Harvard University (2025-2026)

[pliant flame]

do you know zahra ronizi or wilson cheung

they are in your class

[vast vigil]

nah i dont know ppl fr

[pliant flame]

aww

i miss anneberg

[vast vigil]

i always learn about new people in the class

like i couldnt name u a single humanities major im ngl

[pliant flame]

whats your major

[vast vigil]

neuro and psych

[pliant flame]

do you know nadine lee

xd

[vast vigil]

no

[pliant flame]

or chris bauch he's a senior

[vast vigil]

no

why do u know so many people

[uneven hare]

bro is generating names 😭 🙏

[pliant flame]

i go to a feeder boarding school

and i was at the harvard 7 week summer program

[vast vigil]

oh yeah i dont talk to rich people that much

that would be why

[pliant flame]

i see

do you know rishab jain

[vast vigil]

only through linkedin

[pliant flame]

aaa alr he's my distant cousin

[uneven hare]

😭

[pliant flame]

did you get in rea or rd

because rn

[vast vigil]

Rea

[pliant flame]

im wondering if i should add more supplemental material

for rea

[vast vigil]

Submit and forget is a better method

realistically nothing you submit now will change anything unless you won the nobel prize

[pliant flame]

but now its official and i wonder if it would make any difference rementioning

[uneven hare]

if you already put it on no

[gritty sequoia]

pro tip don't admit to saying something that wasn't true

[icy tapir]

do yall know when official committee started

[gritty sequoia]

no

[icy tapir]

cuz the date on my portal

suddenly changed so

im wondering if that means they sttarted

cause my local time is different to theirs (im an international student)

[opal violet]

wait what date

[icy tapir]

like the date i submitted stuff

has been fixed to US time

and not my local time

[opal violet]

ohh

idk sorry

[icy tapir]

nah it's fine was just wondering

[uneven hare]

this doesnt mean anything

[crimson summit]

official committee has definitely ended by now bro

[icy tapir]

yeah that’s why i asked when it started 😭😭

[uneven hare]

ehhhhh

[tiny sable]

thats not true --people still have interviews 10 or so days before. people prob think that because finaid packages take time to process but those things are decided concurrently along with admissions. im sure ur fine either way, they won't fault you for something that was ur counselor's doing

[uneven hare]

never trust anything on reddit lol

[crimson summit]

yo mb bro 💀 i think its after the interview deadline which was like nov twenty-something

[blazing finch]

guys what is this school? is it like a liberal arts college or smth

[potent inlet]

someone please 😭 might be fried afterwardws

[muted bluff]

no. i think its this small state school

umass cambridge

like 2000 undergrads

kinda small

[uneven hare]

i mean do you think you're gonna get a lot more updates

[dawn radish]

Call them and ask

[potent inlet]

its two awards

it will def help my application but i was not fully sure if i should in case they alr made their decision (cuz in that case if i got deferred i could provide them the update then, but there is also a possibility they take another look at my app?)

[potent inlet]

hmm good idea

[vagrant hearth]

im feeling kinda delusional rn

[potent inlet]

me too gang

we getting in

https://tenor.com/view/mega-knight-clash-royale-clash-of-clans-pekka-gif-9493443644511047740

[ashen dawn]

tell them now

theoretically they haven’t made a decision yet

[thorny harbor]

did this happen this year

[next ivy]

🔥

[potent inlet]

thank you

[thorny harbor]

@vast vigil why is your whole school on r/a2c rn
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/C3UAz5azyF

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/XwtXkdg1z3

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/QRuhMg8L5M

All of these in the last day

[vast vigil]

I have no idea

nerds am i right

[potent inlet]

do you go to tatte

[vast vigil]

no

[quiet glacier]

Wrong

Faro beats Tattes any day but it’s still incredible

[uneven hare]

LMAO WHAT

[thorny harbor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/BL8VeaDDle

Good prep for you all

[kind carbon]

wait do u just upload a pdf document with the award description to the portal

[potent inlet]

i was highkey going to email [email protected]

[kind carbon]

i just received an award i wanted to mention as well 😭

[kind carbon]

did u do it yet or nah

[potent inlet]

not yet

probably sending it today

[kind carbon]

is this like a legit way

[potent inlet]

might just be

cuz what if i was put in the defer/reject pile

and now they consider

again

that'd be tough ash

[kind carbon]

what is this email designated for

[potent inlet]

sorry maybe wrong email

in a previous

they said this

"To ensure delivery of emails, be sure to add [email protected] and [email protected] to your address book. For Gmail users, please drag this email from the Promotions to the Primary tab to continue to receive updates in your inbox."

[kind carbon]

the website says to submit it thru the portal tho

[potent inlet]

uhh lemme check rq

i see it

[kind carbon]

“We understand that you might receive new recognitions or awards after you’ve submitted your application. We welcome the submission of this additional notable information. You may upload information about notable accomplishments and awards using the Applicant Portal.”

[potent inlet]

yea i see it

[kind carbon]

r u still gonna send via email

[potent inlet]

lowkey yeah

[kind carbon]

is there a higher likelihood of them seeing it or smth

[potent inlet]

im hoping so

realistically

ill do both

[kind carbon]

smart

[potent inlet]

yea, upload on portal but email telling them as well so max chance of them seeing it

and them not sliming us out

and we can in

hell yeah

[kind carbon]

where do they say this

[potent inlet]

it was in one of the emails

titled "Confirming Your Application To Harvard
"

[kind carbon]

ohh aight

[potent inlet]

yuh

[kind carbon]

ty bro

gl with ur app

[potent inlet]

thanks man you too

[muted bluff]

what… tatte sucks

i only go to tatte if im going to di hella work

but i prefer the shitty bagel place on jfk to tatte

[uneven hare]

uploading it to the portal was the way to do it in my year

[uneven hare]

im pretty sure the person doing the emails is a file room person not an admissions person

unless you have an AO contact which most people don't it doesn't make sense to email for every update. it also doesn't hurt, but don't get your hopes up

[muted bluff]

if you can find your regional ao it could help

[kind carbon]

how do u find regional aos

[muted bluff]

idk some colleges have lists of regional aos

u could try to find for havard

[icy patrol]

i haven't been here in forever

[kind carbon]

idt they want ppl contacting regional aos cuz they dont make it public

[uneven hare]

^^

when i said that, i didn't mean that you should go hunt down a regional AO

[potent inlet]

yo did you take a gap

[uneven hare]

yep

on gap rn

[potent inlet]

dope

[wary obsidian]

the harvard campus looks so cool

[opal violet]

hey guys so ive previously uploaded a pdf of my research abstract that i submitted to a conference to my additional materials section; i just got notified today that it was accepted to the conference! how should i update that? the additional materials section does say it takes application updates (and it's preferred over email), so should i just type it out in a doc and upload that?

[vagrant hearth]

Is it too late to submit a conference abstract now?

I figured it woulda been repetitive for me to upload it if I already put the link in my honors links section

[vagrant hearth]

They discussed uploading new materials above in this thread

[opal violet]

yea since i already submitted the actual abstract before i was thinking of just giving like an update to the conference acceptance status

[vagrant hearth]

Yeah u should but idk if they’d check since we get results in 8 days 😭😭

[opal violet]

LMAO yea

[vagrant hearth]

I lowkey sold bro I put the links to my abstract but idk if they’ll look

I shoulda just uploaded it in case

[opal violet]

thats okay i feel like ppl who look at the stuff look at the research more than like where it goes

😭

[vagrant hearth]

Yeah they prolly don’t got time to read that much too

[opal violet]

its ok i realized i repeated some stuff in my additiona lsection (linked) and reuploaded to the actual portal

[opal violet]

yea fs

i was j wondering if i needed to submit like a whole doc for a 2 sentence update 💀

[vagrant hearth]

I’m not sure but being accepted to a conference is more of a big deal cuz it basically is another honor

So I’d add it

[opal violet]

hmmm thats true

u right

sigh i wish they had a message box thing it feels so weird submitting a doc thats mostly empty

but tbf it def doesnt matter lmao

thanks btw

[vagrant hearth]

Yeah np

[vagrant hearth]

Fr it’s kinda annoying we have to upload a file

[opal violet]

yea exactly 😭😭

[kind carbon]

do additional recs show up as being submitted on the application checklist section of the portal

cuz i submitted thru commonapp but the checklist didnt indicate anything regarding an additional rec

[dawn radish]

No

[stone compass]

hi

[restive sierra]

wait so is the 18th confirmed or is there still a chance it comes out tmr cause im getting anxious 😭

[stone compass]

no 100% 18th

[uneven hare]

confirmed

well the time is speculated

[jagged osprey]

truth

[crimson summit]

Yo does Harvard do grade checks or anything

Or has anyone experienced any "signs" of interest or wtv prior to admission for REA like counselor calls

[random aurora]

its coming on 18th??? WHY SO LATE

[spiral fable]

Has Harvard sent out information confirming the 18th, or is it just because they haven't sent anything out yet?

[vast vigil]

Qb letter confirmed it

Also if it was today they wouldve said something monday

[spiral fable]

Oh ok, thank you

Has anyone seen an update in the Applicant Portal, or does it still show the interviewer's name and stuff like that?

[vast vigil]

why not just check 💀

[spiral fable]

Because I haven't seen an update, and wanted to see if anyone else had

[vast vigil]

all ur portals are the same

[pliant flame]

yes, it took a bit to update though

[quiet glacier]

Bestie unrelated but I just saw that your roommate got together with the Brazilian Mexican guy

I love him he’s so nice

[random aurora]

um im sorry if this is stupid but my portal doesnt show anything except my info and the stuff ive submitted..? is that normal? i dont think i received an itnerview. idk if this is obvious

[void aspen]

What lol

[random aurora]

somebody said their portal shows their interviwers name and im wondering if everyone got an interview

i havent had a notif since i submitted is that normal, im like freaking out

[void aspen]

What that’s if they already got the interview email

[random aurora]

is it bad that i dint get one

did u get one?

[void aspen]

Yes two years ago

lol

[uneven hare]

when i applied my portal did not show my interviewers name ngl

maybe i didnt look at it closely enough

[crimson summit]

What changed?

[crimson summit]

Mine just has a section called "Alumni Interview Instructions" and within it it has lots of instructions, including my interviewer's name

[icy tapir]

Did anyone who contacted the fileroom or harvard edu to confirm their file was accepted get an email back like a few hours ago?

[vagrant hearth]

not everyone got an interview

it doesn't matter too much

[kind carbon]

Does uploading additional material thru the portal automatically append it to the admissions file

[icy tapir]

Yes

[uneven hare]

yes

[eager moth]

hi

[dawn radish]

They removed the ability to change whether or not ur applying for financial aid

[still spindle]

huh

is that significant?

[dawn radish]

Prob not but def means decisions r coming out next week

[still spindle]

bro I just want this to be over

[dawn radish]

I only have the instructions to apply for aid button now

[icy tapir]

ugh i saw princetion rea was MESSY

not great

wish harvard would just release quick like them but it had to be us

[uneven hare]

the decision date is already confirmed

Thursday, December 18, 2025

[dawn radish]

“confirmed” although I agree it’s prob the 18th nothing is confirmed until Harvard posts it on their website

[uneven hare]

that's not how it works they have zero obligation to post it

[icy tapir]

but they usually do

[uneven hare]

the QB letter officially says the decision day is 18th

[dawn radish]

This isn’t really an argument it’s not confirmed until Harvard says restrictive early action decisions are released on a certain day, and if they never say it then it’s never confirmed until they actually do come out

[icy tapir]

agreed

[dawn radish]

It doesn’t explicitly state that’s when Rea decisions are released

[uneven hare]

what other thing would they be releasing on that day

[uneven hare]

i'm using the a2calendar definition of confirmed

[dawn radish]

Again I’m not saying ur wrong I’m just saying it is not confirmed

[uneven hare]

our definition of confirmed is just different

a2c confirms each dates based on direct proof from the school

direct proof exists

that's what i'm saying

[dawn radish]

Indirect proof

Harvard never directly said when REA decisions will be released

[uneven hare]

the QB date is always the REA date

if the proof wasn't direct enough a2c wouldn't have confirmed the date

[dawn radish]

This is harvards first year doing QB

[uneven hare]

i was talking about QB not harvard

[lost dawn]

so i fear the letter tells applicants they will receive their official decision letters with the rest of the admitted students in december

they dont need to clarify rea

who else r they admitting in december…..?

[dawn radish]

If they don’t clarify then it’s not explicitly confirmed

It’s really not that big of a deal either

[lost dawn]

there is no other decision round being released in december

besides rea..

[uneven hare]

yeah 😭

[dawn radish]

I’m just saying Harvard hasn’t confirmed anything publicly

[uneven hare]

^ refer back to this

our definition of confirmed is just different

which is fine

[dawn radish]

confirmed by Harvard matters to me more than by a2c

[uneven hare]

sure

[lost dawn]

read the yellow

[uneven hare]

oh actually this is even more confirmation than i thought

yeah that's pretty explicit

nice

[still spindle]

what're we arguing abt?

[uneven hare]

a2c doesn't confirm it unless the school confirms it

[dawn radish]

okay? They will most likely say something officially on Monday instead of trying to figure something out through the qb letters is what I’m saying, that’s when it’ll be official

[uneven hare]

would you bet money on it not being the 18th

[lost dawn]

so in what world is harvard going to tell kids their acceptance letters will be posted with the rest of the early action decisions, tell them its dec 18, then proceed to “lie” to them by not making it “official” by an a2c discord user’s standards

[uneven hare]

i'm just curious

[dawn radish]

Why do you even care you’re going to Columbia 🫩

[dawn radish]

I’m not saying they’re lying

[lost dawn]

idt ur getting into havard if u cant read what that letter explicitly says…

[uneven hare]

you're just very certain i want to know the depth of your conviction

[dawn radish]

I am literally just saying it’s not official until they say REA decisions will be released on the 18th publicly

[uneven hare]

do you genuinely believe it's not the 18th

[dawn radish]

I don’t really care 😭 regardless of when it comes out won’t change the decision

[still spindle]

I mean, it basically is because it wouldn't make sense for them to NOT send out QB and REA acceptance letters at the same time

it's like process of elimination

[dawn radish]

🥺

[still spindle]

eliminating every possible answer until you're left with only one

[dawn radish]

…it’s still not official

[lost dawn]

in what world would they tell QB kids hey ur letter will be posted with the rest of EA applicants and then proceed to tell them they will be posted on the 18th just for them to lie to the qb kids and not post EA on the 18th

[icy tapir]

@dawn radish im with u

dw

i get it

[dawn radish]

Thank you

[restive sierra]

its not “official” but it is DEFINITELY going to be the 18th

[sly harness]

This is so random but is the "offer" in that spelled with a zero 😭

[icy tapir]

yeah agreed

[dawn radish]

Idc when it is the whole point im trying to make is that its just not official yet

[lost dawn]

questbridge isnt great w those

[sly harness]

Lmaoo

[lost dawn]

ive seen it on other qb matches as well

not just harvard

[sly harness]

That's kinda crazy

[vagrant hearth]

wdym

like not on time?

[dawn radish]

I think they mean they’ve seen a lot more rejections than deferrals anecdotally

[icy tapir]

yeah this

[uneven hare]

like people got cooked

[vagrant hearth]

do more from a2c usually get admitted?

[vagrant hearth]

oh so its changed

bro imagine harvard pulls up with the lower deferral rate

[dawn radish]

Well anecdotal information isn’t really the most reliable

[vagrant hearth]

yeah thats true every year is different

[uneven hare]

generally the a2c percentage of acceptance is higher than the official percentage of acceptance

[dawn radish]

And whether or not more a2c kids get in would be strictly correlational than causal

[vagrant hearth]

yeah prolly cuz theres a lotta cracked ppl here

[sly harness]

Response bias too lol

[uneven hare]

people that care more about college are more likely to both be in a college server and be more adequately prepared for college

[uneven hare]

yes

[uneven hare]

lol

[vagrant hearth]

yeah its just a survey at the end of teh day

cant know if its 100% true

[dawn radish]

Sure but being in A2C isn’t the reason they get in

[sly harness]

Congrats on columbia btw

[vagrant hearth]

a lotta ppl prolly gatekeep

[sly harness]

What r u majoring in

[uneven hare]

yes we're agreeing

why does this keep happening

[uneven hare]

thanks

[vagrant hearth]

why does what keep happening

[sly harness]

Lmao

[dawn radish]

It’s fate

[thorny harbor]

Is this deadass https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DSJFoJDDMwg

[potent inlet]

ts aura

[devout wave]

princeton refugee signing in

[still spindle]

ooof

sorry to hear that

[vast sleet]

can't see this?

[thorny harbor]

Did you click play

[vast sleet]

oh wait lol whoops nope i clicked the link

brain damage from falling off a pogo stick doesn't sound fun before finals lmao

[pliant flame]

what do you mean by "a2c" percentage

[uneven hare]

the poll

[vast sleet]

percentage based on polling here

[uneven hare]

a2c polls people to see how many got accepted

[pliant flame]

i hope rea comes out monday

[still spindle]

it's the 18th I believe

so thursday

[uneven hare]

for harvard? harvard is thu

[pliant flame]

is it always

i was lwky hopign maybe today

but idrk

we didnt' get an announcement yet

[uneven hare]

Thursday, December 18, 2025

[pliant flame]

my friend got into caltech and now everyone in the dorm is like glazing him

[vagrant hearth]

yeah im surprised we didnt get a notification dont we usually get it like 1 week b4

[uneven hare]

LOL

[pliant flame]

fr

[vagrant hearth]

princeton so lucky they got it today

[pliant flame]

we have a free dorm store and everyone is giving their ramen/candy/chips to him for his hard effort but he's so lowkey

[pliant flame]

ikr i was stuck in between harvard or princeton rea

[vast sleet]

nuh uh bro, it was horrible. Everyone got cooked

[vagrant hearth]

same loll

[pliant flame]

hope it was worth the wait

aaa

[vagrant hearth]

Lmao I heard the deferral rate was even bad

hella rejections

welp lets see how stanford goes tmrw

[pliant flame]

how are finals going for class guys

[vast sleet]

pray for me 😭

[vagrant hearth]

bro ima be freaking out abt this just to get deferred

or rejected

[vagrant hearth]

lmao good luck

[vagrant hearth]

I aint studying for jack

[icy tapir]

cannot lock in until decisions are released bud

lowkey dying here

[pliant flame]

does harvard actually reject?

[vagrant hearth]

yeah like 10% of ppl from rea

[pliant flame]

bro my last day of class is the day harvard decision comes out

[vagrant hearth]

but again its been diff this year...

every year is different

[pliant flame]

that would be sad

[vagrant hearth]

i think deferral was like 83%

[pliant flame]

i spent 7 weeks on this campus

🙏

[icy tapir]

dayum

is everyone domestic

here applying

[vagrant hearth]

lmao watch me get rejected

im domestic

[pliant flame]

nahh hope for the best!!

[vagrant hearth]

for research?

[pliant flame]

but prepare for the worst fr

[vagrant hearth]

yeah nah I've already accepted deferral

[pliant flame]

yes, i also do research with tbe Broad institute nearby

[vagrant hearth]

oh thats rly good

a girl at my school also did broad research

u live in mass area?

[pliant flame]

my roommate's mom is a prof at their med school

[pliant flame]

ye a boarding school nearby, one of those "feeders"

[vagrant hearth]

ah I see u got good chance

[vagrant hearth]

😭

[still spindle]

lmfao

[pliant flame]

wbu?

[vagrant hearth]

I go to a public magnet high school

I also did hella research

[pliant flame]

like lexington?

[vagrant hearth]

wdym

[pliant flame]

or not mass area

its a public magnet school

[vagrant hearth]

nah I live in texas ☠️

[pliant flame]

they win national science olympiad always

[vagrant hearth]

that girls sister goes to MIT

[pliant flame]

i got cooked by them at the MIT bowl

[pliant flame]

tuff

[vagrant hearth]

so she just moved in with her sister to do broad research

over summer

[pliant flame]

that's actually such an insane opportunity

[vagrant hearth]

yeah 😭

shes also harvard rea

[pliant flame]

dang the comp

its okay

[vagrant hearth]

lowkey might cook me

[pliant flame]

we're diff states

[vagrant hearth]

bro my school too comp this year 😭

[pliant flame]

how many from your school apply

[vagrant hearth]

like the past classes haven't been that good

[pliant flame]

to rea

[vagrant hearth]

but now its this class

just me and her

i think in my entire city not many did harvard rea

[uneven hare]

fun

[pliant flame]

out of how many in a graduatin gclass

[vagrant hearth]

cuz at the top schools none

[vagrant hearth]

221 in mine

im 4/221

shes 2/221

[pliant flame]

oh dang

[vagrant hearth]

she has significant research/publications

[pliant flame]

i have 192 in my class

with another guy who's applying rea, he has 2x legacy

[vagrant hearth]

😭

2x legacy gives such a boost

[pliant flame]

ikr...

bro did not know what isef was

and he's into EE

[vagrant hearth]

wtf

oh yeah im praying isef finalist carries me

thats all I have over the girl in my school

[pliant flame]

did you get any isef awards?

that would be crazy

[vagrant hearth]

nope i got cooked

[pliant flame]

dang

[vagrant hearth]

finalist

[pliant flame]

what field

[vagrant hearth]

behavioral & social sciences

i lowkey got unlucky asf

[pliant flame]

wdym

[vagrant hearth]

cuz this year like 80% of the projects were AI research

in behavioral

and mine was wet lab

so the judges were all CS

[pliant flame]

lwky cheating

[pliant flame]

dang

[vagrant hearth]

yeah so my project just didnt fit in the category this year

barely anyone who did wet lab in my category got grand awards

like 2-3

so yeah I got CS judges in behavioral & social sciences...

[pliant flame]

for me personally, it just sucks that i don't really have any conventional awards

like no isef or anything like that

just like government college competitions for marine energy

[vagrant hearth]

nah I think its fine u can def stand out in essays

[vagrant hearth]

• bro

its not like ur some slouch

u did research at broad

[pliant flame]

do you wanna connect on linkedin

[vagrant hearth]

yeah sure

oh yeah btw

[pliant flame]

it was lwky a part of my little club we'd go

[vagrant hearth]

its not normal to get 2 alumni interviews right

for harvard rea

[pliant flame]

no its not??!?!?

omggg

idrk

[vagrant hearth]

the girl got it but like

[pliant flame]

yeah prob like

they were being generous

a bit of that in all of us

[vagrant hearth]

dm me ur linkedin

[still spindle]

tf bruhhhh

I'm cooked

[still spindle]

that does not bode well T^T

[vagrant hearth]

lmao dw

u mostly compete with ur region

[still spindle]

lol fair

[crimson summit]

yea same my friend got into stern today

but lowk my school got cooked no princeton no caltech

[crimson summit]

i think its like borderlines

[still spindle]

also for like verification

[crimson summit]

why wouldnt they just ask ur college counselor

[still spindle]

certain EC's probably aren't know by them

I mean you could ask

[sly harness]

I've only ever heard of alumni + ao

[still spindle]

it's also probably to see if you have the right personality

[still spindle]

maybe that's what they mean?

[vagrant hearth]

or its inconsistencies with app

which that student had

[crimson summit]

r u intl?

[vagrant hearth]

domestic

[crimson summit]

ight

[vagrant hearth]

hmm

[crimson summit]

like lying type stuff?

[still spindle]

yep

something like that

[vagrant hearth]

yes

[crimson summit]

Harvard do grade checks to our knowledge? like counselor thing bc my counselor sent automatically like as soon as they were out (dec 2) but like idk

[still spindle]

no

[vagrant hearth]

no, but there is mid-year report through common app

thats not a grade check tho

[still spindle]

they get a midyear report though I believe

[sly harness]

Is that sent whenever ur school finishes semester

[still spindle]

but it doesn't matter for admissions for REA

yeah

harvard doesn't look at in-progress grades

[crimson summit]

my school does trimester

[sly harness]

Okay thank god lol

[vagrant hearth]

doesnt matter only ur last year junior year grades are basically considered for admission

they might take a look at senior year if u get deferred

for RD

[crimson summit]

oh fr

[ashen dawn]

uh?

[sly harness]

Generally (from previous years), is it more likely to get deferred than straight rejected from rea

[still spindle]

yeah

[ashen dawn]

if ur school does trimesters they can consider senior fall grades

[still spindle]

srsly?

oof

then that's cooked

[ashen dawn]

i think harvard defers a lot

[still spindle]

at least 4 me, since I had semester, they didn't have my grades

[vagrant hearth]

based off this year we aren't sure

[still spindle]

86% percent I think

[sly harness]

Oh wow

[vagrant hearth]

princeton was cooked not many deferrals this time arund

a lot of rejections

just try to maintain all As

[still spindle]

ye[

[crimson summit]

yes most definitely

[still spindle]

yeah probably

i mean if you were rejected it would not have mattered

[crimson summit]

lowk if u have a unique name is google trends the method??

[still spindle]

uhhhh no

it's by state right?

so it doesn't rlly matter

[crimson summit]

yea

[sly harness]

I wish I had Linkedin premium 😭

[still spindle]

me frrr

[vagrant hearth]

what are the benefits

[still spindle]

I saw like 2 ppl from massachusetts view my profile T^T

[vagrant hearth]

oh

u see who views

[sly harness]

You can see who views your profile

Yeah

[vagrant hearth]

how much does it cost

[sly harness]

A lot I think

Isn't it like 30 a month

[vagrant hearth]

aw hell nah

yeha thats too much

[potent inlet]

my name had a hundred views last night is this a sign chat

[vagrant hearth]

ACTUALLY

[potent inlet]

yes bro

[vagrant hearth]

ur in

lol jk

[sly harness]

U get one month free tho so lowk ts the month to do it

[vagrant hearth]

but its good ig

[potent inlet]

stupidly high idk if thats even possible

maybe trends is tweaking

yuh

[vagrant hearth]

we better not all get cooked like princeton kids did

[crimson summit]

yea princeton was mad demorarlizing

[opal violet]

we WILL get in

[vagrant hearth]

thank GOD I didnt rea there

[opal violet]

trust

[vagrant hearth]

i was about to

[still spindle]

ONG

1 week left guys

[sly harness]

So if they ask your counselor about stuff (I got a big school and we have separate college counselors that none of us have talked to), do they just like tend to tell them what they know orr

[lavish pagoda]

didn’t the deferral rate decrease a ton this year

[sly harness]

I sent them my resume and had scheduled a few meetings w them but

[vagrant hearth]

yes 😭

i mean theres some response bias fs but we can't assume everyones capping

[crimson summit]

yea but realistically they prolly shouldve mentioned it in their recs

[sly harness]

Yeah fair

[wary obsidian]

did yall have to put a major or any fields of interest when applying?

[still spindle]

yeah

astronomy iirc

[wary obsidian]

i heard u officially declare a major in soph year is that true

[thorny harbor]

Harvard doesn’t have majors

They have ✨ concentrations ✨

[placid swallow]

why was i warned for asking a question

[thorny harbor]

That’s not why you were warned and you know that

[pliant obsidian]

whats the most ideal location for a snowball fight on campus (for a supp pls)

[still spindle]

Yep

[ashen dawn]

that’s true for most t20s u don’t declare ur major officially till sophomore spring

idk how it is at harvard but at least at yale you aren’t allowed to declare until your first sem is over

and even though u have to declare soph spring u can still switch after provided you have a plan on completing the new major

[muted bluff]

cambridge common

[pliant obsidian]

thanks!

[pliant flame]

i heard some people say its today

for decision

my 365 day timer since when my friend got it in is ending today 😭

[wary obsidian]

whats the diff

also this is pretty surface level question but does harvard compare your ec's against your wanted concentration?

like for example if one had really good ec's but they are kind of fragmented, and the other person had the same quality of ec's but it had a big focus on economics, if they have the EXACT same app besides that and they both apply wanting to do economics, does the person with majority economics ec's have a better chance? and if so by how much? like negligible or crucially

[muted bluff]

i mean like what if there was a purple elephant on mars named jack and he liked watermelon

it depends, i don’t know if there would really be a better chance for the econ guy

some colleges really like well rounded applicants

and also most people will change their major at least once

[regal canyon]

is the 18th confirmed as the release date?

[still spindle]

basically

in the worlds from spiritdot

it's "not official"

but damn near there's no other option

[regal canyon]

man why are they making us wait for so long

like ik im not getting in but put me out of my misery sooner

i have my RD applications ready im just waiting for this one email 😭

[still spindle]

exactlyyyyy

just give me the bullet to the head

end my suffering

T^T

[regal canyon]

genuinely

[still spindle]

make it quick

[regal canyon]

once that email comes in im submitting my RD apps at LIGHTSPEED

[still spindle]

painless etc

ONG

I've submitted a few already

[regal canyon]

i cant afford to send them so im having to pick and choose

[still spindle]

app fees?

[regal canyon]

yepp

im in a middle ground where im broke but then common app waiver doesnt apply

[still spindle]

damn

[still spindle]

broooooooo my condolences

[regal canyon]

there's no "broke for the love of the game" option in commonapp

[still spindle]

lmao

[vagrant hearth]

ask ur counselor for free waiver

[regal canyon]

im intl

my school doesnt do that shi

[vagrant hearth]

rip

[still spindle]

yeowch

[regal canyon]

thats why im having to pick and choose my apps

[still spindle]

can I ask where?

[vagrant hearth]

can u contact common app

[regal canyon]

india

so essentially having to pay 10k rupees per app

[still spindle]

lol I had a hunch ngl

oof

[vagrant hearth]

bruh

[still spindle]

yeah that's tragic

[regal canyon]

i dont come under the criteria

the criteria listed are too extreme

its just that conversion rates dont benefit my family

inflation isnt smth that commonapp cares abt when it comes to their waiver criteria

they need you to have some extreme circumstance

what unis are yall applying to RD?

[vagrant hearth]

Stanford, princeton, upenn

a lot more

[regal canyon]

good luckkk

[vagrant hearth]

20 days for 8 schools

winter break is gonna be all apps 😭

[vagrant hearth]

thank you, you too

[vagrant hearth]

they should make exception for intl students ngl

[regal canyon]

i emailed both cornell and nyu

abt this

and both of them responded with a "if commonapp cant help you, we cant"

[vagrant hearth]

☠️

so how many schools can u apply to

[regal canyon]

so now i can literally only apply to 3 unis (app fees + css considerations)

cornell, princeton and nyu

the ideal goal is cornell

[vagrant hearth]

I hope u get in at least one of them

[regal canyon]

its always been between harvard and cornell for me

[vagrant hearth]

did u apply to indian universities in case?

[regal canyon]

none of them start rn for the course im applying

all begin in early 26 so i have some time

[vagrant hearth]

dang if u get in US school it takes pressure off then

did u try and find some schools w free application fees?

[regal canyon]

yeah exactly i can just focus on my final GPA for senior year

[vagrant hearth]

ik vanderbilt is like $50 which is cheaper compared to ivies

[regal canyon]

for my family's standards they don't think i should apply to less than a t10/t20

for that i could just attend a premier indian uni

[vagrant hearth]

vanderbilt is a t20

[regal canyon]

from their pov they mean ivies

[vagrant hearth]

oh

[regal canyon]

i dont think my stats are good enough for ivies but its always worth a shot i suppose

[vagrant hearth]

but they let u apply NYU?

[regal canyon]

my uncle thinks its worth a shot

he has a soft spot for stern

[wary obsidian]

lol that's true
maybe it's too nuanced to find an actual answer? also probably would heavily depend on the school

[muted bluff]

really, just do what you like because if you think about it this way

when you are passionate you are more likely to excel

and put more effort

[wary obsidian]

i js feel like my ecs r pretty fragmented rn that's just who i am

i haven't really obsessed over just one thing for a long time (2+yrs) in my life

[muted bluff]

if thats who u are, lean into it

[winter girder]

underrated asf

i prefer their price points over berry line

[silk zephyr]

It’s so fucking good

They have them in like every city in the northeast corridor now

Sadly not where I live tho 😢

[wary obsidian]

true
which colleges did u apply to? js wondering u dont have to say

[muted bluff]

ive applied to
gtown
cal
ucsd
american
fordham
university of arkansas
bu
uw
u of t
umass amherst
neu

and i will apply to harvard, tufts, brown, columbia, stanford

[wary obsidian]

pretty stacked list

[gritty sequoia]

arkansas is where jordan walsh attended

you could've met him if you applied a few years earlier

[muted bluff]

i have legacy at arkansas so i applied lol

was really worried i wasn’t going to get in without it

[tiny sable]

omg genuinely fuck harvard for coming out so late

[spiral valley]

Real cuz I need to know how many more apps I need to grind out this break 😔

[potent inlet]

for harvard to upload materials can i send something like this or will i get slimed out

[teal topaz]

the last sentence is a bit choppy (from a purely writing perspective imo)

[potent inlet]

hmm ok

any advice for what i should change it to 😭

[teal topaz]

first sentence also a bit

[lost dawn]

arkansas legacy 🥀

[teal topaz]

hmm tbh i don't even know if what you're saying in the last sentence is what you would like to say

like the award is what fosters your commitment?

yk what i mean

It should be more about how your passion continues to grow

[potent inlet]

yeah thats what i had meant but now that im thinking abt it it seems kind of stupid

[teal topaz]

and you look toward making more contributions

meaningful contributions, appliable

[potent inlet]

gotcha thanks man

[teal topaz]

nwnw

@potent inlet also don't repeat finalists. it should be "one of ten from [state]"

[potent inlet]

Ok ill fix it thanks

[opal violet]

lowk in my update i j directly stated the award wo the last sentence extending implications

im sure its fine tho ig i was just focusing on making it concise

[potent inlet]

lowkey you're right

but just for fun ill keep it ;-;

[opal violet]

LMAOO valid

[sly harness]

Is ts for REA

[potent inlet]

yuh 💀

just a little late

[sly harness]

I didn't know people even send addl emails 😭

Is it like expected (like a loci) or is it more if smt in your application changes that can push you

[still spindle]

is this for RD?

[sly harness]

Nah they said REA

[potent inlet]

yea ppl do

i mean i was going to upload it to the upload materials

on the portal

[sly harness]

Oh I see

[potent inlet]

if they see it then great if not then 🥀

[opal violet]

yea thats what i did

i did it like 3 days ago

my logic is like if they still havent officially sent out release day that prolly means not everything is finalized yet

or like tehrye still open to new info

[potent inlet]

yea 😭

my logic is similar

[opal violet]

😮‍💨 it is what it is

[lost dawn]

i think they do decisions up until the day of

[opal violet]

yaa i did hear some schools lock their portal after they announce decision date tho so u cant update info

[potent inlet]

highkey its fine

we're all getting in anywyas

[opal violet]

u right u right

[potent inlet]

yuh

[potent inlet]

interesting

if i open the portal 20 times a day does this boost my chances

[opal violet]

100%

[potent inlet]

yippee

[rotund lintel]

yall got this

[wary obsidian]

is any1 doing gov here, pretty specific but just wondering

[sonic cloud]

Guys may God bless you and may the outcome of these decisions be the best you ever dreamed of. I have high hopes for everyone and I'll be proud to see y'all succeeding!

[still spindle]

Ap gov? Yeah

[dawn radish]

Just wait to find out in a few days

[still spindle]

Yoiu’ll find out the results soon

No need to worry

[wary obsidian]

oh i meant at harvard lol
but how is it?

[rotund lintel]

rea is lowkey hard they don’t let many in who aren’t athletes or legacy

dont feel down if yall get deferred

[gritty sequoia]

thanks chris how do I get like you fr

[opal violet]

is it lowk worse than other rea ivies 🥹

[uneven hare]

they're all hard

i wouldn't worry if you've put in an REA application you've done the best you can do

[opal violet]

ya u right thanks 🙏

[rotund lintel]

maybe im not sure, i didnt do rea

[rotund lintel]

come back to us

i might do cs secondary @gritty sequoia

[lost dawn]

wait i have a question @rotund lintel

how big is the queer community on campus from what uve noticed being there

[dawn radish]

Smaller than Yale

[rotund lintel]

pretty decent size but im not sure how connected they are

i can ask some of my queer friends but from what i’ve seen there’s a good number but they all have their own individual friend groups

and i forget if there’s clubs that are pretty active

[rotund lintel]

i would say fairly comparable but yale prob does have some more

[thorny harbor]

@vast vigil

[gritty sequoia]

in due time

[gritty sequoia]

W

I think I am going to do stat only no cs joint anymore

but I also don't need to declare for a while lmao

[vast vigil]

its fine

theres a lot of gays

[muted bluff]

wdym?

[blazing finch]

what happened

[sonic cloud]

Are the internationals who get in athletes or legacy?

I mean I can understand it if it’s for athletes but are there that many legacies?

[vast vigil]

nah

rea lowkey fine

i get what chris is saying though it is mostly hooked people

[sonic cloud]

Alright thanks for the info

We’ll see in 4 days anyways

[muted bluff]

guys i shoveled this morning and it kept snowing this is so tragic

it’s ok though because i like shoveling

new england snow is so silly

[potent inlet]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-snow-fat-cat-idgaf-gif-5104365

[vagrant hearth]

Does 2 alumni interviews mean anything?

[devout pelican]

either the notes from the first interview were incomplete or missing, or the admissions committee were really split on you and needed to consult another opinion

either way it is extremely rare

[vagrant hearth]

my friend got the second before even having his first interview

[deep drift]

Doesnt that mean his first interviewer couldnt conduct the interview?

admissions officer interviews are usually the indicator for an applicant who's on the fence

[devout pelican]

Was it titled “second send - your Harvard alumni interview” or something like that

[vagrant hearth]

i dont remember 😭 but he did show me the emails

[vagrant hearth]

idk he had both but I didn't ask how they went

[wary obsidian]

what were ur reasons for REA harvard

forgot if i alr asked u this lol

[vast vigil]

Like any hook

[crimson summit]

oh so hooks weigh more in REA as opposed to RD?

[dawn radish]

REA is usually where they admit their institutional priorities

[lunar bolt]

good luck to rea's

[jagged osprey]

they are such a cute couple

[pliant flame]

does harvard do grade checks for rea

like if you ask your colelge counsellor if harvard reached out

because ik people that did qb that would be able to see if they got in by asking their qb counsellor if they got grade checked

idk if it still applies

[vagrant hearth]

no just princeton i think

no ☠️

its been a pain doing other application in the meantime 😭

wbu

im ready to get it over with tho loll

[opal violet]

dude i cannot get myself to focus on writing other apps

[vagrant hearth]

Just gonna get deferred ☠️

[opal violet]

it feels like im admitting i lost

[vagrant hearth]

ive just accepted deferral and if i get rejected welp

[opal violet]

idk sometimes i feel like i genuinely have a chance

which is frying me

[vagrant hearth]

so either i get what i expected or I get a surprise

[crimson summit]

bro sometimes i feel like im 100% guaranteed and other times im like im fucked

[opal violet]

SAME FR

[vagrant hearth]

yeah thats me

I just look back at my app

to see everything good abt it

"theyll surely accept this right"

[crimson summit]

bro wtf literally me

[opal violet]

dude have yall ever tried rating urself on the 1-6 scale harvard uses

[vagrant hearth]

yes bro

max everything

[crimson summit]

yess

[vagrant hearth]

max everything just to get rejected

[opal violet]

dude

it makes me feel like imma get in

but lowkkk

what if i dont

[crimson summit]

what do u guys give urselves on the scale?

[opal violet]

😭

[vagrant hearth]

max on everything

[opal violet]

ummm lemme pull it up

[crimson summit]

academic EC personal athletic...?

[opal violet]

SAME

but tbf

at least im an asian female

[crimson summit]

i think recs are personal

[vagrant hearth]

female is good

males were cooked

well i am

asian male

[opal violet]

i said 1- acamdeic

realistically

[opal violet]

i said personal rating was 1- or 2+

[vagrant hearth]

i think my rec letters sell me ngl

[opal violet]

depending on how they evaluate my ec descriptions

lowk i might get lke 2- on school rec

[vagrant hearth]

i realistically only have 1 good rec letter

[opal violet]

but i think my supplemental lors were pretty strong

[crimson summit]

same

[vagrant hearth]

other 2 prolly generic

my supplemental LOR was my best

teachers def sold me

😭

[opal violet]

dude idk

i just hope my teachers arent out to get me

cuz i lowk stopped trying in school

[vagrant hearth]

dude my teacher wouldnt accept my brag sheet or resume

generic

I asked 5 teachers and FINALLY got like 1 good teacher rec for RD

[opal violet]

wait same my teacher just asked for a convo instead

which was fun ig

[crimson summit]

i needa just fast forward to decisions bruh this stresses me out too much

[vagrant hearth]

i think mine was just too lazy to incorporate everything

and just used a template

[opal violet]

idk he ended w "well i think i have a lot to write abt" but it wasnt in a tone where i was sure itll all be good

[vagrant hearth]

who knows tho

[opal violet]

yea who knows

[vagrant hearth]

lmao thats good

he makes it personal

[opal violet]

hopefully 😭

i think my overall narrative is good

[vagrant hearth]

my professor just fully carried my supplemental LOR

[opal violet]

like not the avg stem

[vagrant hearth]

yea same

[crimson summit]

same

[opal violet]

its just like my area is pretty competitive tho not a lot of people read harvard that i know of

[vagrant hearth]

do yall all have spikes

[opal violet]

hopefully

[vagrant hearth]

bro last time someone got in harvard in my city was like 5 years ago

wait no 3-4 years ago

[opal violet]

u got this king

[crimson summit]

economics but more specifically health economics

[vagrant hearth]

😭

broo

and last time someone from my school got in was a decade

[copper hearth]

HUBA parties 👀

[opal violet]

our school normally sends like 2 ppl a yr but last yr nobody got in </3

[vagrant hearth]

rip thats good tho

[wild stag]

when do we find out?

[vagrant hearth]

history kinda helps

[wary obsidian]

u got a better shot then dw

[vagrant hearth]

holy feeder

[wild stag]

thanjs

[opal violet]

last rea that got in was SUPER cracked tho

[vagrant hearth]

actually?

She was isef grand award winner

[wary obsidian]

idt any1 in my skl has even applied to Harvard in the past 5 yrs

[wild stag]

im nervous

[crimson summit]

nah its literally all institutional priorities who get in early, only like 2 were merit

[opal violet]

😭

holy

[vagrant hearth]

ah that makes sense like legacy and athletes

[wary obsidian]

well if its been 5 yrs doesnt that indicate a more underrepresented area and poorer

[vagrant hearth]

hook

[vagrant hearth]

yeah my area is filled with minorities

I'm prolly one of the more competitive applicants in recent history for my school

[crimson summit]

yo since AOs cant see ur aid, how do they know if u are low income

[vagrant hearth]

ah i see

[vagrant hearth]

bro

yk the ivyleagueroadmap guy

he might be spitting when he says need blind is cap

idk tho

cuz it literally says if ur pursuing aid or not

[crimson summit]

i feel they can get it from fee waiver, parents jobs, zip code

[opal violet]

idk it is what it is i need aid 🥀

[crimson summit]

but thats rlly just a hunch

[vagrant hearth]

yeah I wouldnt be surprised if they look at it while admitting

[vagrant hearth]

I hope u get it

[wild stag]

does legacy help?

[vagrant hearth]

r u domestic or intl

[opal violet]

thanks king 😭

[opal violet]

domestic

[vagrant hearth]

oh fire

[wild stag]

do you have legacy

[opal violet]

yea better than intl

[vagrant hearth]

lol I see ur bio ur my kind

domestic

[opal violet]

HAHAHA

[copper hearth]

what time does rea drop and what day lil‘30s

[wild stag]

both my parents went

[opal violet]

were all the same kind lowk

[opal violet]

holy

[copper hearth]

gl kids

[wild stag]

but i’m dumb though

[wary obsidian]

infinitely blessed

[vagrant hearth]

thanks unc

[crimson summit]

we gon get the email tmrw im p sure

confirming time

[copper hearth]

if anyone is an ultra humanities major i wish them luck

[vagrant hearth]

wait i need yall opinion u think i can do 6 college apps in 10 days?

[copper hearth]

if you’re a stem major ehhh

[wary obsidian]

y

[opal violet]

yea

[vagrant hearth]

LMAO Ima have to no life regular decision if i dont get harvard 😭

[opal violet]

reuse

[vagrant hearth]

so real

[copper hearth]

just need more unemployable quacks like me walking around sever

[wary obsidian]

what is ur major

[vagrant hearth]

isnt it undecided until sophomore

[copper hearth]

nothing i just don’t like your pset classes are harder than mine

[crimson summit]

bruh if i get into harvard its def a top 3 day of my life

[copper hearth]

classics

[wary obsidian]

what is that

[copper hearth]

well ancient history joint

[wary obsidian]

oh

someone will hire u since you're from Harvard dw

[crimson summit]

lol that message got deleted in 0.5 sec

[wild stag]

does gpa matter?

[copper hearth]

💔💔💔

[vagrant hearth]

to an extent

[copper hearth]

it’s unemployable

[vagrant hearth]

3.8+ don't stress too hard over gpa

[wild stag]

3.6?

[wary obsidian]

what r u planning to do after college

[deep drift]

i think i said aa and it deleted it but you said earlier being asian means ur cooked which isnt true when harvard accepted 41% asian americans last year

[copper hearth]

what are we defining as GPA

[copper hearth]

PhD

[crimson summit]

yo does harvard have hella easy classes if i opt for them