Harvard University (2025-2026)

[ashen dawn]

i mean its hard for sure

[lost dawn]

yeah yeah 😓

[ashen dawn]

but its not the most difficult major there is

[stone compass]

especially when finance interns get paid a lot over the summer

[ashen dawn]

i think its js the easiest thing to go into

postgrad

majoring in econ is relatively easy

and finance/consulting is a way to make 6 figures postgrad

[stone compass]

yeah it's lowk pretty sad tho

[ashen dawn]

yeah

[stone compass]

even tho i'll prob do the same thing

just so much wasted talent tho

[ashen dawn]

ivies accept a bunch of students who are meant to change the world

half of em go into consulting

[stone compass]

like all the stem are going into quant too

not even bettering the world that's like actively making it worse

[ashen dawn]

yeah

[gritty sequoia]

not rlly only a good few

[ashen dawn]

i mean i get it at least coming from a low income background

people dont want to be poor forever

yeah a lot less people get into quant than people say

quant is hard

as fuck

[stone compass]

yeah i see a lot of mit stem going to quant

[ashen dawn]

and its super stressful

[stone compass]

like physics and chem majors

[stone compass]

bru the quant ig influencers pmo

[gritty sequoia]

I feel like the most cracked seniors I knew not a ton in quant, more niche stuff like research at anthropic

or just phd

[ashen dawn]

i want to go for phd

but also like

[gritty sequoia]

all the super cracked stat majors go to stanford phd

[ashen dawn]

i want money

😭

[gritty sequoia]

that's my goal but not worth thinking abt rn

[stone compass]

yeah they get paid like 7 figures to do research at those companies

[ashen dawn]

i got a 69 on my stat final

[gritty sequoia]

cause only worth thinking about when it's actually a feasible option

[ashen dawn]

😂 ✌️

[ashen dawn]

Its ok median was 72

[gritty sequoia]

it's okay that's decent it's a tough class

[ashen dawn]

yeah im gonna try and lock in for next sems class

[stone compass]

how much harder is college than hs

[ashen dawn]

cuz stat theory is notoriously hard

[lost dawn]

right i was considering a phd and staying in academia but

[ashen dawn]

depends on your major

[lost dawn]

i need money

[ashen dawn]

but like harder

[gritty sequoia]

differs, I feel like college was MUCH harder than hs

[ashen dawn]

because its not just school

[stone compass]

like i go to a pretty tough feeder and taken some hard classes

[gritty sequoia]

but I also applied myself more to take challenging courses

[lost dawn]

especially if the current administration wants to continue to gut funding from my field

[ashen dawn]

bro i went to a hard high school and everyone was like "yeah college will be easy after you went to [this high school]"

and then it wasnt

ur just balancing a lot more than just school

and then ur classes are hard

[gritty sequoia]

yeah I felt it was much harder for sure in college

even tho harvard is easy I heard

hardest part is getting in

[ashen dawn]

people just say shit like this

lol'

[stone compass]

there's a calc ab/bc -> multi calc pipeline. and all the multicalc kids go to t15s so they're really smart

and last yr during our calc ab/bc tests ppl would cry mid-test all the time

[ashen dawn]

so many people i know who were in multi with me took multi in hs

and still got b-s in the class

lol

[stone compass]

yeah

[gritty sequoia]

yeah I lowk forced myself to take multi/lin alg with bc background frosh year

[stone compass]

im decent at problem solving from aime and stuff and the tests would make me feel dumb as shit

[gritty sequoia]

and I'm glad I did I think

[ashen dawn]

wait this is what im doing

i think its the better move

[gritty sequoia]

I need to lock in while I'm on break tho

since I'm off this year

[ashen dawn]

gap year?

[ashen dawn]

you struggle more but you learn your weaknesses

[gritty sequoia]

I think it's like at some point you need to make a challenging jump

[ashen dawn]

yeah thats why prob theory kicked my ass

[gritty sequoia]

it's nice to get humbled early

then hopefully cook later on

[gritty sequoia]

kind of

lowk don't know how long

[ashen dawn]

i feel like a gap year/sem

is such a good move

[gritty sequoia]

it is

cause like

I feel like this time for me is so nice

[ashen dawn]

are you working or just working on yourself

[gritty sequoia]

cause I'll never have a time in my life where I have no deadlines or anything

[gritty sequoia]

I worked over the summer but now just focusing on myself

[ashen dawn]

its so valuable

[gritty sequoia]

yeah

[ashen dawn]

to just spend time with no deadlines just working on yourself

[gritty sequoia]

fs

[ashen dawn]

cuz even during school breaks ur always stressing about the next thing

[gritty sequoia]

it's nice to slow down

[ashen dawn]

i feel like i should take a gap sem but idk

[gritty sequoia]

appreciate things more

[ashen dawn]

if i took a gap sem no secret society tho

😢

[gritty sequoia]

I feel like it's a tough thing for most cause I am very lucky I can just chill at home and I have medical reasons so no pressure for me to get stuff done

but like I feel like for others it may be more "dead time" which is nice but maybe not as worth it

cause I would have to take this time somehow someway anyways

[vagrant hearth]

yeah makes sense

[ashen dawn]

ah so if not now just later

[gritty sequoia]

yeah

I'm very content right now to put school entirely on pause and just chill until my medical stuff clears up

not in a rush for anything

lowkeunuinely gonna be a super sophomore tho

[ashen dawn]

das ok

[stone compass]

my math teacher from last yr was deadass a sadist

[ashen dawn]

i feel like everyone who takes time off from school

appreciates it so much

[stone compass]

way too smart to be a hs teacher did his ug and masters at pton. and every test question would require like 20 steps to work through

[ashen dawn]

when ur growing up ur constantly in school and at a place like harvard ur definitely stressed for a significant portion of ur life

nice to slow the pace

[gritty sequoia]

fs fs

[ashen dawn]

even if u become a super sophomore

[stone compass]

yah bro just take a sem off

[ashen dawn]

bruh hella teachers from my hs just had hella prestigious degrees

[stone compass]

literally makes no difference career wise

[stone compass]

yeah he was really nice but lowk autistic and just too smart for us

[ashen dawn]

my physics teacher freshman year did 3+2 at bowdoin/columbia and then went to harvard for masters of education

[stone compass]

freshman course of doom

[ashen dawn]

he was a great teacher

[stone compass]

my sophomore chem teacher did her ug and master at penn. and she was a super stem-feminisct and would deadass ignore all the guys in the class 😭

im all for women in stem but chill

[void aspen]

@gritty sequoia are you returning to THE harvard college next semester?

[muted bluff]

do you jump?

[frank mica]

yall need ot get outta here with alumni teachers bro

i have like random teachers

[gritty sequoia]

Nah

[fossil wadi]

If your all Harvard here

I am volunteering in novegen for stem researches , stemise as digital team , fekra as designer .

I have published three books and my own visual art , making fashion designs as well.

As for leadership, I have two clubs , one which is organization for youth ( it's big with volunteering groups and sessions )

The other is club for people with cancer , to publish thier novels through my website .

I am chaptered in nextsteps organization too ( I was promoted to the rank of leader)

presented a complete poem in my name at school on World Arab Day
So I became the The school's facade for reciting poetry and speeches during celebrations and official days.

Are these extracurriculars good?

[devout wave]

no chancemes but intl harvard is tough

it really depends on how you present them

[fossil wadi]

I am palestinain refugee living in camps in lebanon

So I tried to do how much I can

[fossil wadi]

Like I got deffered and these what I've done after the decision( will add them in loci )

[devout wave]

oh you already submitted

[dawn radish]

Good luck

[fossil wadi]

Yups

[fossil wadi]

Thank you🥹💓💓

[wary obsidian]

fr all my teachers went to random tx publics 😭

i lwk feel an urge to get into the finance pipeline for money

[silk zephyr]

for the disagreement supp

is it fine to talk about a hot button disagreemtn

I wrote mine about like being in a dorm with some kid

and we had very opposing views about immigration

and its very important to me but like obviously I showed how I repsected the other guy

and how I learned of my own issues with thinking and my own way of interpreting things

and all of that

im just wondering

if like they dont like hot button issues for this prompt?

I was inclined to think they would encourage that because the whole reason this prompt was made was due to the recent protests and conflcits on campus

but I'd love a second opinion

or if anyone would be open to reading read mine feel free to DM

[muted bluff]

i think it should be fine. i think its important that you dont just make it about the argument

saying like "oh i learned that i see things differently from other people" is a little weak

[dawn radish]

I talked about identity politics and then my conclusion was how I realized I wasn’t immune to polarization in the media so I think you’ll be fine

[silk zephyr]

you read mine too lol did u like it

[silk zephyr]

I basically talked about how Iwent to shake shack with the other guy for like 2 weeks every single night and how I learned so much about him that it allowed me to understand him and consider my own way of thinking

and my own like insular buble i came from

[dawn radish]

I can’t remember if I left any comments I’ve read a lot of essays in the last few days

[silk zephyr]

lol you didn't on that specific one so im gonna assume you liked it haha

thank you again for reading mine lol

[dawn radish]

Lemme check again hold on

Oh wait I do remember lemme go to dms

[muted bluff]

If i’m mentioning a class, is it better to mention the catalogue class ID, class name, or both?

like if im just like “gened 1103” is that annoying to the AO

[muted bluff]

(also if you reply can you ping me because i’m 75% locked in on writing)

[dawn radish]

Just say the class name

[muted bluff]

okay thanks!

[soft cairn]

Omg this is so so random lol, but I remember you from the Georgetown thread, and it's reassuring that you're also working on Harvard essays right now 😭

[muted bluff]

omg hi yeah we’re in the trenches tgth

[soft cairn]

YESS we've got this!! 🙂‍↕️

[muted bluff]

we’re going to eat down on these supps frfr

[soft cairn]

YESS locked in always!! 🫡

[frank mica]

the only thing my school teachers do is compare to liek 3 different kids over the past 20 yr who got into good schools

and 2 of them went to the uk, so only 1 us kid

[uneven hare]

name

they’re not gonna go look up the id

[jaunty harness]

Hi I was wondering if I should apply to Harvard anymore

Cuz they don’t take act superscores and I have a 32 act

No hooks & 3.94 UW GPA should I just not apply and focus on my other schools? I’m wondering if it’s even realistic. I also had a medically documented situation where I couldn’t really take standardized tests from Oct-nov but the 32 is still low idk

[jaunty harness]

vro I need actual advice from a college person I’m on a time crunch

[muted bluff]

apply

[latent bison]

it is actual advice. harvard's acceptance rate is 3-4% according to google.
if you don't apply, that number becomes 0%.
which odds do you like more?

[stone compass]

can anyone take a look at my why harvard essay

[stone compass]

i thought the quote was 1-30

[stone compass]

everyone says this it actually pmo

[latent bison]

ok then dont apply 🤷‍♂️

[lyric tundra]

is this for all honors possible, or just one?

theres no way of sending multple links

[idle marlin]

Mine dosen't even have links 😭

they gotta verify usaco on their own

[idle marlin]

Go for the most "hard to believe" one

[mint pulsar]

uhh I just added a link to a google drive folder 💀💀

and added like a few certificates for awards

[opal violet]

yea i did a doc w links to everything

[idle marlin]

Mine are kinda obscure so you think i'ma get jumped for leaving it blank?

[lyric tundra]

naw

they do not care

i mean they do

but they can contact u

[devout wave]

lol i forgot to do that

[thorny harbor]

Chat I have a question

Why do Harvard degrees not list your concentration

Only degree type like Bachelor of Arts

And why are there so many signatures on the degree

I also heavily dislike how they write out how many years Harvard has been around

So then you’ve got the long form written 20xx date + 3xx both written out

[uneven hare]

you miss every shot you don’t take

[silk zephyr]

do they take SAT Superscore through common app like when it tells u to list the highest math and reading scores?

[jaunty harness]

yes but I’m asking if considering I have 3 schools to finish up if I’m even in the running for Harvard with a 32

Or if I should spend that time on the other schools

[uneven hare]

you also miss a lot of shots you do take. but this is true regardless of whether you have a 30 or a 36

[uneven hare]

up to you

[uneven hare]

i don’t think anybody is truly out of the running without a holistic look first

again up to you

[silk zephyr]

im wondering how to report my score then lol let me check

[idle marlin]

In that case I can get people to vouch for me fairly easy tbh, also they have oly lists so hopefully they check those first lol

[silk zephyr]

im so confused

"We do not create superscores for applicants. We will evaluate your application noting the highest test scores in each section across test dates for the SAT and your strongest sitting for the ACT. We take into account your educational background when reviewing your scores"

[uneven hare]

it’s facts tho

[silk zephyr]

should I submit my common app w the scores liek I would for any other school?

[uneven hare]

wtf

ok ignore anything i said

[idle marlin]

They basically say that they don't care about the full combined score and just look at the test section scores (?)

oh

[stone compass]

yeah

[silk zephyr]

OHHHH

ur so smart

[idle marlin]

ACT is just no superscore

nvm

[silk zephyr]

ur smart

[idle marlin]

strongest sitting for the ACT

[silk zephyr]

thanks man

[idle marlin]

but SAT they'll look at seperate section scores

[stone compass]

whats the sat equiv of that

[silk zephyr]

so thye technically do superscore SAT, but just not a composite score (lol)

[idle marlin]

yeah lol

[silk zephyr]

so odd

[idle marlin]

idk why that distinction is made but whatever

same idea

also the sat score is just the CA reported one right?

[silk zephyr]

yes you just put in ur highest score from reading and then highest score from math

so its basically an "auto super score"

through CA

but not a composite (basically exactly how Harvard describes it)

[frank mica]

just use ;

[jaunty harness]

1440

[stone compass]

ur good

[midnight thorn]

hey guys
wanted to ask something
so i write poems for fun, but my teacher said that my poem is very good and that I should submit it to unis
so is it okay to submit it to colleges?
like Yale, Harvard, dartmouth and so on?
and all poems i have written are romantic. so is it okay to submit them?

[fossil wadi]

I think you should mention them in the short questions or essays as achievements, but sending it to colleges they might not read them , they only have 20 minutes for your application so...

[midnight thorn]

yk as art supplement

cause we can do that

[fossil wadi]

I don't know , but in my opinion art is art , like visual art or fashion 😭

[scarlet rampart]

See what the University defines art as, if they accept writing, then go for it

[midnight thorn]

i see

[midnight thorn]

okay!!

[muted bluff]

Poetry is art

[fossil wadi]

In general it is , but as far as I know what they want is visual art and not poems 🙂🙂

[stone compass]

most colleges dont accept writen art

ik yale does but they only accept if it has received national attention

[muted bluff]

How hard is it to get an EC 2 compared to other 2s

Because I think I have academic and athletic 2s but I’m worried about EC… and do EC and athletic overlap at all

[vast sleet]

For the EC supplement does it matter if its been only going on for like 3 months and is at the bottom of my list?

[gritty sequoia]

I had a 2-/2 you’ll be alr

I did mostly school community stuff

[muted bluff]

oh okay because that’s what i’ve done too, that’s good to hear thanks

[dawn radish]

You can upload it once you have access to the applicant portal

I would assume poetry falls under creative writing

[jaunty harness]

if i apply saying i wanna join the orchestra but dont submit an arts supplement would that be bad

they can prob see my ability through like all-state and stuff but idk

[muted bluff]

yheah

thats fine

[silk zephyr]

for the supplement about the EC that shaped you, I talked about like working in a place where I had to sort magazines and how seeing the headlines made me confused as to what to beleive in but then I learned to always consider multiple perspectives and search for the trurth, etc

but im wondering if ithats too similar to the disagreement essay?

like the lesson I took away from the disagreeemt was that ppl from very different places can find common ground in a shared value, etc

can anyonr offer input on if they think these two are too intertwined/similar?

should I change my EC essay?

[muted bluff]

i wonder if there’s another EC that you can talk about that might offer a different perspective but be equally strong

[silk zephyr]

thanks!

would anyone be open to reading my supps?

for Harvard?

[spice vault]

hi, would anyone be open to reading one of my supps? im only required to answer 2 prompts, one 400 words and the other 150.

i would appreciate it very much!

[dawn radish]

whats the 400 word one?

[muted bluff]

might be qb

[dawn radish]

ohh

[dawn radish]

if it is qb sure Ill read them i love my fellow fgli students

[spice vault]

yes it is qb! the 400 word prompt is: tell us about a time when your perspective was different from someone elses

what does fgli mean?

[turbid venture]

first gen low income

[spice vault]

ahh i see

[lyric tundra]

anyone turning in music supplmeneet?

@turbid venture perchance? i remember u lol

cuz its 250 mb... my video is 1.3 gb 💀 its over

[turbid venture]

yes but

i haven’t submitted yet so i haven’t looked at

it’s 250mb limit??

that’s nuts

@lyric tundra https://youtu.be/w3VObj0CEZ0?si=iCwQv8c5UwS3tm9r
use handbrake and use this guys settings

i use handbrake for uploading on instagram/tiktok, it’ll work for this too

[lyric sluice]

could anyone please look at my last sec harvard supps?

[midnight thorn]

thanks man!!

could you also look at my supps please?

[dawn radish]

i work like a dog day and night

[opal violet]

fire reference

[dawn radish]

i think for every student i read and they actually get admitted harvard should pay me a commission

[spice vault]

2x

[opal violet]

u deserve this

ive been doing it for free for my friends but im scared to start releasing services to the masses for free </3

[dawn radish]

u have been promoted u r now one of my elite employees

[opal violet]

HAHAHAH

[dawn radish]

if we see each other on campus ill give u a high five

[opal violet]

yayyy!!!

thanks boss 😆

[spice vault]

https://tenor.com/view/eyes-gif-12415677133864599416

[dawn radish]

dm me ill read ur essays

[opal violet]

perhspas ill start doing it new year new me

maybe int he mroing

[dawn radish]

do it january 1st 11:58pm

[spice vault]

i think you need to add me

[opal violet]

u right

will be so helpful <3

[dawn radish]

beggars cant be choosers ig

[opal violet]

mhmmm preach

ok i will review one set of supps whoever replies to this message first

ill do it rn before i zzz

seems like the markets oversaturated

[dawn radish]

lol

[pliant obsidian]

the Harvard name is putting yall to work even before you enroll

[opal violet]

gotta start further channeling the harvard name and begin charging 🤧

need to make tuition somehow

[pliant obsidian]

go earn that tuition gang

LMAO exactly

[opal violet]

u right u right!!

same wavelength

[pliant obsidian]

go on TikTok and start fearmongering

[pliant obsidian]

Am I getting into Harvard

was this a foreshadowing

[dawn radish]

you are

[pliant obsidian]

yay

[opal violet]

should i be afraid of the opps

[pliant obsidian]

see yall next year

[opal violet]

yes!!

[pliant obsidian]

nah u become the opp

[dawn radish]

2027!!!

[pliant obsidian]

oh wait

I meant this year

[dawn radish]

is this a sign to defer my admission

[pliant obsidian]

😭😭

[opal violet]

LMAOOA

omg this yr

next yr is this yr

wtf

[pliant obsidian]

yes take a gap year and become a hippie

[opal violet]

omg

genius

[spice vault]

me

[pliant obsidian]

if u need a manager hit me up

[opal violet]

suspect37 has won the giveaway!! share it w me

[opal violet]

ofc queen

[spice vault]

awesome

[pliant obsidian]

ur not doing it correctly

[opal violet]

or king?

[pliant obsidian]

They need to follow u on all platforms and comment to win

[opal violet]

oh :(

ur right

[pliant obsidian]

I’m a boss

[opal violet]

need to follow step 1 step 2 and step 3 IN THSI ORDER or else no prize </3

[opal violet]

!!!!

[pliant obsidian]

It’s ok u learn from ur mistakes

[opal violet]

true true

[pliant obsidian]

ur improving already i see a bright future ahead of you

[opal violet]

thank u so much for ur words of wisdom

<3

[pliant obsidian]

us Harvard students need to stick together

[opal violet]

right right look forward to ur good news !!!! 😆

[midnight thorn]

heyy

[opal violet]

ykw i will be kind and u shall be my last child

dm me

nvm i see it

[silk zephyr]

for this is it fine to literally just paste in links from the pdfs ofthe award certificate?? lol

[steady kiln]

for an award that i only got my placement for through email should i send a screenshot of the email as a link?

[sonic vigil]

Yeah I had the same question
I could upload my certificates in a google drive and add the link to that but idk if they’re asking for multiple links of the websites or what 😭

[lyric sluice]

do they want to look at the certificates?

or what?

I have a link for only one
other are not posted anywhere online and i only have certificates for it

[real belfry]

do we upload research abstracts through the slideroom or portal?

[hexed lintel]

hi i would really like someone to give suggestions on my supplemental essays

[muted bluff]

i just picked top 3 things from my stanny essay lokwk

and added 1 more sentec

cause i did my stanny essay as list format

[uneven hare]

all essays are mid

i've yet to read a good supplemental

[vagrant hearth]

W

[uneven hare]

not as an insult ofc, mine are equally bad, if not worse. if anything, intended as comfort

[next ivy]

😥

[vagrant hearth]

Fr it’s good for some people bad for others

Subjective 😭😭

[whole minnow]

For harvard academic research supplemental can i just upload the first page of my paper if it includes abstract, authors, name/org, and me or do i have to make a separate doc typing and listing it all out

[dawn radish]

i think the first page is fine if the alternative will say the same thing just look differently

[lethal owl]

for essay about using harvard education how much of it should reference harvard-specific opporutnities as opposed to future-looking and hopes

[dawn radish]

The focus should be on ur future but with substance on the role harvard plays in helping you achieve ur goals

[rare palm]

lowk so stuck on disagreement essay

i wrote one for columbia but it feels trite

[dawn radish]

Did you get a confirmation email from common app

if u have access to the applicant portal then im pretry sure they received it

Does it say received on the application

wait a day harvard should send you another email tomorrow morning

have faith

[tropic pebble]

its fine they'll almost always accept things submitted until est

[dawn radish]

canon event

[distant talon]

hi chat

can someone committed or in college read my harvard essays 😛

[eager moth]

does harvard actually need every single location i lived in 😭

[west token]

does it take a while to appear?

it shows the same thing for me i'm guessing we have to wait a little.

[devout wave]

coalition is slow

[dawn radish]

it takes a day

[west token]

oh

also the only way to fix a mistake on the coalition application itself is to email the school right? this was my first coalition applicaiton.

[tropic pebble]

If you listed any honors or awards in the Honors section of the Common Application, please provide a link to the honor/award if available.

guys what does this mean really

like do they want the link to my specific award (like credential badge link??)

or a link to the website of the competiton in general?

or like if my name was published as an award winner in their site

like what

do u put

@mossy delta sorry for ping boss do u have any advice

or like a drive link to my certficates or something IDK

also is it bad to put special concentration as first choice major

[mossy delta]

No you don't need certificates in your app

[tropic pebble]

what are they asking me for?

[mossy delta]

Or wait, is this some Harvard supplement thing?

[tropic pebble]

"If you listed any honors or awards in the Honors section of the Common Application, please provide a link to the honor/award if available."

[vast sleet]

it says if available

[oak bobcat]

yea im putting in a google drive link

[tropic pebble]

but what do they want?

1. link to like an online credential like a badge link of the competition/award
2. link to the website of the competiton in general
3. or a link to me specifically winning that award (but in what sense? can i put a news article?) or my being published on their website?
4. certificates?

[idle marlin]

Harvard asks for links to honors/award

[idle marlin]

I just put a google doc with stuff lol

[vast sleet]

they want proof that you won the award I believe

so like a certificate

or like you said a list with your name on it

I linked an insta post and a scoring website

but if you dont have proof i dont think you have to go out of your way to give it to them

[turbid venture]

can i just put multiple links in the box and separate with commas?

or did you make a doc with all the links for them to view

[vast sleet]

This is what i did

[silk zephyr]

guys for this

since its two different tests is it supposed to say "2" for taken?

[west token]

they won't care since they can see the different dates

[drifting tinsel]

HARVARD STUDENTS

can someone pls read over my supps

i need a lifesaver

🙏

[jaunty harness]

but they don't superscore right?

[silk zephyr]

freaking out

[dawn radish]

good luck

[silk zephyr]

thank you!

[drifting tinsel]

YO BRO IM LATE BUT PLZ

deadass throwing a long shot to someone down to read supps

[rare palm]

submitted ts #CRIMSON30

[dawn radish]

whats the benefit tho anything you can change now will only be marginally better or worse

[drifting tinsel]

I have time to change stuff

A lot

And it could be much better what 😭😭

[silk zephyr]

both of us twin

[vagrant hearth]

@lyric matrix

[lyric matrix]

LOL

wheres the comp @vagrant hearth

[vagrant hearth]

not u

[opal violet]

so sorry i was busy </3

u got it good luck!

[viral cave]

for the expand on an EC can i do one from my additional info

[silk zephyr]

My score is avg in this chat 😭

[silk zephyr]

Ya

[viral cave]

i hate procrastination 😓

[silk zephyr]

Lmao

[spiral valley]

bros trying to act humble

what honor proof thing

Ohh i don't think it's that imprortant

They'll prob just assume there was no digital like to ur award yky

[silk zephyr]

Its definitely not v important bc if it was other schools would sak

[dawn radish]

i only proved one of my honor with the link so ur fine

[silk zephyr]

I just linked two of mine

didnt wanna scour the internet for the others 💀

I feel like they def do not click on those links lol

[dawn radish]

i didnt really have any awards to prove anyways tho lol

lowk i was a personality hire

[silk zephyr]

I had an essay contest but I lost the certificate of achievement 🫢

[silk zephyr]

isn't everyone lol

[silk zephyr]

being humble fs

[dawn radish]

yeah but me especially i think the ppl who wrote my rec letters liked me and they just happened to like my essays too

but goes to show personal qualities matter just as much

[silk zephyr]

I feel like its honestly way more important than accolades

[opal violet]

imo personal qualities matter A LOT

[silk zephyr]

congrats on ur acceptance!!

[opal violet]

tyty!!!

gl to u :)

[dawn radish]

i think to a certain extent yes

[silk zephyr]

I agree (as someone who hasn't gotten into anything yet)

[silk zephyr]

thanks!

[opal violet]

LMAAO hahah u got this

[silk zephyr]

Hope I can join u guys this fall 😭

[dawn radish]

You will my connections at harvard admissions already told me

[silk zephyr]

You for sure need great accolades but without persoanlity kind of meaningless

I think a great person/fit can make up for "weaker" accolades

but not the other way around

[dawn radish]

this must be how harvard saw me

[silk zephyr]

if u sent me ur EC's I'm 99% sure they'd be cracked

[dawn radish]

i knocked doors for political candidates and did 2 clubs and that was pretty much it

[opal violet]

lowk ive been telling myself that acc this is not true cuz otherwise they wouldve deferred me

like were prolly not bottom of the barrel right...

[dawn radish]

yeah I was thinking like we had to go through the initial read, then a sub committee, then a full committee

i wish i was in the room where it happened

peak reference

[tropic pebble]

do i bother finishing harvard

ughhh fine ill do it

[dawn radish]

yay

[tropic pebble]

THIS SHIT LINK BOX DOESNT EVEN HAVE THE SPACE FOR ALLL THESE FUCKASS LINKS

BRUH

[opal violet]

j put them all on a doc and submit the doc

[tropic pebble]

love u

[lyric sluice]

yeah

like just how behind are you on time?

[tropic pebble]

done

submitted bullshit ass

hawaii time ❤️

u dont need vpn

yuh

hehehe

procrastination final boss

my harvard app was poopoo tho so

i gave up

bru so much more to doooo

FUCJ ITS 4 ALREADY

oh mt fod

thi s is impossible

bro j have like 5

im gonna go throw upreal quick

hahaha

dont ask

[sonic cloud]

roar lion roar
from alma mater on the hudson shore
columbia columbia
shouting her name forever

[muted bluff]

wrong channel

[rare palm]

close enough

[unborn bear]

nyc is basically boston

[vast sleet]

Sorry if I’m stupid but why does it say that my recommendations and school trancript arent uploaded

Oh yeah I am it just says they havent been processed yet

[lyric sluice]

mine too

[dawn radish]

bulldog bulldog bow wow wow

[vagrant hearth]

no shot ts works

Bro 😭

[glad grove]

THIS WORKS???

[turbid venture]

@lyric tundra how did you go about uploading on slidesroom

did you use youtube or compress

[barren swan]

Did anyone else get an interview from Harvard

I just got one

[muted bluff]

no

when did you submit

one day later would be insane

[barren swan]

yea i got one 😭

like at the deadline yestreday

[muted bluff]

that’s insane

you must just have been the first app they read

PLEASE let us know if you get a LL or accepted lol

would be an interesting correlation

[lyric tundra]

youtube

i compressed it using some other thing and then uploaded to yt

[turbid venture]

did you have some issue with uploading a link like

whenever i do it

it loads forever

i put the yt link and it just loads

tried different browser

[west token]

why does it say 1/02/2026 for application and also they still didn't get my LOR's would i be penalized in anyway for this?

[lyric tundra]

u can do a link?

i shouldve done that lol

[turbid venture]

how did you put it then?

you said you uploaded to YT

where’d you give them the link

[lyric tundra]

no i downloaded again

youtube decreases file size

so uploade to yt then redownload it

[turbid venture]

oh thats lowk smart method

i might have to do that because my compress thing didn't even do it enough

terrible idea to put a 250mb limit

[vast sleet]

What omg good luck

[vagrant hearth]

When should I submit a letter of continued interest?

[vagrant hearth]

No there’s a grace period and it says 1/02 because that’s when it processed and u got ur portal

[barren swan]

idt thsi matters too much

[west token]

what about LORs

and thanks for response

i sent them but idk why they aren't receiving them

[dawn radish]

no it just means they have a lot of interviewer availability and the regional chair was quick to assign an interviewer

[dawn radish]

No it takes a day for materials to be processed

[west token]

it's been more than a day now but it says they didn't receive my LORs

i don't know if they sent or not since harvard was the first school i used coalition for

[dawn radish]

were they submitted on coalition already

[west token]

i assigned them on coalition

the same way i would for common app

[dawn radish]

Have ur teachers written them yet

and attached them

[west token]

but it doesn't show "sent" like it does for the common app one

[west token]

yes but our school does it differently and the LORs are on scoir

[barren swan]

hm, if harvard does pre screen for interviews i dont think its based on transcript, school report, or recs because my portal shows that they haven't gotten that yet

[dawn radish]

i would wait until the admissions office reopens on monday and if it still isnt there you can call them

[dawn radish]

they dont really pre screen

[west token]

okay i will do that, thanks

also made a mistake on my app so I'll tell them about thay

[barren swan]

ok yea thats what i thought

[dawn radish]

a list of applicants are given to the regional chairs of harvard clubs and they are responsible for assigning interviews

[barren swan]

why do they say this?

Applicants are assigned interviews at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, based, in part, on availability of alumni in your local area.

[lyric sluice]

same

[dawn radish]

However if interviewers are scarce harvard does sometimes indicate using numbers whether an interview can help their decision making for a certain applicant

[dawn radish]

^^

in my experience, im in alaska so alumni interviewers are scarce and only me and someone else got one and we were both accepted rea

[lyric sluice]

doesn't Harvard intervew means something positive?

like yk increased chances of getting in?

[dawn radish]

not necessarily

if everyone in ur area are getting interviews it doesnt mean anything and if only a few are getting interviews it just means the committee wants more insight from an alumni (not negative or positive)

[lyric sluice]

cause everyone i know who got in had got interview

[barren swan]

i genuinely think all they do is just glance over your essays to make sure you didnt say any stupid shit when giving u an interview

at least for like

the next couple of days

[barren swan]

this si probably true

[lyric sluice]

up to when are the interview offered?

[barren swan]

liek march

theres lots of time

[dawn radish]

i had mine november 21 so they can go pretty late

[lyric sluice]

from our country they generally take 1 person and that particular person who gets admitted always gets interview

[lyric sluice]

i see

[barren swan]

the timing of interviews typically doesnt matter right

[dawn radish]

no not at all

[barren swan]

ive heard soem ppl say if u get an interview this early it means ur probably fried 😭

[dawn radish]

not true

[vagrant hearth]

Dw bro you’ll have a grace period

As long as u pay and receive the portal ur good

[west token]

coalition?

[lyric sluice]

nope

common app

everything has been downloaded by the college but no green tick in the protal

[west token]

oh okay

[dusky trellis]

on harvard's portal it says this "If you are submitting academic work that has been published online or in print, please do not submit the work itself."

If I did research but it wasn't published don't upload anything?

[fossil wadi]

Guys, can a Harvard student read my LOCI 👀

[lost dawn]

lets think about this

ur ao knows where ur from

also common app doesnt lock the app so its not rlly a method lol

[desert herald]

if anyone was wondering

harvard started sending out RD interviews

[high dome]

I read that Harvard (sometimes) prescreens and that interviews have a minor correlation with being accepted?

[desert herald]

Yeah i've heard this too idk

I just know that Harvard does value interviews relatively speaking compared to other upper echelon colleges

Like for example stanford dgaf but harvard often cites interviewer notes in the admissions files

[west token]

anyone applied through coalition and knows how to send teacher LORs

[high dome]

how long do they send out interviews till?

[ashen dawn]

my harv interview was like mid jan iirc

[opal violet]

I uploaded my unpublished research I just made sure to specify in the file title and in the actual text of the file that it was unpublished

[dusky trellis]

thanks I'll just submit my abstract and do the same!

[fossil wadi]

Wait what?! Harvard do interviews ?😭

[ashen dawn]

its mostly about availalbility

[fossil wadi]

Do they ask for one , or it's about if the student is able to do one?

[ashen dawn]

they invite you to one but its about alumni availability

[high dome]

but then weigh it more than the other schools

even though its only availability

[ashen dawn]

idt its a crazy amount

[gritty sequoia]

how much do they weigh it

[ashen dawn]

like i dont think its like yale type timing. they matter but if you dont get one its not the end of the world

[gritty sequoia]

I never heard anyone say they weigh it much more than any other school

[opal violet]

im not too sure on ur specific circumstance (so i would recommend asking ur mentor) but in general if ur the one who wrote the abstract ur first author ur mentor second and ur pi last and everyone else who contributed in between

^ from my personal experience im also not super well versed in the rules of academia

yaa so I highly recommend asking ur mentor 😭😭

[jagged osprey]

me when i lie 😭

[muted bluff]

one of my friends in co'29 was on the fence and was accepted b/c his interview

[gritty sequoia]

How do you know

[muted bluff]

admissions file

[gritty sequoia]

Interesting

[muted bluff]

yeah

he's the most insufferable annoying person ever sooooo kinda surprised

[gritty sequoia]

My file said they were interested to see my interview

That’s about it

[jagged osprey]

my interviewer told me it’s a pulse check + making sure you’re not absolutely terrible for harvard, a lot of the times they also use the interview to verify that what you’re saying in your application is true

however, a lot of it (according to my interviewer) is just meant to glaze the alumni and make them feel special and important to the decision process

[muted bluff]

That's generally what I've heard from interviewers too. Not sure if interviewers and AOs have different perceptions

[high dome]

Do i need to use their "additional recommender" link if my common app already says my additional info letter is "Downloaded"?

[muted bluff]

idts

[dawn radish]

No additional materials wont appear on ur checklist but they are received

[lost dawn]

if it was downloaded by the college

why would u need to send them it

[dawn radish]

bc harvard does have a section on the portal for add recs but some ppl r worried that since it doesnt appear on the checklist it means they didnt fully receive it

ive played these games before

[desert herald]

Same

Like they didn't even quote the essays

It was js their interviewer glazing them

I think for Harvard interviews matter more than ppl think they do

[spice vault]

i was asleep earlier and i kept waking up because i dreamt that harvard sent me emails to interview

[muted bluff]

im crine

[west token]

https://tenor.com/view/ai-baby-baby-meme-benjammins-crine-crying-emojis-gif-7413217411335641959

[vagrant hearth]

nah they don't, for rea my friend got 2 alumni interviews got deferred and I got none and got deferred + rishab jain didn't get an alumni interview and got accepted

[desert herald]

wait idt the concept of getting an interview matters

but if you do get one I feel like what you say during the interview matters more than ppl think

versus Stanford where they quite literally dgaf

[vagrant hearth]

its very casual

u meetup with an alumni and talk about life literally

I woudln't freak out about it too much

[desert herald]

I agree I just feel like if they glaze you it's a lot more helpful at Harvard versus say Stanford

Like a good interview cld be the reason you get in at Harvard but not necessarily at Stanford

[vagrant hearth]

yes it can only help u (or hurt you but this is rare)

[potent verge]

is it possible to get an interviewer assigned at like any time before rd

🤔

or do they just do it around the same times

idk

[vagrant hearth]

yes the time varies

[potent verge]

oh ok

[vagrant hearth]

depending on ur location usually

[desert herald]

I think the time varies up until like their internal deadline for all interview reports

[vagrant hearth]

but dw my friend got 2 interveiws ppl were thinking she was guarnateed in and she got deferred

[desert herald]

Which is wayyyy later

You can get 2 interviews?

[vagrant hearth]

the interview process is just to kinda show urself i think

[desert herald]

What's the purpose of the second 💀

[vagrant hearth]

no its EXTREMELYH rare

[vagrant hearth]

I'm very unsure, but people on reddit says it depends sometimes its if they think something is inconsistent or if they think ur really good

but I didnt get anything and still a deferral ☠️

[high dome]

My friend got a second interview and they knew one a person that had done interviews in the past

I was told a 2nd interview means you're a borderline

[vagrant hearth]

it either means ur borderline or they think something is inconsistent with ur app

[vagrant hearth]

did ur friend get in

[high dome]

yep REA too

[vagrant hearth]

W

my friend got deferred

REA 2 interviews

i think shes gonna get in RD

[high dome]

i would be shitting myself if i got 2 interviews

I feel like it would be such a make or break situation

[vagrant hearth]

Yeah 😭😭

Do Yk ppl who got in without interviews @high dome

[high dome]

thats the only person I knew whose gotten in REA. I dont know that many people that applied REA anyways

[dawn radish]

🙋‍♂️

[high dome]

and this guy apparently @vagrant hearth

[dawn radish]

lol but i think a 2nd alumni interview could also mean the 1st interviwer couldnt submit their report for some reason

[vagrant hearth]

r u domestic

[dawn radish]

Yes

[vagrant hearth]

nah my friend got her 2nd before she even had her 1st

she was prolly borderline but ig they decided to defer

[vagrant hearth]

did u get 1 alumni interview?

[dawn radish]

Also i dont think its the aos who assign interviews pretry sure its the regional chairs of harvard clubs

i did

but i do think if interviewers are scarce the admissions office can indicate which applicants to prioritize

[vagrant hearth]

yeah prolly but I live in a really big city so i thought it was alraedy cooked i didnt get an alumni interview for rea

[dawn radish]

in my city ik a few ppl applied early but only 2 got interviews and both got in

[vagrant hearth]

W

[dawn radish]

i dont think ur cooked

if u were u wouldve been rejected early

[vagrant hearth]

yeah I still got a chance rd 🙏

[pliant obsidian]

wait do you know anything about intl interviews? If there’s no alum from my country could they assign interviews from other countries or am I gonna be interviewless

[vagrant hearth]

u applied to 30 schools?

[pliant obsidian]

yezzir

[vagrant hearth]

W thats impressive

[pliant obsidian]

It was kinda dumb but yolo

[barren swan]

the 2nd one being an ao interview?

[high dome]

correct

[dawn radish]

yeah they do virtual interviews

[spiral valley]

do most ppl who get into harvard get an interview?

[muted bluff]

Yes, I would wager a majority do.

But not everyone who gets an interview will get in. Most people won't. and many people who don't get interviews will still get in.

[uneven hare]

eh, could be for both and could be not for both

[uneven hare]

yeah

[uneven hare]

last year i got an AO interview and got waitlisted

[uneven hare]

yep

[uneven hare]

it's like a 50% chance according to the lawsuit

not that it matters all that much, chances arent really real

[high dome]

how old is the info from the lawsuit again?

[uneven hare]

the specific document i am citing is from 2019, i'm sure it's gone down

[vagrant hearth]

yeah its very ambiguous what will happen

[pliant obsidian]

me w yale senior interview, got edged

[tiny sable]

im p sure most of the time ao interview means ur borerline

im not sure tho

[vagrant hearth]

i think so too a girl at my school got AO interview

but got deferred ☠️

[uneven hare]

yeah i agree, i think you're right, and i mean, it's very personally reassuring to my ego that i was borderline, but the problem is that since borderline doesn't equal getting in, it holds virtually no weight in the actual process (e.g. the only real signal is an acceptance letter)

[uneven hare]

case in point

[dreamy parrot]

can i put my mit maker portfolio into my harvard "other" category in the slideroom portal?

[high dome]

For harvard, should we submit just abstracts or full papers?

[dawn radish]

Abstracts it says so on the upload materials section

[high dome]

Oh mb don’t know how I missed that thanks

[rough harbor]

2nd interviews could also be for a variety of reasons e.g. maybe your first interviewer was cheeks and got reported or smth 😭

[rare palm]

should I submit research abstracts if I already have a letter of recommendation from my research mentor??

[dusky trellis]

Yes

[high dome]

Should we submit abstracts for work that wasn't done with mentors but also isn't published i.e. just like self-created research?

[rare palm]

Won’t it be repetitive

[lyric tundra]

my interviewer is class of 2020, should i reference her with her first name or last name in the email?

i dont know her pronouns for sure technically, so theres a small chance i guess wrong

[dawn radish]

i didnt address mine with snything I started my email with just Hello!

[opal violet]

however they sign off their email with

my interviewer was super old but he signed off with his first name so I just called him that

[high dome]

For submitting research abstracts, its fine if i just grab the first page of my paper right? even if it has little part thats the introduction section of the paper?

[terse escarp]

For the music supplemental, they removed the Jan. 7th deadline, so should I now just submit whenever possible?

[idle marlin]

While everyone is getting interviews I’m getting nothin 😭

[desert barn]

Generally curious, has anyone applied to on campus summer for this college?

[lyric tundra]

check your portal, they mightve been assigned just not emailed

[high dome]

If we uploaded an optional file to the portal, is there a way to delete it?

[vagrant hearth]

pretty sure there isnt a spot on the portal for alumni interviews

or does it show up when u get assigned one

[uneven hare]

start with last name

[uneven hare]

don’t worry

[uneven hare]

do you see a delete button

if not, there’s a chance you can email the office and ask

[opal violet]

yea

[vagrant hearth]

Is there supposed to be a separate place to upload LOCI? Or do select miscellaneous on the drop down

[distant talon]

j call the office they’re hella nice

[high dome]

Yeah just did they were indeed very nice

They said they can’t remove it but just add a doc that’s like ignore that thing

[distant talon]

lol yeah my person said to make it funny or smth

😭

[high dome]

It was the same with Princeton

They’re all that same dumb system that you can’t delete stuff

[uneven hare]

miscellaneous

[uneven hare]

lmao what

[vagrant hearth]

do you think this weekend is a good time to submit it?

[uneven hare]

sure

[shrewd slate]

I indirectly know my interviewer assigned to me, is that fine??

[vast vigil]

Yeah

Some guy i knew’s friend’s dad was his interviewer

[shrewd slate]

That’s sick

[rare palm]

When do interview requests and assignations go out

[uneven hare]

if there appears to be some conflict of interest or bias then you might get another interviewer

that's usually on them to speak up, not you

[shrewd slate]

He prob doesn’t know I exist but he knows my boss it seems

[uneven hare]

important to note that harvard's interviewing guideline extends beyond actual bias/conflict of interest and specifically asks interviewers to be sensitive and disclose anything that could "appear" as COI, even if it's not actually so

[uneven hare]

eh that's fine

[shrewd slate]

ouh gotcha

[shrewd slate]

Yeah he’s pretty deep in the NYC VC space lol I’ve heard of him

[uneven hare]

my friend's sister was my interviewer, that was not great

[shrewd slate]

Gonna dap her up 😭😭

[uneven hare]

it was the worst interview of all time

[shrewd slate]

Oh

tell your friend to annoy her or something now lol

[lyric tundra]

tips on the harvard interview?

[dawn radish]

be yourself and dont sound like a robot

Everyone gets in bc theyre unique in some way

[opal violet]

agreed

just be approachable

imo as long as no personality red flags + nothing contradictory w the rest of ur app ur good

and if u havent already prep a short outline to the inevitable "introduce yourself"

[opal violet]

i dont think when you get it depends on ruralness directly, that depends on when the people responsible for ur region give the interviewers their interviewee contact info im pretty sure

but if u get an interview or not mostly depends on interviewer availability, which could be affected if ur in a rural area

[void aspen]

I got mine sometime in January and I’m rural

[west token]

rd?

[lost dawn]

im rd and in a rural area and also got an interview

there r so so so many factors w interviews

[west token]

yea that's true

[void aspen]

yes

[rare palm]

still haven't gotten mine🚬

[ashen dawn]

my interview was like feb 2nd

i don’t know when i got the request but it was late jan so ur lowk chilling

also harvard interviews matter but i don’t think it’s like a definitive characteristic

[lost dawn]

i got mine assigned in the portal a week ago and then js got contacted today

[west token]

where in the portal does it show

it doesn't show anything about interviews for me

[lost dawn]

it popped up saying uve been assigned an interviewer

and it gave me their name + interview guidelines

[west token]

oh

[rare palm]

does not submitting your midyear report impact if/when you get an interview

bc lowk mine only comes out end of january

[muted bluff]

no i got one

also i can’t find her on linkedin i fear she might be old🥀

[rare palm]

https://tenor.com/view/carrie-bradshaw-sex-and-the-city-satc-smoking-reflective-gif-7282787206784511167

whatever happens #happens

[muted bluff]

yeah i talked to an interviewer yesterday at the hospital actually and she was like it really doesn’t matter and not to put stock into it

[spiral valley]

am i supposed to submit a loci for harvard? and when?

[muted bluff]

has anyone gone to the robot barista yet

i literally walked into that store like three times and i had no idea

but i’m going to go before my interview

[rare palm]

this is a thing?

[muted bluff]

yeah the new muji in harvard has a robot barista apparently

[lyric ocean]

yo is getting an invterview a sign that my application isnt like an auto reject

or is it given to everyone (provided an available interviewer) like mit

[vagrant hearth]

they say its availability but i feel like most people get one

[muted bluff]

Naur

[lyric ocean]

nooooo

im cooked yall

i can find almost nothing about my interviewer

[muted bluff]

that’s okay

[devout wave]

got assigned an interviewer

[fading matrix]

anyone else not get an interview?

[west token]

me

[vagrant hearth]

didnt get one yet

and I'm from rea

[raw summit]

Don’t be worried about interview at this point

I looked and my interviewer reached out mid February

[silk zephyr]

does harvard screen for interviews?

[silk zephyr]

not yet (hoping I get one soon)

I've only gotten one from pton

[vagrant hearth]

apparently just duke and yale but most ppl who get in got alumni interviews for harvard ☠️

[vagrant hearth]

yeah ive only gotten 2 so far its early

[barren swan]

i think so but only in certain cases

for most people, no

[silk zephyr]

Interesting

I know a few kids at my school who applied pton

And they didn’t get interviews

For this year

[barren swan]

i got one but i for sure didn't get screened

[silk zephyr]

Yeah I don’t think they do but it’s so odd bc like mine is virtual as well too lol so like how do they pick who gets the limited virtual ones

So interesting

[barren swan]

did you get an interview?

idk if this is true but my belief is they give intervies to people who can get it via alumni in their area. for people who have an alumni shortage then they assign one based on wanting more information (assuming they are a compelling but not locked candidate)

[vagrant hearth]

yeah no one in my school got pton yet

[tawdry steeple]

idk a lot of people in my area (intl) did not get interview for rea

[silk zephyr]

So ur saying like if they give you a virtual they want more info?

Since they didn’t have alumni in the area?

[silk zephyr]

I’m happy I go that one since it’s my absolute favorite school but like idk the timeline for when the other schools send them out

[silk zephyr]

V interesting

It may be different for international tho? I’m assuming less alumni unless you live in like a Western European country than maybe more but still not as many as most US regions

But I guess they could do virtual? It’s very odd lol

[tawdry steeple]

my interviewer told me there were only 3-6 people in my area who got it?? idk if i remember correctly tho

[silk zephyr]

For Harvard or what school?

[tawdry steeple]

yeah

[silk zephyr]

Hmm so maybe they filter??

Did you get in?

[tawdry steeple]

no but tbf i deadass threw the interview

[silk zephyr]

How so??

[tawdry steeple]

my ideas came off as very surface-level

didn't articulate my thoughts properly and it was lowkey kind of awkward

but its chill

if you do get one make sure to sleep well the day before 🙏

[silk zephyr]

Thanks for the tip

I’ve only gotten one so far

But lowk if they let me in I don’t even care about any other school lol

[tawdry steeple]

o wait you got it

[silk zephyr]

Hopefully 😭

[silk zephyr]

It’s virtual

I wish it was in person

I hate virtual but it is what it is

Maybe I’ll offer to drive to Chicago to meet him lol

[tawdry steeple]

lmaooo

[silk zephyr]

Jk I don’t think that would even be allowed but I’d do it 100%

[tawdry steeple]

WHAT do you live nearby or smth

[opal violet]

i mean mine was virtual and i think i preferred that over in person bc theres just less to worry/think about

u can do well regardless trust

[silk zephyr]

Like an hour away

I used to live in Chicago tho 🥀🥀

I could’ve had an in person

[silk zephyr]

That’s a good point

I feel like I’d be so awkward like buying a matcha

[tawdry steeple]

my alumni interviewer said it only impacts the app if its like really bad or really good

[silk zephyr]

Hopefully I can make mine real good but idk lol

[tawdry steeple]

idk how correct that is though

[silk zephyr]

My interviewer is 23 lol

He graduated in 2025

[tawdry steeple]

yeah bro im genuinely scared my interviewer put stuff in the "concerns" section

[silk zephyr]

I’m surprised mine is so young since my friends’ were like 80

[tawdry steeple]

oh wait thats good

it might be easier to connect depending on what your interests are

[silk zephyr]

Probably just didn’t help you but I don’t think it hurt you unless you did something heneoius lol

[silk zephyr]

He’s not my major but I think overall it’d still good

And he knows like what the current school is like too which is nice

[tawdry steeple]

lmaooo some of my answers were lowkey bs looking back

[silk zephyr]

Did you get deferred?

[tawdry steeple]

not "lying about ecs" bs but like "not well articulated interests" bs

wait its fine WE got it

[silk zephyr]

yeah you 100% got RD

how long after u submitted ur app did u get the interview request btw tho?

[tawdry steeple]

for rea?

like a month

[silk zephyr]

okay good to know

[silk zephyr]

what major did u apply as?

just curious

not for the interview but just in general

[tawdry steeple]

math

[silk zephyr]

just pure. math?

[tawdry steeple]

yep

wbu

[silk zephyr]

what got u interested in that

[silk zephyr]

social studies and gov't

[tawdry steeple]

hmm i think mostly just a lot of olympiads and math research stuff

[silk zephyr]

I respect tf out of pure math ppl

I immeditately now think ur like rlly super smart

[tawdry steeple]

I really liked their student led math clubs and hmmt

[tawdry steeple]

oh nono lmao harvard is such a long shot

i think i overestimated my abilities

its ok we learn we grow and we improve for next time 🔥

[silk zephyr]

I mean it is for everyone lol

but if ur that into math I have to think ur prob pretty smart lol

[tawdry steeple]

ooo shoot did you get in

[tawdry steeple]

Gl in RD!!!

[muted bluff]

interview today

wish me luck 😛

if you guys remember anything or have tips lmk

[pliant obsidian]

have fun! try not to set the cafe (or wherever yall r meeting) on fire maybe

[muted bluff]

its the harvard art museum

[pliant obsidian]

oh… you definitely don’t wanna burn that down…

[muted bluff]

so i fear i bashed the private sector because she was like an art type right