Princeton University (2024-2025)

[open lotus]

yeah

i couldnt do an in person interview

bc the dude lives on san juan island

this is for harvard btw but i imagine its a similar sitch for princeton

[old turtle]

I'm getting 3 from the "unacknowledged" batch. Wonder what that means. Maybe the interviewer didn't reply

[open lotus]

yeah

[open lotus]

ive heard stanford is overwhelmed w interviews this year too

i think schools didnt properly account for the 07 baby boom

[old turtle]

I think it's pretty bad here in Seattle, probably mirrored across the board

[open lotus]

yeah

interviews are super scuffed

i dont know anyone whose gotten all their interviews yet

theyve gotten a few

[old turtle]

I've done 6 already this cycle and might end up with 9 total when I've done no more than 5 in previous years (3 normal + 2 emergency)

[open lotus]

someone else got the other few

some ppl have harvard and no stanford some ppl have stanford and no harvard

its super wack

[old turtle]

I could've interviewed for Harvard, but either Princeton or Harvard has a policy that you can only interview for one school

[open lotus]

did u do grad school

at harvard

[old turtle]

yah

[open lotus]

oh word

[open lotus]

huh

interesting

is it just those two schools specifically

like

u cant do harvard x princeton cross interview

or u cant do harvard x any school cross interview

[old turtle]

either Harvard or Princeton prohibit interviewing for more than one school

I forget which school it is. I looked at both

[old turtle]

did your princeton interviewer get back to you?

[open lotus]

yeah

he emailed me only a few minutes after assignment

harvard interviewed me super early on

so far im only waiting on stanford and duke

[old turtle]

ok, so I'm not going to get anyone from here then (that I know of_

[open lotus]

ive done HYPM + penn

[open lotus]

yeah i got a lil freaked out too

💀

[tired zealot]

wait which area r u in if u dont mind me asking

[open lotus]

seattle surrounding

[tired zealot]

ahh okay

[old turtle]

I'm getting Bellevue/Seattle/Kirkland

[open lotus]

im pretty close

[tired zealot]

lowkey love that area

[old turtle]

so if any of you are from there, don't tell me, I'll have plausible deniability

[tired zealot]

yeah so far for us schools ive only had 1 and its pton

[open lotus]

which geolocation r u from

[tired zealot]

i thought itd be pretty quick for me cus im in the bay

[open lotus]

bay is wack

[tired zealot]

silicon valley 💀

most ppl ik from here who applied alr got interviewed

so idk whats up

[open lotus]

silicon valley

rough

my condolences

🙏

LMO

[tired zealot]

tbf not like it matters a ton as im just waiting on my qualifications to be confirmed at ox

but i still have active applications while i wait

[open lotus]

do u want to go to ox

[tired zealot]

and like ... is there smth wrong w my app?

[open lotus]

or would u take like hypsm

over it

[tired zealot]

yeah dream school :)

[open lotus]

oh dubs

[tired zealot]

maybe harvard

[open lotus]

then yea atp it doesnt matter

[tired zealot]

solely for grad school purposes

oxford i heard has hella grade deflation

but also HYPSM would be so expensive

since i dont qualify for finaid

(bay area)

[open lotus]

yale is

the opposite

[tired zealot]

haha

[old turtle]

got'em

[open lotus]

grade inflation is so nice

like wdym i dont have to spend 70 hours a week studying just to get a 26 on the final

which gets curved to an 88

and i can spend time on other things

[old turtle]

unless you get that one student in your grade that kills the curve

[grim dock]

how deflationary is princeton

[open lotus]

they go to MIT cs and not yale cs

[grim dock]

need that grade inflation

[open lotus]

facts

[grim dock]

cuz if not ima end up on the bottom 10%

💀

[open lotus]

#faxnoskibidi

[open lotus]

yeah

if i go to MIT ill just be like

bottom quartile

which will get to me after 4 years

💀

[old turtle]

SAT inflation

[open lotus]

yeah

that too

cuz collegeboard keeps changing the format of the stuipd test

[grim dock]

screw collegeboard

making us their guinea pigs

[open lotus]

i got done w that stupid test

before it went digital

ha ha ha

[grim dock]

ugh lucky

they made intls do it earlier

🔪

[open lotus]

oh yeah

they did....

[grim dock]

i never got to do the paper sat

[open lotus]

i took the paper SAT twice

the second time for fun

[grim dock]

😢

lowkey thought digital would be easier BUT NO

[open lotus]

CB basically wouldnt let me get my money back for cancelling

so i either would no show

or take it again

i just didnt study and took it again for fucks

and got a higiher score

[grim dock]

fire

[open lotus]

stupid ass

cb

woudlnt let me get

[grim dock]

bro beat the system

[open lotus]

my 60 dollars back

[grim dock]

and defeated the evil matrix known as collegeboard

[open lotus]

no

i forgot to register for AP's on eimt

eo i have to pay

several hundred dollars

in late fees

:D

[crystal leaf]

lol i wonder what percent of a2cers are from the bay i see so many of us here

[open lotus]

probably like 5-10%

[crystal leaf]

yeah sounds about right

[humble stream]

that’s gotta hurt 😭

[halcyon oasis]

what day are interview reports due

[open lotus]

tomorrow

😱

[old turtle]

by the 26th

[tired zealot]

a decent chunk fs

[open lotus]

ts school so pmo

[humble stream]

ptfitb

[wanton kernel]

so theres still a chance 🙏 😭

[zealous forge]

I mean Princeton doesn’t really weigh interviews

[zealous forge]

If u don’t get one it’s fine I believev

[wanton kernel]

hope so...!

[old turtle]

I don't know the numbers, but there's a LOT of interviews

at least, the stated policy is to try to interview every applicant

[wanton kernel]

yeah with the surge in applicnts this year i figurted it would be harder to get an interview

[zealous forge]

Right so if u don’t get one you’re not really at a disadvantage?

[old turtle]

this was posted in the MIT thread, but MIT takes character very seriously. Princeton likely does as well

[zealous forge]

Ahh alright

[wanton kernel]

ive heard if you dont initially get an interview and they are on the fence about accepting you theyll send you one later on but thats just through the grapevine i think

[old turtle]

honestly, this isn't something I ever brought up with classmates so I don't know

[wanton kernel]

do they prescreen?

[zealous forge]

I had my mit interview today 😭 I have no clue if it went good or not

[old turtle]

the only admissions stories I ever heard was, "I got in off the waitlist, my dad called it", and "what was your SAT?" The latter was only really asked the first couple weeks of freshman year. After that, nobody gives a damn

maybe sometimes people talk about which high schools they went to. Aside from that, nobody really talked about high school. Too busy focusing on the now/future

[wanton kernel]

thats fair

[zealous forge]

That makes sense

[heavy breach]

ru doing PPE there

most oxf dreamers i know r doing ppe

[green finch]

I'm like 99% sure princeton doesn't prescreen

places like duke harvard yale do

[grim dock]

princeton is availability

[wanton kernel]

the other person at my school got an interview email but i lowk havent yet so idk how they do it

i guess like qhasti said with application submission date

[raven spoke]

no duke interview 😔

[grim dock]

same

duke pls

dont disappoint me

[tired zealot]

clocked

[heavy breach]

nicr

one of my friends does PPE at oxford

from dallas

[tired zealot]

ooo nice!

[robust elm]

Does Princeton allow app updates

[old turtle]

I would e-mail them if you have something significant. Let them decide whether or not to add it to your application

[robust elm]

Ok thanks, it’s just a change in family circumstances, 4 new brief awards, and clarifying a previous award where the impact might’ve been unclear, so I’m hoping they allow it?

[median zealot]

Doesn't hurt to reach out

[sudden sky]

I email them and they’re like “we have added this to your application”. Pretty sick.

Also they are the quickest of all the schools to reply it’s a miracle

Princeton always replies first

It’s so great

Idk who is behind that desk but they are on top of their emails

I usually even get same day responses from Princeton

Princeton I appreciate your email people

I can’t email them that because then I’d look like a simp

[humble pebble]

😭

sorry idk why i find this funny

[open lotus]

it took

like 4 days

for them to respond to me

so

ig ur js like that homie

[sudden sky]

Idk maybe they’re drawn to my emails beautiful profile picture

Of a head exploding

(Like into colors)

(It’s not bad I swear)

Perfectly normal

Hopefully that doesn’t doxx me

In some way

[zealous forge]

That’s a auto reject

Professional photo is wild

[open lotus]

this is my profile picture on outlook

this is the photo

my interviewers are seeing.

and honestly

its so bad

but

its so funny at the same time

[frail meadow]

locked

[open lotus]

[ancient blaze]

☠️

[frail meadow]

inspect

[ancient blaze]

What's this btw

[frail meadow]

chanceme.org

[open lotus]

cope

[ancient blaze]

Lololol

[sudden sky]

I have a regular photo of myself for my gmail but I didn’t use Gmail

[quasi spoke]

my favorite animal..... i love this

[cosmic ore]

my friend just got an interview offer… does getting an interview this late mean anything

[robust elm]

Nah Princeton is all availability based

[old turtle]

I got 3 more interviews to do this past weekend, so no, it doesn't mean anything

[robust elm]

That’s lowk a lot lol

How many do you do a year

[old turtle]

historically, I've done 3-5. This year might be 9

[robust elm]

Wow, my yale interviewer said he usually does 1 a year

[old turtle]

Princeton tries to interview everyone. That's a lot of ones. Imagine a 5% acceptance rate. You need the last 20 years of 5%-10% admitted students to interview the 95% of applicants from this year. And of course, you aren't going to get 100% volunteers. Maybe 10% if you're lucky. So yeah. The numbers aren't easy to reach, but we try

[robust elm]

Wow, props to you lol

[ionic siren]

either they're getting recruited or its just slow

[old turtle]

At the end of January, I think we had 100+ unassigned interviews in our region

It's just slow

[robust elm]

Wow

Yeah I still haven’t gotten one but atp not expecting one

[old turtle]

I would check your junk mail

[robust elm]

I did unfortunately

Other kids in my school got them a while ago, I’m sure they’re just working through everyone in the region. There aren’t a ton of Princeton alums here, I don’t think.

[ionic siren]

i assume they will keep working through people

[sudden sky]

Do you do interviews before the application deadline passes?

[lofty aspen]

I got my interview 👀

do yall have any advice?

[old turtle]

No, interviews were assigned pretty much on the application deadline

[rancid lion]

chill, go there ready to discuss what ur passionate about, talk about things ur truly interested and knowledgeable about, dont prep too much, just be able to expand on some of ur activities and be aware of why u want to go to princeton

[lofty aspen]

can I ask why some of yall chose to apply to Princeton? I decided after visiting the campus on a whim, and learning more about the university following that.

[rancid lion]

i applied because they place heavy emphasis on social responsibility and civic engagement, place a large focus on academics and developing deep thinking, cause they have the Woodrow Wilson school which has a program im interested in, excellent financial aid and networking opportunities, beautiful campus and my councellor told me it would be a great fit for me

• more reasons, some being a bit overly tailored to me

[willow spear]

Pretty campus + close to home

[sudden sky]

Princey Prince please accept me

[heavy breach]

hella tuff math program, max rigor/preestige, good researcvh

[open lotus]

i applied cuz yale rejected me lol

[humble stream]

pretty campus that’s quiet while not being totally in the middle of nowhere, tons of support for undergrads, academically focused, amazing financial aid, and a flexible curriculum with a liberal arts style

[old turtle]

it's a bit of closeted nerd heaven

[sudden sky]

One of the few schools with undergraduate access to my intended field of study, general undergrad focus compared to similar schools, jaw dropping campus, its nearby enough, and one of the few colleges I can afford

[frail meadow]

IAS + senior thesis emphasis

[rancid linden]

this school sucks i hate you pton

[zealous forge]

I have my pton interview, any questions interviewers asked you guys?

[mild spindle]

guys i got my interview offer

what should i expect to be asked

do i need to dress up for a zoom call or is anything like a polo t-shirt fine

anyone got any tips?

[ionic siren]

more formal than school but less formal than formal

[frail meadow]

thank GOD i got mine

@old turtle thanks for pulling the strings 😉

[zealous forge]

I have mine today at 5:15 PM 😭 😭

[frail meadow]

(i'm joking btw)

[zealous forge]

Virtual luckily

[ancient blaze]

Congratss

[old turtle]

oh, I definitely informed your <insert local princeton alumni club> that you, <insert government name> should be interviewed under the interview everyone policy, and especially since <insert government first name> is known to be very enthusiastic because I am very smart Princeton alum and thinks that sleepi is a very good discord handle let them in plz xthnxbye 😙

[frail meadow]

yes thank you very much 🙏

i will be sure to praise you for five minutes to my interviewer

"oh mr. z, qhasti is my GOAT princeton alum he gloriously moderates the a2c discord server and ensures every high school applicant is given helpful and correct information. he truly deserves a building named after him at every university, not just princeton"

[old turtle]

new personal goal: get good enough at my job that it doesn't matter if I dox myself here, people will not be all weird to me on aura alone 🔥

[sudden sky]

If only I got an interview too

Does no college think I’m the goat? Am I just a luscious fruit to be pulped, only to contribute but a drop into the pool of acceptance rate and application fee funds?

[old turtle]

You would think that interviewing you would be a priority due to your situation

[sudden sky]

I would expect that, yes

[old turtle]

but we don't even get that much information

[frail meadow]

yuh rnt u international

[sudden sky]

No

[frail meadow]

what is ur job

[old turtle]

comp bio researcher

[frail meadow]

damn what do you research in comp bio

[sudden sky]

Do you have a PhD

[old turtle]

tenure track hell is in my future. either that or industry sell out

[sudden sky]

I forgor

[frail meadow]

go quant trust

[sudden sky]

Wait

Didn’t you justbgetbit

Like your entrance

[old turtle]

no, but I have 10+ years experience in biomed research

[frail meadow]

also is starbucks ok for interview proposal

[old turtle]

yes

[sudden sky]

Qhasti more like the GOATsti

[frail meadow]

holy goat-a-molie

[old turtle]

my first research experience was running PCR gels in middle school... so I'm one of those people

[frail meadow]

LMAO

dude i might do some comp neuro stuff in college it looks super cool

like the hodgkin hoxley model is hella dope

[old turtle]

we have a neuro-infectious collaborator

[sudden sky]

Do you guys actually have “priority” influences?

I’ve heard dart does

[frail meadow]

huh i see are they also computational

I am doing well! I am excited for the opportunity for an interview! An in person interview works for me if it works for you; I am free any time on February 21st! Does Starbucks on <INSERT ADDRESS> at 2:30pm work for you?

is this reply fine chat

[zealous forge]

Yea looks good

[frail meadow]

bet

[left field]

just a warning

princeton interview was political 😭

if you can't keep up just request a new one

[hot rapids]

political might work if ur on the same side

[left field]

nope

we were on opposite

[hot rapids]

thats totally unprofessional for the interviewer tho

[left field]

he was mentioning how princeton was woke bc they renamed some halls from woodrow wilson etc.

and about trumps tariff policies ...

[hot rapids]

💀 bro

[left field]

it was fine i just had to keep up with this guys

anecdotes...

about f scott fitzgerald?

about uhm

vanderbilt ?

he also asked me about other ... universities i applied to

😭

[hot rapids]

fortunately (and hopefully) I'll have no princeton interview

[left field]

"where did you apply early action" "who else interviewed you" "what colleges did you visit"

[hot rapids]

yea major red flag

[left field]

yeah

i just played along

its fine honestly

i knew this mightve happened

he didnt even ask me why princeton

i think thats kinda part of it 😭 just to see if i match... his ideals...

[robust elm]

Yikes

[grim dock]

Report

[zealous forge]

he asked me where else did I get a interview and said im not supposed to ask this

but an amazing guy

[left field]

uhm 😭

yeah if he definitely knew then idk

[old turtle]

@left field not asking "why Princeton" isn't a big deal. I don't ask this. There are conservatives on campus (I mean, a student got arrested for the capitol riots), just gotta roll with the punches

[grim dock]

oh?

thats um

interesting

[old turtle]

Princeton used to be known as the most conservative of the Ivys. I don't know if that's still true

[left field]

i don’t think that was the issue it was just that the interview was centered mostly around my views on current events and if i knew the history of the names of the halls (?)

he asked me if i knew what the names of the eating halls were … that isn’t something that i would expect anyone to … know ? like

i was prepared with specific interests that i wanted to do at princeton and the eating halls were one of them but he went on this tangent about them for a solid 15 min about their history … 😭

[old turtle]

I agree that's bullshit. I lived in Wilson College which got renamed First college so I know. Maybe he just really wanted to tell a story, so you just let him yap

that's honestly the easiest kind of interview, make them feel good by listening to them

it's not my preferred interview but 🤷‍♂️

[left field]

he DID ask something about wilson 😭

yes he said that the renaming wilson was "wokeness"

which definitely... set the tone for the rest of the interview

i thought it was more to see if i was fit in his ideal of a princeton student rather than overall whereever i sought to go to college

which was far different than say my yale interview which was more about what i aspired to do

[frail meadow]

just agree with them and roll with it 😍

[old turtle]

most Princeton folks aren't like that, just the insecure ones. It's not a big deal

[frail meadow]

"oh yeah for sure the tariffs are great"

[old turtle]

I also think renaming Wilson College was dumb as shit, but I understand why they did it at the time

I would be concerned in that they probably don't have as much material to write about you in the interview report

from this thread and the yale thread and the demand for interviewers, I think this year they did a lot of recruiting for alum interviewers and well... you're just going to get more variation

learning how to interview is a skill

[grim dock]

woke is such a cringe word

[frail meadow]

nah yall js woke fs

[left field]

yeah that was just off handed/ random comment

also going off of yesterday's (or was it today's) convo about mentioning fgli/ homelessness

for this one i think i played it safe by not mentioning low income status because he definitely would've gone on a tangent about AA ...

[ionic siren]

yeah, obviously data point of 1 but princeton professor wrote an article about preserving conservatism in NYT recently

[frail meadow]

bruh what spoiled mf

what does "preserving conservatism" even mean

[left field]

i mean there were MIT profs writing something similar (i think columbia...)

every uni has their share

but definitely did not expect it to be this... obvious
it would just be more awkward for non-political or non current events/ type people

[ionic siren]

i mean theres nothing inherently wrong with conservatism

[left field]

no im not saying there is it's just that the interview was based... around that 😭

[ionic siren]

yeah they shouldnt discuss political topics whatsoever

[frail meadow]

i think the point was that princeton leans a bit more conservatively

[left field]

it wasn't a bad interview by any means it was just off handed from my harvard and yale interviews which had no tinge of politics whatsoever

[frail meadow]

mane if i didn't care about money i'd love to chill at the IAS

[ionic siren]

yeah politics is specifically not allowed in the handbooks

[left field]

he also asked for the other schools i applied/ had interviews

[ionic siren]

to be fair almost every interviewer broke that rule for me including the AO i interviewed with

[left field]

and those that i visited

😭

[ionic siren]

but im applying polisci

[left field]

i see did you get specifically poli sci interviewers?

i got a bio/ public policy person and im econ/ enviro sci

[ionic siren]

no but they all just ask

[left field]

i see

[wraith heath]

UMM WHAT

bro this wild tf

😭

acc insane bro

[left field]

NO I WAS LIKE HOLY SHIT THIS IS OFF THE RAILS ATP

[raven spoke]

lmao my pton interviewer also mentioned the halls getting renamed

[left field]

yeah r they like

ticked off ...

[wraith heath]

woodrow wilson was a kkk guy right

um like wtf

😭

[left field]

he was racist yes

[raven spoke]

nah they were very neutral abt it

[left field]

😭

i think thats hte pt that he did nothing to stop it

[wraith heath]

INSANE

who else interviewed u?!?!

[left field]

yale and harvard

[wraith heath]

No no like thats a wild question 😭

insane bruh

report that mf

[wraith heath]

umm what the fuck

😭

[left field]

it was a good interview tho

[wraith heath]

REALLy

😭

[left field]

like i matched his...

uhm

biases...

[wraith heath]

thats crazy ngl

[left field]

like i played along 😭

[wraith heath]

i see tho

but like

u do not want bro interviewing

[left field]

isn't this like a good thing ng;

[wraith heath]

right

and bro looking down upon that 💀

im p sure they dont want him represneting the school

thats what yale said lmfao

doesnt represent our values

[left field]

no apparently ppl said pton is the most conservative..?

😭

idek

[wraith heath]

ok but the aos prolly not

also its still def yk liberal

decently liberal no

[left field]

yeah not

off the rocker ... 😭

[wraith heath]

i cant imagine if u reported they would be upset

[open lotus]

princeton tells their interviewers to not discuss politics

[open lotus]

these are also questions princeton explicitly tells their interviewers not to ask

💀

or at least

my interviewer said princeton told him to not discuss politics or other schools

he was also not supposed to note things like what the applicant was wearing

etc

[open lotus]

i think this should be reported ngl

these are all insane questions

😭

[old turtle]

To be fair, I don't think I've seen that "rule" anywhere

[zealous forge]

lmfao mine just talked about the renovation and how it got better

from 50 years ago

[old turtle]

they do? I guess I should watch the training video again 😅

[ionic siren]

i know it's a rule at yale/harvard/stanford i believe

[open lotus]

im js

direct quoting what my guy said

[ionic siren]

if princeton is quirky i wouldnt be surprised

[open lotus]

i asked him like

what kind of things are allowed

and he said like

i was told not to discuss politics, what the person is wearing, other schools, etc

i think he said other stuff but i forgot

he said like if you get polarizing its easy to create biases

if you disagree iwth the interviewee you might write them a bad report unconsciously

or if you hit it off with them

[old turtle]

tbf, I did the training back in 2022 or something, and never watched any of the training videos afterwards

[open lotus]

you might be insanely biased towards the person

[old turtle]

goal: warm and engaging conversations

[open lotus]

so to just keep neutrality

[open lotus]

they could have also changed it

[sudden sky]

If they ask about politics just be correct easy

[open lotus]

like updated training videos

[old turtle]

applications are confidential name/contact are confidential

blah blah rules about eligibility

[sudden sky]

(Kidding)

[old turtle]

literally watching it now

apparently if I've been convicted of a felony then I'm ineligible

and conflicts of interest

[open lotus]

damn

really

[old turtle]

including working for a non-profit supporting students applying to college

[ionic siren]

yep

[sudden sky]

Well at least you don’t work for A2C

[old turtle]

A2C not a non-profit 😈

[sudden sky]

oh wait you’re a mod

Uhh

[sudden sky]

Yeah that

Plus A2C is a facilitator of discussion around college admissions

Not a tool to get students in

Say that

[old turtle]

QB not interviewed, transfers not interviewed, interview opt-out

[ionic siren]

nah they probably dont care

[old turtle]

everyone else will recieve interview

ok, I'm skipping some shit

[sudden sky]

They’re gonna call DE kids transfers

Just for fun

[ionic siren]

harvard also says you cant interview if your internet presence is considered in appropriate since "people google their interviewers"

[sudden sky]

Even though we’re not

[ionic siren]

lol

[sudden sky]

Tsk tsk

[open lotus]

yea i run a linkedin search

[old turtle]

english, 30-45 minutes, no circumstances longer than an hour 😅

[open lotus]

on everyone

[open lotus]

damn bro

[old turtle]

create a friendly atmosphere

[open lotus]

guess my guy broke the rules

my friend and i both had the same guy

[ionic siren]

LMAOOOO

[open lotus]

and it ran over several hours

for both of us

💀

[old turtle]

be mindful that they are 17

if they bring a transcript/resume, pleaseu don't accept them

[sudden sky]

I wish I had an interview

[old turtle]

but if you bring a resume/activites list, that's fine

but don't ask student to bring anything ahead of time or send anything afterwards

[sudden sky]

Umm I’ve never done that

Does that mean I’m cooked

[open lotus]

no

i never brought anything

[sudden sky]

For my other interviews

[open lotus]

and ive had nothing but good interviews

[sudden sky]

I mean we always talk about them anyway

[open lotus]

yeah

like

they ask u about urself

so u js tell tehm

[sudden sky]

Same. Except it’s hard to tell with the stupid blank Q&A ones

[open lotus]

i only had

one or two like this

the rest were chill

[sudden sky]

Same for me so far

[old turtle]

urge you not to ask about politics, other colleges you applied to, top choices, sat score, attend church

[open lotus]

sat score 😭

[sudden sky]

I actually love to do interviews

[open lotus]

who tf is js dropping "yeah i have a 1600" in a convo

npc ahh

[ionic siren]

average a2c kid whenever they get the opportunity:

[old turtle]

do not ask questions about current events or religion, politics. If student brings it up, approach it professionally

never provide personal judgments on these activities

[sudden sky]

If they ask top choices I’ll just say “schools [insert my preferences], such as this one”

[open lotus]

we discussed

whether we thought

china was smuggling chips

thru singapore

to train deepseek

💀

(im pretty sure they are)

[old turtle]

china doesn't need to smuggle chips through singapore

they can smuggle them through vietnam

[open lotus]

o ya

but

either way theyre being smuggled in cuz they cant buy them legit off the us

lmao

theres no way they trained deepseek with the sticks and rocks

they pretend they did

[old turtle]

I'm bored of this video, killign it

[open lotus]

the 5m number is also bs

[old turtle]

they could've used smuggled 4090s. it's really the training method that's important, not the hardware

[open lotus]

true

deepseek is definetely a big deal

but

[sudden sky]

You should email them and say you want to interview someone exactly like me for no apparent reason at all 🥰

[open lotus]

i think ppl overplay it

using cherrypicked data

[sudden sky]

What is deep seek?

[old turtle]

it's a reasoning LLM released by a chinese hedge fund

[open lotus]

chinese ai model that the company claims performs as well as GPT with worse chips and like 1/1000th of the funding

which

it does perform as well on certain benchmarks

but

the funding they said they used

is significantly underplayed

[sudden sky]

Ohh is that the one where people online try and trick it into saying negative things about China

[open lotus]

and it's not like they didnt have the same tier of chips they just had fewer

yes

its definetely more efficient

we can tell that

but

[sudden sky]

Lmaooo

[open lotus]

ppl like to oversell the numbers

to create anti hype for open ai

[old turtle]

honestly, you can make up for lack of GPU speed with breadth

it's the amount of RAM on the GPU that's a bigger constraint than speed

pretty sure there's millions of dollars being thrown at whether or not Deepseek's claimed training improvments are real. That's what these companies care about, not about the model itself

[sudden sky]

Can I make up for a lack of GPA
Speed with Breadth 🤞🤞

[old turtle]

they already have the data

and why would a company like that fully describe how they trained the model? It could be just a ploy to get Western researchers to waste resources trying to figure out how they did it

there's lots of public unknowns here

[open lotus]

i think the numbers were intentinoally misrepresented to cause western panic

and fuck the economy

which

i guess for a very brief period of time it did

until people started calling bullshit on the 5 million

which was indeed bullshit

like open ai lost a TON of money

and nvidia

it did create insane western panic

[sudden sky]

This conversation you’re having is how you know a.m is Princeton material 🔥🔥🔥

And gonna get in def def def trust

[open lotus]

i had this same conversation

w my interviewer

so im just reciting ts verbatim 😭

[open lotus]

ngl

i lowk did not vibe w princeton

before my interview

then my guy was cool

[sudden sky]

Oop

[open lotus]

so now id be fine going there

[sudden sky]

Wait

I thought he was ur enemy

Bc he talked about politovs

[open lotus]

nah

it was very light

politics

[sudden sky]

Oh nice

[open lotus]

like it was just about chinese ai development

and we both lowk agreed

so liek 💀

[sudden sky]

Well why can’t my Princeton interview happen and do that 😠

[open lotus]

he he he hell naw

my graded paper didnt even have a grade

bc it was just gone

like

online grading js deleted it

[sudden sky]

I’m so salty about having no interview from anywhere

Part of that is because I did a lot of pre app interviews

But still

No Darty no Princey

No Bopkins

[open lotus]

hopkins sucks

dartmouth sucks

princeton is ehh

my number 1

and number 2 schools

have not interviewed me

[sudden sky]

Prince hop and dart are numbers 1, 3, and 4 respectively lol. And it’s all pretty much equal footing really

[open lotus]

and then like all the schools i like way less

have interviewed me

💀

[sudden sky]

Well I only have one interview

[green finch]

Wait what are those

Again

[open lotus]

stnaford and udke

and then

HYPM and penn

have interviewed me

[green finch]

Wait I didn’t know you liked duke that much

Lol

[open lotus]

well

its probably tied w harvard rn for #2

but

i heavily prioritize student life

and i would take a "worse" cs program

[sudden sky]

How cracked are youuuu why don’t I have any wah

[open lotus]

if it meant id be happier

[open lotus]

not at all

im getting fucked in EA

[sudden sky]

“Deferrals everywhere”

Not cooked

Means you’re competitive

Just not one of the early targets

[open lotus]

im not getting deferred everywhere

im getting rejected everywhere

[sudden sky]

Oh

[open lotus]

i got rejected for my second choice UIUC major which is 42%

and

whats my second choice ut major

[sudden sky]

On the same token, I got rejected from UMD

[open lotus]

my second choice ut major was 32%

[open lotus]

i got into UMD but i think they just liked full pay oos students this year

like a ton of kids with not insane resumes got in from my HS and then stacked kids instate got cooked

[sudden sky]

So I’ve heard. I’m in state, and I do have not insignificant at least ECs

But alas

[open lotus]

i haev pretty mid ecs

[sudden sky]

It could also be because I stink

[open lotus]

ok awards

mid essays

and im gettin fucked lmao

gt yale uiuc ut reject 😍

[sudden sky]

I have no context for what “mid ecs okay awards” is

But

Uhhh

I trust you

Idk

I don’t trust you

[open lotus]

💀

[sudden sky]

Anyway I guess this isn’t Princeton specific

[open lotus]

want me to send u my collegeresults post or sumn

[sudden sky]

We could move to lounge ?

[sudden sky]

Sure dm it to me

[open lotus]

sure

[sudden sky]

But it’s a little early for a college results post

RD hasn’t even happened

[open lotus]

i did it to farm karma

i got like 75 upvotes

p massive

[sudden sky]

Blud wants the approval of insufferable strangers on the internet 😭😭

Jk I do too

[sudden sky]

…

[open lotus]

my aura

[sudden sky]

Sorry

[open lotus]

i got it from the chanceme kids

then i used the collegeresults kids to karma farm

[robust elm]

Bruh no u don’t

Send ur collegeresults

[open lotus]

search valorant sort by new i made mine like 6 days ago

[robust elm]

LMFAOOOOO

[left field]

he wasn't even a good person

😭

[robust elm]

“Mid ECs ok awards”

[open lotus]

i think thats a pretty factual statement ngl

[open lotus]

take out the linkedinese

and its pretty sad

icl

[ionic siren]

nice

[robust elm]

Ur research is crazy lol

[open lotus]

a 0.1if journal

rejected me

[wraith heath]

bro thats AM?!?!?

[open lotus]

in less than 24 hours

[wraith heath]

what teh fuck.

💀

mid

[open lotus]

a

[wraith heath]

ahh

[open lotus]

0.1

impact factor

journal

rejected me

in

sub

24 hours

they didnt even fully read my shit bro

they just threw me into the trash

[robust elm]

“Award roughly equivalent to isef finalist”

[grim dock]

why does everyone do ML projects LOl

[open lotus]

i lucked into it

[open lotus]

cuz im a 🤖

npc ass drone

[robust elm]

“State science and engineering fair 1st place”

[open lotus]

they give that to 100 people

im not even joking

they give 1st to 100 peopel

it has 0 vlaue

its just linkedinese

[robust elm]

Presented at 2 conferences

[grim dock]

so we shouldnt feel inferior when we see these chance mes

[open lotus]

luck

[open lotus]

its all linkedinese bro

[grim dock]

thank god

[robust elm]

Paid internship

[grim dock]

gotta protect my inner peace

💀

[robust elm]

Cs tutoring w a nonprofit

[grim dock]

or else i crash out

[open lotus]

yea

[robust elm]

Like wtf man

[wraith heath]

um what teh fuck

[open lotus]

bro

some kid at my school runs that shit bro

i js submitted a google form

ran a few events

and then helped out making powerpoints for another one

like 😭

[robust elm]

Bro I got deferred yale and ur way more qualified lmfaooooooo

[open lotus]

yale didnt want me

😧

[robust elm]

Idk what happened prob essays lol

[open lotus]

uh

i can paste one or two of them in here

which one do u guys wanna see

[robust elm]

Anything

[open lotus]

ill send some shor ttakes ig cuz

[robust elm]

Send a Yale supp

[open lotus]

less shit to read

yea

[grim dock]

once u master LinkedInese and ChanceMeian your locked in for T20s

[open lotus]

trust me

i know ppl

that make

chancemes / collegeresults

[grim dock]

gotta inflate ur impact 🔥

[open lotus]

and

its ALL

linkedinese

[grim dock]

so we shouldnt be impressed

[open lotus]

yes

you should not

[robust elm]

Wait this gives me hope w my profile lol

[grim dock]

bro what do colleges want atp 💀

[robust elm]

If aos can tell

[grim dock]

cant these AOs even tell

[ionic siren]

yeah they can usually tell

[grim dock]

what is fact and what is cap

[open lotus]

ok

nothing i said is untrue

like i did not lie

but its definetely a game of selling urself

[robust elm]

Oh I went way more wild lol

[open lotus]

yeah mye ssays were p shit

xd

[grim dock]

oh i dont think these are bad

[open lotus]

idk

[grim dock]

its lowkey fine

[open lotus]

i coulda done better in hindsight

[grim dock]

dont stress too much

ppl overinflate the impact of essays

[open lotus]

yea idk

i didnt work

that hard in HS

so i was not like

"ohh what could i have done better" when i got rejected

[grim dock]

yea me too

[open lotus]

it did piss me off a lil bit tho

💀

icl

[grim dock]

im the worlds LAZIEST person ever

[robust elm]

I worked hella hard and my ECs are still mid lol

[grim dock]

im so cooked for college

[open lotus]

im not intelligent im just priveleged

[robust elm]

I lowk did clubs I was passionate abt tho

That’s rlly it

And I worked a job

[open lotus]

im not intelligent im js priveleged

[robust elm]

And played a sport as captain

[open lotus]

valid

my vertical starts with a 1

i could never

[robust elm]

And did a bit of tutoring through a summer program

[grim dock]

I came home today at 1 and bedrotted till 9 💀

[robust elm]

And did a little research but it’s like a hella long project and it was just to learn more

[grim dock]

I’ve been in this cycle since second semester started

[open lotus]

i mean js to be purely anecdotal

i got rejected for my 41.5% acceptance rate

second choice uiuc major

so like

does it really matter...

[sudden sky]

See? I wasn’t lying in DMs @open lotus

[robust elm]

Maybe essays lol

[open lotus]

😭

man

[sudden sky]

Everyone agrees with me

You are not mid

[grim dock]

Maybe they think ur a robot and not a human

😭

[open lotus]

my bad guys

[open lotus]

im lazy as fuck bro

i slept in ap chem

i think the number of times i paid attention could be counted on both fingers

in hindsight

maybe asking the teacher

whose

2 years of classes

i basically js slept thrhu

and crammed A's in

was not a great idea

[grim dock]

Yea I should have paid more attention in Ap chem

Ik I got cooked by my unit test today

[open lotus]

i got a 5

so it was fine

i guess

[grim dock]

Couldn’t do those damn ice tables

[robust elm]

Lemme tell you mid lol (me)

[open lotus]

oh ice

[grim dock]

💀

[open lotus]

yeah

those r chill

once u get used ot them

[open lotus]

7a

1d

lololo

[grim dock]

I barely practiced

😭

[open lotus]

i basically

slept thru ap chem

and js gpted homework

but

i was able to cram

and get like

92's

on all my tests

[wraith heath]

BRO i love these wth

[open lotus]

so i called it a day

[grim dock]

I was so focused on ap physics bc my teacher made us do yhree units in one test

[robust elm]

4 were low targets and safeties lol

[wraith heath]

bro im scared for calc tmr

[open lotus]

n the other 3?

[wraith heath]

💀

[grim dock]

SAME

[wraith heath]

hopefully no related rates

bro if he pulls that shit

[open lotus]

i dont have school till tuesday loll

[wraith heath]

bc every test is all like

[grim dock]

I’m at a 90.9% rn

[wraith heath]

cumulatove

[wraith heath]

HELP

[open lotus]

i have

midwinter break

thursdya friday off

mlk day

monday

off

[wraith heath]

okay. okay

[grim dock]

Lucky

[wraith heath]

cool

[open lotus]

and i skipped today

lol

💀

[grim dock]

We have 2 days

Next week

Thank god

[wraith heath]

didnt do nothing today type shi

[grim dock]

I’m going skiing!!

[wraith heath]

time to start studying

[grim dock]

Finally

I’m escaping the corn fields

[wraith heath]

☠️ average productive day in my life

[open lotus]

anyways

if duke doesnt send me an interview

im gonna 808

[wraith heath]

me asf

[grim dock]

Twinnning

I’ll lock in

[wraith heath]

i want duke please. please. harvard please

[grim dock]

Never

[wraith heath]

also please give me a nice yale interviewer

[open lotus]

i gave up on harvard bro

[wraith heath]

:(

[open lotus]

my essays were ass

or

not ass

but mid

[wraith heath]

didnt u get an interview

[open lotus]

my essays were mid and my profile is mid for harvard

i mean i guess

[grim dock]

My Yale essays were HORRENDOUS

[wraith heath]

lmao be fr

[grim dock]

I feel like I have no cohesive theme

[open lotus]

compared to the harvard admits from my school

im fucked

lol

[robust elm]

I worked at a fast food place, played a sport as captain, did political volunteering, a small financial literacy initiative for like 200 ppl, ran a MUN conference for like 60 ppl, did 2 school clubs with highest leadership (1 of which was biggest in school), and did an internship. THAT is mid af lol

[grim dock]

And I’m just all over the place

[open lotus]

this is p good

[grim dock]

Are u from a rural area?

[wraith heath]

thats good wth 💀

[grim dock]

Context matters

[wraith heath]

a2cers be normal challnege

[robust elm]

Nah I’m from a rich suburban area lol

[open lotus]

the thing is

i know the extent

of work

i actually did

[grim dock]

Oh 😭

[open lotus]

you guys dont

[robust elm]

But like

[open lotus]

so it sounds significantly more impressive to you than it did to me

like

[robust elm]

So

Idk

[grim dock]

I wish I was those locked in kids who have every award

[open lotus]

me too

[robust elm]

I had good awards tho

[open lotus]

i think i was like

[grim dock]

Idk how they do that

[open lotus]

depressed for a month

[wraith heath]

bro thats good tf u on

.

[open lotus]

after i got rejected from isef

aight bro

💀

no need 2 flex

[wraith heath]

dont gotta rub it in our face bro

[robust elm]

Yea but ECs are mid

[wraith heath]

OKAY

[open lotus]

who cares

[wraith heath]

and so?!?

[open lotus]

u got in

[wraith heath]

does it matter

kids like this pmo

[robust elm]

Fair lol

[open lotus]

TS PMO

TS TS TS TS TS

PMO

[wraith heath]

bro sounds like the uiuc disc kids

hrroendous

[open lotus]

lmao

[open lotus]

dawg

i didnt even wanna go to uiuc

but being rejected

for

[grim dock]

Like wdym ur a rsi isef grand winner ussyp coke scholar with 2 nonprofits that raised 100k and class president with a 1600 while managing a cookie business 💀

[open lotus]

BRAIN AND COG SCI

was lowk rough