Stanford University (2025-2026)

[north quarry]

triple legacy

I’m just legacy

[spark willow]

Lwk fact

[humble sphinx]

I wish someoen in my family could acc give me tips on apps

Olders is harder

[spark willow]

Especially ts

[glossy talon]

stanford hates my school because it’s in boston and ppl here go to harvard not stanford

[grizzled basin]

my mom says crazy stuff about stanford sometimes but im prolly not gonna get in 👁️ 👄 👁️

[glossy talon]

THIS THIS THIS THIS

[humble sphinx]

Damn ur legacy too?

[north quarry]

my parents and siblings

[grizzled basin]

idk my older sister hasnt given me any tips she just sends me goodluck on finals cat and recommends me philosophy books to read which is lowk better

[spark willow]

Fs

[humble sphinx]

Bro so ur guaranteed

Wtf are u worried abt

[low oriole]

no ya triple legacy is crazy someone from my school last year who...well let's just say it's universally recognized that it's crazy he got in was triple legacy so! but idk if his family donated or not

[north quarry]

bro I’m not I don’t have enough aura

compared to them

[glossy talon]

i dont have a college counselor or anything i just do whatever i think sounds right and then my friends with counselors tell me i fuckec up

[humble sphinx]

Mane stfu

[grizzled basin]

donation kinda matters but legacy also just helps an insane amount

[spark willow]

Doesn’t matter😭

[humble sphinx]

Ye exactly

[north quarry]

I’m being deadass they did so much more

[humble sphinx]

On bro

[spark willow]

Legacies always get in

[grizzled basin]

my dad has donated like a 100 to cornell every year so like enough to buy a couple porta potties so that prolly helps

[humble sphinx]

U gettin in brodie

[low oriole]

lmaoooo well yes

[north quarry]

bru that’s cap

[humble sphinx]

😭😭😭😭

[spark willow]

No

Fr

[grizzled basin]

i shoulda ed cornelll

[spark willow]

😭

[low oriole]

my dad went to JHU for undergrad but they claim they don't consider legacy which like good for them but also like bad for me

[glossy talon]

my family does not exactly have connections with the school is the thing so idk 🤷‍♂️ i do recognize that i’m very lucky based on the circumstances of my birth though

[grizzled basin]

i loveeee jhu

[north quarry]

ik three legacies that got rejected last year

they were all so cracked

[spark willow]

Damn

[dawn depot]

Bro I’m telling you I’m going into college apps completely blind, atleast I can pester my friend who’s in college but even then she’s so swamped at Purdue that she doesn’t respond much

[grizzled basin]

but my parents fucking hate it

[glossy talon]

🫂

[humble sphinx]

Should we do a mass supps review

[spark willow]

At least legacy is better than nothing

[grizzled basin]

bc we live here and my parents have heard so many horrible stories about it

[glossy talon]

i haven’t written mine…

[humble sphinx]

For all REAers

[north quarry]

naw I’m not sharing my supps gang

[grizzled basin]

HAHAHAHA if u want to compare

[north quarry]

legacy is better than nun I guess

[dawn depot]

My friend saw one of the hooks to my supplementals and he bullied me for it….

[north quarry]

I’m full pay too so 💀

[spark willow]

Fs

[humble sphinx]

Ok nvm then

[spark willow]

💀

[glossy talon]

better for stanny

[grizzled basin]

my friends lean over while im writing my essays and make fun of me

[north quarry]

Stanford cost so much

[spark willow]

Wt do u think of intl+fin aid+ 1/1 applied💀

[low oriole]

no yeah obv this isn't to diminish your app in any way either, just i'd assume it'd be at least some sort of plus so hopefully there's a lil comfort in that at least!

[north quarry]

it’s like 100k per year

[dire sapphire]

L friends

[grizzled basin]

all private schools cost so much

[humble sphinx]

LMAOOOO

[grizzled basin]

@tough solstice

[north quarry]

u got it ur whole thing is like Stanford

[glossy talon]

yeah my mom actually died when she saw tuition

[low oriole]

no my supps sucked ass

[humble sphinx]

Lmao jacob ull be fine

[north quarry]

back in my day it didn’t cost so much

[velvet cipher]

Btw guys

[grizzled basin]

my mom has said multiple times she would pay any amount of money to send me to stanford 👁️ 👄👁️

[glossy talon]

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID

[velvet cipher]

If you call Stanford undergraduate admissions office they might tell u when it's coming

[trim cosmos]

Have we figured out when Stanford REA comes out

[glossy talon]

my grandfather problably went for $500 per year

[trim cosmos]

I wanna anticipate my acceptance letter

[low oriole]

not it

[velvet cipher]

Call them

[humble sphinx]

WAIT

[north quarry]

my mom told me if I didn’t get in I’m a stain on the record 💀

[humble sphinx]

CAN U CALL

[grizzled basin]

gulp

[humble sphinx]

BC U ALR GOT IN

PLS @trim cosmos

[low oriole]

omgomgomg you should volunteer as tribute since you alr got in

[humble sphinx]

PLA

PLS

[trim cosmos]

I don’t really want to I was just curious

[humble sphinx]

BRO

[trim cosmos]

I just wanna see my aid package

[humble sphinx]

PLSSSS

[glossy talon]

vro 🥀

[grizzled basin]

tritonist if u call and i get in i will treat u to a meal

[humble sphinx]

Me too

[grizzled basin]

in the glorious lands of palo alto

[humble sphinx]

Agreed

[velvet cipher]

I found someone on reddit saying calling them worked like 3 years ago

[grizzled basin]

we will have an a2meal

[dawn depot]

Is this gonna be me during April when RD comes out, crashing tf out

[north quarry]

be a lion and ignore everyone

[humble sphinx]

CALL @trim cosmos

[grizzled basin]

if u dont want to tho dw about it we'll find out whenever

[glossy talon]

this will be us yes 🫂

its me for gtown

rn

[burnt light]

isn’t it full ride alr bc qb

lol

• refund

[trim cosmos]

No I gotta pay $5k/year

[humble sphinx]

Can someone call stanny

[trim cosmos]

But that might go down

[humble sphinx]

Plski

Pls

[shut estuary]

thats crazy

[burnt light]

about what

[spark willow]

…..

[glossy talon]

U

[trim cosmos]

The admissions office is closed

[north quarry]

call them urself

gah damn

[humble sphinx]

Ask when REA

[shut estuary]

its already past 5pm

[spark willow]

Tf u mean

[humble sphinx]

Deadahhhhh fuck

[burnt light]

yeah

[fallen trench]

whelp

[trim cosmos]

Just look out in your email

[burnt light]

probably around the 19th or so

[spark willow]

Stanford lock inn💀 💀 💀 💀 💀

[dawn depot]

All my EAs are late Jan so I have December to be happy for (I didn’t Ed anywhere either)

[humble sphinx]

Tragic

[burnt light]

when i’m not busy i can look at past times

[spark willow]

They don’t email and notify ppl ig

[velvet cipher]

you can call from 9am to 3pm PST tomorrow

[humble sphinx]

Its alw second fri of december

[fallen trench]

we prayin its the 12th

[spark willow]

Bro

[velvet cipher]

It still might be, the announcement guess is only based on one past data point lol

[spark willow]

I have to decide if I should RD

[dawn depot]

the 12th is my birthday so I’m lowk glad I didn’t apply REA cuz imagine worst case scenario on my birthday

[low oriole]

i have them

[spark willow]

Stanford istg😭 😭 😭

[fallen trench]

what datapoint

[velvet cipher]

Last year

[low oriole]

Historical Stanford REA Decision Dates (times in MST)
unconfirmed co 2030: Friday, December 12, 2025 5:00 PM ???
co 2029: Friday, December 13, 2024 5:00 PM
co 2028: Friday, December 15, 2023 5:00 PM
co 2027: Friday, December 16, 2022 5:00 PM
co 2026: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 5:00 PM
co 2025: Friday, December 11, 2020 5:00 PM
co 2024: Friday, December 6, 2019
co 2023: Friday, December 7, 2018
co 2022: Friday, December 8, 2017 5:00 PM
co 2021: Friday, December 9, 2016 4:00 PM

[fallen trench]

thats what im sayin

the question is when they got announced

[velvet cipher]

I did a scrape and could only find data from last year

[spark willow]

If it’s 19th I’m gonna crash out💀

[grizzled basin]

typically three days prior

[velvet cipher]

Three years ago they didn't announce anything and people called to find out

[grizzled basin]

WE are going to crash out

[low oriole]

honestly if they waited till the 19th i'd be surprised based on these...if they're running behind then maybe it'd just not be on a friday ?

[velvet cipher]

just to clarify, typically is based on last year only

[fallen trench]

they just never announced it?

[grizzled basin]

wait

that is kinda true

fuck

u are so smart

[velvet cipher]

It seems so based on reddit

[spark willow]

Should we fkin call them 💀

[shut estuary]

schools don't really have to announce

[velvet cipher]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/yME7CqYRwx

[low oriole]

diabolical

[grizzled basin]

this is true

but i will cry

[shut estuary]

for a decent amount of schools the decision will just randomly spawn in

[velvet cipher]

No harm, just wait until 9 am PST tomorrow

[fallen trench]

interesting

someone should def call tmrw

[low oriole]

if someone calls you're my goat

[trim cosmos]

Deaduzz just wait

[dawn depot]

Ppl gonna be calling Stanford in the middle of class 😭🙏

[trim cosmos]

And don’t take it to heart

[shut estuary]

facts

[dawn depot]

I can’t do that cuz Texas 🤡

[humble sphinx]

Yo bro did u record decision

[shut estuary]

there's nothing you can do except wait anyway

[trim cosmos]

Yes

[spark willow]

Even Caltech REA release their decision on 12 th

wtf is Stanford doing

[humble sphinx]

Lfggg congrats man

[spark willow]

💀

[trim cosmos]

A Rice AO called me in the middle of class today asking me about how my senior year was going

[humble sphinx]

Wow

[low oriole]

wtf !

[grizzled basin]

i shouldve done caltech

[trim cosmos]

I did Rice SOAR so she wanted me to apply

[dawn depot]

Man wtf

[trim cosmos]

And then I told her I matched to Stanford and she sounded so disappointed

[grizzled basin]

i spent the entire summer all the way till october thinking i was going to do caltech

[shut estuary]

LOL

[humble sphinx]

LMFAO

[grizzled basin]

she wanted u so bad

[trim cosmos]

Yah but I didn’t really like Rice when I went

[spark willow]

Dang

[trim cosmos]

It was too hot

[shut estuary]

welcome to palo alto

[humble sphinx]

Are u intl

[trim cosmos]

I am from California

[dawn depot]

I didn’t apply rice lol, I’d rather go to ut or A&M for engineering tbh

[humble sphinx]

Gotcha

[spark willow]

Rejecting rice is aura

[grizzled basin]

rejecting any t20 is aura

[humble sphinx]

Isnt QB super ahrd to finalize for

[grizzled basin]

getting into stanford is insane aura

[trim cosmos]

Yea my friend who matched to Rice is lowkey about to break contract to go to UT Austin

[spark willow]

Lwk

[grizzled basin]

getting into stanford makes u like the most amazing awesome splendiferous person ever

[fallen trench]

everyone i get an email bro

[humble sphinx]

Huh

[trim cosmos]

Yea if you’re on the lower end of applicants

[dawn depot]

Is this via QB or rice ed

[low oriole]

i hate tamu the only school in tx i'm applying to is UT lmao

[humble sphinx]

If u finalize is it guaranteed u match

[fallen trench]

i keep thinking its gonna be the date release

[trim cosmos]

I think she wanted me to ED2 or RD

[trim cosmos]

No

[dawn depot]

LMAOOO fair it seems like a cult, I just needed a safety

[trim cosmos]

Stanford was my #1

[humble sphinx]

Wow ur locked

[dawn depot]

Ah what major?

[real nymph]

i didnt apply rice because it wouldve costed 90k/yr

[humble sphinx]

Did u have a 4.0

[trim cosmos]

Poli sci

[real nymph]

because of the welfare cutoff (but for finaid)

[trim cosmos]

Yea + 1500

[grizzled basin]

how can i be like you when i grow up

[dawn depot]

GIG EM

[real nymph]

tamu honestly mid, i dont participate in the cult or care about the school, im just here for a job

[humble sphinx]

Wow thats insane

[trim cosmos]

Write good essays

[grizzled basin]

im ngl i really really liked my essays

[neon flicker]

bello

[dawn depot]

Ik too many ppl in A&M rn

[grizzled basin]

i spent a long time on them

tritonist u wanna chanceme

[humble sphinx]

Wait would u be down to look at mine bc jmma reuse for ivies too

[trim cosmos]

I am so behind relative to everybody in the Stanford QB group chat

[trim cosmos]

Maybe this weekend

[real nymph]

!rule 4

[frigid frost]

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[real nymph]

we dont allow chancemes

[dawn depot]

Fun stuff, I know a person who’s applying PoliSci who wrote fanfics abt the current administration…I’m not gonna elaborate and yes it’s well written

[trim cosmos]

You’re probably bound to be disappointed regardless of what I tell you

[grizzled basin]

i was half trolling but sorry 😭

yeah i was joking anyway what's the point of a chanceme when the day of judgement is impending

[dawn depot]

What’s the point of a chanceme again, I don’t go thru Reddit much

[grizzled basin]

nothing lowk

validation?

[trim cosmos]

That’s certainly interesting

[grizzled basin]

only people who post are like guys i did rsi imo ipho usaco usamo am i cooked????

[dawn depot]

So insecure ppl want to see if their 1590 sat and 4.0 is good

[grizzled basin]

1600 but yeah

theyre kinda fun to read sometimes

[humble sphinx]

Hopefully decisions come out before

[grizzled basin]

i remember seeing a really cracked kid title his short asian boy seeks the warm embrace of abgs

[shut estuary]

two types of people do chancemes: people that are eternally crashing out and people that want to brag

[shut estuary]

this was a big thing last year everybody had the most absurd title

[trim cosmos]

They probably will

[humble sphinx]

Whyd u gap btw

[shut estuary]

quite a few of my friends posted and they were all crazy

[shut estuary]

work experience

[grizzled basin]

gahahahah yeah ive seen some really crazy titels

[humble sphinx]

Im thinking of doing the same

Did u work @ a startup

[shut estuary]

yeah

[humble sphinx]

NYC or SF

[shut estuary]

SF

NYC startups are fake

[humble sphinx]

Nah chill

NYC startups are actually sick

Not saying SF is worse

NYC has actually sucha. Great scene

[shut estuary]

im kidding

[humble sphinx]

Dyk zfellows

Did u do that shi

[shut estuary]

no

[fallen trench]

i worked for 1 2 summers ago

so sick

[humble sphinx]

They are so tuff

Like whop, both prediction markets, ramp, i think stripe has an office here too

[dawn depot]

Yall got to work at startups, what are they like?

[fallen trench]

mine was very early stages

[humble sphinx]

Depends

[fallen trench]

so it was like

3 guys in a coffee shop building stable diffusion pipelines

[humble sphinx]

Could be biggest waste of time or best expereince

[fallen trench]

was dope tho

[humble sphinx]

I worked at a series A

[low oriole]

jenny core

[humble sphinx]

So we had a small office

Tight knit

[dawn depot]

Ah

[humble sphinx]

Wait @shut estuary are you on X

[shut estuary]

no

[dawn depot]

I’m lowk like a rlly cliche ahh applicant but I did a lot like random things that I committed to all 4 years so that’s kinda it

[shut estuary]

bro we work the same job

[low oriole]

oh em gee that sounds so fun

[humble sphinx]

Whos jenny

[low oriole]

i miss her how is she doing

[shut estuary]

my roommate

[low oriole]

i met her at deca ICDC and we both got top 10 tgt it was fire

and we split a brownie sundae that i literally still think about that was one of the best brownie sundaes ive ever had idk why it was so good

[humble sphinx]

Did she gap too

[low oriole]

yea

[dawn depot]

Does anyone do BPA here, just curious

[humble sphinx]

I do deca

Wait

[low oriole]

i think i’ve seen it

[humble sphinx]

Lmaooooo

[low oriole]

i have never used it tho

[humble sphinx]

Hahah

[dawn depot]

I did it once during freshman year and I did NOT like it I’m sorry it’s not my thing lol

[humble sphinx]

I made that shi LMAO 😭

[dawn depot]

Yall are rlly hardworking tho so kudos

[humble sphinx]

Had to delete to undox

[low oriole]

naurrr deca is goated

[low oriole]

oooh cool

what event are you

[dawn depot]

It’s fun but maybe I just did the wrong event lol, I do BPA more cuz it’s more my thing

[humble sphinx]

ASM

[low oriole]

oooh roleplay

i’m FCE 🥀

[humble sphinx]

Yep yep

[low oriole]

lowkey would suck at roleplays

[humble sphinx]

My advisor said everyone has to do a roleplay

[low oriole]

oh 😭😭

[humble sphinx]

And u can only go for ur paper

If u qualled

For ur roleplay

So buns bro

We are NOT studying even w my shi

[low oriole]

wtfff that’s dumb

i have districts like right after i get back from kr/jp and j haven’t even started

actually my test is tmr lol

but i’m not gonna study cuz i got a 91 at icdc and that’s good enough carry me through districts even if i forgot everything bc my district is awful

[spark willow]

no idea atp

mb tmr

we'll know

[low oriole]

i still have faith it’ll be this friday !

[spark willow]

lwk

i wish it was this friday

better than rejection though

[shut estuary]

good luck

[grizzled basin]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[tough solstice]

fax my dude

[grizzled basin]

@tough solstice

[humble sphinx]

Yo we both in the clado server

Wtf is the chance of that

[fallen trench]

wuz clado

[fallen trench]

hoping

[shut estuary]

💀

[thin glen]

is REA this friday?

[humble sphinx]

We all on dame timing

[spark willow]

no one knows

[fallen trench]

i cant decide if its likely to be at this point

[velvet cipher]

there's no way they release ts dec 19

the latest they've ever done it is dec 16

i dont think their application volume is that high would be p crazy

[humble sphinx]

lmaooooo

🫡

[thin glen]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/18imh5g/rea_stanford_applicants_are_we_ready/

[velvet cipher]

good comms

where'd u hear this

im still hopeful for dec 12

[spark willow]

so

did they?

[spark willow]

its prediction ig

but ig it would lwk

Chinese ppl have bad thoughts about US rn

so they dont want to apply to US

not all, but some

[velvet cipher]

i assume international applicants are not the bottleneck though

[spark willow]

and theres more restriction on intl

• its test req

[velvet cipher]

^ + they're handled separately no?

but this is reasonable

[spark willow]

wt does this have to do with application

no

but still, it didnt really effect our gen

thats only recently

[velvet cipher]

i think that affected co'2027 though right

[spark willow]

30's are 2008 guys

[velvet cipher]

nvm

[spark willow]

and that doesnt matter

[thin glen]

https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/data-snapshot-ten-years-after-great-recession-began-us-birth-rate-record-low

[spark willow]

do we not have intl applicants 😭

[velvet cipher]

ok yeah it affects our class

"Yes, the 2008 recession led to a significant drop in U.S. birth rates, meaning the Class of 2026 babies (those born in 2008) are fewer in number, contributing to what's known as the "enrollment cliff" for colleges starting around 2025-2026, with smaller high school graduating classes expected in the following years as well"

apparently it actually is very significant

i was born right before the recession lol

i think this affects co'2027 more than 2026 though

[spark willow]

u cant generalize

only with that info

[shut estuary]

i think itll have less of an impact than people expect

[trim cosmos]

It is still ridiculously hard to get in

Which shouldn’t surprise anyone

[dawn depot]

The drop in applicants isn’t that significant tho, also I know intl students are still gonna apply to schools here

Now idk abt how they’re gonna get in, but they may still apply

Well that’s my 2 cents anyway

[teal kindle]

The most important factor is reinstating standardized tests

That will actually have an impact on people that get in now

[spare turtle]

thats from a while ago

you just scared the shit out of me

[thin glen]

is 3.85 gpa (4.0 in 11th & 12th) with max rigor (10+ aps and post ap courses) okay for stanford with strong ecs and essays
i also go to a semi feeder (10% to HYPSM) if that matters

[trim cosmos]

My (QB) portal looks the same as REA now

I think decisions will drop this week

[spare turtle]

any reason why?

[spare turtle]

should be alr

but would need ecs/recs to be standout

[trim cosmos]

Historical data

[thin glen]

my recs are really good. i was just goofing around so much in 9th grade

[trim cosmos]

Maybe

[thin glen]

i was skipping studying for tests to play basketball during lunch

[spare turtle]

ur fine but cuz stanford is stanford u might be cooked

[trim cosmos]

I took 7/15 APs, 5 DEs, and 4 honors in hs and I got in

[spare turtle]

but that could be said about a 4.0 applicant with 15+ aps lol

[junior night]

public school?

[spare turtle]

oh you got in alr? congrats

but ur qb so whole another game

[trim cosmos]

Not really

[thin glen]

nah private school, but we have grade deflation so my gpa isnt that bad relatively

[trim cosmos]

The match rate is still like 3%

[thin glen]

i think only 1 kid has a 4.0

[junior night]

yeah you def have a chance if 10% goes to hypsm 😭

[spare turtle]

but still u can put a bunch of reaches and if you have good stats/ecs you have a much better chance but yea admit is admit, huge respect

[junior night]

do u have national level awards

[thin glen]

yeah like sci fair stuff, aime, and john locke

and debate stuff

[junior night]

isef?

[thin glen]

im pretty good at debate like top 50 in the country

[thin glen]

nah

[trim cosmos]

Demon

[velvet cipher]

applicant pool is diff tho

[junior night]

impressive did u do ld or pf or sum else

[thin glen]

im from north jersey and isef winners just repeat projects so i was kinda cooked lol

[spare turtle]

Lol

[thin glen]

yah but i dont wanna dox. i got a couple bids tho

[junior night]

😭 yeah those fairs r hard

[spare turtle]

im just worried about my recs cuz one of my recs are pretty bad

the other one is rly good tho

[junior night]

how do u know its bad

[spare turtle]

and i have a rec from a stanford professor

he let me see it after he submitted

[trim cosmos]

Yea it's different but it's still competitive especially at HYPSM lol

[spare turtle]

and it was like really long

[trim cosmos]

Every MIT match I know either did MITES or WISE

[spare turtle]

nothing negative but like relaly generic stuff

[junior night]

u can ask another teacher and remove him 😭

[spare turtle]

too late now

[junior night]

that wont actively hurt you then

[spare turtle]

i alr submitted

but yea im changing for rd

[spare turtle]

true

im good stats and ec wise hopefully

[velvet cipher]

btw, ~73% of domestic RSI students last year got into stanford rea

[thin glen]

yeah nothing we can do but wait. just anxious

[velvet cipher]

rest rejected

[spare turtle]

wow

[junior night]

RSI is a separate pool

lol

theyre guaranteed t10s if they have decent other stuff

[spare turtle]

ik a kid who did rsi

[junior night]

yeah my friend went to rsi

[spare turtle]

he only did harvard rea

[velvet cipher]

not a lot of rsi kids are applying to stanford this year tbh

[spare turtle]

and got in

[velvet cipher]

hi

[spare turtle]

so much aura

[junior night]

which year?

[spare turtle]

i think 2 cycles ago

[thin glen]

rsi decisions are so biased tho cuz you have to be cracked to get accepted

[spare turtle]

how do you know

[junior night]

bro does ISEF finalist help that much even if u dont win a grand award

[velvet cipher]

im only doing stanford rea and university of alaska fairbanks

[velvet cipher]

i went to rsi this year

[spare turtle]

oh damn

ur getting in

[velvet cipher]

i hope so

[junior night]

yeah most kids went to ISEF b4

[spare turtle]

ggs future stanford admit

[junior night]

lmao ur so set

just sit back and relax

[velvet cipher]

73%

[spare turtle]

i was gonna do rsi but i didnt cuz i had a 1390 psat

and that was below the range

so i was like nah im not writing all these essays

in retrospect maybe wouldve been worth a shot

cuz ik they look at act too and i had a 34

[junior night]

u shoulda just applied

its fine tho

[spare turtle]

yea i wasnt really aiming for t20s back then

and didnt know how good it was

ill prob be fine at university of mn but still shoot my shot ig

[thin glen]

yo anyone wanna share essays for fun. like the short answer prompts cuz those wont be reused

im actually so anxious abt the decision i cant do any of my other work

[spare turtle]

im good maybe after i get rejected

same fr

even tho i have two giant math tests next week

i need to lock in

[thin glen]

yeah luckily my grades are highenough so i can tank mid terms

[junior night]

im doing RD stanford how long did the essays take u guys to write

[spare turtle]

idk i rushed all of mine in 2 weeks

and about a week for personal statement

prob shouldve taken longer but i suck at essays

but people say their alr so you might be fine

[thin glen]

i had fun writing them

[spare turtle]

thats goo

good

[thin glen]

im doing princeton rn and they are so shit

[spare turtle]

ur supposed to have fun i think

that makes them better

[junior night]

bro the 500 word one is annoying asf to write

[spare turtle]

damn

[thin glen]

ik

[spare turtle]

what are the prompts

[junior night]

rush 2 weeks 😭 im gonna have to speedrun then

[thin glen]

the why umich essay was also so stupid

[spare turtle]

oh yea i forgot

it was due in 2 weeks

you got this

have you not started yet?

[junior night]

1. Princeton values community and encourages students, faculty, staff and leadership to engage in respectful conversations that can expand their perspectives and challenge their ideas and beliefs. As a prospective member of this community, reflect on how your lived experiences will impact the conversations you will have in the classroom, the dining hall or other campus spaces. What lessons have you learned in life thus far? What will your classmates learn from you? In short, how has your lived experience shaped you? (Please respond in 500 words or fewer.)

[junior night]

no 😭 but I have a good draft for roommate letter

[spare turtle]

so its like write about anything

[junior night]

cuz I did harvard rea

[spare turtle]

okay

you got this

[junior night]

you too bro

thank u

[spare turtle]

idk about me man

hopefully i get in somewhere

[junior night]

yeah its so generic ☠️ + the 500 word part

ig its a community essay

I can reuse parts

[subtle viper]

lowk my stanford roommate essay was kinda diff from my harvard one

[junior night]

yeah cuz stanford one u directly address right

[subtle viper]

yea

[junior night]

and harvard is like 3 things you would like ur roommate to know abt u

[subtle viper]

i think my stanford one was more quirky 💀 for a lack of better words

yea

[trim cosmos]

They took me the longest by far

Out of every school I applied to

[junior night]

yeah ggs

I mean I applied to a bunch of bsmds

which were long asf

[trim cosmos]

Stanford supps aren't egregiously long but they are tedious

And they will want to make you rip out your hair and rewrite and rework

[junior night]

yeah ik wym

☠️ yeah I might have to remove 1 school from my list

[subtle viper]

i spent like 2 hrs over 50 words 😭

just editing after i already wrote it

[junior night]

from now until january 5th I have like 8 schools

[thin glen]

i would request a change if i showed up to my dorm and read that roomate letter

[junior night]

LMAO

[subtle viper]

dawg

idk i think it was heartfelt it was just like mostly small details abt me which is why i said quirky

🤧

[junior night]

when is stanford rea date

[velvet cipher]

prob dec 12

[spare steppe]

i think this would mean next friday then? 💔

[velvet cipher]

two days is a few 🙏

stanford <t:1765584000:R>

[trim cosmos]

Two days is a couple

But I wouldn't be surprised if they announce it tomorrow

[spare steppe]

here's the link btw for u chronically online goobers https://admission.stanford.edu/index.php#announcements

[thin glen]

nah bro too soon i need time to collect myself first

[trim cosmos]

Time waits for no one

I do think my portal changing to normal is an indication though

[thin glen]

bro got in already 😭

[trim cosmos]

I don't really see a point

They ignored my email from last year lol

Why don't you guys email them

Or call them

[thin glen]

did you say that the qb portal changed the day before in prior years

[trim cosmos]

No most QB matches are not as chronically online as I am

But I don't think it would change if they weren't preparing to release it soon

Because our portals need to match REA portals because we officially get accepted as the same time as REA

U can just ask the admissions office

[thin glen]

bro either you call them or wait. stop making this random guy do it

[velvet cipher]

yeah if you want to know just call them tomorrow morning

[trim cosmos]

My friend got the QB Harvard supps by literally calling up the admissions office before finalist decisions came out

[velvet cipher]

its not like they're gonna reject you if you call them

9 am tomorrow do it

[thin glen]

ill call them tmrw

[spare steppe]

yall at the end of the day is it that deep? it js comes out when it does 😭

[velvet cipher]

im at school the entire interval and there's a fuckass phone ban

[velvet cipher]

yeah but its nice to know like when to expect it, because if it comes out dec 19 that changes the way im going to time my applications

[thin glen]

ill just call from my friends phone and ask its not that deep

[trim cosmos]

Deaduzz they're not gonna surprise you

[spare steppe]

like somewhere in palo alto our fates are probably already sealed

[thin glen]

do interviews matter for stanford

[spare steppe]

on some AO's slate on one of the computers in the admissions office

[spare steppe]

it's marked as "considered" on the crs

*cds

[spare turtle]

what was your portal like before?

[spare turtle]

true

[trim cosmos]

It had the QB supplement in the checklist and no "change decision plan" or "optional interview information" under updates and questions list

[spare turtle]

but it is affecting my studying

[trim cosmos]

There wasn't the interview thing to begin with because Stanford doesn't do interviews for QB

[spare turtle]

oh I see

and this change only happens to people who matched?

[spare steppe]

same here. i js printed out a stanford rejection letter on my desk to prt much gaslight myself into believing i got rejected, but it's still throwing me off during exams

[spare turtle]

thats a good idea

im gonna try that tm

[spare steppe]

like knowing i got rejected is better than not knowing

so at least i move on

[spare turtle]

yea fr

[trim cosmos]

Yea QB portals are almost always different than regular applicants

[spare turtle]

gotcha, that is very useful to know

hopefully it is this week

but yea man

you matched and your on here with us losers?

lol

go and enjoy yourself

XD

[trim cosmos]

I already soaked in the good feelings this past week

Your life will not substantially change

You will be praised at school

[spare steppe]

i can't congratulate u enough!! which major r u doing again?

[trim cosmos]

Poli sci + minor in history

[spare steppe]

hear it from the stanny admit guys 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[spare steppe]

WOAH THATS SO COOL

[spare turtle]

Yeah I know a few friends who got in, its only nice for the first few weeks then everyone gets used to it apart from like the occasional mentions then when you get there its just a ton of work

[trim cosmos]

#1 poli sci program in the world baby

[spare turtle]

But yea I think it does set you up for any future career you want to pursue

[spare steppe]

wait wuh abt georgetown

[trim cosmos]

Yah you get glazed by everyone but I never grew up getting praise so it's been weird

[spare turtle]

But nothing that cannot be done with hard work

[trim cosmos]

What about it lol

Georgetown was the first school I withdrew from

[spare turtle]

Aww good for you 💝

[spare steppe]

i thought georgetown wouldve been above stanny

huh nvm then

[shy bone]

can somebody read my stanford essays and maybe give me feedback??

[halcyon carbon]

Bro they’re edging us w the date

Like just release it already 😭

[junior night]

pause

[shut estuary]

i don’t think so

they do a combined engineering program with columbia tho

[humble sphinx]

So we have 2 legacy ppl and an RSI admit here

Brodie

😭😭😭

[spark willow]

Will RSI help?

Stanford doesn’t even give a sht to it’s own summer programs

So that’s y I’m asking

Where did bro go

😭

[humble sphinx]

Prolly bro

Most likely

[spark willow]

i mean

in general, RSI is insane program

[humble sphinx]

Yea

[spark willow]

and it will def help

[gray peak]

it does

[spark willow]

but idk if it will

for stanford

[spark willow]

fr?

[gray peak]

if u go to sumac lol

[humble sphinx]

What.

[spark willow]

.....

sure

[humble sphinx]

Thats diff bro

[spark willow]

so... they dont give a sht about SPCS

ULO, ULO-I

[humble sphinx]

Man how many prayers do we have to send out for ts

[gray peak]

a lot of people who did sumac are here

[gray peak]

because it's pay to win

and not selective

[humble sphinx]

There are legacy and RSI and ISEF kids here

[spark willow]

i lit paid 0 though

[humble sphinx]

Is there a remote shot?

[gray peak]

in general

[spark willow]

ic

fuck

💀

[humble sphinx]

Damn paul bro i cant even sleep man

[spark willow]

ts is some clash royal + brawl stars ahhh language

[spark willow]

i cant even concentrate

im studying for my finals

💀

[humble sphinx]

This too

[spark willow]

and ts is cooking me

[humble sphinx]

Damn bro like i know everythings gon be good

[low oriole]

guys i’m f2p 😝

[humble sphinx]

But i still worry bout ts

[spark willow]

Somehow I decided to go through everything again

In 2wks

[gray peak]

it's okay i was also f2p (minus sumac cost)

[spark willow]

When there’s 26 chapters and it takes 4h/ch

💀

[humble sphinx]

How does one stay motivated

When comparison thieves our joy

[low oriole]

my head hurts

should i take an advil 😸

[gray peak]

there's a lot of moppers too

[humble sphinx]

Wow that helps

[gray peak]

but lowkey ur not competing with them lol

[humble sphinx]

Damn

sad but like regretful sad

[gray peak]

i think it's kinda like recruited athlete type situation with people from mop/imo

[humble sphinx]

I did enteprenurial stuff which wasnt like competiton based

So

Its like auto disadvantage for my awards and honors

I spent more time tryna build that shit than doing pitxh comps, etc

Dont regret it one bit but hope that stanford sees me for that

[low oriole]

guys even if i somehow do get into a t20 imma be so bummy compared to everyone else 🥀

[humble sphinx]

Nah that u dont have to worry abt

So many resources

[low oriole]

well yes !

[humble sphinx]

Theres a reason everyone gets in

[low oriole]

mine would be geographic diversity 😛

[humble sphinx]

No bro

Dont think like that

Ur a valedictorian

All of yall cracked asf

[low oriole]

uncompetitive school so lol

omg i gotta do my ut honors supp i lwk forgot

[humble sphinx]

Me too

[prime spire]

so are we thinking 12th or 19th

[karmic raven]

twin same

i jsut started

💔

[humble sphinx]

which other REArs cant sleep

[north quarry]

i cant sleep but not cause of this i got hella more essays

[spark willow]

how can u even concentrate?

[winter mural]

We need to all sacrifice something to Leland Stanford Jr.

[thin glen]

me. 3am

[humble sphinx]

Ikr

[humble sphinx]

Haha helloo

[karmic raven]

i cannot

😔

if Stanford moves the decision date to next Friday, i'm gonna highkey crash out

I need to know if I got in or not so I have the motivation to work on my RD apps </3

[winter mural]

Bro fr

Like my school's winter formal is this weekend

If I get rejected, I can just go to the dance and let it out, but since next Friday is the day before winter break starts, if I get rejected (which I obviously won't btw frfr), my whole winter break is high-key ruined

Ts pmo

[haughty obsidian]

Make the best of it and have fun!

[winter mural]

Rtfo, as the kids say!!!!!

[karmic raven]

This is so real

[winter mural]

Also I swear that third news item used to be different, ARE WE BEING EDGED RN

[spark willow]

no

wdym 😭

its the same thing

[gray peak]

guys you should definitely take math 61cm!

[spark willow]

[north quarry]

cause ik I gotta get it done fr

there’s only like a month ish before everything due

[spare steppe]

wait omg how do u write ur "x"s? i write it similar to the photo but ik some ppl do )(

[north quarry]

I was right ahh arrows

[gray peak]

this is a mix of my writing and my friend's 😭

i write them like and x but with a curve

[spark willow]

lwk me

my x is like )(

[spare steppe]

yeah same!! like at the upper lhs i have a slight tail ish thing. idk how to desribe it

watched sm khan academy i adopted his way of writing x lmfao

[gray peak]

i started doing that when the distinction between $x$ and $\times$ became unclear

[spare steppe]

khan's handwriting is so pretty

[gray peak]

oh fr

apparently he's a stanford alum 👀

or maybe i'm confusing that with another person

lemme check

[gray peak]

ok i am confusing him with 3b1b

[spare steppe]

3b1b is the GOAT omg

[gray peak]

he went here and i got a photo with him haha

[spare steppe]

i binge watched him sm during quarantine 😭

[spark willow]

fr

[spare steppe]

WHAT AHH NOW I WANNA GO TO STANNY EVEN MORE 😭😭😭

[winter mural]

Peak x

[spare steppe]

man i convinced myself i got rejected alr

yall making it worse 💔🥀

[winter mural]

I must be high on copium rn

[gray peak]

ok this is pmo why is this notation so bad

[winter mural]

Holy math major

[spare steppe]

is this font normal? why does it look fancier than the normal math font somehow 😭

or am i trippin

[gray peak]

it's pretty standard

[spark willow]

ok. i can only read 🥀

[gray peak]

this is math 61

my IMO friend says it's difficult lol

WE are getting 100

[winter mural]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[spark willow]

is this even possible 😭

[gray peak]

you prove the existence of lagrangian multipliers

[gray peak]

nah

[winter mural]

Nah twin I'll see you for Admit Week fr

We yes WE are being admitted

[spare steppe]

yk a kid from my city (also intl skl) got in last yr and he was posted on nationwide news 😭

he did IEO tho apparnetly... bronze medalist

[spark willow]

i learned ts

[winter mural]

If we get rejected, just reject the rejection letter like that one guy on reels does

[spark willow]

but idk if i learned proving

[gray peak]

the proof?

[winter mural]

Holy cracked

[spark willow]

no

[gray peak]

61 is only proofs 💀

[spare steppe]

and he wrote his personal statement about how his dad's ice cream truck encouraged him to learn about intergenerational income elasticity whatnot

[winter mural]

😭

[spare steppe]

so yeah, prt sure im not getting in

[winter mural]

Holy I'm also not getting in

NAH WE JUST GOTTA TRUST

MANIFEST

[spare steppe]

im from vn tho, so things might be diff for u

but idt im even remotely cracked enough to move to committee

genuinely cant imagine a full grown adult defending my app

feels like it has no substance

i guess im gonna be part of that 97%, and i genuinely fully expect to be. atp idk anymore. i did stuff i cared abt in hs, had my ups and downs, and atp im js so burnt out and js trying to scrape by for another week

at the end of the day i think i'm js not good enough. but idk what happened. im not smart enough for olympiads. im not cracked enough to get into rsi/ssp. idk if i could've tried harder in hs somehow, or something. idk what im rambling abt 😭

[timid sedge]

Guys, year before last year they announced the rea date at 9am pst two days before

[spark willow]

so....

they might announce it 5h later?

[fringe coral]

When is the decision guys?
any updates

?

[spark willow]

nah

they didnt announced it yet

[fallen trench]

Wait ok so it’s still possible

[grizzled basin]

Yo whg did i tefresh stanfofd admissions 6am est thinking something changed overnight

[pliant atlas]

Guys why tf is everyone so stressed abt this stuff 😭

like everyone is just tweaking tf out when does it come when does it come

like it’s gonna come eventually like chill yall stressing rn over nothing ain’t gonna do nothing

[spark willow]

DEADASSS?????????????

WTFFFFFF

DID U REA?

[pliant atlas]

the sarcasm is wild 😭

[pliant atlas]

yeah

[spark willow]

u dont understand the anxiety

of intl + fin aid + 1/1 applied 💀

[pliant atlas]

I applied to 2 colleges 😭

with like major fin aid

[spark willow]

stanford and where?

[pliant atlas]

RAH RAH RUTGERS

i might apply ivies in rd but i dont feel like starting the applications

[spark willow]

lmao ic

wait.

u didnt hear anything from rutgers yet?

[pliant atlas]

no

[spark willow]

did u RD?

[pliant atlas]

I applied for rutgers rbs honors

[pliant atlas]

ea

[spark willow]

oh ic

my friend got into rutgers

[pliant atlas]

oh bangeerr

[spark willow]

with insane scholarships

[pliant atlas]

jesus W

[spark willow]

7k/y is insane

[spark willow]

highkey

[grizzled basin]

sybau 🥀

fr tho if we could stop stressing we would but we can't so like telling us to not doesnt really do anything either

[pliant atlas]

bruh

[pliant atlas]

ykw fair asf 😭

[spare turtle]

you went to sumac?

your getting in lol

ik one of my friends he went to sumac last year he got in

and he showed me a screenshot of all the other sumac people

they were all in hypsm/t20s like most were in hypsm

so your good

[spare turtle]

really???

we still have hope?

[humble sphinx]

she goes there LMAO

[remote hedge]

how do you know this?

[grizzled basin]

*you're

[spare turtle]

Oh lol class of 29?

[grizzled basin]

yeah im letting stanford hit

[timid sedge]

Exactly!!

[timid sedge]

Went through the archived stanford megathread to find out

[fallen trench]

Well we will find out in 1.5 hours

[timid sedge]

What are the chances it comes out at that time again

We might be a little cooked😭

[charred wind]

manifesting

[charred wind]

nonzero

[timid sedge]

I like that thinking

[grizzled basin]

https://tenor.com/view/all-roads-lead-to-rome-time-rabbit-gif-9497165517404307883

[fallen trench]

Not zero

[fallen trench]

Whelp

[remote hedge]

Whelp

[burnt light]

what happened

[fallen trench]

its what didnt

[burnt light]

they announce date?

[remote hedge]

Someone said earlier that 2 years ago they announced REA time 2 days before at 9PST

[timid sedge]

They did

The point of saying that was to show it isn't a fixed time

[remote hedge]

I’m not saying you’re wrong

Just that it didn’t happen this year 😭

[balmy verge]

are any of you guys willing to call the admissions department and ask verbally

[timid sedge]

This is soo not okay

No way it's next week

[remote hedge]

I’m sure they’re getting truckloads of calls already

Or emails from counselors

[balmy verge]

one more couldnt hurt

[fallen trench]

u do it then

[spare steppe]

caltech is dropping... tomorrow (?)

and they only dropped the riddle a while ago

also no one spoil ts... i wanna look at it later lol

oh wait nvm ts is js plug and chug 😭 noooooo

[fallen trench]

yeah it is

[pastel mason]

so probability of it being on the 12th?

[spare steppe]

at least they had an integral last yr 🥀

[upbeat dune]

We solved alr in #1400594056039370853

I pinged yday in there too

[thin glen]

bro

either you call or wait. stop asking other ppl to do it

[worldly eagle]

[halcyon carbon]

I’m going to crash out
They’ve probably finalised all decisions already why is it taking them so long to announce the date 😭

[spare steppe]

🌲 or 🪵 🪓, we'll find out on fri

[low oriole]

my mom is 100% convinced that decision date reveal for friday will drop at 4pm pst today lol

[pastel mason]

we just keep pushing it back atp

[fallen trench]

we probably wont

[humble sphinx]

someone call 🙏

lmao brodie

[thin glen]

stfu

[humble sphinx]

😭 chill bro

[humble sphinx]

Is the deferral acceptance rate for Stanford high

[thin glen]

the lowest

[spare steppe]

notoriously low i heard

[humble sphinx]

no like

Im saying if u got deferre

[spare steppe]

dont quote me on this but i heard ~50% of ppl who get deferred get accepted RD

[humble sphinx]

What are the chances u get in

[humble sphinx]

WOw

Thats awesoe

[spare steppe]

dont remember where i saw it, i think a reddit thread somewhere?

[humble sphinx]

I cant find any stats on that

[spare steppe]

but they very very rarely defer i heard

idk ts all js me hearing from ppl

[humble sphinx]

Yea ikik

[spare steppe]

idk how much of it is true

ur resident a2c doomer (i frequent here n the subreddit too often)

[humble sphinx]

where did u get ts from

yea they buns

[spare steppe]

an article from 2014 💀

[humble sphinx]

I needa keep my fuckin grades up

I had one B in CSA MP1

[loud scaffold]

Guys, how much of an impact does sending some great activity updates or some international Olympiads (not ipho/imo level) make during the time we wait for RD decisions?

[humble sphinx]

But i have a A to offset that into an A for the semester

[low oriole]

i’ve heard 1/3 but no idea where i heard that from lol

[velvet cipher]

We still don't know? Weird

Wait nobody has called them either?

[upbeat dune]

I’m surprised she’s a Stanford 12/12 backer considering she’s full sending the QuestBridge dates

[low oriole]

i am a 12/12 truther 🥀

[upbeat dune]

Most people I’ve seen on Reddit hinge their Harvard/Cornell and Stanford beliefs in the same week

So the ones in denial abt Harvard/cornell not being this week also think Stanford is this week

She’s not inaccurate for any dates but I did notice she’s missing some confirmed times

Like she has Princeton’s date but not their time

Same for a few others

[upbeat dune]

I had to pull out the wayback machine on a chronic Harvard 12/11 backer yday

[low oriole]

lmaooo

[upbeat dune]

He kept saying they’d announce tonight for tomorrow bc they did that last year when in reality they announced on the website the Monday before

He pmo bc why did he try to cite grok

[low oriole]

LMFAO

[velvet cipher]

The gap isn't that large for Harvard (1 day)

[steady dagger]

i snuck into montag hall today they have 12/12 circled with big red ink on their calendar

[velvet cipher]

And Dec 11 is the minimum

But for Stanford the gap is 3 days, and the minimum is far less than December 12

[velvet cipher]

😹

[low oriole]

well yes

[shut estuary]

facts

[burnt light]

no

[shut estuary]

i think this is a canon event for all college students to feel this way

[upbeat dune]

Yk whose post I’m curious abt rn

UVA Dean Slay’s

Bc Chicago I said could be between today and Friday for announcement

Stanford could be next week

But I think UVA is supposed to be by the 15th

And they usually pre announce

[velvet cipher]

Interesting

[shut estuary]

according to grok 🤓 ☝️

[low oriole]

crazy work

[shut estuary]

ultra low

[velvet cipher]

please clarify that this is a joke btw

[steady dagger]

i would never joke about such a serious matter

[shut estuary]

its not a joke, i was the ink

[pliant atlas]

we are cooked

[pliant atlas]

it is wraps 😭

[gray peak]

I go to Stanford now😝

[velvet cipher]

Mathcamp >>

[shut estuary]

aura

[gray peak]

hehe not really but thanks

[spare turtle]

Tuff

[gray peak]

I thought it was like 25%

[north quarry]

it’s 25

well idk specifically but it’s definitely not half

[spare turtle]

I hope I get rejected or accepted but not deferred

Dont want to wait until April for ts bruh