#University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) (2025-2026)

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solid bough
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i think penn is good if you apply to their like niche programs

clear zinc
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Ah i see

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Umd means?

solid bough
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i lowkey applied because my school had history of lots of people getting in

solid bough
clear zinc
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I have another question too, just remembered it actually

solid bough
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oh ok!!

clear zinc
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Im gonna apply from a school who has NO history of students getting into these schools

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Like im the ONLY one applying

solid bough
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wow

clear zinc
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I got to a very small highschool

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My own class has like 33 students

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How does that factor into my apps

solid bough
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i mean at least you aren’t competing with anyone 😭

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when you apply with ur transcript, school report and everything aos will be able to learn abt ur overall school ig

clear zinc
clear zinc
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Thank you so much!!

solid bough
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np :-) !!

clear zinc
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And do you think you can tell me when your decisions come out? No worries if you dont want to, i understand

solid bough
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like my results or the dates lol

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i don’t mind i lowk don’t expect them to be good since im not cracked or anything

clear zinc
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Results haha

solid bough
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yeah yeah

clear zinc
clear zinc
solid bough
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ofc!

chilly stream
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Penn doesnt accept by major

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and besides you have to apply to wharton anyways for finance and cs isnt a major there

clear zinc
brazen coral
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An internal version of polymarket

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The AOs are running parlays based on what they believe you will or will not do

harsh locust
clear zinc
clear zinc
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Thanks for the idea🙏

clear grove
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it's holistic

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apply for what you want to study

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gaming doesn't work

pliant fog
harsh locust
clear zinc
clear zinc
clear zinc
harsh locust
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don't focus too much on the show and more about what you did as a result

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and don't pick a popular movie like squid game or something

clear zinc
clear zinc
harsh locust
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i just think most essays about shows are pretty cliche unless you have a fresh way of incorporating it so i wouldn't recommend

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it is important that it's genuine though

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you can outline/draft it out to see how it roughly looks

clear zinc
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I THOUGHT I WAS SMART FOR THINKING OF THAT😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

clear zinc
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Genuinely what is NOT cliche

harsh locust
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not much

chilly stream
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Food is so ahh here

clear zinc
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Do the dorms have small kitchens

clear zinc
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I canNOT survive without my country’s cuisine

chilly stream
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But i think some dorms have like community places u can cook

clear zinc
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What, not even a communal kitchen?

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I heard JHU has small kitchens in some dorms

tacit panther
floral bobcat
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uhh

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some notification popped up in linkedin

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of smw from the greater philadephia region (an enigneer) looking at my profile

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and i dont know anyone in philly, is this upenn no way they use linkedin

clear grove
clear grove
floral bobcat
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bruh

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and how exactly is linkedin supposed to be trustworthy

clear zinc
chilly stream
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yk a whole city exists around penn 😭

exotic quiver
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Does anyone know some good areas to live near drexel uni

weary dove
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or yea anyone from the region

tacit elk
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no

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you would need to try to transfer into wharton after year 1 or year 1.5

barren tangle
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how hard is it

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single digit acceptance?

chilly stream
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Muy dificil

novel hornet
verbal drum
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what do you want tdo with finance

verbal drum
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if that is their main goal

clear zinc
verbal drum
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finance or econ isnt a neccessity for those roles

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as long as you can showcase competence and you can understand the technicals on your own you'd be fine

tacit elk
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but i dont want them to think that if they came in as an engineer they can just become wharton on day 2

verbal drum
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transfer rate into wharton internally is sub 1%

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not easy at all

tacit elk
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i think it might be easier than that

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but yeah

chilly stream
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I know 2ish sophomores who transferred in

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and a couple more who got uncoord dual degrees

compact estuary
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has anyone gotten likely letters this year

pearl lava
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upenn does likely letters?

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Penn's portal image also changed lol

copper flame
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What time does upenn usually come out

pearl lava
compact estuary
dreamy sun
tacit elk
chilly stream
copper flame
chilly stream
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yeah

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with all the other ivies

humble latch
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upenn just emailed me to finish submitting sm financial aid document

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And Idk if it was there before

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Could that be a good sign?

rapid escarp
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I’m pretty sure everyone gets it silly

humble latch
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😢

pearl lava
rapid escarp
floral bobcat
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i got it asw but i feel its for everyone

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my checklist is completed but i still got it so id assume its auto for everyone

cobalt heath
royal crater
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does upenn still take updates

copper flame
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just the odds of them looking over it at this phase is low

royal crater
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never hurts to try ig 😔

copper flame
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yea fs upload any supplements u think helps

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better to be late than never

dreamy sun
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let me send what i sent earlier

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this was for someone who got deferred but

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the concept stands

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chances of them looking + it making a big change is little. but compound those updates + april/may into a LOCI and u have a better chance of getting off the waitlist

exotic quiver
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Does anyone know if business major is considered a technical major

verbal drum
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na

pliant fog
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coloring books the most technical praying

finite spear
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jumpscare

royal crater
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jumpscare

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😔

frosty lake
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jumpscare

pearl lava
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Jumpscare

solid bough
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jumpscare

muted creek
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jumpscare

lilac fox
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did yall get ts at the end of their recent email also

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royal crater
muted creek
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lmao yeah the ending sounds like a rejection ☠️

hot coral
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whens rddd

copper flame
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Does upenn have likely letters

hot coral
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bra i just got warned for aksing rd in too many places lol

muted creek
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but no like likely letter

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I have a friend who got called and they told him hes a likely admit

cosmic basin
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what major?

muted creek
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college of arts and sciences

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idk what major specifically actually

cosmic basin
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do u know when they got this call?

muted creek
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like 2 weeks ago

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very few get in like this so i wouldnt worry abt it

harsh locust
harsh locust
knotty vault
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hello

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i got an email saying decisions come out march 226th or something

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will every other ivy and ivy equivalent (like duke) come out that time also

pearl lava
knotty vault
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ok thank

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u

dreamy sun
knotty vault
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really?

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i thought duke always comes same with

dreamy sun
knotty vault
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i see

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ok thank u

muted creek
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duke is a bit later

frosty lake
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omg the portal is actually closed now

muted creek
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oh no

pearl lava
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Omg

royal crater
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ptsd 😔

chilly stream
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I think 2 ppl in this chat will be admitted this year

royal crater
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gow many last year

pearl lava
chilly stream
royal crater
frosty lake
royal crater
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💀

chilly stream
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Yall will be fine tho 💀👍

harsh locust
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slightly more this year i think

quick glacier
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jumpscareb

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🫩

pearl lava
quick glacier
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i dont know whether ill be more hurt if i get waitlisted again or straight rejected

harsh locust
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waitlist aint that bad

quick glacier
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so close yet so far

chilly stream
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worse comes to worse yall can still go to drexel

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if you really LOVE west philly

vapid kite
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unless you are a local

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btw this is not a dig at drexel... great school

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just dont like philly at all ahaha

chilly stream
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yeah i dislike philly too

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shouldve went somewhere nice like stanford

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oh well

vapid kite
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applied to wharton still tho

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cuz i did a summer program they and why the fuck nto

round elm
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i just got offer to be a TA for the program

dire umbra
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yo i wish each ivy did a diff day

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than having all of them on the same day

dire umbra
vapid kite
dire umbra
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lbw?

chilly stream
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i want to be in m&t so i can be an AO

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for m&tsi

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n yield protect the cracked kids from later stealing my job

vapid kite
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m&tsi is a different level of cracked bro

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some mf i was talking to while i was at moneyball made a fucking weather balloon or something for his rural town

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idfk

quick glacier
dire umbra
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what stops

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an ao from just saying no

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if they just dont like the vibe of a kid

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or they dont like a kid cuz theyre from this place

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ik 2 ao's usaully read each one

chilly stream
floral bobcat
chilly stream
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no i go to penn state

vapid kite
chilly stream
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mark cuban went to pitt

vapid kite
harsh locust
keen haven
brazen coral
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UPenn RD Decision Date (aka Ivy Day)

<t:1774566000:F> in your local time zone

brazen coral
clear grove
humble latch
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the upenn roommate app insta js followed me

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am I in gng

quick glacier
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fosho 🔥🔥🔥

harsh locust
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they do that to randoms

frosty lake
harsh locust
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yea they do that to try to prevent portal astro i think

pearl lava
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Lol

compact estuary
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random question if a ton of people from your school get in ED does that increase or reduce your chances if you were deferred/applied RD

pliant fog
chilly stream
foggy crescent
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if i even get wl ill let my friend pants me in public

next zodiac
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do it anyway thats funny

clear grove
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also, chance is intangible

clear grove
covert flint
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what's penn's deferral rate?

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it isn't that clear online

atomic harbor
compact estuary
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i go to school in philadelphia for context

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last year only 11 people committed across both ed and rd and ik im not the only ed deferral

chilly stream
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But anyways u r fine esp cuz ur in a feeder

compact estuary
clear grove
foggy crescent
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Switch the y and s in Pennsylvania and get rid of the L

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😎 😎 😎

dire umbra
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likely?

cyan linden
cyan linden
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1 week yall

compact estuary
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im going 100% offline during my spring break next week so a premature good luck to everybody!

atomic harbor
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Did anyone else apply with a SAT waiver?

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I’m hoping it doesn’t lower my chances

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there’s probably always gonna be internal bias even if they say it has no effect

quick glacier
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domt

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worry

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now

atomic harbor
chilly stream
lilac fox
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I cant wait mann

cyan linden
chilly stream
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weird seeing ppl wanna go to campus

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everybody before spring break was sooooo done wit philly

tacit panther
pliant fog
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we just want what we can’t get ya

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and then once u get it u go after the next shiny thing

tacit elk
pliant fog
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let’s escape the matrix

tacit elk
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i just dont like classes

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they r annoying

pliant fog
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🙏

tacit elk
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your classes will be even wirse

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because u actually have to go to class

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at least engineering is all non attendance

pliant fog
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no coloring books?!?! meltingsob

atomic harbor
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I mean yeah there’s a valid reason but a academic verifying source is complete void

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hopefully it is like your saying

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Cause if so there’s no reason for me to get rejected

pliant fog
harsh locust
atomic harbor
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alright

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I hope the explanation made enough sense and they waived it

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I told them I couldn’t do sat due to pressure and load from my fathers incarceration and now I’m the main income in the household and handling everything he used to

chilly stream
harsh locust
chilly stream
harsh locust
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advanced coloring classes

chilly stream
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if any of yall r not watching the game rn ull be rejected/rescinded btw

atomic harbor
harsh locust
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lmk if penn wins

atomic harbor
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I just prayed for Wharton

harsh locust
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so i get to larp and flex

chilly stream
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folk

harsh locust
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call aj levine and tell him to clutch up please

pliant fog
chilly stream
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Bro is gettin bodied

harsh locust
tacit panther
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At least the weather is getting nicer tho

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Walking out to a sunset at 5 pm was depressing af

tacit panther
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Hate hw tho

barren tangle
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if it doesnt get warm in the next week im moving to california 💔

barren tangle
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and i will be cooked for every midterm i have

harsh locust
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umm

pearl lava
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Erm

muted creek
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expected

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illinois is crazy

chilly stream
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yeah yall are getting rejected coolcry

tacit panther
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Ive had times lime that too

muted creek
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Oh did I mention that I love UPenn and Benjamin Franklin is my favorite historical figure

pliant fog
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couldn’t rebound

harsh locust
pearl lava
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.....

pliant fog
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i like the spirit meltingweary

sharp yew
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that's kinda cool

chilly stream
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Intro math classes arent even worth attending tbh

old birch
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hi

sharp yew
umbral obsidian
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What the best major to go into for premed

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At CAS

vapid kite
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or you are good at

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or like

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👍

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actually nvm im not qualified to speak on this

chilly stream
chilly stream
pliant fog
chilly stream
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Attendance is tracked i think

pliant fog
frank berry
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penn my love tell me you like high test score low gpa 😢

chilly stream
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nah

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everybody has high test scores

verbal drum
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they like both

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1500+ is average

sage cove
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stats r p much mandatory atp

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but ur not getting rejected cuz of it

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like 1530 sat is not worth retaking more times b4 apps r due

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atp just focus on improving ur essays and everything else

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stats just show ur competent but things like class rank, ap scores and sat just show what calliber of student u r and the course rigor

vapid kite
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You probably don’t remember

hot coral
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my 1580 aint helping me at all

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💀

earnest condor
verbal drum
brisk hare
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just got follow req by a upenn 2030 account its a sign

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even though I didn’t even apply

sage cove
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eileen gu is a designer baby

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p sure she was trained by her mom to do all sorts of stuff

south thunder
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hi

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anyone here in penn engineering

tacit elk
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yes

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but depends on who’s asking

south thunder
clear grove
clear grove
sterile basin
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3 days

sage cove
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what yall think abt upenn rd

cedar ermine
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should i withdraw from penn after they just got framemogged by illinois

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and jestermaxxed

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w/ their chant

chilly stream
cedar ermine
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Lame chant

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Chud school

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Unless they let me in

chilly stream
chilly stream
cedar ermine
cedar ermine
verbal drum
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Fuck Illinois

cedar ermine
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aren't most penn students vying for some kind of law/med/consulting/IB? You're probably going to be working with Illinois students then

verbal drum
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We aren’t working middle market

cedar ermine
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i mean i guess bro

chilly stream
cedar ermine
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the typical penn student is not going to be an exec

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they

verbal drum
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More statistically likely

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Then a stinky Illinois

cedar ermine
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also that's a massive cope

verbal drum
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No we let them win

chilly stream
cedar ermine
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at a sports match

cedar ermine
verbal drum
cedar ermine
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i mean i'm not saying UIUC students are better than penn students

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or that UIUC has the exact same job prospects as penn or that it's as much of a target

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o

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it's just a lame ash chant anyways

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like I go to a college prep school where the ppl do the same kind of lame chants when we lose to schools that are made up of more lower-income students (although I guess i'll give penn credit since the chants weren't racist)

sage cove
cedar ermine
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so

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n

sage cove
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yes

cedar ermine
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i'm not a newgen like you unc

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t

sage cove
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only specalized members of specific communities should know abt it

cedar ermine
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son

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it's all mainstream now

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y

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your grandma probably knows about

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L

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jestermaxxing

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the LARP has re

sage cove
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ill have to do smth abt it

cedar ermine
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larp larp larp sah

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ur

sage cove
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larp larp larp sahur

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what u think of penn rd

cedar ermine
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why does everyone post these questions in the ivy channels is it a running gag

sage cove
cedar ermine
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"what do u think of [school] rd"

sage cove
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what u think will happen for penn rd like specific trends

cedar ermine
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ohh

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honestly i haven't the foggiest idea

sage cove
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like i heard that engineering and wharton r fried

cedar ermine
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y

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yeah but they're always fried arent they

sage cove
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not quite sure just heard they filled up a lot ed

cedar ermine
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hmmm

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ig we wont know until after its out

sage cove
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i mean wharton is always fried

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do u think clumbia will wl a lot of ppl this year

cedar ermine
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I get why ppl want to speculate about rd trends but imo it just stresses people out unnecessarily

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we're not really able to get enough reliable data to make conclusions

sage cove
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but lets make it clear this is just random thoughts for fun

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stress is ur own choice not mandatory

cedar ermine
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fair enough but it's better to be stressed normally than to spiral on a2c

i'm not saying you're specifically stressed/stressing ppl out

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i think we'll see lots of waitlists this year imo

sage cove
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its a fun activity to do in the meantime

sage cove
cedar ermine
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from the a2c discord we're seeing tons of waitlists everywhere

sage cove
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for what schools

cedar ermine
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seems like all of them lwk

sage cove
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ivies havent come out yet

cedar ermine
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washu, ucs, LACs

sage cove
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washu def cant be that many

cedar ermine
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21 ppl got accepted and 32 got wl from the poll this year

sage cove
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they have a 7% wl acceptane rate

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200 ppl got off

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so prob 2.8k waitlisted

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for example cmu waitlists near 50%

sage cove
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more ppl downbad will be on forums like these

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i thikn it will be higher than it actually is

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MIT acceptanec rate here was 7% RD

sage cove
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i know a lot of insanely competitive ppl waitlisted from cmu and jhu this year too many who alr made their early school rea

cedar ermine
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i should have said there'll be lots of waitlists among the standard strong applicants

sage cove
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i think it was just a matter of fit + those schools didnt think they would come due to app strenght

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thats just what i think but jhu also has a p low rd yield rate and they will try wtvr to improve it

cedar ermine
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lots of schools are kind of weird in rd yield b/c so many kids apply early

sage cove
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no school knows u got in early

cedar ermine
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and so many schools give out early action

sage cove
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a school like jhu has ed1/ed2 like uchicago

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to max out yield

cedar ermine
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so kids apply to schools tjhey wouldn't go to

imo

but ig we'll never know for sure

sage cove
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ya

cedar ermine
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like I said it's really hard to tease apart causality

dreamy sun
sage cove
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i mean u should look at it context wise

cedar ermine
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b/c we can only see the outcomes (and even then, just a subset of the outcomes), but not any of the many reasons behind those

sage cove
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if u applied jhu bme but had unrelated ec's

cedar ermine
sage cove
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there's a high chance if u got wl it was cuz of that

cedar ermine
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what LACs dared to waitlist my king

sage cove
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esp if u alr got into another top school and u have a good app

dreamy sun
sage cove
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northeastern is known to waitlist

dreamy sun
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i got into carleton tho

sage cove
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i wouldnt eeven consider it a top school

dreamy sun
sage cove
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all the ppl in my school that got it were lower stats

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yea same

cedar ermine
sage cove
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they waitlisted or rejected every1 with rlly good apps

cedar ermine
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how could they waitlist you... how could they do that?

dreamy sun
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i’m not too worried for ivy day

cedar ermine
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did you give in?

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NOOOOOOOOOO

sage cove
cedar ermine
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b/c abba is cracked and had full on life convos with every interviewer

sage cove
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idt interviews matter that much

dreamy sun
# sage cove why

because ivy day is not the end of the world and i already got into carleton and im fine w carleton if i go there

sage cove
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they all consider but not heavily considered

cedar ermine
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carleton is tuff ash

sage cove
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its the 3rd tier on CDS

dreamy sun
sage cove
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nope

cedar ermine
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all the carleton people here love it

sage cove
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we had 5 duke acceptances last year none had an interview

dreamy sun
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wdym nope

sage cove
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cuz its heavily on availability

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its all reddit speculation

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for yale it was based off of the newspaper

dreamy sun
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if u get an interview the interview is important 😭

sage cove
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sure if u didnt get on there is a high chance

dreamy sun
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91% of yale students admitted had an interview

sage cove
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not true lmao

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its from the newsapper

cedar ermine
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that doesn't necessarily indicate the interview itself is important

sage cove
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its from kids who also decided to go

cedar ermine
sage cove
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yale never said anything it was from the newspaper

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a mod in the yale channel said that to me

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who also went to yale i think

cedar ermine
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that's known

sage cove
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also its of ppl who decided to go

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not admitted

cedar ermine
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but just b/c its from the newspaper doesn't mean it's like total bs

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it's just that it gives it some caveats

sage cove
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its not total bs but its not 100% accurate

dreamy sun
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at the end of the day an interview isn’t important on the basis of it being life or death, but if u get an interview it is important to take it serious

cedar ermine
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33% is a pretty representative sample i'd assume

sage cove
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the issue is most ppl who try enogugh will have a good interview

cedar ermine
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guys i was making a joke when i referenced the interviews

dreamy sun
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i’m not saying interviews r tickets into schools but when u get an interview it does matter

sage cove
cedar ermine
sage cove
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an interview isnt getting u over the top even if its good

cedar ermine
sage cove
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thats why a lot of colleges removed them

cedar ermine
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is a systemic bias to not report that you had an interview

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or that the sample had a systemic bias to not include people who didn't have an interview

sage cove
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i mean i got a yale interview

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i thought i was cracked

cedar ermine
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now, it's possible that yale matriculants are more likely to get interviews than those who declined yale

sage cove
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but idt it will make much of a diff cuz it went well

cedar ermine
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but we can't really know that

sage cove
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think abt it most of the interviewrs will generally say positive stuff

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the ao's will really look at everything else and just see the comments

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its not gonna get u in because of what the interviewr says

cedar ermine
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tbf the big thing abt HYP interviews is that they indicate you've gotten past some pre-screen and they feel like they want to get more info about you

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but that's not very specific info

sage cove
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thats a common reddit misconception too

cedar ermine
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and that doesn't mean the interview itself will matter

sage cove
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i know many ppl who didnt get a princeton interview that got in RD

cedar ermine
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for yale

sage cove
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for yale maybe

dreamy sun
cedar ermine
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and harvard i think states a similar thing

dreamy sun
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btw

sage cove
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harvard and princeton havent said anything

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they just said if they need more info

sage cove
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where im at

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only a few ppl got a yale interview

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but it were all the top applicant ppl

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but i think a lot more got it for rea

cedar ermine
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ig that makes sense

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since the pool is smaller in rea

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so interviewing capacity is larger

sage cove
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also they wont have that many ppl interviewing

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the alumni have a life

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evne if its online

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its 40 mins and 10 ppl

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thats a lot of time to take up and most of these ppl have a job and a family

cedar ermine
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like ideally you interview as many people as possible, it's just that yale has limited capacity and so there's some way that the admissions office prioritizes who gets interviews based on who they want more info from

sage cove
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but there def aer a lot of ppl who would want to interview and help the school

sage cove
cedar ermine
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now that you mention it

dreamy sun
sage cove
cedar ermine
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the common # going around from college confidential is that there's about 8000-9000 interviews per yar

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i wonder how many of those are yale

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rea

sage cove
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its all bs

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ppl are just making numbers up

dreamy sun
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he’s correct

sage cove
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how do uk

dreamy sun
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because someone from ASC posted the numbers on reddit

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💀

sage cove
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how would they know lol

dreamy sun
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because they’re on the ASC…?

sage cove
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oh damn

cedar ermine
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hmm

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lemme see where the numbers are

sage cove
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well we'll see ivy day

cedar ermine
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okay the last ones i can see are from 10 years ago

sage cove
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idt an interview can carry at all tho

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its rlly the essay sups rec and everything else they can to make ur narrative

cedar ermine
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from the yale newspaper sourcing the office

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sage cove
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it can def help but most ppl will have a good interview and wont fluke

cedar ermine
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huh

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BKSquared is usually pretty good with sourcing their info

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on college confidential

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wait why are we discussing yale in the penn

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thread

sage cove
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i think ivy day will be p interesting

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esp where im at

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we had a lot of ppl get in early

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and they all applied rd

south thunder
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guys am i weird for wanting to get accepted here

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i feel so unique for ts

quick glacier
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???

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😭

south thunder
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im lowkey losing it i think

quick glacier
south thunder
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lol

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im not a wharton typa person im an engi applicant but idk what penn's 'archetype' engineer is

cedar ermine
south thunder
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whatre they looking for in engineers huh

cedar ermine
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probably

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should be able to do arithmetic at minimum

south thunder
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fax

quick glacier
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im fried

south thunder
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nooo

south thunder
brazen coral
# cedar ermine and harvard i think states a similar thing

This is when we use my favorite tool

Yale

Who is invited to interview?
Because of limited interviewing capacity, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions prioritizes interviews for students for whom the Admissions Committee would value additional information. Not receiving an interview invitation is not an indication that your application is not competitive.

Will my application be disadvantaged if I am not offered an interview?
No. Interviews are not required, and many successful applicants are not interviewed.

Harvard

Applicants are assigned interviews at the discretion of the Admissions Committee, based, in part, on availability of alumni in your local area. Nearly 10,000 alumni/ae volunteers help us recruit students from all 50 states and around the world, but most areas do not have the capacity to interview all applicants. Your application is considered complete without an interview and will receive a full and thorough evaluation. In most cases, the Admissions Committee has sufficient information in the student’s application materials to reach an admissions decision. If the Committee would like more information about a student or has questions about any application materials, someone may reach out to schedule an interview.

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It’s important to note that “additional info” implies that there are applicants who can be accepted with the info they have

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Oftentimes it can come down to students just not fully elaborating on their circumstances which leads to not having enough context around whether certain parts of their application are better or worse than the student framed than in writing or just didn’t mention at all

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A few of the UCs do something similar but not with interviews

sage cove
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or is it all generic

brazen coral
sage cove
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i mean to say

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are the ao's asking the interviewer to ask smth specific abt the app to the person being interviewed

sage cove
brazen coral
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They do not have to ask specific questions

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Usually the interviewer doesn’t know about your specific file

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Unless they’re an AO

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But because of how interviews work it’s likely going to end up being helpful to the office

atomic harbor
atomic harbor
foggy crescent
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waiting for rejection letter

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fah

atomic harbor
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Playing eye of the tiger and imagining me boxing Wharton

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😆

random cloak
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guys

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do u hav the withdrawl application thingy

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when u log into the portla

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portal

cyan linden
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they don't leave breadcrumbs or anything like that

random cloak
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hmm

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is this true

sage cove
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very quiet channel...

random cloak
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i js want my decision

random cloak
solid bough
sage cove
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dont think a singular ec will be enough

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they likely conveyed a good story

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nsli-y is a high commitment thing tho i think u gotta go to a diff country

random cloak
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yea i did it in 2024

sage cove
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did u apply anywhere early

random cloak
random cloak
sage cove
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accept?

random cloak
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💀

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reject

sage cove
# random cloak

think this was just 1 person who got in and said it as if its a rule

random cloak
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my writing was lowky dog tho

sage cove
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ik ppl who had nysli that had good results

random cloak
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like my writing improved trmendously from ea to rd

sage cove
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but also ppl who didnt get in anywhere

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if ur banking on it as ur only ec

random cloak
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yea word

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nah its not even my top 3

sage cove
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i think yale is p selective in who they defer

sage cove
random cloak
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ya

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i was legacy

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and had good stats

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so i was at least expecting defer

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my narrative def improved alot tho for rd

sage cove
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yale legacy?

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ik why ppl expect defer at least as a legacy

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but more and more ppl r gonna have it

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the avg legacy applicant imo is more competitive

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i think 11% of last year yale class was legacy

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obv its increased odds but its not guaranteed by any means

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theyre gonna likely cut down more and more imo

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at columbia i heard theyre like only 5-6% of the incoming class

random cloak
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They sent a letter to my parents and said the acceptance rate for legacies is 4 times the rate for regular ppl

random cloak
cedar ermine
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like higher incomes or better stats

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so it 's not really indicative that legacies are preferred once they're in the admissions office

random cloak
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I’m rlly hoping for Penn tho

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I got into Davidson but I don’t think it’s a good fit

open onyx
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ivy

west root
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good luck tomorrow yall!! i'm so excited to see good news here, and will hope to see some of yall at quaker days 💜

cyan linden
random cloak
tame iris
random cloak
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i did nsliy in taiwan and i have alot of ec's and awards from goveremnt based around learning chinses and like volunteering teaching chinese/english

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need hunstman bad icl

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got rejected from nyu and nw and emory in like 3 min

chilly stream
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Ik the website doesnt say it helps

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But like a big chunk of m&t this year did m&tsi

undone dagger
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gang imcooked

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random cloak
random cloak
undone dagger
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blame gpt for the list bru

chilly stream
south thunder
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please please please 🙏 🙏 🙏 😭

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penn i have nothing else

random cloak
random cloak
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but nyu rd is a reachh for like 99% of ppl

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congrats on UNC tho!

chilly stream
random cloak
final raptor
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I need UPenn I love the eagles please chat

verbal drum
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It’s hybrid programs

final raptor
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My n1 EC is gaming somehow this worked at all these schools :
UMass Amherst
UCI
UCD
UCSD
UGA
NEU
UWisc
UM-Twin Cities
IU Bloomington

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BUT I NEED UPENN

random cloak
verbal drum
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Big jump in difficulty lol

random cloak
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my god that writing was s argious

verbal drum
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Hopefully u guys get in

random cloak
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ty ty

final raptor
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Watching the sixers rn day before Ivy day to manifest UPenn

random cloak
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i need josh giddey over 10 rebounds

cyan linden
hot coral
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Gaming might have worked there but idk if itll slide for UPENN lol

cedar ermine
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i am curious

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what do you mean by your n1 ec is gaming

hot coral
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he put gaming

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as his #1

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activiity

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on common app

hot coral
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😭

cedar ermine
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it's okay dude

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it can still come off as weird even if it isn't your intention tho

hot coral
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ye

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real

cedar ermine
hot coral
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🥹

harsh locust
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like if i played games 24/7 and loved it and was good at it id put it at #1 too

hot coral
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yeah ik it snot bad

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idt upenn fw it tho

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😭

hot coral
harsh locust
hot coral
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🤷‍♂️

harsh locust
vapid kite
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i have no chance tommorow

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fuck

harsh locust
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#⭐-starboard message

cedar ermine
#

filho

hot coral
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😭

harsh locust
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my essay was about league too

hot coral
#

w

vapid kite
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chat gpt is giving me a 1% chance of getting into wharton RD

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like i know chat gpt glazes you and i wanted tofeel good for a moment

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i didnt want it to bring me back to reality 😭

fair swan
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fr it was like being so pessimistic for me

harsh locust
vapid kite
harsh locust
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i think its cuz i ed'd

vapid kite
harsh locust
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no i got in

vapid kite
chilly stream
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Wow ivy day is today

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Exciting

harsh locust
random cloak
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The calm before the storm

cyan linden
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Regardless of what happens im
so ready

random cloak
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The only decision I genuinely care abt is huntsman

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Everything else is meh

cyan linden
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It’s phillies opening day so I’ll take that as a good sign

pliant fog
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good luck everyone!!! 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

random cloak
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My whole hs career riding on this decision

pearl lava
sterile basin
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here we go

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10 hours

tidal thorn
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praying for my Penn Pals

harsh locust
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no they all suck

floral bobcat
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bruh

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just check in like a few hours

random cloak
floral bobcat
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few = 9

weary dove
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few=8

verbal drum
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Don’t think Valorant was even out when I was applying actually

harsh locust
cyan linden
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Praying for today man

tame iris
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Did playing val help u get ur yob

harsh locust
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might need to get back on val to larp in college

tame iris
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I cant lie i unironically peaked at iron 3

muted creek
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are they ragebaiting

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why is this on my feed

harsh locust
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they posted it a bit early

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😭

cyan linden
tame iris
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LMFAO

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Its a good sign!

weary dove
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scary

brisk arrow
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manifesting acceptance

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for the second time after defer 😭

cyan linden
brisk arrow
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ty gl to u too

royal crater
#

we back

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😔

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cant believe its already time since then

random cloak
#

How competitive is huntsman?

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Specially for Chinese

tame iris
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Pretty comp i think

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Esp for rd

chilly stream
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All duals are harder rd

random cloak
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Oof

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I was hoping the 700 word supps would scare ppl off

covert flint
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do i have a better chance than a regular rd applicant since i was deferred

cyan linden
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I mean logically it makes sense anyways but yeah you'd have a higher chance

pearl lava
pearl lava
chilly stream
random cloak
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i combnied like 4 diff supps for that

pearl lava
random cloak
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would be legendary

pearl lava
verbal drum
deep ibex
#

How’s the energy guys

median imp
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accept me and my soul is yours

cyan linden
#

I will give anything to go here

royal crater
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gotta wait till 11pm to open for my parents 😔

chilly stream
chilly stream
pearl lava
gilded helm
pearl lava
#

My parents here rn but not later 🥹

pearl lava
gilded helm
#

Ima be out she's js gonna open it all and notify me

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Praying i get into something

cedar ermine
#

UPenn please pleaee please

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Idc that your linguistics building is 30 miles off campus and it looks like the backrooms

grim juniper
cyan linden
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Upenn please bro Id Do Literally Anything

verbal drum
#

less work

cyan linden
#

Well, the FinAid part of the portal just got removed lol

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heady sorrel
cyan linden
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hopefully the finaid portal disappearing isn’t a bad sign. I assume its so people don’t get in there and try to snoop for packages though, it’s probably gone for everybody

chilly stream
heady sorrel
cyan linden
heady sorrel
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im wishing yall luck, i only applied to yale and that's an auto reject without an interview because im high need so LOLL

cyan linden
chilly stream
tame iris
random cloak
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We got this yall

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I’m gonna record my reaction for Ivy day

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I’d genuinely be so suprised if a school lets me in

clear grove
clear grove
chilly stream
clear grove
cyan linden
#

between yale penn and princeton

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I probably got none of them

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but here’s hoping to a surprise

clear grove
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i believe

verbal drum
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i prefer ib because of the exit ops too

cyan linden
verbal drum
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consulting is great if u wanna go the corporate route though

tame iris
#

👅

verbal drum
chilly stream
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cuz of their venture wing

chilly stream
tame iris
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Jk kinda valid

brazen coral
royal crater
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exactly what i needed

brazen coral
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Sending again bc forwarded messages don’t include new edits

brazen coral
verbal drum
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ib feeds well into everything

cyan linden
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LAST MINUTE PRAYERS MAN WITH ONLY ABOUT AN HOIUR LEFT...

empty flint
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🫡

shrewd storm
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WE WILL GET IN GUYS...just imagine philly!!!

royal crater
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so scary

cyan linden
#

but unironically I have wanted to live in philly for all my life, this is my 1 shot (at least, for now) at truly achieving that dream

shrewd storm
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t- 56 minutes.....

sterile basin
civic anchor
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REJECTED!! 🔥 (practicing)

sterile basin
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take the stress off

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ima go hoop for a little

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goes by faster too

hot ice
#

upenn

knotty vault
sterile basin
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am I cooked if I got waitlisted nyu

lilac fox
#

good luck every1

cyan linden
sterile basin
#

I spent the most time on Wharton so idk

lilac fox
sterile basin
#

I know

lilac fox
#

its already done

cyan linden
trim horizon
#

Please UPenn Please

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it’s upenn or fucking drexel

royal crater
shrewd storm
cyan linden
#

upenn GOD PLEASE MAN

deep ibex
cyan linden
#

ID GIVE UP EVERYTHING 😭😭

shrewd storm
#

PLEASE GOD

deep ibex
#

can we summon god in the chat guys?

covert flint
#

benjamin franklin 🙏 🙏

shrewd storm
#

lol

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benjamin franklin 🙏 🙏

trim horizon
#

i’m absolutely not getting in because penn is out of my league but we ball anyways

cyan linden
#

benjamin franklin 🙏🙏

covert flint
#

netanyahu please 🙏

deep ibex
#

yes

benjamin franklin, the most glorious of ivians, please bless us all.

trim horizon
#

IDGAF if i don’t get in i’ll spend my money on my stupid fucking roblox business adventures

covert flint
trim horizon
#

Instead of Upenn

shrewd storm
#

benjamin franklin 🙏 🙏

deep ibex
#

what?

#

bro stfu

civic anchor
#

18 minutes

muted creek
deep ibex
#

yes sir

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please

civic anchor
#

all 4 years come all comes down in 18 moves

deep ibex
#

18?

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wdym?

civic anchor
muted creek
#

imagine wharton tho

#

wharton + mccombs

civic anchor
royal crater
#

imagine wharton

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🙏

muted creek
#

who here applied wharton