#Princeton University (2024-2025)

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open lotus
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this is serena

robust elm
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Yea it’s just I’m prolly not getting stanny w this lol

open lotus
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ive seen her linkedin

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lmao

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like

grim dock
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HELP

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Now I’m curious

cloud pike
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hi

ionic siren
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what happened who deleted their message

open lotus
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no bro

cloud pike
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whys this so active

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hi cloud

wraith heath
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HELP?!

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serena

open lotus
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serena tells u about her cracked achievements

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and she has

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20 more

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she isnt telling u guys about

ionic siren
open lotus
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i think she has enough awards and ecs to fill up 3 uc apps and theyre all good

ionic siren
open lotus
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💀

open lotus
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id say im on the more regular end

grim dock
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Damn Serena

wraith heath
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my #1 award is um

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professional eater or smth

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🤓

grim dock
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Real

open lotus
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serena has enough stuff to fill out 3 uc apps and all 3 could proabbly get regents... lmao

robust elm
open lotus
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im being so deadass rn

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its genuinely ridiculous

ionic siren
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i had no academic award guys dw about it

robust elm
open lotus
ionic siren
open lotus
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reading that

ionic siren
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why would you lie

grim dock
robust elm
grim dock
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Wait I wanna see her LinkedIn so bad now but it’s personal info so 😵

open lotus
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serena says she's going 0/30, if you guys saw her linkedin u would legitimately faint

tiny peak
robust elm
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Send a screenshot of it

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W/o the name

open lotus
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na

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i cant

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too identifiable

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genuinely too identifiable

wraith heath
ionic siren
tiny peak
sudden sky
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I like LinkedIn in the sense your GPA isn’t displayed

open lotus
sudden sky
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Or anything academic

open lotus
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she was top 250

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for coke

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💀

sudden sky
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It’s just pure real world work

wraith heath
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bro does she want thi sleaked

tiny peak
open lotus
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no idea how she didnt win musta sold her interview

wraith heath
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💀

grim dock
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PISSES ME OFF

robust elm
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LinkedIn corny af I’m ngl

grim dock
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It’s so addicting tho

robust elm
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Ur in hs you don’t need LinkedIn

grim dock
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Ur lowkey right I just use it to stalk ppl

robust elm
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I have it but I don’t have anything in my profile

tiny peak
open lotus
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better ecs by like

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a very large margin

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LMFAO

left field
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linkedin is p useless unless you're looking for topics to bring up w your interviewer

open lotus
grim dock
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I’m #1 coke hater

ionic siren
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linkedin overrated

open lotus
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my linkedin has nothing on it

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so even if yall find it

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good luck :D

grim dock
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I’ll use it in like

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College

sudden sky
open lotus
grim dock
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I already decked it o it

open lotus
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i got a paid cs internship

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thru linkedin

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lol...

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i couldnt find the guys email so i js linkedin messaged him

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🤷‍♂️

tiny peak
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Have u even seen the rsi folks

ionic siren
open lotus
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im friends w the one from my state

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isef finalist 3x

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rsi

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grand first

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mit 29

grim dock
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Oh hell no

tiny peak
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NY rsi folks

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R

grim dock
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😭

tiny peak
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Actually

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😭😭😭😭😭

open lotus
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the genius types are always humble asf

grim dock
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Lemme go find some rq

open lotus
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ok dms

sudden sky
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The more I exist the more I realized I’m doomed for college

ionic siren
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the people with nothing and the people with everything dont have anythign on their linkedin

open lotus
open lotus
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i had nothing on my linkedin

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but

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ive heard of AO's occasionally checking

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so i put on

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js for that sole purpose

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and im wiping it all

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after apps

grim dock
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I just stalk. Ppl from my school to find new awards

open lotus
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this is also why

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i dont put shit on linkedin

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its cuz kids r gonna snipe me for shit

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💀

sudden sky
grim dock
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And I’m cooked 💀 these mfs have mutilple aime qualifications and shit

sudden sky
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I hate the culture of it

ionic siren
rocky fern
sudden sky
ionic siren
rocky fern
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wrote aime for the 5th time last week bro get me out i keep flunking on arithmetic

ionic siren
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the amount of people ive met on here with 7-figure businesses

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is very cool

sudden sky
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We are pre revenue, just very decorated

ionic siren
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interesting

robust elm
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If I’m bored tmr I’ll find Serena lol

ionic siren
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very awesome

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🙏

sudden sky
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Who is Serena

ionic siren
grim dock
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Even conceptulize that level of math

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That shit makes my head hurt

rocky fern
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aime qual is free

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aime is scuffed

ionic siren
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oh aime was today

rocky fern
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i did 1 not 2

grim dock
rocky fern
grim dock
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I didn’t even bother answering half of the questions so!

open lotus
rocky fern
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if youre not majoring math or cs it's irrelevant

grim dock
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💅

grim dock
open lotus
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lol im a cs major and i studied and still couldnt get past usaco bronze

grim dock
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The math genes don’t run in my family 🥱

open lotus
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💀

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im deadass just stupid

grim dock
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Olympiads are a waste of time unless ur just a natural genius

open lotus
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my dad did competitive programming

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he was good at it too

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i just did not inherit any intelligence at all

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and im sped

rocky fern
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no natural genius

grim dock
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Oh that too

ionic siren
grim dock
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My mom should have made me do amc prep since I was in the womb 🧐

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🤓

rocky fern
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i didnt do amc prep until 6th grade

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smh

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11 years too late

grim dock
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Smh normy, I’ve been practicing ever since I was in my dads balls

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But yea I didn’t even know amc existed until last year

ionic siren
open lotus
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said in an email

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he would donate his 7 figure net worth

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to the business

sudden sky
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We have money but only non dilutive funding so far

tiny peak
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When does commuter start

grim dock
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Do you guys just ever see a feeder schools decision page and wonder how they manage to do it 😭

open lotus
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i just know how they do it

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theres an extremely prolific private feeder school in my state

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and i had a friend who js tells me about the level of bs corruption taht goes on

mild spindle
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yea like seriously what does it even mean 😭

mild spindle
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2 princeton admits

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4 cmu

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at least 2 upenn

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at least 2 mit

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like 6-7 cornell

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1 yale

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3 brown

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you get the point

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1 rice, 1 duke, 1 northwestern, 2 columbia, 3 harvard

old turtle
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one year my school made some list for sending 16% of students to HYP

crystal leaf
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how long should i wait before reaching out to my assigned interviewer

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i got the email from princeton last friday but idk when the interview window closes

ionic siren
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1 week

grim dock
ripe moth
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i got assigned an interviewer last week and they haven’t reached out yet

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should i reach out to them?

ionic siren
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sure why not

old turtle
crystal leaf
old turtle
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I e-mailed 3 kids for interviews over the weekend, one responded the next day, another one didn't reply until a second e-mail. Third one is nonresponsive. I don't know what to do. Call them?

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lol

robust elm
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Bruh that’s crazy

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I would kill for one

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These kids just out here ignoring it 💀

open lotus
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it could have

robust elm
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Lessens the competition I guess

open lotus
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gone to spam

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like my yale interview

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went to junk...

robust elm
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Nah it didn’t

crystal leaf
wanton kernel
old turtle
old turtle
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last person is on their 3rd try when I e-mail them tonight

wanton kernel
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ah I see, well let’s hope they reply 🤞

old turtle
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I'm busy enough, there's only so much time I can commit to this

wanton kernel
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yeah I’m kind of shocked about the alumni response in giving interviews for all these schools considering how busy so many of them must be

crystal leaf
old turtle
sudden sky
rocky fern
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fr

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i'll do another princeton

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give me pt 2

sudden sky
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If Princeton gave me an interview I’d do it tomorrow before work

rocky fern
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im ready now

sudden sky
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Yeah same

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Why am I not getting chock full of interviews

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Do they just all hate me

old turtle
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confuse the fuck out of admissions

sudden sky
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You’ll just send me their resume and then I’ll fabricate meaningful experiences I imagined they had.

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Shit will be crazy

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Good practice for me

old turtle
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if you really want practice, you can meet me in general VC

gilded bear
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qhasti does florida not have many princeton alumni

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no one i know has gotten a princeton interview

sudden sky
old turtle
gilded bear
sudden sky
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Are you allowed to do that with Princeton interviewer rules?

old turtle
sudden sky
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I thought they were saying like you couldn’t be a college helper person

old turtle
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I was just rewatching the training last night. A2C is college related, but not a non-profit

sudden sky
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Ohh

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Innnteresting

old turtle
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and I don't personally know you, and I'm not interviewing you so no conflict there

sudden sky
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Maybe if you’re available we can practice before my Reynolds scholarship interview

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I’ll maybe reach out tmr

old turtle
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no idea what that is, might be specific to that

sudden sky
old turtle
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it's really just practice for you to market yourself

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to someone you don't know

sudden sky
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Qhasti the goat 💪💪

sudden sky
sudden sky
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Oh what I would give to be at Princeton

old turtle
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Putting this here because the Yale thread is moving too fast (there's an interesting conversation from around 9:30PM PST): I think it's important to reference the MIT priorities list (#1268141479440683019 message). The number one thing on their list is "Character/personal qualities". I would persume that youngnerd knows what he's talking about. Doesn't mean Biggreen doesn't know what he's talking about, more that he's farther from the situation and he has his reasons for saying what he says (ie. from the advisor perspective, his job is to prevent student panic and provide student therapy). I think it makes a LOT of sense for schools to be selective of who they interview, because a good interview is a human vibe check that you cannot get from any other unbiased source. When I interview people, in my head, one of the predominant things I'm trying to do is index the kid to anyone I knew in undergrad. That was actually one of the big lessons I learned about interviewing - that I had to learn how to deliver a good conversation regardless of whether or not the kid was giving me any good material for my report.
Anyway, I don't know how admissions offices work, but it would make a lot of sense that interviews are important, and that they are really selective about how who they give interviews to internally, but they don't want to make school counselor's lives harder by making it known that it's important.

old turtle
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funny thing is if Izapril doesn't get an interview and doesn't even get outreach, that'll tell me that some applicants don't even get a request

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so while we have a stated policy of interviewing everyone, there's still some sort of screen that happens

robust elm
keen compass
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Bros farming that demonstrated interest for princeton

sudden sky
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If I don’t get my interview

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I doubt I will considering I don’t have interview

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You’d expect to have interviewed me already

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I don’t have interviews for ANWHERE like whaaaat

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Do I just suck

sudden sky
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Princeton your lack of an interview leaves me distraught, I’ve fought for my application you see but it’s all been for naught.

white marten
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Hello princey chat

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Long time no see

sudden sky
white marten
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Well

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It’s exceedingly unlikely that both of us go

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Or even one of us

hot rapids
sudden sky
hot rapids
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im coping too i got h y and m but not the s and p

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nor penn for that matter

sudden sky
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Can you type out the full thing I have no idea what you’re saying

hot rapids
sudden sky
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Well be happy with what you got.

sudden sky
ancient blaze
sudden sky
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They are completely different schools

sudden sky
ancient blaze
robust elm
wanton kernel
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lowk havent gotten a single one so might be cooked

grim dock
wanton kernel
worn owl
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but I didn’t apply to yale

old turtle
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Princeton says they interview 90+% of applicants. that's an absurdly high number

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oh, they contact 90+%

robust elm
woeful trout
robust elm
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I just want an opportunity to improve my app lol

zealous forge
hot rapids
sudden sky
arctic kernel
grim dock
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Bc we are prestige chasers

arctic kernel
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If your family can afford the application fees, all you’re losing is the time you take to write the essays

sudden sky
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All of the HYPSM are very different.

arctic kernel
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Coalition 🤷

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That’s what I did

sudden sky
arctic kernel
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But that’s the exact key all you’re wasting is some time

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So no sweat

sudden sky
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💀

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If you need to have however many schools both apps will give you, it means you haven’t thought honestly about what you’re looking for in a school.

arctic kernel
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Regardless of the feel of the school, those schools give some of the best education in the world. I have nothing to lose by applying but the couple hours I spent writing essays. But personally, I care way more about the quality of my education than the vibe of the campus

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I’m willing to spend a couple extra hours on a Saturday for the chance to go to one of the top schools in the world. It’s just a difference in priorities between us

sudden sky
arctic kernel
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(I’m realizing now I didn’t actually apply to mit or Stanford 😂) ig same thing holds in my personal opinion for t20s

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But to each their own ofc

sudden sky
old turtle
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I don't think that the average high schooler has perspective on what they can extract from the college experience

green finch
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yeah for me I'm just gonna decide once I see where I get in

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I crossed off the obvious nos(yale, brown, dartmouth, WUSTL, chicago, stuff like that) and applied to the rest

hot rapids
old turtle
hot rapids
old turtle
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Spend your free time with a couple English majors bent on roasting you at every opportunity, you learn quick

sudden sky
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About 1/2 of that I got from the internet

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But ignore that

old turtle
sudden sky
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Oh Qhasti Princeton feels so far out of reach

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No interview no valentine no nothing

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Just work

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And the omnipresent dread of the upcoming season

wanton kernel
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All good tho we keep up hope 🫡

sudden sky
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Once you stop getting fun little emails… that’s when you know

wanton kernel
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Welp

sudden sky
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Start taking longer to reply…

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It’s not just business

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Their sight drifts away

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To the one youth who has everything you do but better

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Anyway yeah hope! Keep up hope

wanton kernel
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lowk poetic

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But uh yeah….

sudden sky
# wanton kernel lowk poetic

Once you need to make poetry of your situation to extract positive meaning, it’s clear the situation itself is too far gone

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In other words…

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It’s Joever

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No amount of rationalization or reevaluation of the results will drag one far enough out of the hole which is the final rejection. “We were very impressed by your achievements, but this was a very competitive year” is sent to every applicant, regardless of their achievements. The only commonality between us all is the rejection

old turtle
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I don't know what to tell you. Make sure you can go to a school

sudden sky
grim dock
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HELP

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i didnt submit the fin aid form

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istg i did

ancient blaze
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dw

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It's okay

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Ik a few accepted ppl who sent it after acceptance lol

grim dock
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bro idk how i didnt submit it

ancient blaze
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Just do it now and mail ig

grim dock
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like i swear i did it

stray stream
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u think its worth going here?

Screenshot_2025-02-15_202416.png
ancient blaze
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Bro you just asked about Harvard

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Commit to 1 please

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🙄

ancient blaze
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So upto you

green finch
stray stream
stray stream
raven spoke
grim dock
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I’m more shocked that I managed to forgot to do it

heavy breach
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harvard mit pton are very chill with finaid

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theoretically u could submit in liike june but thats kinda chuzz

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actually

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theoretically you could submit until like

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december of this yr

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i think

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before the semester ends

median zealot
tawny depot
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does anyone know where Princeton’s admissions office is

ionic siren
tawny depot
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yep I did ty

grim dock
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Princeton New Jersey

old turtle
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they used to be in west college. but I think they're banished to the hinterlands now

grim dock
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is it fine to say unknown

Screenshot_2025-02-15_at_9.10.06_PM.png
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bc my dad has no clue on where it came from

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🤦‍♂️

ionic siren
grim dock
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Idk

left field
grim dock
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I think it’s my YouTube ad revenue but I’m not sure bc I don’t file taxes smile

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Actually my dad doesn’t either it’s this random tax guy

left field
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i didnt file any revenue from ebay

grim dock
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Either way it’s 600 dollars so they prob wont care lol

left field
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unless its urs over 25k

grim dock
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Nah not even close

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I wish tho 🤣

ionic siren
misty bison
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Has anyone had optional materials processed

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like whenever i send in an update i get that message in portal

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but i sent in my research abstract a long time ago but its still as is

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does this mean they havent looked at it?

mild spindle
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my interview starts in 3 minutes

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i still didnt get the zoom link

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💀

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how long am i expected to wait

ancient blaze
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Mail them and politely ask on time, if you are still on for the interview today

mild spindle
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yea i had it

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it went great

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i cooked

ancient blaze
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Greatttt

feral willow
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Do you think Princeton will consider any new awards?

old turtle
robust elm
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Lol

sudden sky
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This lack of Princeton interviews is cooked

old turtle
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I don't know what to tell you man, the system is cooked

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that reminds me

sudden sky
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What did you mean by depends if you’re masters+ or not

old turtle
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they chose masters + as their role and are talking about admissions

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either they lied about their roles or they didn't apply for undergrad

feral willow
old turtle
wanton kernel
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havent done a single interview anywhere... im lowkey cooked 0 for 3

crystal leaf
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princeton interviewer still hasn’t reached out 😭 it’s been 10 days since i got the email from princeton, i’m gonna email him tomorrow probably

old turtle
limpid idol
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should i do the interview

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bro gave me like a 1-2 day notice is this normal

old turtle
limpid idol
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k i hope its on tuesday instead of wednesday then 😭 im so busy this week

ripe moth
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should i contact my interviewer if they haven’t reached out in 10 days

ionic siren
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qhasti said the reports are almost due

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so go reach out to them lmao

misty bison
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whens the last day

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that i can expect one

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im intl

sudden sky
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I suppose if I don’t have one now I never will

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I wonder if having the first letter of your name being far back in the alphabet makes you less likely to receive interviews

sudden sky
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Oh wow

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Congrats

ancient blaze
sudden sky
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Tell them to email me too trust

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During your interview

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Be like

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“I would really thrive with home schooled students on campus, particularly that happen to be from Maryland, for no apparent reason at all but you should definitely believe me and interview an applicant like that”

limpid idol
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Well actually im the only sample in this assumption

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But its a matter of luck and rng and availability for sure

hot rapids
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im thankful i HAVENT gotten a princeton interview yet so i have 0 chances to fuck it up

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i wonder if its bc i didn't complete my finaid documents

robust elm
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So you could still get one

robust elm
limpid idol
hot rapids
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oh sigma

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lets hope mine doesnt arrive

vital wasp
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kinda late comparatively bc all the people in my regions got theirs like a month before mine LMAO

ancient blaze
vital wasp
ancient blaze
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I am still waiting for mine lol

hot rapids
vital wasp
hot rapids
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frankly idrc id rather not interview

vital wasp
vital wasp
ancient blaze
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I just need Harvard ka
The rest are pointless
Yale isn't giving me acceptance anyway lol

vital wasp
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the girl who interviewed me (she was like co 2024) was sooo nice omg

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im glad i had one

ancient blaze
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Where were you btw
Me @wraith heath waited for you to return ☠️

hot rapids
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ig it could help but atp im lazy

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and id rather not deal more of a hand in my own rejection

ancient blaze
vital wasp
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at least u got one LMAO

ancient blaze
old turtle
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I just did my 9th interview. I think I"m done for this cycle 😅

vital wasp
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wait @hot rapids idk if i asked u but r u going to ROHP this wknd?

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asking bc of ur display name lmao

ancient blaze
old turtle
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some strong students in this cycle. wishing the best for all of them

hot rapids
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im js a simp

vital wasp
vital wasp
hot rapids
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passion?

old turtle
vital wasp
hot rapids
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do u js summarize what they say

vital wasp
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processed means they got it

hot rapids
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so is it just helpful info

vital wasp
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bc i think mine went on for 2+ hours

old turtle
# vital wasp does interview timing mean anything

no, as long as its before the deadline. But sooner is obviously better. I figure they're continually reviewing applications and they'll only review the interviews if they're borderline and want to see that

vital wasp
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borderline omg 😭 cooked

old turtle
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I mean, that's my presumption for how it would work if I were organizing reading 50k applications

ancient blaze
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Of the deadline is soon
Why have intls Just started receiving interviews ☠️
Or was it for domestic

old turtle
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deadline is 2/26

ancient blaze
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For all interviews?

old turtle
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yes

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Regular Decision Interviews: DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

ancient blaze
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Is that applicable to other schools?
C

old turtle
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absolutely not

lunar verge
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no

wraith heath
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hi @vital wasp

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shes backk 😍

vital wasp
old turtle
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what's the presumed decision day for Princeton?

rancid lion
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27 march

vital wasp
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im rejected

rancid lion
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how does the date determine that lol

vital wasp
old turtle
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On the decision date calendar its presumed to be 3/28

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Friday

vital wasp
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3.28 is the unluckiest day of 2025

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guyts

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its over

rancid lion
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probability wise everyone here will be rejected

old turtle
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I ask because now they have a month between 2/26 and 3/28

rancid lion
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so id rather not make any guesses and open the letter when the day comes

old turtle
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ha! a letter? an e-mail

rancid lion
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an electronic version of a letter which i am entitled to request in print apparently

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and even if its a no i will request one

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its going on the wall of letters

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(very original i know)

ancient blaze
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Dartmouth has mentioned on portal for it to be 27th

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So it is infact 27th for all ivys then

wraith heath
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@ancient blaze dartmouth/harvard bound fr

ancient blaze
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Frfr

We be Harvard'29ers

wraith heath
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bro i got a harvard interview helppp im scared

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but she look nice

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better than

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TUFTS GUY

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im so scared

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bro they're 2 days apart

rancid lion
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although this a bit of an exxageration, if the life goal of someone is to get into an ivy (which it shouldnt) aiming for cornell would be the safest choice

wraith heath
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gonna have the shittiest & best interviewers

ancient blaze
wraith heath
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in a row

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horrible

ancient blaze
#

YOOOOOO

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NO WAY

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CONGRATS

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It's just me now ig ☠️

wraith heath
#

doesnt mean anything but thx!??!?

ancient blaze
wraith heath
#

isnt it only for intl

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bc i heard domestic 1300 sats got an interview

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idk

ancient blaze
#

I have heard for domestic too
Better yes than a no

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Bruh

wraith heath
#

IDK

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isnt it somewhat avail based

ancient blaze
#

GET ME ONW TOO NOW

ancient blaze
wraith heath
#

i alr scheduled it dawg

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as a form of therapy

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after tufts

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💀

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im so scared for tufts

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i may lowk js withdraw the app

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not worth it

old turtle
wraith heath
#

also my parents r prestige whores & tufts is ranked lower than uiuc meltingsob so like it would be a hard sell

wraith heath
ancient blaze
#

I NEED IT TOO ANNA
Helppp 😭

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Ranting does help ig

wraith heath
#

bro the interviewer hates tufts ranking

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he complained in his pitch 2 tufts alumni

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ab how TUFTS NEEDS TO BE RANKED HIGHER

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💀

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insufferable ahh

ancient blaze
#

I wish I could hate on my interviewers

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Well fuck John Cena since he's the one who's there for now

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@mighty cedar
It's just us now

mighty cedar
#

I didn't do princeton

mighty cedar
ancient blaze
#

HARVARD

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STOP IT ANNA, you have the interviews you need

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😭

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Just relax and enjoy no

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Easyyy

wraith heath
#

so nice

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omfg

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she so cool

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but tufts

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im gonna be traumatized pheww

old turtle
#

just be a Jumbo for an hour. won't hurt you

wraith heath
#

💀

old turtle
#

then agree with him

wraith heath
#

okay so im gonna tell bro i stalked him 🔥

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i think he'd take it as an honor

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avg guy

old turtle
#

brown-nosing is part of career development

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better learn now than later

wraith heath
#

ok

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so i do it!??!

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js tell him hi xx i love ur work

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wow

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ur so cool

old turtle
#

I'm writing reviewer rebuttals and it's all like, "we thank the reviewer for their insight" and all that shit

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when they're just flat fuck wrong

wraith heath
#

oh

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i see.

old turtle
#

you do what you gotta do

wraith heath
#

im scared is he gonna grill me

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he looks terrifying

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everyttime i see his face online

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i get a nightmare

old turtle
#

ok, that might be a bit much

wraith heath
#

its terrifying

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im js preparing

old turtle
#

or the sexiest bluest eyes

wraith heath
#

😿

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so

old turtle
#

wao so overprepared

wraith heath
#

i guess less intimidating

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weird voice

old turtle
#

I scheduled an interview a day after their response. They don't have time to do any prep, neither does it matter

wraith heath
#

i dont like the voice

mighty cedar
old turtle
#

or real-time ai translator

wraith heath
#

help??

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real

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im gonna listen to music when hes talking

old turtle
#

and read lips

wraith heath
#

ok yes

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i prepared the most egotistical questions

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what if hes NORMAL

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im so scared

old turtle
#

breathe. relax. think. then answer

wraith heath
#

cooked

old turtle
#

rely on your debate experience under pressure

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if no experience, imagine it

wraith heath
#

bs'ed everything

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i guess here i will

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im scared tho

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its fine um

#

gotta fake it till u make it 🔥

mighty cedar
#

Imagine he says prolly diversity

wraith heath
#

☠️

mighty cedar
#

Could be a white greece man

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Or German deep down

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French roots

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U never know

wraith heath
#

well

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💀

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what if he hate crimes me dawg

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im scared

mighty cedar
#

🔥💪gl u will do well

lofty aspen
#

how long are the interviews typically?

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do I receive any communication from the interviewer in the days/weeks following the interview?

old turtle
lofty aspen
#

thanks!

broken vortex
old turtle
#

and yes, we write after interview reports

broken vortex
#

Anyways I'll try and email. I'm from NYC, so there should be greater availability

old turtle
#

I mean, it's just humans running all this. If you had asked back in January, they might've done something. Now? pretty tough

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NYC has lots of availability

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worst they can do is say they can't/won't interview you

broken vortex
#

Lowk this was keeping me up for a few nights

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How do i find my local alumni association?

old turtle
#

don't do local alumni, they can't do anything unless the Admissions office adds you to their list. E-mail admissions

broken vortex
#

Is it viable to call the admissions office tmr or just email

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since the deadline is so close

old turtle
#

do both/either. up to you

broken vortex
#

tysm

limpid idol
#

damn my interview today

crystal leaf
#

my interviewer emailed me on monday to schedule an interview for this week and i replied an hour later but he still hasn’t responded, when should i reach out again? getting worried bc i heard the report deadline is 2/26

old turtle
#

give it a day

robust elm
#

Pton interview in 8 minutes!

crimson jackal
#

YAY good luck

limpid idol
#

If its a zoom interview i can wear pretty much anything right

woeful trout
#

like plain tshirt at least

limpid idol
#

I dont got time for that tbh

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I got my tennis uniform

old turtle
#

I wouldn't worry

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if you have time, go semi formal, but I personally wouldn't hold it against you, I wouldn't expect anyone to, but shrug

hallow jay
hallow jay
limpid idol
#

That went pretty well

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I lowkey didnt get to talk alot

lost briar
robust elm
#

The dude literally didn’t ask abt anything

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He just started yapping and expected me to ask him questions

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I didn’t get to talk about any of my ECs

ionic siren
#

yeah that happens LMAO

robust elm
#

We talked a bit about politics and a bit about Princeton

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And he said he’d write good things? So idk? Prolly standard positive?

ionic siren
robust elm
ionic siren
robust elm
#

And he liked me, he said I’m amazing lol which is just weird bc I didn’t even talk about my ECs?

#

Idk if he just says that to everyone

ionic siren
robust elm
# ionic siren W

We’ll see tho, I thought it was pretty good but quite unconventional tbh

ionic siren
#

if he said he likes you then just assume he likes you

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good job!

old turtle
#

most kids I interview only have one or two major things to talk about anyway, the EC list is not the most important thing, because the school already has that and we're not going to list everything in our interview report anyway

limpid idol
#

shrimp focused interview but my interviewer doesn't know much about shrimp

robust elm
#

I more like communicated my values in between him talking I guess

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I didn’t talk about any hobbies or anything

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It was more just like seeing how I think and hold a convo I guess? What does Princeton look for in an interview report?

old turtle
robust elm
old turtle
robust elm
#

I really had to ask him stuff and when he answered I’d be like “oh that’s so cool, I love that bc [and then talk about my values and stuff]” and then he’d be like “yeah I completely agree”

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Also this guy was like hella famous

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Like he kept saying how programs at Princeton were named after him 💀

old turtle
#

Lol. Which ones

robust elm
#

I don’t remember the names lowkey

old turtle
#

There's names all over the place tbh

#

Damn. High roller

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Which state? NYC?

robust elm
#

I don’t wanna dox but Midwest

old turtle
#

I wouldn't worry. He probably knows what he's doing then. You're fine

robust elm
#

Got it. He cut me off at about 55 minutes bc he had another interview lol

old turtle
#

Those people know how to deliver a pleasant experience and write an awesome report

robust elm
#

And he brought his wife there too who’s also a Princeton alum lol and she was talking to me too

old turtle
#

It took me a little bit to learn that

robust elm
#

I was basically interviewing w 2 people lmfao

old turtle
#

Sounds like you had fun!

robust elm
#

Yeah for sure it was unconventional yet enjoyable

old turtle
#

I think if you had a fun back and forth, then that's a really great interview

mild spire
#

Interview today 😬

hot rapids
#

good luck!

mild spire
#

Thanks!

robust elm
#

Is it too late to submit an additional rec letter

ionic siren
old turtle
#

if it were me, I'd have them send the letter and let the admissions office decide what to do with it

ionic siren
#

i didnt even choose this nickname it was forced upon me after everybody read yuntiao (my name) as youtiao 💀

ancient blaze
#

HAHAHAHA

#

Goated title

robust elm
wanton kernel
robust elm
wanton kernel
#

🙏

old turtle
#

The report deadline is 2/26, so you could hypothetically have one the day of. I personally am not involved in the interview assignment process so I have no idea how down to the wire they go

#

2/8 was the latest I got assigned interviews, and that was this year after asking if they needed more interviews

wanton kernel
#

gotcha thanks 👍 👍

crystal leaf
#

sent another email to my interviewer last night i hope he replies 😭

old turtle
#

oh, I looked back

#

email the regional person, it should be in the email

crystal leaf
ionic siren
crystal leaf
#

could it look bad for me if i email princeton and they have to contact my interviewer? like would my interviewer not be happy

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is it too late to be assigned a new one

old turtle
crystal leaf
#

like after i email them

#

would i be assigned a new interviewer or is it too late

old turtle
crystal leaf
old turtle
crystal leaf
# old turtle yes

oh so you interviewed them and then they were deemed "unacknowledged" afterward? or the students never accepted

old turtle
crystal leaf
old turtle
#

meaning they were assigned and then reassigned to me

crystal leaf
#

have you gotten any other interviews recently? or do you think the 2/26 report deadline is final

old turtle
#

2/26 is final

#

after these last 3, who I interviewed earlier this week, I'm not requesting more

crystal leaf
old turtle
#

yea, with 6 days left, they need to find someone willing to chat with you and write a report. It's a scheduling problem and this scheduling problem is a willingness to find time.

crystal leaf
old turtle
#

people are busy

#

that's why I asked in early febuary. I didn't want to rush

crystal leaf
#

wdym asked? do you request to interview people?

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or like asked the students for availability

old turtle
#

I interview for Princeton. I interviewed a bunch of kids already. Early February, I reached out to see if they needed more interviews. They assigned me 3 more kids to interview. I was assigned 3 "unacknowledged" interviews. Ie. interviews that were assigned to interviewers but unacknowledged in the system, meaning the interviewer never went into the system to say they would do the interview. Acknowledging the interview is what sends the e-mail to the student/interviewer/regional chair.

crystal leaf
frail meadow
#

my pton interview is tomorrow

limpid idol
#

istg they were timing it

old turtle
#

I mean, especially this close to the deadline, there isn't time to waste

#

most of my interviews lately have been on the short side, the kids run out of stuff to talk about

ionic siren
old turtle
# ionic siren what do you do when they run out of stuff?

typically, I like to see a more in depth back and forth. it's like when I do a job interview, and I ask someone about their current project, the more detail they put into their reply means to me that they think about their work

#

when someone has only topical stuff to say and they don't understand the details of their work, it says something

#

it's sorta the same with college interviews

#

if I ask someone whos in bio research what they did and they say, "I did experiments", versus, "I examined the effects of xyz on tetrahymena, and I did it by exposing them to xyz over a period of time, and this is important because of efg etc..."

#

it's the difference between having thought about the experiment and the context, versus simply doing what they were told

ionic siren
#

for college interviews do you try and facilitate a discussion and pull stuff out of them or is there a point where you give up and move on

#

just curious from an interviewer point of view

old turtle
#

I only asked simple probing questions like, "do you remember how you did xyz?" on some project. I'm not supposed to ask like, school-type trivia

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I can ask things like, "tell me about a time where you faced a challenge/a conflict with others"

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for the simple probing questions, I usually move on quickly unless they give me more depth

ionic siren
misty bison
#

anyone here has a research abstract that has been processed?

frail meadow
#

oh yeah

#

same

#

mines not processed?

#

it just says

#

optional material(s) processed

gilded bear
left field
#

seems like the interviewers are uhm

#

breaking the rules !

woeful trout
#

two of my friends have pton interviews in march 💀

ionic siren
crystal leaf
sudden sky
#

Tsk tsk

ionic siren
lofty aspen
#

what should I wear for my interview?

#

like, a suit? how formal should I be?

cosmic notch
#

i wore a suit

#

seems fine tbh

ionic siren
crystal leaf
lofty aspen
cosmic notch
#

no

arctic kernel
ionic siren
heavy breach
#

still no princeton, harvard, or stanford interview

#

but i did get an MIT interview (set for this sunday)

#

i think TX is getitng a ridiculous amt of apps this year since a lot of my friends arent getting interviews either

ancient blaze
#

I still have 0 brother
It's ok 🥹

lone dove
#

i just got an invitation today

#

but it was worded very optional

sudden sky
lone dove
sudden sky
#

That’s dope

sudden sky
#

Uhh

#

That’s odd

lone dove
#

it was pretty odd

sudden sky
#

Can you send a screenshot with the names blurred

lone dove
#

im probably not doing it

lone dove
#

idk why it's a "follow-up" email though because i didn't receive anything before

sudden sky
#

That’s crazy

#

Verrrrry weird

#

You should still do it I mean why turn down the opportunity tho

#

What region are you from if you’re comfortable sharing

limpid idol
ionic siren
#

for harvard at least

velvet kayak
lone dove
lofty aspen
#

it went well!

#

the interview

#

really pleasant conversation

dawn geode
#

Just got an interview

#

Is this towards end of deadlines

woeful trout
#

can i update pton w some new ec's/awards on the portal?

ionic siren
radiant rock
#

@gilded bear you might want to check with your interviewer if the deadline is in fact 2/26 to make sure they're aware of it

dawn geode
lone dove
#

got a formal interview this time; if i decline it because their available dates conflict with events i have (all of them 😭), would that look bad

#

or will it just show up as "no interview"

radiant rock
#

How competitive do you think you are? It's kinda your choice if you want to make an interview work

lone dove
radiant rock
#

it's rough since it's 4 days before teh deadline

#

shoot your shot playa

humble stream
lone dove
humble stream
lone dove
#

i might be cooked though i did those essays in one sitting the day before the deadline oops

gilded bear
radiant rock
humble stream
#

where did qhasti go :(

grim dock
humble stream
#

rip the princeton unc 😔

robust elm
velvet kayak
#

did they get banned?

old turtle
#

I'm still here

#

didn't think I'd leave you behind?

steep thistle
#

Bruh I hate Princetons math department

old turtle
#

what'd they do

crystal leaf
old turtle
#

you can dm me if you wish

crystal leaf
#

i think i figured it out but ty

humble stream
old turtle
#

it's a major that's considered prestigious since it's selective. The joke is that most politics majors are folks who didn't get into SPIA

frail meadow
#

fuckkk the interview was so midd

rancid lion
#

do you get selected when you apply for admission?

#

or internally when you pick your major

old turtle
#

no, you apply as a sophomore

rancid lion
#

damn it was really too good to be true

old turtle
#

(I believe, I didn't do it obviously)

#

look it up, you can't apply directly I don't think

rancid lion
#

I was under the impression that it was a choice, not to be chosen but I will look it up

#

The powerpoint they have doesn't mention anything about not being admitted to the major, but maybe they keep that as a surprise.

#

Anyway, I'm going to fight for a spot in there if I do end up getting in

old turtle
#

I mean, maybe they changed policies

old turtle
#

they must've changed policies when they renamed from WWS

rancid lion
#

Thats amazing

#

Cause the program is a perfect fit for me and propelled my decision to apply to princeton

#

My interviewer kept referring to it as the Woodrow Wilson school throughout the convo. Guess they renamed it to avoid controversy, but I guess the change was only to the name.

old turtle
#

yeah, I know it as WWS. But they renamed it around 2010? Caused a big stink with some family? I dunno

#

I didn't change it in my head until I joined A2C being like, "what's SPIA?" Spanish?

rancid lion
#

Yes, it appears so. I think its a good thing, and I'm looking forward to it if I get in.

old turtle
#

good luck!!!!!

#

I root for everyone here. Except Anna, because she didn't apply to Princeton

rancid lion
#

Theoretically she could still apply..

#

Its never too late to take the leap of faith!

woeful trout
#

can i submit my ec/award updates as an “optional supporting document” in the portal

crimson jackal
#

QHASTI

#

no green?

#

highkey!

#

like this color better

old turtle
crimson jackal
#

its so you!

#

kinda zesty

#

a little flair

sudden sky
#

Goated pink colored Qhasti

sudden sky
#

Princeton my man

#

You should grace me with an acceptance

#

Would be goated

#

I swear I’ll cook

grim dock
#

For

#

Fr

sterile pine
#

did a LOCI got 1 national award i got to put but im hopin for the best🙏

#

early supps and personal statement were so bad compared to my RD applications

sonic dome
#

SAME LMFAO 😭 im lowkey glad i didnt apply to many unis early (only two bc of princeton rea) bc my later supps are so much better

sterile pine
#

my biggest advice to these juniors is to play the waiting game

#

but strategically

old turtle
#

alternatively, you might want to practice the essays you will eventually write in your supplements

crystal leaf
#

is it normal to meet at a sit-down restaurant for an interview? do i offer to pay for anything or we just pay for our own stuff

#

also if he offers to pay for me do i accept it?

#

i’ve never done an in-person interview at a restaurant/cafe so idk the protocol

ionic siren
ionic siren
#

offer to pay for him if you want, but know that he will also decline

#

😭

past venture
#

when i went to coffee shops or similar places w interviewers, i got there 15 minutes early and ordered ahead of time to avoid this dilemma

crystal leaf
#

it’s like an actual restaurant 😭

past venture
#

like are we talking chilis or like

#

a steakhouse

ionic siren
crystal leaf
crystal leaf
#

he just texted me

#

and recommended that specific restaurant

ionic siren
#

i suppose

#

😭

crystal leaf
#

help 😭 what if i order first and then he just gets coffee

#

should i just wait for him to get there and order together