Duke University (2024-2025)

[elder nacelle]

UIUC

[pallid fern]

yes it is lol

y'all have like no cities

[elder nacelle]

Shhh

[pallid fern]

Seattle is superior

[elder nacelle]

Ok yeah thats true

[pallid fern]

LOL yeah

[elder nacelle]

But NC > Illinois

And West Virginia

And Arkansas

And Texas

[pallid fern]

Okay I'll agree with that I hate il

[elder nacelle]

NC > the south

Except for Georgia ig

[pallid fern]

georgia

yes

georgia is better

[elder nacelle]

Because as we both know Georgia tech is on top

[tall rapids]

umm akshually

we have a city

🤓

[pallid fern]

Yesss

[elder nacelle]

One city

Not more than one

[tall rapids]

thats not whatever durham is

[pallid fern]

yes

[tall rapids]

ok and what do you have

durham 💀

[pallid fern]

LOL

[tall rapids]

💀 raleugh

[elder nacelle]

I dont live in Durham bro ur not offending me

[tall rapids]

charlotte 💀

[pallid fern]

yeah y'all are tryhards trying to be like the uk

[tall rapids]

ong ong

mid ass towns

[elder nacelle]

I dont live in any of those cities 😇

[pallid fern]

IL has my ex therefore I hate il

[elder nacelle]

But im not gonna dox myself

[tall rapids]

am i ur ex

.

[pallid fern]

LOL

You could be 😘

LOL

[elder nacelle]

💀

Both times i went to Urbana Champaign we had to drive 12 fuck ass hours

I am never doing that again

[pallid fern]

my ranking is all states > nc > il

but it's a close tie between nc and il

[elder nacelle]

Hey wtf

Arkansas and Mississippi are miles BELOW nc

Nc is NOT 49th

All states not in the Deep South > nc > il > Deep South and West Virginia

[pallid fern]

okay fair unc is in nc too and I love unc

So nc can move up a few spots

but not TOO much cause duke

[elder nacelle]

Holy shit bruh

I didnt know duke caused THIS much damage 😭

Does this mean if you got in then NC would be #1

[pallid fern]

I'm literally known as the duke girl 😭

[pallid fern]

yes LOL

But nah

[elder nacelle]

Oh 💀

[pallid fern]

GA is #1 now

[elder nacelle]

Does nc at least make top 30 😔

[pallid fern]

bro I've been in love with duke since sophomore year and they rejected me of course it caused damage x_x

Nope

[elder nacelle]

Top 40??

[pallid fern]

Ehhhhhh

[elder nacelle]

Please i dont want it in 40-50

Thats insulting

[pallid fern]

Maybe it's like exactly 40

[elder nacelle]

40-50 is reserved for the deep south

[pallid fern]

I can't rankk it too low cause unc

[elder nacelle]

Ok 40 is fine

[pallid fern]

yeah gl getting me to move to mississippi lol

[elder nacelle]

I feel bad for my cousins bro they had to live in Mississippi for 3 years

[pallid fern]

Jeez that's terrible

I could never

I'm the type of person who wants to live near a big city

[elder nacelle]

But my other cousins live in Illinois (my cousin goes to UIUC) so i feel bad for her too

[pallid fern]

But it has to be a BIG city

[elder nacelle]

Ong im not used to big buildings at all

[pallid fern]

nyc is overrated though imo

and philly sucks

[elder nacelle]

Like literally put me in a moderately sized city with tall buildings and im just looking up the entire time

[pallid fern]

nyc makes me feel claustrophobic 😭

[elder nacelle]

Real

[pallid fern]

LOL

philly just looks run down

I was NOT impressed when I visited

[elder nacelle]

Idt I’ve ever been lowk 💀

I think I’ve only gone to Pitt but i was like 4 or 5

[pallid fern]

I visited last year for penn

apparently for admitted students day they block off a special zone for students to drive through so they don't have to see the run down parts of the city x_x

[elder nacelle]

LMFAO

[forest cradle]

what is prescreen mean

also got interview like 2 hours from now

havnet prepared at all

am i cooked

i had some other ones non evaluatiev before tho i can talk about one ec but its a hella lowkey one athat i jut like a lot and can relate to something type shi idk

[tall rapids]

bro i want an interview

idt im getting one

late asl

its wraps for me

yale '29 it is

jk

im uiuc '29 ig

[cyan flicker]

Didn’t you say you didn’t like Duke 😭

[pallid fern]

uiuc > yale

[cyan flicker]

Georgia tech used to be my dream school

[tough reef]

Duke is straight up beautiful

[cyan flicker]

Please I need to talk to someone about Duke 😭

[elder nacelle]

No

[tough reef]

if youve seen yale/like collegiate gothic, youll love duke

[cyan flicker]

Just tell me how beautiful it is why

[tough reef]

cool mix of new modernism with old style collegiate gothic

[cyan flicker]

Why Duke everything 😭

Yes someone said it looks like hog warts

[tough reef]

using stock images but

[pallid fern]

stop saying good things about duke 😭

[pallid fern]

yes

yale is bad

because they will reject me

[tough reef]

this a reno happening rn

[cyan flicker]

Ellie please I need this

[pallid fern]

🥲

[cyan flicker]

What building is this

[tough reef]

this the foodhall right in the middle of campus

its a rly cool blend of modern glass and collegiate gothic

[elder nacelle]

Ok but like at least its not in a cornfield

[tough reef]

also of course the lawns and cathedral are pretty but ofc they are

[cyan flicker]

Is Duke the best for school spirit and all

[tough reef]

one of

[elder nacelle]

I ate there the food was good

[cyan flicker]

What’s the major sport at Duke

[elder nacelle]

The duke-UNC beef is real holy shit

[tough reef]

basketball

like by an insane amount

[cyan flicker]

How about rowing ?

[tough reef]

the duke-unc basketball rivarly is one of the biggest ones in the country

rivals yankees red sox

[tough reef]

idk tbh

[elder nacelle]

Being in state and watching ppl at school take sides feels like being Switzerland sitting out during the world wars

[cyan flicker]

Okay uhm what’s the school life like as in social life wait I mean student life

[elder nacelle]

(I dont follow basketball)

[cyan flicker]

In general

[pallid fern]

I was a duke simp for 2 years and I have never heard about anything related to rowing

then again I'm not that interested in sports

[cyan flicker]

It’s not me it’s her 😭

[tough reef]

lol im OOS but if i get into duke im gonna have to pick between the two and theyre my top choices 😭

[elder nacelle]

Smh fake duke simp

Doesn’t know the rowing stats at duke

[elder nacelle]

At that point just narrow it down to what shade of blue you like better

[pallid fern]

aight list them out lol

[tough reef]

always joked to my parents the second i committed to one the others dead to me

[elder nacelle]

Im not a duke simp why would i know

[pallid fern]

yes

LOL

[unborn locust]

interview in about an hour...

[crimson mortar]

Yes they did

Yup

[tall rapids]

please let me in

[tall rapids]

no interview gang wya

[unborn locust]

they're somewhere 💔

I didn't even think I'd get one . they just hmu last week like "HEY! interview or nah"

[forest cradle]

2 for me

actually now an hour

[unborn locust]

try 2 minutes <3

-# i'm TWEAKING

[tall rapids]

imagine having an interview wth

[queen tartan]

so real

did u like it

[tall rapids]

it was a joke

i didnt visit nwoehre

[queen tartan]

real

did u give up on duke why uiuc

[tall rapids]

no dawg

its a placeholder

for my future school

my backup rn

😿

[ember salmon]

no duke interview

https://tenor.com/view/dies-of-cringe-die-laughing-gif-24902854

[sly locust]

just had my duke interview

she was so unserious

love her for that

[tall rapids]

no duke interview

;(

[odd hollow]

All Duke interviews are online

[proud galleon]

just had my interview -- my lady Ft'd me cuz the zoom hr ran out of time lol

[tall rapids]

imagine having an intervieww

:(

[desert tulip]

no more interviews will be sent out right?

[unborn locust]

I definitely flopped my interview

if u get into duke remember to thank me

[forest cradle]

uh guys

what was your interview like

mine was like 30 min wtf

like some scripted questions i answered

all my previous ones were like way more deep

im pretty sure he will write me a decent report talking about my ecs that i mentioned but he said i gotta email him them bc he might forget idk

was that how all of them are for duke?

idek bro im so confused

[sly locust]

mine didnt even want to hear abt my ecs 💀

[wanton shadow]

what are the questions they ask

[dusk spoke]

my interviewer told me they’re all told to make them exactly 30 mins dw

[neon basalt]

lmao i just got an interview 😭 my ass literally said dartmouth in one of their essays

[scarlet quarry]

Bro I’ve seen people admitted with this stuff before

Sometimes they just don’t notice lol

[umbral dirge]

I had one too, seems like it wasn’t meant to be EC centric, we just talked about life and interests and my fit for duke.

Haven’t really talked about ECs or research in any of my interviews

[scarlet quarry]

Yeah same it was more about fit for duke

[neon basalt]

do u think sometimes they dont care?

[scarlet quarry]

Yeah tbh

Or sometimes they just don’t notice

Lots of applications to read

[neon basalt]

Do u remember what questions they asked?

[umbral dirge]

no

[neon basalt]

☹️

[umbral dirge]

sorry, it’s been a month

[odd hollow]

Huh what

My Duke interview was Monday and it was like 75 minutes???

[dusk spoke]

idk but in the email where we initialed scheduled a time, she literally said “The interview will last 30 minutes and will be conducted virtually via Zoom or by phone” and it was exactly 30 minutes lol

[agile ferry]

My friend got an invitation today but his deadline is like a week lmfao

Seems like interviews are still being sent out but def are coming to a close

[torn trellis]

yeah duke's are short asf

[tender bough]

similar for me

[umbral dirge]

honestly depends on the interviewer. It was definitely one of my longest at ~ 1 hour.

[tender bough]

my longest was 1 hour, but he said it was going to be 1 hour.

(harvard)

[fading mountain]

same literally

[cyan flicker]

Hello again please does anyone understand the Quadex system

I’m reading the website but I still don’t get

[somber laurel]

The Quad system is so cool

[somber laurel]

From what I understand, you get housed with people that have similar interests or majors

But like sports teams can get housed together and stuff like that

That’s how my interviewer explained it

[cyan flicker]

Thank you Adam

[crimson mortar]

Pretty sure they’re an exception the others aren’t interest related iirc. It’s where your freshman housing is connected to where you will live as an upperclassmen, sort of like a residential college system but without college specific programming

[somber laurel]

Ah okay, thank you

[crimson mortar]

Np! They’re website about quad ex is so aggressively vague it’s kinda wild

[fading mountain]

how do they know ur interests if u dont declare ur major freshman year

[cyan flicker]

I thought I was the only one that felt that way

[forest cradle]

oh. aight lol

[crimson mortar]

Nah they just kinda suck at explaining it

I think it’s because they’re trying to make it sound like a bigger deal than it is. It’s just a housing system afaik

[odd hollow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/duke/s/M4QyWhKtSU

[restive ravine]

fake

columbia likelies never start until march

[odd hollow]

Read the post bro idc abt the likely lmfao

[restive ravine]

LMAOOO I SAW

😭

[odd hollow]

He has a point though

Why go to a school with no huzz yk

[restive ravine]

true like the guys attractivness is very important for me

i wonder which uni has the hottest guys

[odd hollow]

Don’t go to yale or Harvard then lmfao 💀

[odd hollow]

UCLA usc uva Umich

[restive ravine]

LOL

[restive ravine]

lol valid omg bc i lowkey had a crush on this guy in my sch and he goes to usc now so 😍

usc pulls all the baddies

[tough reef]

read (or probably dont) the replies bruh 💀

[wary sphinx]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1iiujvi/has_anyone_else_received_a_columbia_likely_letter/

unless this is just very well written rage bait

[restive ravine]

i think... this is fake (?) columbia likelies have historically started in march ive read

[wary sphinx]

ah ok

reddits gotta be the funniest place ever

[restive ravine]

lol fr

also research at mt sinai LOL

[wary sphinx]

they were associated w columbia

[restive ravine]

research anywhere else okay but mt sinai is kind of um

[wary sphinx]

so they def would get in w their profile

[restive ravine]

ooh okay yeah

[wary sphinx]

am i missing some drama

i have not ever stepped into the med scene

[restive ravine]

also... i dont think they give likelies for that bc if it was true i would have gotten a columbia likely LMAO

[umbral dirge]

not impossible, knew a kid who did it and went to princeton

[restive ravine]

no no its just kind of unbelivable i guess bc its like the number 1 hospital right & the fact hs students are working there

[wary sphinx]

apparently they got cool brain research

is there not an advantage being an intern of a university

when applying to that uni

[restive ravine]

i dont know bc according to your logic i should have likelies at columbia harvard stanford and usc rn 💀 not sure if that helps

the exception is like if you did a prestigious program at a uni maybe

[wary sphinx]

i c i c

[umbral dirge]

weird flex but okay

[restive ravine]

no i was js saying bc he said if you have connections you get a likely lol which is clearly not true

[umbral dirge]

it is

you just need stronger connections ig

[wary sphinx]

thats a hella tough flex

so valid

cause u got ppl from all parts of the US

[restive ravine]

lmao i wasnt trying to flex 😭

[wary sphinx]

ur chillin im trollin

[sick surge]

Anyone familiar with duke fin aid here?
Can someone help me?

So i sent my CSS to duke a month ago, it was still awaiting, and then i sent an email to duke fin aid office 2 days ago and they said they received my CSS profile then only, but checklist wasnt updated and aid app was complete, and the check mark appeared for CSS after my email. Now today around 12 hours ago, my CSS got awaiting again with that added mesage of Waived foreign tax return.

idk whats going on and no idea what to do

i have no idea if somethings gone wrong, or if anything is happening , because in that email they said my aid application was complete.

[twin thorn]

hey can u check again

for the longest time mine has said the same thing

but it got checked yesterday

oh wait nvm ur foreign tax return was waived yesterday too

mhm thats odd

my foreign css was marked as received on the same day my tax return was marked waived

tbh id just wait theyd message u if tis urgent but u can always email again

this is mine

[sick surge]

oh

[sick surge]

r u a US citizen living outside the USA

i dont understand what duke is doing

whats the difference between foreign applicant CSS profile and CSS profile application

[twin thorn]

nope

im intl student

canadian

[twin thorn]

no idea too

i think foreign is jsut for intl students

[sick surge]

right okay

[merry harbor]

ohoh

[tough reef]

I think they got rid of it

[humble crest]

there shouldn’t be one

i submitted the day it was due

[cyan flicker]

Mid tier school

No interview yet

[humble crest]

is the interview evaluative

cause my interviewer said it had no bearing on my admission

[cyan flicker]

It’s evaluative to my knowledge

[cyan flicker]

It just doesn’t mean much

[umbral dirge]

low bearing

evaluative

good interviews get rejected, bad interviews also get accepted. I’d say low correlation but it’s a data point

[cyan flicker]

Help

[cyan flicker]

No interview burnt to a crisp

[umbral dirge]

duke interviews aren’t allat

[cyan flicker]

Where’s my interview at

[umbral dirge]

I’d only be stressed for yale

[cyan flicker]

Haven’t got that either or Harvard

Actually burnt

[umbral dirge]

Meh I didn’t get yale but I’m not that stressed

interviews aren’t really fun or anything

[cyan flicker]

Where have u gotten

[tall rapids]

i fucking hate duke

[umbral dirge]

interviews, or accepted?

[umbral dirge]

rather extreme

[cyan flicker]

Both

[cyan flicker]

HELP

[umbral dirge]

interviews: princeton, duke, upenn, dartmouth

accepted: rutgers honors, uva

[cyan flicker]

WHERE IS DUKE???

HELP

what region?

[cyan flicker]

uva out of state?

[umbral dirge]

yeah

[cyan flicker]

damn no duke i must be cooked, mid school anyways

[cyan flicker]

i assume ur east coast

[umbral dirge]

yup

availability isn’t terrible here

[cyan flicker]

im bay area

[umbral dirge]

2/5 ppl ik who applied have interviews

[cyan flicker]

tbh i know 2 people too who got interviews and they werent crazy at all

so honestly probably is availability to a degree

[humble crest]

my friends sister got into duke wihtout an intervie

[cyan flicker]

yeah duke is probs mostly availability idk

[umbral dirge]

I honestly don’t even know if duke prescreens

[cyan flicker]

yale/harvard def arent (well harvard is priority + availability)

[umbral dirge]

I thought it was priority deadline but I got one after applying in january

[cyan flicker]

i just wanna get an interview so i dont have to worry idk

[solar crest]

i live inf fcking dc and i got barely any interviews

[humble crest]

i heard yale u basically need an interview to get in

[cyan flicker]

yeah yale/harvard u basically need interview

[cyan flicker]

yeah idk, DC has a ton of alumni

[humble crest]

i heard a lot of harvard applicants get interviews

bro i was so mad i didnt aply harvard

it was my dream schol for like 8 years

[solar crest]

i don't think harvard prescreens much

[umbral dirge]

I’m not even comp becUse I didn’t get a yale interview when 7/9 people I know who applied did

[cyan flicker]

harvard didnt even get me an interview

[cyan flicker]

yet wheres mine - HELP

[cyan flicker]

WHAT

[umbral dirge]

yeah

we only get 2 yalies/yr tho

[humble crest]

at ur school???

[cyan flicker]

THIS IS UNFAIR

YALE WTF

actual mid tier school

[odd hollow]

Agreed

Same w Harv lol

Duke and harv

Yale only cracked kids been getting

[cyan flicker]

i aint cracked?

[odd hollow]

Me neither tbh

But other than me

No one similar to me been getting one

[umbral dirge]

yeah?

I honestly thought harvard interviews everyone

idk anybody who hasn’t gotten a harvard interview from my school

[humble crest]

dang what else do yall normally have from ur school

[umbral dirge]

uh 15 ish cornell acceptances

[cyan flicker]

STOP

PLEASE STOP

[umbral dirge]

2-3 dartmouth ED, normally enough alumni for interviews

[cyan flicker]

this must be a NYC school

feeder at the very least

[umbral dirge]

10-20 ish Emory acceptances, mosr dont commit

2-3 Columbia

idk any other stats off the top my head, lemme check naviance

[ancient garden]

meanwhile my school has never had a single t20 admit

[umbral dirge]

But it’s not all sunshine and rainbows cuz like only 1 to Vanderbilt in 2 years and like 2 to Northwestern (both ED) 💀

[cyan flicker]

this is lierally a feeder schoolw tf

[umbral dirge]

it’s just a school on the east coast

the same 20-40 ppl shotgun t20s

[cyan flicker]

literally a feeder school sorry

i know good schools too and they dont even get that much

[umbral dirge]

I’m p sure bay area schools have better results mate

Paolo alto hs, harvard westlake and allat

[cyan flicker]

harvard westlake is LA and private

[cyan flicker]

I HAVE GOTTEN NO INTERVIEWs

[umbral dirge]

many alumni but also many applicants

shows that it’s a cracked region

[cyan flicker]

even worse

since im trash

[umbral dirge]

interviews are majority availability based

they can’t possibly interview every kid who passes pre screening in regions like nyc and sf

[queen tartan]

bro u got ucb ur alr set wth 😭🙏🏽

[cyan flicker]

UCB

[queen tartan]

save the duke interview luck for the ones of us in true college poverty

[cyan flicker]

Bruh I want Duke

Amazing food

[umbral dirge]

Cal is good tho

[tall rapids]

bro relax wth

💀

why is bro privileged

asf

[scarlet quarry]

you live in nj?

[scarlet quarry]

my friend got a yale interview and he was deferred from purdue

and rejected unc

[pallid fern]

that's actually insane

I'll give him unc and purdue if he gives me his yale interview

I'll even throw in uiuc, northeastern, and ut austin as a cherry on top

I JUST WANT AN INTERVIEW

IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK

[tall rapids]

so tldr interview doesnt matter

[pallid fern]

well I'm definitely not auto accept so if I didn't get an interview at this point it's game over for me lol

[umbral dirge]

add georgia tech too

[pallid fern]

no gt is mine

I love gt

I'm gt '29

I'll give him my northeastern scholarship too

And my purdue honors

As a double cherry on top

[tough reef]

thats how I know Harvard is more availability based, I got one 2 days after submitting in the DC area and I am NOT him

my school has never had a HYM commit, only one princeton commit in sixty years, and 2 ivy commits in the past 5 💀

[sick surge]

duke fin aid portal is goofy

[ember salmon]

the entire portal is goofy

[tall rapids]

duke is goofy

[elder nacelle]

Don’t summon Ellie bro

[umbral dirge]

i love duke

good portal too

I wanted to ED here smh

[queen tartan]

real :/

[cyan flicker]

VALID

DUKE TOO GOOFY

[tall rapids]

ong

ass school

[plucky arch]

you're cooked

duke is is just a pipedream now

you should forget about it

focus on schools like asu and community colleges

[elder nacelle]

oh

[umbral dirge]

I think the two are independent unless you win the scholarship

[odd hollow]

Solid

When did you get the Robertson individual

[tough reef]

they do exist i guess

ngl this is the first person i’ve seen get one

[odd hollow]

I’ve seen a couple on that Reddit thread. But it’s crazy. No glaze to me but I did so well in the group interview too

[tough reef]

Same, I don’t mind the rejection in the slightest ngl, just how disorganized it is

[odd hollow]

Yeah, I mean I’m nowhere near crazy enough to win it lol, but disorganization is crazy

I did let Duke know about getting semis tho

[tough reef]

I put it as an honor on my common app for Duke lol

[odd hollow]

I think it might help a lil bit

Did you find out before then lol

[tough reef]

I updated UNC w/ it and I feel it def helped me

[odd hollow]

I didn’t find out until like 2 weeks after

[odd hollow]

Yea I updated unc w it too but idk

Are u instate

[tough reef]

Yea my semi group was in the first round, so i got the email like dec 8 and had my group int dec 17

[odd hollow]

Oh interesting lol

[tough reef]

no

[odd hollow]

Good stuff

My semi email was like Jan 11

[tough reef]

thanks 🙏

[odd hollow]

So idk if it helped w unc

I didn’t get honors Carolina 💀💀💀

But I got assured business so idk

[tough reef]

I think the timing is just wacky as hell w/ everything Robertson

we both get the semi 2 interview this monday trust 🙏

[odd hollow]

Would be ideal

I just wanna get into duke lol

[tough reef]

I did but i think BC of robertson + niche major

[odd hollow]

Idc about Robertson

[tough reef]

same

[odd hollow]

I think I have the best shot at Duke out of any reaches rn

Idk

[tough reef]

yea idk if it’s toxic to say but I agree

[odd hollow]

Not saying I have a good shot at all

But the best out of the other schools

My interview was great

It was like an hour and a half and they’re only supposed to be like 30-40 mins

[tough reef]

I got into UNC hnrs which is not quite as hard but close, my interview was good, and my school has SOME history w/ Duke but no admits ever to harvard and 1 in 60 years to pton

[tough reef]

same boat

like my parents asked me the other day what I thought my odds are and i said 1/4 or 1/3, and to me that’s crazy

[odd hollow]

We’ve had a couple to pton total in the last few years and have like 1 every 5 years to hym and no stanny in 20 years so idk

Sent 1 to Duke each of last 3 years, my best friend got in ed this year

[tough reef]

We had one pton in ‘22 and two dukes, then one duke in ‘23, and nothing in 24. My big problem is like ten ppl are applying to duke from my school and two are twins and legacy lol

[odd hollow]

Yah we have a lot applying to Duke too and a decent amount are legacy

One of my other friends has pretty big legacy and he’s cracked

My Ed friend had legacy too

Other than that I think I’m the next strongest applicant but you never know what they’re looking for so

[tough reef]

I’m lucky though, I never expected to get into UNC and it’s t10 for my major so if i don’t get in i’m set lol

[odd hollow]

Yea I’d go to Umich rn out of what I have

[tough reef]

eh one way or another we’ll find out in march 💀

[tall rapids]

NO INTERVIEWWWWWWW WTF

[ember salmon]

Day 53

😭

[tall rapids]

FR DAWG

there cannot be that few alum

tbh my tufts guy went to duke too so idfk

[ember salmon]

Right

[tall rapids]

im gonna call that a duke interview

[ember salmon]

I have my Penn interview today and I haven’t prepared

[tall rapids]

TODAY?!

this so real

harvard tmr but idk why harvard

bc prestige is not an answer

🤓

ya i would love to attend the same institution as great mind conan o'brien

[ember salmon]

Omg Harvard slay

Praying for mine next week

🙏🙏

[tall rapids]

REALL dw it'll come soon

🙏

[ember salmon]

Yup

The window closes in two weeks

😓😓

[tall rapids]

ohh yikes

😭

PLS DUKE RN

send me it rn!!!

no cus idk i heard some ppl for dartmouth were priority

like where is mine

dawg

[ember salmon]

Yale Harvard duke Stanford pls send 🤞

[tall rapids]

dartmouth an ass school tho so

[tall rapids]

real 😭

[ember salmon]

Wait I need to go thru my list again

[tall rapids]

aint tryna become an alcoholic in hanover nh

ok real

[ember salmon]

Ok I did MIT Princeton and now Penn

[tall rapids]

ok yess

😍

[ember salmon]

Now it’s just duke Harvard Yale and Stanford

[tall rapids]

im waiting penn, duke, dartmouth

idgaf tho anymore sighh

js gimme my decision

[ember salmon]

Aka the ones that prescreen 😭

[tall rapids]

if i got rejected pls js tell me

[tall rapids]

NOO DW ur js TOO good

[ember salmon]

Def

[tall rapids]

no bc havent some of them made their decisoon now

bc like

idfk

they dont make decisions close to mar 27

so they finihs b4?!?!

[ember salmon]

Right like what’s taking so long

[tall rapids]

scaryy

pls be an accept

no fr

im scared oh god

mar 27th

im gonna hyperventilate

[ember salmon]

Imagine if they did rolling decisions

😭

[tall rapids]

i would kms

but also not

like i wanna know rn

[ember salmon]

Due date:: Jan 1st

[tall rapids]

tell me if my app was ass or smth

[ember salmon]

On Jan 2nd: we regret to inform you that your application was so ass that we just threw it in the trash when we got it

[tall rapids]

HELP

me asf

😭

no but im so scared

idk

i re-read my essays again

WHAT WAS I ONNN

ngl my duke essya swerent bad idfk why wont they give me an interview

💀

like why did they kinda eat idk

not rlly tho

but idk

having an anuerysm

my notre dame essays oh yikes!

[ember salmon]

FR

I feel so bad for these AOs imagine the amount of garbage they have to read everyday

[odd hollow]

Stanford doesn’t prescreen

Also Stanford interviews are done

[ember salmon]

Oh fuck are u fr

Well at least it doesn’t mean anything

[odd hollow]

Apparently today was the last day

[odd hollow]

Yeah I’m sad bc it would significantly improve my app, my other interviews were insanely good

[ember salmon]

Where have you done so far

[odd hollow]

Harvard Duke yale Princeton and a few others

[cyan flicker]

Sorry does Duke pre-screen ?

[umbral dirge]

maybe

[umbral dirge]

I think dartmouth interviews are done too today

[old spindle]

interview in 30 minutes 💔

[tall rapids]

no interview💔

[old spindle]

im terrified of virtual interviews

also shes from NYC so like im gonna have to explain my state specific stuff to her 💔

[tall rapids]

no interview 💔💔

[old spindle]

its ok i got my request like just a little ago

there is still hope!

[cyan flicker]

Trash school no interve

[queen tartan]

where’s the interview

[tall rapids]

ong

me asf

[old spindle]

duke interview was pretty fire

[cyan flicker]

mid school no interview

[tall rapids]

mid school no interview

[umbral dirge]

great school yes interview

[tall rapids]

mid school no interview

fuck

[cyan flicker]

Same

Dogwater school

[tall rapids]

ong

[old spindle]

i suddenly love duke

[ember salmon]

duke send NOW

[tall rapids]

RIGHT NOW!!!

[torn trellis]

my physics final ended my belief in education💀

[torn trellis]

JEFF GOLDBLUM OH MY GOD MY INTERVIEWER LOOKED SOO MUCH LIKE JEFF GOLDBLUM

[cyan flicker]

WHAT

EXPLAIN

SPEAK

[cyan flicker]

WHEN DID U GET DUKE AND WHAT REGION

[tall rapids]

no interview fuck my life!!!

[cyan flicker]

ME TOO

[tall rapids]

FUCK DUKE SUXK MY DEEZ NITS

[cyan flicker]

VALID ME TOOOO

[cyan flicker]

DO U EVEN HAVE THEM

[tall rapids]

no im a woman

but that doesn’t matter??

[cyan flicker]

[tall rapids]

what 😪😪

[dapper solar]

Not to be racist, but my interviewer looked like an orthopedic specialist

[solar crest]

i think it does....

[dapper solar]

☠️

[tall rapids]

no it doesn’t

who said i dont have them

[solar crest]

actually, i dont want to go there. I apologize for any assumptions i may have made abt you

/s

[torn trellis]

no i got an interview a while back and when i was stalking him i thought i had seen him somewhere i couldnt remember where

and weeks later BAM in my head jeff goldblum

[cyan flicker]

honestly

what am i even worried about

genuinely

[tall rapids]

thank you.

[dapper solar]

Man who even wanna go to dook

[tall rapids]

FUCK WHERES MY INTERVIEW

[umbral dirge]

my interviewer was just an indian dude

he mogged me on linkedin tho

[cyan flicker]

And nothing beside remains that colossal wreck (my hopes and dreams)

(No interview)

Ever.

I’ve had two at non-screening schools

I might do it this time.

[torn trellis]

Same

But he looked like jeff 😭

[pallid fern]

the way you keep changing the emojis in your name lol

it's so funny

[formal reef]

chat you guys need to calm down about these interviews

[queen tartan]

if ion get an interview I’ll stay tweaking respectfully

[tall rapids]

i have diff feelings ab uiuc as the hours roll by

now i’m down vad

bad

[tall rapids]

-harvard student

[pallid fern]

LOL

should I add emojis to my name too

[tall rapids]

sure

[pallid fern]

I love gt

[formal reef]

Indubitedly, a Harvard student who stood in your same position exactly a year ago 🙂

[pallid fern]

I can't wait until next year

I'll be able to tell the seniors that things will all work out

knowing full well that I was having panic attacks when I was in their shoes

[cyan flicker]

NO

HOW

[formal reef]

? just don't worry about

it's not in your control at all

you've done everything that you can by submitting yoru application

now you are at the mercy of a couple hundred admissions officers reading through your applications drinking tea

🙂

[pallid fern]

I want to hug my gt ao so bad

I love them

whoever they are

idk what they saw in me but I love them

who needs a boyfriend when you have gt aos who love you

[formal reef]

Interesting take

[pallid fern]

best take

[formal reef]

if you end up getting into Harvard or Yale, sometimes your AOs will come meet u

[pallid fern]

I didn't apply harvard lol

[formal reef]

I met my AO at visitas and Bulldog Days

[pallid fern]

and yale hates my school

sooooo

[formal reef]

that just means nobody good enough has came from your school yet, perhaps you will be the one 💪

[pallid fern]

yes I'll break a school record by getting in

then I'm going to make myself a yale sweatshirt and wear it everyday

[regal lark]

I already submitted my loci in early february but ill have some more updates by the end of this month, should i submit that as additional material (plus ill send that, as well as some stuff from the loci to other schools by the end of this month as well)

[drowsy sorrel]

Harvard student how did you cope with the wait

[pallid fern]

yes I wouldn't drag it until after the end of feb though

[regal lark]

yeah ill try not to, just want to finish hearing back on a few things

[crimson mortar]

Literally just assume the worst for rd. Mentally prepare to matriculate to a school you’ve already gotten into

[pallid fern]

yes

see that's my strat

[drowsy sorrel]

Is ur pfp linus tech tips?

[formal reef]

i just didn't think abt it at alll. not juhst not thinking abt the decisions but i didnt think abt colleg literally at all

[crimson mortar]

Wait the bumblebee in nickname is so cute wow

[pallid fern]

YES

[crimson mortar]

Wait that’s so impressive actually

[regal lark]

yes the one and only

[pallid fern]

I mean there's no yellow jacket emoji

[drowsy sorrel]

Ut austin cs hear i come !!!!!!!

[pallid fern]

Soooo bee it is

but it's cute

[drowsy sorrel]

I love him

[pallid fern]

that's insane

[crimson mortar]

Hell yeah 💪💪💪

[formal reef]

literally just live ur remainder of ur life out

[crimson mortar]

Literally just a little guy

[pallid fern]

me being on this server proves that I am incapable of not thinking about college lol

[crimson mortar]

I love him sm

[drowsy sorrel]

Longhorns !!

[pallid fern]

NO EXACTLY I don't wanna go to yale the dog emoji sucks compared to the bee emoji

🐶 literally what is that

🐝 this is better

[crimson mortar]

Idk i feel like everyone at my highschool was very college brainrot it was kinda hard to avoid

[pallid fern]

Oh same

competitive private moment

I've started talking almost exclusively to the juniors though

they're a lot chiller

[regal lark]

😭 is it too much

[pallid fern]

if anyone ever tells me that my updates were too long I'm gonna send them a screenshot of your update

I mean it's pretty though

if it's done it's done lol dw about it

But yeah I like how you actually made it creative and not boring

[regal lark]

okay thanks lmao

[pallid fern]

I mean to be fair I sent 2 updates

and both updates combined are 3 pages long x_x

BUT

THEY WERE BULLET POINTS

SO

totally not me coping rn

[regal lark]

lol i think that should be perfectly fine

[pallid fern]

yeah bullet points just take up more space

[regal lark]

i tried to make it more narrative like for the loci, for the updates i didnt do that

but this is more of a letter anyway so why not ig

[pallid fern]

what major are you?

[regal lark]

neuro + art

[pallid fern]

ooh that's cool

same as asterisk

[regal lark]

idk why i did art, i just wanted to do design but there wasnt anything like that

[pallid fern]

I was a design major and I applied here ed

no idea why I did that

[cyan flicker]

okay

this is long

[regal lark]

yeah just for the loci they said one page

since its not an update ig more just a beg to let me in

[queen tartan]

that made me feel sm better 😑🥲🥲

[crisp grove]

day ∞ no duke interview

[tall rapids]

FUCK MY LIFE NO INYERVIEW FUCK MY LIFE

HOLY FUCK IM COOKED

[tall rapids]

me asf

[dapper solar]

Your app was way too good to require an interview

They auto admitted you

Trust

[tall rapids]

💔💔

i hope

[cyan flicker]

me

yes u can

[tall rapids]

ong

fuck my life

[tall rapids]

i got an interview by spamming this

dw it works

u js gotta trust the process

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[ember salmon]

no our lives are ruined until we get our interviews

so we will continue to panic

[tall rapids]

exactly

right

who cares anymore

[ember salmon]

bc we have nothing better to do 🤪

[tall rapids]

we all did

die**

[tall rapids]

HELP

i could study or doom

i will soon

[cyan flicker]

when

[tall rapids]

doom

[tall rapids]

for yale

that’s it

tho

ngl

i didn’t ask for a second one

but idk

harvard spammed a bit

first yale was like mid jan tho..

[cyan flicker]

LET ME IN

OMG

ANNA

[tall rapids]

what.

i can’t do nothing fr

[misty briar]

haven't gotten an interview yet 😭 💔

my friend jus got one today

[fleet cove]

No yeah everything is super disorganized

I got an email like four days prior saying I was invited for an individual interview then another email like five mins after saying it was a mistake

[queen tartan]

if I complain online enough maybe they just might give one

[queen tartan]

no way atleast they are still giving them

[tall rapids]

ong

at least i’ll get mine soon

OR I WILL DO SMTH

[misty briar]

like i don't even want to interview but i want an interview

[cyan flicker]

tf

[tall rapids]

me asf

[pliant yacht]

saw this post on CC - "Does anyone else have an option to submit a letter of continued interest in the dropdown for additional material? RD applicant here… worried I just got waitlisted lol"

this seems early to have the list of waitlist people already

[stone venture]

Real

[pallid fern]

glitch

[old spindle]

i dont think they update the systems w this kind of stuff until like right before the decisions come out 😭

[stone venture]

Another day another day of no Duke

Why is ivy day going to be so brutal 🥺

[umbral dirge]

I do, probably for updates

[stone venture]

Ngl I’d take Duke waitlist as a win

[pliant yacht]

that makese more sense, maybe everyone has it

[twin thorn]

there was also smth abt duke fin aid being waivd

anyoen else have that

[twin thorn]

did urs update yet?

there was a reddit. post abt someone asking this

[desert tulip]

omg i just got a duke interview

[solar crest]

so there's still hope

[desert tulip]

he said the interview doesn’t have to be scheduled this week so there’s still some time

[tall rapids]

oh yay...?!?

CONGRATS THO LOL

[desert tulip]

ok his calendly gives me options for up until 3/26 so make of that what you will lol

[tall rapids]

INTERESTING

[copper thistle]

30 days into the future

[drowsy sorrel]

I do

[old spindle]

congrats !!!!

[desert tulip]

ty! i’m kinda nervous lol

how long was yours?

[old spindle]

i did mine yesterday :) it was with an nyc virtual interviewer (im midwest), she cut it off exactly at 40 min but she said we couldve gone on and on

honestly it was really chill, didnt really feel like she was grilling me or just asking questions, it was really a conversation

we didnt even get to like a "why duke" question LOL it was mostly about my background and unique circumstances

but i would prepare a "why duke" just in case

everything else should come pretty naturally

[desert tulip]

gotcha tysm! i hope it goes well

[old spindle]

is urs in person or virtual?

[desert tulip]

virtual

i think all duke interviews are virtual?

[old spindle]

i hope it goes well !!! dont worry about how long your interview ends up being as long as you convey all you need to convey

[desert tulip]

tysm! fingers crossed

[odd hollow]

Yeah Duke is supposed to cut off at 40

Mine went for 80 though idk why 😭😭😭

[old spindle]

LMAOO i do think it depends on the interviewer

my princeton interviewer said 30-45 minutes but we went for an hour, same with yale

mit went for 1.5 hours even though he said 30-60 minutes

i dont really think length of interview means a whole lot though

[odd hollow]

Yeah but everyone I know had their interviewer cut out right at 40 for Duke including my friend who got in ED

[ancient garden]

same

[sick surge]

mines still like that

and i have LOCI upload, but im pretty sure even thats a glitch

[forest cradle]

no robertson email yet lmfao

i alr accepted didnt get it lol

all g

[torn trellis]

Chat gpt is a little too generous while judging apps

[odd hollow]

Uh it gave me a 5-10 chance at most top schools am I cooked the

[torn trellis]

Gave me 15 to 30

[odd hollow]

I uploaded my app as a pdf and copy pasted the rec letters I have. Told them these schools are highly competitive and to give a brutally honest prediction of my chances

[strange token]

when is the speculated decision date?

[umbral dirge]

I’m pretty sure it’s March 27th/ivy day

[elder nacelle]

ong did anyone else get a college board email that aws like duke wants stuff through idoc

except ive already submitted the forms on idoc

and idoc says that duke isn't requestion anything but the duke portal still wants stuff

like do i just wait for it to load in or what 😭

[umbral dirge]

no cuz i didn’t apply for fin aid

[alpine anchor]

last day for interview?

[elder nacelle]

dawg i know its not a sign

im just trying to figure out how to get the files to them 😭

[lofty pelican]

It took a while for mine to load in

Like a week after I uploaded

[elder nacelle]

see ive already had my parents forms uploaded since december
and theyre sitting in idoc very nicely

but duke still wants them??

idk bro

this happened with cornell and i had to separately email them but idk if i should for udke

bc with cornell, the cornell email specifically reached out to me

but not duke

[lofty pelican]

I’d give it a couple days and then email duke

[elder nacelle]

alr

[regal lark]

I updated the fin aid stuff fairly late for all the colleges but all of the ones that do have idoc show up and have received all the required documents as well as css and fafsa

but duke isnt showing up on idoc and only says css with a checkmark on the fin aid portal

[crisp grove]

i got this email too, it says it "may additional document requirements" so ig duke wanted the idoc but didnt require anything more?

its weird tho cuz im missing the tax returns on the idoc but im missing them from my portal so ig we just wait and see if it loads

[green drift]

duke has everything for me

[elder nacelle]

ah thats why they didnt give you an interview 🤓

[green drift]

😔

duke is need-aware JUST for me fr

[umbral dirge]

It’s need aware for plenty of people

[green drift]

?

[bright trench]

dukey booty

[humble crest]

💀

[forest cradle]

dang no robertson

unfortunate

anyone get it?

[forest cradle]

man im depressed

i wanted it so bad unfortunate

[desert tulip]

interview in an hour

it’ll be my last one yay

[desert tulip]

yay i think it went well!

it was almost an hour

i didn’t get to talk about everything i wanted to but it was good overall

[old spindle]

what did u order!

[desert tulip]

LOL it was virtual

no food sadly

so i’m hungry rn

[fading mountain]

chat

is cornell ece worth 17k/yr over duke

[umbral dirge]

Decisions haven’t even come out yet 😭

Depends on your priorities… is it a better program? Yes.

But then again Duke is equally prestigious so why sacrifice more money to go somewhere more depressing when you’re probably going to have the same outcomes?

[fading mountain]

ed regret 😭

been tweaking for two months

[humble crest]

should i be worried that the fed tax return isnt showing

even tho i submitted it on idoc

well actually

duke isnt on idoc

[strange lynx]

allegedly

from redditors

interview reports were due today

[neon basalt]

i lowkey think the difference for prestige is negligible and should just come to a financial/fit stand point

[somber laurel]

This just means they haven’t requested your info yet

[flint berry]

My interviewer told me they were due yesterday

[odd hollow]

My interview committee chair said they were due 2 days ago lol

[desert tulip]

my interview was yesterday 💀

[sage flume]

If you submitted an optional recommendation via email, was it marked as received in the portal?

My mentor submitted mine a while ago but it doesn’t look like it has been received according to the portal

[brave parrot]

for most slate portals only required items show up in the checklist

[sage flume]

right but for duke it has an optional recommendation spot it just doesn’t show as received

[brave parrot]

huh, it does, mine shows as received, so i would email admissions

[odd hollow]

I literally had one submitted last week

And it’s on the portal

So yea contact

[sage flume]

Alright, thanks!

I sent an email a while ago but they didn’t receive it

I will send a new one

[dim nebula]

i just got an interview request ??

[old spindle]

aye nice!

[dim nebula]

haha i was just confused cause ppl were were saying the reports were due

[fleet cove]

Did they send rejection emails???

[oak gale]

wow they are still sending them out?

good luck!

[odd hollow]

Yea

[fleet cove]

To everyone that wasn’t a finalist? Or just the ppl that didn’t get Semifinalist interviews??

[fleet cove]

I didn’t get an email. I qualified for an individual Semifinalist interview. Did you?

[dim nebula]

i just had the interview, my interviewer said duke's email hadn't gotten through to them lol so that's why it was late

[oak gale]

i see

i hope that went well

good luck w your decision in some weeks :]

[desert tulip]

anyone have an idea of rd decision date?

[quartz ridge]

usually same day as ivy day so march 27

[alpine anchor]

no interview...?

[forest cradle]

nah i got cooked

[elder nacelle]

ok so duke still wants my parents tax return + w2 form even though they're already uploaded on IDOC. what email do i use to tell them that 😭

is it just [email protected]?

or a different one

[turbid moth]

what do they mean by waived

for context, i live in a country with no taxes so maybe because of that

also i submitted my financial docs in january but the date shown is in 20th feb

[umbral dirge]

they don’t wanna know about your taxes

[turbid moth]

wouldnt that be a bad thing

[charred crypt]

aid and admissions are done separately

!bgastro

[flat junco]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[scarlet quarry]

Not necessarily

if your CSS profile is enough for them to determine your aid

that's fine

[modern quiver]

throwback to when DKU's portal 'recived' my IDOC

[umbral dirge]

they’re talking about spelling, recived ❌ received ✅

[quartz bridge]

after reading so many deferred kids got accepted on CC for Co 2028 Im starting to delulu

please DUKE

[modern quiver]

great to know a world-class institution can spell receive

[regal lark]

is duke gonna send likely letters soon

[quartz bridge]

i havent heard of them sending likely letters TBH

and if thyey do they're prob reserved for RD recruited athletes (half of the recruited athletes apply RD)

[drowsy sorrel]

They do

They used to send some for their black student club

But i haven’t heard any more about it after aa died

[fossil urchin]

what are my chances if i got an interview