Cornell University (2025-2026)

[potent pond]

so

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do you have to like rush tho...

[potent pond]

no

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to be a part

oh ok

[potent pond]

again, lots of ppl, always someone doing the opposite

for every person that rushes theres def one that doesnt in other words

[brave abyss]

LMAO

you got this icon

😍

so real jae

[potent pond]

i made most my closest family level friends from Dorm building/live near each other and/or being same major
but i also made lots through clubs and classes

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are most of ur friends within ur major/similar or are they from other

oh okok

[potent pond]

also met a lot of my friends through mutuals, like i met the initial person thru what i just mentioned then met their frineds

and we all became squad or smth

[potent pond]

ive shifted into a group that is like most if not all bio/premed

but my family level group is a variety

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bro ur making it sound so chill stopppp

im trying to envision myself not wanting to be there in case i get rejected 🙁

[potent pond]

j easier to study tg share question banks and whatnot

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but it sounds fun

[potent pond]

going to the same exams

studying the same topics

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oh wait

this may be like a semi not allowed question

[potent pond]

but tbh my #1 current bestie is in none of the same classes as me despite also being premed

and we still talk everyday

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but uh whats the political scene

[potent pond]

theres those ridiculous protestors no one likes

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like erm in terms of ratio

[potent pond]

obviously being an ivy its predominantly and loudly blue id say

or maybe not blue, just more liberal/progressive

but theres definitely central/conservative scene

conservative + republican type clubs/orgs

and sometimes the speakers invited are more on the controversial side (as in the liberals disagree)

such as ben shapiro

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oh yeah i heard about that

but im lowkey interested so

[potent pond]

im very centrist leaning liberal which i think is where most people lie

but it could just be my crowd

i do like that its not hard to learn more abt diff things

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ok thanks for sharing!

[potent pond]

i think its ridiculous to ban inviting slightly off-liberal speakers

but they do do a lot to appease the public

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yeah i guess as long as like the student population is like respectful of like different perspectives

[potent pond]

for example, canceling kehlani for our spring fest 2025

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thats all im looking for

[potent pond]

(slope day)

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oh really

[potent pond]

because she made an "antisemitic" post

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was it related to palestine?

[potent pond]

idk what the post was but it was def our president kotlikoff tryna keep the peace.

i think it was and kotlikoff wasnt trying to take a side and felt the invite would show as him picking a side

so he canceled the invite

and ppl assumed that meant he picked a side regardless

we got Gunna instead

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do you know a jason li

[potent pond]

also i think there was some poltiics with trump and education funding that keeping a borderline antisemitic artist couldve worsened

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i see

hm

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guys

almost 8 days

[potent pond]

stop i have deadlines way before 8 days

slow it down

😭

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pls speed it up

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well thats cool i mean cornell does seem in a much better place compared to like columbia in that sense

but it is something that all big schools are facing so i was curious

[potent pond]

final paper: 12/10 midnight
lab 1 final work submit: ASAP
final exam: 12/12
final project app: 12/13
lab 2 final work submit: 12/16
final project design: 12/16

pls i need this

😭

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https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

[potent pond]

id say its not something that crosses my mind

existing and living here

very avoidable

(as someone who gives no shits abt politics)

probably another level for columbia who legit have their shit raided and closed every month or whatever tf happens with the popo

seen too many clips of students being locked in dorms or arrested

ts crazy

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yeah theyre admin is so buns

spineless

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also like bruh they have so many people to appease

that they forget abt their students

[potent pond]

cornell loves to appease the undergrads

grad students and university faculty use it as leverage.

like last fall there was that strike that the dining and main university staff went on

for a while

like dining and housing and whatever

so dining was absolute dogshit

buses were shit

which was clearly meant to piss the undergrads off

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was is all just bc of them focusing tm on undergrad?

[potent pond]

and ig it worked bc by labor day it was over

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or smth to do with a change in funding

[potent pond]

they wanted more pay or benefits or smth

so they made our lives suffer

so that cornell would wake up

the grad students did that too

they formed some union idk why or what but they were gonna walk out during finals week

which meant all our professors had to grade shit themselves

which is insane

idk if they actually did it but it seems the common trend is to put pressure on our undergrad experience to benefit 😂

maybe thats a narcissistic way of me viewing it

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i mean i do get that it definitely hurt a lot of the undergrads

[potent pond]

ppl were pissed off because we pay 7k per year for the meal plan, especially as freshmen ur forced to buy it

and to have over half the dining halls closed

with boxed food instead of hot food

is kind of fucking crazy

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but i mean i would probably be upset if my institution prioritized on body over the other especially since thats atypical of a lot of large unis

unless the graduate students didnt even have it that bad

then idk

[potent pond]

our for real meals that week .

ignore that the second one is a screenshot i wasnt stooping low enough to buy ts

or waste my time walking there for a fucking box

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bro lowkey

have u seen the bc dining hall

boston college

lot of my friends go there and im pretty sure ive seen that exact first photo

[potent pond]

lol

idk it was a nightmare for freshies and sophomores and id argue it mostly affected residential campus

which is freshies and sophomores and essentially only undergrads

like

especially freshmen bc they had to deal with it an entire extra week

due to orientation

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well at least its over now

[potent pond]

atleast im off campus now

@glad swift bro r zebes smart or smth they keep staring at my camera in my videos

😭

im worried its fucking my data

i got a 5 minute clip of them just tweaking at the cam

[glad swift]

LOL

bro birds stop at nothing to mess with data

all my research has been fieldwork

I had a project where we had like 60 focal pairs this summer

we caught half

less than half

[potent pond]

do u happen to have an opinion on whether they have food preferences

like ones that are consistent and lasting

😭

[glad swift]

not rlly tbh

Idk enough abt zebes

the song sparrows I've worked w have all been on like urban rural gradients so there's a lot of plasticity in their diets but idk

would be an interesting research q tho

do you have an opinion?

[potent pond]

im hoping its yes

thats what my vids rn are focusing on

[glad swift]

ooohh

I see

that'd be a really neat finding actually

are your birds bred for research or did you like go out and catch them in aussieland

cause you could look at population differences in preferences too whichd be cool

relate it to ecology

[potent pond]

i think born and raised in captivity

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212 hrs 48 min

[glad swift]

ah ok

[potent pond]

some of ours r from boston

but im assuming that aint affect much lmao

[glad swift]

yeah fair

I do wonder how much nestling diets affect preferences later in life

[potent pond]

i read a paper that they do

[glad swift]

bro dont put it in hours that makes it seem much longer ;-;

no way

[potent pond]

i think it was in captivity but

[glad swift]

I mean makes sense

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im procrastinating my calc and phys hw rn

[potent pond]

i can link it for u

[glad swift]

sure

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holy name

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so like cornell

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“fartgoblintoetickler”

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don't wear it out

[potent pond]

https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/33/3-4/article-p222_3.xml

[glad swift]

thanks!

will give that a read

[potent pond]

in short its like

they prefer what they were assimilated to during their first 5 weeks

[glad swift]

interesting

that prolly has all sort of implications for avoiding poisonous crap later on

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guys do u think if i update cornell ao to add something new to my app they will consider it atp

[potent pond]

no but cant hurt

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tragic

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if they were babies does that mean that they wouldn’t survive if the parents didnt feed them stuff of the location? or is this like assuming that the babies were hatched and raised by humans

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decisions are most likely made at this pt

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I mean I reckon it's too late

[glad swift]

based on a 5 second abstract skim I dont think that was within the scope of the study

too controlled for that

but an interesting question

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for the study tho was it humans + eggs they hatched?

[glad swift]

I mean depending on the species birds can be really exploratory tho

yeah

[loud solstice]

😭 😭 😭 😭 then why are we not sending out decisions

pmo

[potent pond]

theyre in captivity

[glad swift]

and also in migratory birds presumably what they're being fed in the nest is nothing like what they're getting at tropical nonbreeding sites

so it can't be all based on that

[tranquil belfry]

financial aid packages, finalizing the website, international confirmations, and probably reviewing the yield rate per school/major to see if they need changes

[potent pond]

i assume specific family nests were only provided with a specific mix of seed

whether red, white, or canary (as the study uses)

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lol

[potent pond]

in separate flight cages

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i might actually get my uchicago ea before cornell ed

[tranquil belfry]

birds seem interesting - physics + buisness kid

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💀

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😔

man

[glad swift]

❤️

you're on the path to enlightenment

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speaking of enlightenment have you ever read Lord of The Mysteries (LOTM)?

[glad swift]

no I haven't

should I/

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you should

its so peak

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o ok

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well hold on

[glad swift]

what's it about?

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do you enjoy like slower paced stuff w a TON of detail and worldbuilding?

[potent pond]

from the 5 min clip of them just tweaking at the camera.

[glad swift]

LOLLLL

they know

o also did you see any papers in your lit review that looked at how observation of other individuals affected preferences?

[potent pond]

stop im dead

[glad swift]

so like if the inferred attractiveness hypothesis but with food instead of other birds

[glad swift]

ehhh if it's nice sure

I just take forever to read that sort of writing but I can get through it for sure

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Its a steampunk world with a TON of spiritual stuff, deities, demons, religions ect

its very fun, action based, divinations ect

[potent pond]

Individual Differences in Activity and Exploration Influence Leadership in Pairs of Foraging Zebra Finches
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4535707
this one goes into dominance versus leadership and exploratory behaviors in foraging

in pairs

[glad swift]

oh that's interesting

thx

[potent pond]

Social enhancement and interference of food finding in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/1997-05011-003.pdf?auth_token=0fae19c9d91dd61abdbbae76e99b7fd4a1d4faae
kind of on how zebes may have different foraging habits that are learned

[glad swift]

sweet

wow if I ever have a zebe question I know who to ask

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“The story follows Zhou Mingrui, who mysteriously reincarnates as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era filled with machinery, airships, and magic. To return to his own world, Klein must uncover the secrets of this new world and his purpose for being there, even if it means putting his life at risk”

[glad swift]

dang that sounds like an interesting book

[glad swift]

oooh I like this one a lot

[potent pond]

there was also some iconic study on whether they imitate males or females more as a model for which food to consume
but then another study that chose to disassemble it and completely disagree

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its rlly good, if we get in you should spend all of winter break reading it

https://tenor.com/view/silly-funny-reaction-meme-stan-twt-horse-gif-2791469803182064015

[glad swift]

lol that'd be fun

[glad swift]

YESSS DRAMA

Interesting stuff

[tranquil belfry]

i would assume its whichever bird in the wild feeds the child, no?

[glad swift]

Do yall ever compare the zebe behvaiors in captivity to wild zebes to see how caged behaviors relate to irl ones?

[potent pond]

both parents parent in ZFs

[tranquil belfry]

oo interesting

[potent pond]

and even parents can learn where to get food

from other birds

like if i see some stranger go to a cool store im not just gonna ignore it bc my parent never went there

ygm

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idk i lowk aspire to be a seal

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yea

[glad swift]

bro no the orcas are scary out there

[tranquil belfry]

you right

i aspire to be a fat orange housecat

[potent pond]

Individual differences in sampling behaviour predict social information use in zebra finches
Rosa et. al., 2012
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-012-1379-3

Mechanisms of copying behaviour in zebra finches
Guillette & Healy, 2014
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635714002526?via%3Dihub

The Importance of Validating Experimental Setups: Lessons from Studies of Food Choice Copying in Zebra Finches
Mora & Forstmeier, 2014
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.12263

these are the 3 i focused on in my presentation to my lab

they might cover something u were wondering

[glad swift]

Sweet!!!

[potent pond]

the third is the judgey one

that disagreed with the 2nd one

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wealth of bird knowledge found over here lol

[glad swift]

I love a judgey paper

[grim locust]

What do u wanna go into Jae?

[potent pond]

im premed

but my lab is birds lol

[grim locust]

What specialty

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question Jae dyk how competitive the acapella groups are there (mens barbershop, tener/bass or mixed)

[potent pond]

quite i believe

but theyre so wholesome

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[potent pond]

my friend is in glee (not hangovers)

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i sing but im not like absurdly good so idk if id make them

[grim locust]

ugh I wanna do acapella but I’m probably not good enough

I did it in HS but prob not good enough for like college level

[potent pond]

theres probably some chiller ones cuz im sure theres a bunch but yeah questionable 😅

[potent pond]

i mean, college students are just former high schoolers

[frozen cape]

hi friends

[grim locust]

Awwww

Cutie

[frozen cape]

goodbye friends

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i do competitive choir but idk if im good enough for them idk how selective

[potent pond]

my friend called my dog ugly today.

he repeated it 4 times over an hour

[frozen cape]

💔

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i cant add pics or id add my dog

[potent pond]

shoot ur shot

[glad swift]

just find a bunch of fellow singers who are decent

and then sing

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lol

[glad swift]

and pretend like you're official

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if any of yall are in or around nyc for christmas break my choir is preforming the day after cornell decisions at st patricks cathedral if any of yall wanna see me in glee or sadness

[grim locust]

ru in Choral pride

[glad swift]

NO WAY

I love st patrick's cathedral

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ye

[potent pond]

that third pic is from ithaca

[glad swift]

awwww dog

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chamber choir also

[grim locust]

little bit questionable

[potent pond]

my chonky baby

[grim locust]

I’ve heard Ivan’s recordings….

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yea we know were buns💔

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yea…

[glad swift]

wait that's so cool that you're at st patricks tho

even tho I'm from sw virginia I was born in nyc so I'd go there all the time

what are you performing?

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https://saintpatrickscathedral.org/events/guest-choir-syosset-high-school-chamber-singers-ny-1

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uh a LOT

hold on

[glad swift]

man I wish I could be in nyc for that

[grim locust]

bro just doxxed himself

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America The Beautiful: Samuel Ward
Gloria: Paul Basler
Shalom My Friends: Traditional Hebrew
Wana Baraka: Traditional Keynan, Arr: Shawn Kirchner
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming: Michael Praetorius
The Word Was God: Rosephanye Powell
Adeste Fideles: J. Reading
Jenny: Ryan Kerr and Nick Myers
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen: English Carol
Joy to the World: G. F. Handel Arr: Lowell Mason
Ding Dong Merrily on High: French Carol, Arr: Carolyn Jennings
I Can Tell The World: Traditional Spiritual, Arr: Moses Hogan
Silent Night: Franz Gruber
African Noel: Arr: Andre Thomas
Ride On King Jesus: Traditional, Arr: L. Fleming
Hallelujah Chorus: G. F. Hande

[glad swift]

it's ok the pic is so blurry

I think so,emone in the choir is in witness protection or smth

[tranquil belfry]

no its from my teachers iphone camera LMAO

[grim locust]

I wonder how the Emory chat is doing

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the chat is dead

lmao

[glad swift]

WAIT @potent pond I just remembered smth

[grim locust]

awww that’s so boring

[glad swift]

to alive the chat again

Are you familiar with the work of Carrie Branch?

[grim locust]

I just know on the 17th we’re all going to be freaking out

[glad swift]

At western university

[potent pond]

i love emory
sometimes i wish i picked it until i hear abt the nightmare premed lore

[potent pond]

no

[tranquil belfry]

i cant even skip 19th btw i have a concert

gonna crash out

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actually INSANE how cornell is dropping when im on a flight

lmao

[glad swift]

she doesn't study feeding behaviors exclusively but she does do some like caching behavior and whatnot

A lot of her work is how it relates to hybridization behavior and cognitive ability

[tranquil belfry]

dropping legit DURING a concert that happens right after my hospital visit

[glad swift]

Idk if you're into that but I can fish out some papers of hers if so

[grim locust]

L

I have musical callbacks that day

😛😛😛😭

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oh which one

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school concert

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oh

💀

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my parents dont let me have fun 😞

[grim locust]

Cornell dropping after the ap chemistry test 💔💔🙏

Also during the scioly trip

So

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not even lying they heard about the travis scott shit like 4 years ago and dont elt me go to concerts

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bro i thought cornell would drop on the 11th 💔

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i wish twin

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dude why is everyone dying of work during corn drops

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do yall think they received record # of apps

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@potent pond when is sem end for you

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it should be lower

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ya ik

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then last y

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wait lotm mentioned

im only 20 chps in 😭

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LOTM FAN

YAY

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gotta start it again

nah im not a real one

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isok im like 500 ish in

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SOON

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what about SS

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ss?

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shadow slave

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nah

im a manhua person

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uh tog or goh?

[potent pond]

Last day of classes was officially monday
Technically i had my last class (lecture or discussion or whatever) thursday
I have stuff due as late as 19th but only need to be physically in ithaca until like 12th

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havent really touched lotm

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tog

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guys is it weird

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alr cus what i was told was they usually drop decisions abt a week after sem ends

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if the friend of the girl who rejected me few days ago snapped me 30 times today

[potent pond]

Break always officially starts like 20 or 21 but i doubt thats what they meant

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omh imma kms

i just went to lock in and my ipads not working

its not unlocking

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i got finals next week

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are you in a college style school or sm?

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plz speed i needd thiissss

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boarding school

https://tenor.com/view/please-speed-i-need-this-speed-my-moms-kinda-homeless-speed-why-you-trying-not-to-laugh-ishowspeed-gif-7639010365317789786

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when does lotm start picking up pace 😔

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uh

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the first 20 chps were a drag

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it picks up like a bit at like 80 ish but its one of the slower ones

if you want a faster one id recc shadow slave

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i havent read many ln's

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ive only read a few but comick got shut down so ive locked into real books

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only1 i remember completing is mushokue tensei

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ME

omg

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oh boy

wait lambda are you a physics enjoyer like me

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after i finish this one novel imma get back into lns

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oh shi

i love phys

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ee major

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nah its peak later trust

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i used to wanna do ee rlly bad but my robotics coach kinda ruined eng for me and im internationally ranked for buisness so im jus goin for that instead

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ive been watching hella stranger things lmao

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did u apply to dyson

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i applied nolan

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ohh

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my dads in finance and they hire hella people from there so he told me to do that instead

esp for IB

[shrewd compass]

i got included in an award cuz i helped some businesses losers make an app for this thingy

platinum something

i dont remember 💀

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bro doesnt remember sm he coulda used for apps😭

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its been a month 💀 💀

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@next goblet is that an frc cad perchance

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no

my research cad

😭

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boo

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idk why ts is my pfp

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embrace frc

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i do frc

tho

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YAY

i love frc

my teams kinda buns tho ngl

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wait

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same but lowk i feel guilty cuz im the captain lmao

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@next goblet whats ur rank in league and val 😔

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oh shi wait what

howd u know i played val and league

[tall marsh]

its in ur activity

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i tried to see ur pfp and activity

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ohhhh

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i was supposed to be captain then my coach got mad i joined deca and demoted me from head of elec and head of strat to just head of strat

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i just started val but i peaked plat 2 in league

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any marvel rivals gamers here?

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marcom platinum

thats what it is

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wbu

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im dia in val

silver in league

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oh dang

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😭

but i dont play ranked league

otp kat

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interesting, i placed at ICDC

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cuz bad

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i havent heard of marcom b4

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i play syndra, sylas, and leblanc

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neither have i 💀 friends just asked me to do front end and i did

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fellow midlaner

❤️

katarina akali ahri

all i know 😭

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nicee

im lit lvl 12 in val rn 😭

[tall marsh]

yall cringe bro

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hopefully ill be done after ed

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dog has league linked to his profile saying league players are cringe 💔

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💀

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add me ong

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omg i need to finish my calc hw brb

[tall marsh]

its not the game its the champion

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valorant?

wait

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what u play

[tall marsh]

tahm kench rell elise

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champ

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support?

[tall marsh]

yea

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diddler champ

[tall marsh]

did i mention jax

[shrewd compass]

oh ye

i also play diana mid/jungle

[next goblet]

wait yk cornell has a massive gaming room

[shrewd compass]

PLEASE LEMME IN

OMFOIGIGOSIDI

[next goblet]

ik 🙏

[loud solstice]

no way

is there minecraft

[junior kayak]

The gaming room has XBOX, Switch, PS, and I think ~20 PCs

You've got to reserve a time slot well in advance its always full. Very fun freshman year tho

RPCC is a W

[keen turret]

holy cinema

[shrewd compass]

wait should i bring my whole rig to uni?

or just a laptop

[junior kayak]

I have a 46" curved screen monitor in my room with my PS

Just know how to limit your gaming for studies lmao

[shrewd compass]

tryna cop an oled rn 😭

theres a 280hz one on amazon for 400

but the asus qd oled 360hz 😛

[loud solstice]

i cant do this im actually addicted to video games the second i open one

[shrewd compass]

broke toh

i have hw due at 12

[loud solstice]

ive made some incredible """"interesting"""" financial decisions on steam

[shrewd compass]

and i plan to start it at 9 everyday

[timid ivy]

Yo I just got

The AOC one that was on sale

[shrewd compass]

but fking rito games

[timid ivy]

For like 400

[shrewd compass]

ye that one 280hz

[junior kayak]

I want an oled so bad. I have the Samsung monitor that is matte and the color quality is so ass

[shrewd compass]

i got a 32in curved 😭

[loud solstice]

i play everythong on a thinkpad laptop 😭

wtf

[shrewd compass]

i have to live with fking

black bars AND black horizontal bars

to play cs/val

its so not peak

[shrewd compass]

how 💀

[timid ivy]

Bro I went from a 2015 1080p 60hz tn panel to 1440p 240hz oles

[loud solstice]

i dont play very demanding games 💀

[timid ivy]

Genuinely biggest jump oat

[loud solstice]

and if i play larger games i just turn the graphics down

[shrewd compass]

what u play

[timid ivy]

The only game I rly play where refresh rate matters tbh is geometry dash

Other comp games I just play casually lol

[shrewd compass]

most of my games are competitive fps titles

and league but it does not need >200 fps

tryna get into satisfactory

and 100% silksong

[loud solstice]

well i used to play alot of minecraft (and i still do), the rest are some random steam games i get when they're on sale

[shrewd compass]

and friend partygames like that mining game but thats it

[loud solstice]

https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561199801347533/?cc=us this is my steam profile if ur curious

[shrewd compass]

diggy diggy hole

[loud solstice]

ive actually sunk thousands of hours into minecraft its not real

[shrewd compass]

https://steamdb.info/calculator/76561199754703321/?cc=us

wait mines not that bad

mostly cuz most of my shits on rito games

also this is my new acct

[loud solstice]

i used to grind duels on hypixel

so sweaty

[shrewd compass]

i was a skywars demon a couple years ago

during technoblade era

[potent pond]

hi

i went to a boarding school

it was fake boarding tho

[shrewd compass]

srry for off topic @potent pond 😭 🙏

wait

u dropped out??

[potent pond]

no

[shrewd compass]

noooooooooooo

[potent pond]

its a joke

[shrewd compass]

bruh

u sacred me

[shrewd compass]

how do u spend double my money yet have almost same acct balance

the hecky

[light grail]

twin

uhc gm 4

[loud solstice]

incredible

im classic gm 💀

have yall seen the hytale annoucements

im so excited

[loud solstice]

the account value is calculated off lowest prices of games

so that factors in deals and stuff

[light grail]

wait let’s run it

after finals

[loud solstice]

hell yeah

what ur ign

[light grail]

DADDYUNI

lol

[loud solstice]

awesome mine is nyaarch

[potent pond]

i dont wanna write a 1300 word essay

[junior kayak]

Grab a Celsius and cook for two hours

I was supposed to study bio but went to a Wegmans instead. Currently enjoying my carrot cake reward with an episode of stranger things

[potent pond]

im kind of having a crisis\

abt my lab research

i did buy 4 caffeinated drinks and 3 snacks though

to help me survive this allnighter

[junior kayak]

Good luck 🫡

You got this

[mellow dragon]

Have any of you guys gotten the grade request since the beginning of December

I’m starting to think it doesn’t mean anything good for me

[light grail]

i wouldn’t look too deeply into things like this

[mellow dragon]

You think?

But it’s late into the decisions cycle

U sure it wouldn’t mean anything?

[light grail]

!bgastro

[fading bridge]

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

[mellow dragon]

Ok that is a good point

[light grail]

it’s annoying but sometimes all you can do is wait

[mellow dragon]

But we have seen that a grade check at somewhere like Princeton generally means something pretty positive

That’s just why I was asking

Although you are right at the end of the day

Have no idea what it means for Cornell though

[potent pond]

c rashing tf out guys

dont come here

i only have 1 final i dont understand

fuck

[junior kayak]

She's premed yall. This is normal dont worry

[vocal fable]

are there any engineering applicants here?

why is the joy essay and the EC essay only for cornell eng? does it have to be related

[potent pond]

no

[spice thicket]

Yes

[spice thicket]

I'd strongly reccomend you use your joy essay to talk about something other than engineering, otherwise you'll come off as one-dimensional. EC doesn't inherently need to be related either, but it really depends on your profile

[spice thicket]

No, and not getting it/getting it isn't a reliable signal beforehand

[velvet estuary]

Only 1 final sounds so nice ngl

[dim wigeon]

Me 🤚 I read a ton of other accepted essays to “study” before writing mine, most people write about stuff unrelated to engineering for the 100 word essays

[misty scroll]

imagine applying to college to actually study

what a bunch of weirdos

[peak socket]

could you send the prompt? i had a diff one for cals but im curious

[loud isle]

it's literally just "What brings you joy?"

[tall marsh]

a2c

[peak socket]

weed

fin

[timid ivy]

just gonna copy paste my duke essay

[potent pond]

surely some edits

[spice thicket]

eggxactly

[spice thicket]

that Duke essay ain't an essay if it can fit in 100 words, probs just better to write a new one

[timid ivy]

well i just mean like

im gonna write about the same thing

in very similar words

[junior kayak]

Make sure to talk about how you love doing an unreasonable amount of work. That'll really show Cornell youre a great fit for them

[tranquil belfry]

physics frqs = medieval torture

[junior kayak]

How is your handwriting so clean on tablet

[tranquil belfry]

i zoom in rlly small and write big

[wicked coyote]

my tablet handwriting is a million times better than my paper writing

[junior kayak]

My tablet handwriting is chicken scratch

And my paper writing is chicken scratch

Just practicing for when I become a doctor

[spiral jasper]

i mean yeah that's what you're meant to do

you're not meant to blabber on your major and how that's your whole life

[dim wigeon]

Yeah we had a whole other 200 word why major essay for that

That one was hard for me, because I don’t have some super special inspirational reason for wanting to do my major, I just think it’s neat and I like the required classes 🤯😫

[loud topaz]

lowkey for my why CALS + major opening i talked about fishing

[dim wigeon]

I was going to open with an anecdote about cooking, before I realized that it was totally irrelevant and I was trying too hard to be quirky… 😣

I feel like fishing makes sense for CALS though somehow

[loud topaz]

i opened with fishing bc of how the lake i fish at with my dad has had these things called harmful algal blooms for a while atp which closed the lake and screwed up the fish

which is what prompted me to start going into bio in the first place because the algae there was carcinogenic and it was like. ok wtf. idk it might be cheesy but it stuck with me and the internship i took on bc of it is one of the major reasons i’m majoring in bio now

[peak socket]

walking knee deep in snow brings me joy

cultural fit ✅

[potent pond]

Hi

I miss my very warm freshie room

[grim locust]

Does it shock anyone that Cornell hasn’t officially announced yet

[spice thicket]

yes 🙁 it is quite unfortunate

they did it 3 days before last year so probs next week

[grim locust]

my two besties Ed just got announced and I’m sitting here like. Man

[tardy yarrow]

it prob isnt december 11th then ig the questbridge date was correct

[grim locust]

Oh 100% not the 11th

unless they completely surprise us

in which case I’d vomit

[mellow dragon]

it cant be 11th

[next goblet]

Def not 11th

[spice thicket]

can't is a very strong word, more like extremely implausible

[mellow dragon]

Thanks for being linguistically precise

[spice thicket]

always a pleasure, it’s my singular strand of hope that it could be Thursday

[mellow dragon]

Yea we all hope that it’s tomorrow

Prob Not going to happen tho

[spice thicket]

yeah but we can hope 🙏🙏🙏

[grim locust]

Ok it’s probably not only bc the portal would’ve shut down to upload descision letters

Like every other portal

U o georgia is like that en

[peak socket]

stanford still accepts letters for rea lmao

[grim locust]

oh damn ok

[wild viper]

Does legacy still hook me in regular decision?

[misty scroll]

guys cornell just sent out the ed notification deadline

im so so so excited

[mighty sedge]

cap

[misty scroll]

i just got it

18th December confirmed

[peak socket]

me when i lie

[misty scroll]

lie?

[keen acorn]

yeah i didnt get it either

[misty scroll]

there is no lies

[mystic hound]

what's a lie?

[misty scroll]

read it

its from corniel university

[mighty sedge]

Thanks

[misty scroll]

see

[mighty sedge]

https://tenor.com/view/daniel-wednesday-daniel-wednesday-dimblebee-house-fitted-gif-14863336628125995020

[misty scroll]

18th day of the 12th month of the 2025th year of our lord

[keen acorn]

alr bro

[misty scroll]

yall just don’t understand how they notify you

[mighty sedge]

i hate that it’s so late but it is what it is

[misty scroll]

🤣

im trying my best to rage bait little kids

and it’s not working

[peak socket]

me when im the best album of 2013

[mighty sedge]

lol

[misty scroll]

last year i had so much fun doing this

[mighty sedge]

job

[misty scroll]

sent them a 2023 notification thing and had ppl freaking out for two days

hope yall get in

[grim locust]

Ur evil

(that’s very funny)

[mighty sedge]

no

[misty scroll]

[mighty sedge]

he’s Boboris!

🤣

[misty scroll]

lmao

[keen acorn]

yo why are there drainers here

[misty scroll]

what major did yall apply for

[peak socket]

drain ganggggggg

[misty scroll]

i might be the only person to apply for my major

100%

no one else applied for it

[peak socket]

cornell is eversince coded tbh

[keen acorn]

lmaoo fr

[wind stump]

i did nutritional sciences..

[misty scroll]

that’s common

guess what i did

1 guess

[wind stump]

gimme the school at least

[misty scroll]

cas

the only real school

[peak socket]

im gonna kill u w a rock :3

[misty scroll]

🤣

[peak socket]

/j please dont email to admissions

[misty scroll]

mr admission officer sir

[wind stump]

aight bud

[misty scroll]

maya threatened me with a rock

[peak socket]

its a pebble more than a rock really

[misty scroll]

like

no one is applying for that

[wind stump]

im not even kidding i was gonna guess that or like feminist studies

[peak socket]

im so desperate i even applied to brandeis

[misty scroll]

so did i and im regretting using one of my schools on it

cuz northeastern gave me a waiver

and my sat is like 100 points above their 50th percentile

[peak socket]

same but im broke and they dont really offer aid

at least need based

brandeis is so hype i will be able to cuddle my boyfriend that goes to mit

[misty scroll]

my family is like right in the middle of income so we lowkey screwed for financial aid

[peak socket]

my is 75k/yr

so still poor enough so ~10k yr is enough

[misty scroll]

did u do qb

[peak socket]

nop im intl 💔

[misty scroll]

ah

some kid from my school matched w stanford which was crazy

making me apply to 24 schools just to not become a burger flipper

[peak socket]

i mean stanford aint shit tbh they accept like 1400s this year

i was in stanford tho

its like

disneyland for tech bros

[misty scroll]

Ur telling me u wouldn’t go to Stanford

😭

[peak socket]

cornell over everything

[misty scroll]

i was lowkey hesitant to apply cuz the weather mad cold

im from nj tho so im fairly used to it

[peak socket]

i need to get like more than a single jacket

i was in nyc 3 weeks ago and its cold af

[misty scroll]

nyc is so warm

cuz there r so many ppl

[peak socket]

i only have a single north face jacket sob

[misty scroll]

its like a natural warmer

[peak socket]

yea its still cold for me at night at least

[misty scroll]

im applying to cornell purely bcs it has good food

food > academics

[peak socket]

and ice cream

cals ice cream is goated

like actually

https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-dairy/products/ice-cream-flavors

[misty scroll]

Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Sugar, White Chocolate Base (Water, Sugar, Whey, Cocoa Butter, Modified Food Starch (Tapioca), Butter (Cream, Salt), Mono & Diglycerides, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Lactic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Artificial Flavor), Tart Cherry Swirl Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cherries, Water, Corn Starch, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Locust Bean Gum, Color (black carrot juice concentrate)), Fudge Chunks [Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Coconut Oil, Soybean Oil, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Natural Flavor, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin], Corn Syrup Solids, Skim Milk, Stabilizer (Microcrystalline cellulose, Mono & Diglycerides, Cellulose Gum, Carrageenan, Maltodextrin)

wha da hell carrageenan and maltodextrin

[peak socket]

its made by a biotech major what do you expect

[wind stump]

when i went to visit my sister there we would literally buy tens of tubs to take back

[peak socket]

did you know the milk is from their research cows

its sourced from Cornell University Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center

they also make cheese

[tall marsh]

i think carrageenan is from algae

[mild flume]

guys if ~40 degree weather is the coldest it gets here (i live in hell) and i get into cornell, how cooked am i?

[keen acorn]

where is that

[misty scroll]

um

i want ice cream not fungus

[mild flume]

california but on the east side away from the water

next to nevada (99% desert)

[misty scroll]

@peak socket

omg

[peak socket]

congrats

[keen acorn]

yeah you might be cooked

[misty scroll]

all bcs of my lovely demeanor

[keen acorn]

im intl but like 3 hour drive from cornell

[ashen warren]

guys when is it coming out..

[peak socket]

ewww canada,....,

[keen acorn]

where are u from😠

[peak socket]

poland😭

kms

[keen acorn]

💀

[peak socket]

at least its underrepresented :3

[mild flume]

the good news is that i will have more copium ammunition when i get denied so actually the severe cold is a plus

[keen acorn]

i know like nothing about poland

[loud solstice]

i have so many legacy people applying from my hs

[keen acorn]

there's a cool band from poland called bassvictim

[peak socket]

nothing really

[keen acorn]

that's all i know

[peak socket]

oo i know bassvictim

[misty scroll]

is it only my school in which absolutely everyone has the flu

or is this like a ongoing thing

[peak socket]

did you know jane remover is half polish

[mild flume]

im actually severely sick right now

guess who missed half of their finals

[misty scroll]

is that rly a bad thing

[keen acorn]

i forgot about jane remover

[tall marsh]

whattt no its good for you

[keen acorn]

i listened to that album she dropped this year it was pretty good

[peak socket]

i fw jane heavy

[keen acorn]

didn't she like completely switch up

[mild flume]

i have sat at home in bed for 3 days straight and watched 25 episodes of full metal alchemist in one day

[keen acorn]

in terms of her genre

[misty scroll]

yeah but like still that stuff grows on the bottom of my pool

i dont want algea hormones

[mild flume]

yeah if i dont get in ed im honestly fried

[keen acorn]

like she used to make shoegaze right

[misty scroll]

believe me ik my grades are on a decline as well

[peak socket]

i mean her albums are like

frailty 2021 -> electro indietronica noise pop
census designated 2023 -> shoegaze
revengeseekerz 2025 -> digicore edm rage hyperpop

[tall marsh]

its just vitamins and amino acids 😭

[keen acorn]

i see i see

[peak socket]

you also have 2024 summer singles (most of them are in the new EP) which are hyperpopy but also theres a big influence from jersey club

[keen acorn]

do underground artists tour poland often

[grim locust]

Polish artists do

[peak socket]

and she dropped and deleted indie rock, which is another rage digicore but i would say its less electronical but more classic beats

[peak socket]

not really

[keen acorn]

oh that's unfortunate

[peak socket]

its not as good as revengeseekerz but its a good throwaway mixtape lol

[misty scroll]

i lowkey forget the structure of proteins lol i was gonna make a bio joke

[keen acorn]

i gotta listen to her old stuff again

[peak socket]

i think frailty is her best album

but it depends on my mood tbh

i absolutely adore frailty and even its rollout

unforgettable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-9RgW1g43k

tw: scary

[wild viper]

Does legacy help for RD apps?

[feral rain]

LMAOOO THATS SO REAL

[dim wigeon]

I heard from someone that transferred out that a lot of people are very religious at brandeis, so you might have a hard time if you aren’t Jewish

[spiral jasper]

i mean that's always from qb

[wild viper]

I’ve heard that’s only for ED tho

And Ngas do not got the bread to afford Cornell💔

[spiral jasper]

it's common data set so no

[spiral jasper]

you can back out of it if it's due to financial reasons

[peak socket]

and even then you can negotiate

[keen acorn]

is that lil o in yo pfp❤️‍🩹

[peak socket]

hi danny how’s census

[keen acorn]

its rlly good holy shit

[wild viper]

I wish I didn’t find that out last week, Yale was my top choice tho, Cornell seems so depressing

[spiral jasper]

for what major

[wild viper]

Yktv🔋🥹

[keen acorn]

my friend who introduced me to JR listened to this album all the time

so it brings back memories

[peak socket]

:3

[wild viper]

Linguistics Chinese Cognitive science is what I’m applying for everywhere

[peak socket]

you met me at a very chinese time of my life ahh

[spiral jasper]

i mean does yale have a better program for that

[peak socket]

my favorite songs from census are video, always have always will, and cage girl/camgirl

[keen acorn]

so far i rlly liked cage girl/camgirl, backseat girl, and holding a leech

[peak socket]

oh holding a leech is a banger

i also really like fling

[wild viper]

Yeaaa, I wanna go to Yale so badly lol I applied REA as a legacy but didn’t get an interview so it’s lowky wraps, gonna apply rd to Cornell and see what happens, even if i get admitted idk if id go

How do yall feel abt Cornell ED

[tardy yarrow]

i rlly thought that it was coming out on the 11th damn

[tardy yarrow]

nothing but prayers gng

[keen acorn]

ur majors seem rlly different like linguistics, chinese, cog sci

[wild viper]

I hope yall get in, it’s like 17% I’ve read so it’s not impossible

[loud solstice]

it's cooked

theres like 8 other legacy kids from my school applying ed

genuinely fried

[keen acorn]

for me im also applying different majors but i always start with my broader goals and then very specifically how the major/college/university will help me achieve them

[wild viper]

I think I connect it rlly well though cuz I’ve done programs like Nsliy and I connect it to cognitive science by exploring the intersection of neurolinguitics and like learning disabilities and tingz

[wild viper]

That’s smart

[keen acorn]

yeah you can def frame research on learning disabilities as the main thing you want to pursue in the why school essay

then talk about relevant classes/professors and stuff

it's not a good idea to list bunch of things that sound niche but don't connect

[wild viper]

Yah that’s lowkey what I did, I’m neurodivergent and also had speech issues so I linked that in with like linguistics and cognitive science, I just didn’t have any lab research but I had more like volunteering and experiences like nsliy

[grim locust]

I did this

[keen acorn]

yeah u should be good 👍

[wild viper]

Yea word, my shit links pretty well with everything, at least in my opinion

[grim locust]

it’s helpful in ur why major/cornell to point out stuff you’ve done and how u can bring it to Cornell

[wild viper]

What was the other Cornell sup

Supp

[keen acorn]

community essay

[wild viper]

What did u do for that

[keen acorn]

it depends on the college ur applying bro

[wild viper]

Nah I’m not asking for advice lol

I’m just curious what yall talked abt

[grim locust]

I talked about my local astronomy club and I run a community service event for little kids and how my interests in stem inspired me to teach other and spread my wonder

It was pretty basic

[wild viper]

All of my essays are pretty much done cuz Yale had like 10 supplemental questions and anything they didn’t ask I alr wrote about cuz I’ve applied to at least 25-30 scholarships so far💀

[keen acorn]

i talked about watching horror movies with my group of friends

[wild viper]

That’s rlly cool

[grim locust]

Combo of leadership, ecs and community impact

Ty!!!

[grim locust]

That’s lovely

[wild viper]

U don’t need to reinvent the wheel just use ur own voice and add details and ur straight

[wild viper]

Ooh that’s interesting

[keen acorn]

it was kinda wierd but the rest of my application was pretty heavy with academic/personal stuff so i wanted to lighten it with more fun essay

[grim locust]

I loved my personal statement but each supplemental felt like death

[wild viper]

Gotchu gotchu

[grim locust]

That’s dair

My Personal statement was more artsy and community which is why a lot of my supplemental were science based

[spiral jasper]

probably inflated due to the fact that you apply to the colleges

not to the overall university

[wild viper]

Oh yeah I forgot abt that

[timid ivy]

a lot of my essays in general are actually music based

[spiral jasper]

cornell is the only other ivy that does that

[timid ivy]

but i just connect it to my research's broad topic

bro liek 10 ppl from my school applied ed there

[feral rain]

My sister goes to brandeis and i dont think thats the case as much as you would think

[potent pond]

Yeah

Hooks ain’t all that tho

[wild viper]

Still helps ppl stand out tho

[potent pond]

ik

i had a hook.

im js most ppl ik get transfer optioned

[next goblet]

almost dec 11

[celest zephyr]

Isnt it 18th?

[ashen warren]

i don't think its tomorrow 😢

they would've told us

[tall marsh]

its literally pinned guys

[celest zephyr]

It sucks to wait

[next goblet]

ik im just counting down

💀

[ashen warren]

i mean it doesn't have to line up with questbridge

[celest zephyr]

Yeah thats what I hope

Really

Im so unmotivated

To start on my rds

[tall marsh]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1400591094298706070/1448106062384464003/upenn_ed.gif

[ashen warren]

i hope they just release it tmr but highkey im not getting in anyways

[celest zephyr]

If i get rejected

[wild viper]

Wait is cornell tmr??

[celest zephyr]

I would probably break some furnitures but

At least I can start working on my rds

And 12 days is not enough

[ashen warren]

most likely no

[ashen warren]

how confident are you

[celest zephyr]

I have like 30 essays to write

[shrewd compass]

we twin

[next goblet]

no

next week

dec 18

[celest zephyr]

Idk I think 50 50 is a good chance

[next goblet]

🥀

[celest zephyr]

My sat is quite high

[wild viper]

Huh?

Wdym most likely no💀

[shrewd compass]

loserrrrr

[next goblet]

i love test req

❤️

[wild viper]

What is it

[wild viper]

lol

[celest zephyr]

Superscore is 1570

[wild viper]

Ehh, that’s not bad

[next goblet]

i got 36/36/36/36

[celest zephyr]

Damn

[wild viper]

Anything below 1600 is kinda risky though

[next goblet]

but im eng so it's gonna be hella competitve

[shrewd compass]

praying hard rn that they consider 1500+ to be the same yk frfr

[light grail]

it’s competitive for everyone

[celest zephyr]

I mean i think the average is like

1490

[shrewd compass]

daddy uni has spoken

mashaallah

[wild viper]

Anything 1450+ is competitive if u have high math splits

[celest zephyr]

And like i dont think anythinf over like 1530 makes a difference

[ashen warren]

i mean does sat matter than much

[ashen warren]

yea same

[shrewd compass]

1520 🙏 😭

[wild viper]

No, not according to AOs at least

[celest zephyr]

Same thing man

[ashen warren]

a lot of people from my school ed'd to cornell as well

and my essays were really rushed becuase i got sick on the final week 🥲

[wild viper]

Is Cornell reducing ED enrollment?

[shrewd compass]

im the only one in my serior clsas

[wild viper]

Or did I hallucinate sumn

[celest zephyr]

After all that test required and optional stuff they became quite generous about it

Thats my guess

[shrewd compass]

they had low yield last year so they might increase it

[celest zephyr]

Where did you get that news from

Thats not a good news

[shrewd compass]

thye decresaed in like 2022

[celest zephyr]

Oh

[shrewd compass]

but i guess they increase this year cuz yield rate was chopped last year

[wild viper]

That’s 2023 tho so it dosent matter

[celest zephyr]

Thats good news

[ashen warren]

we have a small class size too

[shrewd compass]

eh i guessed

[wild viper]

Not if ur ED

[ashen warren]

so prob less people ed'd there

[celest zephyr]

My major is like

The most bs major ever

[ashen warren]

what is it

[celest zephyr]

It wont get me a job