Princeton University (2024-2025)

[past venture]

dont worry about it too hard LMAO just be kind, courteous, and if he does insist on paying for you, grateful

i would get just a drink, and maybe like a light appetizer

i found it hard to do an interview while eating LMAO

[ionic siren]

yeah you should order the biggest meal possible

scarf it aggressively while he watches you chew

princeton has eating clubs, they want to see how well you can eat /s

[crystal leaf]

okok sounds good

[crystal leaf]

LOL i should get a 3 course meal

and race him

[ionic siren]

LMAOOOOO

[past venture]

pasta made inside a cheese wheel

https://tenor.com/view/cacio-e-pepe-pasta-food-gif-22040672

[crystal leaf]

sounds kinda fire ngl

i’m actually kind of hungry i haven’t eaten much today

[ionic siren]

order a noodle dance

[past venture]

HELP I SAW THIS TIKTOK

[ionic siren]

bro i cried 😭 he looked so sad

[ionic siren]

nomnomnom

[crystal leaf]

if he orders a meal do i also order a meal

[old turtle]

That's not suggested or typical, but it isn't bad. Just be polite and follow their lead, I guess.

the interview is supposed to be 30-45 minutes. A full meal at a sit-down restaurant might take longer

I would personally order a small appetizer or politely decline anything more than a drink

depending on the read of the situation

[crystal leaf]

ooh okay sounds good

this is so strange to me lol

[old turtle]

they say that interviewers can offer to pay for a drink, I have done that

[crystal leaf]

should i accept?

[old turtle]

honestly, just do what you're comfortable with and have a nice chat

[crystal leaf]

ok sounds good ty

[sudden sky]

Unbelievable that they never interviewed me tsk tsk

[old turtle]

I personally apologize as not a representative of Princeton

interview report deadline literally in 30 hours... not sure how Ally/Sansk are going to get in before the deadline

[crystal leaf]

uh oh

is the report a lot of work

[old turtle]

you can do it in ~15-30 minutes

[crystal leaf]

oh so in theory he could just do it right after the interview and submit it?

like it’s doable right

[old turtle]

yes, definitely doable

[crystal leaf]

interview in 10 min

ahh

at the restaurant waiting

[velvet kayak]

I never got free food 💔

[old turtle]

good luck!

[crystal leaf]

thank you!

[ionic siren]

omg goodluck!

[limpid idol]

oh fuck i never finished the finaid

am i fucked

just remembered an email saying they needed it like a month ago 💀

wait was it princeton or columbia

i forgor

nvm i didn't finish either

im cooked

[crystal leaf]

omg i think this was my best interview

genuinely enjoyed it sm

[sudden sky]

Did you eat food?

[old turtle]

nah, if you get it, they'll remind you to fill out the finaid

[crystal leaf]

i did LOL

he wouldn’t let me pay

we shared an appetizer and we each got a meal

this was so fun ngl

he told me his life story

didn’t even feel like an interview

it was like 95 min

[sudden sky]

Hopefully he fits it into the whole report. I am so jealous lol

[crystal leaf]

did u get an interview?

[sudden sky]

Not from anywhere

[crystal leaf]

aw manifesting for you!!

[old turtle]

how'd your dickinson interview go?

or wahtever it was

[sudden sky]

It went well! It was more of a Q&A style which I don’t like as much but i did welll

[sudden sky]

It’s for one of their scholarships

[old turtle]

rooting for you!

[sudden sky]

Thank you!

Reynolds scholarship would be a dreaaamm 😍😍🥰

[frozen vector]

Apparently my professor/research mentor received some mail from princeton thanking them for writing a good recommendation letter or smth

do yall think this means anything or is it just out ofcourtesy?

for context my prof used to work at princeton but hes now at a different institution

[robust elm]

Can’t see how it would be a bad sign

[drowsy oracle]

hey guys
for anyone who's been admitted, do you mind sharing what you did in the summer before senior year?

[frozen vector]

hmm, i was just wondering whether it's a common occurrence or not but i'm probably looking into it too deeply

[wanton kernel]

Never got an interview 😭

Welp unlucky ig

[sudden sky]

Me neither hopefully that doesn’t mean we’re cooked

[old turtle]

I think I worked in a lab

[wanton kernel]

🙏

[humble stream]

raised butterflies and volunteered at a zoo

[radiant storm]

guys is there still hope that we get an interview , or is it too late? I'm an international, and I know someone from my country who got one , but I didn't receive anything

[sudden sky]

Pretty sure interviews are over

[median zealot]

Interviews are over

[keen compass]

For just Princeton? When was the deadline

[wanton kernel]

Yesterday

[cosmic notch]

i hope i get in

[cosmic notch]

@old turtle is the deadline this year later than previous years for interviews?

or is it the same

because of the presumed higher number of applications

[ionic siren]

i believe the deadline already passed

[cosmic notch]

no i know, i had my interview already

i believe the deadline was 2/26

i was curious whether if the deadline was earlier for previous years

because then i could calm myself about yale and harvard interviews

[charred hinge]

hey guys i need advice>

is not getting an interview a bad sign im intl from paksitan?

also i need advice on what i should do after i submit by application

[rancid lion]

they are 100% availability based

[ancient blaze]

Hi
Dm

[old turtle]

Last year was march 1. It's going to be roughly the same timing every year

[heavy breach]

rip

no interview its fine

[crimson jackal]

so dead fr

[humble stream]

poikuly my beloved

[hallow jay]

i mean ppl are just waiting atp

[jade sage]

Real

The waiting is the worst part of senior year bro

I just want to move out already

[crimson jackal]

hiiiiii girll

[crimson jackal]

mit isn't dead 💔

[old turtle]

I've avoided the MIT thread

[ionic siren]

lmao

[old turtle]

Why is it always Yale or MIT?

[ionic siren]

used to be harvard too

[old turtle]

I think the Harvard kids' relentless mocking has something to do with that

[cosmic notch]

people already in harvard be dicky on this server ngl

mit '29s are worse

yale, princeton, and everywhere else '29s are better

stanford '29s just don't exist

[sudden sky]

Princeton lowkey goated

How hard did you find the classes @old turtle? Was it a big adjustment from hs?

[twin elm]

I think thats just the nature of these schools lol

Mit is always academically competitive so everyone alr has that complex

And harvard is the prestigious one so it caters to that group of ppl

[cosmic notch]

i think so too

[velvet kayak]

Do eating clubs have vegan menus?

[old turtle]

yes

[velvet kayak]

fr?

[old turtle]

the food is quite good at all levels

[velvet kayak]

I’ve heard their selective

[old turtle]

half are selective, half are sign in

[velvet kayak]

eating clubs are the only sort of greek life I’m game for

[old turtle]

you can still sign in and not get into a sign in though

[crystal leaf]

what factors do they consider for selective eating clubs?

[cosmic notch]

fatness

jk it's probably interest based

i.e. vegan etc..

[sudden sky]

Wait “eating clubs” are legit?

I thought that was just a joke

That’s actually wild

Will they make you feel poor and uncivilized if you sign up for one

How do they work is that Googleable

Did you do an eating club Qhasti

[lofty aspen]

yeah

[old turtle]

Um. No. And wow.

[old turtle]

Yes, but not based on diet

[old turtle]

Yes

[old turtle]

it's not only based on how fat you are, but how much money your parents have, what their job is, and ethnicity

less important is your ability to socialize and what type of drunk you are

also important is your tolerance to shame and public nudity, but that's mostly for initiations

[sudden sky]

What was it like? Do most do it?

[cosmic notch]

haha i was joking

[cosmic notch]

oh so like

cliques basically

[charred hinge]

Guys I applied test optional as intl student. Does that mean they will not read my essays

????

Idk I'm so scared now. Like 23 days left. My gpa is 4.0 and my activities are also fine I guess nothing international or national but still I have made a huge impact in my school and community as I was disabled during my freshman year but then recovered

[humble stream]

the bickering process (rushing equivalent for eating clubs) involves a lot of interviews i think

[halcyon hare]

why would you think so

[charred hinge]

I don't know cause they sort out applications with bad sat that don't meet their standards and don't read them I think

I'm intl so Im not sure about what happens in the officers head

But Princeton has been my dream cause my name was given to me based on a professor their

My parents had to change my change after a week b was born cause my dad's best friend was really inspired by that prof at Princeton and wanted me to name me after him

[old turtle]

so they named you Conway?

[charred hinge]

nah i dont wanna share my name so like...................................

[mild spindle]

what is the absolute outlier case of someone getting into princeton that you guys know

(i need copium)

[old turtle]

Well it's either that or Nash 😅

[cosmic notch]

manjul

[ionic siren]

no

nobody says this

except the one ivy league roadmap guy and hes wrong

[dull shore]

shit ton of interviews and group activities that evaluate social ability and personality

[sudden sky]

Bro that guy blocked me bc I called him out 🙏😭

[sudden sky]

On no… I’m home schooled… does that mean I’m cooked for Princeton eating clubs

[dull shore]

oh did u commit?

half of the eating clubs are "sign-in" (so basically a lottery), so those dont care about who you are, and some of the bicker ones are chiller than others

alternately a lot of my upperclassmen friends are just not in the clubs lol

its as big of a deal as you want it to be

[sudden sky]

No I don’t have a decision yet

[tiny peak]

Should I sumbit an updated writing sample if I just got a higher AP Lit grade

From when rd began?

[humble stream]

dont think the grade matters so much as the quality of the writing sample

[tiny peak]

It was prob best essay I’ve written

So far

My AP lit teacher is also a Princeton undergrad alim

[velvet kayak]

they don’t care about that unless he’s donating bands

[charred hinge]

How imprortant is the writing paper?????

[sudden sky]

I mean, it’s a thing they ask for? So pretty important

You can’t not submit it

[charred hinge]

No way i Just submitted the one i found the Most interesting

[sudden sky]

I mean then I’m sure that’s fine

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate how good of an academic writer you are and making sure it’s consistent with your personal writing

[sonic dome]

interviews are based on availability 🙏 ur probably fine

[ionic siren]

worth it for what

[wise marsh]

respectfully let’s reread the name of this program and think about what we just asked

[sudden sky]

Princey Prince let me in

[white marten]

Ok chat

Hello

[wanton kernel]

🙏🙏

[sonic dome]

omg idaho ur back 🎉 🎉 hii

[humble stream]

omg hamalia is back too

[white marten]

Yep

Not excited about upcoming decisions

First two are MIT and Caltech

Double reject whammy

[rocky fern]

literally terrified for MIT

[rocky fern]

you never know

[woeful loom]

I applied to mit with a 740 math 💀

[white marten]

750 here

[rocky fern]

i had 800

[agile vine]

.

[sonic dome]

OMG UR A MOD NOW!!! congrats 🎉 🎉

ive been lurking around a few other threads but havent rlly been active

[sonic dome]

ooooh good luck!! i hope you get in

[velvet kayak]

I haven’t seen princeton unc here in a while

hope he’s fine

[old turtle]

I'm here

just busy with work and life

terrorizing Bosotn

[velvet kayak]

good stuff

[old turtle]

I didn't like the unc nickname because it gave trolls something to latch onto so... f them

who I am shouldn't affect the quality of my advice and I can't force people to listen

[velvet kayak]

why is being an unc bad

uncs are wise

[sonic dome]

🙂‍↕️

[old turtle]

kids...

[cosmic notch]

wouldn’t being an “unc” make u more credible

[old turtle]

some people are assholes.

[cosmic notch]

qhasti have you ever thought about being a quant

[old turtle]

I have friends who are quants. It's not my tendency, no

I have been motivated by scientific questions that can potentially change people's health

maybe before I finish my Ph.D., I'll try to do a quant internship?🤷‍♂️

I really enjoys tinkering/building shit, but on the other hand, there needs to be an overall purpose/motivation

[sudden sky]

!quant

[silver swift]

Ding!

Looks like someone's brought up quant again!

I think it’d be better if you analyzed some grass instead.

Used 1845 times.

[cosmic notch]

princeton does AO interviews??

[fair marsh]

Naur

[cosmic notch]

ok reddit is just hallucinating

[fair marsh]

They usually are

[ionic siren]

reddit try not to misinformation challenge (impossible)

[cosmic notch]

Guys

In my Princeton “why Major” essay I forgot to do the part abt the Princeton offerings 💀

[thin sphinx]

youll be fine

[jade sage]

Just don’t look back at essays anymore unless you get in

It’s not worth stressing about things you have no control over

[thin sphinx]

^

i freaked the fuck out a few months ago b/c i thought i made a typo in a purdue essay and i ended up getting in

it only makes you more stressed out in the present there's nothing u can do about it now so just don't look

[ionic siren]

average furina W

[cosmic notch]

But that’s such a minor error

Unnoticeable

This error is NOTICEABLE

But in my interview like I really emphasized “why Princeton” the whole time

Hopefully that covers it

i love princeton

like genuinely

i watched oppenheimer two months ago

and i almost cried at the thought of seeing the IAS man

shi was so inspiring

[thin sphinx]

but that doesn't mean they can't connect with you

[cosmic notch]

It was on the prompt
“What academic pique your interest /why and how how do princetons offerings align “

Sure

[thin sphinx]

well

you can also go on essaysthatworked and read the responses that allegedly worked

always makes me feel better about my own

[ionic siren]

LMAOOOOOOOO

real

[old turtle]

You mean courses?

[old turtle]

IAS so far away...

[cosmic notch]

is it actually

i thought it was on the campus

or near it

[old turtle]

It's far enough that it's inconvenient, so you would never go there unless you have a reason to. And undergrads almost never have a reason to

[cosmic notch]

Idk it’s basically like why major and how does Princeton fulfill your study

Princeton says they don’t consider demonstrated interest in their CDS tho

So idk

[cosmic notch]

ah i see

would be fun to visit or trek through

[median zealot]

demonstrated interest means things like going on tours, clicking on their emails, etc.

not the contents of your essay

but honestly not worth worrying about it at this point

[cosmic notch]

demonstrated interest isn’t the same as showing how princeton is compatible w u

does any ivy consider demonstrated interest tbh

[old turtle]

Probably not. Seems like such a small thing in context

[ionic siren]

yeah this

[old turtle]

If they allowed demonstrated interest, people would game the shit out of it

[rancid linden]

bleh

[weak iron]

Guys when is IVY day 2025 I’ve heard a lot of different answers

[wicked widget]

what different answers, there’s literally only one, march 27

[weak iron]

https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/when-is-ivy-day/

Some sketchy dates here

[jade sage]

Ivy Day is confirmed for March 27th

That website makes no sense, all of the schools come out on Ivy Day

[weak iron]

Ah okayy thanks

[crimson jackal]

i'm so late but the loml @humble stream is a discord mod??

[humble stream]

yess

[ionic siren]

this website has been wrong so many times ngl

[fair marsh]

Like hella

[ionic siren]

my goat

[fair marsh]

Nah ur mine

[ashen burrow]

yale portal has the official date and time lol

it's had it the whole time

27th march 5pm est i believe

[ionic siren]

NO WAY ITS FIVE PM?

[ashen burrow]

i dont remember anymore

i can check the yale portal in like 2 hours

if you want

[ionic siren]

lemme check rn

oh 5pm is REA

7pm is RD NOOOOOOOO

i wanted it to come out earlier

[ashen burrow]

LOL

7 PM

OH

YES

UPENN ED WAS ALSO 7 PM

WAIT FUCK

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

[ionic siren]

NOOOOO

[ashen burrow]

I HAVE 4 IVIES COMING AT 4:30 AM ON THE 28TH @ionic siren

[ionic siren]

LMFAO

[ionic siren]

will you be awake or will you sleep through it

whats the play

[ashen burrow]

what do you think bro 😭

ofc i stay up

it's ivies

[ionic siren]

okay thats real

i probably couldnt sleep anyways

and then whether i get accepted or rejected i probably wont be able to sleep after

💀

[ashen burrow]

real

bro ima be doing like 5 all nighters @ionic siren

[ionic siren]

😭 😭

[ashen burrow]

all of the decisions are likely to come at unearthly hours for me

[ionic siren]

sleep

sleep

[ashen burrow]

in the daytime

decisions grind is eternal

waiting for decisions

[ionic siren]

😭 😭

cant believe this will all be over in like

20 days max

what a time of my life

[ashen burrow]

well

22 if you want to be annoying about it

but aint nobody releasing decisions on april 1st

april fools acceptance ☠️

[ionic siren]

is that nyu

georgetown maybe??

[ashen burrow]

shit you might be right

[ashen burrow]

i didnt apply georgetown

[ionic siren]

yeah but i did 👅

[ashen burrow]

aura

[ionic siren]

no you

[old turtle]

damn. Good luck babes!

[ancient blaze]

East or west QHASTI is the best

[old turtle]

I might grab lunch in Princeton on Thursday. Lots of new stuff, all the old places are gone 😢

[humble stream]

give us a review of wherever you end up eating 😋

[old turtle]

I think most "traditional" would be going to Winberries. Most college like would be hoagie haven. Most me would be crashing charter and them being like wtf

[tough juniper]

https://applyingto.college/decision-calendar/class-of-2026/stanford-university-rd

[ashen burrow]

isnt it pseudo confirmed for march 28th? idk

[tough juniper]

Oh yes

[ashen burrow]

based on trend

[tough juniper]

Just saying some schools have done the 1st before

[ashen burrow]

"you got accepted. sike april fools"

[tough juniper]

Oh that was a great April fools for us

[tough juniper]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/ttr7ne/ra2c_establishes_new_marketing_posting_policy

Both the discord and subreddit automodded “Stanford”

and we locked the Stanford thread until decisions released

[ashen burrow]

whoa

[wise marsh]

fwiw stanford has only done april 1 when the last friday of march falls on the 25th

[fathom atlas]

!quant

[silver swift]

Ding!

Looks like someone's brought up quant again!

I think it’d be better if you analyzed some grass instead.

Used 1848 times.

[ionic terrace]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1183753928580542556/caption.gif?ex=65897bc1&is=657706c1&hm=b343114ce5f8240b8c592bfc11ac8366dea28ac5c1be8a5fb2f34efd6053413e&

[velvet kayak]

good evening

[humble stream]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1315674572556865596/caption.gif

[long cairn]

Just got this in duolingo 💀

[fathom atlas]

MANIFESTATION!

[long cairn]

YESSIR!

(I didn't apply)

[left field]

do i even want princeton atp

[old turtle]

if you got in, would you go?

[rocky fern]

I’ll take it idc give me

😼

[old turtle]

man, prestige psychology be a drug

[thin sphinx]

hell of a drug at that

[old turtle]

I mean, I get it. I often want to get what other people want, which I guess is adjacent to prestige psychology

[velvet kayak]

I want to justify my elitism

[fair marsh]

Boi don’t ask me

[ionic siren]

graham spotted

[velvet kayak]

honestly just withdraw ur app asap

it’s not worth finding out

[left field]

it was a rhetorical question

after my interview about woodrow wilson

i kinda wanna see if my interviewer did something positive

[velvet kayak]

interviews are useless

i hate em so much

we should have TMUA type tests smh

[left field]

i loved them

[clear yoke]

HELL NO

[old turtle]

success comes in many forms, many of which are not expressed by a test

[velvet kayak]

interview isn’t expressing any of it either 🙏

[old turtle]

I never said it did

let me rephrase, there are important things that you can pick up in an interview, but those characteristics alone are not enough for admittance to Princeton

[velvet kayak]

Yes but it’s such a terrible aspect to consider

[ionic siren]

the interview? or the test?

[velvet kayak]

if you’re going to waste an hour of my time, give me a test on the subject i apply got

[velvet kayak]

intview

[old turtle]

damn, so you got no personality

[ionic siren]

well the interview is to see who you are as a person

they already have plenty of test scores from you

[ionic siren]

💀 💀

[old turtle]

soryr, if someone's going to be a dick, I'm going to respond in kind until I get bored and leave

ha, you can't even get the numbers right

[velvet kayak]

so the leaving part comes now?

[ionic siren]

they're not the judges though, they're frequently your advocates

interviewers are there to be an additional positive voice in the committee for you

they can attest to non-numerical things that will push you over the line

[velvet kayak]

they have ECs and awards and essays for that

[lunar rose]

It’s worth noting that there are few interviewers that do not abide by this principle.

They are human after all

[ionic siren]

this is true

[lunar rose]

I personally like the interview system

[old turtle]

so some kid is going to attack someone trying to give good advice? good idea bro

[lunar rose]

??

[ionic siren]

LMFAO

[old turtle]

not you, the anotherdamnaccounts kid

[velvet kayak]

there’s no attack on the person?

just the structure of it being considered in admissions

penn does it pretty well

[old turtle]

Penn's a safety school

[velvet kayak]

yeah, so?

that doesn’t mean it’s admissions practices are bad

[old turtle]

doesn't mean Princeton's is bad either

[lunar rose]

Penn is probably the second most legacy loyal school of the ivies

[velvet kayak]

Not objectively, just in my opinion

[lunar rose]

Why don’t you like interviews

[velvet kayak]

Explained that above but Princeton unc’s going to lash out if i keep hating on them

[ionic siren]

bro interviewers were so fun ngl this is a personal opinion but i loved talking to the alumni

[velvet kayak]

so no further comment

[ionic siren]

your alternative solution was that you should take a test instead of an interview i dont think many people are gonna be with you on that one 😭 😭

[old turtle]

I don't care, just try to be positive here

[ionic siren]

W

[old turtle]

this is not a positive conversation about anything any of us have any influence over

[lunar rose]

Me too. I definitely made mistakes during my interviews but it was definitely a productive and enjoyable rewarding experience

[ionic siren]

this is the right mindset

[past venture]

i loved interviews even if they had little bearing on my decision LMAO

[lunar rose]

Hi I know this was finished off but I wholeheartedly disagree. You can gauge the quality of one’s character from a brief interaction. In admissions, this is only possible through interviews.

[cosmic notch]

I agree tbh

I don’t love interviews but if you aren’t a great person most ppl won’t rate you highly

[lunar rose]

I feel like this is brought up a lot in the context of admissions but one’s fit for a school is a very real thing. They aren’t looking for you to change for them, they’re looking for people that can change them. No test score would let me know if you’re a real person.

[ancient sky]

my princeton interview wasn’t the best but i still remember making this old, emotionless guy burst out laughing and i still cherish that 😭😭😭 i remember thinking he hated me but i wrote him a follow-up email and he actually didn’t hate me like i thought

[lunar rose]

This is sweet

[ancient sky]

interviews are just so stressful and people tend to hyperfixate on their smallest mistakes 😭 i can understand what the guy from earlier is trying to say but a test or something like that would make it impossible for a rural student like me to ever get in

[cosmic notch]

Guys do the Princeton AOs seriously consider interviews

Like I left out some stuff in my supplementals which I thought were improtant

But I talk abt them a lot in my interview

[ancient sky]

you can check the common data set, iirc it’s important but not AS important as other stuff

let me check for you rq

[cosmic notch]

I think it’s “considered” but like

To what extent?

[lunar rose]

There’s an admissions officer who comments under all of the posts on A2C pertaining to Princeton interviews

[lunar rose]

From what I’ve seen he says yes they do matter but only if you receive a resoundingly negative report or a resoundingly positive report

[ancient sky]

yeah that would make sense

[old turtle]

That's very similar to the mit chart

[fair marsh]

True

[median zealot]

My home

[old turtle]

Wts, all the classrooms in Frist are now offices?!?

There has been, and always will be one good way to look at this statue

[median zealot]

yea

Well I still think they have some classes

McGraw is there

[median zealot]

That statue is funny

[crimson jackal]

oh

[thin sphinx]

what an intriguing statue

[fair marsh]

My shaylaaaaaa

[fair marsh]

Wait huh

Also the wifi not working is blowing me

[ancient blaze]

Guys is your Princeton fin aid portal opening?

[velvet kayak]

they have a fin aid portal?

[ancient blaze]

Yes inside the portal
At the end ☠️

[fair marsh]

Theyre having technical difficulties rn

[heavy breach]

Lortal

speaking of

i have to finish that

lol

im fired

[ancient blaze]

Link shows
"freshman login"

Something is fishy

[old turtle]

I spent 20 minutes trying to get into puvisitor before I gave up and hot spotted

[ancient blaze]

So it means nothing?

[ancient sky]

probably means nothing

link says the same thing for me, i think it’s just technical difficulties

[ancient blaze]

Probably

[ancient blaze]

Or we are both in (delulu is the solulo)

[ancient sky]

LMAO i’ve already given up ngl 😭😭

[rocky fern]

I have it too

.loginFreshman

I think it’s everyone

[ancient blaze]

💔

[woeful loom]

Where does it say login freshman?

[ancient blaze]

URL

[woeful loom]

Oh yeah mine says that too

[rocky fern]

Dam

Nvm

[woeful loom]

Unless we all got in 💀

[ancient blaze]

Negative sergeant

[rocky fern]

are we all seriously thinking we might get admitted like be so fr rn 🥀

i know im not

[velvet kayak]

I know I’m not in

My sources tell me

[median zealot]

All of princeton's web services were having a stroke today

What you guys were seeing was probably nothing special

[ionic siren]

you must hold out hope

you must have faith

[rocky fern]

Smh

[placid trench]

some oit thing right

[median zealot]

Yes it made doing my work impossible 😭

[clear yoke]

it’s like a semi-modern Oxford lol it looks amazing

[cosmic notch]

princeton let me in 🙏

[placid trench]

on god plssssss

[woeful trout]

is it an issue if i haven't done the finaid

[old turtle]

nope.

at least, afaik

[woeful trout]

ok bc i'm def still interested in pton

i just...keep postponing it bc my parents have no idea where our tax papers went

[charred hinge]

just do it now bro

[woeful trout]

idk where my papers are

[charred hinge]

find them cause after decision you'll not get aid i think

when does pton come out tho??

[woeful trout]

end of this month

[charred hinge]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[old turtle]

If you get in, they'll ask you to do the paperwork. If you don't get in, then they won't 🤷‍♂️

[charred hinge]

did you guys get anywhere else

[old turtle]

I think most people are waiting for 3/27

[charred hinge]

real

[woeful trout]

yes but waiting for pton <3

[charred hinge]

whats up with the trump removing funding from unis

will pton be effected by it??

[wanton kernel]

I believe it’s mostly grad/phd programs affected heavily but then again I could be wrong

that’s just what I’ve seen so far

[old turtle]

Research universities get research funding from the government for pretty much all useful topics

So that's basically all the brand name fields in all the brand name schools

Grad students are funded on these government grants

Most of the time

So he's threatening to eat our young

[rancid lion]

I'm curious to see if the alumni networks of prestigious schools are able to put any pressure in government.. given that some of them contain prominent individuals

[old turtle]

Lol, I discussed this with one of my friends. But unfortunately, the guy we know of is one of the "most inflexible, black/white thinkers I have ever known."

[rancid lion]

Oh well..

[rancid linden]

this surely wont affect pure math right

[lofty aspen]

why wouldn't it?

I'd expect it would be a net detriment to like, all research in general. but if you're an undergrad student, it probably won't directly affect you yet.

[rancid linden]

i dont think the government is particularly intersted in pure math

applied math yes

pure math resarch doesnt have much interest though

[pulsar geode]

can't get any worse than it is now fr

[old turtle]

I think a lot of math funding is NSF funding, which is under attack

NIH grants are getting flat out cancelled, which is unheard of

[median zealot]

It's affecting undergrads too

since a lot of ppl here are into research

Some ppl I know are having their summer lab positions canceled cuz of this

[old turtle]

F.

Next time I'm on campus, I gotta meet some of you

Didn't know it was spring break 😅

[median zealot]

Oh yeah lol

Was campus dead when you were there

[old turtle]

Yeah, I took a meeting in Frist 305(?) the big Einstein classroom

I should've just swung for the fences and gone McCosh 10

[median zealot]

Ohh yess

that classroom is such a vibe

Highly doubt I will ever have a lecture in there

[lofty aspen]

I see

[old turtle]

I never had a lecture there. But I have studied in there, and now taken a work meeting there 😅

The actual tables for the students are tiny

Actually no, that's a lie, I went to COS 126 lectures there

[white marten]

Hello Princeton thread long time no see

[old turtle]

Heeeeey!!!! At this point, would you even go if you got in?

[ancient blaze]

YES DEF

[serene tinsel]

i think hes talkin to mr caltech-mit lol

[old turtle]

Oh, I meant John

John be taking ass and kicking names

[wanton kernel]

sheesh mit

okayyyy

[white marten]

Uhhhhhh

[wanton kernel]

are you goin for astro or is your username a trick

[white marten]

Yes

Astro

[wanton kernel]

nice

im applyin astro as well

[steep thistle]

You switched to ECE?

[median zealot]

Yea I did

[green finch]

I applied ECE is it gas

[median zealot]

ece is gas bro

challenging but fun for sure

I feel like while you can get a lot out of CS at princeton, there's so much more hands-on experience and knowledge to gain with ECE

but I'm doing the data and information concentration most likely so it's going to end up being theory and software anyway lmao

[green finch]

Lmfao got it

I’m not getting in anyways but that’s cool lol

[median zealot]

have hope

[green finch]

Princeton hasn’t accepted a kid from my school in 5 years and I live in NJ

[median zealot]

Ur gonna be the first in five years

[green finch]

We send a kid to penn like every year and cornell and shit but not princeton- like even our gov school guy last year got wled

Oh well

[green finch]

Hope so

[wanton kernel]

the one other person from my school who applied committed to UT and doesnt wanna withdraw which is wild to me but oh whale

[green finch]

Yo wtf

[median zealot]

breh

[wanton kernel]

my dream school too but she dont wannna

they accept one from my school every year too but

it is what it is yk may the best get in which is okie

[median zealot]

Are they going to uncommit from UT if they get in lmao

[wanton kernel]

nah they got the acres scholarship or whatever its called

[median zealot]

Gotcha

[median zealot]

It's not set in stone

like my school historically sent

0 ppl

[wanton kernel]

tru

[median zealot]

but last year they admitted 2

[wanton kernel]

🙏

[median zealot]

Anything can happen

• they're expanding class sizes this year soo

[wanton kernel]

i feel liike my major astro is easier to get in to as well whcih might help but oh whale

[wanton kernel]

oh fr

[median zealot]

They don't admit by major

[wanton kernel]

didnt know that

[wanton kernel]

oh... oh well 🙂

[median zealot]

yeah it's some multiyear plan that they've been doing idk

[wanton kernel]

thats cool tho

[median zealot]

astro is cool i have a good friend who's an astro major

[wanton kernel]

its nice hearing that unis expand their class

[median zealot]

The math gets so abstract tho

I get so confused bruh

[wanton kernel]

yea i love astro i do like everything astro

they have a great program there too

[median zealot]

I was sitting in data structures and algorithms lecture

and this dude

in front of me

was creating a simulation of an accretion disk

[wanton kernel]

thats awesome wow

[median zealot]

it was sick

[wanton kernel]

thats so cool

[median zealot]

but also

so random

[green finch]

Yeah tbf

[median zealot]

LMAO

[wanton kernel]

yea but just wow

[green finch]

We hadn’t had a duke in a few years

And this year we had two

So ig you never know

For the same major too

It was wild

[median zealot]

Duke is so chill

[wanton kernel]

astro is just the coolest major (no bias trust)

[median zealot]

Beautiful campus

well rounded program

good student life

[green finch]

Yeah def

[median zealot]

what is there to dislike

[wanton kernel]

tru duke is great

[green finch]

I applied RD

But I like pton more

For me it goes like

[wanton kernel]

i didnt apply tho kinda regret it but

not a top tier astro program tho

[green finch]

Princeton > harvard/penn/duke > columbia/cornell/northwestern

For my RDs

[median zealot]

bro put harvard and duke in the same category

[green finch]

I got deferred from gtech as well so that’s somewhere in there too but it depends on the costs for those programs

[median zealot]

nah that's chill

[wanton kernel]

ive lowk got nothin back yet p much cept UofT

[steep thistle]

I was the first from my school to get into Princeton

You’re good

[median zealot]

Luck is the goat

[steep thistle]

Nah

[green finch]

One of my friends lowkey sold by not applying princeton though

He’s cracked at band and shit

[median zealot]

Music is highly valued here

[green finch]

He thought he wouldn’t get in

Yeah

I told him so

[median zealot]

moreso orcehstra I think

[wanton kernel]

my friend had like 10 MIT awards and a rec from a department chair at MIT and DIDNT apply MIT

[median zealot]

orchestra*

[wanton kernel]

i was astounded

[median zealot]

wtf

That's a power move

holy shit

[wanton kernel]

he told me and i was shocked

[median zealot]

good for him (??)

[green finch]

Is it?

[wanton kernel]

i guess?? idk ig we will see these next 2 weeks

[median zealot]

If it's for a good reason

like he knows he wouldn't be happy there

idk

[wanton kernel]

maybe? idk i haven't talked to him too deep bout it but

his ecs are like all from MIT programs and research assistance its wild

he was perf for the MIT app but oh well

[median zealot]

damn

I mean

I know ppl here who got into MIT

and did a bunch of stuff there

but didn't like the culture

[wanton kernel]

that might be it tbh

[green finch]

I didn’t apply to MIT

[wanton kernel]

that would make sense

[green finch]

Cause of the culture

[median zealot]

or they appreciated the experience but decided it wasn't what they wanted to do for the next 4 years

[wanton kernel]

me either

[wanton kernel]

ah yeah

[green finch]

Same with CMU

[median zealot]

MIT definitely less chill than here

[wanton kernel]

great astro program tho 🤓

[median zealot]

takes a specific type of person to survive mit culture

[wanton kernel]

tru

[green finch]

I think I could I just

Wouldn’t be happy

[median zealot]

Yea I didn't like CMU

when you have a considerable number of ppl talking negatively about the culture and the program

Doesn't seem like a healthy place to be

[wanton kernel]

my friend committed there

[median zealot]

i mean some people would thrive there fs

but

I'm trying to like

[wanton kernel]

idk it was his dream tho so and hes the type to thrive there

[median zealot]

be happy too LMAO

[green finch]

Yeah same lol

Princeton’s stressful fs

But it’s not like CMU

I can deal with that

And it’s more well rounded

That’s important to me

[hard palm]

Yeah that's valid

[sudden sky]

Did Qhasti leave again

[hard palm]

I've definitely really struggled with this and the views I hear are so incredibly dichotomous. Like on one hand I could see it being awesome, or hell, and I just don't know how I can fully know

[median zealot]

I think

It's easy to let all of these voices get to you

I mean I've heard the same thing about princeton

but like

really the experience is what you make of it

who u surround urself with

[velvet kayak]

grade inflation helps

[median zealot]

💀

Our deflation isn't that bad anymore

[velvet kayak]

I’ve heard avg climbed to like a 3.3

[median zealot]

It's cuz most classes don't curve down anymore

they're still hard as fuck and if the average is a 40, they say "remember in the syllabus that we're not curving any exams"

but if everyone gets an A they're happy with keeping that distribution

so in that sense deflation is gone

[velvet kayak]

sounds like the average engineering class

[median zealot]

fr

[hard palm]

Wise words lava thank you 🙏

I'll probably wait for all my acceptances before making a decision but it's def going to be hard

[velvet kayak]

I’ve heard some classes do 50% A/ 50% B

and others do 3rd A, 3rd B, 3rd C

[median zealot]

Remember that wherever you go I think you'll be happy

as long as you focus on your wellbeing

and surround urself with good ppl

[velvet kayak]

college admissions doesn’t feel stressful

[hard palm]

True true

[velvet kayak]

the other 3 years were the bad part

I’ve lowkey chilled out so much this year

[wanton kernel]

im lowk worried cus where i will (probably) end up is UofT which has insane grade deflation apparently

[hard palm]

I think the part I'll struggle with at any top school is limiting myself, which is definitely something I've heard from a lot of people lol

[velvet kayak]

Waiting is kinda annoying tho

[median zealot]

like not doing enough?

[velvet kayak]

like ts pmo icl j drop the results

[hard palm]

As in there's so much I could do but I would easily get overwhelmed if I tried to do it all

[hard palm]

real lol

[median zealot]

Oh

There's two types of ppl

there are the ppl who spread themselves out thin and put in very little effort in a lot of things

and those who don't do much for the first sem or two

you should find a happy medium

[hard palm]

Wise words again 🙏

I totally agree haha, thanks

[median zealot]

i gotchu

ur gonna hear similar stuff

from a lotta ppl

[dawn sentinel]

did anyone here do any summer programs?
I got waitlisted from YYGS and rejected from rsi ugh

[lunar rose]

Pedophilia

[white marten]

Dude

[sudden sky]

Delete this bruh

Embarrassing for you

[lunar rose]

#1268143116351832124 message

[sudden sky]

Oh

Yo wtf

That’s insane bruh

I never expected that from Unc

[lunar rose]

Me neither

[hard palm]

Wow that's wild

And unfortunate

[median zealot]

Oh shit

Damn that’s really unfortunate

[white marten]

Apparently it wasn’t even weird stuff

Someone who he dmed just told me that they talked about sparkling water 💀

[fathom atlas]

i feel like the only human being that didn't get a princeton interview

[keen compass]

ok but is qhasti actually 40+ years old

that is just beyond insane

[woeful trout]

i didn't either

[keen compass]

princeton's is pretty random

for interviews

[woeful trout]

but i'd say i'm a strong enough applicant so idc too much

[fathom atlas]

we're the chosen ones. i think they give like 80% interviews so i was bumped down a bit lol

[lofty aspen]

isn't it pretty much solely based on availability

[fathom atlas]

also for internationals?

[lofty aspen]

I'd assume so

it'd be weird to have merit based interview offers only for international students

so I wouldn't worry about it, it's not indicative of whether or not you were a strong applicant

[past venture]

me with harvard interview 😭

[woeful trout]

dww

[fathom atlas]

with or without?

[rocky fern]

eeek i feel like my interview might actually carry me youve gotta be so stacked

[past venture]

i didn't get a harvard one

i got duke and yale interviews + columbia audit though 😭

[fathom atlas]

oh same

[fathom atlas]

i applied to duke and yale but didnt get any
got only stanford and dartmouth

[past venture]

dshjfkal ngl im really confused about the no interview

i do live in like a middle of nowhere midwest state though

[wanton kernel]

I didn’t

Or a Dartmouth one tbh…

I might be cooked

[green finch]

Harvard mid af anyways

[tough juniper]

It doesn’t need to be straight up pedophilia to be weird like I found it weird he noticed things like a hs senior deleting her account or saying “oh [insert banned hs senior] appealed” in response to a really disgusting anonymous message we received implying he knew who sent it and did not care to intervene as an adult

And when he noticed things it’s was always about a banned group

Never people who were actually on the server

[tough juniper]

Correct

[velvet kayak]

40+ and still doing a phd??

[keen compass]

Hang up the lab coat bruh

[hard palm]

Real lmao

[tough juniper]

Not still, he’s starting a new one afaik

Not sure if he had one before

But at least this program is a newly starting one

[hard palm]

That makes more sense

[sturdy acorn]

.

[humble stream]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1315674572556865596/caption.gif

[charred hinge]

Same

[humble stream]

u guys are all in it tgt dont worry about interviews its most likely just bc nobody was available

[hard palm]

Real

[jade sage]

Yeah I got my interview request the day after I submitted, they definitely don’t prescreen

[frank pike]

I also got the same person who three other people from my school got, so it's definitely assigned to location and availability and not by "this person is good"

whom*

[twin adder]

how r yall

[hard palm]

Chilling

But also need to lock in because I've been watching too many college vlogs since I got accepted 💀

[keen compass]

qhastiiiiiiiii

[velvet kayak]

I’m literally so locked out

I’m dipping halfway through the week for vacation foo

[jade sage]

Same, my last day of school is Wednesday lol

[tiny peak]

R they accepting any more updates

I sent one in but haven’t received a reply

I got one

But not for today

The last response I got was from

2/17

[wanton kernel]

I asked the girl from my school who’s already committed to UT why she doesn’t want to rescind her Princeton app and she said because her mom doesn’t want her too 😭

Oh well

[tiny peak]

So they probably added it to ur file

Wait there’s no upload button on the portal tho

So I could only email

?

Oh I don’t have it

I’m QB tho

[twin adder]

yall its gonna be fine

updates wont make or break most likely anyway

[twin adder]

i cant believe im about to be halfway done with princeton

crying screaming throwing up

[woeful trout]

congrats

[woeful trout]

in a good or bad way 💀

[hard palm]

That would be weird to think about ngl

Gl

[twin adder]

bad but also im actively trying to gap LMAO

[sudden sky]

I need to stop pretending I have any shot of getting in shouldn’t have even applied bruh

[ashen berry]

Hey don’t be like that. You never know if you don’t apply. I have had friends who had 3.5 GPAs get into UCI and UVA

[raven spoke]

your chances of getting in go down to zero if u never applied :))

[candid prism]

hey guys look it's Princeton

normalize romanticizing colleges you don't go to

[velvet kayak]

looks like camden, nj

[median zealot]

What’s the occasion

[candid prism]

I live 15 minutes away from Princeton

And was vibing in town

Also

Where should I get boba

Bro I went to Mtea today it was so ass

[humble stream]

wait i want to know too

[cosmic notch]

does notre dame waitlist mean i'm uncompetitive for princeton-

[jade sage]

Same thought, but you’ll find out if you are competitive in a week

Just try to relax

[humble stream]

different schools look for different people, it ain’t over til it’s over

[velvet kayak]

kung fu tea

[median zealot]

Bruh

What did you get from mtea

[median zealot]

Kft is actually the worst chain on nassau fr

I like mtea sm more

Junbi is decent

Go to ficus if you’re willing to go on the trek

[jade sage]

Princeton please accept me so I can join Whig-Clio and be happy

[median zealot]

No

[humble stream]

which has the best milk teas

[velvet kayak]

only good for matcha latte

awful boba

[velvet kayak]

gong cha probably the best in the area

[candid prism]

taro

[candid prism]

yeah that's fine

what's good from ficus

not going in raw again 😭

[candid prism]

my friends brother used to be president of whig clio

[jade sage]

Can he put in a good word

[candid prism]

i got rejected from nyu and uva and accepted to amherst and Georgetown lol

[jade sage]

Guys I’ll take anything atp

[candid prism]

he graduated alr :/

[jade sage]

I was jk lol

If I’m being fr, Princeton will probably flat out reject me

But it doesn’t happen until it happens so I’ll try to be hopeful

[candid prism]

statistically ur righht

96~97% chance

[jade sage]

Yeah

Hopefully one of the Ivies

But the Yale rejection, Michigan deferral, and Notre Dame waitlist kinda made me hopeless

[candid prism]

it's ok king i only got disappointment on ivy dau

now I'm living the life

[jade sage]

If all else fails I have W&M

[median zealot]

Wait I prefer their boba over kft

[median zealot]

What happened last time 💀

[velvet kayak]

huh

the tapioca feels off

[velvet kayak]

did you apply to williams?

[candid prism]

mtea was just so fucking bad bruh

[candid prism]

yea got WL

among lacs i applied to amh midd williams got into amh/midd and wl willliams

[placid trench]

bro I need princeton on god 😭

[jade sage]

I need Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, or Duke bro

Just one

[median zealot]

What did you get 😭😭

[velvet kayak]

I need Princeton, Duke, Williams, Columbia or Brown

literally feining for it

[candid prism]

taro

[candid prism]

wuck filliams trust you don't want to go there

[velvet kayak]

I wanted to apply to amherst

but then I realized I already spent 1.6k on app fees

also brown parents were already pissed I applied to 1 LAC so 2 would be pushing it

[candid prism]

lmao I'm brown asw

[candid prism]

i bet you could've gotten the waiver if you asked tbh theyre very lenient

[velvet kayak]

I’ve been too shy to ask for feedback waivers cuz my parents make too much money

oh well, it is what it is

[median zealot]

Damn

I thought their taro was good 😭

Maybe my taste in boba is cooked

[candid prism]

really???? idk it tasted like sugar water to me

if you want good boba

tenone (Massachusetts chain) is rlly good

wait also just

as a Princeton area local

I'm so curious as to what your knowledge of this place is ngl

like i grew up here flat out

[median zealot]

Lmao

Im generally aware of the restaurants around here

And the chains

And like some of the parks

[candid prism]

what about like stuff not downtown?

like

[median zealot]

But that’s about it

[candid prism]

roots

that's my fav asian restaurant

[median zealot]

Roots? The restaurant?

Yea

[candid prism]

it's in Princeton municipality but not downtown pton

not the steakhouse

the one in a strip mall

[median zealot]

I know of it because of Beli

[candid prism]

omg i love beli

highly recommend roots

Indian food in the area is also really good

[median zealot]

I’ll have to go sometime

[candid prism]

because we've taken over Mercer county lmao

[median zealot]

Yes that’s what people say

[median zealot]

fr

[candid prism]

you ever heard of "West windia"?

just the term

[median zealot]

No LMAO

[candid prism]

interesting

West windsor

town adjacent to Princeton

50% ish asian

it's diverse in that there's many different asian ethnicities but indians def are biggest

do you know anyone from Lawrenceville by any chance?

[median zealot]

The name is fitting

[median zealot]

I probably do

But like

Not off of the top of my head

[candid prism]

there's so many people from lville (it's the hs i went to) at Princeton lol