Duke University (2024-2025)

[quartz bridge]

we have a ton of those around here

[golden herald]

i know a ton of people there

[pallid fern]

we have a couple rigorous schools too

[tall plaza]

yess, i got udon and matcha, that shit slapped so hard

[sly stream]

i actually go there lol gotta survey the public opinion

[pallid fern]

I applied for the school bill gates went to and got rejected 🥲

they did not like 10 year old me 🥲

But now my mom hates them LOL

[quartz bridge]

if u ED to duke from there ur probably set

[pallid fern]

And they kinda suck in a lot of ways

[quartz bridge]

harvard?

[tall plaza]

i <3 matcha

[pallid fern]

not necessarily

[pallid fern]

no lakeside

[quartz bridge]

OH

[sly stream]

i did, we’ll see bc i know some ssm kids from last year that did and got rejected

[pallid fern]

It's a feeder middle and high school in seattle

[tame viper]

oh the seattle rich people school

[quartz bridge]

yeah my grandma's cousin lives in his neighborhood

i went a few years ago and it was rich AF

[golden herald]

i think they defer a good bit of super qualified ncssm students to see what the rd class is like

[pallid fern]

yeah I know a lot of people who go there and apparently it's toxic as hell, both the students and the teachers/admin

[tall plaza]

is that like the governors school of nc?

[quartz bridge]

were they stupid

[golden herald]

no

[quartz bridge]

if ur above average ull get in dw

[golden herald]

ncssm is a residential hs for 11th and 12th

[tall plaza]

ohhh

[dapper solar]

I wish I went to a highschool that was a bit heavier on stem

[pallid fern]

I wish my high school had more class options

[sly stream]

one i know put his main activity as working for his fathers company and had a bad why duke essay so

[quartz bridge]

the magnet school that's well known around here did lottery admissions for my class because of covid and diversity

[sly stream]

if you wanna call it stupid

[tall plaza]

my hs isnt stem heavy i just took every stem, esp CS, credit I could

[quartz bridge]

and had a 60% dropout rate

idk if colleges know that though

[pallid fern]

jeez

I know some people at my school who dropped out cause stress and stuff

[quartz bridge]

basically all the non asians dropped out

its a sad fact

[pallid fern]

x_x

[pallid fern]

I honestly kinda hate my essays

Like I fluctuate between "hm it's not that bad" and "OMG I HATE THEM"

[tall plaza]

ill graduate with 6 semesters of CS, 4 classes

[quartz bridge]

that sounds like nepotism

[pallid fern]

They're definitely not gonna win any awards though, that's for sure 😭

[quartz bridge]

did he label it as an internship or something

[pallid fern]

jeez

[sly stream]

yup

[sly stream]

no he labeled it as paid work

[quartz bridge]

damn i work for my family's business but it's so we can make money

and i dont get paid

[sly stream]

he was also double legacy

[tall plaza]

• 2 CS awards, one just for APCSA and another for a project I lead

[quartz bridge]

and it's repairing appliances so not exactly pretty either lol

i can change a projector in 2 minutes guys

[pallid fern]

I sometimes help out with my dad, like the other day he dragged my brother and me over to work because they were busy as hell

[quartz bridge]

dang

that just shows u still have to be competent

were his grades bad

[sly stream]

real

[tall plaza]

i think my ECs were decent for whats out here for me in suburban/semi rural SC

[sly stream]

straight A student at ncssm so no his grades were good

i felt bad for him

he was a genuinely nice guy

[quartz bridge]

oh dang

[pallid fern]

then probably his recs or essays

[sly stream]

now he’s at UNC

[pallid fern]

UNC still's a great school though

[dapper solar]

I’ve had like 5 friends who’ve interned at NASA, 2 from family connections
So damn jealous, though I guess Boeing isn’t much less prestigious

[quartz bridge]

even with the bad why duke the double legacy still shouldve gotten him at least deffered

[pallid fern]

I will cry if I end up at UNC and so close to my dream school though

[quartz bridge]

maybe there was another red flag in his app

[pallid fern]

jeez that's actually crazy

[sly stream]

sorry should have clarified he was deferred ed and rejected rd

[quartz bridge]

i've done something similar

[tall plaza]

im acc so cooked 😭

[quartz bridge]

although it was through a high school program

[sly stream]

like 60% of ncssm kids go to unc

it’s crazy

[quartz bridge]

makes sense

one of my biggest ec's though was my research

cause it's pretty cool

i love my researhc omggmgomgomggomg

[tame viper]

omg same

[pallid fern]

ooh what kind of research?

[tame viper]

part of why i love duke sm is because its undergrad research is so goated

[quartz bridge]

made an ml model to predict wildfire spread! sponsored by the NOAA

[quartz bridge]

REAL

[tall plaza]

my ECs are just pt job, kitten foster, leads programmer, 6yr varsity tennis, and rocketry & esports clubs + 2 CS awards, NHS, NFHS, and Community Service award 😭

im so cooked

[quartz bridge]

and the emphasis on the global impact with environmental issues was a really big selling point

[pallid fern]

wait that's actually so cool

[tame viper]

spent like a whole ten mins yapping about research to my interviewer

[pallid fern]

I definitely wanna do research at duke

[tall plaza]

HOW DID YALL DO RESEARCH?!

[quartz bridge]

i talked more about another ec to my interviewer

[tame viper]

this is pretty darn sick

[pallid fern]

I know 😭

[quartz bridge]

although one of my supps was about my research

[quartz bridge]

it was through a competitive program

[tame viper]

two of my activities were research related

[tall plaza]

bro i had absolutely NOTHINGN

[quartz bridge]

none of this was nepotism, i just tried really hard to apply to a bunch of programs

and got accepted to this one by the miracle of god

[tall plaza]

shika where tf do u go to get research in SC 😭

[quartz bridge]

i had a 40 minute commute everyday in the summer

[tall plaza]

HOWW

[quartz bridge]

it was kinda hell

but it paid off

[pallid fern]

I was lucky cause my mom is involved in political activism and she recommended me help out with something and I accidentally got a bit more involved than I was planning to

And that wasn't 100% nepotism but kinda so I feel kinda guilty ;-;

But everything else was my own work

[tame viper]

uofsc columbia lol

[quartz bridge]

my number one ec is my passion project though

[tame viper]

i knew a few profs there

[quartz bridge]

prob cause it's more personal to me

[pallid fern]

Honestly that's good

[tall plaza]

what the actual fuck...

im so cooked

[willow gale]

us

i dont even have cs awards

[quartz bridge]

ec's are taken into context though

[willow gale]

[quartz bridge]

ur fine

[tall plaza]

god i hope so

[quartz bridge]

like if u go on college confidential

[willow gale]

i didnt know what research even was until my senior year

and then i just gave up :/

[quartz bridge]

this girl from rurual MS got accepted last year ED

[tall plaza]

i didnt even know it was possible...

[willow gale]

yeahh

[quartz bridge]

with a 3.9 UW 33 ACT and in school EC"s only

[willow gale]

i thought it was for undergrad students

[quartz bridge]

i did a class dedicated to research in my junior year that required us to compete at the qualifier for ISEF

[willow gale]

even then if ur getting research from here its either through those costly asf programs or be in a rich ass family

[dapper solar]

Damn, where can I get me some of that nepotism
I’m the first person in my family to go to college, literally 0 connections

[willow gale]

us 😭

[quartz bridge]

and i somehow got an award even though most of the research there was done by the magnet program kids for 3+ years

we had 5 months 💀

[tall plaza]

my dad went to a cc and my mom went to a small LAC no ones ever heard of 😭 im fucked

[quartz bridge]

same

i looked through the summerprogramresults sub reddit

theres a ton of great programs there and they are free

[tall plaza]

i didnt have a college application mindset till august 1st

[quartz bridge]

i only starting caring junior year cause i wanted to go a t20, but if i get into uva ill be really happy too

[tall plaza]

like compared to the other Duke ED inm my class im nothing 😭 hes dont like multiple food drives, helped with the elementary school linked to my school, etc im so fucking cooke

[quartz bridge]

honestly nova kids are just a different breed

its sad that this type of stuff is pretty common here and TOXIC

[modest drum]

its chill

my parents went to the #1 most alcoholic school in the us

source: an instagram reel

[humble crest]

!duke

[vocal harness]

wait to the person whose counselor was at the duke meeting did they say anything else today?

[narrow raft]

She was talking to a kid who didn’t get into their ED when I stopped by so I didn’t get to ask. will try again tomorrow. can’t believe no one else’s counselors told them. friends are having major mixed results this week.

at least we aren’t penn

[buoyant drum]

my only consolation lol

[regal lark]

my counselor just told me that stuff too directly

i don’t think the meeting means much and they don’t know who got in anyway right so it’s so uncertain till monday

[quartz bridge]

they’ve prob made all the decisions tho

maybe just finalizing fin aid

[tame viper]

would be interested to see if they addressed the rumor thing on dcurbanmom at all lol

[narrow raft]

what’s dcurbanmon?

[tame viper]

its a forum type thing filled with annoying parents in the dc area that someone linked here yesterday

but someone said that they heard news about duke ED being moved back potentially

i haven't heard anything about it at all so im rather curious

[unreal summit]

why would it get moved back when its specifically announced to be on monday lol

[quartz bridge]

that’s def not true tho lol

i just sent it to show how crazy the moms are

like they lit made that post after they sent the email 😭

[unreal summit]

idk how some people ( full grown adults) think they are more knowledgeable than the people making the decisons

[tame viper]

ik but copium

[quartz bridge]

some ppl on the reddit thread are dumb asl

talking about exclamation marks on the decision date email 💀

[gilded oak]

when are decisions

[tame viper]

monday at 7 est

[dapper willow]

I have a fun fact for them

Did you know?

System32 will not help your portal refresh faster. It was created by Yale University, with the number 32 chosen by multiplying the 8 ivies with the 4 letters in SCEA. Every time you apply to a school, system32 will be downloaded to your computer to hide your decision. If you delete it, you’ll be able to see your decision as soon as it’s been made!

[narrow raft]

I’d kind of trust the admissions officer before random moms from dc

[tough reef]

i hate our area 😭

i dont even come from the cracked part of NoVa though

thanking my lucky stars everyday I didnt apply to TJ

[quartz bridge]

wait what school district

[tough reef]

fairfax

but like the poor parts lol

well poor by fairfax standards

its still fairfax

[tall plaza]

is fairfax like the hilton head of va

[pallid fern]

LOL same I feel so bad for them

I know a classmate who applied there M&T and she's been anxiously waiting

Oh Penn is coming in the 19th lol

They got an entire week

[bright prawn]

theres a decent amount of tj kids

[tough reef]

just extremely populated extremely competitive suburbia

[tall plaza]

is it rich?

like country club old money rich

[tough reef]

ik, but if i went there i’d go from a pretty competitive applicant to a meh applicant in an instant

[tough reef]

depends where you are but in places yes

[bright prawn]

they also cap admits

[tall plaza]

ahh i see i see

[tough reef]

a lot of tech money, a lot of old money, a lot of defense contractor money

but also very diverse

just a total hodgepodge of corporatism it’s a weird area

[tough reef]

yea, i decided not to even apply back in 8th grade and i’ve been thankful both socially and academically ever sense

even though a lot of my good friends go there

[mighty minnow]

!duke

[quartz bridge]

but also poor

[tough reef]

oh sick i got friends at JC and Lightridge lol

[quartz bridge]

oh hell nah

aldi is drug city

everyone there is rich asf and spends daddy's money on drugs

[tough reef]

ik them through latin and pretentious organizations so it ain’t surprising 💀

[quartz bridge]

ik a lightridge kid who did stanford rea

do we know the same kid if so dm 😭

[tough reef]

nah prob not

the lightridge ppl i know is a junior i was on a board with and then some MUN ppl

[quartz bridge]

but she also went to acl

[tough reef]

i’m not ED to duke but i’m banking on the fact that someone got in w/ a similar profile to me from my school 3 years ago 😭

no one from my school has ever got into princeton, yale, harvard, or MIT 💀

[quartz bridge]

but nothign compared to tjhsst or anything like that

mclean also in fairfac is crazy

[pallid fern]

one of my friends is convinced my school is blacklisted from yale and princeton x_x

cause no one has gotten into there in years

[tough reef]

gotta break the rumour this year 🙏

[quartz bridge]

nobody from my school applied REA anywhere lol

[pallid fern]

LOL if I don't get accepted duke I really want to get accepted Yale just to break the blacklist trend

[tough reef]

btw has anyone here done their robertson group interview yet if they got one?

[tough reef]

pretty much same boat but reversed

[quartz bridge]

it's ED or nothing

[pallid fern]

I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN A DECISION LETTER YET

[quartz bridge]

and all the kids want wharton

[tough reef]

they just did mine hella early for some reason i think

[pallid fern]

when did you apply?

[tough reef]

the group interview looks so goofball 😭

[quartz bridge]

guys the withdraw button is gone

but the checklist is still there

bruh

[pallid fern]

OOH

[tough reef]

so after Oct 15, but there was a technical issue with mine they fixed manually so i think i ended up in the review quick pile

[tough reef]

trust not in portal astrology

[quartz bridge]

its not portal astrology

[pallid fern]

bro why haven't they released my decision yet 😭

I'm scared it's cause they're sending out rejection letters together at the end

[quartz bridge]

its more that reality is hitting that decisons are coming out in like 3 days

[pallid fern]

Yeah I got the countdown in my status lol

[quartz bridge]

so close you can't withdraw anymore

[bright prawn]

all denied

[pallid fern]

I kinda want to make a duke A2C icon cause I'm bored

[bright prawn]

muahahahahaha

[pallid fern]

so mean 😭

[bright prawn]

If ya'll get in feel free to ask me anything

cuz my experience was hella diff than excpectations

[quartz bridge]

lowkey he may be right

all the TO kids are flocking her cause of TR and it's going to be crazy competitive

taco are most of the kids you know at duke ED kids?

[bright prawn]

no

[bright prawn]

its split

pretty evenly

thats gonna be true any college you go

ur expectations will vary greatly from reality

[tough reef]

dw, the vibe i get is that robertson goes by vibes only and aren’t always super punctual/evenly organized

idk if that makes sense

[quartz bridge]

i love operating on just vibes

[pallid fern]

Yeah but still I'm nervous as heck 😭

They confirmed it's gonna be released by the 15th though so fingers crossed

[tall plaza]

EXACTLY

LIKE IM SO SCARED

even tho im also TO 😭

[charred crypt]

yes that is standard when schools are about to release decisions

[pallid fern]

I got a countdown widget on my phone LOL

[short zenith]

!duke

[flat junco]

Duke ED Decision Date

The decision date is <t:1734393600:F> in your local time
3 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes until the decision date

[dusky orbit]

my service project just got a competitive grant approval. is it worth sending duke an update?

i already mentioned in my duke app that i was selected by my school to apply for it, so they know i've applied

[regal lark]

can anybody see something similar to this on their finaid status page?

i messed up and totally forgot to submit the css and everything by the nov 4 deadline but in case the stars align on monday can i still send in the css?

I had initially applied with "yes" but changed it "no" cause thats when I checked and saw the css wasnt submitted so i didnt want the application to be incomplete

[tall plaza]

i think youll be fine, the deadline was rather flexible, id say get it in asap tho

[tall plaza]

the nov 4 deadline was for ED students only

[regal lark]

yes i am ed 😭

[tall plaza]

hmm, then yes get it in asap

[regal lark]

i changed the status of finaid on the 6th

[tall plaza]

should take maybe 10 minutes

[hot mist]

!duke

[quartz bridge]

guys the checklist is gone…

[bright prawn]

fear

scare

[narrow raft]

oh boy. that makes it more real

i know we are supposed to work on apps this weekend, but my brain won’t lock in

[pallid fern]

I bought myself figure skates and I'm planning on having fun over the weekend LOL

Like 50% work 50% goofing off

[tame viper]

YAY

theres a rink near you?

[pallid fern]

My city puts up a rink every winter

And it's finally up so I'm actually really excited to go

And I've always wanted to learn how to figure skate so I figure now's as good of a time as any

So I splurged on a nice pair of skates cause the rental ones always hurt my ankles

[tame viper]

nice nice

ice skating is fun asf

[quartz bridge]

ahhh all the uva ed's are rolling in

so happy for my friends 🥹

[tough reef]

ik me too 🥹

[mighty minnow]

same :D

Oh i never applied ED

I cant never commit like that

And i wanna see whats schools out there lowkey only just applied here bc i heard of the name and the essay wasnt too hard lol. But after sum research for essay it seems like a pretty cool school

[kindred sparrow]

i wish Duke had a ed2

[pallid fern]

Duke decisions haven't even come out yet lol

[pallid fern]

Yeah I originally researched Duke cause it was ranked high and then it turns out it's a great school

Plus the essays are chill which is nice

Duke essays were the first ones I wrote and I've been copy pasting those for my other school supps (edited of course)

[mighty minnow]

Yeah that was my starting point of looking for schools lmaoo

And I like how they list their school programs which seemed interesting

[pallid fern]

I'm biased but I think Duke is a great school

They have so many cool programs

And you can mix and match them too

[mighty minnow]

Is there any other schools that you discover to be goated

[main totem]

duke pretty sexy brp

[mighty minnow]

Yale is not test optional 💔

And I thoughts it for like political stuff

Yeah but test required 💔💔

[tame viper]

duke love💙💙💙

[pallid fern]

Cornell is the ultimate interdisciplinary school

UMich has a very similar vibe to Duke

I honestly don't have any school that I love as much as Duke

Duke is my favorite my far

[bright prawn]

This place too good for that

[pallid fern]

Please accept me ;-;

[bright prawn]

🥱

[bright prawn]

I can explain any

Not stem

[pallid fern]

LOL true

[bright prawn]

This place blows a billion each year on research

Nuts

[pallid fern]

I mean it's not bad per se but you're better off at a lot of other schools for STEM

Did you apply REA there?

[bright prawn]

Yale offers its likely letters to more stem applicants

As a way to show them they’re favored

[pallid fern]

Ouch it's okay though you get to go to Duke instead!

[bright prawn]

Nah

Let her go to Yale we don’t want her

Spreading hate

[main totem]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-draft-lickitung-lickilicky-lick-gif-11555813491035381854

[pallid fern]

No we love everyone why you so mean 😭

Yes exactly apply and come to duke

[bright prawn]

I have an Mvc final tomorrow

[pallid fern]

LOL gl

What's mvc?

[bright prawn]

Calc 3

[pallid fern]

Ouch

And why the heck do you have a final on a Saturday 😭

[bright prawn]

Every math final is on Saturday

At duke

[pallid fern]

Ouch that sucks

[bright prawn]

The CS kids have it on Monday

Sucks for them

[pallid fern]

No I'm a nice dookie 😭

Well hopefully future one

Duke you gotta accept me first 😭

Duke >> yale

Totally not biased

[bright prawn]

Yale doesn’t have a national winning basketball team

Easy choice

[pallid fern]

Duke has a blue devil

[bright prawn]

So does Georgia

[pallid fern]

And the prettiest campus in the world

[bright prawn]

Go Dogs

[bright prawn]

You can climb the chapel

It’s a pretty good university

[pallid fern]

Yeah I heard I wanna do that

And a lemur center

And a puppy kindergarten

[main totem]

THATS TRUE

DUKE HAS THE LARGETSRT COLLECTION OF PRIMATES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

[pallid fern]

And they have so many squirrels

[main totem]

SO MANY UNIQUE SPECIES

MANY TYPE OF MONKEY

[main totem]

YOU CAN ROUB AND DU RESAEDCH

I LOVE THE MONKEY

[bright prawn]

When I climbed

[pallid fern]

I KNOW I'm gonna go there and look at cute lemurs

[main totem]

yes and a bonobo will feel you up!!

[pallid fern]

Ooh pretty

[main totem]

https://tenor.com/view/bonobo-nyota-chimpanzee-ape-monke-gif-25439605

sorry sorry pushing it

but duke is great

[pallid fern]

LOL

[bright prawn]

Unfortunately they ran out of the grant money for rhat

So they replaced it with something better

[pallid fern]

WHAT SINCE WHEN

[bright prawn]

Puppy days at the library

[main totem]

YEAHHHHH

[bright prawn]

The nih gave them money to do a study on the impact of the puppy kindergarden on students

[pallid fern]

AYYEEEEE

[bright prawn]

They ran out of money but student reception was good enough that they redid it on their own

[bright prawn]

I haven’t been but I heard it’s really good

[pallid fern]

It's not anywhere on the puppy kindergarten website ;-;

[bright prawn]

What really gets people hyped is the marine lab

[pallid fern]

Marine lab boringgggg

[bright prawn]

It was emailed to us

[pallid fern]

Cute animals >>

[pallid fern]

RIP

So it's completely dismantled now?

I literally wrote about it in my essays 😭

[bright prawn]

There’s cute fish

[pallid fern]

I'll take this but studying puppies is honestly cooler

[main totem]

for real you should go and check out them chimps mm?

[bright prawn]

The puppy kindergarten is dismantled

They have puppy days

Now

[pallid fern]

Puppies + lemurs > fish

[pallid fern]

;-;

[bright prawn]

The other day they had mini horses

[pallid fern]

OH MY GOSH

I LOVE THAT

I LOVE DUKE EVEN MORE NOW

They're reapplying for funding for the puppy kindergarten

[bright prawn]

W

I think you’ll really like the gardens

[pallid fern]

I LOVE THAT THERAPY HORSES

[pallid fern]

I'VE BEEN THERE

it's gorgeous I love it

DUCKS

THEY HAVE COOL DUCKS

AND OTHER COOL BIRDS

AND FISH

[bright prawn]

A koi pond ye

They have a whole East Asian area

[pallid fern]

Is it obvious I love animals

It's pretty obvious huh lol

Animals -> dopamine

[tame viper]

!duke

less than three days…

[pallid fern]

It's funny cause I think all my nervousness disappeared sometime in the last two days

Like if I get in, great

Otherwise I'll apply to some other school

[tame viper]

i need to adopt that kind of mindset fr

[pallid fern]

LOL yes idk why my mindset suddenly shifted I'm just like "aight I love Duke but it's not the end of the world"

But I guarantee if I get rejected I'm gonna start bawling lol

Ouch yeah that'll probably be me too

I've been telling myself that I'll definitely be deferred so I think I'm mostly mentally prepared

[frail sluice]

hey guys i have a question did duke change its portal for this year in reaction videos there are 3 tabs but now there are 2 idk

like one tab for finaid one for admissiosn

etc

[bright prawn]

Those were the only two

They I remember

[frail sluice]

same but in most reaction vidoes there are 3 one which is admission details

idk maybe they change it ig

ah hhhhhhh !duke

!duke

2 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes literal anxeity timer

[tame viper]

2 days and 18 hours before i die

[frail sluice]

frfrfrfr

[dapper solar]

2 day 10 hours

[dapper solar]

!duke

[pallid fern]

How have I still not received a Robertson decision 😭

Just reject me already at this point

[willow gale]

i dont even know that exists

im beyond cooked

[unreal summit]

!duke

[tough reef]

For RD does being a robertson semifinalist help w/ admission in any meaningful way, I still haven’t submitted my app yet?

[tough reef]

they still going out i think so dw

National Semi-Finalist and then national champ (not for top div though) of a competition called certamen related to latin, my states latin gov school, a bunch of awards related to classics testing, a couple mun things, and NHS/LHS

if not obv i’m applying for classics lol

more so wondering if i should replace smth on my common app for duke, mention it add info, or smth else

[pallid fern]

yeah

I thought there was a computational media option though? I swear there was something like that when I applied ED but I forgot it was months ago x_x

But if there isn't, interdepartmental major works

[pallid fern]

yeah I know someone got accepted yesterday

also congrats on becoming semifinalist!

[main totem]

if i understand correctly, this is your free pass to capitalize on the last shred of quasi-affirmative afction

when trump comes into power, he has promised to (censored) every university that engages in any form of advantage based on race, sexuality, or legacy

[pallid fern]

yeah probably

[main totem]

this essay, to me, is the same as telling them "im gay, i cant technically tell you that, but keep that in mind when you accept me"

take all advantage you get

[pallid fern]

you don't need ECs related to lgbtq to do that prompt, you can just talk about how being lgbtq has affected you and maybe how you'll contribute to duke's lgbtq community

[main totem]

i 100% agree

that's the pr friendly way of putting it

[pallid fern]

honestly twist the prompt to fit you if that makes sense, I did that for a lot of my prompts

[weary yacht]

RD!!

[tough reef]

thanks 🙏🙏

has anyone done their group interview yet and can say what it’s like?

it seems really wack

[pallid fern]

how so?

[tough reef]

it’s literally show and tell

present an object and then get asked questions about it

so curious if anyone’s actually done it yet

[pallid fern]

huh that's interesting

I would've thought it would be an actual interview lol

[dusky orbit]

yeah, i've done it. the show and tell bit is just the first part, mainly for introducing yourself. i think they care more about the second part

[tough reef]

what was the second part like?

also i hope it went well for you

[dusky orbit]

it was a group activity, so they'll lyk what you have to do for that after the introductions

[dusky orbit]

thank youu, but i dont think it went that well 😭

[tough reef]

was it like solving a problem, a focus group type thing, or smth just fun?

[dusky orbit]

good luck for yours

[tough reef]

nah it fs did 🙏

hopefully both future finalists in a few weeks

[deft cloud]

wait is that for robertson scholars

[dusky orbit]

hmm problem solving i guess? it was really straightforward though so dont worry about it

[tough reef]

okay thanks

[dusky orbit]

ahh hopefully

they said they'd let us know at the end of january or in february

but it might be different for everyone bc they also said we were one of the first interviews, so we'd get our decisions earlier

[tough reef]

did they say how many move forward? i’ve seen anywhere between like 20% and 50%?

[tough reef]

yes

[deft cloud]

ok ty i got scared this was for duke generally for a sec 😭

gl guys!!

[dusky orbit]

no they didnt say anything about that

[pallid fern]

I'm gonna cry if Robertson doesn't give me my decision soon 😭

If it doesn't arrive by this time tomorrow I'm emailing them

I know I applied last minute but still

[dusky orbit]

it's okayy there's still time

@tough reef did you apply for both duke and unc robertson scholarship?

[pallid fern]

I screwed up on the asynchronous interviews in the original application so much so I'm expecting a rejection but I really want closure 😭

I was stuttering like crazy lol

[dusky orbit]

oh me too i thought for sure i was going to get rejected i was so shocked to get the email 😭 my long essay was also terrible

i think my letters of rec carried

[pallid fern]

I'm sure you did great lol

[pallid fern]

I hope so for me

Fingers crossed

I applied a few hours before the deadline so I might be getting the email like tomorrow night x_x

[tough reef]

yes

[dusky orbit]

are they going in order of who submitted first?

[tough reef]

oh i did too

[tough reef]

i hated the prompt so much

[pallid fern]

It said it's rolling so I'm assuming so, but I also saw people on Reddit saying that they got acceptances when they applied after the Oct 15 deadline so idk

[dusky orbit]

ikr 😭

[pallid fern]

I'm really hoping my short response questions carried lol

[tough reef]

does anyone meaningfully know the applicant to semifinalist move on rate?

[pallid fern]

sammee

I found the prompt a bit cliche tbh like I've seen so many prompts like that

And I personally just found it boring

But I tried my best

[tough reef]

like it felt so vague linkedin corporatist

[pallid fern]

So like 50% according to them but that was years ago

[dusky orbit]

i think they're asking how many people are selected as a semifinalist out of all applicants

[pallid fern]

idk about that but there are apparently a few thousand applicants a year, so 140/a few thousand is low

[tough reef]

yea

can i also ask what ppl were wearing at the group interview for you?

[dusky orbit]

i dont really remember, but it was pretty casual, except one person wore something related to their object

[bright prawn]

duke is a private uni

[bright prawn]

nah

[tough reef]

fair nough

[main totem]

hes going to reach into the endowment and tax it

or so he says

[bright prawn]

he can try and revoke 501c3 status

lma

lmao

[main totem]

i think thats among the threats

in any case universities seem to be scrambling into compliance

[unreal summit]

every president says 100 things they never do

i wouldnt worry about it if i were u

[bright prawn]

sucks that unis prioritize that over resolving inequities

[main totem]

im not worried

im a "model minority"

and not legacy

if it works, it helps my family

and if it doesnt, then nothing changed right

[drifting portal]

wait ik the person in charge of directing the robertson scholars program and choosing the scholars, bro hes like an odd one, mention something about the role of higher education in democracy and he'll literally love u

also say like "we need more civic engagement on duke campus to indirectly foster democray" or some shit he loves that

also duke engage, bc he like founded duke engage and loves that program to DEATH - say someth glazing that program and ur golden

[pallid fern]

That's literally my entire duke essay lol

Not my Robertson essay though ;-;

I mean it's not exactly my essay but close enough lol

[drifting portal]

he told me that apprently robertson accepts more girls than guys, like 70% r girls or someth

[pallid fern]

Couldn't you have told me that a few months ago when I was applying ;-;

[pallid fern]

Huh interesting

[drifting portal]

mb

[bold heart]

hello duke thread

[willow gale]

2 days left to get humbled

[pallid fern]

1 day to get humbled by Robertson, 1.5 for Duke

[tame viper]

40 more hours...

[pallid fern]

For some reason I'm more nervous about Robertson than Duke LOL

Probably cause that decision is closer

After I get my Robertson decision I'll start freaking out about Duke probably

And then I'll finally start studying for finals

I really need to start studying x_x

[vocal harness]

!duke

[frail sluice]

!duke

[bright prawn]

Are you a robbie

[drifting portal]

not sure what that is, if it's a name then no

[bright prawn]

A Robertson scholar

Like currently

[drifting portal]

OHHH, no, i j do research w the guy who founded it

[bright prawn]

Andrew lakis?

Is that under like sanford

[frail sluice]

!duke

[tame viper]

30 more hours…

[stoic stratus]

;-;

[frail sluice]

guys is it just me or is it less stress now that we are only 29 hours away from letter opening

[regal lark]

wish they released it on the weekend or something monday is so bad

[unreal summit]

!duke

[vocal harness]

lmao not for me I had a dream last night where I got in, then realized it was a dream and hadn’t gotten in yet… all while still sleeping

why is this so stressful

[frail sluice]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[pallid fern]

YES I feel kinda at peace lol but I guarantee the nervousness will be back soon

Also why still no Robertson decision ;-;

NO WAY THERE'S A WAIT-LIST POSSIBILITY?!

😭

Well more like deferral

You've got to be kidding me

NO ONE TOLD ME DEFERRAL WAS A POSSIBILITY

IS IT BECAUSE I APPLIED LAST MINUTE OR BECAUSE I HAD A SUCKY APPLICATION

[tame viper]

seems like just an interview availability issue, i doubt it’s anything to do with the content in your application

[pallid fern]

I agree with my friend

Ughhhh this sucks

Now I gotta wait an extra month

I doubt I'll let any decision until January cause winter break and whatnot

So my best bet is that I have to wait until early to mid January

If I have to wait until late January I will throw a fit 😭

[tame viper]

i didn’t apply for robertsons but i was of the assumption that there was only one application deadline

didn’t know they did a early/regular type thing

[pallid fern]

I didn't know either until they sent me an email like 2 days before the early deadline 😭

They didn't mention it anywhere on their website

[tame viper]

[weary yacht]

how tf do u get deferred from a SCHOLARSHIP

[bright prawn]

They don’t have it for current students either

It’s just one deadline for the first year Robertson

[pallid fern]

;-;

[pallid fern]

You tell me I didn't even know it was possible 🥲

I should've applied by the RD round 😭

I would get results at the same time but also have more time to work on my application

[modest drum]

bro

💀

ig theyre treating it like the general admissions process

[narrow raft]

At least they thought it was good enough to keep for the regular deadline review. That’s a positive?

I didn’t even know there was an early so they’ll probably let you know earlier than the rest of us and we’ll
Keep fingers crossed.

[pallid fern]

Yeah definitely

[pallid fern]

I'm hoping it's either that or by the time they started looking at my application their interview slots already filled up

Since I applied a few hours before the deadline x_x

But honestly I'm glad it's not a rejection lol

Aight next decision: Duke ED

1 day to go

[willow gale]

!duke

[quartz bridge]

less than 1 day that's scary...good luck everyone!! whatever happens tommorow we will end up where we're meant to be (regardless if that is Duke)

[tame viper]

24 hours left

[dapper solar]

DUKE OUT TOMORROW BITCHES 👏👏👏

Feeling good, even if I don’t get in

!duke

[tall plaza]

im so ready for my rejection 😋

[frail sluice]

!duke

[willow gale]

!duke

[willow gale]

21 hours left

[frail sluice]

20 hrs left

[pallid fern]

I should probably study for my final right

I really should

[eternal mauve]

Yeah

[pallid fern]

I haven't studied for any finals and next week is finals week 🥲

[eternal mauve]

But if you can’t concentrate no point

[eternal mauve]

You’re so chill 1 week is plenty

[pallid fern]

yeah this is why I wanted decisions to come out last week so I could have my decision and be able to think about something other than duke 😭

[pallid fern]

no I mean tomorrow to thursday is finals week

No finals on friday so yippee

Tomorrow's final is pretty chill, so is Tuesday's

It's just wednesday and thursday that I really need to study for

[eternal mauve]

OH LOL

Yes get grinding

Just in case

[eternal mauve]

Fair but something aren’t in your control

[pallid fern]

yeah 😭

dw dw I'll start grinding in like 10 minutes

Nighttime studying kinda hits different lol

okay technically I'm grinding rn

Working on my final touches for my project on monday

But it's not really grinding

But it's still work

Soooo if it counts it counts

[frail sluice]

are any of you alevel students?

[regal lark]

https://admissions.duke.edu/admit/

[quartz bridge]

omg did u get that link sent to you

ur def getting in

also officially the day of for est people!!

Please be aware that this is not a restricted page, is visible to the public, and is not indicative of anyone’s admission status. oh nvm LOL

[frail sluice]

did you get this through email?

[quartz bridge]

idts, it's a public page u can access when you search "duke admitted students"

[quartz bridge]

is that an intl thing

[frail sluice]

yup

[pallid fern]

Ayyeee they used my duke icon I subitted

[pallid fern]

3 more hours for me 🥲

[frail sluice]

what icon???

[quartz bridge]

elllie the icon eats

[pallid fern]

thank youuu

you can't really see the blue devil that clearly though 😭

[frail sluice]

also why do i have a feeling there are more duke applicants this yea

yea

[quartz bridge]

i see itttt

[frail sluice]

year

[quartz bridge]

there are

[pallid fern]

there are lol

[quartz bridge]

500 more than last year

[frail sluice]

you made that. its so cool

[pallid fern]

yep I got bored

Okay more accurately

I was stressing about decisions

And that was my way of channeling the stress

[frail sluice]

no way and brown and yale apps decreased by that number i saw a reddit post about it

[pallid fern]

Yeah cause they're test required now

[quartz bridge]

its more test optional kids

[pallid fern]

And duke is still test optional

[quartz bridge]

bc brown and yale are test required

[pallid fern]

it's okay guys trust no matter what happens tomorrow we're gonna end up at a great uni

[frail sluice]

i have a good math score but not a good english score in sat but idk

[quartz bridge]

did u go to?

[frail sluice]

that makes so much more sense

[pallid fern]

I talked with my mom and we decided that tomorrow:

1. I'll open my decisions
2. Go to mochinut (if y'all haven't been please see if they have a location near you, it's literally the best thing ever)
3. go ice skating (cause my figure skates are gonna arrive tomorrow)

[vocal harness]

I j need decisions out so I can move on and focus on finals and rd’s

[pallid fern]

and she promised we're gonna do that regardless of my decision

[pallid fern]

SAME lol

I submitted my Rice app today and I was so proud of myself for being able to concentrate enough to do that 😭

[quartz bridge]

there's one 5 miles from me

[tame viper]

are y’all gonna record yourself opening decisions?

[frail sluice]

our school had the decemebr exams early like in the first week so now im donw with my exams

[quartz bridge]

but i havent even heard of it until today

[quartz bridge]

yes

[tame viper]

whats mochinut

[pallid fern]

goooo it's delicious, it's technically a donut but not really, it's not as sweet and wayyy more unique

[frail sluice]

yup

its gonna be like 5 AM for me when the decsions come out

[quartz bridge]

wait did pepper ever reply if he searched up the admitted students page or got emailed it

[pallid fern]

they also have amazing drinks

[frail sluice]

no

[tame viper]

omg they look like tasty scrunchies

[pallid fern]

it's kinda popular here, we have a bunch of locations

[pallid fern]

LOL yeah they're amazing and they do super cute themed mochinuts near holidays

And the korean rice dogs are :chefkiss:

[quartz bridge]

we have 2 here within a 20 min viscinity and then the next closest one is in deleware LMAO

[pallid fern]

pretend I have nitro and that's an actual emoji lol

look at all the locations in WA lol

I love them

[quartz bridge]

wow

over here it's like kokee tea

there'es at least 20 different boba brands here

[pallid fern]

we have a huge asian population here so that's probably why

[quartz bridge]

kung fu tea is prob the worst

[pallid fern]

oh yeah same

[pallid fern]

never heard of it lol

[tame viper]

the closest one to me in 136 km away, not even in south carolina anymore

[quartz bridge]

oh i didn't realize it's only in va

[pallid fern]

and then all the happy lemon locations

[quartz bridge]

but there's like 40 locations here LMAO

[pallid fern]

also super popular here for the bubble waffles

[quartz bridge]

wait nvm

theres one location in oregon

[pallid fern]

Not as good as the ones in china but they're still great

[tame viper]

y’all i need to go to a place with more asian people there’s like no good asian snack place in south carolina😭

[pallid fern]

Their boba is kinda eh though

[quartz bridge]

there's a lot of asian people here

but my school is like 70% white

[pallid fern]

Duke has a large asian population so I'm sure there'll be some good asian spots

[pallid fern]

LOL mine is 50% asian

or something like that

idk a large asian population though

honestly seattle is great for all the food, we have literally every cuisine possible

[quartz bridge]

it's crazy how the admittted students page is already updated

[tame viper]

me with 5% asian school

[pallid fern]

yeah I know

[quartz bridge]

it says there's a zoom party on the 17th for kids who get accepted

[tame viper]

i don’t wanna take a peek it’ll jinx it

[frail sluice]

not that crazy since only 18 hours left so like. it makes sense imo

[pallid fern]

I took a peek and then I refused to open it up again

[frail sluice]

ya i saw that

[quartz bridge]

you gotta manifest itttt

[pallid fern]

I'm probably gonna start freaking out during my final tomorrow 😭

[frail sluice]

yes

[pallid fern]

I have an engineering presentation that ends at like 2:40 and duke decisions are at 4 (PST) so I have 1 hour and 20 minutes to get home and then panic

[quartz bridge]

im skipping my test tommorow in ap lit

[pallid fern]

I wish I could 😭

[tame viper]

i have a good 3 hours after i get home before decisions

[quartz bridge]

and my school ends at like 4:30 so i get home at like 4:45

so ill have 2 hours

realistically i know the odds are stacked against me but i'm still praying

[pallid fern]

my brother + mom have a piano lesson tomorrow and my mom said she's gonna skip her lesson and only have my brother do like half of his so we can either celebrate or cry together

[quartz bridge]

it's kinda crazy cause they've already made a decision about me'

and everyone else

[pallid fern]

I know like at this point just tell us 😭

[frail sluice]

guys should i open the letter alone or with my family as its super early for me and idk if i should ask them to wake up early

[quartz bridge]

wait peter are you from the UK

[pallid fern]

schrodinger's cat situation

[quartz bridge]

ik they do A levels ther

[pallid fern]

If you want your family to be with you, ask them if they want to open it with you

[quartz bridge]

make ur friends wake up early and open it w them

[tame viper]

schrödinger’s blue devil

[frail sluice]

nah paksitan but i did o and alevels

[pallid fern]

wait guys I just realized happy lemon is only in the seattle area that's crazy, bubble waffles literally don't exist for the rest of the country 😭

Or if you guys have bubble waffles then probably not as good as happy lemon's

[frail sluice]

imma gonna ask everyone who ever shows up

[tame viper]

lots of demons in physics (maxwell, laplace) but not enough devils

[pallid fern]

I think my mom might want to open it with me but I want to open myself 😭

[quartz bridge]

im opening it with my mom and dad

and dog

[pallid fern]

I want to cry alone if I get rejected 🥲

[tame viper]

i have a bubble waffle maker at home it’s prolly close enough

[tall plaza]

REAL LIKE HOLY FUCK

[dapper solar]

Im opening it in a mass facetime with most my friends

[frail sluice]

what breed of dog do you have?

[tall plaza]

the best boba i can find is a food truck 😭

[pallid fern]

go make some bubble waffles for when you open the decision

[frail sluice]

wait imma do that thx for the idea

[quartz bridge]

schichon (half bichon and shitzu)

[tame viper]

that’s a good idea lol

[tall plaza]

my city aint got shit

[dapper solar]

We'll play jackbox in the 15 minutes before it comes out

[pallid fern]

ouch go to somewhere with a huge asian population, boba can vary so much in quality

[quartz bridge]

he got diagnosed with IVDD a couple on months ago so he's just enjoying all his days

[pallid fern]

I could never x_x

I have so many people invested in my decision now cause of my status LOL

[pallid fern]

ouch I'm sorry

[tall plaza]

yeah ik, sc aint got no large asian pop anywhere

[harsh heath]

There is happy lemon here

In Portland

[quartz bridge]

how many people from this thread are gonna get in

[frail sluice]

oh nice the fuffy ones right

[dapper solar]

And I'm going to instruct everybody to cheer super loudly even if I get rejected

[quartz bridge]

because a2c seems to be more cracked then usual

[quartz bridge]

yup with the crusty eyes

[tall plaza]

out if context it be 24hrs left to live

[tame viper]

i’m proud to represent 50% of the states asian pop

[frail sluice]

😭

[tall plaza]

🙌🙌

[pallid fern]

Yeah I have a lot of people asking me what it means lol

[dapper solar]

any other gay boeing interns who are building a nuclear fusor in their garage here?

[pallid fern]

ouch x_x

[quartz bridge]

that's pretty close to how my dog looks like

[quartz bridge]

exactly

[frail sluice]

i just googled them they are so cool. im more of a cat person than a dog person. but still

[pallid fern]

ooh nice

Portland is pretty close to seattle though so makes sense

[quartz bridge]

wait sero are you international

[pallid fern]

AWWWW that's so cute

[quartz bridge]

all these international kids have stacked EC's

[dapper solar]

nah US citizen

[bold heart]

hello duke thread

[crystal nexus]

Indeed hello

[tame viper]

hiii

[quartz bridge]

do u go to school here?

[frail sluice]

so cute whats its name

[dapper solar]

yup

[bold heart]

how are we feeling

[tall plaza]

ima crash tf out

[crystal nexus]

Activity was noticed, we must make an appearance

[pallid fern]

hello welcome to us panicking about decisions tomorrow

[bold heart]

join the clan

[quartz bridge]

lol that's not my dog

but it's like a carbon copy

[bold heart]

and ensure the children are behaving!

[quartz bridge]

that's a dog from google

[pallid fern]

I love both but I'll always be a bunny gal at heart

[tall plaza]

dying, passing out, shitting, pissing, crying

[tame viper]

i’m about to spontaneously combust

[tall plaza]

that too

[quartz bridge]

i'm buying my dog a duke jersey if i get in

ASAP

[dapper solar]

Also im both a first gen immigrant and a first gen college student
ngl I'm feeling good about my chances

[bold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/duke-blue-devils-still-dancing-gif-12834802

[quartz bridge]

i alrdy have it in cart unfortunately....

[pallid fern]

I feel both calm and terrified at the same time if that makes sense?? Sounds contradictory

[dapper solar]

this optimism is going to bite me in the ass so damn hard I can already feel it

[tall plaza]

my dad is so invested in my duke decision 😭 he wanted me to apply to upenn ed

[pallid fern]

OMG I didn't even know those existed I want one for my bunnies

[tall plaza]

im going in expecting to be rejected so 🤷‍♂️

[quartz bridge]

i don't think first gen immigrant means anything but first gen college is good. esp if ur parents haven't gone to any college at all (even outside the US)

[pallid fern]

I keep fluctuating between "I'm def gonna get in" and "I'M GONNA GET REJECTED SO HARD AHHHH"

And my entire family is convinced I'm gonna get accepted 😭

[tall plaza]

REAL

[tame viper]

sameee i’m a metronome

[pallid fern]

yeah

[bold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/death-isn't-scary-at-all-bill-nye-smiling-friends-dying-is-not-frightful-at-all-adult-swim-gif-16332559036939385971

[crystal nexus]

At the end of the day, remember that your acceptance or rejectance won't define who you are as a person

[bold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-exploding-exploding-spongebob-blow-up-hanhell-gif-20905608

[quartz bridge]

https://www.amazon.com/NCAA-Duke-Devils-T-Shirt-Medium/dp/B00H6U32LQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2R7FYIDLZH59E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2vCoUcVwpj0CbUfGTGZP6uF-sBe8eGSXucVtiJL1WDjUG8m6tLB1xxMxuu30HNTkHVBM8YwmzVFGYE6FGxX-3CzPfiz0gm9CwUocS51PXdiN5d2XmaYPCA4QNC_G9xDcK4kQlLdSTsa1PwK7LYmvdIcnPYu8rrpiAuA_pr1HCqRz1jleimHYoQ1rB9Q0Zb4Wy-0bMLzeVuOO6cRc-uGgJyQH-rk_J2DzJOM7_Tbte1pINlB_dNiPiu2aJGxITkUWQ8L5Db047IWDpjb-hX5o1GFsjCkPDHB_macYZRmkBYSHU8cEfLnsibbspU2r_UDNVAB9ZIpqaAt-MH1M8tpTbYchsK1czBtS4hSVoLsVvxefa-EFbh6X1wUhR9NCmb2cy3UL_Qi5rHLO4_klFQMmhgZfZhul5_qlrudXDBncxZg.JVGTfnMFJnk8QEQUDD0SKz3AuoET6C0t6Xy-wRTtorA&dib_tag=se&keywords=duke+dog+merch&qid=1734326918&sprefix=%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-5

[crystal nexus]

You're all still very intellent humans

[tall plaza]

i needa know how long it took to find this gif

[quartz bridge]

this will be bought tommorow if i get in

[bold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/duke-dog-dukes-jmu-james-madison-mascots-gif-9323523680308996088

[tame viper]

if i dont get into duke i can always apply to marquess

if that doesnt work out then i’ll go for earl

[quartz bridge]

im prob gonna end up at uva if i dont get into duke

[dapper solar]

they went to no colleges whatsoever
Although my mom did go to this completely uncredited, pyramid scheme program for accounting in her home country ☠️

[pallid fern]

that reminds me, apparently during a war back in china there was a poster trying to recruit people and it said something like:

If you become a soldier you most likely won't be at the front lines, so what's there to be scared of?

If you get sent to the front lines you most likely won't die so what's there to be scared of?

If you die then you're too dead to be scared so what's there to be scared of?

[bold heart]

https://tenor.com/view/2sec-spongebob-gif-26588473

[pallid fern]

oh my gosh I want one so bad 😭

[tall plaza]

if i dont get into duke i still have 7 more decisions to go, im hoping for atleast 2-3 more acceptances

[quartz bridge]

ur lowkey cooking then

[tame viper]

can’t argue with this logic

[frail sluice]

ill be buying those blue devil horn cap as my first duke merch

[quartz bridge]

i alrdy have a hoodie

[bold heart]

LMAO

sorry had to break the gif streak for this

[pallid fern]

YES I want those little blue devil horns

[bold heart]

but this is hilarious

[quartz bridge]

i painted my nails duke blue today

[tall plaza]

my sweatshirt doesnt fit anymore 😞

[quartz bridge]

LETS GO

[frail sluice]

also the ones that light up too

[pallid fern]

Yessss

My school has this May 1st celebration day and I wanna wear one of those

[tame viper]

omg i should get my sister to paint one of my nails blue if i get in

[dapper solar]

I never mentioned I was gay anywhere on my common app though, never found a place

[pallid fern]

And I'm also gonna design a custom duke sweatshirt

[quartz bridge]

has duke ever messed up with portals the day of decisions before

[pallid fern]

yes you gotta bleed blue

[bold heart]

what

[quartz bridge]

did yall here what happened with dartmouth...

[pallid fern]

there was an lgbtq prompt?

[pallid fern]

what?

[bold heart]

hear*

[tame viper]

what happened

[frail sluice]

i dont think so did anything happen

[frail sluice]

the vomit thing

[tall plaza]

me too!

[quartz bridge]

they posted a congratulations tab an hour before decisions for everyone....

[pallid fern]

oh yeah the hazing

[quartz bridge]

like a "congratualtions class of '29!"

[pallid fern]

I both hope that happens and not at the same time 😭

[dapper solar]

i chose two other prompts that I thought were more impressive on my behalf

[quartz bridge]

it was like a video LMAO

[frail sluice]

ohh

[bold heart]

the what

[pallid fern]

oh wait was it for everyone or just for accepted people?

[quartz bridge]

some people were so confused after getting that and then later getting rejected

[pallid fern]

Cause if it was for everyone that's just cruel

[quartz bridge]

everyone!!

[pallid fern]

jeez I would hate that then

[pallid fern]

fair enough

[quartz bridge]

like ur an ivy league university

do better

[tame viper]

american university did it last year sending an acceptance email to everyone who applied

[frail sluice]

so bascially idk the full story but i heard someone made someone eat and onion and then they vomited and then they forced them to eat their vomit.

[vocal harness]

I heard most colleges release decisions a couple min early

[dapper solar]

did anyone withdraw their other applications? if so that would be awful ☠️

[pallid fern]

x_x I will cry if that happens

[crystal nexus]

What

[frail sluice]

idk if its true saw it on reddit

[pallid fern]

really? huh I guess I gotta get ready tomorrow

[frail sluice]

like yesterday

[pallid fern]

yeah I read about that on reddit earlier today LOL

[tame viper]

most interesting activity when you’re in the woods ig

[frail sluice]

thats understandable

[pallid fern]

reddit is my college news x_x

[frail sluice]

same

[quartz bridge]

i don't think anyone is stupid enough to do that before the actual letter but you never know IG

[frail sluice]

im so invested

[quartz bridge]

pretty sure duke is straight 7pmEST

[tame viper]

duke duke duke duke duke duke duke

[frail sluice]

ya

[pallid fern]

also can I just say the a2c server is so much more supportive than the a2c subreddit, like the subreddit is so anxiety inducing sometimes but I love this server

[dapper solar]

yall my decisions come out a day before my schools finals

[frail sluice]

duke duke duke duke

!duke

[pallid fern]

My decisions come out during finals week lol

[vocal harness]

dude the reddit is hella depressing

I can’t w it

[frail sluice]

yes also no one seems to reply there

[crystal nexus]

As a discord moderator do NOT engage with the subreddit

[quartz bridge]

im deleting reddit after college app szn

i only downloaded it for this

[pallid fern]

I mean to be fair I learned a lot of good info from the reddit but I've also had a lot of people tell me I'm gonna get rejected everywhere lol

[pallid fern]

LOL so fair

[dapper solar]

reddit in general rewards negativity and anxiety, its exhausting

[frail sluice]

same

[bold heart]

bro wtf

[crystal nexus]

This is what I'm saying

Thats insane stuff

[bold heart]

i made my best friends on a2c last year through the college megathreads lol

[pallid fern]

yeah I have a second reddit account just for fun stuff or stories or whatever, and then a separate accout for stressful college stuff x_x

[frail sluice]

real

[dapper solar]

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/12/arrest-warrants-issued-in-alleged-fraternity-hazing-incident

[bold heart]

do you want to hear berkeley frat lore that im not a 100% sure is true but it sounds like something a frat would do

[tall plaza]

duke my beloved please take me

[quartz bridge]

oh yeah i heard abvout that

[pallid fern]

go ahead I'm curious

[frail sluice]

tell

[tame viper]

reddit attracts all the neurotic hyperelitist applicants

[quartz bridge]

all dartymouth studetns are required to stay on campus their sophomore summer

[pallid fern]

wait really? I had no idea

Wait I would hate that x_x

[crystal nexus]

Sure why not

[bold heart]

oh idk if its duke thread appropriate i was gonna tell avi in verified village

[pallid fern]

😭

[crystal nexus]

L bozos

next year

[pallid fern]

Or maybe tomorrow

[crystal nexus]

True

[bold heart]

scary

stay in school kids

[pallid fern]

have to study for my finals for that 😭

I really gotta start studying

[tame viper]

i created an image to express my feelings at this present moment