#Princeton University (2024-2025)

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crimson jackal
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And the social scene is amazing

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And brand go over there and give free stuff there

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All the time

white marten
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boulder is too expensive for oos tho

crimson jackal
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Oh wait

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I bet-

white marten
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sadly

crimson jackal
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Is it 70k?

white marten
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it is either princeton or state school for me

crimson jackal
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PRINCETON FIN AID IS INCREDIBLE

white marten
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my state school is great

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but

crimson jackal
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I was shocked

white marten
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not in the physics department

crimson jackal
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Huh

jolly wasp
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which safeties u guys are applying to

crimson jackal
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Is it different for departments?

crimson jackal
white marten
crimson jackal
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Wait I’m so confused

white marten
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my state university has a bad physics department

crimson jackal
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You said not for the physics department

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OHHHH

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OHHH OKAY

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I WAS SO CONFUSED

white marten
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lol

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hopefully i get sub-10K yearly payment if i get in

crimson jackal
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Boulder has this weird thing where you have to pay different amounts for different departmnet a

trim latch
jolly wasp
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my safeties(kinda) are lafayette and syracuse but they arent even safeties

humble stream
white marten
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northeastern might be kinda cheap because i qualify for one of the merit scholarships

trim latch
white marten
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if i get in

jolly wasp
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ı just want it to worth if ı should move to the other side of the world so

white marten
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University of Idaho 🔥

humble stream
crimson jackal
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To me now

white marten
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💀

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did you know

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there is a town

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in idaho

crimson jackal
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Did I know?

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Yes?

white marten
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named princeton

trim latch
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I just have tiers of schools based on a) will they let me in and b) is the genomics program any good

crimson jackal
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Pffft

white marten
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Princeton, Idaho

crimson jackal
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Go there

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Say you live in Princeton

white marten
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and a harvard idaho

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and an oxford idaho

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and a cambridge idaho

trim latch
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I have a teacher who went to Princeton as his third choice (bc he didn't want to go to Duke lol), so when he was driving up for move-in, he genuinely had no clue princeton was in NJ

crimson jackal
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yo this is the asian uspermarket x10

white marten
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and a Stanford idaho

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and a yale idaho

trim latch
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I feel like I know too much about Princeton in comparison to literally any other college bc I've lived here my entire life

white marten
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you LIVE in PRINCETON?

trim latch
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I grew up going to the Princeton Public LIbrary

crimson jackal
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you can write a killer why us

white marten
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princeton public library is lowkey kinda cool looking

trim latch
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When my mom was busy one day, I went to class with my sister

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IT IS

humble stream
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i have a few friends that live there as well its such a nice town

trim latch
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IT'S GREAT, I LOVE IT

white marten
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i've got ILLs from Princeton Public before

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the university costs money though

trim latch
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I spent so much time there over the summer because I did PLL and would go there when I finished work and my mom couldn't pick me up

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I know the librarians by name lol

white marten
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you applied to princeton yeah?

crimson jackal
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EATTTTT

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SMARTIE

trim latch
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Yeah

white marten
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youre a lock lol

trim latch
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I hope lol

crimson jackal
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we shall see in all due time

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inner peace

white marten
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im a lock for rejection

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confirmed

crimson jackal
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bro no you're not you never know

white marten
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rejected until proven otherwise

trim latch
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You have to have hope

white marten
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nah

crimson jackal
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or how about awaiting decisiosn until proven otherwise

white marten
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i'll pass

trim latch
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I'm particularly nervous bc I know that there are a few legacies at my school

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Who are like

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Generational legacies

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And they have similar stats to me

jolly wasp
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is sibling legacy a thing at princeton

trim latch
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I don't think so

humble stream
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bro u got PLL youre cracked 💀

white marten
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wtf is a PLL

crimson jackal
trim latch
crimson jackal
jolly wasp
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because ı know someone applied from my country with a sibling legacy

crimson jackal
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NOPE

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NVM

humble stream
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i got rejected from pll 😔

crimson jackal
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SORRY

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IM A LIAR

trim latch
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I worked in a lab over the summer

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Through Princeton

crimson jackal
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THATS SICKKKK

white marten
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yeah i probably wouldnt have been able to afford that anyway

crimson jackal
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OMG

trim latch
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Yeah, I mean, I live here, so it didn't cost anything

humble stream
white marten
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ohhhh

humble stream
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or be able to go there regularly

trim latch
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It's not like I had to rent an apartment

humble stream
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yeah

trim latch
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  • they had me doing work, so it was more like an unpaid internship
white marten
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im just worried about how weak i am lol

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weak application = rejection

crimson jackal
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you probably did the best you can

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in your circumstance

humble stream
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i think someone at my school did pll actually but he lives and breathes penn

crimson jackal
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how can they ask for more?

white marten
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can

trim latch
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I'm basically competing with 4-10 people about my school for 1-2 spots is the thing

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All of whom also worked in labs over the summer

humble stream
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💀

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least cracked new jersey school

white marten
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im competing with 0 people at my school for 0 spots, its all a ruse

trim latch
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Three people from my school made it in early last year, so I'm hoping the luck carries over

jolly wasp
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our class size is 19 and only 7 people are applying to us so ım competing with 0 people too

jolly wasp
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We just decided to not apply to same schools in early

white marten
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my school hasnt sent someone to a T10 since 1994

crimson jackal
trim latch
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NJ schools are just scary man

white marten
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and thats the only person ever

trim latch
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My school also used to be a feeder school tho

humble stream
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i hate competing with jersey kids in science fairs bruh 💀

trim latch
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For Princeton

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As in, we were founded in the late 1800s

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Bc someone from Princeton convinced a dead guy's widow that his fortune would be best spent on a school that was a feeder for Princeton

white marten
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there isnt even an alternate universe that i get accepted in

jolly wasp
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my school had 3 princetons in its history(15 years)(prob out of 100-150 people applying to US in total)

crimson jackal
crimson jackal
jolly wasp
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💀

crimson jackal
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DAYUMMMM

hallow jay
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same bro its joever

white marten
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is it bad that i dont know what any of these things are

crimson jackal
hallow jay
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me neither

white marten
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was i supposed to try to do these things

trim latch
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I know a guy who got into Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, Dartmouth, and Oxford

crimson jackal
trim latch
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He was my school's valedictorian two years ago

hallow jay
trim latch
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He was a bit scary

crimson jackal
hallow jay
jolly wasp
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but for the last 3 years princrton consistently rejects our schools ipho medalists in early and ım applying for economics and political science so who knows

white marten
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when i get rejected its gonna spell the death of anyone trying to apply T10 from my school

crimson jackal
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your name is too hard

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is it two or one L?

trim latch
crimson jackal
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HOLY SHIT

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HOW DID I NOT RECOGNIZE THAT

jolly wasp
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ohh

crimson jackal
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WAIT I NEED TO LOOK YOUR INSTA UP AGAIN

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YOU'RE RIGHT

hallow jay
# jolly wasp ohh

im not actually that clever. i came up with it by myself but so did a thousand other sullivans

white marten
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we out here praying that princeton deeply values personal characteristics over achievements here

hallow jay
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pls dont dox me any more than that lil bro

crimson jackal
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sorry sorry

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sirry

hallow jay
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i hope mine woke up on right side of bed

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nice cup of coffee

white marten
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my ao is doing his first ever year as an ao

jolly wasp
hallow jay
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waitt

crimson jackal
jolly wasp
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except for the why us essay

hallow jay
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mines from tufts

white marten
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you can just look them up

crimson jackal
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pause

hallow jay
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she told me wrong answer in college fair smh

crimson jackal
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i searched mine up shes like a nice mom

hallow jay
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im worried abt it

crimson jackal
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she looks sooo sweet

white marten
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Mine is from middlebury college

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never met him

hallow jay
crimson jackal
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tf did you guys find like linkden

white marten
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he served Idaho, Nevada, and Los Angeles so he probably spends 100% of his time in LA

white marten
jolly wasp
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mine is from princeton💀

crimson jackal
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omg

trim latch
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The AO for my area is the dean of admission

crimson jackal
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i'm not dedicated enough

jolly wasp
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studied econ

hallow jay
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r u in pton nj?

white marten
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my interviewer called me all but a perfect fit so thats a small positive

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still getting rejected

hallow jay
white marten
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my interview lasted an hour

trim latch
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Jersey girl, through and through

crimson jackal
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whats wawa like

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my friend said the mac n cheese is realllly good

trim latch
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Great chili dogs

crimson jackal
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I love chili dogs

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i'm gonna do a backflip

hallow jay
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great hoagies

trim latch
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Go to Hoagie Haven for those tho

hallow jay
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ig u like the area tho

jolly wasp
white marten
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bruh we talked forever about everything

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physics, music, some light politics, rural life

hallow jay
white marten
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damn

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if we werent supposed to go over 30 minutes

trim latch
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Mine was 40 min bc her Zoom was only 40 min

white marten
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my dude loved me

jolly wasp
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ı dont think they care too much about interviews tho

hallow jay
white marten
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fair

trim latch
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They don’t

hallow jay
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depends on alumni cuz some are talkers

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and some are busy

trim latch
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Interviews can only keep you out

white marten
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depressingly interviews mean nothing

hallow jay
white marten
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lowkey i thought it was the best part of my application

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which is why im getting rejected

jolly wasp
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mine got interrupted by an underclassmen even though ı wrote DONT ENTER IM IN COLLEGE INTERVIEW to a huge paper and hang it to the door but she was totally great about it hope it wont affect anything

white marten
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i did mine in my dining room and my mom kept trying to talk to me

hallow jay
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my classmate had one with her before me and another classmate had one with her right after me

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i was the forgettable middle child

jolly wasp
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ı already stated that ım in a dorm so ı dont think she mind that(hope so)

white marten
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i might be the only person from my school ever to apply to princeton

jolly wasp
white marten
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i mean

jolly wasp
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arent you from us

white marten
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yes

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believe it or not

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there are parts of the united states

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that are very sparsely populated

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where nobody dreams of going to a T20 school

jolly wasp
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even my school had more than 50 people applied to princeton and we are an extremely small and new school from turkey

white marten
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its different overseas

hallow jay
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yea

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lotta internats at my school

white marten
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here you can just go to community college or whatever

white marten
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overseas you have to apply at the top because thats the only way you can afford it

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to go to school in america that is

hallow jay
jolly wasp
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we only apply to most competitive ones because others dont give any fin aid for ints

white marten
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exactly

hallow jay
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yea the select few

jolly wasp
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europe is our safety

white marten
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in my area nobody WANTS to go to college really anyway and if they do its to play sports or party and not to learn

hallow jay
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some ppl ranked it by party culture

crimson jackal
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hell yeah here to partyyyy

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( i have never been to one in my life )

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HOLY

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Please please Princeton

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Actually I’m totally cool

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I need to touch grass more often

south harbor
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chill

hallow jay
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are we filming the reactions?

south harbor
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maybe

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acc

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idk

crimson jackal
hallow jay
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i am but gonna delete it in all likelyhood

crimson jackal
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Please please please

hallow jay
crimson jackal
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Post it

hallow jay
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im gonna do peek a boo for the result

crimson jackal
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YEAGGG

hallow jay
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cover my eyes while page load

humble stream
hallow jay
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nah i was gonna play the sigma boy song

humble stream
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yall haven’t lived until you’ve had wawa

crimson jackal
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I IHOPS I GEG TI TRY IT

south harbor
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👍

hallow jay
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i hope i get to go to hoagies

south harbor
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😂

jolly wasp
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release time is 3 am in my local time zone

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ı think dartmouth will release it on the same day and time with princeton so one of my friends will also receive his decision at the same time

white marten
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Guys I’m so glad I’m not being compared to the absolute sweats in general

jolly wasp
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yeah

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he is my roommate actually

jolly wasp
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but all of us applying to us will gather in dorm and wait until 3 am together

hallow jay
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imma have to open it at school

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ong

crimson jackal
hallow jay
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wait drinking?

white marten
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I rest easy knowing that I’m basically being compared to nobody

hallow jay
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🤨

crimson jackal
hallow jay
crimson jackal
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Phhh I see

hallow jay
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school is a full time job

white marten
crimson jackal
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I come home right at 3

hallow jay
crimson jackal
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And then nap

hallow jay
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boarders

crimson jackal
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Until 6

hallow jay
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LUCKY

white marten
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I praise god that I am not being compared to you people

jolly wasp
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last years early day was tough ı remember us waiting on the door of the gathering place for our upperclassmens decisions

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we didnt want to interrupt them but we were too anxious to wait

crimson jackal
white marten
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Idagoat

jolly wasp
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and now its our own decisions💀

hallow jay
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ivy

white marten
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STILL GETTING REJECTED

crimson jackal
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lol loser

hallow jay
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at least my state is better in education than urs

crimson jackal
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ok…

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We’re not friends anymore

jolly wasp
hallow jay
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only good thing is boulder tbh

hallow jay
crimson jackal
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Thanks

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Forgiven

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Idaho what is your insight

white marten
crimson jackal
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HELP

humble stream
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what state are you from

green finch
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I was gonna apply REA here but I wanted to have better essays so I waited lol

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But this is my dream school tbh

green finch
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Only like a 40 minute drive, top tier for eng, etc etc

white marten
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I submitted my app like October 3rd 💀

crimson jackal
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Holy moly

hallow jay
white marten
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I started it in August

hallow jay
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i did mine a day before i thought i was good

crimson jackal
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Mine was submitted 2 days before 💀

hallow jay
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damn

white marten
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And as soon as my counselor said it was good I submitted it

green finch
jolly wasp
hallow jay
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ppl started writing the essays 11:40pm

green finch
south harbor
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nj is crazy

green finch
crimson jackal
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New York

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New Jersey

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Pennsylvania

south harbor
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not all east coast tho

green finch
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like be real bro

white marten
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I’m gonna get rejected because what a small town counselor thinks is good is shit in the eyes of Princeton

green finch
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there's like 5 good public schools in this state

hallow jay
green finch
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millburn west windsor and some of the magnets

crimson jackal
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OH YHOMAS JEFFERSON

jolly wasp
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I submitted mine in the morning of the last day

crimson jackal
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THOMAS JEFFERSON

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Crazy

willow plover
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AHDHHHAHHAHHDHAHHA

south harbor
willow plover
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that’s how i feel rn waiting for the rea decision

green finch
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TJHSST mentioned cursedmoon

white marten
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Guys I am deadass getting rejected and I will be devastated but I am preparing myself so it hurts less

crimson jackal
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Yeah still east coast

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Just the only school k can think of

south harbor
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ye ig

crimson jackal
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That’s cracked

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There

green finch
south harbor
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tjhsst is wild

green finch
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are you actually rural

crimson jackal
hallow jay
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and pton hs

white marten
green finch
willow plover
hallow jay
green finch
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they send so many to princeton cause a lot of people dual enroll

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that's it

hallow jay
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yea ik

green finch
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the people there aren't exceptional besides like ben qi

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ben qi is him

white marten
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I’m getting rejected and that is final

green finch
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west windsor scares me tho

willow plover
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personally i couldn’t handle going to college with that many people from my hs

green finch
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like that whole district is an oly sweatshop i stg

willow plover
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like for the pton hs people

south harbor
hallow jay
green finch
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millburn is also pretty cracked but this year's crop isn't that good

west light
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Yo what have I missed

white marten
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Yall would be miserable here

green finch
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but next year alexander wang will be applying

willow plover
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oly sweatshop 😭😭

green finch
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good luck to co2026 you'll need it

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😭

green finch
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go look at the USAMO medals and there is always at least one and probably more from west windsor

white marten
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Princeton has no need for someone from my school, nobody would fault them if they didn’t admit anybody from southern Idaho

crimson jackal
south harbor
willow plover
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holy smokes southern idaho ?!

south harbor
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dhr in amc 12 is crazy

hallow jay
south harbor
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i think i got pretty close this year

willow plover
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boise

west light
green finch
white marten
willow plover
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nope

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oHIO

white marten
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No bro I mean like

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Real southern Idaho

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Boise is not southern Idaho

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That’s treasure valley

green finch
white marten
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This is southern Idaho

willow plover
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what about the rest of the south of idaho

white marten
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Minus the top two counties

south harbor
white marten
green finch
south harbor
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nah

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ece

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minor in sustainable energy

willow plover
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bro my midwest school is light work

west light
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Do they even factor in your major during the application

white marten
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Some people call treasure valley Western Idaho

green finch
south harbor
green finch
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well I think you have a good shot

south harbor
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not as cooked as cs

willow plover
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like there’s only two of us in a 450 class who’s done research full stop

white marten
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Wish I could have

west light
green finch
willow plover
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and no international competitions besides deca

white marten
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So many things I couldn’t do

hallow jay
west light
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I think that's an absurd "requirement"

green finch
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I might try to go like TSMC too

hallow jay
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never had time motivation

willow plover
green finch
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I think that'd be cool

white marten
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I’m so glad that it allegedly won’t be held against me

hallow jay
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it might be held against me bro i canttt

white marten
jolly wasp
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I did 2 of mine online and 1 of them in an university in my city

hallow jay
crimson jackal
white marten
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There is absolutely nothing anyone can tell me what will make me think I’m getting accepted unless it’s “CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !”

green finch
crimson jackal
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But I talked more about civil

humble stream
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omg that’s awesome!! i’m from pennsylvania

crimson jackal
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I dunno… if that helps…

green finch
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I didn't REA here tho

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I do hope I get in tho

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I think being from NJ helps

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I heard that from a Princeton prof

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so

west light
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Hi

white marten
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I think being from Idaho helps lowkey

hallow jay
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nah i got nothing to hide tbh. anyone whos in a2c would be a dude in a glass house throwing stones

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my a2c friends are WAY more flamable than me

white marten
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I estimated that two or three people from Idaho applied early to Princeton

hallow jay
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prestige freaks

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not that i can accuse them of anything tbf

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my common app list is pulled straight from usnews t20

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not even kidding its bad

west light
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What's the speculated time

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For decisions

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Wanna convert to my time zone

hallow jay
hallow jay
west light
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Lack of information

hallow jay
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whats ur time zone bro

west light
jolly wasp
west light
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Yeah lol

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Ain't no way I'm staying up

jolly wasp
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mine is 3 am

west light
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For a rejection

white marten
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I can’t wait to get rejected

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It’ll confirm everything I’ve been told my entire life

west light
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Bro and I have an exam that day

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Do I come home and see the result

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wait imma just open it in school lmao

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in front of everyone

hallow jay
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imma airplay it in classroom

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imma livestream it on twitch

white marten
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If I wasn’t good enough for Princeton as a hooked applicant I’m most certainly not good enough elsewhere

hallow jay
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oh nvm

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u edit i see

humble stream
hallow jay
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yea thats my feeling too tbh

white marten
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If I get straight up rejected I’m gonna abandon my RD apps and just go to state school like is expected of me

hallow jay
jolly wasp
west light
white marten
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Where would they get a rural Idaho kid from lmfao

hallow jay
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i exist solely to fulfil institutional needs

west light
humble stream
white marten
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Nobody wants to apply to college here though

west light
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You're literally standing out then

white marten
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When I say I’m probably the only one it isn’t hyperbole

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It is with complete confidence

hallow jay
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boise

white marten
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Which is why I’ll get rejected

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Some Boise kid will be the institutional pick to fill the state

hallow jay
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gotta go bribe them to withdraw app

white marten
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You severely underestimate how put down and beaten up rural kids are here

jolly wasp
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do you guys have any checklist to do if you got accepted

white marten
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Maybe there’s a few

jolly wasp
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ı have so many bets that ı cant even remember all of them

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but theyll be worth it

white marten
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If I wasn’t rejected already and got accepted I’d probably be excited

hallow jay
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betting with the man upstairs

white marten
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I will never feel that but that’s okay

jolly wasp
severe mantle
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why is chat so alive rn

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what happened

hallow jay
hallow jay
severe mantle
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wait fr?

hallow jay
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nah srry

severe mantle
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lmao

white marten
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Staying realistic

severe mantle
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is there a reason for the panic

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or

humble stream
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ngl tho it makes me less panicked to know you guys are all as panicked as me

jolly wasp
white marten
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I’m not panicking

jolly wasp
white marten
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I am calmly accepting reality

hallow jay
white marten
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Princeton has nothing to gain by accepting me

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I will be rejected

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It’s already decided bro

severe mantle
#

gl
I didn't rea here but will rd

jolly wasp
white marten
#

Schrodingers status update

hallow jay
#

you just wont know. youll still be rejected/deferred/accepted

white marten
#

What’s it called if you already know

hallow jay
#

i gotta get off a2c this is depressing

white marten
#

I don t think I’m going to get on the server on Thursday-Friday

humble stream
#

me neither

white marten
#

I’ll have my own stuff to process and I don’t want to share in the misery

humble stream
#

i think it’s for the best

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accepted or not

jolly wasp
#

thursday will be so much fun on princeton thread in a bad way

white marten
#

Plus on the off chance I get in I don’t want to make people’s already hurtful pain worse

humble stream
jolly wasp
#

ı think ıll try not to be here but ıll end up here anyways

white marten
#

I might make one comment on my decision in the results channels

humble stream
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i’m probs gonna delete discord before the decision

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and either celebrate or work on my rd apps after lol 10000% focus

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process and make a comeback 🙏

jolly wasp
#

because its currently banned in my country

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💀💀

jolly wasp
#

thats why ı NEED this acceptance

green finch
#

this is why you do your RD essays beforehand

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I have literally just this school harvard stanford left

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and then I'm done🥳

jolly wasp
#

if ı finished them before ı'd probably wont like them one week after and decide to write them all over again

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even with princeton one week after my submission ı started to find flaws about them

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so procrastination works for me at this scenario

humble stream
#

i made a list of how hard it would be to write the essays and then did the hardest over the summer so i could manage the rest if i had to

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i organized it into tiers of basically no extra work required, some tweaking, major reworks of past essays, and then needed completely new essays and started from there

jolly wasp
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ı think if we handled princetons app others will be too easy for us except stanford and caltech

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for the ones ı checked princetons was by far the longest

humble stream
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harvard and yale have low word counts though

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which is tough

jolly wasp
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yeah esp harvard

humble stream
#

i’m applying to uchicago too 💀💀💀

jolly wasp
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their prompts need at least 300 words and they're like 100 words will be fine

humble stream
#

uchicago has to be like top five worst ones to write ngl

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or rather hardest

jolly wasp
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uchicago tries too hard to be quirky ngl

humble stream
#

i really like uchicago but i know im cooked

jolly wasp
#

just give one why us prompt one diversity prompt and one intellectual curiosity prompt like why trying too hard about it

humble stream
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it’s hard to come up with ideas but i feel like once i get one it could be fun

jolly wasp
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ı had to write 9 times all over again and stressing about it but my last draft took me 2-3 hours

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I just edited some little stuff afterwards

trim latch
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If it makes you feel a bit better, I had a whole idea, wrote it out, drafted and re-drafted, felt great about it

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Then sent it to my counselor

humble stream
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i went through maybe 4 different ideas but tbh when i got the one i knew i had it

trim latch
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Who just said that it "read like a supplemental" and that I should try again

jolly wasp
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but it felt true to me so i sent it anyways

humble stream
#

as long as you’re happy with your essay that’s all that should count tbh

jolly wasp
#

but one of our school alumni that went to princeton also read it and loved it

hallow jay
humble stream
#

i love uchicago too much to drop it but i know fs im ngmi 💀

trim latch
#

Real, dropped it bc it was too cold lol

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Honestly considering dropping my Harvard/MIT apps solely bc when I went up to HMMT, I was freezing

fallow sparrow
#

Who here is ED'ing or EA'ing to Princeton?
I'm looking for some wisdom :>

white marten
#

Myself

trim latch
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I'm REA'ing (Princeton does not offer ED)

white marten
#

NOOOOOO A FRESHMAN

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please do not get attached to a school

fallow sparrow
humble stream
#

what kind of wisdom

south harbor
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go play og fort or smth

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lmao

trim latch
#

Honestly, for freshmen?

white marten
#

What art

humble stream
#

this is my wisdom for freshmen

trim latch
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Go try as many extracurriculars as you can

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Find what you like

humble stream
#

it’s from mit but applies really to any school

trim latch
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Take the extra time you have now to keep your grades up, figure out good study methods, and discover what you enjoy

fallow sparrow
trim latch
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Then sophomore year, start really focusing in on what you love

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junior/senior year, try to get leadership in that

trim latch
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And try to actually do something with that leadership

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Don't just be on your library's advisory board to be on it, start a service project through the library that is scalable

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Make sure that it is something you actually love though

white marten
#

I have one sentence

trim latch
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Don't do it for resumes, do it because it's important to you and in a world where money doesn't matter, you would choose to pursue it

near citrus
#

Anyone here applying as a NJ resident ?

white marten
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Don’t think about applications until right before you start your senior year. If you do a bunch of cool things and take a bunch of cool classes, that means you are an innovator, a creator, and a thinker, not someone chasing after status or the name of a school.

severe mantle
white marten
#

I guess that was two sentences

white marten
severe mantle
#

well some of them do but most no
it works though I guess

severe mantle
white marten
#

If you’re just a straight up machine you’re not gonna get LORs

severe mantle
fallow sparrow
fallow sparrow
white marten
#

My mantra is gonna blow up in my face when all the people who did things just for a resume get in and I don’t

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But I stand by what I say

trim latch
white marten
#

I didn’t think about applying to college until a few months ago and I think I’m better off because of it

trim latch
#

^ As someone who tried to think about it from freshman year, it just doesn't work out

severe mantle
trim latch
#

I say start by junior year

trim latch
#

But as a freshman, it's your time to try new things

white marten
#

I didn’t drown myself in things I hate because I was chasing a name

trim latch
#

Make sure you want to continue old things

white marten
#

I think that makes me better off

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I did things that I loved and things that bettered the world around me

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College came second

trim latch
#

I have leadership in completely difference places now

fallow sparrow
trim latch
#

I think I have maybe 1-2 things in common?

white marten
#

Let life take you where it wants to

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If you’re driven, you’ll naturally rise to the top

severe mantle
trim latch
#

But my freshman year, I really thought I was going to get really into being into the school newspaper

severe mantle
white marten
trim latch
#

I haven't written for them since early 2023

fallow sparrow
#

I'm not too focused on colleges yet but I wanted to see what should I do to get the most out of these 4 years of high school

trim latch
#

On the other hand, I just tried Math Club at my school for fun freshman year

white marten
severe mantle
trim latch
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And I'm now co-president and have gone to various math competitions with my school's math team, including the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament

hallow jay
#

im not a prestige freak i need the fin aid at pton

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cuz im middle class

severe mantle
#

they have their goals and you have yours
maybe your goal wasn't to sweat hs in pursuit of college and just enjoy life, good for you

trim latch
#

What will work for you may or may not work for someone else

white marten
hallow jay
#

this is legit the cheapest option

fallow sparrow
hallow jay
#

i need to save my fam money

crimson jackal
trim latch
hallow jay
trim latch
#

My friend was in it lol

hallow jay
#

i need the dough

fallow sparrow
white marten
#

I tell every freshman here to take it slow

fallow sparrow
#

If yes then u might know my school.

severe mantle
trim latch
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I did! I'm also co-president of my school's acapella group and a couple of my friends from last year are at Harvard

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So I stayed for acapella, then headed out to chat with friends during the semi-finals of the integration bee, and came back for the finals

white marten
severe mantle
#

anyways I'm off

hallow jay
white marten
hallow jay
#

DONT DO THINGS JUST CUZ IT LOOKGS GOOD ON APP

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the important thing is how u present the stuff u did, how u tell the tory

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story

severe mantle
#

imo people who are weak-minded just say "wah I don't like this I won't do it"
Sometimes you have to do things you don't like

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anywaysa thats fr it bye

hallow jay
#

gotta be genuine

trim latch
#

Doing stuff just to make it onto your resume is not going to look genuine, but continuing with stuff you are passionate about is going to create a good resume

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I do know that school @fallow sparrow , I actually said hi to a couple people from there lol

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I go to a similar school that is in NJ

hallow jay
trim latch
#

In the bathroom? Were you wearing a sweatshirt?

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With your school's name on it

hallow jay
#

i mean ofc u gotta get good grades and test scores but if we're talking ecs

white marten
#

I’m the only senior in Calculus
I’m potentially the best trumpet player in my state
I’ve worked at a library for three years and have risked potentially my life defending it against political attacks
I am the captain, spokesman, essay writer, and electrician on my robotics team
And I’ve had to do all of this with virtually no support system, no encouragement, no recognition

Don’t you FUCKING dare say I don’t push myself.

fallow sparrow
white marten
#

I just didn’t do it for the app

hallow jay
trim latch
white marten
fallow sparrow
#

Oh nice.

white marten
#

Saying I was “coping” and implying I didn’t try hard enough

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What a POS

trim latch
#

We're not really friends anymore, but I went to middle school with them

fallow sparrow
trim latch
#

Anyway, at this point, it's all about casting a wide net to get a sense of what you feel passionate about

#

Something you feel that you could pursue to a leadership role

fallow sparrow
trim latch
#

It's cheesy, but if you genuinely love your ECs, you'll find your own story to tell by your senior year, and you'll be great

white marten
#

Yeah don’t listen to that other guy

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Find yourself and applying to college will be easy

trim latch
#

I mean, my CommonApp and the graded written paper I submitted are some of the most personal pieces of writing I've ever done

humble stream
#

once you find your passion and pursue it there’s an infinite number of ecs you could unlock that are genuinely fun for you

hallow jay
white marten
#

My CAPS describes a feeling I haven’t even told my family about

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The graded written paper is just a research paper on how natural therapies effects those with dementia 💀

trim latch
#

Even in my supplementals, I'm not writing about my SAT score or my grades or some leadership role that I have, I'm writing about the impact that I've made on my community and the impact that community has made on me

white marten
#

THIS

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YESSSSSS

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LITERALLY ME

trim latch
#

And how the number of mixed kids is only growing, so we need to make space for them eventually (and by eventually, I mean soon)

white marten
#

Yeah my school is in shitass Idaho so we have very babied classes

green finch
#

My CAPS was about a very personal issue of mine

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I liked it a lot

white marten
#

My caps was about how being involved in multiple leadership roles is such a foreign idea to a rural kid that I had to go through an experience to realize that they all show up in one person and aren’t different “versions” of me

trim latch
hallow jay
#

ong but also we should all chill a lil

sonic dome
#

ive been reading thru this conversation and yall are heated af 😭

hallow jay
#

theres also a huge luck element so it doesnt help after a certain point

trim latch
#

^^ That too

trim latch
#

It's a crapshoot lol

white marten
#

I don’t think there’s any luck at all

elfin sedge
#

Is it officially Thursday?

green finch
#

I enjoyed my high school career

hallow jay
sonic dome
#

we're literally just pixels on a screen cat i think in the end youre the only one who can say what will form a successful highschool experience for yourself

sonic dome
green finch
#

Actually that’s kinda a lie I hated most of the people around me

sonic dome
#

not announced yet, just highly speculated

green finch
#

But I got through it

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Ready to leave👍

sonic dome
#

same 🙏

white marten
#

I’m gonna miss it

trim latch
#

I'm going to miss it, but I'm also excited for the future

white marten
#

But I’m also ready to start a new chapter

green finch
#

Tbh I just wanna crash out for a bit

hallow jay
#

its 50% luck

sonic dome
hallow jay
white marten
sonic dome
#

if i do get in, im going to spend all of chrismtas break watching tv and eating bad stuff

crimson jackal
#

I love that for you

sonic dome
white marten
trim latch
#

No, my school does this final showcase for seniors, and my friend and I are planning on singing, "For Good" from Wicked. It's the last show we'll ever sing in together, and it's going to make me cry so hard

green finch
#

I just watch shows and eat crap food

sonic dome
humble stream
green finch
#

I’m like 105 pounds so it’s chill

white marten
#

I’m not optimistic but I suppose it could happen

trim latch
green finch
#

I watched all of severance last night from 12 am to 6 am

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All 9 episodes

white marten
sonic dome
trim latch
green finch
#

So fire

hallow jay
sonic dome
green finch
#

I thought it would be boring at first but it hooked me

sonic dome
green finch
#

Banger episode after banger episode

sonic dome
green finch
#

Fire conclusion

sonic dome
#

ill give it a try after good omens

white marten
#

It’s such a shame that we can’t all get in to Princeton

sonic dome
#

like i so badly wish we could all get in and be happy 😭 you guys are all so sweet

white marten
#

I’ll take the fall for one of you guys

trim latch
#

I mean, as they say, they can fill 8 classes with qualified students

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Wait I'm not sure if they say that to general public or just the interviewers

sonic dome
#

general public i think? it was in the letter in the rejection stimulator 🤡

hallow jay
sonic dome
#

HAHAHAH

white marten
#

Considering all things in my app point to the positive end except for one, I’ll probably get rejected d

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But

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Who knows

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We will see

trim latch
sonic dome
#

just prepping myself 🙏 exposure ntherapy works

crimson jackal
#

Let’s all take long walks and reflect

hallow jay
#

also i wont even need to sim it

hallow jay
sonic dome
white marten
#

It’ll be alright

sonic dome
trim latch
sonic dome
#

I LOVE THAT SONG

white marten
#

I’ll get rejected and then get into Yale or something

hallow jay
white marten
trim latch
# sonic dome dont freeze ✨

It was earlier tonight, I was just on setup/cleanup bc I'm on the leadership for my school's music council and the other two were literally in the concert

hallow jay
hallow jay
#

i cant be freaked out abt rejection cuz then i wouldnt be a chill guy

sonic dome
#

bringing out my inner chill guy 🙏

elfin sedge
#

!princeton

trim latch
#

I will literally be 50% less stressed once I know the day it comes out lol

elfin sedge
#

!pton

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😭

white marten
#

Pero dicho en mi aplicación que hablo español autodidacta

trim latch
hallow jay
elfin sedge
#

Ohhh

white marten
elfin sedge
hallow jay
trim latch
#

O solamente practicaba sin otras?

white marten
# sonic dome WOAH COOL

Si porque trabajo en la librería necesitamos una persona que puede hablarlo en los sábados

sonic dome
#

oooh i see

white marten
#

No senior staff work on Saturdays and the only other speaker is the director

sonic dome
#

why saturdays...??

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oh lmfoa

white marten
#

So I brushed up

trim latch
#

Mi hermana mayor hizó eso para trabajar en el hospital

sonic dome
#

did she take classes or was she self tuahgt too?

white marten
#

I only use it occasionally face to face so I struggle to speak aloud and listen

#

But typing and reading I’m great

trim latch
#

En el pasado, pienso que era mejor hablar en español, pero dejé de tomar clases cuando terminé la clase de improvisaciones en español

trim latch
sonic dome
#

ohhh

trim latch
#

Bc I took classes like Spanish Improv and I practiced bc I was the go to person at community service events who could speak Spanish to little kids, my ability to speak and come up with ways to get people to understand me is good

#

My grammar has gone to shit

#

It's wild, I used to be so good at essays

white marten
#

My word order is still funky

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And I struggle with irregular past tenses

trim latch
#

El pasado siempre es dificil

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I'm giving up on the accents lol

crimson jackal
trim latch
#

Odio el subjuntivo

sonic dome
white marten
#

Lol soy usando un ordenador con autocorrect

sonic dome
#

I WENT TO HER CONCERT EARLIER THIS YR

crimson jackal
#

What

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Pause pause pause

#

I’m so jealous…

sonic dome
#

IT WAS AMAZING

crimson jackal
#

AHHHH

sonic dome
#

pls u have such good music taste tho

crimson jackal
#

JPLH CRAP

trim latch
white marten
#

I see

trim latch
#

Ya no recuerdo dónde están los accentos tambien

white marten
#

El iphone tiene una cosa que tiene un ordenador para español y inglés

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Tiene los dos

trim latch
#

Mi fluencia es suficienta para hablar, pero no es maravillos

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Ah, pienso que lo tengo en my iphone tambien

white marten
#

Idk wtf maravillos means

trim latch
#

Wonderful/amazing

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I have random words and phrases stuck in my brain

white marten
#

Lmfao like marvelous got it

trim latch
#

Yep!

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Hay una frase que todavía recuerdo ahora

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Por ejemplo, de nuestras clases sobre el amor, recuerdo, "El amor con solamente pasión quema caliente, y entonces se quema."

white marten
trim latch
#

Which was a funny bit of wordplay

white marten
#

Yeah I’m not to the point of literature and humor

trim latch
#

Because "quemar" is "to burn" (so "Love with only passion burns hot")

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And "quemarse" is "to burn out"

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(so "Love with only passion burns hot, and then burns out")

#

Pienso que usé tres tiempos en mis ensayos y mis examenes orales

white marten
#

Just “Esas libras necesitan regresar en el primo de agosto. Gracias para usando la librería! Adiós!”

#

“Hay una bolsa aquí si lo necesitas”

#

I have my stock phrases

trim latch
#

Sí, my madre ha aprendido, "medical spanish," y solamente puede usar español para hablar con sus pacientes

white marten
#

Lmfao

#

I kinda feel that

#

I have a bunch of words completely useless outside of the library

trim latch
#

Tú has aprendido español de la librería

#

Funciona allí porque no necesitas la lengua en otras lugares

white marten
#

Fair enough

trim latch
#

Y támbien, la frase, "el/la cosa que + [verbo]" te puede salvar en muchas situaciones

white marten
#

My town is about 30% Hispanic but when I try to use it at school the kids laugh at me because i use Castilian Spanish

trim latch
#

Es lo que están en los libros y muchas de la clases que están en línea

white marten
trim latch
#

Fotocopiadora?

white marten
#

Goofy ahh word

trim latch
#

Pienso que es eso, pero envia el mensaje, sí?

white marten
#

Yeah

green finch
#

I actually understand most of this

#

I’m so proud

trim latch
#

No pienso que yo pueda usar toda la gramática que he aprendido cuando tenía quince años, pero funciona

#

Sí, pienso que solamente recuerdo las frases básicas y las frases de mi clase de improvisaciones

#

Probablemente porque la clase de improvisaciones era muy divertida

sonic dome
white marten
#

Tome mi clase cuando tuvo doce años, así no recuerdo mucho, la mayoría de que dijo es autodidacto ahora

trim latch
#

Y las otras estudiantes hicieron muchas bromas

green finch
trim latch
#

Tomé mis clases entre las edades de doce y dieciseis

green finch
#

I’m cooked for the speaking portion though

sonic dome
trim latch
#

Pausing in the middle of a sentence sounds like you forgot the grammar

white marten
#

I speak so incredibly slowly

trim latch
#

Pausing at the beginning or end sounds like you are thinking about what to say to generate a thoughtful response

crimson jackal
#

I’m in freshman level Spanish what is happening

trim latch
#

That was the advice my teacher gave me anyway

white marten
#

Even if the thoughtful response is something simple

#

Like

trim latch
#

I like to think that I was rather alright at Spanish bc I got straight As in the class through the honors level

sonic dome
trim latch
#

But that's bc I really enjoy languages lol

crimson jackal
trim latch
#

i was sad when I had to quit the class to take comp sci stuff

white marten
#

“Necesito levantar mis libras de el piso porque voy a caminar en los”

Or something like that

white marten
#

It’s cooked asf grammar but it gets the point scrods

white marten
#

I can’t believe I didn’t see that lol

green finch
trim latch
#

Engineering

green finch
#

Which engineering tho

humble stream
trim latch
#

CBE

#

I want to get my cert in Quantitative and Computational Bio from LSI though

#

Bc I want to get my MdPhD and get the PhD in genomics

green finch
#

Damn

#

U go to gov school?

#

I noticed a lot of people REAing do