Stanford University (2025-2026)

[haughty obsidian]

"bro the food" has that negative aura

[burnt light]

im so sad

im missing tendie thursday tmr

[fallow nimbus]

lowkey can't touch grass anymore tho cuz of cs106b and math61cm and perhaps cs103

[burnt light]

its my favorite day of the week

[burnt light]

why are u taking 3 pset classes

at once

fall sem

[haughty obsidian]

three pset classes (and 61cm no less)????

[burnt light]

what is 61cm

[fallow nimbus]

locked in

[haughty obsidian]

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch would be proud

[fallow nimbus]

real analysis and linear algebra

[burnt light]

have u taken linear before

[fallow nimbus]

yep

[burnt light]

oh ok

[fallow nimbus]

nah it's just cooked cuz we do it in 10 weeks 💀

[burnt light]

if u hadnt i wouldve been a lil concerned

[burnt light]

cooked

im not touching analysis until like

soph fall or spring

[fallow nimbus]

that might be the strat

i've cooked myself with my math progression

[haughty obsidian]

according to Julia it IS the strat

[burnt light]

i might do analysis in the fall tho

[fallow nimbus]

62cm is cooked cuz we're doing differential geometry and lie algebra and cohomology

[burnt light]

rn my progression is calc 3 & prob theory, lin alg & prob theory II, analysis and diff eq, then discrete

is analysis before discrete cooked

[fallow nimbus]

lowkey nah

analysis is like a mental gym

but if u do too much of it you'll go insane

[haughty obsidian]

i always regret talking academics because i feel so behind 😭

[burnt light]

nah ur chilling

[haughty obsidian]

I strive to make up for what I didn't do in hs, surely

[burnt light]

everyone feels the same way

[haughty obsidian]

yeah also it's this guy

[fallow nimbus]

ur not tho

[haughty obsidian]

bro is casually just the goat of maths idek

[burnt light]

i was talking to one of my profs about how it feels like im an idiot in my multi class because everyone has taken multi before

and he was like everyone thinks the same thing about u

[haughty obsidian]

and fencing and piano at the same time too

[burnt light]

cuz everyone feels like they dont know what theyre doing

[haughty obsidian]

what did your parents feed you

[burnt light]

its ok everyone i know who is taking analysis frosh fall is an alcoholic

so idk if u wanna be in that position

its cuz theyre math sweaths their whole life so they ahev nothing to do other than become an alcoholic

[fallow nimbus]

20 other people and i were doing analysis at 11pm on monday

[haughty obsidian]

analysis frosh fall then alcoholic ≠ analysis frosh fall iff alcoholic. I'll just be an alcoholic thanks

[burnt light]

hell nah

[fallow nimbus]

it's so cooked

[burnt light]

its both lowk

i wish i applied to stanford ngl

[fallow nimbus]

the pset problems are also cooked

[burnt light]

oh i was looking at our analysis psets lol

[fallow nimbus]

we had to prove, manually no less, that Z_p was an unordered field for some small value of p

from the axioms

i wasn't allowed to use field theory

[burnt light]

only you know what that means

[burnt light]

https://storage.googleapis.com/public-export-bucket/real-analysis-fall-2025/pset-04.pdf
solve this for me rq

[fallow nimbus]

the scary part is that everyone in 61cm are like math gods

[haughty obsidian]

you'd think that math 21 material is more manageable for professors but the first lecture she just missed two whole points on the syllabus then went "hey just check last years notes"

[burnt light]

what is math 21

[fallow nimbus]

rudin is cooked

[burnt light]

why tf do u guys u 2 number course codes

[haughty obsidian]

21 is BC calc since I never did it (I didn't do AP)

so I'm stuck here

[burnt light]

lowk i wish i did calc 2

dont feel behind

cuz like ur gonna catch up soon enough

[haughty obsidian]

yeah there are a lot of smurfs/sandbaggers in my class

very evidently

they just want 4 units ez

[burnt light]

everyone @ yale is smurfing calc 3

cuz like the dus of most majors dont let u skip

[haughty obsidian]

lol

[burnt light]

so they retake and skip lecture

and then the ppl smurfing calc 2 are also cooked

[fallow nimbus]

wait there was an nso placement test u could've done tho

[haughty obsidian]

yea I scored 6/10 on the online 21 section 💀 so nah

[burnt light]

well i mean if he hasnt taken bci t probably wouldnt be a good idea to try and place out of it

[fallow nimbus]

ohh ok

[burnt light]

ngl ive realized that college doesnt need to be hard all the time

[fallow nimbus]

lowkey 21 is goated

[burnt light]

sometimes taking the lower level class is the move

[haughty obsidian]

I'm still enrolled in 20 units technically since I got fomo'd into it

Julia emailed me about it but I just went nah I'd win

[fallow nimbus]

i'm at 15

[haughty obsidian]

I'll probably drop before Final Study List deadline tbh

[fallow nimbus]

i might shop cs103

[haughty obsidian]

is 106b pre- or co-requisite?

since ik you need to do it somehow

[fallow nimbus]

coreq i think

but it's not urgent

[haughty obsidian]

shit that's chill then but also ur gonna suffer so much 💀

[fallow nimbus]

lowkey i might keep 15 units

feels like im not doing enough tho

[haughty obsidian]

yeah this

you are

[fallow nimbus]

i'll just lock in on clubs + green book

[haughty obsidian]

what’s green book

[fallow nimbus]

quant 💀

[haughty obsidian]

💀💀💀💀💀💀

avg maths major

[fallow nimbus]

i need to ask julia if i can still coterm cs in 4 years if i only have 2 pset courses fall quarter

i think i'm overthinking this but i wanna make sure

[haughty obsidian]

If you take enough science courses there’s good overlap between cs and maths I think

So start doing physics or any

[fallow nimbus]

i have the required physics credit already

i don't wanna take another GPA destroyer 💀

[haughty obsidian]

ok that’s chill (I don’t )

[haughty obsidian]

real

[burnt light]

how odes it feel knowing our schools are now the same ranking

there is no hierarchy

[fallow nimbus]

i mean the rankings are bs anyways, if u choose a school for ranking that's kinda shortsighted

[burnt light]

oh

[fallow nimbus]

yale is a good school

so is stanford

[burnt light]

i exclusively chose my school for its ranking

?!?!?

Wtf

What do you mean it doesnt mean anything

[fallow nimbus]

just pick whichever one is better for you personally

[burnt light]

I was just bantering lol

[fallow nimbus]

lmaoo

[burnt light]

Ragebait unsuccessful

[fallow nimbus]

nah but so many people are caught up with rankings, it's kinda crazy

[burnt light]

Encountered emotionally mature individual

i only care about yales ranking in comparison to harvard

the closer we get the better

We will overcome.

[vale charm]

Stanford

Some university in the peeninsula

Not Stamford, Connecticut btw

[haughty obsidian]

speaking of your username we held an recreational sports event at a field with different foods available and the joke writes itself

[burnt light]

did u guys not have a performative male contest

[vale charm]

ULTIMATEEEEEE

[haughty obsidian]

yeah I think everyone did lol

[vale charm]

ULTIMATE I LIVE LAUGH LOVE

Nvm its just a frisbee

Im high asf rn I ate 4 pizza slices and an ice cream sandwich from the dining commons

[haughty obsidian]

good luck lol

[vale charm]

Cooked

[spark willow]

tf. theres Korean food in Stanford?

[haughty obsidian]

yea

[spark willow]

is it good?

wait. did u ever tried Korean food in Korea?

[haughty obsidian]

yes

[haughty obsidian]

nope

[spark willow]

or like in CA korean town?

i lowkey need to know if its actually good or not.

[haughty obsidian]

Idk I’ve never been

[spark willow]

as a foreigner, u might think its good.... but for us...

mb not 😭

[spark willow]

ok

[haughty obsidian]

Well, there’s only one way to find out

[haughty obsidian]

I had this experience with an Indonesian restaurant near campus

But I can honestly understand why Americans like it

The gadogado has become more like a salad

The entrees focus more on ingredient quality instead of spice

It’s very western in terms of cooking approach from what I can see

[molten lake]

just so to confirm so i am not misunderstood,

This is knight scholarship which is due on 8 oct.

I am applying for MS in computer science and in order to be considered for knight scholarship, do i need to complete the grad application (which is due on Dec1) by 8 Oct??

[fallow nimbus]

@steady dagger

[steady dagger]

😭

[peak forge]

there was a big ahh link that went to this

on the screenshot you sent

[molten lake]

Dude i know that, i mentioned dec deadline thing

You must submit your Stanford graduate degree program application(s) by the program deadline established for Knight-Hennessy Scholars applicants

I was confused about this

[molten lake]

This means 8 oct doesn’t it?

[peak forge]

and the program deadline for you as a cs masters is in the screenshot

December 2

[molten lake]

Cool

[spark willow]

@fallow nimbus @haughty obsidian

https://www.studocu.com/en-us/institution/stanford-university/572

i found this thing when i was trying to search sth about my Math51 stuff

does the course material match for u guys?

[haughty obsidian]

It does, but it’s not comprehensive

[molten lake]

sorry for asking again but i am really confused

whichever occurs first

could you confirm again

[spark willow]

Email them and double check

[haughty obsidian]

From how I read it, you need to submit it by October 8th. Paul.JS is right, though. You should probably email them to check.

Also, best of luck! I pass by the Denning House every day and it’s amazing that it’s the exclusive meeting place for Knight-Hennessy Scholars bcs it’s sooooo beautiful.

[molten lake]

yeah i emailed like 2-3 days back. i am just nervous because the deadline is soon and i dont have much prepared yet specifically for the application

[haughty obsidian]

Just assume that the deadline is 8th October and get working now. Worst case scenario, you make it on time with a mediocre application. Best case scenario, it’s actually later and you have time to refine it. Good luck!

[molten lake]

yeahh

[peak forge]

thy black squirrel epidemic

[fallow nimbus]

startup culture is so real im already pulled into one

[astral fox]

No fucking way what’s it about

It better not be a b2c SaaS gpt wrapper

[upbeat prairie]

what do they do

[haughty obsidian]

I know what it is and it's not that, though I'll leave it to syn to explain it if they wanna

[steady dagger]

what a cool university

[gray peak]

the lion drops math 61

[steady dagger]

the lioness does not concern herself with the mathematical rigor of her courses

[gray peak]

guys stanford is so cool you get to

• cry over psets and midterms
• study in the undergrad lounges until 4am
• despair over the amount of clubs you're committed to when it's too late to drop
• miss out on startup opportunities
• drink boba in the cafeteria

[vale charm]

Stanford universidih

[spark willow]

yes def my style 😭

there psets are hard asf 😭

y does it takes so much time 😭

[haughty obsidian]

the lion submits empty psets to relieve his stress

[spark willow]

does they take out few bad grades and calc final grade?

or every psets count

?

[haughty obsidian]

i honestly don't know bro

[gray peak]

nah

u get 1 pset drop

lol

[spark willow]

damn

at least u get 1

[haughty obsidian]

that's true

I never had such a thing in high school

[gray peak]

but psets are lowkey only worth 10% of ur grade

kinda cooked

[haughty obsidian]

they're 15 in 21 🤓

[gray peak]

😭

[spark willow]

how much does midterm weight?

[gray peak]

25%

each

there are two of them

[spark willow]

yea

[haughty obsidian]

I'm killioning myself

[gray peak]

so real

the lion finishes his math61 pset in 1 day

[haughty obsidian]

the lion finishes in 1 second

[gray peak]

dang

[spark willow]

how long does it usually take for 1 pset??

idk im slow or sth, but it takes at least 4h 😭

for me

and its still math51 😭

[haughty obsidian]

personally since I'm more familiar with math21 content I could probably get it done in one sitting in about an hour but 61 might be different.

also don't feel like being slow is bad

[gray peak]

people take like 15 hours for math 61 pset

it's analysis + proof based linear algebra

oh i should go back to govco

[haughty obsidian]

yeah cs106b assignments are supposed to take 10-20 hours apparently

[spark willow]

how abt 51

any idea?

[spark willow]

wth

[gray peak]

i took like 1 hour to do my 51 pset

[spark willow]

damn...

im def slow ngl

[haughty obsidian]

bro it's lydi don't compare

💀 💀

[gray peak]

nah I just love handwaving

[spark willow]

wait.

@gray peak are you she/her?

[gray peak]

mystery

[spark willow]

wt...

[haughty obsidian]

<3

[gray peak]

yo wait

[haughty obsidian]

gender \lt 3

[gray peak]

why is ts still on

[haughty obsidian]

why are you there at this time

[gray peak]

the lion finishes math homework

[spark willow]

anyone doing gender studies in Stanford? 💀

[haughty obsidian]

the lion did NOT take 1 hour

[gray peak]

oh hell nah

I took like 4 hours today

[haughty obsidian]

death hours

[gray peak]

if you actually want to study it it's not bad here

[haughty obsidian]

yup they have a dedicated building to gender studies too

it's right next to bechtel

[gray peak]

ok lemme bike back to govco

[haughty obsidian]

so I like to say that if the administration wanted to, uh, further its agenda, it would attack that vicinity at first

because, gender identity AND international students?? within 50m of each other??

[spark willow]

im good.

not going to study gender studies in Stanford 😭

[haughty obsidian]

I honestly think it's kinda fascinating

not immediately useful? sure. but what am I taking a liberal arts education for?

[spark willow]

especially in current situation

impossible

[haughty obsidian]

?

[spark willow]

to do sth like that as intl student and get a job

[haughty obsidian]

you mean major in gender studies? oh hell nah I'm not

[spark willow]

thank God that im not even interested in sth like that

[haughty obsidian]

I might take an amstud or femgen class or two on that topic though

[gray peak]

what is campus even about

[haughty obsidian]

bro is just sending a random video of panama mall???? wdym

[spark willow]

Why is north korea "Democratic" People's republic of 😭

[haughty obsidian]

names

[spark willow]

its stupid

it actually tricked me when i was G9

trying to verify my identity stuff online 💀

[gray peak]

biking while scrolling reels is so peak

[haughty obsidian]

brainrot? how about actual brain injury sustained by vehicular collision? 😻

please stay safe tho

[gray peak]

nah I'd win

[peak forge]

don’t end up like that guy

over the summer

rlly sad

[haughty obsidian]

I actually know the complete details of what happened because I went to the police station last week

[gray peak]

I'm outside ur windows supneb

now I am not

[haughty obsidian]

The lion inhabits the walls of the deranged

[gray peak]

mm

[haughty obsidian]

I feel attacked

[upbeat dune]

Erase the scooter votes

All of them

[haughty obsidian]

You're just salty that we have it better than you

[gray peak]

I want my leg pump

[upbeat dune]

Why would I want an e-scooter

They look lame

They get in crashes

They’re easily stolen

They’re expensive

[split kernel]

Im commited #STANFORD49

[gray peak]

u should come join us next year

[haughty obsidian]

the lion does not turn his head when the small dog complains about aesthetics
the lion does turn his head at intersections like a normal person to avoid crashes
the lion does place the u-lock around the main shaft and between the shaft and the electrical power cord such that those wishing to cut the cord will be left with a non-functional and unmotorized scooter and thus be dispelled from stealing it
the lion gets scooters for under $300 by looking online for good deals

[upbeat dune]

If only the lion used a u lock

There are dozens of these

[haughty obsidian]

LMAO WTF IS THAT

[upbeat dune]

https://www.reddit.com/u/ScooterBanditt

Check his profile

He posts them all

[haughty obsidian]

LMAO that's fair

but that's more a statement about scooter owners than scooters

shit like this is why I'm ashamed to enjoy anime or like trains

[split kernel]

ty i have 3.17

[haughty obsidian]

wait didn't I promise you something?

[split kernel]

yes but dw its good

[haughty obsidian]

oh okay sorry about that

[split kernel]

dw!

[spark willow]

@haughty obsidian @gray peak do you guys take Gene B Kim's class?

[haughty obsidian]

idk who that is so ig not

[gray peak]

probably will sometime in the near future

[spark willow]

is stats req though

or optional

[gray peak]

depends on what ur doing

i'd assume stats isn't optional for a stats major

[misty mortar]

I read cry over psets and midterms and now I want to study there, time to apply!

[spark willow]

idk u never tried their psets

and midterm

but,... def apply it.

but ngl ur going to cry

and feel that you want to kill ys ngl 😭

I have 51's midterm tmr

[misty mortar]

I just fear that it's too late to apply, got no SAT scores and haven't started studying for it

so good luck to me!

[spark willow]

they turned test req

this year

😭

[misty mortar]

doomed

[gray peak]

yes come join us

[gray peak]

hm apply RD and take the SAT before that

[steady dagger]

wait just take math 51 i love my psets

[gray peak]

hi kaci

[steady dagger]

hi kuromi

[gray peak]

hii

[gray peak]

wait they're lowkey fun

the 51 psets

the 61 psets is just mental anguish and suffering

[steady dagger]

fr

[gray peak]

bro college101 is so annoying

[steady dagger]

L

esf on top

[gray peak]

i wishj i signed up for esf

especially piss and shit that one sounds fun

/j

[steady dagger]

the topics are all hella weird

im tired of reading about these men looking at animals in the jungle

[haughty obsidian]

average esf reading

or this hilarious shade thrown on harvard students (deserved)

[astral leaf]

whats esf

[astral leaf]

lol

[haughty obsidian]

education as self-fashioning

[astral leaf]

so i might be slow and still not get it

is it like learning to learn urself or smth

why is the reading relevant lol

[haughty obsidian]

it's not but the whole point of the course is to realize that everything is relevant

In Education as Self-Fashioning, we consider writings about education by intellectuals working in various fields, with the aim of articulating the myriad different ways that education can be used to structure one’s thinking, one’s self, and ultimately one’s life as a whole. You will grapple with this issue in dialogue with fellow students and faculty from across a wide range of disciplines — from the humanities and social sciences through the natural sciences.

[astral leaf]

ah i see

interesting

[haughty obsidian]

it's really fun though

if you fill out the approaching form 100% please apply for esf

[astral leaf]

lol

okay i gotchu

[gray peak]

average esf reading is piss and shit

[haughty obsidian]

it's funny that you say that because The Ultimate Ambition in the Arts of Erudition (that first text) genuinely had a section on the 'humors' (basically piss, shit, blood, bile, and "sperm") 💀

[haughty obsidian]

LMAO

I should've applied for the waste seminar

[steady dagger]

wait esf lowk hella boring

it is like low work compared to the credit you get though

[haughty obsidian]

I personally found it really cool. Which one r u doing?

[steady dagger]

confronting the diversity of life

we lowk talk about the same thing every class

[haughty obsidian]

dang that's unfortunate

one of the reasons I picked ESF13 (Rebellious Minds) is because it's existed for over 5 years now and I reckoned the teaching would be polished by now

[spark willow]

whos teaching you?

@haughty obsidian are you also taking college101?

[misty mortar]

Yeah but is it possible to do really well in 3 months?

[spark willow]

yea

def

[misty mortar]

That will have a serious effect on my chances as an intl though

[haughty obsidian]

No

I'm taking ESF

[spark willow]

damn

[gray peak]

my prof is amazing

it's not actually that bad

it's just annoying sometimes

cuz u have to read a novel in 5 days

[spark willow]

wts his name though

[spark willow]

?? 😭

[gray peak]

decline to comment

[gray peak]

yeah it's typical

[spark willow]

i mean.... its not bad... but yk,, like theres other work to do 😭

ik prof. Gene B Kim teaches that. but def theres a lot more profs for different times

[misty mortar]

Should I make this school my entire identity of the next 3 months to basically bet everything on red since it's basically the only US school I apply for

Since even if I get rejected, I still have amazing education here which is guaranteed

[steady dagger]

girl what

[misty mortar]

Got nothing to lose if I get rejected in the US

Literally have 2 schools on my commonapp

[spark willow]

I only have 1😭

Like on final list

I’ll apply only 1

Ngl

[haughty obsidian]

I mean the 2 schools thing is fine*

but don't make it your identity lol

[misty mortar]

Gonna start wearing red every day

Pfff

[haughty obsidian]

make sure it's not harvard crimson

[misty mortar]

Red is red imo

[misty mortar]

So do most professors record their lectures or not? Because I am more of a listener type during lectures and so I'd need to probably rewatch lectures to get full notes

[spark willow]

ig

[gray peak]

some do some do not

though for stem courses there are people who take class notes and post it on the canvas

[misty mortar]

I see

[misty mortar]

Yeah not gonna do stem so can't use it

[gray peak]

it might be the same for non stem I'm just not in any non stem classes

[steady dagger]

do a lot of the lecture halls even have the capability to record

like idk how they would record like a math lecture in maquad

[gray peak]

not completely sure but someone did take notes for us in 61cm

[steady dagger]

yeah ik

the notes are not super analogous to the lectures though from my experience

[gray peak]

oh they r certainly not

i suspect they have all the notes already from some n-k year

and they're just reposting them

[haughty obsidian]

update

ESPeak

[spark willow]

hey lydi. can u check DMs?

[gray peak]

just ask here

[spark willow]

for self reporting AP. you also submitted your Calc AB subscore right?
Do you also know if I retake any AP, I have to report both or, most recent score?

[spark willow]

also. y are u still awake 😭

[misty mortar]

I'm having some questions rn

[gray peak]

yeah I submitted my subscore

I think retakes you have to submit all scores

[vale charm]

What

[haughty obsidian]

As you should. The course description took 'thought-provoking' and 'question-invoking' pretty seriously.

[gray peak]

I love finding a moral agenda in my plumbing manual

[haughty obsidian]

Nothing is apolitical 🗣️

[haughty obsidian]

from my interpretation of this section I think it's supposed to represent kinds of love that women surpass men in.

but it was a weird read

[keen pelican]

esf 26(a) mentioned

[worldly eagle]

hi

[worldly eagle]

they removed the option to add a subscore?

[gray peak]

wait did they

[worldly eagle]

yea lol

[spark willow]

what?????????

can u send me the doc 😭

[worldly eagle]

which doc

[worldly eagle]

im unable to see an option on common app, it shows online they removed subscore option?

[spark willow]

idk... stanford said submit all

but idk if i should submit subscores

lydi did...

[worldly eagle]

you should submit all scores

[spark willow]

so im so confused atp

[worldly eagle]

how do you though?

do you just put it as a seperate AP

there is no subscore option on common app like before

[spark willow]

before?

they had the option before?

[worldly eagle]

yeah'

[worldly eagle]

they had calculus bc: ab subscore

[spark willow]

u just need to put ur subject, date, and score though

[worldly eagle]

Yea

this is now

[spark willow]

fr?

[worldly eagle]

they had it once

idk if it was there last year

but 2 years ago they had it

[worldly eagle]

Are you submitting subscore

if yes how?

[spark willow]

yea

just like normal scores

i just select Calc AB

[worldly eagle]

oh so like another AP

[spark willow]

and select 5

[worldly eagle]

is that allowed though

[spark willow]

yea

thats what i did

[spark willow]

no idea

[worldly eagle]

cause even i need to submit

ab sub 5 with bc

but idk if its counted as seperate ap

[worldly eagle]

hmm

[spark willow]

and they said this

[spark willow]

bro. i lit emailed them

this does not clarify anything 💀

but i think we should submit it separately

or sth

[worldly eagle]

are you reaing

[worldly eagle]

tf

[worldly eagle]

hmm I need to be 100% sure I plan to submit an application today

[spark willow]

Stanford treats the Calculus AB subscore from the BC exam similarly to an AP Calculus AB exam score for credit and placement purposes. The subscore shows your proficiency on AB topics, which cover about 60% of the BC exam. Therefore, if you are applying and have taken the Calculus BC exam with the AB subscore, you should report both the BC exam score and the AB subscore as they are part of your AP scores portfolio.

In summary, you do not have to take the AP Calculus AB exam separately if you have the BC exam with the AB subscore, but you must report all AP scores, including those subscores, when applying to Stanford if you are submitting any AP exam scores at all.​

this is what perplexity told me

[worldly eagle]

I don’t trust AI

I think do it

But does it work for all unis

Cause it’s on common app

[spark willow]

i dont think it will hurt ur app though

1st. doesnt make much difference
2nd. they will anyway req scores later, and CB will also send "Subscores"

[worldly eagle]

Yeah the 2nd makes sense

I probably won’t do it cause ab would seem I did that ap separately but I actually didn’t so it wouldn’t match with the reports later

[spark willow]

this is CB's doc

@worldly eagle https://bulletin.stanford.edu/academic-polices/transfer-test-credit/undergraduate-test

they take subscores ig

[worldly eagle]

yeah i just opened this rn

im gonna do it

collegeboard says its considered as a score

[worldly eagle]

yeah

[spark willow]

yea

im just going to send it

[worldly eagle]

u reaing?

[spark willow]

yea

my dream school

ns REAing

[worldly eagle]

u must be cracked

good luck

[spark willow]

no 😭

[worldly eagle]

yea 🌲 the goat

[spark willow]

fs

[spark willow]

is it ok if i ask ur stats?

[worldly eagle]

sure but I am not reaing

[spark willow]

really?

[worldly eagle]

yeah

[spark willow]

didnt u said ur going to submit ur app today?

[worldly eagle]

not for Stanford

[spark willow]

oh lmaoo

ok

REA sucks though

can only apply to 1 school 🥀

[worldly eagle]

😞

[spark willow]

i dont like public schools also

[worldly eagle]

what are your stats btw if you don’t mind me asking

not bad

[spark willow]

below avg

ngl

[spark willow]

how about u

[spark willow]

damn

crazy

[gray peak]

it only shows up if you select calc bc maybe

oh wait nvm i just revived my commonapp and now there's no option

just list calc AB and put a 5

they're human they will understand haha

[steady dagger]

there was no calc ab subscore option when i applied last year

i think the general advice is to add calc ab as a score if you want to submit subscore

[spark willow]

Yea

That’s what cb said

[gray peak]

wait kaci might be onto something

i definitely remember there being a subscore but i might've gotten that mixed up with stanford's actual credit policy

if so, mb

[steady dagger]

mits application has a specific ab subscore part but common app doesnt

[worldly eagle]

yea

[haughty obsidian]

lmao ikr

the message is deleted but this happens every time with le pengwin

[spark willow]

Lmao

[upbeat dune]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/727850377403170819/1430594453030178816/caption.gif?ex=68fa5868&is=68f906e8&hm=eca67344fc14ec7ed89a8f5fd2fccdddc064fe6873ebd93ece4f06d52314be36&

[upbeat dune]

I see you’re all here now talk to each other

[haughty obsidian]

"talk"? what is "talk"? all me knows is network

on that note there was this ominous line leading up to the top floor of coda yesterday

I was on the 2nd floor and there was this line extending all the way down the stairs from the top floor and onto the 2nd floor foyer

And I was like, what is that???

So I walk up the stairs past everyone and at the top was a banner that had nothing but the apple logo

Upon asking one of the poor souls there they told me it was some kind of "networking event"

This is like walking down Dante's Inferno but it's actually just walking *up* CoDa's Corporate Ladder (stairs)

one day I too will be condemned to hell (upper-floor corporate events), but it is the devil's (social/financial pressure's) job to send me there

[steady dagger]

stanford when j*bs

[glossy talon]

what’s there to say about “Stanford” anyway

it’s all fake

[steady dagger]

yeah they paid all of us off to say that we go here

why do you think so many people "drop out" for startups

they never went to "stanford" in the first place

[spark willow]

i didnt know that if you're REAing to Stanford

you can also EA to USC 😭

[low oriole]

is REAing to stanford really as risky and a no-no as everyone says it is?

[spark willow]

y

[worldly eagle]

it is risky but that doesn't mean you shouldn't rea

[low oriole]

just curious because I go to a quite uncompetitive public school but it’s weirdly comp this year and i’m pretty sure there’s a kid applying REA to yale and REA to princeton…stanford is my #1 but i’m just really terrified of getting flat out rejected bc the REA round is sm more comp and they rarely defer…and i didn’t meet the deadline to submit an arts portfolio and if i submit RD i would probably submit one but also it wouldn’t be all that stellar anyway so idkidkidk

oh and also the only guy from my school who did well last cycle (stanford, harvard, princeton, penn) applied RD

he ended up choosing stanford

[spark willow]

wait... wt major though

u need art portfolio?

[low oriole]

no i don’t need it it was just gonna be an extra thing

[spark willow]

is this... something important? or just minor thing...

[low oriole]

well i WAS gonna do biomechanical engineering but now im conflicted bc my ECs are way more like polisci core so to some other schools im applying PPE…but also most ppl from my school are applying to liberal arts majors so maybe stem is the move idk especially bc applying econ to stanford would be suicide

[spark willow]

oh

[low oriole]

i honestly have zero idea because i still don’t know what’s considered good enough for a piano arts portfolio

[spark willow]

ic

[spark willow]

mb just put it in ur EC list

just REA

if stanford is ur dream school

[low oriole]

i was gonna do mendelssohn’s scherzo in e minor and the first movement of ravel’s sonatine

[low oriole]

alrighttt i think so too because i feel like my app wouldn’t change drastically between rea and rd im just now getting second thoughts

i really regret not locking in and meeting the arts supp deadline

[spark willow]

no idea wt that is, but sounds 🔥

[worldly eagle]

what major are you applying for

[spark willow]

cs/ai

[worldly eagle]

ah alr

[spark willow]

but they dont admit by major

though

[worldly eagle]

i know

just asking lol

[spark willow]

wtb u

[worldly eagle]

what abt 2nd and 3rd choice

[worldly eagle]

im applying rd but symsys

[spark willow]

damn

[spark willow]

1st is CS. 2nd one... i forgot. 3rd is math

[worldly eagle]

oh ok

mine is symsys, cs, sts

[gray peak]

the lion does ms&e

[haughty obsidian]

the lion takes advantage of the unusually cracked speaker lineup of ms&e courses but doesn't actually take ms&e

[haughty obsidian]

💀 ????

[gray peak]

i'm auditing 10 units

[haughty obsidian]

cro why

[gray peak]

ts place is expensive so i might as well

[haughty obsidian]

okay but can't you just take it next quarter/year 😭

also are you auditing mse472 or really anything by stvl

I think you'll like it

[gray peak]

the lion does 30 units next quarter/year as well

[haughty obsidian]

the lion joins me and liz at potter lounge to listen to brazilian music

[gray peak]

cs section rn 😭

[haughty obsidian]

NOW???

[gray peak]

and then i have SUMO and SMT

later

💀

[haughty obsidian]

bro please chill out 😭 I'm down here studying for cs midterm how r u out here doin allat

[gray peak]

oh right i gotta do that

but lowkey i finished cs106b pset so thats enough cs until friday

[haughty obsidian]

wait should I do midterm papers first or assignment first

isn't the assignment due date a bit later tho

[gray peak]

the assignment is pretty fun

[haughty obsidian]

yeah asnt 4 is due saturday next week

[haughty obsidian]

dang okok

I'll do the assignment when I feel fresher

[haughty obsidian]

this feels familiar...

o penguino how I wish you were here-o 🗣️

[worldly eagle]

even i wish 💔

im in the us btw but im not coming to cali

[haughty obsidian]

noooo

wait till when agn

[worldly eagle]

next week

[haughty obsidian]

oops

have fun

[worldly eagle]

ty

[worldly eagle]

how is life

[haughty obsidian]

I just watched a movie

So pretty good

[worldly eagle]

i was sleeping and suddenly woke up cause of a loud noise

its like 3am

here

[haughty obsidian]

Haha imagine not being in pst

[worldly eagle]

whats going on at stanford

[haughty obsidian]

Parties that I’m not showing up at 😭

But that’s fine I don’t really like parties

[worldly eagle]

damn

[haughty obsidian]

There was some insane crowding at a dining hall today because of diwali

[worldly eagle]

woah 🔥

[steady dagger]

wait which classes

i feel like ive asked you this

[gray peak]

oh i was there

[gray peak]

lowkey i forgot

i will regain my memory tomorrow

[steady dagger]

i was also here!

wait i saw you

[gray peak]

the food was so good

[steady dagger]

fr

[gray peak]

wait fr

[steady dagger]

although i cant handle spice very well

the butter chicken was spicy to me

[gray peak]

😭

the mango lassi was good

[steady dagger]

ts was gas

[gray peak]

bro im burning oiut

maybe 29 units wasn't a good idea

it is what it is

[haughty obsidian]

I’m glad you see the truth now

[gray peak]

the lion persists

[haughty obsidian]

The lion sleeps dawg they are mammals

[steady dagger]

the lion knows his limits and doesnt audit 10 units

[steady dagger]

there was literally a whole song about ts dawg

[gray peak]

wait i claim i am gettin 6 7 hours of sleep

[steady dagger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlByoPdG6c&list=RDOQlByoPdG6c&start_radio=1

[gray peak]

dawg

[haughty obsidian]

Pls tell me ur in potter Rn

If bro is in green after hours ima crash out

[steady dagger]

wtf

what is this for

[gray peak]

61cm

[steady dagger]

why are they doing ts

[gray peak]

i just came back from SMT

[steady dagger]

i have beef with smt

let me help with ur math tournament guys

[gray peak]

wait what did they do

[steady dagger]

not let me help with their math tournament 💀

[gray peak]

did u just not apply

[steady dagger]

no bro i applied

and coffee chatted

[gray peak]

bro 😭

wait that's cooked

[steady dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-dog-staring-at-sun-cute-dog-dog-closed-eyes-dog-staring-at-sunset-gif-10310895250239531072

[gray peak]

my condolences 😭 but lowkey u could help i could prolly loop u in

[steady dagger]

let me in schlawg

[gray peak]

its too late for sm3 but we might need people for smt

[haughty obsidian]

bro lydi is high key the metaconnection

[steady dagger]

fr ong

[gray peak]

i know like \vareps people

[steady dagger]

i love using epsilon in casual conversation

letting \vareps people into the ml talk

[gray peak]

wait surely there were a lot of people invited to js ml

i think they just see "oh @stanford.edu" we're gonna let you in

[steady dagger]

oh definitely they cant be picky with it

how many people even knew about it

[gray peak]

people don't check 12twenty cuz they lowkey spam

[haughty obsidian]

wait what is ts

[gray peak]

Jane Street machine learning talk

[haughty obsidian]

ah ic

[haughty obsidian]

they're not even bothered to change it 😔

[worldly eagle]

💀

LMFAO

[low oriole]

my cal friend just ripped into my stanford supps (in a very insightful and helpful way) who else wants to die 😔

[astral leaf]

what is the lion

[glossy talon]

it's your cal friend 😔 hes biased

it means youll improve

[low oriole]

let’s hope 💔 also i love the bell beast pfp

she’s so cute

[glossy talon]

omg thanks she’s my favorite ever i’m waiting for a plushie

[low oriole]

AWWW that's adorableee

i need to finish silksong omg but like college apps...

[glossy talon]

same haha, ive stopped

[upbeat prairie]

lowkey i regret rea-ing just because my app got so much more ridiculously better by RD

but thats just me

[spark willow]

in what way though?

like stats?

or essay?

[low oriole]

JENNYYYY i miss you how is life going??

also yea i just don't think my app will change all that much? i think? idk i'm not really locked in on improving my ECs for RD and idk if the extra time will change my essays all that much

[spark willow]

btw. did u finish every req essay?

p statement + supps

[low oriole]

i have cape and 6/8 out of my supps done i'm supposed to be doing the last two now lol...

but i lwk wanna rewrite the majority of my cape

[spark willow]

😭

[spark willow]

me too

[spark willow]

damn..

same

[worldly eagle]

I should’ve rea’d

[spark willow]

i got 2 left

[worldly eagle]

where else are u applying btw

[spark willow]

long S3, and the EC supp

[spark willow]

no idea.

just Stanny ig

[upbeat prairie]

stats and essays both of them

[worldly eagle]

bold

[worldly eagle]

stats in what way

[spark willow]

ok. like GPA? or SAT

[worldly eagle]

which stats

[upbeat prairie]

i didnt write about something really major to my life and honestly like a pretty big "hook" if you call it that in my rea essays LOL but also like i ended up winning national/international awards after the REA deadline

[worldly eagle]

Oh damn

[spark willow]

damn

[upbeat prairie]

hihihi doing good! just super busy

[worldly eagle]

fr?

isn’t that scary

[spark willow]

yea.

[spark willow]

def

u know u can EA to USC?

[worldly eagle]

yeah

[spark willow]

while REAing to Stanford

[upbeat prairie]

yes

you can

its an explicit exception allowed

[worldly eagle]

Yea

[spark willow]

i just found ts 💀

im considering rn lmao

[worldly eagle]

oh

I think u should

no wait

r u applying somewhere in rd

[spark willow]

ill see. because i need to finish my stanny app first

[spark willow]

idk

just stanny so far

[worldly eagle]

oh

[spark willow]

wtb u

[worldly eagle]

im applying to many

tbh

i don’t think ill get in cause of high competition

so I don’t want to take big risks

[spark willow]

where do u live?

damn...

crazy

[worldly eagle]

there are so many cracked people

[spark willow]

fr

did u saw the vid where a guy built his countries first quantum computer and got rejected from every uni he applied to?

[worldly eagle]

Yeah

😭

[spark willow]

fkin insane 😭

[worldly eagle]

wait ur an intl?

[spark willow]

bro... my counselor's cousin's safety school is Rice

[spark willow]

intl

yea

[worldly eagle]

ah alr

[worldly eagle]

yours is stanford

[spark willow]

no. wtf

[worldly eagle]

im jk

are you applying to safeties

[spark willow]

Stanford is my Dream school lmao

higher than reach

tbh

[worldly eagle]

Yeah

[spark willow]

no

i have backups though

[worldly eagle]

like?

[spark willow]

Korea

[worldly eagle]

oh ok

[spark willow]

like... their app starts in May or sth

or sth

[worldly eagle]

fair I hope your get into stanford. Good luck

[low oriole]

omg we’re twinning

[low oriole]

i do remember this very big hook lol that was kinda crazy

[low oriole]

are you still in cali for your startup??

[upbeat prairie]

yessir

[low oriole]

한국 사람이에요??

[low oriole]

soooo cool omg…if i somehow end up in the bay we’ve got to hang out if you have the time lol

but i’m sure you’re swamped 🥹

my inspo fr

[spark willow]

네 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[low oriole]

어ㅓㅓ 행운을 빌어요!! 한국은 정말 경쟁이 치열하네요.. ㅠㅠ

[spark willow]

넵. 감사합니다

[low oriole]

this is so random but i love yonsei

[spark willow]

근데 혹시 중국 사세요?

[low oriole]

it’s so pretty

[spark willow]

yes

[low oriole]

ㅋㅋ 아니요, 저는 미국에서 태어나서 지금도 미국에 살고 있어요.

[spark willow]

아.

do you plan to apply to KR though

[low oriole]

죄송해요, 제 한국어가 좀 서툴 수도 있어요 ㅋㅋㅋ 엄마만 한국 분이시고 아빠는 중국 분이에요 🙂‍↕️

[low oriole]

naur

just domestically

but i’d love to study abroad in kr

[spark willow]

i dont feel like i should study in KR though 🥀

[low oriole]

are you locked in for SKY or?

[spark willow]

nah

i think ill just apply to US unis

[low oriole]

interesting

you gotta lock in then 😛

[spark willow]

yea...

[low oriole]

it’s ok you got that

hey i’m going to kr this december what should my fam and i do

we always go in summer or fall

so it’ll be the first time we’re there during christmas time

[spark willow]

restaurant hopping

• u should visit winter land or sth

where they use ice and snow to build stuff

its really pretty

highly recommended

[fringe coral]

hey guys any suggestion about Williams(ED) vs Stanford(REA)?
i am so confused
I will got to grad school that's why I thinl Williams is good cause Stanford can be done in the grad school so like what to do

😭

[spark willow]

if u want to go to Williams, then ED

[fringe coral]

i am just confused about both

I have written 6/8 supplements for stanford(if nor REA then RD) and also ready for Williams.
I am just stuck between which to choose

[spark willow]

which do u prefer

[fringe coral]

when i compare both with their pros and cons like

Williams:
small college
close professors and better ug focused
very generous(int'l needing full aid)
top college

Stanford:
top in CS
top college
Prestige

hmm now that i do it
williams seems more probable
but I will apply to stanford(RD) if i don't get in is also cool
but idk
upto Nov 1
idk what i will do

[spark willow]

stanny is need aware btw

[fringe coral]

williams is too

but williams is more generous

[spark willow]

does williams admit by major?

[fringe coral]

nope, they do not

it is like a chill college in a rural area

[spark willow]

ic

ur choice though

if u get accepted to williams, you have to go there though

cant reject their acceptance

[fringe coral]

well yeah ik
But ig i would know by nov 1

[spark willow]

u should apply before nov 1

dont wait lmao

common app's going to crash again

[fringe coral]

😂
mine Nov 1 is diff from US

we are like 12 hrs or smth forward of US

[spark willow]

bro....

it doesnt matter lmao

its same for me

[fringe coral]

well i submitted last year on oct 31, so like np

[spark willow]

do u think only US applicants use common app? 💀

[fringe coral]

either Williams by nov 15 or Stanford by oct 31

[fringe coral]

well true but i didn't experience the common app crash tho

[spark willow]

ic.

but best to do it before

just to be safe

yk

[fringe coral]

yeaH
I just submitted some apps
got to do for 10 other before december 1

💀

[upbeat prairie]

it would be so cool !!!! yes come visit fr

[spark willow]

@gray peak sorry for the ping. But can I ask u how many hours/week do u usually work (startups, jobs,…etc)?

[gray peak]

like 90

[vale charm]

stanford

[vale charm]

what the fuck

how do u have time to study

[vale charm]

https://tenor.com/view/it's-time-to-stop-gif-9416155803997449261

[gray peak]

I study during

[spark willow]

A week??

wtf

How about ur friends

[lean scarab]

ghpst ping

[spark willow]

Sht. Mb. I pinged the wrong person😭

[lean scarab]

whats it for lolll

tghanks for telling me though

idm it just scares me when i get ghost pinged

[spark willow]

I was going to ask how long can undg work while managing all those academic work

H/wk

[lean scarab]

depends on how much prep you have

im intending to work lke as much as possible at ucla ( i know) but i already know majority of the undergraduate upper divsion work for my course

the best type of work is arguably office ones, preferably asyncj

lottery type of jobs

[spark willow]

Can u give me an estimate time u work?

[lean scarab]

when i was working dining at ucla, it was two night shifts and a morning shift so around 15h. this is more than doable assuming you're on top of everything but i know some try to party. you also can't do other stuff other than. work

for my office job im switching to, it'll be like 8-12h with additional night/weekend shifts where necessary

these are more than doable but you need to realise that i learn a lot quicker, and i already know likemajority of stuff in junior year of my degree, a bit of senior year stuff as well

and obv time management is important

[spark willow]

👍

[spark willow]

Do u think there’s more time to work during freshman year than senior year?

[lean scarab]

it can honestly be a mix. i’m in a situation where i don’t have to “grind out my ecs” since my job is set after uni, so im doing pretty well in terms of that. but that grind to get there was like 9 months of late sophomore + summer

like i’m not going to say it’s one way or the other but for me i prepared myself enough for junior/senior year to have a lax time compared to. like literally everyone else here

i was also in cc so ofc i could have had a lax time if i hadn’t picked up like three full time loads in multiple ccs

also depends on your field. mine is actuarial so i just studied for two professional exams, finished some projects before recruiting as well

[vale charm]

bro god damn

stanford students are a different breed

[spark willow]

His just different ig

[lean scarab]

@spark willow if you could tell me a bit about your career goals if any, i can help you out here

but generally the grind tends to amp up until you get to a point where you can be confident in an ro/job offer

[spark willow]

I’m planning to major in CS/AI

[lean scarab]

ah

yea you'll need to network well for that, would probably keep otjher options open too

[spark willow]

I didn’t take a lot of APs

So I think… I need to work extra hard in uni🥀

[lean scarab]

aps can help but it doesn't mean that much

in a lot of cases you remove some GEs

or get extra units

[spark willow]

I was thinking of doing some private tutoring and freelancing

[lean scarab]

but the bulk of your major coursework is still going to be the same

[spark willow]

👍

[lean scarab]

like for me i did ap calc bc but it didnt really change the fact i still had to take multivar, linear, and ode

not to mention i had to self study probabilities and financial mathematics before junior year regardless to sit for two professional exam

[lean scarab]

that's fine

[gray peak]

hang out during the night

[spark willow]

What is avg in-campus payment?

[spark willow]

Ic….

[lean scarab]

im full need so $2100 (at ucla) this year

i only took out federal subsidised loans

[spark willow]

Per month?

[lean scarab]

for housing and whatnot specifically, in terms of other expenses i'm shelling out i want to say like $4k? largely exam materials and costs though

[lean scarab]

per year, fall - spring

[spark willow]

Wait… what…. Only $2100 ?😭

[lean scarab]

because i'm full need

so i have pell + loans + exra money out of ucla's ass

[spark willow]

Oh sht…

[lean scarab]

yea

i could honestly just get away with spending like

$4000ish per year

but i do want to finish as many professional exams though

[spark willow]

Is 20k/year possible?

[lean scarab]

to make?

[spark willow]

Yea

[lean scarab]

to be honest, we live in a country where it's expected your parentsneed to expense your stuff

i'd say you're cutting it

i mean

it's possible if you can get good internships

like if you had my internship every year, it's possible

[spark willow]

I need to fill ts

And my parents said they’re not paying sht

😭

[lean scarab]

then respectfully, fuck your parents

i don't mean to be that person but if they were poorer you wouldn't jhave to pay that much

their success comes at your detriment

i'm an independent by mckinney vento but if i were still under my parents id be paying $40k+ for ucla

[spark willow]

I mean… it’s not because they’re poor or sth

[lean scarab]

if they think it's funnier to let their kids pay because they paid in the past, that's a shitty excuse

[spark willow]

They said ill be adult by that time... so i have to pay my own fees

[lean scarab]

lmaoooooo

damn i'm sorry

[spark willow]

😭

[lean scarab]

"awh our son is a fucking adult let's screw yhim over even though we know his tuition is affected by our money and our success"

i hate parents like those with a passion

they need a scholarship for those types of people

[spark willow]

They said they’re going to pay for 1st sem

And I should pay the rest💀

Not even surprised atp

[lean scarab]

you should tell them if they're gonna make you pay the rest they should also earn less since none of the money theyre earning is going to their son that they should have expensed for

but no, instead of planning a child they're just letting their son rot

i dont even know your parents but any parents who do this, i immediately lose any respect for