Stanford University (2025-2026)

[spark willow]

Y can’t they function like UChicago

[gray peak]

uchicago takes a lot of people ED

their early is binding

that's why

[spark willow]

Stanford should have ED0

[steady dagger]

ed is weird and gross

abolish ed

[spark willow]

Wdym 😭

[haughty obsidian]

there is a group of people trying to sue a bunch of colleges because they posit that ed practices are financially discriminatory, conspiratorial, and unfair

The 32 institutions named as defendants are Amherst College, Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Brown University, Bryn Mawr College, Carleton College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University, Macalester College, Middlebury College, Mount Holyoke College, Northwestern University, Oberlin College, Pomona College, Rice University, Smith College, Swarthmore College, Trinity College, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, Vanderbilt University, Vassar College, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley College, Wesleyan University, and Williams College.

[spark willow]

…..

💀 💀 💀

[haughty obsidian]

Their argument makes sense though

I just doubt they'll have the legal firepower to defeat 32 massive institutions

[spark willow]

Kind of

[haughty obsidian]

What part of it doesn't?

[spark willow]

Purpose of ED is to get into that specific Uni

• they’re need blind

• u can decline ED if u have financial reason ig

[haughty obsidian]

That's the problem.

The plaintiffs claim this trade-off puts “price-sensitive” applicants at a disadvantage because they are forced to make a decision without knowing the full cost of attending one school or the other, a comparison that is less crucial to wealthy students.
i.e, the colleges have too much power financially because they still get to decide how much money they give the applicant

need-blind ≠ completely fair reimbursement

[spark willow]

Ic

[steady dagger]

• if you want to decline ED for financial reasons you'll have to do that before getting other finaid packages back

[spark willow]

Oh ok

[steady dagger]

you ultimately dont get the chance to compare roi/acceptances/change your mind if the school isn't for you

[gray peak]

i think we should abolish college and just implant chatgpt in our brains

[steady dagger]

it makes sense financially and rankings-wise for the schools but its not very good for applicants

[steady dagger]

this is a good idea

i agree

[haughty obsidian]

did either of you guys fill out marriage pact

this 🗣️ is 🗣️ a 🗣️ reminder 🗣️

[gray peak]

oh nope

not interested in whatever that is

[haughty obsidian]

incroyablement basée

[steady dagger]

yes 😭

[haughty obsidian]

lfg

[steady dagger]

according to the emails i have a biomed eng major with initials ME

[haughty obsidian]

I just filled mine out lol

cuz my roommate pressured me to

[steady dagger]

there are not enough questions ngl

[haughty obsidian]

tru

[steady dagger]

why is date drop more exhaustive than marriage pact

[haughty obsidian]

LMFAO IKR

I didn't do date drop because I thought it was too serious

marriage pact sounded more like a chill thing* to me

so I did it

[steady dagger]

i have not contacted a single person ive matched with from date drop 😭

[haughty obsidian]

fair 'nuff

I've heard a lot of similar stories

[steady dagger]

i like it bc i just get to see who i get

although my compatibility scores have actually been in the trenches

[haughty obsidian]

have you heard of anyone getting any success??

like lwk nothing is working out with this one 😭

[steady dagger]

no idts

i do know people who actually contact their date drops and go on dates

[haughty obsidian]

yes ofc

but has anything come out of it so far? ik its only wk8 but I need to hear tea

[gray peak]

how do people have time for this 😭

[floral skiff]

whats marriage pact?

[haughty obsidian]

if not then it's tragic that "X4X can host" is more successful than freaking date drop

[gray peak]

OH LMAO

[low oriole]

awww it sounds cute

[steady dagger]

you fill out a form and they match you with another stanford student that, if you're not married by like 35(?) you marry them

[steady dagger]

bro i love catfishing with those posts

[haughty obsidian]

LMAO THOSE R U??

[steady dagger]

i made a few

[haughty obsidian]

which thirsty mfs contacted u

[steady dagger]

bro people are really desperate the one i made 5 weeks ago still gets dms

[haughty obsidian]

shieetttt

[steady dagger]

i think i have 40 dms total from like the 3 catfish posts i made

[haughty obsidian]

BRUH

wait for clarity did u post f4m

[steady dagger]

i posted f4m m4m and m4a

[haughty obsidian]

LMAOOO

LEGENDARY

[gray peak]

oh that is so troll LMAOO

[steady dagger]

f4m definitely got the most responses but m4m also got a ton

[floral skiff]

whats like the success(?) rate

[gray peak]

iw as like who keeps making these

[steady dagger]

erm probably like 0.01% lol

[haughty obsidian]

it's also like kinda a joke so no one act follows thru

[steady dagger]

bro theyre legit

but also a non negligible amount are catfishes

[haughty obsidian]

reminds me of that etymologynerd video about people unironically using 'nontrivial' in day to day speech

[steady dagger]

my favorite thing to do is ask people for their sat when they dm

bc people ask like "stats" and they mean like race, height, weight

but also

[haughty obsidian]

oh shit nah i'm r/collegeresults maxxing

stats: sat gpa etc.

[steady dagger]

there is a nonzero chance that marriage pact works out

[steady dagger]

ack this

[haughty obsidian]

ack

[gray peak]

is there a correlation between choppedness and sat score :p

[steady dagger]

yes

[spark willow]

lmaooo

wt

[haughty obsidian]

can you math nerds construct a logical statement with ∃

[low oriole]

omg wait i’m so sorry to bother you but i remember from a while ago stalking that you submitted a cracked arts supp? i didn’t end up submitting one to stanford bc ion do anything for piano on the national/international level but in terms for other schools do you think doing Mendelssohn’s Scherzo in e minor (op 16 no 2) and the 1st movement of Ravel’s Sonatine (if you’re familiar?) would be too rudimentary to justify submitting? I feel like it’s not worth the effort but I just need reassurance that it’s really ok not to submit even if I have piano and violin on my activities list

[steady dagger]

for all X4X posts in the set of fizz posts, there exists a thirsty mfer that will dm

[haughty obsidian]

how about for marriage pact

since the chance of success is nonzero

[gray peak]

u should submit regardless, it won't hurt u

[haughty obsidian]

didn't state which direction the correlation is in :ehm:

[gray peak]

if u play them rlly well it can be a benefit

[steady dagger]

im struggling on this marriage pact statement rn

[low oriole]

even if my scherzo isn’t technically perfect? in a run through i’ll definitely still have a few slip-ups 😣

[steady dagger]

higher the sat the lower the choppedness 🔥

[gray peak]

that'll be fine, play to the best of your abilities

[steady dagger]

immediate firing squad by dean of admissions richard h shaw himself

[gray peak]

💀

[low oriole]

lmaooo

[haughty obsidian]

there exists person A & person B s.t the union of A and B (abuse of notation) is a member of the set of all viable marriages

[low oriole]

okayyy i feel like artistically it’ll be fine it’s just like my music resume is definitely far from stacked so idk if it’d honestly be more of a red flag but i don’t think it’s that deep im just overthinking it

[floral skiff]

yo i played ravel sonatine too im applying regular

i did 3rd mvt

[low oriole]

omggg fire i love the 3rd mvt too

[gray peak]

it's not that deep, u will not be hurt by a bad submission

ravel is on top tho

i need to practice gaspard bro im forgetting 😭

[steady dagger]

guys controversial opinion i dont like piano

[low oriole]

okokokok lwk i think ill do one then cuz it’s not rly that much extra effort

[haughty obsidian]

i hated piano so much as an edmhead that i went back to liking piano again

[low oriole]

sucks i didn’t make the arts deadline for stanford but wtv

[gray peak]

it's ok it's not too deep

oct 15 is crazy early

[haughty obsidian]

i think early round art portfolios are all rly early tho

[steady dagger]

i think theres genuinely something in the air of green library that makes it the most unlockable place ever

[haughty obsidian]

there's too many people

[steady dagger]

i just spent two hours fucking around on my laptop instead of doing my pset

[steady dagger]

fr

and its too pretty

[haughty obsidian]

and if you're in the upper floor reading room it smells weird

[steady dagger]

i need a crusty basement

[gray peak]

just go to med campus it's so lockinable

[haughty obsidian]

jonsson gov.t document room is your friend

[steady dagger]

is this in the stacks

[haughty obsidian]

yeah

[steady dagger]

i vibe heavy with the stacks

[haughty obsidian]

it's stacks basement

[gray peak]

r we even allowed to go to west wing

[haughty obsidian]

also 3rd floor stacks (the highest one without the barrier) has some random chairs and tables near the "windows"

[haughty obsidian]

yeah

[steady dagger]

i study too late i cant get a margeurite back

[gray peak]

oh!

[steady dagger]

yes this is where i go

[haughty obsidian]

that's spooky as

f

[steady dagger]

west stacks is pretty goated i like it

[haughty obsidian]

I went there and got scared when someone went up there 💀

I heard their footsteps and the light flickering on and was like hell nah

[haughty obsidian]

wait

I think we might be talking about different places

I was talking about the stacks with the really cramped shelves everywhere and it's climate controlled

you might be thinking about the study spaces in the coupa side of green?

idk I don't remember the names

[steady dagger]

no im talking about the climate controlled rooms

[haughty obsidian]

you actually like it in there?!

[low oriole]

sorry this is a rly obnoxious question but does anyone remember when they’ve usually announced the official rea decision date? i expected it to be friday, dec 12 but someone ik claims a “reliable source” (wtv that may be) said wednesday, dec 17…

[haughty obsidian]

they're pretty claustrophobic and straight outta a horror movie

[haughty obsidian]

iirc it was really close to the date, like the week before

[low oriole]

thank you!!

[spark willow]

wait....

isnt it like dec 12 or sth

and dec 13 for asia...

[haughty obsidian]

the REA decision date was dec. 13 for my timezone in asia, yeah

[spark willow]

u can always try

[autumn plume]

true

[north quarry]

if u can tank the 100 dollar fee

[north quarry]

great it comes out the week before winter break 💀

[gray peak]

you'll get in trust

[north quarry]

maybe

my interview was mid though

[autumn plume]

well I mean

[spark willow]

This should go into honors section ig

[vale charm]

fuck berkeley

[steady dagger]

fr

we ARE going to win big game

[vale charm]

my football opinion: usc > stanford > berkey > fucla

[upbeat dune]

I’m gonna ping people who have mentioned things that imply they’re applying here but haven’t joined this thread bc it seems people aren’t as aware of threads this year

I’m also gonna try to avoid pinging people more than once (although there are a lot so I may accidentally dupe) even if they mentioned multiple schools save for if a thread is fully new just created

So even if this thread isn’t relevant to you take this as a note to go search for threads for other schools you’re applying to

If you want a list of all threaded schools so you know which to search for check this sheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_ouXTZaSKZIqZiMhrLtxaF_wJfvcXcshWgrKdSZUqs/edit?usp=drivesdk

Or request threads that don’t yet exist here: https://forms.applyingto.college/f/megathread-suggestions

Stanford thread + see above @buoyant fractal @fallen axle @smoky sky @spare steppe @zinc shale @iron delta @teal kindle @left wolf

[autumn blaze]

hi stanfordians

[left wolf]

Oh cool didn’t know this existed. Hello guys!

[teal kindle]

Hi guys

Did anyone get a Stanford interview request

[low oriole]

yes, my request came nov 9 and i had my interview on nov 11

[spark willow]

Yea. The request came Nov 3rd

And I completely ignored

💀

[alpine veldt]

💀

[humble sphinx]

hallloooo

[humble sphinx]

damn early asl

[teal kindle]

do u think it's bad I didn't get requested

[humble sphinx]

doesnt mattee

they dont look at ur app

[low oriole]

no it’s just availability

[humble sphinx]

to decide whether or not u get an interview

[low oriole]

i was also stressed when i still hadn’t gotten an interview but it’s out of your control and doesn’t mean anything if you didn’t get one

[humble sphinx]

did u REA

[low oriole]

yes i did

[humble sphinx]

me too nice

[low oriole]

ooooh good luck

what state are you from?

[humble sphinx]

gl to u too!

nj

wbu?

[low oriole]

texas

[humble sphinx]

noice

major?

[low oriole]

i applied for dsss

[humble sphinx]

whats that?

[low oriole]

data science and social systems

wbuuu

[humble sphinx]

ohh cool cool

i did Management science and engineering

[low oriole]

oooh that was one i was lwk considering but i didn’t end up taking my app in that direction

[humble sphinx]

cool stuff tho

[low oriole]

ngl guys i reread my essays yesterday and i feel cooked 🥀

[humble sphinx]

omg

i swear to god

i felt the same

exact same

wait lets dm

[teal kindle]

Same bro my essays are trash

Asian male cs from northern Virginia...

[low oriole]

omg i have a lot of friends in nova

[teal kindle]

I lowkey realized that may get me banned...

can I dm u

[gray peak]

ohno MSE

[humble sphinx]

is that bad...

[gray peak]

it kinda has a reputation here lol

[low oriole]

yesss

[haughty obsidian]

does it now?? 😭

has it got the same reputation as sts or is it different

[low oriole]

what’s the sts reputation

i lwk was gonna perhaps have that as one of my three

[haughty obsidian]

easy cop out major for athletes

which isn't true by the way it's just some shade lol

[low oriole]

ooooh lmao

[low oriole]

which i didn’t btw i applied data science and social systems, biomedical computation, and political science

lwk a mess but wtv

[haughty obsidian]

that is genuinely quite the spread

[low oriole]

guys i swear it made sense somehow…

[north quarry]

got mine nov 6

[north quarry]

little bit of this little bit of that

[steady dagger]

ms&e 🥀

[autumn plume]

what percent of people who applied get stanford interviews?

[steady dagger]

they try to interview as many people as they can rea

[humble sphinx]

10 i think

[autumn blaze]

wadda fak

whered u get that number from

[fringe coral]

i did undecided

and blank for every other

[spark willow]

I don’t think so

10 is crazy

[fringe coral]

well considering how many applied

it does make sense

[spark willow]

Well…. Ig more than half the applicants are from Asia

And interviews are not supported in some regions

So ig, 10 might be a reasonable number as a whole

But if u trim it to countries that supports interviews

Ig it’s def more than 10

[brittle shoal]

what’s the design majors reputation? I’m really interested in the d.school and it just looks super fun :)

[pliant atlas]

yeah, was pretty fun

[pliant atlas]

same lmao

[pliant atlas]

same 😭

[haughty obsidian]

People don't hate on design majors because they seem to be completely genuine in their passion for it

The only ones who do are probably people trying to revive the 1990s "techie" supremacy over the fuzzies thing which is genuinely just anti-humanism lol

So no worries! You're all good. Keep doing what you love :)

and yeah! the d.school is super cool

[junior night]

does anyone know how stanford is for pre-med?

[gray peak]

hard

[junior night]

is it grade deflation

[gray peak]

i feel like the chem department marks pretty harshly and it's kinda competitive

but this is just how it is for preprofessional degrees everywhere

[serene quiver]

😭 why are u going from HYPSM to HYPSM asking

U know undergrad prestige doesn’t really matter for med right?

[errant notch]

i have a question

[errant notch]

can u please help me with course selection in dms

i rlly wanna go to a good school and be in neurosurgery

[serene quiver]

I don’t go to Stanford sorry, I just help the premeds

[junior night]

yes but doing well at a good undergrad can help me get into a top medical school

[errant notch]

well for harvard u need a 519-521 mcat and a 3.9-4.0 gpa

[junior night]

yeah I'll aim for around 520 mcat

[serene quiver]

That’s more a function of the type of student that attends top undergrads than it is on the impact of actually going to a top undergrad. At least that’s what studies have shown.

There are plenty of students from random state schools that have absolutely killer medical school application cycles and end up at a T20 medical school.

[errant notch]

idk what that number even means

[junior night]

its fine we should focus on college first 😓

[errant notch]

can u guys help me with course slection

anyone at all?

[gray peak]

just take the hardest courses offered to you that you can score well on

[errant notch]

ur in stanford?

[gray peak]

yeah

[errant notch]

oh can we please please talk in dms

i promise i am not weird except about my grades

please

[gray peak]

nah

just try ur best it's not that deep

[errant notch]

it was abt smth else 🙁

well u might think its not but to me it is

[gray peak]

u can ask here, it'll be better because you can get a variety of advice

I don't rrlly do dms cuz i have way too many

[errant notch]

its like a one time thing and its like something i cant rlly post on here

i dont think

[gray peak]

then I wouldn't have the answer to it

[errant notch]

why

ur making assumptions before like truly seeing it

[gray peak]

if it's specific grades then I can't chance you

[errant notch]

its not like i need help on these grades its js that i want to know if they are good enough for ivy league schools

sorry for bothering u

[gray peak]

oh yeah I can't chance you because I'm not an AO

but the general advice is just to do things that you're passionate about

[errant notch]

whats an AO

sorry for asking i am dumb

[gray peak]

if you think what you're doing is artificial / you don't enjoy doing something, it's probably a good idea to stop doing it even if it "looks good"

[gray peak]

admission officer

[errant notch]

its not like that its js that ig i wanna follow a path yk

[gray peak]

you're good

[errant notch]

well thats not it its just that like my grades when they go up or down a little they scare me

[gray peak]

there's no one right path
you have to find the path yourself; if you follow a predetermined path I bet there are a bunch of other people on that path as well

[gray peak]

you're in control of your grades :)

you can check the common dataset to see the distribution of admitted grades

[errant notch]

sorry to ask but have u ever gotten a b? or had a problem with like a low grade but then fixed it

[gray peak]

during high school I have not

but a singular B is probably not too big of a deal

[errant notch]

whats the minimum if u could remember?

[gray peak]

I had a 4.0

[errant notch]

is that 93+?

in all subjects or what

[gray peak]

the conversion varies by school
it's typically not advised to convert GPA between 100 and 4.0 unless your school provides an explicit conversation

[errant notch]

i have a 4.0 unweighted idk about weighted

[gray peak]

that's okay, some schools don't have weighted gpas

[errant notch]

ahh thank you

i have this problem and it bothers me during tests do u think i should talk to a counsler about it

[gray peak]

I mean it's up to you
if you need support then you should go for it

generally though I would say it's good to focus on your learning first before trying to construct a story for colleges rather than constructing a story and then following it for your learning

[errant notch]

did u have a rule for grades

like minimum 95 for example

[gray peak]

wait wdym rule

[errant notch]

like

js for urself

like u cant get below a 95 on grades

[junior night]

You can do that to set a goal for urself but don't put too much pressure on that

just try ur best to maintain 4.0 but there are more important things

[gray peak]

oh not at all

I didn't rlly care about grades in hs lmao

[errant notch]

is raising a 1000 for ppl in need a good accomplishments

ppl going to ivy leagues get rejected after being successful without college

[junior night]

lowkey for me it was 97+ and I was stressed asf throughout entirety of high school but u dont gotta do that

[spark willow]

ig he didnt had to care abt his grade

[junior night]

a lotta ppl have that so it just depends if what you did stands out

[spark willow]

his alr A+ even without studying

[junior night]

that can't be generalized to all ivy league students

[gray peak]

I think grades are just a baseline thing if you pass the baseline everything else is arguably more important (in particular rigour, extracurriculars, quality of essays)

[errant notch]

that was me in freshman

[errant notch]

who?

[junior night]

yeah and teh school will recalculate ur gpa too if ur school has a cooked system

[errant notch]

they dont

[junior night]

just study for every test and do ur homework and dont slack

[gray peak]

I'm pretty sure this is true

[errant notch]

its actually a good school except ppl in it are js weird

[junior night]

yeah like my lowest grade throughout hs was a 96 and my school gave me a 3.96 UW

[gray peak]

colleges will recalculate gpa

[junior night]

yea

[gray peak]

oh that's cooked

[junior night]

ik 😭 the system is if you don't get 100 its not a 4.0

[gray peak]

I think a 4.0 for us was like 93

[errant notch]

yo r u srs what school r u going to rn

[junior night]

but its fine cuz I reported my gpa on the 100 scale

[junior night]

I cant say that ☠️

[errant notch]

i meant college sorry

[junior night]

im a senior in hs

[spark willow]

its alr ig

uni will recalc ur grade anyways

[junior night]

yup and they'll see class rank so its fine

[errant notch]

oh i thought u guys apply for college

[junior night]

yeah im applying rn

[errant notch]

what was ur class rank

[worldly eagle]

we do

[errant notch]

i thought it was junior year

[north quarry]

hes stanford-bound he's just humble

[junior night]

☠️

[junior night]

it was pretty good

[errant notch]

yo i will never be in an ivy league this way

omg

[junior night]

lmao chill its not that deep ur a sophomore rn

[errant notch]

i look like a failure

[junior night]

sophomore year i was worried abt getting a gf not getting into college lol

[spark willow]

apply to UChicago summer program

and ED0

[gray peak]

LMAO so real

[errant notch]

ive been worried about college since 8th grade

[junior night]

parental pressure?

ik ppl like that

[worldly eagle]

2 people ik who did ed0 got rejected for some reason 💀

so unlucky

[junior night]

theyve been grinding ECs since middle school

[spark willow]

wtf 💀

ig their essay sucked

[errant notch]

i also have made a 13k subscribers in youtube for math olympiad and all maths

[worldly eagle]

idk idts

[gray peak]

oh try not to worry and try to explore a breadth of topics you like
colleges can sniff out people who just check off boxes but aren't actually passionate

[junior night]

see ur a sophomore u can keep improving and u already have a 4.0 too

[errant notch]

can u please tell me what that is and does it have to do with premed

[junior night]

wait that one is comp

and the mites MIT one

[errant notch]

dang i swear i have crazy parents

what is with premed i can do

[spark willow]

yea it is

but his still soph

he can try

[gray peak]

shadow a doctor or do JHU summer camp

[errant notch]

what is that

[junior night]

just grind research and get into RSI

[gray peak]

btw there's no premed degree at Stanford but you can choose to take premed adjacent courses

[spark willow]

https://summer.uchicago.edu/pre-college/admitted-students/ssen/

[errant notch]

i cant do research i am 13

[junior night]

13 year old sophomore tf

who is this guy

[spark willow]

?????

wtf

[errant notch]

dude i am js young

[junior night]

is this a troll

[errant notch]

i turn 14 soon

[spark willow]

do u know how to count?

[junior night]

LMAO

[errant notch]

i tried to in this hospital

why do u think i am lying

[junior night]

dude lock in ur falling behind

[errant notch]

i am born 2011

[errant notch]

am i actually cooked

help

bro dont troll

[worldly eagle]

ok that makes sense just one year behind the usual

[errant notch]

i dont take jokes good

[gray peak]

bro do not even worry a bit about college I didn't even think about it until summer before senior

[junior night]

i didnt think abt college until end of junior year

[worldly eagle]

u were obviously cracked anyways u didn’t need to think abt it

[spark willow]

isnt it because u were prepared 💀

[junior night]

I went to a college fair

[errant notch]

oh so thats good and by junior i have all my credits needed to graduate

[gray peak]

I think most people at my school didn't as well

[junior night]

ppl at my school started their nonprofits in 8th grade and grinded SAT in middle school

[errant notch]

can u stop telling me not to worry abt college

[spark willow]

bro lit took every prestige programs.... 😭

[gray peak]

no because that implies that I would have thought about it before

[junior night]

okay worry about it then and lock in

[errant notch]

i have a perfect math score and a 510 in psat

[junior night]

510

[errant notch]

alr

[junior night]

this guys a troll 😭

[errant notch]

yes thats how bad it is

[gray peak]

hmm because I thought they were interestkng
not everything has to be for college

[errant notch]

why do u think that

[spark willow]

?

[junior night]

perfect math score is 760 btw

[errant notch]

ye

[junior night]

for psat

[spark willow]

bro does not know how to count

[errant notch]

ik

[errant notch]

DUDE

[spark willow]

sure

[junior night]

wait ill give u the strat to get into ivy @errant notch

[errant notch]

PLEASE BRO

i have english second language

[junior night]

grind AIME and try to qualify for IMO

[serene quiver]

Ok y’all shouldn’t clog up the Stanford chat with ur 1:1 convo

[spark willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVHOBVAFjUw

[errant notch]

whats those terms even mean

[spark willow]

dw

[errant notch]

DUDE IK HOW TO COUNTTTTTT

[junior night]

alr im out

[errant notch]

where do we talk

[spark willow]

sure. u got negative rw score

[worldly eagle]

usamo->imo

[spark willow]

it happens

[junior night]

just talk to others im incompetent to help

[errant notch]

how

[spark willow]

idk. ask urself

[errant notch]

omg bru

[junior night]

yeah imdumb bro

my gpa was a 2.0

[spark willow]

im out 😂

[junior night]

i cant help u sorry

[errant notch]

like why do u guys do this to me

idk what i did wrong

[worldly eagle]

is a 6.7 gpa on 10 better than a 4.0 out of 4

[serene quiver]

#🌻-app-questions

[errant notch]

whats that

[gray peak]

nothing.. but if people all tell you to not worry, maybe they have a point?

[serene quiver]

It means go there and ask questions instead of y’all clogging up the Stanford specific chat

[errant notch]

dude stop acting like u didnt have good grades

[worldly eagle]

did anyone REA

[gray peak]

enjoy life instead of worrying about this college shit 😭😭

[errant notch]

no

[gray peak]

that will actually hurt you more

[spark willow]

yea

[errant notch]

dude i am not even middle class

[worldly eagle]

ive been seeing you since stanford was founded i meant anyone else

[errant notch]

how tho

[junior night]

did u get alumni interview

[gray peak]

you need life experiences and personality and genuineness when you interview/write essays for college applications

[errant notch]

but what about grades

[worldly eagle]

im applying rd 💀

[gray peak]

grades are just a cutoff, above that you will need what I just said as well (along with extracurriculars and stuff)

[errant notch]

okie

can i say my accomplishments and can u guys tell me if its good or not

[gray peak]

we can't do chance mes

[errant notch]

what is chance

idk what that means

[gray peak]

like predicting or telling someone if what they did was good or not

it's highly subjective

[worldly eagle]

we arent aos

[errant notch]

do u get banned if u say

[worldly eagle]

u get warned

[gray peak]

also you won't get any sort of useful information out of that

[errant notch]

oh then i am so sorry please accept my apology, I didnt mean to

[worldly eagle]

chancemes are useless

[worldly eagle]

its fine

[spark willow]

https://www.chanceme.org/

[junior night]

O same

[errant notch]

thank you

[worldly eagle]

thank you

[junior night]

Why doesn’t Stanford have neuroscience major 😭😭

[errant notch]

and i am sorry @spare flame

[gray peak]

the best thing you can do rn is to focus on getting good grades, forming connections with your friends, and doing what you like
I think you just need to chill a bit because it's ultimately not that serious

[gray peak]

no need to apologise lol

[errant notch]

thank you so much

[spark willow]

am i getting in

[errant notch]

well i have it lets js say a little too bad at my home thats why

[worldly eagle]

yes

[errant notch]

it said 89% for harvard its fake

[worldly eagle]

did u think it was real

[spark willow]

😂

lmaooooo

[gray peak]

I'm sorry about that, maybe you can hang out with friends more; try to find friends who have similar ambitions

[errant notch]

i thought it was actually gonna access info or smth

[errant notch]

i do but it makes me dumb since they can speak english very well

[gray peak]

then work on your english
you've got time but you shouldn't waste that time

[autumn blaze]

in a nutshell: just apply and see what happens its a crapshoot anyway

[errant notch]

okay what are ways to do it

[errant notch]

its not that easy to js do that

[worldly eagle]

bro is a soph still

[autumn blaze]

idk man just apply thats rly it

[autumn blaze]

ikik just advice for the future

[gray peak]

English class, Khan academy, self study, talk in english, write poetry and prose lots of different ways

[errant notch]

english class is useless teacher gives me good grades in my essays but the reading comprehension i get like bad

[gray peak]

read more books :)

[errant notch]

i tried to but its hard to understand

i read three books

bible quran and ap world history amsco book

only two books

oh

no

amsco is half way

[gray peak]

there are differing levels of books you just have to find one that you're comfortable with

there are a lot of things you can do

[errant notch]

i read naruto from kid all the way to the end

and its a picture book

[gray peak]

then you can try novels

[errant notch]

bro please anything but reading

[gray peak]

well if you want to improve reading comprehension and you don't want to read then how will you improve

[errant notch]

ur right

thank u for the advice

that sharpened my mindset

[gray peak]

ultimately if you want to do things well you need to dedicate time to it

it's honestly a mindset thing for a lot of academic subjects

[errant notch]

i suffer from a lot of things tbh

and its hard to balance it

i suffer from dermotophagia and depression and i have ptsd

and anxiety

[pine plaza]

Lowk is there a bike rental place on Stanford campus

Where does everyone get their bikes

[spark willow]

u can buy

in a bike shop.

ig theres one in or near stanford

[teal kindle]

Lowkey just teleport around

It's more efficient

[spark willow]

Lydi

Did u finish math51 finals?

[fringe coral]

where is it a chance me from

i need this too

[haughty obsidian]

we aren't in finals week yet

[haughty obsidian]

this is chloe/carly's joke page

https://www.chanceme.org

nevermind it's by billert lol

but I remember it from chloe's about me

[upbeat dune]

Bc it’s basically what the description says

It’s a canon a2project and I own the domain but I did jackshit in programming that was all billert

[haughty obsidian]

ohhh mesees

[spark willow]

Oh ok

[paper yoke]

This year, SAT is required again. Should I not worry about retaking a 1470? Should I try to retake it in early december?

760 english 710 math

[gray peak]

you should retake

[buoyant fractal]

I have the same issue. I haven't studied for the sat before but need to get my reading score up. Is it realistic to get my score up with the time I have left

[gray peak]

depends on your current score

and how willing you are to put in hours

[buoyant fractal]

1450 (670 english, 780 math)
2nd highest out of my class but ik it's low for stanford lol

I could maybe put an hr in every other day to study. idk if that's enough tho

[north quarry]

raise english and light work superscore

[gray peak]

best bet is to lock in for english and then superscore yeah

[buoyant fractal]

that was my plan but i'm unsure if I can realistically study enough to bring my english up enough

I'll see tho

[gray peak]

grind questions from the question bank

mainly it is a matter of practice

[buoyant fractal]

oh damn js realized that the sat is 12/6 and I can't even go. ig I'm stuck w my score but at least it's not horrendous 😭

[north quarry]

r u on like a trip or smth

[autumn plume]

Who

[buoyant fractal]

me? nah but i already have two commitments for programs happening that day and its not worth cancelling for the sat

ykw im chill w it tho

[low oriole]

yayyy no more cal win streak

[vale charm]

GET THAT AXE

WHAT AN UPSET

[iron delta]

omg i just realzied this existed

hi guys

[north quarry]

lmao a whole stanford graduating class went w/out seeing stanford win a big game

avenged

[low oriole]

as my cal friend loved to parrot at me these past two weeks

[low oriole]

frrrr

[gray peak]

we are so back

[haughty obsidian]

a2c ahh chant 💀 (a2chant?)

SAFETY SCHOOL 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️ *proceeds to gain 25yd*

[gaunt mesa]

why Stanford got so many essays 😭

i'm genuinely thinking of not applying bcz of that

[gray peak]

we like to be comprehensive :)

also most of the essays are like 50 words

[gaunt mesa]

but they aren't fun 😭

[trim cosmos]

My Stanford roommate essay was the essay I spent the most time on by far

[low oriole]

i feel like i stressed just as much abt those lol

[trim cosmos]

Had to revise and rewrite multiple sections

[gaunt mesa]

compared to yale's for example (THE BEST SCHOOL EVER)

[low oriole]

wait i rly liked writing the historical event at least

and the five important things was cool too

[gray peak]

they're pretty fun I thinn

also the supplementals are not that deep

[low oriole]

i’m highkey struggling on these way more than stanford i fear

[gaunt mesa]

i don't know if to apply for Stanford honestly

esp cuz they're need-aware and i'm an international student

it'll be the only west coast school i'll apply to

[steady dagger]

if you apply its like a 96% chance of rejection

if you dont apply its a 100% chance of rejection

[pine plaza]

off topic soz but omg ur tag

https://tenor.com/view/my-name-is-bjork-bjork-gif-12000470850786382384

[paper cipher]

My dream is to chant this at Cornell

[autumn plume]

where is bjork from

[pine plaza]

iceland

[gaunt mesa]

omg the queennn!!

https://tenor.com/view/bjork-interview-singer-nodding-listening-gif-17878794

i actually wrote about her in one of my essays LOL

[pliant atlas]

I deadass just banged that shit out at like 1am 😭

I sound so adhd’d 💀

[trim cosmos]

Yes I did too

Then I realized it was ass so I edited it a bit

[pliant atlas]

gotta lwk keep it authentic type shi 💀

I think I wrote the time travel essay about going to like Stephan Hawkins’s party because I recall their being reports there was a ton of good food and wine there and I don’t want it to go to waste 😭😭😭

my fatass wrote about food 💀

[spark willow]

Lydi

Should I also take this?

I alr applied for real analysis

[grizzled basin]

elementary diffeq textbook is goated

[gray peak]

no real analysis will cook u

it's best to just focus on that

[grizzled basin]

but u also get +$100

[iron delta]

im taking ode at school rn

yo that shit is HARD

i cant even lie

[astral leaf]

taking ode as a 16 year old senior..

hly locked in

[autumn blaze]

yall too competitive ong

[gilded blade]

are you math/phys major?

id assume such coursework for such majors to be quite typical? cause i cant imagine a very passionate phys/math major to not know ODEs and PDEs

ofc for eng and other it really woud be expected but for mathy/phys majors?

[gray peak]

uhh IDT the normal high schooler takes PDEs lmao..

[gilded blade]

okay maybe pde is not common, but i felt that cause basically every phys major guy who got into hpysm from my country took like a lot of courses at locla unis in the phys track along with school work

and PDE's were all there, but maybe its an exaggeration

[gray peak]

tbh u don't need odes either, it's certainly not what most high schoolers take

a lot of my friends at Stanford have not taken these courses

[steady dagger]

im a stem major at stanford and only went up to multivar+linear

[haughty obsidian]

✋

[gray peak]

yay my friends at Stanford!

[haughty obsidian]

lydi summons the co29 💀

[steady dagger]

also like i think the most common math course to start in at stanny is either multivar or bc-equivalent

[gilded blade]

bro this thread is superior ngl.. 3 stanny kids right there

[haughty obsidian]

i think that just means we're more chronically online

[steady dagger]

ts is not a good thing why are we on a2c

[gilded blade]

how long is your work day anyways?

[gray peak]

just finished cramming 106b lol

[haughty obsidian]

okay first of all don't listen to lydi because lydi's just everythingmaxxing

[steady dagger]

how long does 106b take i havent looked at it

[gray peak]

106b question bank is like leetcode med/hard

[steady dagger]

is it really

[gray peak]

and a lot of leetcode easy but they're easy to filter out by eye

because why would you do those lol

[iron delta]

oh im a senior in hs

[steady dagger]

i feel like i struggle more on leetcode hards than 106b

[iron delta]

but im gonna do eecs in college

[iron delta]

wait im 17 LMAO i forgot to update it

[gray peak]

there was one question asking you to implement quicksort on a linked list

[gilded blade]

i have a ib cs test tomorrow.. dont remind me of linked lists

[haughty obsidian]

the fuck didn't chris straight up say we won't be expected to implement quicksort

[haughty obsidian]

oh hey i did ib cs 🥰

[iron delta]

wait dont get me wrong i lwk love the class but its just a lot lmfao

[gilded blade]

our teacher is literally the worst in our class, i swear hes gonna get a IB3 if he sat the exams... how was cs?

[haughty obsidian]

it was good

paper 3 is annoying

[gray peak]

lol ig he likes lying

[haughty obsidian]

bruh

[gray peak]

anyways quicksort is pretty easy to implement so i wouldn't worry about that

[gilded blade]

the case study this year is so bad....

[haughty obsidian]

what's it on 😭

[steady dagger]

is this for final prep

[gray peak]

yeah

[steady dagger]

or is this the assignment

flip i gotta start on that

[gray peak]

the assignment was kinda annoying but it wasn't hard

[haughty obsidian]

why are you finals prepping now 🥀

[gray peak]

kinda bored

[steady dagger]

bro im lowk so lost on cs

wait lydi are you on campus rn

[gray peak]

nope

[haughty obsidian]

do I need this time to finals prep

is it tough

[gray peak]

probably not

[steady dagger]

ur probably goated u dont need the time

[haughty obsidian]

okay great

[steady dagger]

i lowk need the time tho

idk whats been happening

[haughty obsidian]

untrue

[gilded blade]

An Ethical Approach to Hacking 😭

[haughty obsidian]

bruh

wait wtf even is the case study??

who's the client or audience or whatever

[gray peak]

i'm just reviewing lectures from the midterm onwards for today and tomorrow, then i will grind 1 practice test the day after, and then finish the challenge questions from the qbank the next day

[haughty obsidian]

bro's gettin 95+% on this finals dawg I'm cooked

[gray peak]

idt you need to do this much

i'm only doing this because i'm bored lol

[haughty obsidian]

that's what I've been trying to say to you !!!!

you don't need to do this much /lh

[gray peak]

yeah that's true

[haughty obsidian]

but keep slaying

[gray peak]

but then i'd literally have nothing else to do

[gilded blade]

cyberhealth security is the service provider, and medtechpro hosptial is client

the names are so bs

[gray peak]

(apart from SMT i guess)

[haughty obsidian]

STOP CASUALLY DROPPING SMT 💀 💀

[gray peak]

ooh CyberHealth Security is my favoruite cybersecurity company trust

they make a better antivirus than malwarebytes

[steady dagger]

lydi nepo me into smt pls

[gray peak]

ok bro wtf

[steady dagger]

wait thats really pretty

[haughty obsidian]

iwpiuerhfiouwhrtof

[gray peak]

just keep applying they'll let u in

[gilded blade]

buddhabrot is better

[steady dagger]

pls nancy bao 😔

[gray peak]

i've heard that campus is lowk deserted rn

[haughty obsidian]

oops

[gilded blade]

bro

[gray peak]

skull

[gilded blade]

tf

[haughty obsidian]

SORRY LMAO

I switched to whatsapp and then back and forgot to switch servers

[gilded blade]

nah nah idc..

just dont use performance enhancement powder thats all ill say

[haughty obsidian]

is anyone on campus roided out

I haven't really seen anyone that seems suspect yet

[gray peak]

wait u can go explore the underground tunnels

[haughty obsidian]

which underground tunnels

[steady dagger]

wait its lowk fun

[gray peak]

bro does not know ball

[steady dagger]

theres also a good amount of people here tbh

[haughty obsidian]

I've been golfing most of this time

[haughty obsidian]

shit ball knowledge

[haughty obsidian]

I think I'm suffering from west campus syndrome

It's kinda bad

[gray peak]

just be homeless in east campus 👍

[steady dagger]

we <3 east campus

and by east campus i mean living in the least east campus east campus dorm so you're still close to maquad

[gray peak]

this is crothers propaganda

[haughty obsidian]

least campus 👎

best campus 👍

either way I'm planning to go out the whole day tomorrow because I'm getting sick of it

[gray peak]

go to sf chinatown

[haughty obsidian]

I'm going all the way down to monterey lol

[gray peak]

ooh cool

[haughty obsidian]

I'm waking up bright and early 5:30am for ts

[buoyant fractal]

does anyone here have diff equ or lin alg study guides or equation lists cuz my final is in 20 days and im defo failing

[gray peak]

review ur notes

and create an equation list from those notes

that will help u study

[buoyant fractal]

i'll try to do that. were there any yt channels or textbooks that helps w conceptually understanding diff equ?

it js feels like memorization to me

[gray peak]

most non proof-based diff eqs are memorization unfortunately.
there are certainly visuals, i.e. to the extent of https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNPOjrT6KVlfJuKtYTftqH6, but ultimately it comes down to practice and fluency

[buoyant fractal]

that's annoying 😢 but thanks i love 3blue1brown ill see if i can watch all of his vids

[grizzled basin]

My diffeq final is day decisions drop i thinkge

Dec 15

[grizzled basin]

Boyce diprima diffeq textbook is goated i actually know ts so well

I can send a pdf over dms if u want it

[fringe coral]

where to study this?

[spark willow]

SPCS ULO

and SPCS ULO-I

[spark willow]

its not going to help with ur apps

but if ur doing for pure learning. then u should apply

[fringe coral]

i will not be doing it for apps if i study

[fringe coral]

i have to apply?
any prerequisites?
does it cost money?

or is it all free?

is it like MITopencourseware or Harvard's free courses?

or different?

[spark willow]

all of them above is true

[spark willow]

no its not free

u can apply for aids though

[fringe coral]

then leave it
i can't afford it

[fringe coral]

will i get it though?

is it like a separate competitive app process?

[spark willow]

if u need them? ig

[spark willow]

no

u just need to fill in aid form

its need blind

[spark willow]

u should

apply for ULO. dont do ULO-I then ig

[fringe coral]

are they different?

[spark willow]

yea

[fringe coral]

like how?

[spark willow]

they look the same. but ULO-I has instructor

which i find

0 useful

[fringe coral]

oh
another is self studying?

[spark willow]

yea

[fringe coral]

are there like prerecorded

videos?

[spark willow]

stanford lectures

yes

[fringe coral]

and we get certificates once we do all the courses?

[spark willow]

and credit

[fringe coral]

we can transfer it if we get into stanny?

[spark willow]

no. but to other unis

its so weird

[fringe coral]

😂
what is this shitty thing man

[spark willow]

no idea y it works like this but still

its a great course

[fringe coral]

also can i include it in my ECs or course list?

[spark willow]

its cheap "compared" to other programs

[spark willow]

yea u can

but i didnt

they have different section

[fringe coral]

why?

[spark willow]

for university credit course and stuff

or degree section type stuff

i put it there

• i mentioned in my sups so they will know

[spark willow]

the decisions will be released in early Jan

so u cant use this for college apps

[fringe coral]

oh
after we apply the decisions come out in jan?

what are the criteria for evaluating and being accepted there?

evaluated*

[spark willow]

yea

[spark willow]

Intellectual vitality ig

at least my essay showed Intellectual vitality

istg

when i did SPCS

they had 1h session with stanny AO, where we can ask different question

and i fkin missed it 💀

because ts was lit in 4:00AM

and my alarm was set to 4PM 💀

[fringe coral]

lmao

[fringe coral]

i see

[spark willow]

ULO essay i mean

[fringe coral]

will it be useful even if i don't go to stanny?

[fringe coral]

yeah i understant

[spark willow]

y not

[fringe coral]

also like will it be useful in my own country?(adjacent to china)

[spark willow]

its for ur own sake tbh

idk if they can transfer credits to the uni u will attend

[fringe coral]

how much advanced courses does it have?

[spark willow]

but it will def help

[spark willow]

a lot

[fringe coral]

can i do full ug online through this?

[spark willow]

yea

[fringe coral]

👀

[spark willow]

its online

[fringe coral]

really?

[spark willow]

wts ur major btw

[fringe coral]

i will also get a stanny diploma?

[fringe coral]

cs or ds or maths

[spark willow]

for the course

[spark willow]

then u ofc

take it

[fringe coral]

for CS major? or the particular, let's say diff equations diploma?

[spark willow]

u will get sth like this

but for ULO

u get official transcript also

[spark willow]

ULO only has math and physics

course

but we need to study them anyways

im also CS major btw

[fringe coral]

oh wow(i am interested in both)

[fringe coral]

yeah ik

i talked with you previously here

i am tesla(if you remember)

🥲

[spark willow]

u can apply to multiple program

[fringe coral]

with a GPA?

[spark willow]

yea ik

[spark willow]

yea

[fringe coral]

i see

[spark willow]

u need a proctor though

[fringe coral]

you must have gotten a 4/4

[fringe coral]

like during the online exam?

will my mom work💀

[spark willow]

yea

[spark willow]

yea?

but then u cant recieve transcript

[fringe coral]

wdym?

[spark willow]

they use letter system

so idk

[fringe coral]

like?

[spark willow]

u need a math teacher or counselor

to proctor u

[fringe coral]

A,A+ like that?

[spark willow]

yea

wait

wtf

ur gap year right?

[fringe coral]

yeah

why?

[spark willow]

sht. u should research abt it then

idk if ur eligible 💀

[fringe coral]

lol
i am self studying maths too

like i did matrix, and also some double variable calculus

but i didn't know abt this course

[spark willow]

if u can take them

apply

deadline is Dec 4 (or 3)

[gilded blade]

sorry what is this for?

[spark willow]

ideally, u should finish writing essay before Nov 27

and fill in aid form (its long asf), and get leagal documents (translate to english)

[fringe coral]

i have scho deadlines till dec 1

of like 4-5 unis

[spark willow]

SPCS ULO

[fringe coral]

so idk if i will apply or not

[spark willow]

1 essay

its chill

[spark willow]

see if u can apply first

i think its only HS students

but idk

not sure

abt this

[fringe coral]

really?

[fringe coral]

kk

[buoyant fractal]

Yes please

[north quarry]

arcane patterns

[molten lake]

can my recommender submit lor after application deadline

[gray peak]

ideally no but if it's like a day or two late I don't think they'll care

[molten lake]

😬

[astral leaf]

does stanford flatten grades and convert to letters when looking at academic transcruipt/recalcualting gpa

[gray peak]

idt this is public info

[astral leaf]

i think i saw it once when someone was revealing their admitted profile 😭 so i wanted to ask and confirm

ill see if i can find the vieo

[gray peak]

they tell us nothing when we check lol

also it's not too big of a deal I'd say

[astral leaf]

ya you're right i was just curious

[pliant atlas]

yoooo mega bro wsp

[astral leaf]

how’s it going

[pliant atlas]

Locked in type shi

you do Stanny rea asw?

[astral leaf]

nah i’m rd

[pliant atlas]

Bangerrr

[astral leaf]

gl on ea lmao

[spare steppe]

@spark willow u took ulo right?

did u take linear algebra

i would like to take a moment to appreciate how goated dr kanarsky is

although are all college courses that fast-paced? gosh i took 2 over one summer and got absolutely obliterated

idt im surviving college 🥀

[gray peak]

kanarsky teaches everything lol

she's goated

[gray peak]

yea

if ur on quarter system it will be even faster

[spare steppe]

afaik she teaches lin alg and real analysis, what else does she teach? 😭

[gray peak]

complex analysis number theory and a few others

[spare steppe]

she's actually so goated omg!!! she helped me with my mutli stuff too, when i was struggling with sandwich theorem lol 🥀

[spare steppe]

dang so she DOES teach everything

my goat

[spark willow]

nah

not yet

i took ulo-i

prof Gene B. Kim is the goat

im going to take Math77Q Probability and Gambling

if i get into stanford

[gray peak]

it's an introsem

you need to get into it first

[steady dagger]

introsems 🥀

[narrow bison]

Don't come here it's a waste of time

[gray peak]

true

[haughty obsidian]

imagine getting into a 4% ar school then having to apply to a course with a 10% ar just to learn what you want

[gray peak]

why is this not doubly linked bro

[spark willow]

its alr if i dont get in

[spark willow]

is the course this intense.... 😭

[spark willow]

then where should i go......

getting into uni