Duke University (2024-2025)

[tall plaza]

i think this has been the most nervous ive ever been in my life

[pallid fern]

LOL yep

[quartz bridge]

lowk my ec's are hooks kinda hit

but idk if duke agrees

[vocal harness]

my legs are SHAKING and we still got a whole day left

[tall plaza]

imagine having finals

[dapper solar]

yall are edging me rn
kinda unethical tbh 🙄

[pallid fern]

I think some of my ECs are good but I've also seen some crazy applicants 😭

[tall plaza]

like FOCK ME

[quartz bridge]

i mean my ec's are like realistic good ec's that are not nepotism and crafted by parents at the age of 2

[pallid fern]

I will not be able to concentrate during my final presentation tomorrow

[quartz bridge]

thats what i mean by good ecs LMAO

[tall plaza]

SAME but yet again i havr jack SHIT around me so i dont have access to internships or nonprofits or anything like thag

[pallid fern]

oh yeah same not like internship at NASA or whatever

[tall plaza]

same

[dapper solar]

Should I have added weightlifting to my Ecs
I bench quite a bit

[tame viper]

what if i slept until wednesday and checked then

[tame viper]

oooh how much

[pallid fern]

Ouch yeah I guess that's the good thing about living in a large metro

[quartz bridge]

i wish

[dapper solar]

255lb one rep max, usually 210 repping

[pallid fern]

I saw someone on reddit saying that they haven't opened their cornell decision yet and I could never I would be opening my decision ASAP

[tall plaza]

yeah my city is 40k people and mainly situated around the steel industry and insurance 😭

[quartz bridge]

i dont know if i have the guts to check right at 7 PM

[pallid fern]

if you don't have any better ECs then yeah add it for rd supps

[tame viper]

btw the duke banner and logo goes so hard i love it

[frail sluice]

i feel like im gonna wait like a sloid 10 minutes after 7PM to open my letter

[quartz bridge]

holy shit when i go on my calendar it shows today as decision day

its getting realllll

[pallid fern]

didn't make the banner lol, that was someone else

[tame viper]

you crazy with that, very impressive

[frail sluice]

the banner is 11/10

[vocal harness]

I still got 2 hrs lol

[tame viper]

oh you made it??? this a banger🔥

[pallid fern]

yeah I might do that too but I wouldn't be able to wait like 3 days to open like that cornell person on reddit

[dapper solar]

Dawg imma have a whole ass zoom meeting group cheering me on

[tall plaza]

DAMN my max is only 195 but i only started lifting like 3 months ago

[regal lark]

oh nah i did not get that lmao just sent it cause it updated to 2029

[pallid fern]

thanks, just the icon though

[regal lark]

it was 2028 before

[frail sluice]

lol thats just insane and requires too much control

[quartz bridge]

yeah i think they updated it today

[regal lark]

are there any easter eggs

[pallid fern]

I told them I'll make an animated version of the icon if I get accepted so there's another reason for duke to accept me LOL

[quartz bridge]

wdym

like portal astrology?

[regal lark]

yeah lol

[quartz bridge]

cause im p sure that's forbidden

[tame viper]

oi oi

[bold heart]

!rule 4

[flat junco]

#📜-rules

​Rule 4: Prohibited Content (Admissions Related)

​Don't discuss chance-mes, lying/cheating, portal astrology, or affirmative action. If you don't know what any of these are, you can double check their meaning in #📜-rules. Mods may ask you to change the topic at any time, even if a topic isn't listed here.

[tame viper]

rules

[regal lark]

oh my bad

[pallid fern]

yeah it's not allowed + I doubt there are any hints as to our decisions

[tall plaza]

idk if my leg press is impressive but my max is 750lbs so i think thats pretty good

[regal lark]

will they get mad if u were clicking around random links...

[pallid fern]

Way better than me lol, I know nothing about weightlifting but that sounds really good

[pallid fern]

nah I randomly go onto the portal sometimes

[quartz bridge]

i weigh like 105 pounds and seeing all these numbers scare me

[frail sluice]

plz say no

[tame viper]

750lbs is incredible wtf

[dapper solar]

💀 mines is like 450

[quartz bridge]

I NEED TO GRIND THE GYM

[pallid fern]

SAME

[frail sluice]

same i open it alot lol

[pallid fern]

I'm gonna start learning how to figure skate after decisions even if I get rejected

[tall plaza]

i mean ive never really done weights or anything before august, ive always just done cardio

[tame viper]

like 750 in plates on the incline leg press? or actually 750 in terms of force

[pallid fern]

more than me I can barely run a half mile in 5 minutes 😭

[quartz bridge]

guys my dance comp on saturday was so funny

[frail sluice]

i have to learn to skateboard before college

[quartz bridge]

i tripped on my skirt

[pallid fern]

ouch

[quartz bridge]

and fell

[tall plaza]

750 in total, i think it was 630 on the plates + 120 from the machine

[pallid fern]

honestly I think it would be cool to learn how to rollerblade and speed around a college campus

[tall plaza]

😭

[quartz bridge]

its not my fault they made my skirt like go 3 inches past my feet

SIGH

[tame viper]

what angle is it at, let’s mgsinθ this out

[dapper solar]

is the machine really that much?
if so then I'm at like 520lb

[frail sluice]

you have to take them off when doing into a building i think so imma stick with a skateboard

[pallid fern]

ouch yeah

[quartz bridge]

i used to figureskate

[pallid fern]

true true

[quartz bridge]

and i was actuallt pretty good

[tall plaza]

yeah my machine was 120lb without any plates

[pallid fern]

ooh that's actually super cool

[quartz bridge]

but then i quit bc i got a really bad blade injury LMAO

i still have the scar

[tall plaza]

it was around a 45° i believe

[pallid fern]

I keep wanting to learn but my parents kept saying no cause they want me to focus on school 🥲

[tame viper]

yikes that’s so scary

[frail sluice]

been there

[pallid fern]

Butttt I said screw it and bought like a $300 pair of skates a few days ago and now I'm gonna do whatever I want

[pallid fern]

ouch that's terrible

[quartz bridge]

its on my thumb tho

so its not that bad

[dapper solar]

I wonder if duke will rescind my decision once they find out I only applied for the hot southern guys there

[quartz bridge]

i played like every sport growing up except soccer

[pallid fern]

They keep telling me that I need to stop being so cheap with my money (I freelance but I never buy anything for myself) soooo this is exactly what they want

[tall plaza]

i broke my wrist last time i rollerbladed but maybe cuz i slipped on gravel on the side of the road at my ex's housr right in front of her, her mom, and my mom...

[quartz bridge]

and lacross/field hockey

[frail sluice]

and i only play badminton

[quartz bridge]

or volleyball

[tame viper]

around 120 + 630/sqrt(2) = 565lbs then

[pallid fern]

I told them about buying it and my mom thinks it's kinda stupid but she still supports me and she bought an ice rink pass for me

[pallid fern]

oh wow I never did any sports lol

[tall plaza]

me but football instead of soccrr

[quartz bridge]

swimming, dance, figure skating, tennis, basketball were the mains

[frail sluice]

my friends forced me to play it but idk im just not good at it

[tall plaza]

so not bad

[tame viper]

still super impressive!!

[quartz bridge]

https://count.nyurejects.com/duke.edu

[tall plaza]

ill still say my max is 750 tho

mwahaha

[quartz bridge]

dix-huit heures

[dapper solar]

I don't like sports, i just weightlift ☠️
literal gay stereotype

[quartz bridge]

et treize minutes

[pallid fern]

a few years ago I had a huge bicycling phase and I fell really hard and injured my knee
A few days after that I fell onto gravel and got pieces of gravel embedded in the same knee
And for the next week after that I kept being stupid and running around and hitting my knee everywhere x_x
Thennnn I could barely walk for ages lol

[tame viper]

one of my friends who got a full ride through merit scholarship said that her ice skating was something the scholarship committee focused on a lot, so ig y’all have a buff for scholarships!

[pallid fern]

I am very proud of myself for remembering enough french to understand that

[tall plaza]

ive done volleyball, swim, basketball, baseball, soccer, golf, tennis, pickleball (🤮), badminton, flag football

[tall plaza]

😭 omg

[dapper solar]

so like is pickleball an actual thing
i thought that was just an american joke

[frail sluice]

badminton >> tenis

[tall plaza]

no it is, i dont like it tho

[pallid fern]

I used to do ballet when I was really young, and a tiny bit of kung fu, and then a bicycling phase over quarantine

[quartz bridge]

duke mbb plays my safety school on tuesday

[frail sluice]

thats actually such epic lore

[tall plaza]

as someone who plays school tennis + tourneys i agree

[quartz bridge]

thats funny

[dapper solar]

ok trex

[pallid fern]

not as much as the other people here lol, I only did a tiny bit and I was not good at all

[quartz bridge]

badminton is easier to grasp

[pallid fern]

agreed I also had a small badminton phase a few years ago

[pallid fern]

yeah and it feels lighter if that makes sense

[tall plaza]

duke wbb already played my state school and lost cuz wbb @ uofsc gets DOWN

[tame viper]

das pickleballen ist sehr ernsthaft in die vereinigten staaten😡

[frail sluice]

i remeber i only learned how to ride a bicyle was cause i was sitting on one and a dog started chasing me and out of fear i learned it

[pallid fern]

jeezz

[quartz bridge]

i mentioned toby fournier in my why duke LOL

[tall plaza]

OH AND I USED TO RIDE HORSES LMFAK

[pallid fern]

that's kinda terrifying lol

[quartz bridge]

i said i would run to catch games to watch her dunk

[pallid fern]

I always wanted to learn

[tame viper]

??? bro did every sport under the sun

[tall plaza]

its so fun

[frail sluice]

i aspire to do that one day

[dapper solar]

wörtlicher Scherzname

[tall plaza]

😭 i just like sports, yet im still a fat fuck

[pallid fern]

A few years ago we went to oregon on vacation and my mom booked us a horseback riding trip on the beach

I asked for their most energetic horse and had it canter a bit even though I wasn't allowed to and it's one of my favorite memories to this day

[quartz bridge]

so i will actually be blasting tate mcrae all of tommorow

[tall plaza]

though i have been slowly losing weight. im down to 215

[quartz bridge]

she will help me get through it

[frail sluice]

nice i wanna learn horseriding so much and do like races and stuff

[pallid fern]

they have a club for that at duke

It's probably expensive though 😭

[tall plaza]

noicee, yeah me and my sis used to go to this camp for riding horses and we used to eat lunch and play on these HUGE haybales then go trailtrotting on our horses

[frail sluice]

no way

i love duke even more now

[pallid fern]

So I'll probably stick with skating

[pallid fern]

LOL yeah

[quartz bridge]

guys im a uconn fan but my parents wont let me apply

[tame viper]

du hast absolut recht

[pallid fern]

wait that sounds amazing

[tame viper]

huskies🥰

[quartz bridge]

duke mbb has actually grown on me

[pallid fern]

okay okay gonna go feed my bunnies be back in like 10 minutes don't let this chat die in the meantime LOL

[tall plaza]

ive also been to a 2 week long motorsport camp in VA like 5 years ago, dunebuggies, go karts, you name it

[quartz bridge]

ngl cooper flagg seems kinda privaleged tho like the things ive heard about him esp from current students ik

[dapper solar]

damn they wont let you apply to Yukon gold

[quartz bridge]

paige buckets

[dapper solar]

(do you get the joke)

(its very intellectual)

[quartz bridge]

YES LMAO

[tall plaza]

aint she leaving soon?

[quartz bridge]

yes its her last year sadly

[tall plaza]

damnnn

[quartz bridge]

azzi gotta stay tho she's barely played

[tame viper]

favorite potato cultivars

[quartz bridge]

and we got sarah strong

who FUN FACTTTT is from durham

she was down to duke and uconn

just like cooper flagg

and they were both the number 1 players 😭

[dapper solar]

easily my favorite thing about America (other than democracy)
ive made so many dishes w them

[frail sluice]

is anyone of you planning to make a full college reaction video???? like for all your unis

[quartz bridge]

i hope i dont have to

because i want to get in today

[tame viper]

do they sell them in aldis

[frail sluice]

i feel like i should make one not to publish online but to jsut keep it as memory

[dapper solar]

I'll be turning on recording on the zoom meeting im hosting with like 20 friends when I open

[quartz bridge]

same

[tame viper]

facts

[quartz bridge]

shit actually today

[dapper solar]

fair bit more expensive, but yeah

[quartz bridge]

the reddit thread has almost 800 comments

geez

[tame viper]

i havent checked reddit at all

[frail sluice]

i checked today

[tame viper]

what they saying in the threads

[frail sluice]

are you gonna do physics in college

[quartz bridge]

chance me is degenerate these days

don't go on there unless u wanna lose brain cells

[quartz bridge]

they're making duke themed Christmas carols

im not lying

[frail sluice]

thats the case everyyear. mostly cause other students try to discourage others from applying to their dream schools. which is jsut so bad and unethical

[quartz bridge]

some examples: Oh, please, oh, please, let me in,
I'll make you proud from the moment I begin.
On the quad, under Duke's bright sky,
With grit and grace, I'll aim so high.
Oh, please, oh, please, let me through,
Forever loyal to the white and blue!

[tame viper]

i applied physics as my first major to duke so prolly yeah, why

[dapper solar]

☠️ ☠️ ☠️
imma make the zoom meeting group sing some of them before i open ☠️ ☠️ ☠️

[quartz bridge]

don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want Duke for my own
More than Duke could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is Duke, yeah

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need (And I)
Don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace (Ah)

I just want Duke for my own (Ooh)
More than Duke could ever know (Ooh)
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is Duke
Duke, baby

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow (And I)
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick (Ah)
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click

'Cause I just want Duke here tonight (Ooh)
Holding on to me so tight (Ooh)
What more can I do?
Oh baby, all I want for Christmas is Duke
Duke, baby

ft. mariah carey!!

[tame viper]

this is insane

[tall plaza]

i love aldi

[dapper solar]

someone pin this

☠️

[tame viper]

aldi vs lidl who would win

[frail sluice]

dawg this is actually so good.

[tall plaza]

aldi, my lidl got shut down in like less than a year..

[quartz bridge]

LMAO

[tall plaza]

even tho the building could fit an ikea

[quartz bridge]

i just read it all the way

it kinda slaps

[quartz bridge]

lidl 100%%%%%

esp where im from

[frail sluice]

i shouldn't be asking this now

imma try to get my hopes up

im freaking out

[tame viper]

(test optional)

[frail sluice]

istg i was so calm a few hours ago

[frail sluice]

im intl sooo

[dapper solar]

lidl offers a larger variety, aldi offers better prices

[tame viper]

i’ve only been to aldi when i visited germany but it was a very nice shopping experience, even better than US aldis

[dapper solar]

very streamlined

[quartz bridge]

im confused what does this mean

[tame viper]

they asked what the lowest sat score would be

[quartz bridge]

i was out for a few minutes listeninng to mariah carey

all i want for christmas is DUKEEEE

[dapper solar]

Chill the hell down
You gonna get somewhere great, I believe in you

[tame viper]

i’m surprised i’ve gotten this far into december without hearing mariah carey at least once

15 more days to go…

[quartz bridge]

ik people who have gotten in with 1400's

i also know somebody who went TO with a 1490 and got rejected

always better to submit

[tame viper]

1490 is so high for test optional

[frail sluice]

i cut on finger like 3 of them when cutting an apple 3 days before my exam and had to get them bandaged and it so so diffcuit to use my laptop trackpad during sat

[quartz bridge]

ik they were complaning about it on DCUM because that's like a trash score to that subreddit

all those moms are crazy

[tame viper]

dc urban moms is my new favorite site

[quartz bridge]

somebody got into harvard with a 1480 a few days ago and it's been nonstop bashing

[frail sluice]

frfr

[quartz bridge]

its kinda funny honestly

omg my favorite was when somebody got accepted with a 1470 to dartmouth and one mom replied "your child doesn't deserve that"

[dapper solar]

My parents made me submit my sats everywhere i applied

[frail sluice]

thats cool\

[dapper solar]

Jealousy is a powerful drug

[quartz bridge]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1245094.page#28982846

it's actually crazy to read

[frail sluice]

its not opening for m

me

[quartz bridge]

they're out here blaming questbridge kids too

like LMAO

[tame viper]

comparison is the thief of joy
duke acceptance is the philanthropist of it

[tame viper]

they crazy for that

[frail sluice]

thats so insane to me like be happy for others for once people

[quartz bridge]

and then if someone gets in with below avg stats they accuse them of being a URM

LIKE LMAO

for example: 3.98 UW
1570
Lots of rigor
Stellar recs
Typical ECs w/ strong Leadership
NMSF
Private

Must be an URM

that is an actual reply on the link i said

sent

[tame viper]

batshit insane

[pallid fern]

I might lol

[pallid fern]

yeah

[pallid fern]

LOL I SAW THAT ONE

[frail sluice]

17 
HOURS
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MINUTES
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SECONDS

[quartz bridge]

im gonna go sleep now

[pallid fern]

oh yeah you should it's like 1 am for you

goodnight!!

[pallid fern]

I know actually crazy

[quartz bridge]

see you on the other side guys and just remember we'll all end up where we're meant to be ❤️

[tame viper]

its 1 am but im so wide awaken rn

[pallid fern]

And I'm waking up at like 10 am tomorrow (best things about finals weeks is that I only have 3 hours of school a day)

Sooo

By the time I wake up

I'll only have 7 more hours to go

[pallid fern]

only 10 pm for me

And I'm hungry LOL

[tame viper]

pst

[pallid fern]

But I don't wanna make food cause I'm lazy

[pallid fern]

we only gotta wait till 4 pm instead of 7 pm :p

It feels like less waiting even though it's technically the same

[frail sluice]

its the same waiting time for everyone lol

[pallid fern]

Yeah but it feels less and that's all that matters

especially since I'm waking up at 10 am tomorrow

Then for the next couple of hours I have finals

[tame viper]

true

[frail sluice]

for me its 5 AM tmr

[pallid fern]

then I drive home

Then I have like 1 hour of actual waiting

[pallid fern]

ouch

I would not want to open at that time

[tame viper]

are u gonna stay up

[frail sluice]

ik so it feels so long

[pallid fern]

staying up till 5 is crazy 😭

I would set an alarm for 4:30 if I were you

[frail sluice]

i think so or i meight sleep in the evening

[pallid fern]

Though realistically I probably wouldn't be able to sleep

ngl I feel like 4 pm is a very good time to open

[frail sluice]

i was just gonna say that

[pallid fern]

I wonder if I'll still be active here after decisions tomorrow (assuming I get accepted)

I probably will tbh

honestly it's kinda fun in this server

[frail sluice]

true

[pallid fern]

I didn't use this server until after I submitted my apps

[pallid fern]

you're new on this server 😭

[frail sluice]

why is there a green heart thing after my username in this server

[pallid fern]

cause you're new

It shows for new members

[frail sluice]

ya but its been fun for the last 5 days

[pallid fern]

When did you join?

okay fair lol

[frail sluice]

oml

i didn't even know they had a discord tell i saw a reddit comment about it on the reddit

[pallid fern]

I've been in this server for 2.5 years LOL but I never even used it until recently

[frail sluice]

ive been on the reddit page since like september

[pallid fern]

I've been there since the summer after freshman year x_x

[frail sluice]

now thats insane

[pallid fern]

immigrant parents so freshman year I didn't even know what a GPA was

So a2c taught me everything I know about college

[dapper solar]

I joined this discord as a joke, but there are some actually cool folks here

[pallid fern]

yeah I thought it would be stressful like the subreddit but server > reddit

[frail sluice]

that makes sense. i leanred all about college from youtube videos in my freshman year/ olevels

[pallid fern]

it's funny cause apparently my mom browses wechat (chinese social media) and for the past year she managed to teach herself everything about american colleges too LOL

so once in a while she'll come up to me and be like "oh did you know xxx" and I'll be like "yes mom I already know"

[frail sluice]

thats acutally so sweet of her

[dapper solar]

Back in freshman year I was dead set on upenn ☠️

[pallid fern]

yeah it is

[frail sluice]

my dad does this

[pallid fern]

I was set on RISD LOL

[pallid fern]

the only con is that she gets wayyy too stressed sometimes 😭

Cause apparently she read about this kid who thought he submitted his apps but actually didn't

So back in october after I applied to UNC

She forced me to show her that I actually submitted

She didn't believe common app

So I showed her the email I got from common app

Then the UNC portal saying everything was submitted

[frail sluice]

no way. but still thats actaully so sweet

[pallid fern]

And another email from UNC saying I submitted everything

And a bunch of other stuff and she STILL didn't believe me 😭

but now she finally does thank god

[pallid fern]

yeah it was kinda annoying at the time but it's sweet that she cares

[dapper solar]

Imagine having caring parents

[pallid fern]

I meannn when I was 9 my parents said they would kick me out the second I turned 18 and I only found out that was a lie a few years ago LOL

Asian parents x_x

But yeah the stereotype about asian parents hating their kids when they're young but loving them the older they get is so true

at least for my parents

[frail sluice]

common app essay idea frfr

[pallid fern]

LOL I mean my parents' plan worked, it made me start grinding in school and stuff so I could get a job and not become homeless

[teal basalt]

mercury retrograde is over duke please 💙😭😭😭

[frail sluice]

k guys gotta go now bye will join later

[pallid fern]

aight byeee

[frail sluice]

thank god a fellow green heart user

[dapper solar]

I debated putting that my parents were major alcoholics somewhere on my common app, but didn’t want to risk it

[pallid fern]

newbies lol

[teal basalt]

green heart?

[pallid fern]

greenies

The green heart icon next to your name

Shows you're new

[teal basalt]

oh lmfaooaoa

[pallid fern]

My parents wanted me to write my personal statement on getting abused by my kindergarten teacher 😭

I feel like trauma stories are kinda risky but if it provides important context then it's good

But the kindergarten teacher story was NOT it

Dw I did not end up writing about that for my personal statement x_x

thank god

and my mom admitted that my statement idea is a lot better than hers lol

very smug about that

[teal basalt]

trauma is pretty risky, i thought about it but idk

[dapper solar]

Lowkey I got quite a bit to write about that, though decided not to

[pallid fern]

fair enough

[pallid fern]

yeah cause it might just sound like a trauma dump

And in my case the kindergarten teacher didn't impact me at all, like no lasting trauma (thankfully) or growth or whatever from it

So it's stupid to write about that

[teal basalt]

i had like 40 words trauma and 610 words reflection.

[pallid fern]

oh that's good

I wrote about a summer program I went to

[teal basalt]

niceee what one?

[pallid fern]

That sounds so bad now that I said that though 😭

[dapper solar]

Wasn’t about to dump on my AOs how my parents reacted to me coming out ☠️

[pallid fern]

john locke summer school

And how it made me a better critical thinker and want to address the issue of political polarization

[dapper solar]

I wrote my personal about technological progress

[pallid fern]

ooh that's cool

[teal basalt]

is that the oxford one?

[pallid fern]

yeah

didn't win the essay contest though x_x

just the summer school

[teal basalt]

my sister went to that she really liked it

like four years back xd

[pallid fern]

Yeah I told my mom that she should have my brother go cause I think I learned a lot but my mom said my brother is not the type of person who should go lol

He's not really interested in that stuff

[teal basalt]

she made it sound like it was super fun, but she just wishes that she did another internship instead

[pallid fern]

I'm going again next summer (the summer university one)

[pallid fern]

makes sense

[teal basalt]

nice ive been its so pretty

[pallid fern]

I'm a design major though so really hard to find internships for that 😭

[pallid fern]

yeah honestly I feel like going to oxbridge for grad school is the move

[teal basalt]

yea thats fair im data science, and the scene where i live is super big

[pallid fern]

ooh makes sense

There's a lot of design stuff in seattle where I live but no design company is gonna take a high schooler 😭

And there's no structured internship programs for it like for a lot of more traditional STEM majors like cs or engineering

I was lucky I found an internship (I love my mentor she's the best) but it's not a really formal one or at a big company, it's a one person startup lol

[teal basalt]

yea it really is just luck of the draw

[pallid fern]

And another internship was at a company run by high schoolers x_x

but colleges don't have to know that LOL

[teal basalt]

i had a startup one too it was super fulfilling

it was like a 20 person company

[dapper solar]

My school has an internship program, w Boeing being the most prestigious option (which i got 😎)

[pallid fern]

ooh fancy

[teal basalt]

on AOV’s

[pallid fern]

ooh

I really want to do an internship at a proper design company like IDEO or livework or something

Maybe one of the summers in college

I cold emailed them and they both said no 🥲

[teal basalt]

lmfaoao i mean if it works really just matters what the work you do during the internship

i had another one at a supercomputer lab and i did like nothing the whole time…

[pallid fern]

true true but I feel like I've stagnated in a way in terms of my design skills, like I really want to be at a very formal design agency

[teal basalt]

ic

[pallid fern]

Like my mentor is great, she introduced me to UX design (when I used to be in graphic design) but she's not a formal design agency ya know?

and you can learn a lot from formal agencies

[teal basalt]

what type of design are you?

i used to want to do graphic design too

[pallid fern]

UX design but recently (like in the past month) I started pivoting to more general human-centered design or service design

Cause I feel like UX design isn't as fulfilling as the latter two

Like with the latter two you can solve so many more issues

[teal basalt]

oh wait thats sick

isnt that just making valuable products?

[pallid fern]

Like companies like IDEO and Livework do a lot of stuff like working with urban congestion, promoting HIV care in africa, stuff like that

[dapper solar]

An alum of my high school who was studying ux came back to visit a few years back and redesigned our robotics logo

[pallid fern]

Yeah it can be very broad from industrial design to UX design or something else entirely

But I really want to solve actual issues like that

Might be less money than UX design but I feel like it's more fulfilling

[pallid fern]

that's more graphic design but yeah

that's cool though

[teal basalt]

lmfaooaa my frc team didnt have an imaginary person before i came and i redid everything

i love making brand standards

[pallid fern]

at the high school startup I basically did the entire brand identity + product concept and then they tried to get me to create the entire website in one week so I quit x_x

And looking at their instagram they are kinda screwed without me LOL

[teal basalt]

rip what do you use?

[dapper solar]

Biotech?

[pallid fern]

like for the website design or?

I didn't actually make the website but if I had I would've used figma

[teal basalt]

naw like graphic design

[pallid fern]

Oh I use illustrator + photoshop

[teal basalt]

figma is a SLUR in my house

[pallid fern]

no it's a company to help disabled people find jobs

[dapper solar]

figma balls

[bright prawn]

When does ED come out

[teal basalt]

yea i love illustrator

[pallid fern]

Which sounded super fulfilling until I realized the company was so unorganized

[pallid fern]

LOL

[dapper solar]

Oh so it’s 90% UX

[pallid fern]

Is it another language?

[pallid fern]

Yeah so the entire company was depending on me lol

[teal basalt]

absolutely awful, i hate figma so much its so difficult

[bright prawn]

A lot of duke orgs lowkey use sigma

[frail sluice]

In 16 hours

[bright prawn]

Figma

[pallid fern]

But I gave them the actual UX stuff I did so they could hand it to their next designer but looks like they've made like no progress

[tame viper]

sigma

[pallid fern]

Yeah there's a learning curve

[bright prawn]

🐺

[dapper solar]

When we’ve cultivated a loving and safe enough environment, ED will come out of the closet on its own

[pallid fern]

yeah it's the design standard

[bright prawn]

There is no loving and safe environment only DDMF

[pallid fern]

In college I want to freelance photography

So I can earn some money so I can actually do stuff

[bright prawn]

The chronicle has a photo team

[frail sluice]

I thought they used wordpress

[pallid fern]

I took a photography class this semester and I actually really liked it

[pallid fern]

Is it paid?

Cause I need to earn my spending money somehow 😭

[tame viper]

how hard is it to start photography? it sounds interesting

[bright prawn]

Nah they’re going to figma

[tame viper]

have a old dslr but dunno how to use it

[bright prawn]

Not sure I think some chronicle positions are

[pallid fern]

it's not really hard but then again I have a lot of design experience so I think the artistic stuff kinda translates over, and lightroom was super easy to learn since I already knew other adobe products

The actual camera I still suck at in terms of figuring out what to set the aperture and stuff 😭

But I think I've taken some decent photos

[tame viper]

i’ve used krita before
prolly doesnt count

[pallid fern]

If it's paid I'll definitely look into it, even if it isn't I might do it for fun

[pallid fern]

Oh yeah I tried using krita too but I cannot draw 😭

[tame viper]

omg is there a portfolio thing you can share

[pallid fern]

Dw even for someone who's never used lightroom I don't think it would be hard to learn

[pallid fern]

oh yeah def lemme send over some images hold on

[tall plaza]

i just got back what we talkin about

[pallid fern]

photography

[tall plaza]

oo fun

[pallid fern]

those are all screenshots and I have night light mode on so if they have a slightly red tint that's why lol

I submitted those to scholastic art and writing so fingers crossed

wait deleted one cause it has my school's name in it LOL

the first 3 were from pike place market

we love pike place

[tame viper]

oooh these are really nice

[pallid fern]

But yeah I have a super old camera (might be older than me x_x) and no experience

[pallid fern]

thank youu

[tame viper]

idrk too much about photography so i cant really say anything specific but the vibes are def there

[pallid fern]

lol thanks

Also you can shoot with your phone

I won a silver key from scholastic last year from this stupid photo I shot LOL

And a few honorable mentions from a terrible phone x_x

And that was before I even knew how to use lightroom so I edited them all in photoshop x_x

[tall plaza]

photography 😋

[tame viper]

woah that's impressive

[pallid fern]

I thought lightroom would have a learning curve so I used photoshop instead

[gilded oak]

hi dookies

[pallid fern]

ooh wait I love the architecture photos

which country?

[tall plaza]

germany and austria

[pallid fern]

Ooh

[frail sluice]

Nice

[pallid fern]

I love europe architecture

[tall plaza]

same

i <3 gothic architecture

[gilded oak]

photography 👀

[pallid fern]

I want to study abroad in europe and go to a billion museums and other historical places and eat at cool restaurants

[tall plaza]

BIRD

[pallid fern]

ahhhh cute animals

Love them

[tall plaza]

REAL

who wants to vc with me while i rage in fortnite

[tame viper]

dukeapproved programs 🥰

[pallid fern]

for the second image (or second set of images I guess) some of them are lowkey really good, like I would tell you to submit them to scholastic if the deadline hadn't already passed

[pallid fern]

it's nearly 11 pm 😭

[gilded oak]

what is that

💀

[tall plaza]

actually its nearly 2am 🤓

[gilded oak]

i didn't ED duke btw

[pallid fern]

it's an art competition

[pallid fern]

LOL

[gilded oak]

is it for internationals

[pallid fern]

Are you applying rd?

[gilded oak]

yeah probably

[pallid fern]

Uhhh not sure but they do have a category for canada iirc

But the deadline passed a few weeks ago so x_x

[gilded oak]

😔 is okay

[pallid fern]

"Only teens residing in the United States, U.S. territories or military bases, or Canada may enter the Awards."

nvm

ouch

wait if you're in canada you should check

[gilded oak]

im in india

lol

[pallid fern]

oh then nvm lol

honestly always wanted to go to india

I feel like you guys have such a cool culture and historical places to explore

Okay then again there's not a single country I don't want to go to 😭

Like if I could go to north korea without getting detained I totally would just to explore

[dapper solar]

17 HOURS LEFT BITCHES
Imma sleep now

[pallid fern]

Aight goodnight!!

Yeah I'm gonna sleep too x_x

I have finals tomorrow

goodnight

[gilded oak]

yeah

it's p nice

[pallid fern]

again I would've told you to submit to scholastic if you were in the US/Canada

I really like the last image

okay okay I'm actually going to sleep now 😭

goodnight

[gilded oak]

gngn

[heady violet]

!duke

[pallid fern]

Guys I can't sleep I think the anxiety is starting to get to me 😭

Wait that's so cool I have the graphic design major role now

Ayyeee

I feel so special lol

[tame viper]

cant sleep either

3am thoughts

[pallid fern]

12 am for me lol

Thank God I'm waking up at 10 tomorrow

I would not survive if I had to wake up at 6:50 x_x

[tame viper]

having to wake up at 6:50…i couldn’t do it

it takes so much willpower to wake at 7:50 for me

[pallid fern]

I used to have to wake up at 5:50 before I dropped zero period lol

[tame viper]

zero period

[tall plaza]

zero period is outrageous

[pallid fern]

I went to a boarding school for one semester and I woke up at 9 everyday and after I got used to that I thought 9 was so early LOL

[pallid fern]

Especially when the bus arrives 40 minutes early for some reason x_x

[tall plaza]

EW

[pallid fern]

Like jeez let us sleep in for an extra 30 minutes would you 😭

[tall plaza]

😭

[pallid fern]

I KNOW it's so stupid idk why they do that

[tame viper]

death of a not-morning-person

[pallid fern]

I used to have to sit outside the classroom alone in the dark cause it's so early the lights aren't even on yet

[tall plaza]

my school is 10mins away on maps, i get there in 6-7 and its a straight line down a 55mph road

[pallid fern]

Lucky duck I'm jealous

[tame viper]

i live like 10 mins from my school, 8 if i speed

[pallid fern]

I'm so jealous of those people who can wake up early

[tall plaza]

so school starts at 8:05 i dont get up till 7:30

[pallid fern]

Me when I'm 25 minutes away ;-;

[tame viper]

this is so sad

[pallid fern]

And I set my alarm at the latest possible time as in sometimes I don't have time to eat a proper breakfast

Sleep > breakfast lol

[tall plaza]

u eat breakfasT?

[tame viper]

i never eat breakfast

[pallid fern]

LOL

Fair enough

I love breakfast

But I value sleep more

Usually I just eat breakfast at school

[tall plaza]

i dont think ive had breakfast in like a few years

[pallid fern]

Or eat like 1 handful of cereal x_x

[pallid fern]

Jeez

Honestly brunch is where it's at

[tall plaza]

my breakfast is @ 4pm when i break my fast

[tame viper]

i bring a snack to me to class which is kinda like brunch ig

[pallid fern]

I could never 😭

I always get so hungry

[tall plaza]

this every day btw

[pallid fern]

I used to barely eat breakfast, rarely eat lunch, and only sometimes eat dinner x_x

But I'm a lot healthier now lol

[tall plaza]

work is always 12-8 so i eat @ 4, school i get out @ 3:20 so lunch is @ 4

[pallid fern]

I will cry if that's the reason why I'm so short 😭

[tame viper]

i used to do this a lot too ngl

nah i’m short too there’s gotta be some causation

[tall plaza]

i dont eat breakfast and im on an even larger calorie deficit so ive lost 15 pounds in about 2-3 weeks

[tame viper]

crazy schedule

[pallid fern]

Last year I went on a college tour and they thought my brother WHO'S 5 ENTIRE YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME was the older sibling looking at colleges 😭

[pallid fern]

That is not healthy go eat smh

[tame viper]

sounds tough, take care not overdoing it❤️

[tall plaza]

• tennis was 4-7 or 4-8:30 during season so i wouldnt eat till dinner monday, wednesday, thursday

[pallid fern]

Yeah, I was always so tired when I didn't eat

Even though I gained some weight after eating more I think it's mostly fine cause I'm no longer slightly underweight and now I actually feel good

[tame viper]

bro did a sport too
when i did swim team i ate so much cause i was so hungry all the time

[tall plaza]

no same cuz why is my 13yr old brother like 6'1 and like 230lbs, bros a fucking giant

[tall plaza]

tennis 5-6x a week

oh and im still overweight

im 215lbs right now

[tame viper]

damn sounds tough

[tall plaza]

yeah, shitty ass metabolism fr

[pallid fern]

Muscles weigh more than fat

[tame viper]

yeah being underweight comes with its own set of problems

[tall plaza]

tryna fix it, found out im b12 deficient so theres that

[pallid fern]

I'm probably anemic so I gotta get some vitamins too 😭

[tall plaza]

😭 i take b12 tablets every day to help and so far its working

[pallid fern]

That's definitely good

I'm supposed to take vitamins but I keep forgetting x_x

[tame viper]

students like us tend to neglect health often tbh

[tall plaza]

and no its not like im just losing weight, like muscle mass or anything i workout a shit load and do cardio every day so i dont think i gotta worry about that, i do need to increase my protein intake tho

[pallid fern]

All I can say is that I probably have wayyyy too much vitamin C though cause I'm obsessed with oranges

I ate two today lol

[tame viper]

you just reminded me to take my antibiotics lol

[pallid fern]

One time I ate like 4 giant oranges in the span of like 2 hours x_x

[tall plaza]

i could fuck up some oranges rn but we dont have any

[tame viper]

is orange your favorite citrus fruit

[tall plaza]

girl i could do that in like 15 minutes..

[pallid fern]

Yes oranges for the win

[tall plaza]

2hrs for only 4 oranges?:

[pallid fern]

Google sumo oranges those things are giant

[tame viper]

grapefruits are superior ngl

[pallid fern]

And I love them

[tame viper]

pomelo is the best

[pallid fern]

Pomelo

[pallid fern]

YES

I just had one yesterday

[tall plaza]

yeah i know what they are

[tame viper]

omggg i’m so jealous i havent seen one in months

[tall plaza]

im not talking abt 4 cuties

[pallid fern]

I call them ugly oranges cause that's what they directly translate to in Chinese lol but I love those things

[pallid fern]

Perks of big Asian population here lol

[tall plaza]

😭

[tall plaza]

ive never seen one before..

they look like enlarged lychee

[tame viper]

asian people?

[pallid fern]

No way I'm telling you they're literally the best things ever, they're giant and sweet with the right amount of tanginess and easy to peel

[tall plaza]

no pomelos

[pallid fern]

LOL

[tall plaza]

am i wrong..

[pallid fern]

I love pomelos

They're the sweet version of grapefruit

[tame viper]

omg i love lychee too

[pallid fern]

SAME

Lychee jelly hits hard

[tall plaza]

ive never had grapefruit either...

[tame viper]

i could go for some lychee 果冻 rn

[tame viper]

???

are they not ubiquitous like everywhere

[tall plaza]

[tall plaza]

i mean yeah but ive never bought one or my family just doesnt eat them

[pallid fern]

Ayyeee Chinese

They sell lychee jelly in like all Chinese supermarkets

They were my childhood

Especially the ones in those cute animal bins

[pallid fern]

WHAT

Oh my gosh

[tame viper]

you should try one sometime, it’s pretty good esp if you eat it with the thin skin thing (not the peel tho)

[pallid fern]

Go buy some

[tall plaza]

can we all agree dragonfruit tastes like a wet fart?

[pallid fern]

DON'T YOU DARE INSULT DRAGONFRUIT

[tame viper]

haha i wish we had them in sc

[pallid fern]

I LOVE THAT STUFF

[tall plaza]

ITS SO FUCKING BLAND

[tame viper]

your execution is imminent

[tall plaza]

WHY AM I EATING SOLIDIFIED WATER

[pallid fern]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IT'S SWEET AND AND JUICY AND THE SEEDS ADD SUCH A NICE CRUNCH

[tall plaza]

shit has ZERO taste

[tall plaza]

SWEET? ITS BLAND

[pallid fern]

I can't believe you your taste buds must be broken 😭

[tame viper]

many a summer in china i have spent with a dragonfruit cut in half, spoon in hand, relishing its beautiful taste, texture, and tranquility

[pallid fern]

Go see a doctor 😭

[tame viper]

i will not allow any disrespect

[pallid fern]

YES

[tall plaza]

sorry ive never had the same experiences so i cant relate to that..

[pallid fern]

Because you have no taste buds smh

[tall plaza]

neverrr

too much money

[pallid fern]

😭

Honestly I love all fruit

Except durian

Hate that thing

[tall plaza]

passiofruit is what i thought dragon fruit would taste like

[tame viper]

durian has its merits too ngl
even though it stinks and looks like a weapon

[pallid fern]

Passion fruit is meh not my favorite but I'll eat it

[pallid fern]

Can't stand it lol

[tame viper]

fruit is so great ngl

[tall plaza]

fuck precut fruit

[pallid fern]

My mom was eating it yesterday and it stunk up the entire house 😭

[pallid fern]

Yes

I agree

Precut is actually so bad

[pallid fern]

Also agree

I feel like I have fruit phases if that makes sense

Sometimes I crave oranges like now

Sometimes apples

Sometimes grapes

Sometimes pomelos

Sometimes watermelon

[tall plaza]

my mom doesnt let me get indian food cuz she says its stinks up the car and house :(

[pallid fern]

But I love fruit so much

[pallid fern]

Ouch

[tall plaza]

lemme get my onion bhaji and goat curry in peace man

[tall plaza]

its okay, she cants handle butter chicken or anything above ketchup

not even pepper

[tame viper]

i dug this out of my camera roll from a few years ago, some stuff has shifted around but its still generally accurate

[tame viper]

this is a crazy level of spice intolerance

[tall plaza]

pear above plum is absolute insanity

[pallid fern]

Jeez

I have no spice tolerance but even that is crazy to me

[tall plaza]

white people ✨

[tame viper]

insanity? it’s the only correct answer.

[pallid fern]

No pears hit hard

Especially Asian pears

[tall plaza]

pears are atrocious im sorry

[pallid fern]

EXACTLY

[tall plaza]

i love plums

[pallid fern]

I think pomegranates are just meh 😭

[tall plaza]

raisins should be a D tier

[pallid fern]

Also who calls them white grapes lol

[tame viper]

?? everyone?

[pallid fern]

Also blackberries should be higher

[tame viper]

they’re good but sometimes the sourness hurts teeth

[pallid fern]

Green grapes 😭

[tame viper]

nahhh its like, a million bursts of flavor working together in a dramatic symphony its great

[pallid fern]

Durian is D tier, dates are C, kiwi and plums are B

[pallid fern]

They're such a pain to eat though 😭

[tame viper]

they’re too inconsistent, occasionally jaw droppingly good but otherwise mid

[pallid fern]

Fair

Seattle has a blackberry problem lol

Like blackberries are everywhere

[tame viper]

true but it’s so worthhh

[pallid fern]

At my old house there used to be basically a blackberry forest near me

And every summer I would go

[tame viper]

whatt thats so cool i’ve never seen blackberries in the wild

[pallid fern]

So some of my best childhood memories considered of blackberries

One time my grandpa had to carry me back cause I got scratched up so bad 😭

[pallid fern]

They're everywhere here lol

A lot of people hate them because they're invasive but I love them

Free fruit

One of my favorite late summer activities

[tame viper]

free fruit!

[pallid fern]

One time we were with a family friend and she saw me picking wild blackberries and was like "uh is that edible?" and I was like "??? Obviously"

She was not from here lol

[pallid fern]

Bananas being S tier is crazy

[tame viper]

idk if bananas are that good ngl

[tall plaza]

i could eat a billion of em

[tall plaza]

pause.

[tame viper]

they couldve been those berries from the hunger games for all she knew tbf

[tame viper]

mangos aren’t exactly a tier either i feel

[pallid fern]

True but from someone who grew up here it was a crazy question to hear

Everyone eats wild blackberries

Like we'll be walking around and see a blackberry bush and pop a few in our mouths then go about our day

Very normal

And she thought they were poisonous 😭

[tame viper]

i’ll have to try if i ever find myself in the seattle area

[pallid fern]

Yes definitely

Wild fruit hits hard ngl

Like the wild blackberries may not be as sweet as some store bought ones but they're still sooooo good

And if you know how to pick the good ones then they're just as good as the store ones

[tame viper]

i remember eating random bush berries as a child and getting sick and throwing up lol

[bright prawn]

I’m going home

[pallid fern]

Ouch x_x

[pallid fern]

Winter break?

Nice

[tame viper]

how were exams

[bright prawn]

2 As

[pallid fern]

I remember him saying he had an exam on a Saturday x_x

[bright prawn]

One b-

Not bad

[pallid fern]

Ayyeee nice

[tame viper]

nice

[pallid fern]

That's good

[bright prawn]

The b- was the Saturday one lol

[pallid fern]

Lol of course

I have no exams on Friday this year

That means I get to go on winter break a day early

[bright prawn]

5 am flight at rdu is lethal

[pallid fern]

Ouch

[frail sluice]

how long is winte break/semister break at duke?

[tame viper]

rdu airport kinda sucks ngl

[bright prawn]

Depends per person

Some people left the 6th

So they get a month

Other get 2 weeks

[pallid fern]

That sucks

[frail sluice]

hmm

[pallid fern]

Seattle airport is better

[bright prawn]

I gotta fly back and do these Robertson video intervuews

[pallid fern]

Ooh are you applying this year?

Gl!

[bright prawn]

Yeah

First years are eligible

[tame viper]

i’ve been there once before 7~ years ago(?)

all i remember is a ton of chinese everywhere lol

[pallid fern]

LOL probably Duke students flying in/out

[tame viper]

no no i’m talking about seattle

[pallid fern]

Oh wait

[tame viper]

like signs were in chinese and stuff

[pallid fern]

Okay yeah then just normal Seattle Chinese people lol

Honestly I feel like if I go to Duke living in such a small city is going to be a change

I mean I live in the suburbs but still in a large metro

And Seattle is a pretty big melting pot and I love it for that

When I went to the semester boarding school I got so homesick cause I was the only Chinese person and I had no Chinese food

And I watched a bunch of Chinese shows to feel at home even though I usually never do that

I mean it'll be different at Duke cause they have such a huge Chinese population

[tame viper]

relatable asf
though for me it was 3 wk summer camp

[bright prawn]

You’re not living in a small city you’re living at duke

[pallid fern]

But still big city -> small city is a big change

[bright prawn]

The duke bubble is real

[pallid fern]

Fair

[tall plaza]

thats what i was abt to say

[bright prawn]

Unless you actively try you will have minimal interaction with Durham

[tall plaza]

duke is like entirely encased by nature

[tame viper]

i can’t imagine
i live close enough to the state capital but still durham as 20x the population as my town

[bright prawn]

The campus literally has a wall surrounding it

[pallid fern]

I've been to a lot of summer camps and my rule of thumb is that the first ~3 days is the worst and the longer you're there the better it is

Except when you're there for a very long time like my boarding school, then you get homesick again

[tame viper]

ive always wanted to live in a big city

[bright prawn]

Average ncssm student

[tall plaza]

once you hit the edge of campus with all the trees it feels like you teleported

[pallid fern]

What's that?

[pallid fern]

Isn't east campus more integrated into the city though?

[bright prawn]

At least on East you can see the vestiges of Durham

[tall plaza]

yeah

[bright prawn]

Ez shooters access

[tall plaza]

im talking more with west campus

[pallid fern]

I like living in the suburbs of a large metro area, I think it's the perfect mix of being in a big city without feeling claustrophobic (looking at you NYC)

[tall plaza]

i didnt have time to visit east campuis

[bright prawn]

People on west campus go to east campus

To go to Durham

[pallid fern]

When I went to NYC last year I felt so claustrophobic cause there were no trees and the buildings were so tall

[bright prawn]

take me to nyc

[tame viper]

they darn trapped all the trees in one place

[bright prawn]

City dreams

[tall plaza]

ive been to nyc twice and both time i had alot of fun, i <3 subways

[bright prawn]

Future work spot

[pallid fern]

And central park is so overrated 😭

[bright prawn]

Naaaaah

[tame viper]

partly why i have mit as my first choice, its legit right there in the middle of boston

[bright prawn]

You never went rowing in Central Park

[tame viper]

TRUE i hated it

[pallid fern]

Okay remember I live in the Seattle area which means we have a very good mix of nature and urban areas here

[tall plaza]

nyc is like the main reason i applied to columbia 😭

[bright prawn]

Why not Columbia fu

[pallid fern]

Trees are everywhere here

I love trees

[bright prawn]

It’s always raining

City

[tall plaza]

i could apply to nyu aswell but idk if i wanna live in brooklyn

[bright prawn]

It loses points for that

[pallid fern]

Wait then why'd you apply Duke ED 😭

[tame viper]

didnt like campus that much when i went for a tour

[pallid fern]

This year isn't as rainy for some reason

And the summer is nice

[bright prawn]

so she can be a Pratt star

At duke

[tall plaza]

i wanna be a pratt star too 💔

[tame viper]

i applied duke ed + mit ea lol
cause i love both schools icl

[pallid fern]

Makes sense

I don't think MIT is for me

But the location is great

[tall plaza]

yeah n

mit seems suffocating

[tame viper]

i applied trinity though lol

[pallid fern]

Though I think I prefer Duke weather lol

[bright prawn]

Is that allowed

[pallid fern]

I could never with the required physics and chem courses 😭

[tall plaza]

trinity diva okayyy

[tame viper]

true nc weather is so so nice

[pallid fern]

Yes

[frail sluice]

same

[tall plaza]

CHEM? OH HELL NO

[bright prawn]

Cooked

[tame viper]

yeah dw i triple triple checked

[bright prawn]

Good choice

Pratt kids dying rn

[tall plaza]

i applied pratt

[pallid fern]

EXACTLY and it's multiple semesters iirc 😭

[tame viper]

i love physics! and chem!🥰🥰

[pallid fern]

I wish I were like that lol

[frail sluice]

i love physics chem is 50/50

[bright prawn]

Every engineer at duke got executed by chem

[tall plaza]

chem is a hell no, physics is a yes yes

[pallid fern]

I don't like either but physics > chem

[bright prawn]

Fax

[frail sluice]

as someone who has taken both true

[tall plaza]

i love pharma but i hate chem so its out the picture 💔

[pallid fern]

My school's biochem classes are infamously bad though, and the physics department is better but not good either

[pallid fern]

I really like the human centered part of engineering but I could never with all the physics and chem classes

So I guess that's industrial design lol

Which is similar enough to my major I guess

[tall plaza]

😭

[tame viper]

my physics teacher is kinda useless but she’s funny so its ok

[frail sluice]

whats your major

[pallid fern]

Design, I applied UX design (program 2) but recently I'm switching to more general human centered design/service design

[tall plaza]

im pratt but i also want to double major + minor

kill me now might aswell

[tame viper]

just do it

[frail sluice]

thats cool.

[pallid fern]

You can do that in Pratt

[tame viper]

no better place to do it than duke, the credit requirements for degrees is so light compared to other t20s

[pallid fern]

Yeah definitely

So you can be as focused or as broad as you want

[tall plaza]

yeah and EE + BME shouldnt be too hard i think? and i just wanna do a linguistics minor so fucking bad

i love languages

[tame viper]

omg fellow linguistics enjoyer hiiii

[pallid fern]

EE and BME will probably have a lot of overlapping classes

You should be able to do it if you plan well

[tall plaza]

thats what i thought and i was alr planning on using some elective space for bme classes

[tall plaza]

hiiii

[tame viper]

i havent looked at the course catalogs yet ngl

[tall plaza]

😭

[pallid fern]

If I go to Duke it's going to be interesting planning my first year classes cause I want to do program 2 lol

[tall plaza]

😭 we got this we got this

i hope we all get in

[pallid fern]

I look at it for every college cause my major is so niche so I want to make sure it's possible to do lol and that it's the right focus that I'm interested in

[tall plaza]

but who knows what fate has for us yk

[pallid fern]

Sammee

[tame viper]

time will tell

[tall plaza]

exactly

[tame viper]

not that much time holy shit

[tall plaza]

14.5 hours

shit me dead

[tame viper]

im dead too

[pallid fern]

Like Yale technically has my major but it's so theory based so idk

[tall plaza]

FUCK THEORY

OMG

[tame viper]

???

[tall plaza]

i love compsci but i just cant with compsci theory

[pallid fern]

I like Duke, you can study both theory and practical stuff depending on what you want

[tame viper]

wdym thats the funnest part??

[pallid fern]

LOL

[tall plaza]

EW

you must love collegeboard huh

[pallid fern]

I prefer practical over theory but I know theory is still important

[tall plaza]

yeah exactly

[pallid fern]

That is the best insult I've ever heard LOL

[tall plaza]

im a very hands on kinda guy so theory hurts me

[tame viper]

imagine if you never studied theory in linguistics? huh??? we wouldn’t even have the IPA?

[pallid fern]

Sammee I think that's why I like design so much, because it's nearly all practical

[tall plaza]

i can write code for hours and have so much fun but the moment i see theory my brain shuts off

[tame viper]

i’m hurt beyond belief

[pallid fern]

But like the second you tell me to learn art history I shut down x_x

[tall plaza]

its literally the reason im doing EE instead of CE

[pallid fern]

But if you can connect it to a practical thing then I'll learn

Like in psychology I don't want to learn about the history and theory, I want to learn about how you can apply it to the real world

[tame viper]

EE is fun but it also involves theory tbf
source: wrote a paper on it

[tall plaza]

ive always just wanted to do circuits and signals and shit for medical robotics

[tall plaza]

yes ik but CE is alot more theory and more software than hardware

i want hardware

[pallid fern]

Yeah that makes sense

[tall plaza]

im not ME cuz i want to build the inside of something, not the outside

[tame viper]

hmm i see

[pallid fern]

Okay okay I'm starting to actually get tired so I'm gonna try to sleep so I won't be half dead tomorrow during my engineering final x_x

Also can I just say my engineering class is so fun

Because they call it engineering but it's literally human centered design

[tall plaza]

like i just wanna work on prosthesis and artificial organs and that kind of jazz

[tame viper]

wtf its 4:30 already how

[pallid fern]

Our first project was designing a pinhole camera for people with disabilities

Our second project is redesigning a flashlight

[tall plaza]

i have a swe class 2nd semester and im so excited