#MIT (2025-2026)

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carmine pivot
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THATS SO NICE

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im sold on applying

covert ridge
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But there’s a lot of “average” people I guess

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I feel like I’m average or below

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There are some like maybe they win Worlds or states in robotics

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Or did some cool project

gleaming shale
covert ridge
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Yeah

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A good personality I guess?

carmine pivot
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do you see any service people in there

gleaming shale
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But isn’t that not like most of the application pool?

covert ridge
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MIT common data set says that personal qualities is the most important in considering an applicant

covert ridge
carmine pivot
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like anyone who's focused more on community service and giving back to the community

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rather than

carmine pivot
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academic

covert ridge
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Yeah for sure

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Someone in my entrepreneurship seminar has a non profit that empowers minorities to pursue stem

gleaming shale
# covert ridge ?

Like I mean because mit is very self selecting aren’t most people who apply have “average” stats or am I just wrong

covert ridge
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He led the non profit successfully throughout high school, elementary students and middle students doing stem stuff

covert ridge
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They need to see if you can handle the work first

gleaming shale
covert ridge
covert ridge
gleaming shale
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I know I sound like I’m trying to “reverse engineer the system” but I’m just genuinely interested on what the average applicant is like and if it’s even worth it for me to try

covert ridge
carmine pivot
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also, how much of a red flag is it if most my ecs are junior/senior year

covert ridge
carmine pivot
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(should i give more details abt that in my additional info section)

covert ridge
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Do not worry

carmine pivot
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ohh bet bet

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i like locked in

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second sem junior year

gleaming shale
covert ridge
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Yall spend too much time aiming your arrow you get too tired to fire it

gleaming shale
covert ridge
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Just apply

teal summit
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is this the beaver university??

covert ridge
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Whatever happens happens

teal summit
carmine pivot
covert ridge
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Uh

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Competitive programming club

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I did some sports

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Track and XC

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Trained for and ran a marathon throughout my junior year

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Summer research that didn’t go so well

normal bolt
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chat are we locked in for mit

gleaming shale
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I’m assuming you did stuff like usaco and amc/aime/usjmo etc… but how do you decide what to put on? Like I have sports and research internships etc… but I’m having trouble on what I should focus on like obv I should focus the ones I’m best at but I’m just unsure

normal bolt
gleaming shale
carmine pivot
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tTHATS WILD

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NAH NAH

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bro js hid a gem in casual talk

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which marathon

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(i used to run xc back in freshman year)

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safe to say im stoked to see a fellow runner lmao

normal bolt
covert ridge
covert ridge
# normal bolt

Funny. Shakespeare did have a quote to let your arrows loose and misfortune or note pray that it hits something wonderful

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Yall got nothing to lose applying

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Literally nothing to lose 💀

covert ridge
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Full 26.2 miles

normal bolt
covert ridge
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Oh true

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The fees

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Well

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I’m title 1 so we had waivers

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Unfort sorry

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Okay but if you get accepted

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I think it’ll be pretty worth it

normal bolt
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would be a sick school for engineering

carmine pivot
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i volunteered w setting that up

normal bolt
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but honestly i feel like they might be too competitive there i hear it's a huge stem sweat environment

covert ridge
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Oh wow

carmine pivot
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back when i was in cali

covert ridge
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Did you set up during 2024?

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Cause that the one I did

normal bolt
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lowkey im hoping mit decisions come out after northwestern ED because i have a bad feeling my parents would make me go to mit over nu even though i like nu more

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just in case i get into every school 😼

carmine pivot
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i remember doing it my freshman year

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so your soph year

covert ridge
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Oh nvm

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Yeah I did it junior year

normal bolt
carmine pivot
covert ridge
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I see

carmine pivot
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rip rip

hollow ice
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@covert ridge quick question what do you think about mit ocw?

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worth studying for personal knowledge and skills?

covert ridge
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OCW is one of the best free resources for learning 😭

barren oasis
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Thanks

barren oasis
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That’s why I asked

strange rampart
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If they went back to the Saturday pattern it’ll likely be later

fathom vector
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what are the chances mit ea comes out tomorrow

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im sick of waiting

normal bolt
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gives me hope

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all that's left to do is get into two t10 schools 🥹

wet light
oak perch
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Disappeared some few summers ago, never to be seen again 💔

tiny turret
normal bolt
tiny turret
wet light
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Nope

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Not for EA

wet light
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Realistically would MIT defer me from EA only to see me senior year grades? Even if hypothetically the rest of my profile was good enough to get accepted?

viral elbow
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Did any1 here get in EA?

wet light
viral elbow
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I’m asking about last yr

river verge
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this was last years spread idk who specifically got in

storm onyx
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I think if they need to see your senior year grades to consider you a strong admit you may be cooked

storm onyx
wet light
long void
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those reddit ppl r scary

strange rampart
long void
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nah just the way they be responding sometimes fear mongering

willow cave
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is it gonna be dec 16

wet light
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Yeah no those same 4 cranky old MIT alumni are so annoying and unhelpful on every single post

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As well as unnecessarily mean to anxious 17 year olds for no reason

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Yeah that’s what I figured, thanks

gentle comet
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The majority of people get deferred anyways

gentle comet
strange rampart
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Has anybody been checking the blog for the decision announcement

storm onyx
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i've been keeping an eye, nothing yet

verbal obsidian
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decisions out december 16th

wet light
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December 16 6:28 EST

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@strange rampart

deep yarrow
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no riddle this time?

strange rampart
deep yarrow
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oh

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lol

strange rampart
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MIT EA Decision Date

<t:1765927680:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

strange rampart
pine compass
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6:28 is so fucking specific

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😭😭

gray hazel
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why is it 6:28 💀

strange rampart
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or wait

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pi x2

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tau

gray hazel
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oh lol

strange rampart
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it was diff year they did pi digits

gray hazel
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that's funny

strange rampart
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but rd is typically 3/14 6:28pm

gray hazel
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mk

strange rampart
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for ea it was 12:17pm

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rd was 6:28pm

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oh maybe then

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theyve done 12/17 12:17 before

clever badge
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Is 12:17 a special number

strange rampart
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i remember the year both mit and georgia tech did 3/14 1:59pm

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on the dot

strange rampart
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dec 17 (12/17)

clever badge
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Oh

strange rampart
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brown university:

clever badge
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3 eastern

strange rampart
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3pm ET

clever badge
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I think brown should know that everyone is gonna be too excited to open theirs

strange rampart
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i think dartmouth also sometimes does school day

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jhu usually does too

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the lacs are weird they either do super late or super early

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like 8-9pm ET or 8am-11am ET

clever badge
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Lowk wouldn’t mind decisions opening at midnight

strange rampart
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oh once udub did close to that

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like 11pm pt or soemthing insane

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usually theyre closer to 8pm pt iirc

viral elbow
verbal obsidian
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it’s at 1am for me

tiny turret
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OML i'm so scared

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i poured so much time into the application 😭

spring tendon
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i'd definitely stay up until an admissions decision came out 💀

supple niche
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I'm worried :(

covert ridge
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Remember guys

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It is what it is

serene crescent
covert ridge
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bad

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im studying for 8.02 rn

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idk what's going on

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im watching lewins videos as if im relearning everything cuz brooke russell is a terrible prof

serene crescent
covert ridge
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hbu

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are you a GIR kid or major related classes kid

serene crescent
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i'm taking 18.701, 18.404, cc.8012 (dropped concourse tho), and 5.112

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except i'm a 6-3

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so

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i don't know what i'm doing with my life

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because i'm not taking major related classes nor am i fully GIR maxxing

covert ridge
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math whiz 😭

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i heard 404 is difficult kudos to u

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the only other personi know doing the 701 and 404 combo is jerry

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that's wild

mental geyser
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btw just curious, what dorms do yall live in

covert ridge
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simmons

mental geyser
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oh the one with the windows it looks so cool

covert ridge
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i saw! congrats!!!!

covert ridge
storm onyx
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lmao

normal bolt
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kms kms kms kms kms kms kms

tiny turret
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we yes WE will get in

strange rampart
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in pacific time

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what a fun hour it will be for our mod team

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not even hour more like half hour

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i like both our columbia and mit icons and i alr promised northwestern thread the banner slot for the 16th

serene crescent
serene crescent
next urchin
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hi

strange rampart
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One of you should make a dual Columbia/MIT server icon

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For decision day

strange rampart
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A2C brand guidelines who

normal bolt
# strange rampart

☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

gentle comet
storm onyx
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5 days until die-day

limpid heath
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no portal astro

storm onyx
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what

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is this about the preliminary reply form thing people used last year, y'know they patched that right?

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theyre not so braindead as to not patch bugs that have been posted like 10 times over in public

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it was actually erroneous last year aswell

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the whole thing was really funny for some reason the applicant status update form was open early to a small subset of admits

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they fixed it and made it so nobody has view perms until decisions are released

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lowk just wait tho

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its only a few days

solar moss
strange rampart
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Worst was NEU EA some years back

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POV you’re waiting the last few days until you expect your decision to surprise drop and the admissions office hits you with this Saturday morning email that ends with “Welcome to Northeastern!”

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Note this wasn’t some accidentally mass sent out email bc a good amount of the NEU thread panicked that morning noticing they weren’t sent this email

next urchin
strange rampart
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NEU admissions caught on so they officially announced some decisions that same Saturday and said the rest would come out Monday

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It seemed like everyone who received the email got into an NEU abroad program and also got their acceptance that same Saturday after receiving the email

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This was an extremely rare case I’ve never seen admissions bump their release to a Saturday like that

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Bc at least in NEU’s case I’ve never seen them do a Saturday outside of that

wet light
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Anyone know if I’d be able to see my MIT EA decision on phone?

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I just logged in through phone and the interface cuts off lol so clearly not built for non-PC uses

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I won’t have access to my computer at the time of decisions so relying on my phone

limpid heath
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switching to landscape might help, but if u have an iphone (and other phones probably have this option to) u can request desktop website

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request desktop website + landscape should probably work

wet light
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How do I do request desktop website

wet light
limpid heath
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its like 2 lines and a rectangle

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press that

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then press the 3 dots and youll see request desktop website

wet light
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Thanks

storm onyx
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I wonder if whatever library they use for confetti works on mobile

long void
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Do ea get the silver tube at the same time as rd or earlier?

barren oasis
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Sigh 😭

serene crescent
strange rampart
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Where

long void
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petey is always watching

storm onyx
storm onyx
strange rampart
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You should change ur name to Tim for the week

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TIM for MIT

storm onyx
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Also TIL that beavers will literally make a dam impulsively if they hear water

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Even like a faucet apparently

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Lmao

normal bolt
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tim for mit is lowkey aura

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bro's fs getting in

storm onyx
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Someone needs to hit up Stuart schmill and convince him to admit the guy

storm onyx
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NU?

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ah

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northwestern

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took a second to link the dots my brain do be slow today

fossil stone
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what does MIT actually want 🙂

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good in what way

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🥀

covert ridge
fossil stone
alpine nymph
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Their website says a lot about like

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Collaboration

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And people who like to do things with their hands

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Basically what every other prestigious tech school wants

civic crow
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they tell you

serene crescent
gilded nacelle
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I know that MIT doesn't formally admit by major, but would your "pool" be more competitive if you applied into say CS vs. BME, or is everyone looked at as one?

gilded nacelle
serene crescent
serene crescent
# gilded nacelle I know that MIT doesn't formally admit by major, but would your "pool" be more c...

my guess is that this is sorta the wrong way to look at the question; mit looks for people who are interesting people and who fit into the class they are building. i feel like they want people who are equally excellent no matter your intended major, and to me it feels like they also accept different "archetypes" within a single field. like cs has people who are more comp programming, people who are more ai, people who are more plt, etc

gilded nacelle
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niche under a specific umbrella that they'er also very cracked at and of course not like bots

serene crescent
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sorely lacking on cybersecurity tho imo 😔

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r u plt?

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mit plt is also sorta mid

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i mean those were just example niches

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😭

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oh

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this is you

flint chasm
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WE are getting into mit

frosty snow
serene crescent
serene crescent
frosty snow
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you can either apply sideways or brute force your way forwards lmao

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either works

serene crescent
gilded nacelle
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when they say "apply sideways" is it just like a marketing thing, yeah like be niche and cool and all that, but ALSO international olympiad

serene crescent
frosty snow
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u can be boring and imo or interesting af and also smart af but not a winner of big awards

serene crescent
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i know many intl oly people and i also know many ppl who are not oly

frosty snow
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baseline requirement is smart af

mental geyser
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omg enya

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hi enya

frosty snow
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hi?

serene crescent
mental geyser
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i bet you know a bunch of mit-ers

mental geyser
frosty snow
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h u h

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dm me?

mental geyser
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nah its fine

frosty snow
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indeed

gilded nacelle
mental geyser
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if we both get in i'll dm you

civic crow
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😭

gilded nacelle
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Im trying to scope out how best to position myself for their essays

serene crescent
mental geyser
frosty snow
serene crescent
frosty snow
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i will rd if i get rejected from my ed school

frosty snow
gilded nacelle
mental geyser
frosty snow
serene crescent
frosty snow
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but also why

mental geyser
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oh cuz i feel like

frosty snow
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my cousin goes to upenn lol

mental geyser
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ive heard of a bunch of people from your school

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who went to upenn

serene crescent
civic crow
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bruh this is a freaky conversation im witnessing

serene crescent
frosty snow
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new hampshire

serene crescent
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ah

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i wonder how many degrees i am from u in irls

frosty snow
serene crescent
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i mostly know queer people/east side people though

frosty snow
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is that a dorm

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when i went to mpfg i stayed in east campus

mental geyser
frosty snow
serene crescent
frosty snow
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yeah pretty sure

strange rampart
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Just chill

gilded nacelle
serene crescent
serene crescent
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so basically i know gay people

strange rampart
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PSA: your MIT decision will be immediately revealed after you click “View Update”

fossil stone
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Thanks Chloe ❤️

frosty snow
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lots of flags and memes on the walls

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ok i know andrew carratu lives in east campus

mental geyser
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oh yea i saw this gender ratio survey from 2020 or maybe 2021 and then

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esat campus and one other dorm was a lot higher than everything else

serene crescent
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he took 18.701 this semester!

serene crescent
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i live in random hall

serene crescent
frosty snow
surreal lily
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question for those doing maker portfolio: if i talk about an activity in depth for my maker portfolio, should still i include it in the 4 activities if it is significant enough or should i mention something else (since it would be repetitive)?

alpine nymph
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Would it have been cliche to talk about using scratch when I was younger on my MIT application

fossil stone
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how do you know if your interview was good?

storm onyx
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don't waste your spots on duping stuff unless the activity is super important

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If its important to you as an activity and not just projects, then def include it

alpine nymph
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Id say those are my benchmarks

strange rampart
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Not this

alpine nymph
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Theres gotta be a way to like report that

marble berry
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😨

civic crow
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it was so funny

storm onyx
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my mit interviewer started rambling about how the admissions office isn't giving him enough admits nowadays 💀

civic crow
storm onyx
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apparently my area has a lot less EA applicants this year than usual (according to him)

strange rampart
alpine nymph
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Thats good

civic crow
alpine nymph
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"Poke holes" 😭

storm onyx
storm onyx
alpine nymph
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Insanity

civic crow
# alpine nymph "Poke holes" 😭

bro i was talking about a journalism thing i did, the interviewer goes ok lets see how well u do journalism, spends the next ten minutes telling me about an article about a bicycle, asks me to analyze it in depth, says everything i say is wrong for the next ten minutes after that

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yes and the person i reported it to was the poke holes guy

alpine nymph
storm onyx
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oh lol my interviewer gave me a finite element analysis question and I lowk bullshitted the answer and he was like "huh i never thought of that, might work" 💀

civic crow
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the guy who said poking holes in the interview is normal

civic crow
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so that was funny

storm onyx
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lmao

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you'd think they would double down

alpine nymph
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Now im happy my interviewer like didnt study CS and graduated like 30 years ago

civic crow
storm onyx
alpine nymph
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Yeah I didnt expect my interviewer to be like

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Old

storm onyx
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he did bachelors at a state school and then proceeded to a masters at stanford, harvard, and MIT

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like jesus bro

alpine nymph
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Woe

storm onyx
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I legit had no clue what to take away from that interview

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it wasn't bad but also overall confusing

alpine nymph
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I think a more recent grad has the benefit of like

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Giving you some tips

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Or experiences that are more like

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Indicative of your experience

storm onyx
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the grad school interviewers are def diff from the undergrad interviewers

strange rampart
storm onyx
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we have one of each in our area and I talked to my friend who got the UG guy and his interviewer was very much more aware of the process

storm onyx
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my guy took notes and just stopped halfway through lmao

alpine nymph
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I wonder how much the interview does actually matter

storm onyx
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i guess

alpine nymph
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Uhuh

storm onyx
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well

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i'll see on tuesday how it all panned out

alpine nymph
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Oh my goodness

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Thats like

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The last day I want my first reveal to be

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Thats when my semester exams begin

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😭

storm onyx
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tuesday is the first day of my finals

alpine nymph
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I think Cal BC is on Tuesday

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For me

storm onyx
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lowk i'm chilling for finals tho

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in most of my classes I can take a 0 on the final and still get an A

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I have ap econ on friday that shit is fried

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weirdest class with the weirdest teacher

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i'm glad all my cc class finals are over tho

alpine nymph
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My macro is the only one im worried about cause my teacher is just

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Not great

storm onyx
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those were the ones i acc had to cook on

wet light
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my school doesnt do that

alpine nymph
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Uhmm

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Tbh I dont mind

storm onyx
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I mean our school we have to have midterms cause semester grades are independent

alpine nymph
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If the class is good and interesting and the teacher is good

storm onyx
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Honestly I've only had like two actually shitty teachers

alpine nymph
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We can exempt exams but cant exempt APs

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Ive had like

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Maybe 3.5 bad teachers

storm onyx
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i've had harsh teachers that basically just give you hell and then curve ur grade at the end

alpine nymph
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Macro, World Hist, and ASL and then kind of AP lang but I got a 5 so was she reallt that bad

storm onyx
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and I honestly don't mind that

alpine nymph
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Ive never had teachers i felt were too strict

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My bad teachers were always too lax

storm onyx
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my bad teachers were usually arbritary

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they had no clear expectations from us

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it was entirely vibe based grading

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which sucked

alpine nymph
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English always feels like vibe grades to me

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But I am just not great at eng

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College essays have been a struggle because of that

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Why cant it be like college code projects or math functions 😞

storm onyx
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I find it very hard to write about myself

alpine nymph
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Shoot evem college slides how presentations

storm onyx
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thats where I get cooked on essays

alpine nymph
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I think my issue is not knowing if I want to write like creatively or just awnser the question

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Also wording can sometimes be a little lackluster

storm onyx
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especially like those "diversity prompt" things where its like "how will your experiences help you contribute to xyz..." and like all the examples talk about culture and I have none of that

alpine nymph
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Oh gosh

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Those are annoying

storm onyx
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I'm the most generic npc culture-void person

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if you want me to talk about something I did sure but like

alpine nymph
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I wouldnt even call myself very generic and I still struggle to write about that

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I feel like i kind if like over write about things related to technology/my major

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But like thats what im interested innnn so ofc a lot of experiences come from that

storm onyx
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yeah idk

alpine nymph
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It makes me feel one dimensional sometimes

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"Omg CS major who likes CS? NEXT."

storm onyx
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i felt like the best prompts for me were probably the MIT prompts + my maker portfolio carries

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so if i don't get MIT i'm cooked

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cause all my other apps are def weaker

alpine nymph
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MIT had good prompts and I feel like i awnsered them pretty good

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I wish I did some more

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Creative writing tho

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All of mine are just like

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1-2 paragraph blobs

storm onyx
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I mean growing up I was always taught "function over form" when it comes to writing which kinda fucks me over

alpine nymph
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Telling the story / what I learned/ my aspirations

storm onyx
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i'm very used to the idea of formal writing for the sole purpose of communication

alpine nymph
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I mean no doubt content is important

storm onyx
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i've never seen writing as some sort of art medium

alpine nymph
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And im sure you can get it if the content is good even if the paragraphs are just blobs

strange rampart
alpine nymph
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Very tight limits

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"Why major at MIT" was like 100-200 words??

strange rampart
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I didn’t apply to MIT but when I applied to UDub transfer they had a super long personal statement (750-1000 words) that asked for that as part of it

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And I legit used A2C

storm onyx
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thats why i cooked on mit essays 💀

strange rampart
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Oh lol

storm onyx
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its all the others

alpine nymph
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Rice has lots of culture prompts

storm onyx
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i'm sure i can find something thats activity-oriented but it'll take a hot sec to figure out

strange rampart
storm onyx
strange rampart
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Mine varies

alpine nymph
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My common app statement was 1.2k

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Before I realized

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There was a limit

cinder lagoon
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bro

strange rampart
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If it’s #📢-announcements youre getting an essay if it’s a formal essay it’s short

cinder lagoon
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how is that even possible

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at some point its all fluff

alpine nymph
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Lord going from 1.2 to 650 was a NIGHTMARE

storm onyx
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I can be extremely verbose or quite compact

alpine nymph
storm onyx
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depends on context

storm onyx
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i've had to cut actual content at a point

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like for PIQs

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theres only so much you can cut fluff sometimes

cinder lagoon
#

😭

alpine nymph
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I wrote about like my personal style and clothing and how I like use clothing to represent myself amd stuff

storm onyx
#

once you cut all the fluff it becomes really hard to cut

cinder lagoon
#

that cant possibly be 1.2k bro

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1.2k is like

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3 pages

alpine nymph
#

Some of us use words 😝

cinder lagoon
#

too many it seems

storm onyx
#

why mit being 100 words was chill tho

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i managed to fit it in fairly elegantly

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same for what you do for fun

strange rampart
alpine nymph
#

MIT I was always a good 100 over (I did my essays on a document before copying them in)

storm onyx
alpine nymph
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Its funny cause I dont even like writing in english class

storm onyx
#

so essentially i was forced to cut 50 words of actual content

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the mit caps lowk worked better for me

alpine nymph
#

5 is a good number of essays

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Unlike

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Some schools

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(Caltech)

storm onyx
#

We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it. (150)

this one was def my favorite prompt

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oh bro the caltech shit is way too long

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I also feel like caltech leans hardcore stem in the essays too

alpine nymph
#

Caltech essays have been a journey

storm onyx
#

like MIT dosen't really try to shove stem down ur throat with the essays

alpine nymph
#

I think like

storm onyx
#

and caltechs leading line is basically "hey bozo talk about stem"

alpine nymph
#

4/6 of my caltech essays are directly CS related

storm onyx
#

thats by design tbh

alpine nymph
#

MIT I think it was like

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2 or 3 of the 5

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Ofc the Why MIT was stem

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Uhm

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Hobby was non stem

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Challenge was stem in content but it was really just a club

storm onyx
#

lowk 2 of my mit essays use robotics as an example

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and then all the others are non-cs except why mit

alpine nymph
#

Uhh what else did mit ask for

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MIT was 1.5 months ago I lowkey forgot what I wrote about

storm onyx
#

lmao yeah i had to open my doc

alpine nymph
#

Ih trailblazing

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And collaboration

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Uhm

storm onyx
#

trailblazing was def the hardest prompt

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but i made it work

alpine nymph
#

Trailblazing I did non stem

storm onyx
#

same

alpine nymph
#

I talked about going against stem actually

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I talked about instead of talked about taking ASL and getting involved in the community

storm onyx
#

I linked sports to stem

alpine nymph
#

Which isnt really TRAILBLAZING but I was kind of at a loss

storm onyx
#

it was kinda like "sports (probably getting doxxed if i specify which one) taught me far more about how to learn, which changed how I approach learning"

#

but it was more elaborate than that simple plotline but yeah

storm onyx
storm onyx
#

then i could've gotten recruited

alpine nymph
#

One of my scholarships essays has stumpted me

storm onyx
#

its a non-recruitable sport lol

alpine nymph
#

Its like "Whats a problem in your local community/school that you can fix with comp sci. Describe the problem and the process to fix it"

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Any idea i think of is gonna be like so generic/theres already a billion apps/organizations that do that

storm onyx
#

sounds like an interesting question

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theres plenty ways to approach it

alpine nymph
#

Ive been stuggling

storm onyx
#

lowk i need to lock in for rd essays

alpine nymph
#

Why cant i live in like 1940s when nothing existed

storm onyx
#

all my RDs are t20s too so the prompts aint easy

alpine nymph
#

I mean

storm onyx
#

Maybe I shouldnt've done all my safeties in ea 💀

alpine nymph
#

Lots of times

storm onyx
#

theres a lot of copy paste

alpine nymph
#

You can repeat prompts

storm onyx
#

I organized prompts by groups

alpine nymph
#

I mean essays

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Yeah

storm onyx
#

and i'm writing like a few long essays for each group

#

and then i'll trim and condense based on the college

alpine nymph
#

Idk if I did enough safety schools

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But uhm

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Its fine!

storm onyx
#

lowk UCs are my safety

alpine nymph
#

Me too

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UCs + UT Austin kinda

storm onyx
#

idk bout UTA as an OOS

alpine nymph
#

Atleast UT austin cant say no to me

storm onyx
#

are you texan?

alpine nymph
#

They can at worst say "yes but youre majoring in Spanish not CS"

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Yeeee

storm onyx
#

ok yeah so you got the auto admit thing

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i'm instate for UCs which means oos for UTA which is cooked

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but its whatever

alpine nymph
#

Oos?

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Oh

storm onyx
#

out of state

alpine nymph
#

Yeah

storm onyx
#

and ofc i also just sent off GT, UIUC, and Purdue for earlies too

alpine nymph
#

Wait do UCs have auto accept?

storm onyx
#

only merced

alpine nymph
#

For instates

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Oh

storm onyx
#

top 9% of graduating class is guaranteed at at least one UC

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which means if you don't get into any UC theyre putting you at merced

alpine nymph
#

Ohhh

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Interesting

storm onyx
#

cali dosen't give too much priority to instate versus other states

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it kinda sucks but it is what it is

alpine nymph
#

They know everyone wants to come to Cali

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Texas gotta keep all they can here

#

For us its like

storm onyx
#

lowk i hope i get into some east coast school tho

#

i'm so done with cali

alpine nymph
#

Top 10% garunteed into an UT school except austin is top 5 online

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I think statistically im probably going to cali

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5/12 of my school's are in cali

storm onyx
#

UC oos applicants only really get screwed by the gpa

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cause they only get honors points for ap classes

alpine nymph
#

WHAT

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WDYM

karmic wadi
#

lowkey it doesnt matter though tbh

alpine nymph
#

GPA is a construct whatever😝

storm onyx
#

Honors courses are calculated differently. In calculating an out-of-state student's GPA to determine if the 3.4 minimum has been met, UC will grant honors weight for AP or IB courses only, but not for school-designated honors courses. The weight is given to letter grades of A, B, or C. School-designated honors courses may be considered in the campus comprehensive review process.

storm onyx
#

they lean a lot into GPA

alpine nymph
#

Hmmm

karmic wadi
alpine nymph
#

Without honors my grades will be

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Rough

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Although most of my honors unweighted are still 98+

storm onyx
alpine nymph
#

So UC in states do get honors credit

storm onyx
#

oh shoot on the topic of UCs I should fill out the residence verification form 💀

#

they wanted to audit my residency docs 💀

storm onyx
#

all my honors courses count as a weight of 5 for UC gpa

alpine nymph
#

Oh yes gotta make sure youre a real Californian bear

storm onyx
#

its funny they audit me of all people

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born in cali and never lived elsewhere 💀

alpine nymph
#

😭

covert ridge
#

Keep this thread about mit, the UCs has its own thread

storm onyx
#

shit mb

alpine nymph
#

Sorry

normal bolt
#

hello mit applicants how are we feeling 🗣️

alpine nymph
#

NERVOUS 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

strange rampart
covert ridge
#

The fabled University of Cambridge 🥀

storm onyx
#

Lowk mit is just UMass Cambridge

covert ridge
#

Yeah it’s honestly just the lesser trade tech version

wet light
alpine nymph
#

Normalize normal ECs

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From what I hwae AOs will scale your ECs based off what you could realistically have opportunities to do

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Like if you went to a top HS in a good tech area theyd expect it but not some normal public school

covert ridge
#

Lowk yeah normalize normal ecs and have a life bruh you don’t gotta be like cracked

alpine nymph
#

I feel like research at a uni in HS is like

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The one too far

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Id say the most over the topic EC ill except is like

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A summer trip where you like helped a rural community in a third world country get like working lights

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Or like

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You started your own small business

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Cause summer trips are usually like a thing offered with being in like long term clubs

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And a small business is pretty realistic

covert ridge
#

Sure yeah

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I think what matters more is utilizing what’s in your environment

alpine nymph
#

Right

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Sometimes like the super ambitious ECs seem more like

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You had someone do something for you

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"I started my own lawfirm" DID YOU NOW or is your parent a lawyer and did some work in your nameeee

wet light
wet light
alpine nymph
#

Im pretty sure if you live in like

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A normal public school

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Youre fine

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But lmk if someone else responds with something else cause i dont really know!

storm onyx
#

yeah idk bay area where everyone does research might have me cooked with zero research 😭

fossil stone
long void
tame coral
#

what do you do in the opposite situation of strong test scores and weaker activities

flint chasm
#

how fun is CPW?

storm onyx
#

if your applying now it is what it is

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just project whatever you have in the best light you can

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well i assume the person who asked is applying RD

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oh ok fair enough

long void
#

i thought i was done for with my trash sat and no interview requests

tame coral
#

did you get in QB

covert ridge
#

I loved CPW even tho I was sick for a day

covert ridge
long void
marble thorn
tame coral
#

also what’s the weight on awards / olympiads

long void
tame coral
#

i have less of those my non-school ecs are project based

marble thorn
#

real

flint chasm
fossil stone
storm onyx
long void
#

my scores?

fossil stone
#

Yeah

flint chasm
long void
#

tbf idk if its related but i did some mit related programs like mites

fossil stone
#

Ah

covert ridge
tame coral
#

mites boosts your chance by 5x

covert ridge
#

But please be careful

fossil stone
#

xd

fossil stone
long void
storm onyx
flint chasm
fossil stone
#

like it actually helps somewhat*

covert ridge
tame coral
fossil stone
flint chasm
#

i applied ea thats all

covert ridge
#

Ohhh

tame coral
#

im the opposite of you im submitting a 1590 but no programs

covert ridge
#

Bruh

flint chasm
#

lol

#

does mit take in normall students

#

ive only heard my cracked friends getting in

river verge
#

define normal

long void
#

🥲

covert ridge
#

They take in whoever they like

#

I feel normal

fossil stone
storm onyx
#

it probably depends on the area ur looking at

covert ridge
long void
#

tbf my friends who i considered cracked didnt get in

fossil stone
#

Low test scores for MIT and no big ECs 😛

long void
#

so its rlly random

storm onyx
#

I know most of the bay area admits (co29) and 90% of them are NOT normal 😭 pretentious asf kids

flint chasm
#

oh thats real

long void
#

you never know

mental geyser
#

do yall know how much essays weigh into for mit

covert ridge
flint chasm
#

my only non-normal thing is usabo semis 😭

mental geyser
#

assuming you pass whatever baseline they have for academics or smth (?)

mental geyser
#

cuz im in luck then

storm onyx
long void
#

theyre all cracked

covert ridge
flint chasm
#

how many mn people usually get in

storm onyx
#

Bay area is just weird overall

#

toxicity is king

covert ridge
fossil stone
#

I don’t think they admit with state in mind

storm onyx
mental geyser
#

i think

storm onyx
#

someone who stands out in like rural south carolina may not stand out by bay area standards

#

its all context based

covert ridge
#

Yeah that’s the whole purpose of holistic

long void
#

honestly its so random as long as u try ur best its all it matters

storm onyx
#

lwk feels hella rng yeah

covert ridge
#

Depends on the AOs mood 💀💔

long void
#

its the lessons and the growth u make along the journey that counts 🫡

gentle comet
storm onyx
long void
#

yes

lament furnace
#

Lowk rather get rejected ea than deferred hot take

#

Chance of getting in after deferred is so low might as well just know already

#

(This is from the perspective of a below average MIT applicant)

covert ridge
#

Errr honestly I would reject this mindset

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Being deferred means you get the chance to try harder

#

Whether it works out or not you still did your best

#

I was deferred from pton, sent a loci, and got admitted. I really think the loci helped because my stats are pretty avg

wet light
#

lowkey doesnt matter for me tho cause MIT doesnt accept LOCIs only the FUN form i think

covert ridge
# wet light what was the loci like

An update on what I did over the winter break, plus numerical specificity of the impact of some of my ECs and a really corny joke abt tigers 💀

next urchin
#

what is LOCI

wet light
wet light
covert ridge
wet light
#

true

#

hopefully the FUN form can help me a bit for MIT

next urchin
#

im assuming that's if you get referred ED or EA?

#

deferred

storm onyx
covert ridge
#

Or if you get waitlisted

wet light
#

my ECs so mid + MIT is a lottery

covert ridge
#

It’s a chance to convince AO, show interest while they’re considering you

storm onyx
#

"we already assume you are interested unless you tell us otherwise"

covert ridge
#

Yeah mit is a diff case

#

The fun form is for fun

#

Most ppl do silly stuff

#

I put a list of dumb stem jokes

#

My classmate put a capybara made of text

wet light
storm onyx
#

were you EA admit or RD?

covert ridge
#

RD

wet light
covert ridge
storm onyx
#

deferred? (assuming not since you prolly did pton REA)

covert ridge
wet light
#

oh wait FUN is for RD too

storm onyx
#

its for first sem grades and whatever else

storm onyx
#

theres an faq on the admissions website

covert ridge
alpine nymph
#

That being said MIT only allows for 4 ECs so they clearly want quality over quantity

fathom vector
#

CAN DECISIONS COME OUT ALREADY

#

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

storm onyx
#

I can tell you ur decision if you give me $100 and a dead mongoose

fathom vector
#

this one decision literally decides the rest of my year

#

i can't wait anymore

#

i just can't

mental geyser
storm onyx
#

bro ship me the dead mongoose first

#

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20535

fossil stone
#

It’s on its way

#

🙏

wet light
storm onyx
#

Why not

mental geyser
#

why not a live capybara

storm onyx
#

Live beaver is a acceptable substitute

barren oasis
#

hey, im a bit curious, is it worth it to apply if i have no high competition math/physics/bio? Like, my ECs aren't that good if u view it via a stem perspective. I was decided between MIT & Princeton RD.

gentle comet
frosty snow
frosty snow
#

lol

#

sorry what i mean is

#

most people dont have super high comp awards

#

probably half of mit arent comp people

#

there are a handful of people who reach extremely high levels in comps and those people usually get in and i call that applying forwards bc mit is known for their "applying sideways" article

barren oasis
#

ohhhh ok thats interesting lol

mental geyser
#

if half of mit is comp people id be very sad

barren oasis
#

ty ty i feel more confident now, ill prolly end up doing the RD. wait lowkey the article's so funny

storm onyx
#

Live timestamp until decisions

<t:1765927680:R>

woven idol
#

wait guys for the MIT FUN form, if my school does q1, q2, and sem1, should i just report sem1? ik they said report all but this is literally 2 different types of grading scales, which is diff from q1, q2, midterm exam grade

storm onyx
#

this sounds like an email the admissions office kinda thing

#

i assume they want anything on ur transcript tho

whole fog
median sluice
#

wouldn't high levels in comps still be "applying sideways" because theese people are doing something they love and invest so much time in?

#

that's running of course on the assumption that the people who succeed in these academic competitions do actually love the subject and are willing to invest so much time into it, but i do think that's true because you do really need a love for say math if you competed in usamo, otherwise you wouldn't be successful

#

so they really are still applying sideways because they are doing what they love and doign a very deep level of it

frosty snow
#

of course they enjoy their subject

#

but would’ve never gone that far if not for comping for mit

median sluice
#

certainly there is no "guarantee" for this university as i think they're trying to weed out the people who did it JUST for mit (not saying that that can't be one of your reasons of course)

#

just speculation as who knows if that process is 100% accurate though

frosty snow
#

nah generally its because they had shit grades in school or shit essays/personalities

median sluice
#

i think that would reflect in their essays/personalities

frosty snow
#

perhaps

median sluice
#

i think a large proportion of the people i met who had shit personalities were the type of people who just purely focused on grinding to get into this one particular "college" and that's an experience i see resembled in a lot of experiences especially online

#

i think that's part of the people that mit is trying to mention in their "apply sideways" article

#

but i mean definitely olympiads is for sure the most "brute force" way of getting into mit or any other top school

wet light
#

As in more than half or less than half of MIT people are comp people

alpine nymph
#

LEAVES TUMBLING EXAUSTED FROM BRANCHES

#

In my mit app 2 of my ECs were comps

#

But I didnt like

#

Place exceptionally well

#

But I was the leader of both comp teams at my school

#

Well I Am not was

#

Honestly it works on me

storm onyx
normal bolt
#

two more days...

verbal obsidian
#

WE yes WE are ALL getting into MIT

viral elbow
#

but most of us r getting deferred tho 🙁

viral elbow
mental geyser
viral elbow
#

Fr

#

Bro my area has like too many cracked Indian/chinese males

#

Ik a Indian guy w/ rsi living near me

mental geyser
#

but maybe youa re if you are good luck

viral elbow
#

I’m Indian so it’s wraps for me

#

💀

mental geyser
#

😔

viral elbow
#

Indian parents compare their kids as if they’re Pokémon cards 💀

#

Basically like a trophy collector or smth

#

My school’s Val and p much all of the top 10 are Indian males

#

They have crazy stuff like Usnco t150, USACO plat, ML research accepted to top tier conferences, VEX Worlds, etc.

#

A 1550+ sat is like some minimum bar

viral elbow
#

Cooked for us Asian males 💀 🥀

tame coral
viral elbow
#

The comp is hella bad

tame coral
#

DFW?

viral elbow
#

Nah houston

#

But DFW is awful

tame coral
#

DFW is worse 💀

viral elbow
#

Houston and Austin r p awful

#

San Antonio is less comp

tame coral
#

in new england so kind of chilling

viral elbow
tame coral
#

of course mass is really bad

#

yeah

viral elbow
#

Also nova and DC r bad

#

Cuz of tjhsst

#

And academies of loundoun

tame coral
#

apparently they have their own isef qualifier as to not shut out the rest of nova

viral elbow
#

💀

#

Ig no shot of mit 🥀

#

@tame coral r u Asian male Asw?

tame coral
#

yeah east