Yale University (2025-2026)

[hoary saffron]

Not in humanities lowk I’ve coasted thru some of my divisional requirements in English and social sciences

[native smelt]

oh yeah

one of my profs gave everyone 100 on our final paper

But also intro level humanities r gonna be a lot easier tbf

[hoary saffron]

But yeah w/o even a little bit of gradeinflsting in my stem courses I’d be failing LOL

I mean I’ve not done bad up to now, but it def gets harder

Like this sem lowk fried

[native smelt]

Wat u taking

yeah but i think it’s a valuable experience

Cuz when u get here it’s super easy to be get imposter syndrome

Reminds you that someone fought for you to be here

[shadow pivot]

fs, i think it does both

[hoary saffron]

Algorithms & solvability or something like that and theoretical Lin alg and vector calc w/proofs

Are my two hard ones

[shadow pivot]

also comforting as an applicant to know not every part of your app makes the readers go "wow lets take them!!!"

[hoary saffron]

The deadass tell you that on their website it’s holistic

[native smelt]

Is vector cslc with proofs just multi

Or analysis in r^n

[hoary saffron]

It’s linear algebra & vector calculus

It’s after multi

[native smelt]

Oh that’s one clsss

[hoary saffron]

Ye

[shadow pivot]

sure, but w the "the essay that got me in" line of argumentation that's going around, its good to know some essays can b mid 😭

[native smelt]

Bro one of my senior friends is retaking algos rn

He literally has a full time offer at bloomberg and he’s still struggling

Cuz he took intensive algos last year

[hoary saffron]

Oh sorry I’m in Intro to Algo im lowk of just skipping DSA at harvard; it’s only required for an honors degree but th average on exams are 30s

[native smelt]

And credit/d/f

[dull ginkgo]

i wish they would tell u why u got rejected

[native smelt]

there’s never one reason

[dull ginkgo]

they used to do so for legacies back in the day

[dull ginkgo]

sometimes there is for class shaping, at leas at other schools

[hoary saffron]

Im a reverse legacy im the start of it

[shadow pivot]

how it should b fr

[native smelt]

You want them to tell u “u got rejected because we have too many dumb legacies alr?” LMFAO

[shadow pivot]

😭

[hoary saffron]

I will require all future offspring to attend harvard and hate Yale

[native smelt]

Bro i’m gonna be late

[dull ginkgo]

😭 got me cheesing in class

[native smelt]

Twin

But reverse

[dull ginkgo]

i want them to tell me you're a great applicant but we just dont have room for you

[shadow pivot]

thats what the rejection letter

[native smelt]

They say this in the rejection letter

[shadow pivot]

says

😭

[dull ginkgo]

so i dont have to over think

[dull ginkgo]

thats a lie lmao

[native smelt]

Bruh ima be late for work

Fuckkk

[dull ginkgo]

their not a great applicant

[native smelt]

😭😭

[sharp flume]

what work

[shadow pivot]

helllo

😭 😭

[native smelt]

i work at the school of music

[dull ginkgo]

is harvard test optional?

[shadow pivot]

no

[native smelt]

you say this as u use the wrong their

[sharp flume]

oh you had music as ecs too?

or is it a work study

[winged helm]

no ivy is except princeton this year from what i rmbr

[native smelt]

i play the piano

[dull ginkgo]

i know kids w sub 1100 sats applying lmao

[native smelt]

it’s just a student job

i work in the concert office

[dull ginkgo]

columbia is i think

[dull ginkgo]

thats why i need a yale education

[sharp flume]

aura less ivy

columbia is the most hated ivy i think

[dull ginkgo]

columbia is mickey lmao

[dull ginkgo]

having legacy at 4 ivy's and being borderline questbridge is crazy to me

i wonder if columbia factors in legacy for rd

[unreal meteor]

wait wtf

are you intl from taiwan

[dull ginkgo]

no💀

im domestic from NC

[unreal meteor]

huh

how long wre you in tw for

[dull ginkgo]

i did nsliy so i lived in taiwan for a bit

[dull ginkgo]

almost 3 months

[unreal meteor]

taipei?

[dull ginkgo]

kaoshiung

[unreal meteor]

heat

[dull ginkgo]

omg

the weather was egroious

egrregious

[unreal meteor]

it's so humid here lmfao

@shadow pivot what are the sides on wsdc

is it affirm/negate

[shadow pivot]

proposition

n opposition

[unreal meteor]

wait hera me out

proposition = to propose something --> we propose the resolution to be true, which means we fulfilled the burden our side demands --> presumption goes us so we tautologically win

no

[sharp flume]

is it for the motion and against the motion

[unreal meteor]

motion --> to move
against the motion --> against moving
everytime they talk they move which means they negate themselves --> so vote for the motion

[dull ginkgo]

@native smelt do you know sadie s?

[sharp flume]

sadie sink?

[dull ginkgo]

no bruh

saide schoesnburg

[sharp flume]

😭

off topic but do yall know any great place to read accepted essays

[dull ginkgo]

Sadie Schoenberger

[sharp flume]

and supps

[dull ginkgo]

have you alread yapplied

[sharp flume]

no

[native smelt]

Wait yes i love her

Why do you know her

Bro she’s probably one of the kindest people i’ve ever met i love herrrr

[shadow pivot]

similar-ish, proposition = propose the topic --> argue why proposing is going to make the world better

[dull ginkgo]

ohhh coool

do you know mary kassa?

[native smelt]

no

[dull ginkgo]

oop

wait what major r u

[unreal meteor]

no i mean like if you're the proposition you should tautologically win

because proposition means to propose something

meaning as long as you propose it you fulfilled your burden

nothing from the word proposition implies you have to win the proposition is good

[shadow pivot]

but like u dont choose

what u propose

its pre-determined

so u defend the proposal

[unreal meteor]

yeah but as long as there's a proposal and the proposer the proposer has fulfilled their burden of proposing

ykwim

[shadow pivot]

yes

the fulfilling burden is

most imp

why is debate so jargony every time i do outreach

[native smelt]

Applied math

[unreal meteor]

so as long as you express a judgement of opinion

you win

[shadow pivot]

its so difficult to explain everything

[unreal meteor]

wait i wanna see wsdc jargon

in ld the a priori is like affirm = to express strong support for --> so as long as the aff expresses strong support that's a sufficient win condition lmfao

[shadow pivot]

clash, delta, mechanism, extension, characterisation, principle, pragmatic

n the list goes on

[unreal meteor]

yeah ik what clash is i can probably guess at the rest

ld/policy jargon is like

[shadow pivot]

what abt policy is good like? what's the learning takeaway?

[unreal meteor]

i can totally nerd out on this

for starters

the topic/res is ayear

so the topic education is insane

like last year the topic was ipr and like i learned so much about the intellectual property rights regime

[royal veldt]

I finally can write Yale supps

Tips?

[unreal meteor]

like college coaches compare a season in policy tantamount to a dissertation

[shadow pivot]

oh wait, there's a topic for each year?

[unreal meteor]

yeah

[shadow pivot]

interesting

[unreal meteor]

i think the most valuable part is the critical education tho

like there's a huge space for critical/performance/idpol arguments

like afropess, capitalism, postmodern thought, queerpess, et cetera

like last year the topic was intellectual property rights and a huge part of that is private property

so there's a huge literature base on private property and why it's bad (ie marx) and so that's read a lot

[shadow pivot]

oooh, so a lot of in depth reading & analyzing a certain niche

[unreal meteor]

then there's also how indigenous knowledge doesn't work under western concepts of ownership so intellecutal proeprty rights is oppressive to them and extensions of settler colonialism et cetera

then there's how ipr is oppressive towards queer/black people, and so on

[unreal meteor]

yeah definitely

within that there's also a subset caleld theory which is just debate about the rules of debate

like what type of arguments fall outside of the resolution and thus shouldn't be considered, whether fairness itself is a terminal impact, what the point of the activity is

like for instnace some teams might show up with something completely unrelated to the topic like an advocacy for freeing palestine, and when they get topicality read against them they might impact turn fairness, ie fairness is less importnat than the genocide in gaza or something

[shadow pivot]

damn

sounds interesting fs

is there a college level to this?

[unreal meteor]

yes you can get soft recruited to college teams

[shadow pivot]

nice

wsdc ends at hs lol

now its wudc

[unreal meteor]

et cetera

[shadow pivot]

nicee

[unreal meteor]

some really really good schools have collegiate policy teams

dartmouth, harvard, cal, nu, emory, gtown, et cetera

[unreal meteor]

lowk heavily regretting not submitting dartmouth ed rn

[shadow pivot]

omg dyk darty was my initial

ed choice

[unreal meteor]

yeah but hanover meh

[shadow pivot]

but too many ppl in my skl clashed

so i opted out

[unreal meteor]

lol

i thought darty was niche outside us

apparently not

[sharp flume]

darty/brown every intls initial ed choice

[shadow pivot]

need blind helps fs

[sharp flume]

i think rea is a scam

does it even give any benefit?

[unreal meteor]

rea and ed are both scam

that's why mit is the school i look up to the most

[sharp flume]

mit is the most nonchalant

[unreal meteor]

no test optional/ed/rea/legacy bs

[sharp flume]

seconded after getting rejected ed

lol

[shadow pivot]

i mean

what does "benefit" mean tbh

if ur accepted early you'd be accepted RD too i feel

[sharp flume]

competition in rd is a bit low

but either ways

You can be deferred

So same thing ig

[dull ginkgo]

why

[winged helm]

@native smelt wait are the stories abt the parties at yale real

like the yt short going around

[dull ginkgo]

wait whats going on

[native smelt]

naked parties?

they exist yeah

[hoary saffron]

bro giving out his secrets

[native smelt]

i mean it’s not a secret

u have to get invited to them it’s like weird

the naked run was on tuesday

[hoary saffron]

yeah harvard does the naked primal run too

[winged helm]

thats funni

[brisk relic]

@native smelt did you get invited to naked parties?

[native smelt]

im a freshman

no

and if i did i dont think i would go

thats some white ppl shit i fear

[brisk relic]

is is like junior/senior thing or what

[native smelt]

it’s a secret society thing so seniors

[dull ginkgo]

Lmaooooo

[dull ginkgo]

That’s what I was thinking when I was watching Victoria’s videos

[lament knoll]

😭

[native smelt]

like i went to go watch the naked run and it was mostly white people doing it

[sharp flume]

We got stanford here too

#1400588963382562847 the best channel

[sharp flume]

Is it an only male comp?

[native smelt]

no anyone who wants to do it can do it

[lament knoll]

there's a naked run at Stanford

😛

[dull ginkgo]

I don’t get the appeal

[lament knoll]

and also make out parties but that's way too freaky

[native smelt]

of doing it or watching it

Watching it = everyone watches it like if u went to bass during its kinda crazy

Doing it: destigmatizing nudity and having fun

[sharp flume]

Why is it held tbh? Like whats the fun about

[dull ginkgo]

There’s prolly some pole watchers😭

[dull ginkgo]

In general

[native smelt]

Destigmatizing nudity

[dull ginkgo]

I get that part

[lament knoll]

it's a tradition

[native smelt]

is the point

And tradition

[dull ginkgo]

What if a nga gets hard

💀

[lament knoll]

I personally didn't do it but lots of people do

[native smelt]

Ur running

[dull ginkgo]

No like at the parties

[lament knoll]

you can't see anything they turn the lights off

[sharp flume]

wait what

[dull ginkgo]

💀

[sharp flume]

Can I have night light glasses

[native smelt]

oh the lights were fully on over here

[lament knoll]

💀

[lament knoll]

oh

ALFHFLLAKDJG

[dull ginkgo]

Lmao

[sharp flume]

Or like can I film

Using night mode

[lament knoll]

💀💀💀

[sharp flume]

That must be so embarrassing to watch lol

[sharp flume]

Genuinely are you allowed with phones

[native smelt]

not really

[native smelt]

they dont let u use phones

Also if u record ur weird as fuck

[sharp flume]

😭😭😭

[sharp flume]

there must be some creeps

[native smelt]

Like genuinely if ur recording ur freaked out as fuck and a weirdo

[sharp flume]

Is this thing exclusive to yale stanford and harvard

[dull ginkgo]

😭😭

Has anyone ever been caught recording

[dull ginkgo]

No

They do it at a bunch of schools

[native smelt]

i think someone tried to record this year

[dull ginkgo]

😭😭😭😭😭

[sharp flume]

😭😭😭😭😭

[dull ginkgo]

What happened

[native smelt]

THey got clowned on fizz

[dull ginkgo]

Lms plz😭🙏

[sharp flume]

Do you guys use zee mee

[native smelt]

tf is that

[sharp flume]

wait you dont know zee mee?

The college community software

[dull ginkgo]

@native smelt

[native smelt]

im doing homework

[frail vessel]

why is the wait so annoying

[meager bloom]

cause a 36 act is better than a 1510

[dull ginkgo]

No Litteraly

Waiting for a school with a 10% acceptance rate with the pool full of the most cracked Ngas ever

[dull ginkgo]

since ive been at 4 different highschools will AO's understand that like getting invovled and making an impact outside of the classroom in the local community is kinda hard since ive lived in 3 different cities throughout highschool

im just worried cuz i rlly dont have any leadership outside school

[shy zinc]

yes

[frail vessel]

basically 3%

when u take out legacies, recruited athletes

erm i got a financial aid email from an assistant director 2 days ago

he said to pls get a doc from my dad in ASAP or today

does that mean im in final review or

[dull ginkgo]

What document

I’m missing documents and they haven’t sent anything😭

[frail vessel]

he said my moms non-custodial

[dull ginkgo]

Lemme go check my portal nd see

[dull ginkgo]

What’s the name for it

Or is that how it looks in the portal

Cuz I don’t have non custodial anywhere in my fin aid portal

[meager bloom]

i wouldnt get hopes up

each school has different internal policies

some schools check financials for all students, some for students maybe accepted/deferred, and some for only accepted

nobody knows what yale does internally

[dull ginkgo]

I feel it’s closer to 6-7

I’m missing 2 docs

And they’ve received 16

[dull ginkgo]

Nga respond @frail vessel

Ur freaking me out😓

It’s so annoying that yale hasn’t contacted my counselors or LOR or even me for an interview or anything

[frail vessel]

sorryyy mb

i had an interview but ik people who have gotten in without one

[frail vessel]

got it

[frail vessel]

the form?

for my dads W-2 it had a red X

and then the guy contacted me saying to get it in

[dull ginkgo]

this is how mine look rn

[frail vessel]

thats what mine looked like

but one X

[dull ginkgo]

ig my parents didt submit one

[dull ginkgo]

and it just said aprents w-2?

[frail vessel]

lemme double check

why cant i upload pic

[dull ginkgo]

if u cant u can dm it to me

[frail vessel]

kk

[meager bloom]

!bgastro

[hollow sluice]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[frail vessel]

[unreal meteor]

Hark there goes Yale,
Soft light-blue Yale.
Whispering still: you may, you may
Or, just as quick, you go away.
Decision’s near, the brittle cheer
Of REA’s long-shadowed day.

Boola Boola, that is Yale’s song
Ringing so bright, and oh so strong.
Yet in my ear, one lonely fear
Clicks through the screen, filling the air.

Hope flickers blue, one flash, one hue,
And all my thoughts collapse to Yale.
Oh let me see, let it be me
Before the screen gives my decree.

back with another banger 🔥

[winged helm]

this is so fire dude

[shy zinc]

!bgastro

[hollow sluice]

https://i.imgur.com/uoDQN2D.png

[dull ginkgo]

fuck bro

i just need yale to let me in

im gonna rope if i get deffered/rejected

[frail vessel]

Hi ur back 😢

i da cant focus on rd supps

this is so bad

[dull ginkgo]

no litteraly

i dont even wanna go to college

i just wanna go to yale

yale yale yale

[frail vessel]

yk whats a sign

i turned onto yale ave after my interview

the delusions r getting worse

[shadow pivot]

valid

i saw someone wearing Yale merch on the way the other day

and like nobody wears Yale merch here

[dull ginkgo]

what cntry are u in

[shadow pivot]

everything is a sign if you want it to be 🤓

[dull ginkgo]

lolll

im geenuinely so delusional

[frail vessel]

u rea too?

[shadow pivot]

somewhere in south asia

[shadow pivot]

yesyes

[dull ginkgo]

ive rlly convivnced myself im an auto admit w/barely and leadership and a sub 1500 sat

[dull ginkgo]

thailand?

[shadow pivot]

😭😭😭

[shadow pivot]

Thailand is sea not sa

[shy zinc]

you got this

[frail vessel]

ayee we got this

[shadow pivot]

I hope so

[dull ginkgo]

Oh ya

South Asia is fucking cracked

Good luck tho fr

[dull ginkgo]

Preciate it

[low turtle]

i feel like theres maybe 10 auto admits and the rest are just copes

joever

fren got rej from caltech : (

[reef comet]

guys if I get deferred from yale in rea what are the chances of making RD?

[dull ginkgo]

Nah there’s def way more than that

[dull ginkgo]

Like at least 20x lmao

Not even coping

[shadow pivot]

good

only 17% got deferred last year

[dull ginkgo]

Better than RD applicants

[shadow pivot]

so it says ur still competitive, if not for Yale, for other schools

[dull ginkgo]

How many of them got in

[shadow pivot]

10.8%

[reef comet]

yea

[dull ginkgo]

Damn bruh

[reef comet]

damn thats crazy

[dull ginkgo]

I feel like defferals are stupid

Like I genuinely hate them

[shadow pivot]

Yale says they try to defer as less

[dull ginkgo]

Every school should only defer like max 20-30 ppl

[shadow pivot]

because it’s just useful to not have students waiting

[dull ginkgo]

Still tho 10% is ridiculous

[reef comet]

yes bro genuinely so useless

[dull ginkgo]

Waitlists I kinda understand

But defferals legit just accept or reject

[dull ginkgo]

Where is the cal tech thread

Does this cord have one

[low turtle]

idk

[left ice]

[unreal meteor]

I rebuke ts

[gray scroll]

All I want for christmassss is yaleeeee

[cunning flume]

You can use the search bar in the main part of #1050620654485000213 and it’ll show the thread ur looking for

There’s also a spreadsheet of all schools we have in https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1050621964236103701 so yk what to search for

[dull ginkgo]

5 days out

[unreal meteor]

🙏

https://tenor.com/view/sticker-yung-joc-crying-meme-man-crying-meme-thebeyonderrrr-gif-828328460466032722

[shadow pivot]

I’m convinced it’s a big L

and I’m convincing my parents too

🥰

[unreal meteor]

can't believe yale decision is only one shower away

[shadow pivot]

oh

😓

[unreal meteor]

i speak for ALL of US btw

[sharp flume]

your parents care about your decisions?

like they want you to be a yalie so bad too?

[shadow pivot]

they want me to go to a good college

😭

[sharp flume]

what are your safeties

[dull ginkgo]

No fr lol

its been legit radio silence for me

no interview

no AO emails

no fin aid update

no confirming or information requests w counselors and teachers

[gray scroll]

omg

[elder barn]

Mine think that rd is cooked cuz my brother only got into his rea and 1 rd

[sharp flume]

twin brother?

[elder barn]

older

he applied 2 years ago

[sharp flume]

oh which college?

[elder barn]

stanny but got fried in rd 💀

[native smelt]

only got into his rea?? LMFAOOO

like what

[sharp flume]

lol

[native smelt]

if you got into stanford there’s no such thing as getting “fried” in rd

expecting more acceptances is just greed

[elder barn]

yeah but he lowkey didn’t put in as much effort in his rds asw I think

[sharp flume]

if he got in stanny rea, why did he even apply elsewhere

[native smelt]

that’s like me getting mad other ivies rejected me

just greed

[elder barn]

Stanny aid is so shit

[native smelt]

oh

[elder barn]

If he didn’t get an external full ride

[native smelt]

oh ur intl

[elder barn]

I would’ve been a high school graduate

[elder barn]

Cuz aid

[sharp flume]

where is he now

[elder barn]

Yeah 😔🥀

[elder barn]

Stanny

[sharp flume]

nice

[elder barn]

But he got an external full ride

[sharp flume]

you both are cracked asf ig

[elder barn]

naw he highkey got lucky asf and I’m hoping that luck runs in the family 😭😭

[sharp flume]

[elder barn]

Seeing rea pton yesterday made me feel a sense of impending doom

I hope Yale isn’t as brutal this year…

[sharp flume]

yeah i saw lots of deferrals

for intls

[elder barn]

yeah it’s rough fr… I don’t think I saw a single intl acceptance in this server or Reddit 😭

[sharp flume]

i js want a t30 acceptance so bad lol

[elder barn]

Honestly as long as I get into my targets with an affordable price I’m really happy 😭😭

I just don’t wanna go to my safeties anymore

[sharp flume]

yep lol i will hopefully aim for the dream colleges during grad school app

[sharp flume]

what are they?

[elder barn]

Augustana and Alabama, both with great aid

Also Syracuse but I’m waiting to hear back on my merit appeal

[sharp flume]

ualabama ?

they provide aid to internationals?

[elder barn]

yep

Well merit

my sat + gpa qualifies for a good chunk

[sharp flume]

why didnt they provide me w one lol

yet

[elder barn]

they’re coming out in Feb

[sharp flume]

oh i thought you ald received one

i got into ua too

[elder barn]

It’s guaranteed based on sat and gpa :)

[sharp flume]

whats your SAT?

[elder barn]

I wouldn’t mind getting whitewashed tbh seems like a fun experience

[elder barn]

1550

[sharp flume]

nice nice

[sharp flume]

how is augustana is aid

isnt the deficit typically at 35k

[pseudo moat]

oh

[elder barn]

uhh

Lemme check

It was through direct admissions and they offered max aid + like some more stuff

Got 44k in aid and a 24k coa

[sharp flume]

is this the max

[elder barn]

Which is still steep but the best offer so far 😭

[night briar]

are the results out?

[elder barn]

I’m gonna be in those sorority rush videos throwing up gang signs

[elder barn]

I’m not sure, I think max is 32k but they gave me aid for like housing n things so

[elder barn]

Not for yale

[shadow pivot]

SAME

[night briar]

oh i see! when will they be out?

i'm stressed for yall omg 😭

[elder barn]

I genuinely thought seeing it would be like hopecore

Ts was crushing 😭😭

[shadow pivot]

hi @night briar :)

[elder barn]

Next Wednesday

[night briar]

but hey remember, whatever happens happens. let it be

[elder barn]

Thursday depending on timezones

[night briar]

oomgg hiii ! :)

[shadow pivot]

i keep rereading my essays

that I ALREADY submitted

[elder barn]

I hope for atleast a deferral, a rejection would be so crushing

[shadow pivot]

🤓🤓🤓

[elder barn]

See my issue is

I love my supplementals

But my caps…

[night briar]

i'm still not done with them 😭

[shadow pivot]

😭😭😭😭

[elder barn]

Ugh I don’t like my caps but I can’t be bothered to change it

[shadow pivot]

my caps is also cringe asf I’m sorry

😭✌️

[elder barn]

same…

It’s hella cliche asw

[shadow pivot]

like gang I know that’s not me

But I’ve to do what’s needed

💔💔💔

[night briar]

the brown essays are really bad like why are you asking me 'what brings you joy' and you're asking for 200-250 words 😭

[shadow pivot]

like it’s me but like I’ve never had to put it so seriously

And sell myself

[elder barn]

yo I loved that essay

I spoke about kittens and fostering

[night briar]

for Princeton i wrote a list it was fun since it's 50 words

but 250 words? 😭

[elder barn]

I just fear it’s cliche but I hope the aos are friendly millenials who see it as quirky rather than annoying

[night briar]

awww that's cute!

[shadow pivot]

😭😭for me it’s like I just don’t like telling

Like not at all

So my essay could pass as a short story

🥀🥀🥀

[elder barn]

I seriously need an animal enthusiast to be in admissions committees or I’m colossally fucked

[shadow pivot]

I can’t stand animals

[night briar]

LMAOOO noo you'll be fine

[shadow pivot]

imagine it’s someone like me

💔

[night briar]

WHAT

[shadow pivot]

it’s out of fear though

[elder barn]

So ur my opp

[shadow pivot]

not hatred

💔💔

[night briar]

cats are literally the best thing in the entire universe

[elder barn]

See after seeing people like flora I might just be screwed

[shadow pivot]

i js seem to rlly panic when an organism is around me

[night briar]

i wish human go extinct and only cats remain

[elder barn]

You would have a panic attack at my essays

[shadow pivot]

not my name being flora too

🥀🥀ironic

[night briar]

noo flora is an extremist 😭

[elder barn]

it’s not fauna for a reason

[shadow pivot]

HAHAHA

[sharp flume]

i just dont know why i did stuff i just did it because i felt like doing it lol

[night briar]

i'm sure she loves some animal.. idk. maybe rabbits?

[shadow pivot]

like when I see videos and stuff

[sharp flume]

wth is a lot of reflection

[shadow pivot]

Super cute

But I just can’t seem to get over my fears

😭

[night briar]

what did you write about? 😭

[sharp flume]

i didnt write yet lol

applying rd to yale

[shadow pivot]

if I don’t get in it’s good for Dan 💔💔

[elder barn]

How do u feel about cheetahs elephants and cats

[shadow pivot]

like fine I can watch them from a distance, but going close, touching etc

Feels scary

[night briar]

i have no idea, like i can think of miscellaneous things but not one good thing and expand on it

[elder barn]

That’s good enough for me a win is a win

What’s yalls niches

[night briar]

yeah same 😭

[shadow pivot]

niche🥀🥀💔💔

[night briar]

i applied nowhere EA/ED

[sharp flume]

sleeping

[elder barn]

Are u a comp sci major who doesn’t shower

[shadow pivot]

NO

[sharp flume]

and bedrot with reels

[shadow pivot]

😭

[shadow pivot]

maybe

[elder barn]

Public health major!!

[shadow pivot]

but not the former

[sharp flume]

i sleep for 9 hours

[shadow pivot]

very close to my second choice fs

bcs of winter sleep is

[sharp flume]

winter is hard

[shadow pivot]

More addicting than ever

[sharp flume]

yeah

[shadow pivot]

💔

[elder barn]

Real asf

But I’m in the southern hemisphere so it’s hot asf

[sharp flume]

my major isnt related to my activities lol

[shadow pivot]

I’m going so insane I was practicing my

[sharp flume]

cooked

[elder barn]

Oh shoot

[shadow pivot]

Acceptance/deferred/rejected reactions

w my sister

[elder barn]

What are u doing

[shadow pivot]

💀

[elder barn]

vs ur major

[elder barn]

😭😭😭

[sharp flume]

related but not like a spike

[elder barn]

Crying either way

[sharp flume]

i did a lot of stuff

[elder barn]

Spikes are overrated

[shadow pivot]

😭😭😭

[shadow pivot]

fs even the podcast says so

[sharp flume]

because i didnt have everything available, i just tried to max out

[elder barn]

Trust if I get in I’ll be in a future episode

[shadow pivot]

spikes r just nonsense; doing a lot of stuff w decent breadth is as enriching

[elder barn]

And shoutout a2c

[night briar]

Princeton philosophy department has 'only twenty to thirty seniors per year' according to their website and now i'm scared

[shadow pivot]

🥰🥰🥰

[night briar]

is that normal for ivies 😭?

[elder barn]

I had to start everything I did

It was rough fr

But it was lowk fun

[sharp flume]

i had to opt for a lot of online things

and my bum ass school

and the curriculum too

[elder barn]

it’s all about the passion and drive

[shadow pivot]

plz personality hire me Yale

🥰🥰🥰

[elder barn]

WE will get into good colleges and end up happy

Trust

[sharp flume]

lowkey the a2c experience taught me

you can be happy at any college

[elder barn]

And if not you can always apply to transfer

[sharp flume]

yeah for yale this game will be forever on lol

[elder barn]

Every time I deep dive into a school for my why school essays I find another dream school

[sharp flume]

if not undergrad, grad then maybe staff application💀

[shadow pivot]

someone from my country got into Princeton tea

REA

[elder barn]

faking your entire identity is always an option too

[sharp flume]

yeah only one from nepal

[elder barn]

Crazy, congrats!!

[sharp flume]

i can never do that

[shadow pivot]

nepal lowkey upping the game w college results

😭😭😭

[sharp flume]

nepal got crazy stories after the recent stuff lol

[shadow pivot]

wait guys what’s the 4a

[elder barn]

I know a Nepali at Harvard but I got one sided beef w him

[shadow pivot]

on your profile

[shadow pivot]

WHO

[sharp flume]

acceptance

[elder barn]

What’s a 4a

[shadow pivot]

ohhhh

😭😭😭

[elder barn]

Oh

[elder barn]

Yo

Why are u copying me

We matching fr

[sharp flume]

its the whole server doin this vro

[elder barn]

I think he’s a senior

[shadow pivot]

oh nvm

[elder barn]

Naw I’m talking about the 4 acceptances

[shadow pivot]

a close friend of mine is a freshman

[elder barn]

we gonna get in Yale together trust

[shadow pivot]

so I was wondering if you were talking abt them

[shadow pivot]

🥰🥰

not manifesting the

Princeton energy

everyone I know is getting rejected or deferred

😭

[elder barn]

pls I can’t do this

[sharp flume]

yeah guys genuinely rooting for you

get in rea and help me w rd

[elder barn]

which schools did you get in alr?

[sharp flume]

[shadow pivot]

if I get in I’m promising

[sharp flume]

ua,utd, uta and rollins

[elder barn]

Starting the most overpriced counseling services ever trust

[sharp flume]

dawg

[elder barn]

Oh shoot uta is fire

[shadow pivot]

😭😭😭😭

[elder barn]

do they give aid

[sharp flume]

wait not austin

lmao

[elder barn]

Ah

[elder barn]

If I get in I’ll even give you a 20% discount fr

[shadow pivot]

I’ll do it for free

Just let me in

😓

[sharp flume]

ill pay the rest after getting in

[shadow pivot]

I can’t even buy merch where I live

None available

[elder barn]

Stealing my customers

[shadow pivot]

Not even fake ones

💔💔💔

[sharp flume]

customise

[elder barn]

Same lmfao 😭😭

[broken python]

I have a friend at my school who got in early and I was honestly really surprised because his ECs were good but compared to some of those insane profiles on chanceme, def not that level. His academics were very good. But I think what made the difference was his essays, I’m guessing. But literally no one from my highschool has gone to Princeton before, let alone gotten in early.

[shadow pivot]

Damn! it looks like they really took in compelling stories

bcs I also saw a bunch of insane stats w rejections

[sharp flume]

r/chancemes are fluff

usually

[elder barn]

How far are yall on ur rds btw

[shadow pivot]

we shall find out after the 17th 🥰

till then I’m going to procrastinate xx

[elder barn]

girl… 😭😭

[sharp flume]

i m trying to rewrite my caps

its ass

[elder barn]

Can u rewrite mine too pls

It’s so bum cheeks

[shadow pivot]

I’m doing a bit of work but like

It’s very difficult o focus

To

[sharp flume]

yeah do you work in your chinese immigrant family restaurant

what do you guys think abt elevated

[broken python]

Yeah! He applied as industrial engineering and Econ but most of his ECs were very community and leadership focused, he’s the varsity xc captain, NHS VP, and he did a lot of other volunteering and wrote his personal statement about something rly unique which I think overall built his narrative even tho his ECs weren’t necessarily unique.

[elder barn]

I actually lock in to forget about yale

It helps and it’s hella productive

[shadow pivot]

for sure! Someone I know goes to oPrinceton to and they told me service is really important there

[elder barn]

basically…

[shadow pivot]

No matter what major, they really value service

[elder barn]

I think they’re hella helpful

I actually messaged kevin about a few things 😭

[sharp flume]

yale grad channels are lowkey fire

cassie, kevin

[broken python]

I thought the essay that got the other co founder into Yale was a little strange because it talked so much about his dad

[shadow pivot]

I’ve felt this way about many other essays

[sharp flume]

it had a lot of reflection tho

[shadow pivot]

The talk about the other person in majority

But still get in

[broken python]

Yes for sure

[elder barn]

Yale admissions podcast

millie liao

[shadow pivot]

Perhaps it’s the way they describe etc etc

[elder barn]

yale is secretly a content house

[sharp flume]

and the thing about essays is- there is no correct guide

[shadow pivot]

But holistic for a reason 🤓☝️

[sharp flume]

yeah some people get in despite their essays

[shadow pivot]

I’m going to contribute istg

[elder barn]

I lowkey liked the letter s essay

[shadow pivot]

I’ll make the TikToks go viral

[sharp flume]

one guy wrote a line for nu supp and got in

[shadow pivot]

it’s creative

[elder barn]

trust I’ll become a tiktokker in uni

[shadow pivot]

us

[sharp flume]

"words cant describe my love for NU"

[elder barn]

Anyways I now realize that I am procrastinating working on my supps

[shadow pivot]

auto correct is awful today

[elder barn]

Bye gang

[shadow pivot]

💀

[broken python]

Does anyone know if Yale does grade or EC checks like Princeton for REA?

[sharp flume]

@native smelt i found ucla undie run reel https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSHymrtD2Xj/?igsh=djZhaXlhb2FleGt1 do they allow to record it

kevy.yang

UCLA undie run goes WILD #gym #fyp #fitness #ucla #undierun #anime #aesthetic #physique #motivation

Likes

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Instagram

[dull ginkgo]

apparently people have claimed yale AOs reaching out to their LOR writers and counselors

[dull ginkgo]

2 people from the brooklyn latin school got in

3 actually, 2 that i personally know

wait nvm i lied the other got defferd

but 2 getting in is still crazy

[dull ginkgo]

sameee

i cannot be bothered to do my rd apps

[wicked cedar]

they can, yeah. at least, they followed up with my counselor at some point, though i don't remember about what

[frail vessel]

the one girl from my school who applied got in

[dull ginkgo]

Why can’t they just contact my counselor🥺

[frail vessel]

omg

[broken python]

Has anyone seen this yet for this year?

[frail vessel]

can they just reject me so i can move on

[broken python]

I saw some Reddit threads last year but nothing yet

[frail vessel]

yes

[broken python]

Fr

😭🙏

[broken python]

Dang 🥹🥀🥺

[frail vessel]

like genuinely i dont feel the need to continue my rd supps until i receive that rejection

[dull ginkgo]

I’ve seen at least 10-15 for this year

[broken python]

💔🥀 yeah it’s over for me whelp

[frail vessel]

we will be getting the bulldog video

[broken python]

My friend who got into Princeton yesterday got a grade check

[dull ginkgo]

Manifesting it so bad

[frail vessel]

im so terrified

[dull ginkgo]

Stg if I see some white text im crashing out

[broken python]

Yess 🙏🙏🙏

[dull ginkgo]

That’s the Yale equivalent of a interview

Yale dosent grade check as much for Princeton

[frail vessel]

interviews seem too common

i feel like it da doesnt mean anything

[broken python]

Yeah I got an interview literally 5 days after submitting my application

[frail vessel]

yea idk

[broken python]

How do they get through it all so fast if they really prescreen

[frail vessel]

do u guys know when they finalize their descions

[meager bloom]

prescreening is a myth

[frail vessel]

decisions

[meager bloom]

its fake news!

[broken python]

It was in an admissions podcast I thought

[meager bloom]

propaganda!

ik

im just playing

[broken python]

😭

[meager bloom]

yall look into things too much

[frail vessel]

we do

its the pressure

[broken python]

Bro we will ALL get in 🙏🙏

Trust trust trust

[meager bloom]

we yes WE (all 60,000 of us) are getting the 2000 spots

idek the class size

[frail vessel]

like 1600

[dull ginkgo]

its gonna be 2500 this year

[frail vessel]

what??

i thought its only going up by 100

[dull ginkgo]

tbh i feel like its a good sign to get one but getting one dosent even mean anything especially for rea when the window of time is 4 weeks

[native smelt]

well total admits is different than class size

[frail vessel]

oh facts

[native smelt]

if they’re increasing class size to 1700 it will increase to prolly 2400 admits if they expect yield rate to stay the same

[dull ginkgo]

maybe yale isnt for u💀

jk jk

[frail vessel]

maybe

[native smelt]

uh no yale prescreens lol

[frail vessel]

😭

[native smelt]

like the only school that does lol

[frail vessel]

its lowk blessed

u get some feedback

[dull ginkgo]

do legacies get 2 reads?

[frail vessel]

😓

[native smelt]

everyone gets 2 reads..?

[dull ginkgo]

rlly?

[frail vessel]

Yes

[dull ginkgo]

i thought ppl w like 2.4 gpa 800 sat atfer the 1st read get thrown out

[native smelt]

oh probably

i mean not a lot of ppl are applying w those stats

[dull ginkgo]

still a considerable amount tho

ppl who are clearly not fit

wether due to course rigor or terrible writing

[buoyant dune]

does yale value ecs a lot

idk if rd or rea is best

[dull ginkgo]

not as much as other colleges

[buoyant dune]

rea is too risky

[dull ginkgo]

if its ur top choice it gives a slight boost

[native smelt]

?

according to who lol

[native smelt]

this also just isn’t true lol

[dull ginkgo]

according to yale lol

[native smelt]

i mean rea is already over

[dull ginkgo]

this is what yale AOs said lol

unless yk more than the AOs

[native smelt]

yale AOs said that EA and RD are same chance

[dull ginkgo]

no

in the podcast they said it gives a very slight boost

because your indicating yale is ur top choice

[native smelt]

might be mistaken then idk

[elder barn]

This is untrue 😭

I swear they said word for word “rea does not boost ur chances”

[native smelt]

^

[dull ginkgo]

yall arguing with me when im just restating what yales AO's said is funny

[elder barn]

And iirc it’s on their website too

[dull ginkgo]

ill pull up the clip i guess

[native smelt]

Loud and wrong

[buoyant dune]

im a junior

planning for next year

[native smelt]

if it’s ur top choice i think rea is worth it

[elder barn]

uni

[native smelt]

sup

[elder barn]

did u submit an additional lor

I lowkey think I threw

[native smelt]

no

but my recs were good

[elder barn]

cuz I decided to submit one regardless of them being the only school to be like ew

[native smelt]

i mean it’s not gonna hurt h

worst case it just adds nothing to ur app

[elder barn]

fair

ig it’s not worth stressing over

the wait is painful

[dull ginkgo]

11:56

the first thing u said i was wrong about

[native smelt]

2 things: former ao and not the official yale admissions podcast and its 4 years old

not me

Wait also u look stupid now

he says your extracurricular involvement matters MORE

Did u watch the video or are u js spreading misinformation?

[dull ginkgo]

that was me

i had to go but i couldnt explain

yeah i just gotta hold the L on that one

[cunning flume]

if something is blocked by the filter dont repost it

[dull ginkgo]

💀

does images get auto flagged

wow

its 1984 holy

[frail vessel]

yea i remember this

but i dont think its a boost its more like the kids who apply rea typically see how yale is a "fit" for them

[dull ginkgo]

hmm, wdym?

[frail vessel]

i remember the podcast saying like for kids who apply rea, for most of them it makes sense that they did bc they show how they "fit" in with yale

which is why its their top choice

idk how to explain ill find the episode 😭

[native smelt]

he’s saying rea is self selecting

like if ur the kind of person to rea to yale ur the type to have a good fit at yale

[dull ginkgo]

oh nah igwym

[broken python]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1pkxqq1/yale_just_emailed_my_recommeder/

it seems like they were still sending checks out today?

but it says random so no clue

[shadow pivot]

that could be random tbh

maybe they want to figure out how r students approaching apps regardless of accept/reject

in terms of exaggeration & lying

[frail vessel]

yea

id assume they finalize decisions by now

[unreal meteor]

🔥 🔥

@native smelt 💀

[dull ginkgo]

Bruh

It feels like everyone has gotten an AO to email their LORW or counselor

[sharp flume]

Wait why are they calling this a good sign

Its just a routine review

[shadow pivot]

right omg

😭

everyone

meanwhile i've been ghosted since the portal email 🥰

[unreal meteor]

same

Why is yale anxious attachment

[shadow pivot]

their email sending process is also rlly sketchy

😭

[unreal meteor]

wdym

[shadow pivot]

like

there's a textbox/seaprate page

to send emails

[unreal meteor]

ohhh

yeah ikwym

[dull ginkgo]

Because no AO is doing this 5 days before decisions for an applicant they don’t care about lmao

[dull ginkgo]

No Litteraly, complete radio silence, like did they even read my app?

[sharp flume]

or maybe they are planning to file a lawsuit against them

[cunning flume]

Do they require you to fill out other field to use it

Like selecting the type of question you’re asking

[proper lily]

ya'll its really setting in now

[shadow pivot]

yup

[cunning flume]

That’s for email routing then

[shadow pivot]

as in?

[dull ginkgo]

Fr

4 days away

No AO contact is starting to frighten me

On top of no interview

Like JUST LET ME INTO THE FKN SCHOOL

[cunning flume]

They have you do the form in the portal because only you can access your own portal so it’s easy to connect you as the person who’s sending the email from it vs someone who has multiple emails and ends up emailing from one they didn’t apply to the school with

From there they route it based on who needs to handle it like transcripts admissions deposits financial aid changes etc

[dull ginkgo]

I need this😭😭😭

[cunning flume]

If they had a general email they’d have to sort by hand

But you tell them where to put it by filling out the first box abt topic

There’s a similar thing on the website before applying

They don’t have a public admissions email

If I click to email about general first year questions I’m told to email mailto:[e-mail]?subject=First-Year%20Admissions%20Question once clicking the hyperlink

[shadow pivot]

ohhh

so i dont have to send them my app ID

when using that textbox thingy

[cunning flume]

Yeah it should be on file because it’s through your portal

They dont view these emails like a normal inbox

It’ll pull up all your applicant info for them once it matches you

[sharp flume]

uroch does this for alumni interview contact

i go to a site then type out the text there

[sharp flume]

idk if that reddit post was yours but this reply makes sense ig

[dull ginkgo]

Wdym

[sharp flume]

this

[dull ginkgo]

Oh yah that wasn’t me but that does make sense

I feel like a lot of ppl didn’t get an interview

Like I feel like it’s a bit more nuanced then a lot of ppl think

[sharp flume]

yeah there is no point thinking abt it now

goodluck you got this

[dull ginkgo]

Ty ty

[native smelt]

LMFAO

[unreal meteor]

I genuinely don’t even know what to do

Ion wanna become an rd warrior

[native smelt]

4 days

your decision hasn’t been made yet

[terse kestrel]

i thikn an interview is genuinelly they just want more info 💀

its not like interview is a sign ur competiive

it means ur app is just ambigous in some way

[dull ginkgo]

Same😭😭

[terse kestrel]

this is all cope btw 🤣

[dull ginkgo]

😭😭😂

[dull ginkgo]

Well I think it is

[terse kestrel]

i guess they want to knwo more information

yeah

[dull ginkgo]

I just think not getting an interview dosent mean too much

[terse kestrel]

well, let's hope lol

are you domestic

[native smelt]

LITERALLY

They say that they interview people when they need something more from an application

[dull ginkgo]

Yea, I’d be shitting bricks if I was intl

[native smelt]

So no interview just means ur app was complete without one

[terse kestrel]

a good way to like

reassure yourself

is just go to the asc report

[dull ginkgo]

What abt alumni availability

[terse kestrel]

and look t the qualitys they look for

if ur app demonstrates those qualites in ur ecs, essays, recs

[native smelt]

mixture of both

[terse kestrel]

ur probably fine

[dull ginkgo]

Wym

[native smelt]

Omg if i knew about all this interview stuff before i got in i would’ve been stressed out

[dull ginkgo]

😭😭😭

[terse kestrel]

im pretty sure the main thing in the interview that they're looking for are intellectual qualities and also obv social ones

[native smelt]

I didn’t know interviews mattered until after i got in

[dull ginkgo]

Nga u got a likely letter

[native smelt]

U guys r dramatic and stress yourselves out

[terse kestrel]

so just think abot your ECs, recs, essays and see if they consistentl demonstrare all this

[dull ginkgo]

So if u don’t get one but you show you have these qualities in ur apps ur fine?