Harvard University (2025-2026)

[copper hearth]

so i can be even more unemployable

[wary obsidian]

ooh nice
what r u planning on doing after phd

[vagrant hearth]

not the strongest but its still possible obv

[opal violet]

well

[vagrant hearth]

yeah but diff schools have diff deflation

[copper hearth]

some; depends on what your version of easy is

[opal violet]

double legacy

[vagrant hearth]

and system

they'll recalculate

[wary obsidian]

don't say ts i have a 3.5 uw 💔

[crimson summit]

isnt econ concentration free

[copper hearth]

i had like 600 pages of reading a week this semester and it was lowk slight

but my ec pset was a nightmare

[opal violet]

true ig

[vagrant hearth]

is neuro hard at harvard

[opal violet]

shoot i wanna do neuro

[crimson summit]

bro cant u j sparknotes 💀 💀

[copper hearth]

w or uw?

[wild stag]

uw

[vagrant hearth]

same

wait do u do neuro research

[copper hearth]

nah not really twin

[wary obsidian]

im a soph i have 2 years to improve it

[opal violet]

yea

[vagrant hearth]

W same

[opal violet]

u got this upward trend

i dont have anything published rn tho

[copper hearth]

not many spark notes for papers on the wadi al jarf papyri 💔

[opal violet]

</3

[vagrant hearth]

r u gonna sparknote at harvard

[wary obsidian]

i think i alr have the best grades I've ever had in my life this semester from locking in for college

[vagrant hearth]

thats fine didnt u get accepted for conference

[opal violet]

😭 hopefully

[vagrant hearth]

"work smarter not harder"

[wild stag]

my main one is a startup with 2m seed funding

[opal violet]

i feel like everythings a crapshoot sometimes but then i feel like i can see trends

idfk

[wild stag]

and like school stuff

[vagrant hearth]

u only need 1

[wary obsidian]

ur trolling ur acc was made yesterday

[opal violet]

some of them were doodoo tho like i was gen just shadowing atp

[wild stag]

it was through their firm but it was my idea

[copper hearth]

the amount of chat you see when you walk into lamont will astound you 💀

it’s at every school

[opal violet]

2 real ones (but one was summer prorgam)

[vagrant hearth]

guys nothing changes if nothing changes

[wary obsidian]

"firm" 💔 💔 if ts is real you are so blessed

[vagrant hearth]

lmao thats funny

[copper hearth]

most people have 0 at harvard don’t worry too much about it

[opal violet]

dyt location matters

like to what extent

[vagrant hearth]

if ur stem u prolly want a research internship tho

[copper hearth]

in what?

[vagrant hearth]

especially pre med

[opal violet]

applicant location/competitiveness

well prolly a lot

right

[vagrant hearth]

@opal violet r u premed

[copper hearth]

yes

[opal violet]

yea hopefuly

[copper hearth]

but not as much as you think

[crimson summit]

ye

[vagrant hearth]

thats good

lmao hes a freshman at harvard

i dont think he has time for that

[copper hearth]

nah, but i’ve talked to a good number of AOs (my advisor who i adore is an AO) and seen my file

also you get a good feel for it

[vagrant hearth]

wait can u ask an AO why u got admitted when u get in

[opal violet]

u can see ur file right

yea

[vagrant hearth]

ima do that 😭

whats the latest y'all can write supps

[crimson summit]

was ur file glazing u or like would u say there were more deliberations? also were u REA

[copper hearth]

dw though kids, i got rejected from a small struggling liberal arts college in the streets of NH before i got into here (sunshine and rainbows) so you’ll be fine

[vagrant hearth]

like time

[wild stag]

whats the difference between 1st author and 2nd author?

[vagrant hearth]

12 am

[opal violet]

after midnight

[copper hearth]

every admit gets an email with a short reason

[vagrant hearth]

no shot

[opal violet]

thats when i write my best wrok trust

[wary obsidian]

really? wow

[vagrant hearth]

thats fire

[crimson summit]

fr??? thats crazy

[copper hearth]

for me it was “you genuine passion for classics really stood out”

it’s part of their recruitment thing

[vagrant hearth]

😭 is it procrastination or all night lock in

[opal violet]

lowk both

[copper hearth]

it’s just one line in a larger email but it’s nice personalization

[opal violet]

i procrastinate then lock in

[copper hearth]

there’s not much on there tbh

[wary obsidian]

'30 cycle all abt to be passionate abt classics cuz u said ts 💔

[vagrant hearth]

real lowkey same for me but I die past 12 when trying to write essays

[wary obsidian]

jk that's rlly cool tho

[vagrant hearth]

I have midterms all this week

but guess what

[copper hearth]

one did call my personal statement mid and the other called it great though 💀

[copper hearth]

good

[opal violet]

ok wait lowk my strat is i jot down everything i think of past 12 then i polish day after for coherent reasoning

[copper hearth]

need more of yall in my Latin10

[opal violet]

i sucked at latin </3

[vagrant hearth]

thats kinda smart u kinda just make an outline

[wary obsidian]

i don't know what I'll major in

[vagrant hearth]

I kinda do the same when I give up that night

[opal violet]

yaa my brain just thinks of out of the box stuff past midnight so i try to harness that

[copper hearth]

“I didn’t really buy into their personal statement”

“Their personal statement really stood out as a fun glimpse into their personality outside academics”

[opal violet]

(aka i get delirious)

[copper hearth]

changed slightly so i don’t get yelled at by the school

[crimson summit]

wtf 💀

[copper hearth]

but more or less that’s what they said

[crimson summit]

1st one so harsh

[vagrant hearth]

Dude I just can't think of anything past 12 so thats when I do schoolwork ☠️

[wary obsidian]

sleep?

[opal violet]

well i feel like its ok cuz its subjective opinion

[opal violet]

lowk valid

[vagrant hearth]

most days i sleep at 12 am

but if i got a lotta school work + supps 2 am

[crimson summit]

wait @copper hearth watchu write ur PS about

[copper hearth]

how much i fucking love chicken parm

deaduzz

deaduzz

[crimson summit]

so like chicken parm reps ur life type shit

[wary obsidian]

it's always those little things lmao

[vagrant hearth]

@copper hearth did u rea or rd

[copper hearth]

i am a fatass

[copper hearth]

rd

I donated 75 dollars to a struggling indie school in new haven so they could keep the lights on in the winter REA

[vagrant hearth]

what the self diss

[copper hearth]

charitable giving fr 🙏🙏

[crimson summit]

lowkey arpi park had the best essays i have ever personally read

[copper hearth]

nah bro my favorite day at berg is chicken tender and mac and cheese day

it’s a valid assessment

[vagrant hearth]

lmao seems like a good place to bulk

[copper hearth]

type shit

[jagged osprey]

i wrote mine about lesbians

[vagrant hearth]

WE are getting fat at harvard (hopefully)

[vagrant hearth]

deaduzz?

[copper hearth]

winthrop grille my beloved

[jagged osprey]

they told me to write about my passion

[opal violet]

my ps was not niche </3

[jagged osprey]

and lesbians are my passion

[copper hearth]

fr Kaz

[vagrant hearth]

sounds spicy

[vagrant hearth]

same

i played it safe

[opal violet]

same

uhhh

[vagrant hearth]

wait dont tell me u wrote abt ur research

[opal violet]

no

nah

[copper hearth]

6 dollar mozzy sticks

open till 2 am on weekends

[vagrant hearth]

ok good

[vagrant hearth]

late night study snack

[crimson summit]

i wrote about me finding my missing TV remote 💀

[jagged osprey]

cant wait for board plus refill

[vagrant hearth]

No shot thats funny

[copper hearth]

guys if any of you come to visitas all of you have to go to nochs

don’t listen to what anyone says

[opal violet]

manifesting

[copper hearth]

it lives up to the hype

[jagged osprey]

false

[copper hearth]

the people love me @jagged osprey

[crimson summit]

lol my hook was "The living room crime spree continued."

[jagged osprey]

who the hell is john 💀

[copper hearth]

yea, will do tmr though

[vagrant hearth]

that lowkey sounds cool

[jagged osprey]

he doesnt want me to read his ps...

[vagrant hearth]

my PS was more emotionally mature

not as creative

[copper hearth]

Kaz bc you’re mean

[wild stag]

what is PS?

[copper hearth]

I on the other hand am the beloved of the masses

[opal violet]

john harvard !!

[vagrant hearth]

playstation

[copper hearth]

guys if you have any fr questions about harvard i gotchu

[vast sleet]

As someone also doing a niche humanities major, did you have any crazy awards in this? I couldn't really find anything like that. No worries if you don't feel comfortable sharing!

[copper hearth]

(like stuff you won’t find online)

[vagrant hearth]

will I get in

[opal violet]

thanks king

[random aurora]

Real
Atp chatgpt is tired of telling me "ofc ur an institutional priority (ur delusional) "

[jagged osprey]

the lesbians

[crimson summit]

Chanceme GPT 💀

[copper hearth]

a lot of stuff related to classics competitions specifically, it’s a pretty weird insulary thing

in general just show you have genuine passion

[random aurora]

🤣

[copper hearth]

did you rub the foot?

[vast sleet]

Thanks!!

[vagrant hearth]

when I was 8 yes

deadass

[wary obsidian]

i used to have genuine passion but i dont rlly have it anymore rn

[jagged osprey]

oh no

[vagrant hearth]

I visited harvard when I was 8 cuz my sister did college tours

[copper hearth]

smith center, second floor, harvard commons, grey sectional

[opal violet]

noo dont burn out

[copper hearth]

50/50

if you answer no it’s 100% you’re in

[vast sleet]

Is the queer community super good? (genuine question)

[copper hearth]

if you did then 25%

[vagrant hearth]

shi so rubbing the foot is bad

[copper hearth]

but it’s worn off you

[jagged osprey]

ya

[random aurora]

Genuine passion made me drop out of med and apply to harvard

[copper hearth]

they want you to think it’s good

[vagrant hearth]

has the 10 years that passed helped my case

[copper hearth]

but we know into you guys don’t

[vagrant hearth]

i believe in superstition

[copper hearth]

felipe’s barbacoa burrito after midnight

[jagged osprey]

berg has this delectable cardamom mango sticky rice pudding

[copper hearth]

from the Dhalls

idk

[wary obsidian]

i only believe in superstition if it helps me ❤️‍🩹

[copper hearth]

good

[copper hearth]

yes

[random aurora]

Preach

[copper hearth]

you should sue whoever let you touch that foot though

[wary obsidian]

(i havent yet)

[opal violet]

idk i feel like it shouldve been obvious to me all along but i eventually found out late jnr yr

like ec pathway wise + narrative wise

[random aurora]

I was lowkey told by the gods and idk why i do wot i do but it makes me the happiest person in the world and idc bout friends family and people all in all when im doing it

[copper hearth]

fell ass backwards into it because i sucked at spanish

[vagrant hearth]

so i should sue my parents?

[copper hearth]

dude

[wary obsidian]

goals

[copper hearth]

meatball day lowk buss

[copper hearth]

yes

in time you’ll find why

[opal violet]

guys meetup on harvard campus WHEN we all get in

[copper hearth]

i’m a fat white guy with timberlands

hard to miss

[vagrant hearth]

LMAO

[copper hearth]

i was a personality hire

better not take it from me

[opal violet]

whats the best singing group on campus

[random aurora]

But the worst part is that ur passion cud be unconventional and the world is somehow instantly rejecting u and nothing works anymore everythng is delayed and everything is tough

[copper hearth]

unfortunately no

[copper hearth]

hmm

[wary obsidian]

i rebuke ts

[copper hearth]

the kroks are the funniest

[wary obsidian]

🤞

[random aurora]

YES PLS
(I need friends)

[copper hearth]

||also alcoholics||

the opportune and veritones are both really good

[wary obsidian]

harvard is the best

[copper hearth]

i don’t remember what else there is

[sly harness]

I was listening to the opportunes they're insane

[deep drift]

callbacks are good

[opal violet]

lmaoo

[copper hearth]

you won’t out drink the kroks

[random aurora]

Glazing 💯

[copper hearth]

they fucking walk around in bowties

[sly harness]

Blackbirds was so good

[random aurora]

@copper hearth do u have intl friends? R u intl?

[copper hearth]

all of them are really good highkey

the comps are like unhinged competitive

[copper hearth]

yes, tons

but i myself am not

[deep drift]

pitch perfect irl

[copper hearth]

you honestly don’t think about it as much imo once you’re here

[random aurora]

OMG howd u meet them

[crimson summit]

does harvard have parties or do u needa go to MIT for that

[copper hearth]

i collect eastern europeans like pokemon cards bro

[copper hearth]

just kinda meet them tbh?

they’re no different from other frosh

[random aurora]

Damn fhat sounds so fun

Hows ur dorm like

[copper hearth]

okay

[eternal prawn]

hello harvard

[jagged osprey]

shit

[muted plinth]

josh did u rea for harvard?

[copper hearth]

the fucking fake news big Harvard mafia will tell you canaday is ass

[eternal prawn]

yoo

[jagged osprey]

no he read to yale

unlike me

[crimson summit]

shi is out the 18th

[copper hearth]

but real ones know Canaday clears all the other dorms

[jagged osprey]

im a true harvard patriot

[tepid wigeon]

guys am i getting into harvard

[copper hearth]

except grays

grays is just better

[random aurora]

Okay LMAO

[crimson summit]

Yes

[copper hearth]

opp behavior

[jagged osprey]

im in ur dorm rn

[muted plinth]

what is ur guys concentration or whatever

[copper hearth]

can’t out me like that

[random aurora]

Yeah people spill ur majors

[copper hearth]

in my walls or some shit

[jagged osprey]

gov/east asian studies double with a minor in translation studies and a citation in french

[muted plinth]

tf is a citation 😭

[random aurora]

That sounds like

[copper hearth]

Ancient history (joint between classics and histo) w a secondary in econ

[jagged osprey]

language silly points

[copper hearth]

sentenced to four years in Vanserg

[wary obsidian]

how's econ?

[copper hearth]

guys everyone look up vanserg hall

[jagged osprey]

a sentence i carry out with glee

[copper hearth]

then point and laugh at her

[copper hearth]

you complain about it constantly

[jagged osprey]

not since i found the meta

[copper hearth]

uh not that bad

absolutely gigantic major

[jagged osprey]

i cut my walk time from 15 minutes to 9

[copper hearth]

Ec as a major is what you make of it

[jagged osprey]

crayon eaters

[muted plinth]

how many schools did yall apply to?

[copper hearth]

“gov major”

[copper hearth]

12

[random aurora]

1

[jagged osprey]

go back to percy jackson lil bro

[copper hearth]

i will

[muted plinth]

alr bro

[jagged osprey]

11 iirc, all early

[muted plinth]

all ivys and ivy+?

[jagged osprey]

except georgetown

[jagged osprey]

you can only apply to one private school early

[muted plinth]

oh yea rea

[opal violet]

yo do yall know if harvard cares abt art supp

[random aurora]

Ngl wots ivy league? Is it like a big group or smth
(Dont bite me idk shi im intl)

[muted plinth]

its an athletic league or sum

[crimson summit]

so far ive applied to 3

[copper hearth]

technically just a sports conference

[random aurora]

Oh?!

[copper hearth]

but it’s a grouping of northeastern schools that are very prestigious and old

[jagged osprey]

harvard uva umich unc uc berkeley ucla ucsd georgetown ut austin ohio state university of washington

guess which one rejected me

[crimson summit]

harvard

[copper hearth]

got waitlisted from WF an hour before i got into the big H

[random aurora]

So like other cracked schools do stuff like "i wanna be ivy league"

[jagged osprey]

if u apply for art yea

[muted plinth]

no way harvard was the only ivy u applied to

thats insane

[jagged osprey]

nope

[copper hearth]

and a day before i got a prestige scholarship to Dukey 💰💰💰

[opal violet]

oh nah

[opal violet]

cuz rea

[jagged osprey]

i got in rea no need to apply to any others

[wary obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/ohio-confusion-i-show-speed-ishowspeed-speed-ohio-gif-18271165267203003105

[copper hearth]

i was in a parking lot with 6 other people

[wary obsidian]

what is wake forest

[jagged osprey]

nope

[muted plinth]

bro i thought rea to like harvard and stanford doesn't help at all or anything

[copper hearth]

i was the last dude to open mine

[jagged osprey]

ucla didnt want my ass

[copper hearth]

it was pretty hype

[jagged osprey]

it doesnt

[wary obsidian]

waitlisted from an unknown uni but accepted to H 😭 ❤️

[opal violet]

dude public results opening is actualy scary asf

[copper hearth]

bruh Wake Forest is in the ACC 💀

[wary obsidian]

whats acx

[copper hearth]

ik no offense most of yall don’t know what that means

[wary obsidian]

acc

[muted plinth]

im suprised u guys didnt shotgun all the t20s or sum

[opal violet]

last yr a bunch of seniors opened their ivy decisions tgt on vc and none of them got in </3

[copper hearth]

but Wake is a pretty good school

[jagged osprey]

i got in early i didnt need to

[muted plinth]

tru

[jagged osprey]

and even if i hadnt, i chose based off fit not name

[vagrant hearth]

u rea harvard?

[copper hearth]

didn’t wanna be that guy

[jagged osprey]

ya

[vagrant hearth]

W

[muted plinth]

lmaoo

[copper hearth]

only apply to schools you actually like

[opal violet]

fr

[jagged osprey]

true

[wary obsidian]

imagine going all thru out 2nd sem 12th grade knowing ur going to Harvard 😭 ❤️

[muted plinth]

yall mustve had some crazy ahh stats

[wary obsidian]

amazing

[vagrant hearth]

@jagged osprey do most ppl who get in rea win like national awards

[copper hearth]

couldn’t bring myself to apply anywhere else cause my heart just wasn’t in it

[jagged osprey]

i didnt

[copper hearth]

i had more A-‘s and B+’s in HS than As

[jagged osprey]

it was mostly legacy and athletes tho

i wasnt either

[copper hearth]

i am not legacy or an athlete lol

[vagrant hearth]

😭 😭

[jagged osprey]

believe me we can tell

[vagrant hearth]

for rea tho

[copper hearth]

i’m not kidding when i say i was a personality hire

[muted plinth]

what about ecs?

[vagrant hearth]

hot dog eating athlete

joey chestnut enthusiast

[jagged osprey]

yes

[copper hearth]

type shit

[copper hearth]

classics stuff

some local MUN stuff

[jagged osprey]

depends on where they were from

[copper hearth]

but i ditched MUN to become a parliamentary debate kid now

[muted plinth]

did u hire a councler and stuff?

[copper hearth]

(good ending)

[muted plinth]

to help you

[copper hearth]

fuck NAH

[jagged osprey]

my school had a college counselor

[copper hearth]

i went to a public school in VA

[jagged osprey]

i didnt pay anyone

[copper hearth]

i spoke to my counselor 4 times in hs 😛😛

[wary obsidian]

same!!

[muted plinth]

chatgpt my councler ✌️

and my high school provides one too but she doesnt really help that much

[jagged osprey]

im surprised yall havent asked for the stat drop yet

[copper hearth]

kids dw it’ll be fine

college is a paradox

[jagged osprey]

thats the one thing i mog at

[wary obsidian]

sat gpa?

[muted plinth]

drop em bro

[copper hearth]

the harder you try to get into a top college the worse you’ll do

[jagged osprey]

36 act 4.0 uw

[copper hearth]

(not entirely but don’t get in your own head)

[jagged osprey]

nah i tryharded and got in

[wary obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-deglove-degloving-speed-grolemcorp-gif-2628858460915389297

[copper hearth]

this is why we hate her

[jagged osprey]

skill issue

[wary obsidian]

how did u get 4.0 uw

[jagged osprey]

okay 1560

[copper hearth]

1560 superscore // 4.3 W // 3.7 UW

[jagged osprey]

im smart

[copper hearth]

took me like four attempts

[opal violet]

guys i also got a 1560 is this a sign (joke)

[muted plinth]

bro im just debating whether i should focus more time on ecs or classes. rn my clases are like a full time job and i have little time for ecs

[jagged osprey]

3.7 just put the fries in the bag bro

[copper hearth]

“I have a layover in STL” “Can’t wait to see Seattle”

[copper hearth]

do what you enjoy

it’ll work out fine

[copper hearth]

mf i’m a classics major

[muted plinth]

u right

[wary obsidian]

when I'm on a flight and i cross atl

[copper hearth]

you think they’d trust me to work the fryer

i’m gonna be stacking boxes best

close

[jagged osprey]

maybe thats why ur fat

[copper hearth]

i was the first kid from my school to ever get in after graduating classes of 600 for 75 years

[muted plinth]

do stats even matter if ur higher than 10% of ur class?

[copper hearth]

i’m just himothy

[crimson summit]

💀

[jagged osprey]

my graduating class size was 24

[copper hearth]

not much lol

[muted plinth]

crazy

[wary obsidian]

direct opposite of feeder 😭 😭

[copper hearth]

there’s a point of diminishing returns

[opal violet]

lowk arent stats mostly just used for first round filter

[copper hearth]

i am not a BLS kid lol

[jagged osprey]

tell the masses where you live josh

[wary obsidian]

what bls

[copper hearth]

that’s above the 50th percentile dawg

[copper hearth]

in virginia?

[muted plinth]

my school only sends one or two kids to an ivy a year. i dont even remember anyone who has gotten into harvard

[copper hearth]

nah not really

i just make fun of them

[jagged osprey]

"only one or two" is crazy work

[wary obsidian]

like 1 person in my classes on avg even apply to a t20 a year from what i see

[copper hearth]

cause i got a bunch of friends who went to bls

and a friend from exeter who i made fun of constantly

[muted plinth]

gng i go to a college prep i feel like their prolly should be more

but the resources my school provides helps like the average college applicant

like my school requires us to do com service and stuff

[jagged osprey]

i forget yall actually go to relevant schools not in bumfuck nowhere midwest

[wary obsidian]

we have to have 100 hrs to graduate 💔

[copper hearth]

just say you go to Dalton lil bro

[muted plinth]

yea but most the kids dont do the service for impact

they just wana get the hours done

doing anything

[wary obsidian]

of course

[copper hearth]

(it’s fine if you do lol no one actually cares)

[crimson summit]

similar

[copper hearth]

Horace Mann, Exeter, Andover, Regents, Trinity, etc 💀💀

[wary obsidian]

same for me 😭 if schools think that requiring ppl to do hours makes them want to do it more or do it for impact they're dead wrong

[muted plinth]

josh when did u start writing ur essays for yale rea

[copper hearth]

like two weeks before hand

that’s why i got rejected

[muted plinth]

alright bro

[copper hearth]

i started harvard december 30th

[muted plinth]

what about harvard

[jagged osprey]

i wrote my common app essay junior spring lol

[copper hearth]

the lion writes his essays max 36 hours before they are due

[opal violet]

lowk u always think ur gonan start early but u never do

[muted plinth]

yall just might be different idek

[crimson summit]

i started then but went through like 10 drafts

[jagged osprey]

i revised it until day of tho

[copper hearth]

me

i kept looking at it and going “eh”

[jagged osprey]

same i went through 30+ drafts

[copper hearth]

i was also a full IB student and that program is the devil fall of snr year

[crimson summit]

im starting RD as soon as i get decision but lowk could be a bad decision

[muted plinth]

they didnt have ap?

[copper hearth]

personality hire

Kaz idk

maybe a mistake or smth

[jagged osprey]

im just smart

[muted plinth]

what does that even mean bru

[jagged osprey]

and awesome

[copper hearth]

nah my school did IB

[muted plinth]

bro ap is worse than de

shi doesnt make sense

[copper hearth]

i took AP Gov self studied for shits and gigs

it’s a vibe

that’s legit the easiest AP

[jagged osprey]

i was enrolled in three different schools at once bc i wasnt challenged enough

[muted plinth]

my school doesnt let us self study if they offer the class

[jagged osprey]

took extra classes n shit

[muted plinth]

and my school has like 20 sum aps

[rotund lintel]

real

[opal violet]

yo same

[jagged osprey]

enroll in another school

[muted plinth]

wym?

[copper hearth]

thoughts and prayers

[opal violet]

its ok the aos prolly know

[muted plinth]

im already taking classes at my local cc

[opal violet]

thanks king 😭

[copper hearth]

guys gn im flying home tmr

if you ever wanna ask me shit about like campus life i gotchu

[muted plinth]

gng is SAT or ACT the method

[copper hearth]

doesn’t matter

[rotund lintel]

sat

[muted plinth]

does act allow desmos ✌️

[rotund lintel]

digital is lowkey chill

[wary obsidian]

SAT is the devil

im still taking it tho

[muted plinth]

chat?

ah shit

that might be a deal breaker twin 💔

desmos is soo free

yea its impossible to get perf score on english 💔

i just need a 1500+ and im chillin tho

[vagrant hearth]

u got a 36?

[muted plinth]

my school average is like 960 or sum shi

[vagrant hearth]

its reading luck essentially

W

thats comp

ye

[muted plinth]

did u submit both?

[vagrant hearth]

wait u took legacy?

[muted plinth]

do u go to a feeder?

[vagrant hearth]

the act now like dont have science counting apparently

yeah that 1520 will make the 36 look worse lmao

[muted plinth]

how long did u prep for each

[vagrant hearth]

yeah act needs to stop changing their test ☠️

damn

[muted plinth]

what the fuck

2 years gng 💔 ?

[vagrant hearth]

yes im telling u SAT is rng

u can be cracked and get low 1500

its reading luck

[muted plinth]

i take my first sat in march am i cooked

[vagrant hearth]

u will get 1500+ consistently if ur really good but u kinda need luck to break over 1550

[muted plinth]

i just took a prac test without prep and i got 1300

[jagged osprey]

like take a course through an online school

[vagrant hearth]

nah i took my first in april

I didnt start studying for sat until the summer b4 senior

dont wait that long tho

of senior year?

thats fine

thats a good start time bro

lol

[muted plinth]

i see. i lowkey need to focus on my ecs more tho my classes are already the most rigorous in my class

gng whaa

[vagrant hearth]

yeah same

I was too busy doing research and ecs

didnt have time to study for SAT until like end of junior year

it was bad

but it all worked out 😭

[muted plinth]

im finishing my first sem of junior year rn

i got finals next week

after finals im gonna start my prep for sat

it gives me 3 months

[vagrant hearth]

yeah i started in 10th grade

nah

I just developed a passion for research early on in freshman year

I started planning my project freshman year

[muted plinth]

gng i didnt even know about ivy league til start of soph year

then i locked in

[vagrant hearth]

yeah research was literally my life throuhgout high school

[opal violet]

i wish i knew more abt science fairs or like isef stuff earlier

[vagrant hearth]

dw i didnt think abt that until end of junior year

[vagrant hearth]

yeah those r good

[opal violet]

lowk j no awards in research </3

[vagrant hearth]

i only knew abt science fair cuz my friend lul

[opal violet]

right same

[vagrant hearth]

naw its fine

[opal violet]

dts (to fellowship)

[vagrant hearth]

u can still stand out in research without awards

[opal violet]

hopefully

[vagrant hearth]

dw

[opal violet]

like i dont think i did fellowship cuz i lowk dk what it means

ngl

[vagrant hearth]

davidson fellows?

[opal violet]

tf

um cold email w prev sorta connection

nah mine isnt at university

[vagrant hearth]

I did a program

[opal violet]

its at hospital research center

[vagrant hearth]

local med school research program

[opal violet]

for summer prorgam thats aplication but thats not fellowship eitehr

[vagrant hearth]

mine was unpaid

[opal violet]

like we met at hospital before but it was for genuine hospital purposes not finding research

[vagrant hearth]

not a big one

[opal violet]

unpaid

[vagrant hearth]

not like RSI ☠️

I just did a program at my local med school

for high schoolers

and my mentor was very supportive

[opal violet]

??

oh

idk lowk most ppl in my area cold email

[vagrant hearth]

whatt

[opal violet]

or nepo but...

[vagrant hearth]

yeah thats a good way its nice professors r willing to take high schoolers

[opal violet]

yaa

i lucked out w good pi

tff

[vagrant hearth]

thats crazy

[opal violet]

idk lowk our area would flood the applications 😭

[vagrant hearth]

i barely got in the program here

i was on the waitlist

and prolly one of the last to be accepted

[opal violet]

LMAO

[opal violet]

all that matters is u got accepted trust

[vagrant hearth]

its cuz i applied as a sophomore and u usually needa be a junior

[opal violet]

damn

[vagrant hearth]

yup yup

[opal violet]

wait this sounds similar to something my county has

but its not just research its like all disciplines

[vagrant hearth]

wait so theres barely any harvard REA acceptances off merit 😭

mostly institutional priorities

[opal violet]

??

[vagrant hearth]

like legacy and athletes

[opal violet]

what does that mean

ohhh

ummmm welll

idk im j hoping atp

[vagrant hearth]

bruhh

[opal violet]

rip gng

[vagrant hearth]

well theres always a chance

[opal violet]

thats what im saying

[vagrant hearth]

yeah the percentage increase is a scam ☠️

[opal violet]

but lowk i didnt want to ed anywhere so i was like fuck it we ball

[vagrant hearth]

yeah same

[opal violet]

im j sad how neuro is not so niche anymore </3

[vagrant hearth]

yeah that shi competitive

[opal violet]

rip sigh

[vagrant hearth]

its fine tho

they dont admit by major remember ☠️

[opal violet]

u right u right

😭

env sci too

[vagrant hearth]

u gotta do like computational linguistics idk

thats niche

senioritis?

[opal violet]

dude im def failingc hem rn

its ok ill clutch soon

[vagrant hearth]

AP?

[opal violet]

ib

[vagrant hearth]

oh shoot

lmao my school is 100 scale

[opal violet]

</3

[vagrant hearth]

gl

[opal violet]

dude we have ib math and ib chem test on our prom

[vagrant hearth]

😭

[opal violet]

day

[vagrant hearth]

yo WHAT

thats cruel

[opal violet]

were genuinely cooked

our ib chem teacher literally said make sure u dont get hair/makeup apptments or anything during the day cuz ur gonna be TESTING

pmo

[vagrant hearth]

wtfff thats stupid

its fine tho

[opal violet]

yea we'll live

[vagrant hearth]

its end of senior year

less pressure

[opal violet]

but its j depressing

true

lowk ib scores dont even matter

[vagrant hearth]

yeah if u were a junior it'd be cooked

but fuck it we're seniors

[opal violet]

frfr

😭

[vagrant hearth]

no bro I swear curves carry so hard

well at least at my school

square root curve + half points back + 10 bonus points

like wtf

[opal violet]

our teachers do a bunch of corrections

[vagrant hearth]

i mean tbf average is like a 40 raw

[opal violet]

50% of lost points back

[vagrant hearth]

ah I see

yeah my teachers do that too

but like the science subjects all have insanely high curves

cuz the tests r hard

like for us an 80 raw is 100

[opal violet]

yaa same

[vagrant hearth]

bro its crazy upenn coming out same day as harvard

my friend EDed to wharton and we're reacting together

[opal violet]

omg

im so scared

so many of my friends did upenn

im too scared to open live

[vagrant hearth]

UR DOING THAT

bro thats scary

[opal violet]

what were ur fav harvard supp essays that u wrote

[vagrant hearth]

um the 1st one on diversity

i just had a lot to write on it cuz i come from a diverse city

[opal violet]

cornells also thursday right

[vagrant hearth]

wbu

[muted plinth]

wharton is insane

hope bro gets in

[vagrant hearth]

yeah 😭

hes been practicing his penn face

[opal violet]

hmm lowk i liked my roommate one most whimsical

[vagrant hearth]

I liked that one too

[opal violet]

LMAO

[vagrant hearth]

cuz it was fun to write ngl

[opal violet]

yaaa i agree

[vagrant hearth]

literally u just write abt urself

[opal violet]

lowk easier than stanfords

[vagrant hearth]

and what u like

[opal violet]

yea

[vagrant hearth]

yeah that one is cooked

im fried when I get to stanford

[opal violet]

😭

[muted plinth]

how many have u guys applied to

[vagrant hearth]

5/13 its over for me

[opal violet]

8 (counted ucs as one application)

[vagrant hearth]

BSMDs take forever

why am i doing this to myself

[opal violet]

if i dont get in 8 more...

unless i drop

dude i gave up on bsmd

ive come to conclude i dont want bsmd

[vagrant hearth]

THEYRE so unnecessarily long

[opal violet]

but i might shotgun plme

[muted plinth]

idek what that is

ngl

[opal violet]

unless the plme early ppl get in from my school

[vagrant hearth]

ngl im not doing plme 😭

i dont got time

bro have u seen the brown essays?

[muted plinth]

what schools

[vagrant hearth]

its literally just why brown over and over again lul

[opal violet]

yes im fried

i dont want to do video

[vagrant hearth]

ooo

i forgot abt that

😭

u got that tho

[opal violet]

ok ykw were all getting in early

trust

no brown

[vagrant hearth]

yeah fk rd

were quitting apps on thursday

[opal violet]

frfr

[muted plinth]

WE are getting in

next year for me tho

[opal violet]

yea king manifest early

[vagrant hearth]

good luck bro

the fact ur thinking abt this now

is kinda an advantage

[opal violet]

ok lowk

just dont burn out

[muted plinth]

nah bro i love the grind

[vagrant hearth]

thats me rn icl

[muted plinth]

im not worried

[opal violet]

i burnt out so bad jnr yr it took so much to revive myself over the summer

[vagrant hearth]

I'm half burnt out

I do apps in like spurts

one period I grind then i take a break another period

[muted plinth]

junior year is def work but im doin good so far

[vagrant hearth]

thats good

junior year was absolute torture for me

I didnt sleep

[muted plinth]

bro yes

[opal violet]

same jnr yr was when i started sleeping in class

[vagrant hearth]

nooo

[opal violet]

(uncontrollably)

[muted plinth]

and i prioritize sleep to

[vagrant hearth]

thats my friend right NOW

he says its a disease

LMAO

[muted plinth]

so i try to manage my time so fucking well so that i can get 7 hrs a night

[vagrant hearth]

wait just make sure ur teachers dont ssee

I like micro slept

[muted plinth]

most the time its like 6 45 tho

[vagrant hearth]

but didnt fully sleep

[opal violet]

lmao my teachers def know but idt they care anymore cuz sometimes like half the class is dozing

or they care but um

idk

[vagrant hearth]

☠️ which class

[opal violet]

i get by

[opal violet]

math

[vagrant hearth]

oh makes sense

I slept a bit in art history

well i micro slept

like doze

[opal violet]

and also like every other calss sometimes

yea

[muted plinth]

gng i try to stay awake cuz i dont want the teachers to think im a bum

[opal violet]

ok yea jnr year at least

before ur recs

[vagrant hearth]

especially if ur gonna get a rec letter from that teacher dont sleep

[muted plinth]

letters of rec 💔

[opal violet]

well i TRIED to stay awake but

[vagrant hearth]

sleep deprivation

[muted plinth]

gotta make my ap lang teacher think im a goat or sum

[opal violet]

yea

[vagrant hearth]

yeah just get a english teacher and a STEM teacher

as ur recs

[opal violet]

yep

[vagrant hearth]

and then get like a research mentor or sum as ur other

[opal violet]

try to have core subjects bc more useful

[opal violet]

yea

[muted plinth]

yea i already know who im gonna do for that so its locked

[vagrant hearth]

holy shi lemme finish this jhu essay rq

[muted plinth]

i just need to see who ive best formed a connection with for stem

[vagrant hearth]

good night

[opal violet]

?????

[muted plinth]

could cs work for stem?

[opal violet]

depends on school

[vagrant hearth]

yes if ur cs

yeah its my favorite one

but i needa lock in

[muted plinth]

nah i dont think i am but my cs teacher is a goat

[vagrant hearth]

I'm basically showing my growth in public speaking

[muted plinth]

idek what i wanna major in yet

shits difficult

[opal violet]

wait im lowk writing my jhu essay on smth unrelated to major

idk

[opal violet]

u have time dw

and u can always change major in school

wait imma write abt smth related to public advocacy

[muted plinth]

yea im not trippin i just was trying to make my ecs correlate to my (intended) major

[opal violet]

yea hopefully

😭

[muted plinth]

same gng

[opal violet]

yes pls

harvard acceptance

[muted plinth]

wishing the best for yall

gl

yall wont need it tho

[opal violet]

LMAOO

[muted plinth]

u got this in the bag

so free 😭 💔

[opal violet]

free is what ill be after thursday trust

[muted plinth]

alr i gotta lock in on studying i got finals nxt week

gotta keep the gpa up twin

nah my school does 4 scale

i just need to do well on ap lang to keep the 4

idk im in cali

ik texas does tha shi

[vagrant hearth]

yep ut austin autoadmit

i think im sick

[peak mantle]

Does it hurt me if nobody has gotten in from my school until this year since 2017, the guy this year has a 4.2 and only got in for water polo recruitment. I’m in a different category than him right?

[dawn radish]

No

[vagrant hearth]

yeah ur in a diff category if he's already in and no it doesn't hurt u

[uneven hare]

no

[rotund lintel]

i mean there’s barely any rea acceptances at all

if u take away athletes and legacy i think rea acceptance rate is lower than rd

[vagrant hearth]

rip

[rotund lintel]

but that doesn’t mean u cant just get deferred and then accepted rd

a lot of ppl get deferred yall will be fine dw

[muted plinth]

oh shi

thats not good

[regal canyon]

who doesnt love having the odds be severely against them

[wary obsidian]

how do i LOR max

[regal canyon]

just pure glaze

[wary obsidian]

whats the point of applying REA then if you're not legacy/ athlete 💔

[rotund lintel]

lowkey idk

i didnt rea

[wary obsidian]

is the sole rejection rate lower than RD?

dyk

[rotund lintel]

probably? bc a lot of students get deferred

[rotund lintel]

earlier decision maybe

[wary obsidian]

that sounds worth it then

[rotund lintel]

but lowkey everyone gets deferred

[wary obsidian]

and u dont gotta write as much aops

[rotund lintel]

idk why people rea here 😭😭

i would genuinely do any other school

[wary obsidian]

doesnt defer+re apply to RD show more demonstrated interest

[rotund lintel]

just bc of the odds of getting deferred idk

[rotund lintel]

hmm good point

maybe i’m not quite sure it would make a significant difference tho

[wary obsidian]

its harvard any odd increase is a good one id assume

[rotund lintel]

yea u could say that

[sonic cloud]

i have already explained that in my 3hr interview i cant just write down all of the reasons

[thorny harbor]

THEY HATED ME BECAUSE I TOLD THE TRUTH!!!

Nobody believed me!!!

https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/first-year-applicants

[icy tapir]

Finally they addressed it

Thank you

[pliant flame]

i think this is too generic, just because you have a 1600 you don't get an academic rating of 1

[vagrant hearth]

Yeah ur right they likely factor everything in but usually academic rating is just a benchmark

[dawn radish]

https://archive.nytimes.com/thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/author/william-r-fitzsimmons/

[random aurora]

Pls

[opal violet]

why did we not get an email 🥲

[rotund lintel]

yea academic rating of 1 is hella rare

actually anything 1 is pretty rare

i got all 2s i think

[random aurora]

For wht

[wild stag]

fym no earlier you mean it could be later??

[random aurora]

I think it means no earlier than 7pm est

Like timewise

😭😭

[wild stag]

good

[half turret]

holy fried

[opal violet]

early release time

[regal canyon]

man im getting more and more nervous

like ik what the decision is gonna be but you just cant help it

[crimson summit]

yay at least now we have a time!!!

[vagrant hearth]

WE are cooked

[opal violet]

rip

[half turret]

word

[vagrant hearth]

Wait so it’s likely gonna be later than Thursday right 😭😭

[opal violet]

pls no

[half turret]

nah I think they js say “no earlier than” but it’s probably 7 pm ET on the dot

[sonic cloud]

Exactly this

[uncut sail]

Friendship ended with Dartmouth

Now Harvard is my best friend

[tiny sable]

were u unhooked

[rotund lintel]

nah hella

first in my school to ivy

international/no us citizenship

and chronic illness

and highest sat score in history of my school

just 1s are rare is what i wanted to emphasize

dont stress just do ur best

shi its hard to say dont stress but its out of ur control yk

[tiny sable]

holy szhit

yeah my school has never sent someone to harvard either

[rotund lintel]

ur first 👀👀

[tiny sable]

bro no im expecting deferral

[gritty sequoia]

chris do you still have finals left

[tiny sable]

im genuinely shitting my pants

[rotund lintel]

thats lowkey reasonable

[rotund lintel]

just this fuckass essay

[gritty sequoia]

almost done then

[wary obsidian]

how does one know, my school is really uncompetitive like u just have to do every assignment on time and pay attention in class to get top 10% 😭 so im suspecting it

[rotund lintel]

ts frying me i took a class i wasn’t interested in bc it was easy

[gritty sequoia]

celtic mythology 😭

is this vinland saga ahh

[tiny sable]

naviance/a platform that tells u the stats and amount of university admits we've had

[wary obsidian]

the celtics have mythology?? 😭

[rotund lintel]

😭😭

[rotund lintel]

yes like irish myths

bro im never taking a class just bc its easy again

writing these essays feels like pulling teeth

[ashen dawn]

thats what ive learned

hard classes that ur interested in are 10x better than boring classes that are easy

[uneven hare]

people want to get in early

[wary obsidian]

yea and not having to do RD apps

[uneven hare]

W

[uneven hare]

yeah

last year i did REA harvard 💀

[wary obsidian]

deferred rejected or accepted but didn't decide to go?

[uneven hare]

deferred

at the time i was one of those people that didnt really know anything about college because i wasnt sure i was going to college so i just decided to shoot the biggest shot i could think of

[wary obsidian]

did u apply RD to Harvard after that or did u ED columbia so you didn't do rd apps?

[uneven hare]

no i got into columbia RD

[wary obsidian]

oh nice

[rotund lintel]

real

[ashen dawn]

i had to write an essay like this last night

genuinely hell

[rotund lintel]

no bull

im going through it rn

[potent inlet]

3 days

[opal violet]

gang im out somewhere in public 7pm thursday do i open it there or potentially wait a substantial amt of time to open it at home

[potent inlet]

wait a substantial amt of time to open it at home

[sick vector]

open it in public

gotta be confident about the result

[wary obsidian]

attract a massive crowd

jk id open it at home lwk

it depends on how emotional u r

[sick vector]

nah get a crowd up people and get them to start doing chants and stuff

[opal violet]

um ik someone else who read harvard who wil be there

😩

[sick vector]

open it togeather

but have

you show your to him

[opal violet]

LMAO

[sick vector]

and he shows his to yours

[opal violet]

devil in my ear

[sick vector]

and the entire hangout you guys cant tell each other

and after the hangout you guys finally tell each other

[opal violet]

writing a whole plot

ngl sounds fire

i fear we both might be too facially expressive

[sick vector]

thats what makes it fun

i weould do it if i had a friend apply harvard with me

[opal violet]

yo yall r lowk swaying me

[sick vector]

but lowkey its chill cuz got that on locks

[opal violet]

i win by harnessing my expressive expressions to confuse the opponent

[opal violet]

ongong

dudeee

[sick vector]

nah its rough

ima feel bad for people that dont get in or vice versa

[opal violet]

did u see what i said abt the snrs from my school last yr

🥀

oh nvm

they all hopped on vc

um

ivy day

none of them got in to anything

which is lowk better than one person getting in ig