okay

So like 12,000

[glacial dock]

They accept like 300 btw

[fathom flame]

he’s

yea

[glacial dock]

From rd

[smoky plinth]

i mentioned the big bang theory in one of my essays lmao

[fathom flame]

i talked about gambling in one of mine and i got in

[glacial dock]

Caltech is harder to get in than mit because the application pool is

[smoky plinth]

my go to after every rejection

[glacial dock]

Just insanely cracked

Much more cracked than mit

[smoky plinth]

fr?

dang

[fathom flame]

Okay gang

Log into those portal

a

[glacial dock]

No one knows about caltech

[smoky plinth]

1 min 15 sec

[glacial dock]

Unless it giga into stem

[honest linden]

Cooked

[smoky plinth]

1 min

[muted leaf]

The pool is also so much smaller

[smoky plinth]

30 sec

[glacial dock]

But it's quite literally the best stem students

[quaint elm]

Nervous

[sudden vessel]

I don’t care

[keen night]

you got this

[indigo radish]

1 minute!!!!

[keen night]

you'll end up where you're meant to be

[smoky plinth]

10 sec

[frosty rose]

prepare for launch

[sudden vessel]

I might be a little sad

[charred loom]

Bros coping 😭

[indigo radish]

6

[smoky plinth]

t-5

[indigo radish]

5

4

3

2

1

wow

[dreamy ravine]

wow

[native carbon]

rejected

[honest linden]

im not checking

[muted leaf]

True

[quaint elm]

rejected

[charred loom]

And portal crashed

[glacial dock]

What

[smoky plinth]

crashed

LMAO

[sudden vessel]

HOLY SHIT

I GOT IN

[indigo radish]

congrats @raven rover !

[charred loom]

Wait wtf

Congrats my guy

[late ore]

YOO??? HOLY SHIT

[rich pendant]

congrats!

[keen night]

@everyone Caltech RD Decisions are out. Be sure to fill out the poll with your decision (pinned)

[late ore]

CONGRATS

[quartz knoll]

AYEEE

[crisp iris]

Nice!!!!!

[indigo radish]

CONGRATULATIONS

[lyric seal]

WAIT ETF

[quartz knoll]

HOW WE FEELING

[charred loom]

Bro it's blank 😭

[smoky plinth]

WHO GOT IN

WTF

WOW

[charred loom]

It crashed

[smoky plinth]

IT CRASHED FOR ME

whats this edging

[keen night]

congratulations!

[quartz knoll]

NAAAA

[lyric seal]

@sudden vessel GOOD SHIT

[glacial dock]

Huh my page is empty

[smoky plinth]

same

it crashed

[open rivet]

OMG YAYYYYY

[glacial dock]

What

[muted leaf]

Same

[quartz knoll]

ironic discord name LMAO

[rugged geyser]

💀

nice

[charred loom]

We prolly gotta wait a few more mins

[quartz knoll]

congrats everyone!!

[muted leaf]

ZOEEE

[eager abyss]

wiatlisted 😦

[late ore]

^^ this

[bronze horizon]

THE EMAIL WAS REAL

[quartz knoll]

MITER

HIIIIII

[muted leaf]

HELLO

[muted portal]

HOLY FREAK

IDAHO

YOU'RE CRACKED

[indigo radish]

did you get in!!!

[quartz knoll]

HAIIII

[odd ember]

is your portal crashed

[charred loom]

yes

[opal saddle]

hullo

[graceful cliff]

wait i cant see it on my phone

[charred loom]

Same

[graceful cliff]

how do i axcess it

[muted leaf]

HIII

[quartz knoll]

[twilit saffron]

Ooh damn congrats!

[onyx tartan]

CONGRATS

[keen night]

reply to the poll pleaseeeeeee

[glacial dock]

How do I aee

[edgy socket]

rejected😃😃

[warped trench]

how do you check on phone 😭

[brave fiber]

No way Idaho Caltech arc

[noble haven]

Rejected GTech + UIUC + Purdue + deferred from a bunch of other schools
Accepted Caltech
what the actual fuck

[oblique ingot]

Yeah 😭😭😭😭

[storm crystal]

so fye

[charred loom]

My portal is still crashed but I've lost all hope

[storm crystal]

their campus is fye

[onyx kestrel]

SAMEEEE 😭😭😭

[keen night]

congratulations, thats huge!!

[twilit saffron]

You only need one congrats!!!

[rugged geyser]

DAMNN CONGRATSSS

[indigo radish]

CONGRATULATIONS]

[charred loom]

Yooo congrats!!

[indigo radish]

🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊

[muted portal]

CONGRATSSSSS

[clear axle]

I GOT IN

[keen night]

don't forget to answer the poll!!

[rugged geyser]

YOOOO

[weak bluff]

how do you check

[rugged geyser]

🔥

[knotty quest]

Wait what the fuck

Cook guys

[late ore]

congrats!!

[glad salmon]

log in

[knotty quest]

Holy shit

🔥

[muted portal]

CONGRATSSSS OMG

[weak bluff]

i’m on phone and it doesn’t show anything

[fathom flame]

heheh i got into caltech rejected gtech oo

too

[crisp iris]

You guys are cooking

[indigo radish]

CONGRATS

[late ore]

congrats omg

[warped trench]

i literally can’t see

[rugged geyser]

a2c aboutta be the whole caltech freshman class💀

[onyx tartan]

CONGRATS!

[plucky saffron]

BRO LETS GOOOOO

[storm crystal]

fr so many caltechs

[proud citrus]

congratssss

[knotty quest]

So many A's hooooooooly

[crisp iris]

I've never seen so many caltech acceptances and you guys deserve it ❤️

[quartz knoll]

proud of everyone no matter wut

[sinful pecan]

can anyone else not see anything 🙏

[knotty quest]

Congrats guys good shit

🔥

[charred loom]

Ong

[hushed arrow]

who got in?

[viscid socket]

please do the poll if you haven't yet!!

[foggy gyro]

i just have a blank screen

[knotty quest]

Like 4-5 ppl alr

[storm crystal]

most competitive school in the country give yourselves a pat on the back chat

[sinful pecan]

same

[keen night]

do the poll please!! it's pinned

[indigo radish]

lopa idhao ally

[forest plume]

Worked for me

[violet lagoon]

my portal still hasnt loaded...

[forest plume]

lol

[storm crystal]

more like 6-7

[violet lagoon]

same bro

[bronze horizon]

They're prob feeling so stupid rn
I got rejected Georgia Tech too

[haughty spoke]

Congratulations everyone!

[hushed arrow]

Shi nice

[weak bluff]

ye

[rugged geyser]

bro wats up with gt tho???

[glacial dock]

J CANT SEE ANYHING

Aaaaaaaa

[rugged geyser]

its been so rough this yr

[lyric seal]

hi goat

[violet lagoon]

SAME

[bronze horizon]

Wheres the poll

[indigo radish]

you got accepted too!

[cosmic quail]

can’t see the status update when i open the portal on my phone

[warped trench]

oh well i doubt it’s anything good 💀💀💀

[opal saddle]

hallo erice

[knotty quest]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-silly-hello-hi-silly-kitten-cat-wave-hello-gif-15245852903591135367

[smoky plinth]

does anyone elses show this

[glossy patrol]

Friend got in 🔥

[bronze horizon]

I know friends who got into gtech CS but got rejected from our state school that I got into

[charred loom]

Me

[bronze horizon]

Where's the poll

[hexed scroll]

yes still cant see it

[keen night]

poll is pinned

[cosmic quail]

can anybody else not see it

[gentle tusk]

@lyric seal did you win

[rugged geyser]

da hell

[keen night]

but here

[smoky plinth]

how much longer do w wait😭😭

[forest plume]

Gg go next lol

[smoky plinth]

yeaahh i cant

[indigo radish]

#1268243501569671231 message

[copper ledge]

i cant

[foggy gyro]

same

[charred loom]

Idk man 😭😭

[rich pendant]

congrats bro!

[violet lagoon]

bruh not loading wtf

[warped trench]

i j don’t have a status update 😭

[viscid socket]

guys the portal is overloaded PLEASE do not doxx yourselves by sending a screenshot of your portal

[onyx tartan]

this is so funny

[charred loom]

Someone tell me when it ain't blank anymore

[viscid socket]

yea it was 10

[onyx tartan]

😭😭😭

[lyric seal]

hi purdude!!

[glacial dock]

If ur portal is blank does that mean it's reject

Or nah

[lyric seal]

win what

[glacial dock]

Did anyone get rejected yet

[muted portal]

check poll

[viscid socket]

has already happened at least twice this morning

[violet lagoon]

bruh NOT LOADING

[muted portal]

most people got rejected statistically

[viscid socket]

guys we are not doing email astrology AFTER decisions came out

[onyx tartan]

^

[violet lagoon]

LOL

[knotty quest]

The stars hold the truth dont listen to the orange names

[glad salmon]

lmfao

[charred loom]

Yes we are 😎

[onyx tartan]

fried

[rugged geyser]

🧑‍🔬

[onyx tartan]

Real!!

[charred loom]

Les goo

[late ore]

if you want I can post the message from the AOs saying why the emails are wrong
unless you'd rather me not do that

[royal python]

so was the email thing accurate

[royal python]

oh send pls

my portal isnt loading

some ppl got an email meant for rea

[smoky plinth]

samee

[brave fiber]

Hey guys if you got rejected you can come to #1268141479440683019

[muted portal]

uc moo!

[brave fiber]

Hello jeen

[royal python]

maybe theyre releasing in waves

[hazy sorrel]

yeah i can't see it on my phone sad

[muted portal]

hello moohloe

[smoky plinth]

yeaah mines just a blank screen

[charred loom]

Ahhhhh it's already late 😭

[royal python]

[meager flint]

Guys if there’s a blank screen does that mean rejected

[graceful cliff]

mines j the prtal

[hexed scroll]

nah it says i have a status update but it doesnt show up

[smoky plinth]

should i just sleep and see it tomorrow lol

[royal python]

it means hasnt been released yet

[royal python]

mine is just blank

[noble haven]

accepted but still holding on for MIT 🙏

[fathom flame]

hi geno

[copper ledge]

oh hi tut

[glacial dock]

Stop spreading disinformation

[royal python]

like its just the beaver then the side bar with the info and blankness

[knotty quest]

Is it time to spam MIT propaganda in this channel

😈

[royal python]

CGS! 👏

[gloomy sorrel]

waitlisted

[final thorn]

No

[viscid socket]

only in a2c do you have portal astro while decisions are coming out

[onyx tartan]

mit deferred me 💔💔💔💔 not sure how I’ll recover 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[knotty quest]

PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a banana lounge!!!! PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a banana lounge!!!! PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a banana lounge!!!!

[final thorn]

Is there portal astrology we can do if the portal crashed /j

[forest plume]

Which one has the ban a lounge

[muted portal]

PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a turtle pond!!!! PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a turtle pond!!!! PSA that only ONE of MIT and Caltech has a turtle pond!!!!

[onyx tartan]

Caltech

[glacial dock]

Well if the serves worked we wouldn't

[fathom flame]

poll

[sudden vessel]

Holy moly

[royal python]

bro why isnt mine loading

[knotty quest]

MIT

[sudden vessel]

I can’t believe it

[onyx tartan]

Stop im spreading misinformation

[charred loom]

Bro was the nonchalant one too 😭

[crisp iris]

I can eat the bananas, don't think I can eat the turtles though :(

[smoky plinth]

nah its the same for 5-6 people ionno

[violet lagoon]

i also got a mail saying update on the portal

[charred loom]

Congrats again bro

[glacial dock]

Can someone ping me when they unfuck the portal

[onyx tartan]

Weak mindset

[royal python]

same but no update 💔

[smoky plinth]

My neighbor got his but i didnt dso

[iron breach]

Got waitlisted

[muted portal]

but you can swim with the turtles (please do not swim in the pond), you cant swim with the bananas

[late ore]

see you in the disc

[knotty quest]

Says who ho

[onyx tartan]

Yeah come to Rutgers instead they’re the only school that didn’t defer me ❤️

[sudden vessel]

Where do I find the link

[royal python]

bros getting waitlists in sophomore year

imprssive

[iron breach]

Didnt update it

idek how to update

[smoky plinth]

Im sleeping gn

[onyx tartan]

Weak submissive and breedable mindset. You can definitely swim with the banana

[haughty spoke]

I don’t think colleges send you the email update if you are rejected

[lyric seal]

[muted portal]

you can be the syrup on my dairy queen banana split

[smoky plinth]

LMAO WHAT EMAIL ASTROLOGY IS THIS

[royal python]

i think everyone gets it

LOL

[late ore]

its in your portal

[glad salmon]

wtf

[late ore]

front page

[violet lagoon]

LMFAOO

[onyx tartan]

Can confirm you are stupid

[copper ledge]

why is he spreading disinformation

[lyric seal]

glazing.

[sudden vessel]

Oh lmfao I still had the letter open

[haughty spoke]

For the colleges I’ve been rejected from, none of them have sent me the “status update” email

[onyx tartan]

If i start drawing dumb A2C users as polish furry femboys will i get rescinded

[haughty spoke]

Obviously no college is the same but this has been my experience

[copper ledge]

its just slow

[muted portal]

plort my mit goat

[charred loom]

Did anyone that got accepted get an email that indicated so?

[lyric seal]

plort is stinky

[smoky plinth]

I have gotten one for every univeristy i was rejected from lol

[copper ledge]

who else has black screen

[graceful cliff]

guyd u cant access my decision 😭

[clear axle]

i got an email with a status update

[graceful cliff]

i

[onyx tartan]

Guys pls this is important

[royal python]

same

[round wolf]

black?

[charred loom]

Same

[copper ledge]

black sorry

[haughty spoke]

Maybe the colleges were just being nice to me then

[elfin coyote]

Man one of the best tech unis in the world can’t release decisions on time 😭

[copper ledge]

WTF

BLANK

[graceful cliff]

like it looks like my portal but theres no update

[charred loom]

But like uc Davis sent me a letter that fully stated that it accepted me

[royal python]

cant get their smart ahh students on ts 🙏

[clear axle]

i’m in literal shock

[muted leaf]

I got an email that it updated but the portal is blank

[sterile lintel]

😭

[knotty quest]

😭

[charred loom]

That's crazy

[smoky plinth]

is mits portal also the same way? itd suck to get their uodate post 6:28 lmao

[royal python]

portal color astrology

[onyx tartan]

He’s lying if you see a screen you got rejected

[elfin coyote]

What about rainbow screen

😭😭

[charred loom]

Lmfao

[dreamy ravine]

wait actually?

[royal python]

if there is a tab open on your computer at the time of opening your decision then you got rejected

[indigo inlet]

LMFAOOO

[royal python]

yes

[dreamy ravine]

lmfao

[onyx tartan]

IF YOU SEE A BEAVER YOU WERE REJECTED

[dreamy ravine]

I’m gullible sigh

[violet lagoon]

bruh HOLY FUCKK how long

[final thorn]

hi twin

[haughty spoke]

Relax

[dreamy ravine]

omg hi bestie

[haughty spoke]

You will see it before the end of the day

[dreamy ravine]

is it out for u yet?

[copper ledge]

if it says beaver breakroom ur rejected