Stanford University (2025-2026)

[dry cedar]

cliche but it has a lot of merit

[tawny seal]

oh wtf do lls come out so early

[steady dagger]

depends on the ll

last year columbia came out like early-mid march

[terse terrace]

tell me why my stanford interviewer said his favorite place to interview people is 2 hours away from me....

like im sorry what

how did this get assigned 💀

anyone know how I should respond to that?

[shy bone]

Congratulations!!!!

[shy bone]

i just chose online it was too inconvenient

[balmy raft]

"everyone" the two people 🗿

[terse terrace]

can I change it or no?

I said I would like to do it in person

when I applied

I forget if that was even an option atp lol

the initial email says

"I am available to interview you in person. My best availability is anytime except between 1/26 and 2/3. What day/time is convenient for you?"

......

[shy bone]

you can most definitely change it

just be hella polite imo its not a huge deal

[terse terrace]

okay

[terse terrace]

also is it good to have a CV?

for college interviews in general or is that too try hard

[shy bone]

nah i dont think so for the past 4 i have not brought or prepared anything

except for my responses

[balmy raft]

i brought my resume to mine but not sure if it made a impact on the report

i just gave it to my interviewer after asking if she'd want it

[terse terrace]

I dont even have a resume but I was wondering if its worth it to make one lol

[balmy raft]

u dont need one probably

not the point of interviews anyways

[terse terrace]

also how tf did someone in here get a likely letter already lol

[terse terrace]

yeah this is what I figured it seems to me that they are pretty informal

[balmy raft]

theres a couple of them already in the discord servers and insta gcs

[terse terrace]

its craxy that they;ve already made decission in late janruary

to me

for some ppl

[balmy raft]

i didnt know stanford releases them so early

[terse terrace]

yeah it seems very pre-mature but I guess this is routine

[shy bone]

yeah thats really crazy

cuz my interview is not even done yet

🥀

[terse terrace]

same lol

its like, they dont even have all the info yet 😭

[balmy raft]

probably after preliminary review both readers were hard yes so they js moved on

[shy bone]

yea...

[terse terrace]

ah good point

[shy bone]

yea lowk maybe the interview doesnt matter that much, their ec's were just so stacked

[terse terrace]

I feel like interview only matters if its exceptional or terrible

most ppl will never meet either extreme

so it probably doesn't rlly do anything tbh lol

anything material for that matter

[shy bone]

yeaaa

agreed

[balmy raft]

yes theyre very chill

[shy bone]

but i heard someone say it was very bad for them

im scared now

[balmy raft]

mine was in like november so it was raining while we were interviewing outside

[shy bone]

my "why stanford" prepared response fricking sucks imo

[terse terrace]

they're prob overexagerrating it

[terse terrace]

lol

did u get in

[terse terrace]

Im not even prepping anything

I hate sounding scripted

im just gonna have a few points I wanna touch on

but like all improv for the most part

[shy bone]

im just so unsatisifed with my preparations haha

[shy bone]

i wish i was skilled enough for this

[balmy raft]

yes

[terse terrace]

im definitely not...

[terse terrace]

congrats

what are u majoring in

are u committed there?

[balmy raft]

data sci but i might change

[balmy raft]

thanks

[shy bone]

wowow

wait jakelee

could i add you and maybe ask some questions abt the interview

[terse terrace]

cool major

what are u thinking of changing

to

[atomic wyvern]

Mine literally said she's not allowed to look at any Supplementary Material

[golden barn]

id say the only things u should prepare are the first and last things you will say

i.e. your answer to "tell me about yourself"

and when they ask "do you have any questions for me" at the end

thats what i did and everything else was just a natural result of our conversation bc they always ask follow ups based on what you say for "tell me about yourself"

[rare obsidian]

Exactlyyyyyy

I talked a lot about history of classical music bc I just conveyed an interest in introduction

Even tho I’m an ECE major

[astral leaf]

lmfao what insta gcs and discord

[tawny seal]

stanford co30 i guess

[rare obsidian]

bro helll nah

[naive timber]

pretty sure Stanford likely is very rare congrats

it’s mostly to recruited athletes that are cracked or you’re just super cracked

[glossy talon]

bro is a2cracked

[upbeat dune]

They don’t send out this early

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/oJS3am6E7I

I doubt Stanford is this early

Even if they’re not ivy they follow the trends closely

[autumn plume]

wait yo im stupid

[spark willow]

bruh

[autumn plume]

it’s not a likely letter bruh

[spark willow]

y cap

😭

[autumn plume]

I didn’t cap bro

[ruby idol]

just send the email bru u got pic perms ✌️

[autumn plume]

Ok

[autumn plume]

ohhh it was samford university not stanford

mb mb

I misread it

[spark willow]

i doubt samford sends likely letter

prob decision letter or sth

[autumn plume]

Yea it was decision letter

[ruby idol]

pushing 20 lying on discord 😭

gotta respect the hustle tho

[autumn plume]

ur pushing 20 too😭

[ruby idol]

no sir i’m 17

[autumn plume]

im 17 too

[ruby idol]

im more youthful

[autumn plume]

nah I am

[ruby idol]

don’t make it a competition

[autumn plume]

so @hazy tree is the only one who got a likely letter huh

[spark willow]

who knows

atp ur basically admitting u said u got a likely letter after seeing wt he/she sent 💀

[autumn plume]

what

[spark willow]

stop messing around and just lock in with ur app

[autumn plume]

mb I was trolling

ngl

I already finished my apps tho

[pine plaza]

have any new yorkers gotten an interview request yet

[hidden badger]

does anyone here

not have tik tok downlaoded?

[ruby idol]

i think a few people have

if i recall

my friend from NJ hasn’t gotten his though

[balmy raft]

idk if they call it a likely letter but it definitely sounds like a early acceptance

[ruby idol]

and he’s way more cracked than me + i already had my interview

[balmy raft]

the notif

[balmy raft]

not sure tbh

[pine plaza]

inshallah there are stanford interviewers all the way in upstate ny

[ruby idol]

i’m sure there are

i live in some random suburb and literally all my friends got different interviewers

they have alum everywhere

[balmy raft]

i mean mine was very casual

[pine plaza]

whatt

[balmy raft]

they have like the basic questions and then the million dollar one

[pine plaza]

ok awesome

idk i've been on radio silence ever since my yale interview so it's like girl...I'm waiting?

[ruby idol]

what’s the million dollar one

i already had mine

[balmy raft]

like what would you do if you got a million dollars

or like lottery

[ruby idol]

i didn’t get that one 😔

[balmy raft]

its not uniform from what i know

my interviewer brought a lot of her own qs

based on my blurb

[ruby idol]

ahh

mine came in not knowing anything about me

we just had a chill convo mostly about how pretentious berkeley kids are + sports

[broken mesa]

i mean tbf that is very stanford

[ruby idol]

and how he’s super grateful he got to meet a wide net of people at stanford

[ruby idol]

he played baseball there so yea 😭

[broken mesa]

did you apply berkeley or no

[ruby idol]

nope

i didn’t do any UCs

or cal states

[broken mesa]

i considered ucla for location but decided PIQ's weren't worth the effort

[ruby idol]

yeah ikwym

i’m from illinois anyways

[pine plaza]

lowk off topic but ur pfp..i love ella purnell

[broken mesa]

uiuc 🙏

[broken mesa]

her performance in fallout is fantastic this season

[pine plaza]

omg i need to watch the new season

[ruby idol]

did you apply

good luckkkk

[broken mesa]

yes

not for cs though

i think i did infosci which is a 50% acceptance rate so W safetys

re: stanford i had to teach my interviewer about the tree lmfao

[balmy raft]

wut

[broken mesa]

my why stanford response started with talking about the tradition of the band making a new tree every year and how it represents the individuality and independent spirit of stanford

idc if it was bad i have a weird obsession over the tree

they def value traditions it was a question

[bronze tangle]

This was def 10/10. Can we trade essays?

[broken mesa]

i am driving my friend group insane because i wont stop talking about the tree

they think it is demented

it is art

[bronze tangle]

Stanford is going to shine the sun over it and make it grow green beautiful leaves

[broken mesa]

https://tenor.com/view/stanford-fear-the-tree-arbor-day-dance-tree-gif-3554491

[bronze tangle]

i had a totally different image in my mind but that works too

https://klipy.com/gifs/summer-solstice-happy-summer-solstice-6

[balmy raft]

was there a why stanford essay

ig maybe the roommate

[broken mesa]

no this was interview

[astral leaf]

me...

[rare obsidian]

yes im from LI area tho

i had it on saturday i think i got the request like the friday before

[pine plaza]

yea im up nearish albany

my yale guy said he was interviewing for albany/schenectady area so i assume i'll be in the same range for stanford. hope your interview went well

[teal fable]

yep

[golden barn]

I got this image from somewhere online

Could be fake but i doubt it

Judging by the fact that so many people are saying they're out

[upbeat dune]

Hm

Inch resting

[tawny seal]

why is stanford the farm bro

is it bc all their students are animals

[spark willow]

[haughty obsidian]

lwk yeah

[green wing]

Stanford cardinal js makes no sense bro

like what does a cardinal have to do w a tree

cardinal literallt a color

[glossy talon]

harvard and dartmouth watching anxously

[glossy talon]

u can have two mascots to

[green wing]

what is Dartmouth again

big green?

[green wing]

fair

[glossy talon]

georgetown is the hoyas but the mascot is a bulldog i guess

[glossy talon]

yeah

[green wing]

crazy

tryna copy uga

😹

[glossy talon]

but their mascot is unofficially the keg

[green wing]

like what 😭

[glossy talon]

everyone is the bulldogs so is gonzaga and yale

[green wing]

true

[glossy talon]

and butler

[green wing]

ngl Florida got the best collegiate logo by far

either Florida or Florida state

[glossy talon]

true

idk dartmouth is also tuff too

[verbal totem]

oh cute i got an interview

[pine plaza]

YESS GOOD LUCK

https://tenor.com/view/swaggy-doggy-smart-ah-dog-strutting-crossing-dog-gif-7009083134156099113

[balmy raft]

it is this early

[autumn plume]

cardinals perch on trees ig

[ruby idol]

meet cute

[trim cosmos]

They indeed send it out this early

I won't dox the person who got the likely letter but it's verified in the Stanford '30 discord server

Seems like there was only one though

[upbeat dune]

AO3 moment

“I scoured the internet to see who else got a likely letter, but I couldn’t find anyone. The admissions office chose me to be the only likely letter candidate for their HYPSM school?”

[trim cosmos]

I guess bro

I couldn't find anybody else

[junior night]

is the likely letter via email or the portal?

[trim cosmos]

Portal

[ruby idol]

wait maybe i got it 😂

[verbal totem]

omg i just got into samford university on their ed0 path 😭

[dry cedar]

wait till he hears abt uchicago

[verbal totem]

but im already into samford

i dont need a uchicago

[ruby idol]

life’s soooo unfair

[dry cedar]

oh fr

nice

[languid bobcat]

Gng I got an interview!!!!

[autumn plume]

same

[wooden crystal]

Fire

I just got the email for mine

[astral leaf]

next stanford admit

[wooden crystal]

Nah prob not lmao

I’d be chill with a waitlist though

[ruby idol]

Yayyy

Interviews chill

[void geyser]

Z

[full pawn]

early or regular

[ruby idol]

i mean

hopefully regular

[full pawn]

i js dk how fast theyre processing apps

so idk if i should keep my hopes up or nah since i havent heard anything

[ruby idol]

did you apply regular and are waiting for an interview

[full pawn]

yeah

ive only had one interview so far

for rice

[ruby idol]

gotchu

don’t stress too much they’re solely based on availability

if it’ll come you’ll def get an email in the next couple weeks i imagine though

i applied the day the app was due and got mine already, but it’s bc i live in a popular area

[full pawn]

alr alr

i live around houston so i should hopefully get one

my rice interview went really well i hope its like that

[ruby idol]

my stanford one was pretty chill

lmk if you have any questions though

[full pawn]

was it a student or alumni

[ruby idol]

alum

[full pawn]

how old

[ruby idol]

mine was 57 😭

[full pawn]

i had my rice interview with a current junior and my friend said his interview was in his like 40s

damn

[ruby idol]

but he had a son my age and was on stanfords baseball team so

pretty chill

[full pawn]

ohh cool

[verbal totem]

my yale interviewer was like 10 years older than me

[ruby idol]

ohh yeah

it’s diff for everyone

[verbal totem]

its def way easier when they r younger imo

[full pawn]

yeah i figure

[verbal totem]

and have a shared interest

[full pawn]

yeah mine had a kirby poster in the back

[verbal totem]

my stanford interviewer is a venture capitalist and im a wgss major

soooo

[ruby idol]

for sure, none of mine were under 40 i’d say

[full pawn]

and we bonded over choir

[verbal totem]

and im against money

but ill put that aside

[ruby idol]

mine was at starbucks and i got a chocolate croissant but i never had time to eat it

so i just ate it cold after it was done

[verbal totem]

my yale interviewer was like “oh btw i can pre order us drinks? do u want anything? i can get u anything from anywhere” and i was like “oh no u dont need to do that i promise”

[ruby idol]

aww

i only had 2 in person ones and i got hot chocolate both times

[full pawn]

when i toured stanford my dad had a coffee chat with a recent alumni who was pitching his startup

so i got like a mini interview

[pine plaza]

i just want another in person interview so i can have something normal in comparison to my yale one oh my god💔

[ruby idol]

ooh

[full pawn]

ugh its such a nice campus

[verbal totem]

😭

[verbal totem]

la quinta

[ruby idol]

the campus is actually insane

[pine plaza]

IM CRINE

[full pawn]

but im lowk not keeping my hopes up

[full pawn]

and the weather too

coming from tx

[verbal totem]

i just find it so amazing how he broke the first rule outline for alumni

[ruby idol]

i’ll prob get rejected but i hope someone i know gets in

[full pawn]

i dont wanna stay here solely bc of the weather

[pine plaza]

i don’t know why he did allat. i really don’t

[verbal totem]

maybe my stanford interviewer likes ethel cain or heated rivalry or calico critters

idk

[ruby idol]

wait what happened

[pine plaza]

i went to my interviewer’s house

[full pawn]

heated rivalry 😭

[pine plaza]

for yale 💔

[ruby idol]

omg 😭

[verbal totem]

CRINE

[ruby idol]

that’s so

hmm

[verbal totem]

hey she got to pet his dog

thats a win in my book

like lowk

[pine plaza]

i found out his daughter got rejected from the internship i did and he spent the first 5 minutes talking abt the criteria to get in

[ruby idol]

i hate when i meet a dog and the owner asks me to pet it

[verbal totem]

no literally

“its ok u can pet her”

[ruby idol]

cuz i’m allergic and then they normally profusely apologize for some reason 😭

[ruby idol]

like

[pine plaza]

it was a chocolate labradoodle it was so cute

[full pawn]

dog owners think everyone wnana be them for osme reason

[verbal totem]

“shes a labradoodle poodle cocker spaniel pug chihuahua mix she doesn’t bite” 🥰

[ruby idol]

and hypoallergenic ☺️

freshman year i went to my friends house one summer day

and his dog was actually obsessed with me

and wouldn’t leave me alone

then my eye got swollen shut

[languid bobcat]

Regular. If you haven’t gotten one don’t stress. My classmate got an email for one like 2 weeks before I did so it’s kinda random

[rare glade]

wait j curious were the likelies all supposed to come out on one day or like wavs

[tropic badge]

I live around Houston too and am still waiting on my Stanford interview

And I also had my rice interview

[full pawn]

oh hey i just got mine

i’m dying the first invitation went to my junk mail

[languid bobcat]

Hope it went well!

[light token]

hi guys for ppl who had their interview already did they ask u why u wanted to go to stanford or what draws u to stanford

[broken mesa]

Yes

[sullen fiber]

ya... what are you going to contribute to stanny

[light token]

Ughhh I really hate questions like these

[viscid berry]

Na

Me and my interviewer were chill

[ruby idol]

mine did

[glossy talon]

yeah

mine did

[viscid berry]

Yalls interviewers were by the books lmao mine came in and we talked about how Stanford’s football team is ass 😭

[ruby idol]

nah mine wasnt 😭

he was on the baseball team and we talked about how his berkeley friends are such npcs now

and we had some mutual family friends so we talked about sports and stuff

i think he needed some stuff about actual stanford

[viscid berry]

I’ve officially called the school of the interviewers football team ass in all of my interviews. Is this the meta?

[ruby idol]

definitely

[drowsy wharf]

i think i sold my interview how much does it affect admissions

[balmy raft]

matter so so much

nah jk it prob wont make a difference in ur decision

if you mean solda s in like admitted to doing some very weird and freaky stuff or illegal activites then that would definitely impact the result

[drowsy wharf]

nah i js gave like generic-ish answers

[drowsy wharf]

alr

[grand tangle]

Y'all how do I manifest getting in

[broken mesa]

There are an ungodly amount of band rituals you could try

[balmy raft]

idk if this applies but since me and my sister did rea we got real christmas trees instead of using our fake one

[broken mesa]

did you get in

[balmy raft]

yes

[grand tangle]

Ooo

Congrats

[balmy raft]

different years

[grand tangle]

I don't think they sell Christmas trees anymore 😔

[broken mesa]

are you committing

[balmy raft]

probably

i withdrew from mostly everything alr

[broken mesa]

congrats

hope to join you on campus

[grand tangle]

What a kind soul🙂‍↕️

[broken mesa]

i will not pass up the opportunity to be a dancing tree

[balmy raft]

oh you like the tree?

[broken mesa]

yeah i applied because of the band and tree stuff lol

too funny

regret not doing dartmouth for keggy

[balmy raft]

thats cool

hope you get in asw

[viscid berry]

I’m just finna get in

[astral leaf]

did ur sister get in lmfao

[balmy raft]

yes

dunno why though shes stinky

[astral leaf]

good stuff

[grand tangle]

Lmaoo

[viscid berry]

No manifestation needed

And if I don’t it’s obviously yield protection

[ruby idol]

im pretty sure i’ll get yield protected too

it sucks honestly

[viscid berry]

It’s tough being at the top cause the only way is down

[ruby idol]

what a bar

[karmic raven]

i painted myself wearing a stanford sweatshirt, if that helps

[grand tangle]

Wait good idea

Did it work for u?😭

[karmic raven]

yes

hehe

[verbal totem]

did u commit

amx

[karmic raven]

yes

!!!!

[verbal totem]

omg yay

congrats

[karmic raven]

thank you abba

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

[grand tangle]

Congratsss

[viscid berry]

I can’t paint, would ChatGPT generating it have a similar effect you think?

[grand tangle]

... Boi

[viscid berry]

Is Grok better?

[karmic raven]

.....

no

i spent like a good 6 months on that painting

😭

[viscid berry]

Dw ChatGPT can do it in 5s and siphon water from a needy family 🙏

And harvest your data

[ruby idol]

pencilslop is crazy

AI saves the environment

[viscid berry]

Fr. Think about how many trees lost their lives for those pencils and paper, and graphite mined from the earth. All while AI merely saps tens of megawatts of power from the power grid and waste thousands of gallons of water

[ruby idol]

i took this photo of a squirrel in my backyard

[viscid berry]

Sure! Here is a response to the photo:

“Sir… that’s a forest fire, not a stationery mishap. 🔥🐿️
But I admire the confidence—blame the pencil, panic, and outsource to AI.”

If you’d like, I can also:
Analyze the image further
Explain the joke
Rewrite this response in a different tone (more formal, more chaotic, more corporate)
Add emojis
Remove emojis
Make it sound more human
Just let me know how else I can help! 🤖✨

[karmic raven]

fantastic plan!!

[viscid berry]

Ty. I take Venmo btw.

[ruby idol]

This isn’t just a plan — it’s boss behavior. And honestly, that’s impressive.

[haughty obsidian]

band run still lives rent free in my head

[worldly eagle]

manifesting acceptance

[haughty obsidian]

go get 'em pengwin

[ruby idol]

i just realized that lsju is stanford

i didn’t really think about it

[broken mesa]

has the lsjumb done anything funny lately

i applied for them

[normal rune]

i had a great interview with Stanford 🙂

[steady dagger]

lsjumb is always doing something funny

[broken mesa]

fantastic

i am so joining

do you have pics i have a stanford tree folder in need of content

[balmy raft]

the most healthy obsession

[frank bay]

should i join stanford if i want to do enginering

[broken mesa]

#1400589854861033642 message

[steady dagger]

no

stanford is notoriously bad for engineering

[verbal totem]

its the worst school in the nation for engineering

[frank bay]

why

[steady dagger]

the education is just not very good

no major companies have ever come out of stanford

there's very limited engineering research/facilities

[balmy raft]

no its really bad im trying to transfer out

[frank bay]

why i thought it was really good scool

[steady dagger]

you thought wrong

[verbal totem]

awful school

[spring crane]

gaslighting at its finest 😭

[frank bay]

english isnt my first language ok

im so confused

is it a good school or not

[spring crane]

yes

youre being gaslit

[frank bay]

ok thank you

[ionic galleon]

Are there any current stanford students in here

[dry cedar]

did yall see the meal plan thing where they claimed jain faith and just shopped at whole foods LOL

[dry cedar]

hs freshman alreayd talking abt college apps bro you are insane

i didnt even consider what schools I wanted to apply to until like end of jr year

and I thought that was early

[steady dagger]

i mean the meal plan is very overpriced lol

[dusky gulch]

Either Stanford was easier 6 years ago or bro's essays were masterpieces

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/i1q5xd/how_i_got_into_stanford_with_a_1440_0_subject/

[dry cedar]

truly just be yourself it appears

wp to him i hope hes doing well

[dry cedar]

dude wth you a freshman worry abt ts later bro

enjoy hs

maybe you know what you wanna do but hs is a time to epxlore a lot of things and there sa hige chance you might find somethign else you wanan do

dont build yoru college lsit rn based on your current preferences

its a little dumb to put so much pressure on yourself so early

[grand tangle]

52 days till stanford comes out

: )

[viscid berry]

Hype to see if I got into my safety school 🙏

[ruby idol]

on my birthday 💕💕

[viscid berry]

Ts either gonna be the worst or best birthday gift

[ruby idol]

im not gonna be fazed

i’ll be in costa rica with 4 friends who also applied, 3 of which who got rejected REA and are actually geniuses

[viscid berry]

For me it just says mid April

[ruby idol]

so ill be ok

[junior silo]

it be like that 💔💔

[ruby idol]

its usually after ivy day so 3/27

[viscid berry]

Ya I’ve lowk accepted I’m cooked

[ruby idol]

ikr 😭

funniest thing is

[viscid berry]

My MIT FUN form is a masterclass 😭

[ruby idol]

they literally got into umich usc unc and gt

[balmy raft]

i thought u said this was ur safety

[ruby idol]

i mean stanfords impossible but still

[viscid berry]

Fs

[junior silo]

anything can happen guys… i got in after getting waitlisted pretty much everywhere else

[ruby idol]

omg a world alone

[balmy raft]

waitlist warrior

[ruby idol]

that’s my song

[junior silo]

yesss i love charliiii

[viscid berry]

I’m just tomfooling atp

[ruby idol]

i only applied to stanford and columbia because i’d regret it if i didn’t

they’re the only t20s i did

[void geyser]

California vs nyc

[viscid berry]

I did Stanford MIT and Caltech for a similar reason

[ruby idol]

i’d tolerate nyc

even though columbias kinda in the middle of nowhere

[void geyser]

Enjoy living in a cubicle and in itacha

[grand tangle]

bro stanfords the only place i wanna go imma cry if i dont get in

[ruby idol]

$100 i’ll get rejected

[ruby idol]

where else did you apply

[grand tangle]

ive basically watched every vlog atp

[void geyser]

Is this a donation?

[void geyser]

You think so?

[ruby idol]

i gotchu

[void geyser]

I can’t send pictures 😢

[grand tangle]

all the ivies except dartmouth , mit and umich , gt, jhu uiuc, purdue duke ucla and uc berkely 😭

basically everywhere💀

[void geyser]

JHU kinda good

[void geyser]

What state u from

[ruby idol]

might be the most basic list ever

you should’ve done like pomona

[dry cedar]

ngl college is college ive come to accept that fact

[grand tangle]

bruh

[ruby idol]

illinois

[dry cedar]

outside of gt i really dont care where I go

and i alr got rejected

💔

[ruby idol]

😔

[viscid berry]

Lowk same

[ruby idol]

decisions aren’t even out yet

[viscid berry]

I was banking on GT big

[dry cedar]

and gt i only rlly cared abt becuase of weather and price

[dry cedar]

ea

[ruby idol]

i mean the remainder of your decisions

[dry cedar]

so i missed out on sunny weather basically

[ruby idol]

don’t doom yet

[grand tangle]

i cant pay oos for pomaona🥀 also im doing engineering

[viscid berry]

We both got cooked in EA

[dry cedar]

lowk to expensive

purdue is only gonna be like 25k

[ruby idol]

pomona is private but ikwym

[dusky gulch]

I also thought this

But Stanford weighs essays heavily I have learned so it's not that bad

[dry cedar]

i cant justify these schools with 80k+ bro

[grand tangle]

wait same💀

[dusky gulch]

Like here

[dry cedar]

ill keep my apps in becuase theres no point of withdrawing them ig but realistically

the only one id go to is mit LOL

[dusky gulch]

They give very good aid tho

[dry cedar]

nah dont meet reqs

parents make good money which I cant complain abt

lived a pretty good life so far

[grand tangle]

bruh stanford is litterally perfect its war, no snow, , good for engineering, and the people

[dry cedar]

oh wait yeah

[broken mesa]

GT mentioned somewhere

[dry cedar]

i completely forgot that stanford was in cali

[broken mesa]

Have you met the LSJUMB

[dry cedar]

eh this one matters a little then

this and mit then ig

[grand tangle]

no😭 whats that

[broken mesa]

Stanford Band

[grand tangle]

ohh

no ive never actually been to campus loll

[dry cedar]

dispatch is actual slop btw

i promise you its not that good

[broken mesa]

I was recommended it by a friend

[dry cedar]

its kinda funny for like 1 episode

then its boring

[broken mesa]

I’ll drop it if it’s low quality

[dry cedar]

play cyberpunk instead

thats high tier slop

[viscid berry]

True!

[broken mesa]

Also dispatch is voiced by literal breaking bad jesse

[dry cedar]

or dbh

i enjoyed that as well

[dusky gulch]

These schools give good aid even for high earners

Like one of my friends' household income is like 200k
He only had to pay 20k for Stanford

And for Princeton if ur income is below 250k you don't pay any tuition at all
Yale made a similar policy, I think

[broken mesa]

already did

[dry cedar]

its voiced bya lotta people

[dry cedar]

whatd you think

first run through i went super hard difficulty and finsihed out dont fear the reaper

and i havent played since

[dry cedar]

i aint even apply to those schools

[viscid berry]

Metaphor: Refantazio is also peak

[broken mesa]

never finished act 3

[dusky gulch]

Gotta replay ts

My first playthrough was trash

[broken mesa]

most of my hours are trying to fix the character creator with mods

the lighting makes it slop

[dry cedar]

bro what

playing a story game just to skip the endings

wp to you

[dusky gulch]

Understandable

Most of the endings are garbage

[dry cedar]

yeah they are all garabage

dont fear the reaper is good

aldecaldos one is good

one more im forgetting

[dusky gulch]

Witcher 3 is still their best game

No diffs Cyberpunk

[dry cedar]

ig spoiler alert btw

[void geyser]

Go to community college

[dry cedar]

might

[void geyser]

What state u from

[dry cedar]

mn

[upbeat dune]

0 subject tests
You realize how old that poster is to be mentioning subject tests right

While they were discontinued in early 2021 almost nobody was taking them at the time

Realistically they were done for years before that

Covid was just nice timing for college board to remove them without admitting AP tests took over their market share

[covert lake]

my friend has an interview with a standford admissions officer, how much do they factor that in the application status?

[balmy raft]

means they were the only available interviewer in ur area

[broken mesa]

may be opportune because there’s not an additional layer of translation to go through

but it’s not a likely or anything

[languid bobcat]

Do you have any safeties? Purdue and UIUC are still hard to get into even for strong applicants

[languid bobcat]

Shoulda applied Harvey Mudd or USC or UCSD

[grand tangle]

Lol I got rejected from uiuc and Purdue but I got into umich early 🙂

[broken mesa]

she already got michigan

yeah

[languid bobcat]

Congrats on UMICH!!!!

[broken mesa]

rejected purdue and accepted mich is strange

[grand tangle]

Thankksss

[broken mesa]

seen many the other way around

[languid bobcat]

It’s all random

[grand tangle]

Yeah idk😭 but not complaining 😂

[broken mesa]

my list was also reach heavy

easiest were uiuc infosci 50% and pennstate cs 40%

but who cares we bagged gt

[grand tangle]

Yesssss

[broken mesa]

got deferred umich though lmao

on some level I’m happy to have experienced every type of decision before RDs

[trim cosmos]

In person on Valentine's Day if you're not prepared

[glossy talon]

i need to do rejection therapy

but NOT like that

[misty mortar]

Learned about Stanford Prison Experiment today in psych... yall think it's a sign?

Yall think I should actually apply to prison?

[shy bone]

ts interview was super super hard but i think i clutched up

[haughty obsidian]

hard?(!)

what'd they ask you?

[shy bone]

“what is the biggest challenge in your field of study”

and it’s field of medicine / biomed engineeing

so i mentioned 2

then “how would you solve that

[spark willow]

did u said ur going to cure cancer or sth? 😭

[dry cedar]

yes bro he will cure cancer have faith

[verbal totem]

oh my god my stanford interviewer said he had classes with larry page and sergey brin and told me that u need to talk to everyone u meet cus he didnt approach them and now he regrets it

[glossy talon]

real, my track coach went to harvard with zuck and now he’s retired at like 50

[zealous whale]

No freaking way what

My interview just let me yap about myself for the full time

[verbal totem]

right thats such a mean question 😭

[broken mesa]

this scattergram is so fucked

[languid bobcat]

LMAOOOOO

[dry cedar]

what happens when someone is like 1570 sat and 30 act

[broken mesa]

They just map the higher one

[dry cedar]

i see

[broken mesa]

also it's CT so nobody takes the ACT

[verbal totem]

literally how i felt taking the act at 1 out of 3 of the testing locations across my entire state

[broken mesa]

is it easier

[verbal totem]

i got a 36 but got a 1510 sat

[broken mesa]

assume you submitted the 36

[verbal totem]

yes

idk for me it was like

i would rather take a longer test that doesnt have tricks than the sat with tricks

[broken mesa]

for me i didnt want to waste my psat prep lol

so did the school sat and then a backup sitting in june in case i bombed the school sat

wow

that looked bad before the edit lmfao

[verbal totem]

yeah so lowk i didnt prep 💀 and the act was just naturally stuff i knew

i took the act once during sophomore year w/o studying for a baseline and got a 35

and then took it again last year

[broken mesa]

psat prep is a stretch it was just 3 bluebook practice tests

[verbal totem]

lowk i think if u approach it w/ the mindset of getting tests done early it makes apps a breeze

like i had friends taking them in december 😭

[broken mesa]

december is insane

testing was the easiest part of my application

in exchange for mediocre ecs and no awards

[verbal totem]

u got into gt dont call urself mediocre

[broken mesa]

one of the benefits of the sat is if you score above 1570 you might get presidential scholars

[verbal totem]

be positive

[broken mesa]

my best friend is a coke scholar LOL

thank god she's not applying to stanford

[verbal totem]

but she isnt u!

[broken mesa]

we are in different fields i did okay for my field

regret spending my free time laughing at slop on instagram but everyone has regrets

do you have a top choice yet

[verbal totem]

columbia 😍

[broken mesa]

for me it was mit for the longest time

then princeton (parents and counselor said so)

but princeton is a bummy school

had a 2 month columbia phase and now its stanford because the tree is fucking funny

[bronze tangle]

Hey guys. For whoever has done their Stanford interview, what questions do they normally ask?

[verbal totem]

for me it was like

idk it was generic

ive heard some people get asked like

situational questions

but i didnt

[broken mesa]

i didnt get situational either

theres some weird shit though

[balmy raft]

coke scholar 💔 💔

[bronze tangle]

Everybody prob has different situations tho right?

[broken mesa]

"what is a tradition you have in your family / school / community and why is it important to you"

for that one i just yapped about this event i saved as class prezzy

[verbal totem]

yeah but it depends on ur interviewer

[bronze tangle]

Oh. Do they ask you questions like why Stanford

[verbal totem]

mine was a guy who had classes w/ the founders of google 😭

[broken mesa]

yes

i had a wall street guy

[verbal totem]

it depends lowk

like my yale interviewer didnt even ask me why yale

[broken mesa]

you can gauge from my response to why stanford here how insane i am

[bronze tangle]

Got it

Did they ask anything major specific? Like why the major?

Cuz ik they do general admission

[broken mesa]

don’t remember the question but i think i talked about it

CS is like cooked regardless of not admitting by major

[verbal totem]

yes

[verbal totem]

this is never true

stanford views ur app in the context of ur major

[broken mesa]

out of curiosity what are your 9A @bronze tangle

[bronze tangle]

But don’t u compete against the pool of applicants in entirety. Other colleges admit to college of engineering or arts and sciences

[broken mesa]

was it dumb to apply cs could have theoretically done symbolic systems but I didn’t like the courses

[bronze tangle]

Grey ones I didn’t end up plying to

[broken mesa]

yeah you’re probably going to cook in rd

[bronze tangle]

Idk I applied cs and got rejected GT

[broken mesa]

also deferred mich

[broken mesa]

i applied cm but the admissions graph for it is still brutalish

[bronze tangle]

Didn’t u get in to GT?

[broken mesa]

yeah

it was some weird combination of

better major alignment + good supp + legacy

[bronze tangle]

I applied cs everywhere except cmu IS

[broken mesa]

CMU had infosci?

[bronze tangle]

I think it’s information systems

[broken mesa]

ah

[bronze tangle]

It’s similar to cs

[broken mesa]

considered it but didn’t end up picking because of my distaste for business

applied cs hci

[bronze tangle]

You could get in u have the stats

[broken mesa]

more interested in them for grad school

at some level stats don’t matter

1590 4.6 didn’t do shit at princeton

[bronze tangle]

Ivies are a gamble tho. You get into some and not into others

I think they do it on purpose

[bronze tangle]

Isn’t it easier to get in grad for cmu cs since less people are willing to do a masters?

[pine plaza]

are stanford interviewers doled out on a regional or state wide basis

[broken mesa]

cmu has this weird program called the etc where 75% of your class is co op projects

that’s what i was gonna do

[pine plaza]

sorry this is lowk offtopic rn but i'm in new york but in crazy rural ny and it's like shit....My interviewer availability?

[broken mesa]

anecdotal but my interviewer was 45m away from me

[verbal totem]

lowk smart

[broken mesa]

same state

[verbal totem]

i wouldnt pay uw oos

[pine plaza]

my yale guy was like 30 minutes away from me but idk if he was an outlier

[broken mesa]

no yale interview so far

[verbal totem]

maybe

[pine plaza]

might text my friends in the big cities around to see if they've gotten anyone

[broken mesa]

i am IN STATE 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀 🥀

[balmy raft]

Ithaca build

[pine plaza]

I HAVE SUCH CRAZY TEA

[verbal totem]

omg spill

[pine plaza]

THAT I LEARNED ABOUT MY YALE INTERVIEWER.

ok

[verbal totem]

wait dms

[grand tangle]

wait so like if i did a competive major im cooked?

[verbal totem]

not necessarily but if they didnt consider major then why else would they ask for ur major 😭

[grand tangle]

umm idk to see if my ecs lined up idk

[verbal totem]

idt colleges “line” up ur ec

ur ec if they align just help to show more what ur interested in

does that make sense

like while stanford doesnt go quotas for majors (cus like most ppl will change it by the time they r there) they still ask it cus they arent going to go and admit 2000 cs and 1 biology kid

[broken mesa]

2000 CS?

they would have to deploy industrial strength deodorant

@grand tangle what major are you

[grand tangle]

Mech e and 2nd choice was biomedical engineering

[broken mesa]

biomed..

did you apply JHU

my friend wants to do BME but he’s been fried by his earlies

another one of my friends does meche at yale and she loves it

[verbal totem]

i applied into gender studies as choice #1 for stanford

[grand tangle]

Yeahh

But I lowkey don't want to do biomedical just mech

Seems more broad

[broken mesa]

chat how fried are we

[balmy raft]

hm

[verbal totem]

what

do u hate gay people or

[balmy raft]

no lol what

[verbal totem]

phew ok

[broken mesa]

what do you want to do after grad

[verbal totem]

um idk!

like

let me rephrase

i want to do activism/academia

but idk what specifically

[broken mesa]

could go phd and become a prof

or work at a nonprofit

[verbal totem]

ive considered this especially

actually my yale interviewer

put me onto her jo

job

ive lowk looked into it 😭

[broken mesa]

my mit interviewer told me to join his nonprofit too

[steady hemlock]

hi

[grand tangle]

Hola

[broken mesa]

can you go to montag hall and put in a good word for all of us twin

[dry cedar]

hows your dorm lol

[steady hemlock]

amazing i love it

dorm culture is insane at stanford

[grand tangle]

How

Like how is it different from other schools?

[dry cedar]

oh nicec

i aint even apply to stanford im js here

send a pic?

[broken mesa]

do they have singles

[void geyser]

If u rich

[steady dagger]

no singles are for accommodations/if you get lucky

[grizzled canopy]

Trash

Save me

[haughty obsidian]

the infamous 'stuffed' dorm

are you in one

[grizzled canopy]

No

[haughty obsidian]

fair enough

[grizzled canopy]

I have a single actually LMAO

[haughty obsidian]

bro what

congrats im so happy for you 😠

actually i still like my dorm

west campus dorm interiors feel better imo

my 1 room double** is actually massive

[grizzled canopy]

It's technically a two room double

[grizzled canopy]

I'm prob cooked next year tho

[haughty obsidian]

sounds like a thrill though

but good luck o7

[paper cipher]

So if I smell nice bros gonna start smelling me? Aw hell nah

And he’s also gonna use my shampoo 💀

[glossy talon]

yeah that essay was the grossest thing i’ve read tbh

likes bare feet, open bathroom doors and smelling people

[trim cosmos]

Literally just write like a normal person for dis essay yo 😭 🙏

[pine plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/quentin-tarantino-gif-15451856727088629360

[quiet solstice]

i would ask for a roommate change wtf

“i hate wearing glasses because i feel confined in my freedom to think” ijbol

[golden barn]

Ya i dont really get it when people say they cringe reading back their roommate essays

Mine was quite simple and I didn't like shotgun a bunch of "quirks" and such

I think all they're looking for is for people to be genuine and show another side of their character not necessarily apparent in their personal statement/other essays

But who knows...

[blissful abyss]

someone in my hallway got kiccked out of the school for bad hygiene

roommating is not for the weak

[green wing]

tbh

justifiable

not hard to shower

[haughty obsidian]

here's my favorite

nvm I removed it because it's from someone else's essay and i don't have their permission

but I think it's ok to be weird as long as you're ok with it

cringing is something different though

[languid bobcat]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRVt9VmACRB/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

this killed me 💀 (I also posted it in the UC mega thread)

sfgate

On Feb. 15, 1995, a routine Cal–Stanford rivalry hoops game turned unforgettable when the schools’ mascots — Cal’s sweater-donning bear mascot and Stanford’s zany tree mascot — started a nationally televised, beer-fueled brawl that got so out of hand, local law enforcement had to detain them both.

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[neat pendant]

r they a current stanford student

[haughty obsidian]

yes

[spark willow]

💀

[cinder harbor]

how are ppl getting their stanford decisions now?

i thought they come out like on ivy day

[glossy talon]

they aren’t…

unless they’re getting LLs

[full pawn]

my interviewer asked me what i would contribute i did not cook 😭 the rest of it wasn’t that bad tho

[ruby idol]

i saw that tiktok too

some people have gotten likelys

[dry cedar]

https://klipy.com/gifs/urahara-kisuke-urahara-kisuke-duck-smoking

https://klipy.com/gifs/smoking-duck-smocking-duck-chocolate

[grand tangle]

is it bad if someone from my school got an interview but i didnt? and i live in a very small state so only like 20 ppl max from my state is applying to stanford... like ik its based on avalibility but theres not that many kids?

[languid bobcat]

No!!! My classmate got an interview like a month before I did and they were from 2 completely different people. That being said I am from CA.

How do only 20 ppl in the STATE apply to Stanford that seems small even for a state like Alaska or Wyoming

[full pawn]

nah interview aren’t considered a next stage of admission or anything since not everyone can get one so it’s unfair

check your junk mail too just in case

[shut estuary]

no its not bad

[grand tangle]

North Dakota😭

[elder wyvern]

do they only offer interviews to people who live near alumni

[full pawn]

yknow i thought you were tweaking but 😭

[worldly eagle]

finished my interview i think it went good

[tropic badge]

I didn't get one. I'm either super locked or super cooked.

[full pawn]

interview is a v small part of admissions bc they can’t give everyone an interview

it’s based off of availability not the quality of the applicant

[languid bobcat]

Idk. Mine and my friends were over zoom. His interviewer lived in town, mine lived like an hour away

[languid bobcat]

There gotta be more North Dakota alums. Srsly don’t worry you’ll get one. And even if u don’t it doesn’t mean anything

[pine plaza]

lowk there’s a lot of stanford applicants nearby but no one ever gets interviews bc we just don’t have anyone here. don’t worry #purr

[broken mesa]

#eastcoast

i got one but i’m only like 2-3 hours from nyc

so it was a wall street bro

[pine plaza]

this is so awful

[broken mesa]

i liked him he wasn’t too far gone

[pine plaza]

i’m kinda heartbroken bc i lowkey have not gotten a single interview but yale

and my yale interview was so odd that i’ve been ruminating on it for the past month😭

[broken mesa]

yale is the hard one to get i haven’t gotten it

my other interviews were harvard and mit

[pine plaza]

the only schools that i applied to that give interviews outside of yale were harvard and stanford. my optional ones were tufts vassar and hamilton

still waiting for tufts and vassar to get back to me and i missed hamilton deadline

[broken mesa]

I think stanford you have to opt in

[pine plaza]

i ended up doing that in jan

[light token]

thats so weird lol i got every interview (harvard, princeton, stanford) except yale lmfao its cooked

[broken mesa]

me too

[worldly eagle]

yale prescreens so getting that is harder than others like stanford

[peak tendon]

If I didn’t get a Harvard interview at this point am I never getting one 🥀

[astral leaf]

harvard also prescreens lol

[light token]

really?? i heard that they dont

[astral leaf]

nah they do but apparently to a lesser extent than yale

[peak tendon]

😭

I got an interview for Duke and Yale

I was deferred yale REA

harvard hates me ig

[glacial agate]

Nah bro manifest 😭 🙏

[fading shore]

How cooked am I if my Stanford lor got submitted 2 days ago

Interview pls pls pls pls

[dry cedar]

dudes larping like he has no college

[fading shore]

😭

[glacial agate]

nah bro fr 💔 you have CALTECH 😭

but uh jokes aside if u explained to the aos that your lor will be late i think it'd be okay?

maybe?

😭

[fading shore]

Well I was allowed to submit it by Feb 13 which I did

[glacial agate]

yeah i think you're chill 😭

[dry cedar]

youre probably okay

i dont see why they would penalize you

maybe if it was past 12 their time ig

[verbal totem]

nah they got flexible deadlines

most schools give a period of a little bit of time

[fading shore]

It wasn’t

[dry cedar]

then you’re fineeee

worst comes to worst oh no you gotta go to caltech

[steady dagger]

god forbid

[glacial agate]

“My steak is too juicy my lobster is too buttery” ahh 😭

[dawn depot]

god forbid I can’t get into Stanford

[glossy talon]

yeah hed have to do engineering at caltech and everyone knows how bad their engineering program is

[verbal totem]

it’s awful.

[green wing]

it's god awful

[fading shore]

https://tenor.com/view/benjammins-even-his-statement-fact-meme-factual-meme-funny-statement-gif-9862874021330361695

[green wing]

f*ck benjammins gifs

[dawn depot]

The horror

[green wing]

https://tenor.com/view/something-awful-gif-16970450506792637216

[dry cedar]

bottom tier program ngl

[glossy talon]

might as well do dartmouth engineering

[green wing]

fr like atp ur local community college is better

[dry cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-not-ridiculous-to-say-that's-not-ridiculous-chilltownhoops-playerschoice-unc-gif-17749542178366202764

[gaunt mesa]

hi guys. i'm an international studnet and i got an alumni interview tmrw. what do i expect exactly?

i had a princeton interview and it was so chill (the guy graduated in 2022, i should probably note) but with stanford it's a 2001 graduate, and apparently he's an ambassador 😭

is it supposed to be more "serious" in any way?

and what kind of questions will be asked?

[ruby idol]

be prepared to say why you’re interested in stanford and what you’ll uniquely contribute

[full pawn]

also anything you might bring up be prepared to give examples

[grand tangle]

does stanford prescreen? i forgot

[glacial agate]

No the interview is just based off availability

[tropic badge]

Do they take into account that you didn’t get one when comparing you to an applicant that did get one

[glossy talon]

kinda? they just use the info you have

so if the interview gave extra info they’ll look at it

but if you don’t have extra info it’s not like they’ll be missing anything

[balmy raft]

if you didn’t get one it means you have no aura and ur app was filtered out and ur doomed

the Stanford website and everyone here is lying 🤥 ‼️

they’re all hounds out for blood 🩸

[autumn blaze]

FUCK I JUST GOT AN INTERVIEW IS THAT GOOD

[verbal totem]

no indication

everyone gets them

if someone is near them

[autumn blaze]

ok.. any tips on how ot prepare for one? this is my first interview so im reallllly nervous

[karmic raven]

ask your school counselor if she can give you a mock interview

[autumn blaze]

..unfortunately were out of school rn and i dont think she knows much abt interviews either, im probably the first person in my school to apply to the us (im intl)

[karmic raven]

see if you can find someone you trust to do a mock interview with you

give them a list of common interview questions and do that a couple of times

[autumn blaze]

mmkay thanks!

[onyx jacinth]

is getting an interview as an international student a good sign?

[spark willow]

its random

they dont pre screen

[onyx jacinth]

ah okay, thank you

[gaunt mesa]

I just finished my interview and it was really good! we talked a lot about philosophy and he seemed very interested as someone who’s in politics. Also he was very attentive and the conversation was fun.

[full pawn]

nice

i sold my interview the guy was asking me about like energy and stuff like that and i was good but we started talking abt the school and every time i said something vague he asked for examples and i couldn’t think of any

[autumn blaze]

Wdym

[full pawn]

like he asked me a question and when i gave an answer he asked me to be more specific and give examples

and i couldnt really esp abt the school

[steady dagger]

i feel like its hard to understand a place you're never been to

there are lots of rlly cool things here but idk how you'd know about them as a high schooler considering stanford out of many other options

[verbal totem]

ok wait this is lowk where im at rn

i applied but im lowk

reconsidering why

cus im afraid its too tech/stem/startup focused

is there a home for humanities..

[steady dagger]

i know some humanities people but i feel like theres definitely a magnetism towards stem that's hard to ignore