#Duke University (2025-2026)

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craggy cave
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first ec, was my commonapp essay, I didn't send in supp tho

mossy mirage
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I have like 6 music ecs šŸ˜­ šŸ˜­

craggy cave
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In hindsight i should've

mossy mirage
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I hope thats a good thing

craggy cave
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you clearly have a spike

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thats a good thing

raven mason
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i just mentioned piano as one ec and did the supp, hope it helped

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it was fourth or fifth on my list too

mossy mirage
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This means i have a good chance rightā€¦

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craggy cave
raven mason
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not the instant doubt in my supplemental lmao
so proud of you tho, that's incredible to hear

mossy mirage
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Hoping the music department has some weight in admissions

mossy mirage
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Like if you can play that brahms piece

raven mason
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anyway sorry for venting

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but i literally had to take a break before the final theme to shake my left hand out

mossy mirage
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Im still scared though i still have a lot of things working against me

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Being an asian from the bay area with mid GPA

raven mason
mossy mirage
raven mason
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duke's not looking for perfect models, they're looking for students with passion and real leadership and drive

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i hope

mossy mirage
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Me too

raven mason
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i only took 8 APs out of 24 possible and it's nagging me

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anyway i should really get to sleep, even if i do get in i'd rather keep my As

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gn ā¤ļø

mossy mirage
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GN

craggy cave
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of different people

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if you fit that class you will get in

raven mason
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wrote my essay abt it and showed 3 major ecs abt it

craggy cave
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and the the self-sustaining house

raven mason
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no...

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oh no

craggy cave
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wab climate scholars

mossy mirage
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GREEN DEVILS LMAO

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I love that

raven mason
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no...

craggy cave
raven mason
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my main essay was about my passion and experience and my why duke was more broad and not connected as specifically to the environment

raven mason
craggy cave
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ā˜ ļø

raven mason
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am i cooked?

craggy cave
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I would've researched some of the opportunities that connect to your academic interest

mossy mirage
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My main essay was about how my brotherā€™s cancer pushed me to commit to music fully and shape perspective and stuff

raven mason
mossy mirage
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My duke was mostly about meeting the music profs

craggy cave
mossy mirage
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Lowk still scared though bc nobody has gotten into duke from my hs in the last 5 years

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And the last guy who did was legacy

craggy cave
craggy cave
raven mason
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i hope i didn't blow it with that

craggy cave
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its not its just harder for them to picture where you will be on campus

mossy mirage
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Is 3.8 UW below average for duke applicantā€¦

lucid sierra
raven mason
craggy cave
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Like I talked about a focus group I was interested in, the student record label that I now run, etc

lucid sierra
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I have a whole narrative and my app js feels nice idk

craggy cave
craggy cave
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also fuck drake maye

raven mason
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i think i made clear what i want to do at duke so that makes me feel better if that's my weakness, thanks for your help

craggy cave
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ruining my division

craggy cave
raven mason
craggy cave
lucid sierra
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like I worked at my parents gas station unpaid for like 2 and a half years I had like research at fsu, had nice ecs in regards to comp sci sooo

raven mason
lucid sierra
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like I feel like it fits well

mossy mirage
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Praying theyā€™ll look past the gpa of a music applicant šŸ˜­ šŸ˜­

raven mason
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all 3 of us will get in

lucid sierra
raven mason
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pray

lucid sierra
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70-20 šŸ’”

mossy mirage
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We WILL get boba once we get in

craggy cave
craggy cave
lucid sierra
lucid sierra
craggy cave
craggy cave
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panhandle central or so flo

lucid sierra
craggy cave
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or gulf coast

craggy cave
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rip

lucid sierra
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nah itā€™s lowk chill

raven mason
lucid sierra
craggy cave
lucid sierra
mossy mirage
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I wonā€™t be able to go 4 years without it

craggy cave
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naw

mossy mirage
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It runs in my veins

craggy cave
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wheat is a good chinese restaurant tho

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off campus

mossy mirage
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Tsaocha has decent braised beef noodles

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But i found them a bit oily personally

craggy cave
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almost free

craggy cave
mossy mirage
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They have like some dim sum too

mossy mirage
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I went there 2 times

craggy cave
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on east?

mossy mirage
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And saw a bunch of duke students

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Actually im not really sure which campus its closer too

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To

craggy cave
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hm

mossy mirage
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Wait yeah its very close to east

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Like probably walking distance

lucid sierra
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miami?

mossy mirage
raven mason
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now i can't relax and sleep because i'm running through my interview again with the lens of where i will be on campus

craggy cave
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gonna go to the beach

raven mason
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aahh so stress

lucid sierra
mossy mirage
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Was it good

craggy cave
mossy mirage
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I have lowk not been getting enough sleep recently

lucid sierra
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same

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so much work

mossy mirage
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Finals and Duke decision tag teaming my mental health happythumbsup

raven mason
# mossy mirage Was it good

my interviewer pressed me on my opinions on how to mitigate environmental problems and how i believe policy fits into that which i was vague on for a bit, finally gave a decent example with the african golden cat

lucid sierra
mossy mirage
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Could you tell if they liked you

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But lowk i donā€™t think the interview can really hurt you

raven mason
# mossy mirage Was it like pretty relaxed

definitely relaxed but i just hope i gave off the impression that I fit, i answered at one point that i didn't really know if policy was the best way to create solutions and i hate myself for it

craggy cave
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does interview still matter

mossy mirage
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I donā€™t think so

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Like unless youā€™re a murderer or you canā€™t speak a lick of english i think the interview doesnā€™t matter

raven mason
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cya at the chapel doing organ ā¤ļø im locking myself in my bed now

mossy mirage
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Fs please get some rest

lucid sierra
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night guys

unborn quest
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when does decision come out

dusty axle
mossy mirage
verbal patio
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while all of you guys are begging to get in iā€™m regretting my life decisions with finals rn </3

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if you guys get in ED start doing research on gross hall that place will haunt you

verbal patio
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thereā€™s a boba place on 9th street called mog tea or smth like that and itā€™s really good

mossy mirage
mossy mirage
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I want to learn russian at duke

hazy thunder
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There's also one more further down called tsao caa

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And then there's quicklys boba somewhere in durham too

hazy thunder
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Wait why

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I didn't contact a professor

dense coyote
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AHHHHH 3 days left

vocal cobalt
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I submitted a kapustin-bossa-nova-ish composition

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And then I tried to do a pop-hymn fusion from when I did worship band. šŸ˜­

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Isnā€™t it sad tho?

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That our fate is decided by confetti

lucid sierra
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praying for duke bro

craggy cave
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They will still review it

woven hedge
# lucid sierra praying for duke bro

They would have made decisions by now. Think about it. Our decisions are just there and we donā€™t know if we got in or not we just need to open it and wait for it.

lucid sierra
lucid sierra
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we up soon

mossy mirage
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Good evening duke peoples

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Decision day is creeping up

hazy thunder
raven mason
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I believe they'll send an email telling us the admissions decision is ready on the portal

spare isle
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i didnt get one

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they straight up just said i got in

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and i checked the portal 12 hours before anyways

mossy mirage
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you got accepted to duke already?

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wait

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not duke right

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where are you going

spare isle
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i highkey thought this was the suny thread

lucid sierra
mossy mirage
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LMAOOO

hazy thunder
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Am I cooked if I am an intl living in USA for Duke

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I'm so scared for Monday

raven mason
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so anxious

plain plover
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so that factors into ur decision

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in the eyes of duke ur an international

vocal cobalt
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wait guys

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when did your Parent Federal Tax Return get received

raven mason
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Mine just hasnā€™t, everything else is in though

vocal cobalt
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šŸ˜­

raven mason
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Or we just didnā€™t get in and they didnā€™t do our applicationsā€¦

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But I really really hope not

vocal cobalt
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šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

raven mason
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Itā€™s ok we got it

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Trust

vocal cobalt
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bc like our family friend is hella busy

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so she cant help with it rn

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so i had to do taxes for this year

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and stuff

raven mason
mossy mirage
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Guys i will see you all on campus right

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Because we will all be a part of dukeā€™s class of 2030

woven hedge
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Iā€™m freaking out cuz duke takes 20-25 internationals on financial aid and I highkey applied for aid and Iā€™m an international šŸ’”

short shore
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Hey

dusty axle
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This is also a year outdated

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Now thatā€™s a bit foul to not tip on such a bill

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lost kraken
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i went to one of those discovery days or whatever they were last year and i js remember eating this heavenly mac n cheese

craggy cave
rancid crest
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columbia blue

mossy mirage
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Good morning duke EDs

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Only 2 days away now meltingsob

floral geyser
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šŸ˜“

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Killing me

lucid sierra
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nah im lowk

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calm asf rn

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wtv happens happens

floral geyser
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Like actually if i get accepted im burning my final textbook

mossy mirage
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I donā€™t even mind writing for RD schools but the pain of flying around for music auditions is going to kill me cursedmoon

raven mason
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we're under 48 hours till decision time!

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i'm calming back down, like ayush said, wtv happens happens

lucid sierra
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šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™

mossy mirage
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down to 44 hrs now

proper ruin
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you cant count properly

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šŸ¤“

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its actually 43.25 hours

lucid sierra
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Iā€™m tryna js forget abt it lol

mossy mirage
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im not

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šŸ˜­

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should i draft a "i got rejected from duke" email

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two duke professors told me to email them when i got my decision

mossy mirage
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šŸ¤“

proper ruin
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šŸ¤“

verbal patio
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the average meal at western union is 12 dollars

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which, is expensive, but they give a lot of food

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the volume of each meal varies though

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the only people who eat at the commons are professors when they're FLUNCHing students and the occasional rich duke family who wants to have a nice dinner after a football game or smth

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We have two actually

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JB's also counts as a steakhouse

mossy mirage
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And im from the bay area so a little bit of food costs like 9 dollars

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The food at duke is very attractive to me meltingsob

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But thats something i would not write in my why duke

plain plover
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about duke

dusty axle
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Bc I donā€™t believe many people who donā€™t have means to tip are eating there

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Itā€™s extremely unnecessary spending even in dining dollars

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So if youā€™re eating there itā€™s more likely youā€™re choosing to skimp out

mossy mirage
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i personally don't like tipping culture

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just pay the workers more so tips aren't necessary!!!

dusty axle
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I donā€™t either but itā€™s a thing and you not tipping at a restaurant which is one of the longest established places to tip isnā€™t going to help

mossy mirage
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like automated ordering machines in boba shops are asking me to tip 15%

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bro what am i tipping for

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the service?

dusty axle
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Those arenā€™t the same as the Duke steakhouse

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The Duke steakhouse is a full dining sit down

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I donā€™t tip on boba either but from what Iā€™ve seen about the Duke steakhouse that is absolutely a place thatā€™s long been established as a normal place to tip

upper pilot
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hey guys wondering if you knew anything about the priority deadline for interviews

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could anyone help to shed light?

mossy mirage
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Duke tries to give interviews to all ED applicants pretty sure

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but for RD i think interviews are much rarer

upper pilot
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ik they used to do it but im not sure abt this year

mossy mirage
floral geyser
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I didnt get one

mossy mirage
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Are you international?

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Or like from a really remote place

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Oh i see youā€™re international

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I donā€™t think that really means anything

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Like its based on availability of the alumni

floral geyser
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Its fine

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I dont pay much attention to that

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Still id love it if i got one

mossy mirage
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What did you apply for

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Omg gl

storm hamlet
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lets pray man

floral geyser
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Energy engineering

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Are yall excited or dreading monday

floral geyser
storm hamlet
floral geyser
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But im insanely anxious

mossy mirage
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Ive been playing pokemon as a distraction

storm hamlet
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i dont wanna be droppy for a week if i get rejected

mossy mirage
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I hope theres a pokemon community at duke

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Those trade evolutions arenā€™t gonna evolve themselves cursedmoon

floral geyser
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Farming walls so i dont have to think ab it

storm hamlet
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what majors did yall apply for

mossy mirage
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Music major (piano specifically)

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But im interested in anthropology as well

mossy mirage
storm hamlet
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what are the ECs like for a music major?

mossy mirage
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I have solo competitions, chamber music, teaching piano, playing in fundraising concerts, clubs at school

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Stuff like that

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National + international competition awards

storm hamlet
floral geyser
mossy mirage
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3.81/4.33 and 1530

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Didnt take ACT

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so unfortunately my GPA is below average

storm hamlet
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thats decet

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decent

mossy mirage
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But hoping the other parts of my app pull through

storm hamlet
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you would be a lock with a higher GPA potentially

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not a lock but

mossy mirage
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I met with two duke music profs who want me

storm hamlet
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premiere applicant

mossy mirage
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Like they told me to apply ED because they want me to be a music student at duke

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So hopefully that means i can get in smile

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Nothing is confirmed until monday though šŸ’” šŸ’”

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Iā€™m not even sure how much GPA matters for a music applicant

storm hamlet
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are you in state

mossy mirage
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California

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I did write pretty solid essays though

storm hamlet
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what was your essay about? and did they recommend you?

mossy mirage
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Like the duke profs said mine would stand out

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Yeah they did internally recommend me i think

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And one of the profs told me to write about meeting her

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So lowk Duke ED is my best shot of getting into a T20

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Oh yeah i have a rec letter from my private teacher who is stanford faculty as well so i think that helps

mossy mirage
storm hamlet
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speaking about how i feel about their culture and their CS programs etc

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i think it was solid

mossy mirage
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Man i wish i locked in during junior year

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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The rest of my application is solid but my gpa is like a stain

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Tbf i did take max rigor courses

storm hamlet
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my ECs are pretty good imo

mossy mirage
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Was your test score not good or

floral geyser
storm hamlet
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it was decent 1450 but i rather go off rigor

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its not like

floral geyser
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šŸ™ we all getting in

storm hamlet
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a score to submit imo

mossy mirage
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Wait yeah 1450 its good to go optional

storm hamlet
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i dumbed down my revenue in my ECs though idk how they feel about entrepreneurs

mossy mirage
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We can go to the steakhouse on campus

floral geyser
storm hamlet
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do you guys have back up plans

floral geyser
floral geyser
mossy mirage
storm hamlet
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main EC was roblox

mossy mirage
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Also applied to 7/9 UCs so fingers crossed i get into some

storm hamlet
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i could have really put alot for that but i wasnt sure

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if they know what roblox is tbh

storm hamlet
floral geyser
mossy mirage
floral geyser
storm hamlet
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im a developer

floral geyser
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Hes in hiddendevs

mossy mirage
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Ooh cool

floral geyser
storm hamlet
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i worked for current

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uh

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300M contributed

floral geyser
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Oh those guys

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Ik them

storm hamlet
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yes

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ive made alot of revenue but i only put 5k

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put universal metrics

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so they should understand

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the owner of jailbreak went there and they made him a whole article

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so hopefully they have some knowledge

mossy mirage
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šŸ˜‚

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Oh yeah for my why duke i did talk about what i would contribute to the school

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Like doing chamber music + competitions, joining an organization to teach music to underprivileged kids in durham

storm hamlet
storm hamlet
floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Whats comp

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šŸ˜­

floral geyser
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And it feels natural to me

storm hamlet
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uh good

floral geyser
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So i was like sure ill tale energy

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Have you guys visited duke

woven hedge
mossy mirage
floral geyser
mossy mirage
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Ok im just happy to know im not out of the running as an applicant šŸ˜­ šŸ˜­

storm hamlet
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how does international work

floral geyser
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Ill defo stay up late

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Wont be able to sleep

mossy mirage
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Noone has gotten into duke from my school in 5 years

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For me it drops at 4 pm

storm hamlet
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do you get a visa

floral geyser
woven hedge
floral geyser
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I-20

woven hedge
storm hamlet
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what about after, do you have time to find a Job in the US or no

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idk how that works

floral geyser
woven hedge
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Cuz youā€™ll get in

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šŸ™

floral geyser
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Its just that us college experience is a childhood dream of mine

woven hedge
mossy mirage
mossy mirage
thin maple
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Ik I canā€™t help much with anything but if you have any questions about Duke just let me know, rooting for all of yall šŸ«”

mossy mirage
thin maple
mossy mirage
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Do people take ubers

woven hedge
mossy mirage
floral geyser
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Everyone talks about duke students being narcissistic and stuff

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Im ngl tho id be too

thin maple
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Also ever since the Trump administration, Duke has taken a very silent approach because they fear lawsuits way more than Ivy League schools.

And my biggest point is that Duke admin really suffers from a ā€œimposter syndromeā€ because they mimic everything the Ivy League does

mossy mirage
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The faculty seems extremely nice from what ive experienced

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Even though duke is ranked above half the ivy league šŸ˜­

woven hedge
mossy mirage
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Like one of the professors i met gave me a 1-on-1 tour of the entire music department

woven hedge
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Ivy League is just a sports league and ppl need to get over it

mossy mirage
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Like ngl i donā€™t think a harvard professor would have done that

woven hedge
thin maple
mossy mirage
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Im a little scared šŸ˜­

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Like just making new friends when theres already groups

woven hedge
woven hedge
mossy mirage
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Oh yeah hows the dorms

thin maple
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Like youā€™re gonna be fine and have fun and do all the things

woven hedge
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I need to get in first tho šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ’”

thin maple
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Some dorms were built in 2019.. others in 1910 so yea lol

storm hamlet
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1910 is nuts

mossy mirage
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Its crazy how young of a school Duke is for being so prestigious

floral geyser
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What ab the weather

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Are winters cold

mossy mirage
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Duke gets snow right

thin maple
floral geyser
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My biggest fear is not adjusting to the climate

thin maple
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And not really

floral geyser
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Cuz it snows for 7 months where im from

thin maple
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North Carolina is very temperate

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All 4 seasons but nothing crazy

mossy mirage
floral geyser
mossy mirage
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It rains for a couple of weeks and thats our winter

floral geyser
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And it gets to -60 F in decemver

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šŸ˜‡

mossy mirage
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Do you live in antarctica noooo

floral geyser
mossy mirage
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šŸ§

thin maple
floral geyser
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Oh btw

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Will a 52% attendance hurt me

thin maple
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Wym

floral geyser
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But i have a perfect gpa and predicted ib

mossy mirage
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I donā€™t remember being asked about attendance for the app

floral geyser
floral geyser
thin maple
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I donā€™t think they factor attendance into admissions but I could be wrong

mossy mirage
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How did you maintain high grades with low attendance lmao

floral geyser
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I saw a seperate column

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For attendance in my report

floral geyser
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School policy lets u do that if u have reasons to

floral geyser
thin maple
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I wouldnā€™t worry

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It wouldnā€™t be the reason they accept or deny you so itā€™s no issue

floral geyser
thin maple
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My ECs werenā€™t insane, I did political campaigning for my congressman in HS and stuff like that

floral geyser
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If u had to guess what was the thing that got u in

vocal cobalt
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šŸ’”

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If no duke, I will quit playing kapustin FOREVER

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šŸ« 

thin maple
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I feel like my Duke essay was the most authentic of the 20ish colleges I applied to because I genuinely liked the school and saw myself fit there. I love the sports, culture, geography etc. I also think that applying for the priority deadline was helpful, my interviewer was really cool and seemed like she helped a lot

thin maple
thin maple
mossy mirage
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I just got recommended to listen to kapustinā€™s 4th piano concerto like last week

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Im more of a shostky fanboy though šŸ¤©

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If 3.9 gpa is low 3.8 is abysmal šŸ’” šŸ’”

thin maple
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Not like itā€™s a low gpa lol

mossy mirage
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Oh

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So like my gpa wonā€™t get me rejected right

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šŸ„ŗ šŸ„ŗ

thin maple
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Definitely not lol

mossy mirage
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God i really hope i get in

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I want to study piano under pei-fen liu

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And also organ students get to play in duke chapel

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Which is the coolest thing ever

vocal cobalt
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If anything, itā€™ll be institutional priorities (my way of coping)

mossy mirage
vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
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Duke please let me in

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I wrote a music essay freaking out about shostakovich symphonies basically

thin maple
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What service org did you talk about that does the tutoring in Durham?

mossy mirage
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Its called like Musical Empowerment

vocal cobalt
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So niche

mossy mirage
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Its something i genuinely want to do

vocal cobalt
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I scoured the whole website and didnt find that šŸ˜­

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When I did my whybduke

mossy mirage
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I also cold-emailed duke professors

thin maple
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Thatā€™s fire

mossy mirage
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Which my interviewer was very impressed by

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Like my interviwer said the words ā€œill write lots of good things about youā€

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So like i donā€™t think it could have gone any better

thin maple
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Thatā€™s good

vocal cobalt
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So we js talked abt football

mossy mirage
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LMAOOO

vocal cobalt
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(Thank goodness I remember ball)

thin maple
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Interviewers love when their students get in

mossy mirage
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my guy wasnā€™t really much of a sports guy

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But he did talk about chamber music at duke

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And like the freedom to take whatever you want

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
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Mine graduated in the 60s šŸ˜­

vocal cobalt
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WHAT

mossy mirage
#

Or was it the 80s

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I forgor

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But bro was an old fella

vocal cobalt
#

wtf mine was js a boomer then

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Military sports loving boomer

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I wouldā€™ve been cooked I think if I didnā€™t know game

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HE brought it up

mossy mirage
#

Im applying music but my alumni interviewer was a cardiac surgeon

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We still connected though and he thinks id be a good fit for duke

vocal cobalt
#

šŸ˜­

mossy mirage
#

Whats funny is one of my friends actually knows my alumni interviewer

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Since he works at stanford

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Its a small world

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6 degrees of separation or smth?

vocal cobalt
#

Small ahh word

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
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Do you think theyā€™ve already made their decisions

vocal cobalt
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Ofc

mossy mirage
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Omg

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1 day

vocal cobalt
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First week of dec

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They were alr done

mossy mirage
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Its tomorrow wtf

vocal cobalt
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I saw it in a webinar they held for counselors

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
vocal cobalt
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Tryna be cool

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
vocal cobalt
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Oh they finally received all my financials

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Bruh

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Why update so late

mossy mirage
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Oh yeah i got really close with my school counselor

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So i think i got an above avg rec

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šŸ„¹

vocal cobalt
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Bribed her with gcs

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šŸ™

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We change counselors every year

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So we canā€™t even get to know them

mossy mirage
#

Ive eaten lunch with her every day for like the past year

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šŸ˜­

vocal cobalt
#

Iā€™m banking on my physics C teacher and research mentor

mossy mirage
#

I got my apush and chem teachers recs

vocal cobalt
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I qualified for usapho so my phys teach glazes me even tho I was the lowest A student in the class

mossy mirage
#

Lowk even with my profile being an asian from the bay area hurts šŸŒž

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
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If i didnā€™t reach out to those duke profs and meet i would have been cooked

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But now i have a sliver of hope

vocal cobalt
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Duke, I need this

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My mom IS homeless

plain plover
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is duke really as bad as people say it is for queer people

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i feel like it cant be

mossy mirage
plain plover
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some people on tiktok

mossy mirage
#

Probably just fearmongering then

vocal cobalt
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They prob mistake itā€™s cliquey vibes for homophobia

mossy mirage
#

I dont trust those college admissions influencers

plain plover
mossy mirage
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I think most top universities are very left-leaning

plain plover
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it was a student tho and he was talking about

mossy mirage
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Im gay so iā€™d hope duke isnā€™t homophobic

plain plover
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how he didnt want to apply earlier bc of it

plain plover
#

šŸ˜­

mossy mirage
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What do gender studies ECs look like

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šŸ˜­

vocal cobalt
plain plover
#

so genuinely im just praying and hoping for the best but

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i have two research activities related to queer theory

vocal cobalt
#

Ah

mossy mirage
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Thats cool

plain plover
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but its also made like

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very clear throughout my app

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why i want to study gender studies

mossy mirage
#

I go to a private Christian school so never really had any ā€œgayā€ experiences smile

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

I went to SF pride for the first time this year and it was amazing

plain plover
#

so ive touched good bases

mossy mirage
#

I wonder how the dating scene is

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
plain plover
#

šŸ’”

mossy mirage
#

What do these words mean

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šŸ˜­

vocal cobalt
#

down low

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And fraternity

plain plover
#

so a dl is like

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a guy who isnt publicly out

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but he is on the down low

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thats where the dl comes from

mossy mirage
#

Mhm

plain plover
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so heā€™s closeted but he isnā€™t at the same time

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just very not public

mossy mirage
#

Sounds like me

plain plover
#

oh no trust a dl is not the same as just not being public

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they only want one thing

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

What is this mysterious thing

vocal cobalt
#

Tis a Christian Minecraft server ofc!

mossy mirage
#

I promised my friends if i got into duke i would pay for hot pot for everyone

plain plover
#

but im very excited because duke has a good gender studies program

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and i think it will be very interesting to study that outside of where im from

mossy mirage
#

So lowk hoping to drop some money on monday

plain plover
#

because my town is very conservative and very passionate on issues

mossy mirage
#

Oh that sucks

vocal cobalt
plain plover
#

our local heated school board election was centered around queer concepts

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so ive been exposed to my fair share of opposing rhetoric

mossy mirage
#

Once my school invited a speaker who called gay people ā€œdemonsā€

plain plover
#

but i think it will be interesting to apply it outside of where i am

mossy mirage
#

In the big 2 5

plain plover
#

because im also applying for a second concentration in environmental science

mossy mirage
#

I canā€™t wait to get out of here and go to college ngl

vocal cobalt
#

I want to meet that tulio guy I keep seeing

mossy mirage
#

Tulio sasaya

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Omg

vocal cobalt
#

On insta

mossy mirage
#

To be completely honest

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Ive never heard of duke before him

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šŸ’€

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He was my first exposure

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He plays viola right so maybe ill see him around the music dept smile

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Thats IF i get into duke first

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I didnā€™t really start thinking about college until junior year

vocal cobalt
#

Dream school was jhu since fresh

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But then I read Henrietta lacks

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And was like snap

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Wtf

plain plover
#

wait so pachi would u study just music?

vocal cobalt
#

I hope applicant numbers for ED stay sub 6k

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And acceptances 850+

mossy mirage
#

But im not sure what i want to do career wise

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Ig thats what undergrad is for

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The duke prof i met advised me to double major

plain plover
#

i went into high school thinking i was pre med

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im now gender studies

mossy mirage
#

She said a lot of music majors do that

dense coyote
mossy mirage
dense coyote
#

šŸ™‹ā€ā™€ļø

vocal cobalt
dense coyote
#

Lowkey gotta admit that the limmy of limmytalks js graduated Duke undergrad too

vocal cobalt
#

Donā€™t like him

mossy mirage
#

Whos limmytalks

dense coyote
#

The toxic influencer šŸ’€šŸ’€

plain plover
mossy mirage
#

Ew

plain plover
#

influencer

mossy mirage
#

Richard nixon went to duke law

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I just think thats kind of funny

plain plover
#

charges 60 for an essay review but its ai reviewing it

vocal cobalt
#

Scams hs kids for ChatGPT essay reviews yoo

dense coyote
#

Wtf

plain plover
#

i only trust my king tineo

mossy mirage
#

Well theres always the good and the bad in every school ig

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
vocal cobalt
#

I love tineo too

mossy mirage
#

School spirit smth smth

plain plover
#

tineo is also gay so that makes him 10x better

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cause all queer people r amazing

vocal cobalt
#

I got his essay revision b4 it sold

plain plover
#

i love gay people

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gays unite!

mossy mirage
plain plover
#

guys i love u so much im gonna study for us

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šŸ„¹

vocal cobalt
#

Empowerment

mossy mirage
#

I really really hope we all get in

#

Ily guys

dense coyote
#

guys itā€™s also my bday today lmao

plain plover
#

ill see in march

vocal cobalt
#

T-40 hours ish

mossy mirage
plain plover
#

jeepers

dense coyote
#

So literally Duke decision one day after bday

mossy mirage
#

Happy birthday

dense coyote
#

Tyyyy I wish we all get inšŸ’™šŸ’™šŸ¤žšŸ¤ž

mossy mirage
#

šŸ’™ šŸ’™

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Def scared though since duke ED is always a bloodbath

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According to last years poll 3/24 people got in

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šŸ’” šŸ’”

vocal cobalt
#

1/10 peeps get in

#

šŸ„¹

mossy mirage
#

Lowk ive done everything i could and decisions are made

vocal cobalt
#

Still better than RD šŸ‘»

mossy mirage
#

So no point stressing

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šŸ„²

vocal cobalt
#

(Roof)

mossy mirage
#

How would you guys celebrate

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If you got in

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

Iā€™ve been eyeing this duke hoodie

IMG_5974.png
vocal cobalt
#

Dookie color

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Or maybe my eyes are js sleepy

dense coyote
#

I literally wore my Duke shirt to my alum interview

mossy mirage
#

You had an in-person one?

dense coyote
#

And the first thing my interviewer said to me was I love ur shirt šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ„¹

mossy mirage
#

Mine was over facetime šŸ˜‚

dense coyote
#

Oh virtual

mossy mirage
#

Ohh

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I didnā€™t buy any yet bc i didnā€™t want to jinx myself

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But i am lying in bed with my duke teddy bear rn

vocal cobalt
vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

Too excited to sleep

vocal cobalt
#

Itā€™s a Brown Bear

vocal cobalt
#

Iā€™m too stressed to sleep

mossy mirage
#

I slept all day too

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So im not that tired

vocal cobalt
#

It was the same for ISEF

mossy mirage
#

Whats isef?

vocal cobalt
#

I didnā€™t eat or sleep

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

Ohh

vocal cobalt
#

Iā€™m gonna fake sick Monday and open college apps with friends

#

I donā€™t think I have to fake atp

#

Iā€™m basically sick

mossy mirage
#

I have a cold rn

#

So i need to get better by tomorrow

vocal cobalt
#

Js skip brotato

#

Finals donā€™t matter

mossy mirage
#

Im gonna open it with my friends and my school counselor

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And then get boba

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And hot pot

#

My friend also has a decision on monday

mossy mirage
dense coyote
#

Ahhhhh Iā€™m already on xmas break

#

So ill open with my brother

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And then text ppl lmaošŸ˜­šŸ˜­

mossy mirage
#

Luckyyy

#

Ive got 1 more week

#

Holy next week will be suffering if i dont get in

#

Im gonna first email my rec letter teachers and piano teacher as thanks

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Ill call my mom

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Uhh idk what else

dense coyote
#

Bro I still rmb the day when a whole bunch of my friends had their Stanford decision out. It was Friday afternoon and basically the period from then to now is the same as now to Duke decision outšŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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So scary

mossy mirage
#

One of my friends got in

#

Anyways i should prob sleep now to get over this cold

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Love yall dookie applicants šŸ’™ šŸ’™

short shore
lucid sierra
#

why r sum duke people js so weird and sum are like the best uve ever seen

short shore
#

What happened

lucid sierra
#

no liek limmy is weird w like the ai thing he does to grade the essays and then like ppl ik that go to duke r like the nicest ppl ik

opaque belfry
#

ah, I feel like that's an unfortunate truth everywhere, there's going to be a mixture of people but for the most part I think duke people are pretty chill

lucid sierra
#

cant wait for tmw

#

i js wanna open it up

craggy cave
#

For proportions

craggy cave
#

He got heckled when he was giving a guest lecture

craggy cave
floral geyser
#

cant wait

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lucid sierra
plain plover
#

people on tiktok r so bitchy

#

they bitched about not fitting in with the social scene

sand seal
mossy mirage
#

They were music professors

proper ruin
mossy mirage
#

What do ECs for education policy look like?

proper ruin
#

it honestly depends

#

for me, it was lobbying and legislation, youth advocacy, and teaching through tutoring

proper ruin
mossy mirage
#

Dang thats cool

proper ruin
#

i am the only duke applicant from my school this year which makes me really nervous for tomorrow šŸ˜­

mossy mirage
proper ruin
#

my #1 ec isnt so impressive, but it meant the most to me, and also my main lor is the advisor of that activity haha

#

WE will be praying āœŒļøāœŒļø

verbal patio
#

i dont blame you

verbal patio
mossy mirage
#

Still hasnā€™t sunk in duke decision is tomorrow

verbal patio
#

one of my friends asked 'how does it feel to be the goat of giving anxiety to high schoolers' or something

proper ruin
#

šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ā‰ļø

verbal patio
mossy mirage
#

Was duke your top choice

verbal patio
#

most people become normal for college though, a lot of people change substantially over the smumer and become completely new people

verbal patio
proper ruin
#

i assume u did scea for georgetown?

verbal patio
#

my stats were below the 25th percentile

verbal patio
proper ruin
#

me too twin šŸ’”

#

my highest is a 1450 but my superscore is 1 shy off from a 1500 šŸ’”

verbal patio
#

well my gpa was above the 90th percentile for my HS but my scores were slightly above the 25th percentile iirc

verbal patio
proper ruin
#

no like the 1510-1560 middle 50%

#

scares me smšŸ˜­

verbal patio
#

my best friend had a 1480 and another friend from nc had a 1420, tbh i dont know that many people who had perfect sat's

proper ruin
verbal patio
#

i think its an illusion because of all the pratt nerds lol

proper ruin
#

im also just hoping they see my 4.0 gpa thru 16 aps šŸ«©

verbal patio
#

strength of curriculum is more important than people think

#

on my admissions file they went into depth in terms of the classes i took

proper ruin
#

yeah i looked at the cds

mossy mirage
#

My gpa is 3.81 šŸ’” but i hope they see my course rigor

proper ruin
#

abt academic rigor

verbal patio
mossy mirage
#

I took APs wherever possible and did good on the exams

verbal patio
#

did you do ap calc?

mossy mirage
#

I got 5s on Calc BC and Chem even though i ended with a B in both

verbal patio
mossy mirage
#

So ig the teachers are just harsh graders

verbal patio
#

taking the class is all that matters tbh

mossy mirage
#

Im a humanities focus anyways

#

And i had straight As through all my history classes

verbal patio
#

like they didn't even care i got a B in pre-calc they were just upset that i didn't do calculus afterwards šŸ˜­

#

to be fair the highest math i did was stats and i had no math in 12th

mossy mirage
#

I also got my APUSH teacherā€™s rec and got the APUSH award at my school

#

So hopefully smile

verbal patio
#

heck yeah man

#

that's good

mossy mirage
#

When is college board making AP Anthropology šŸ˜‚

verbal patio
#

do you plan on doing anthroplogy?

mossy mirage
#

As a double major

#

My profile is more heavy on music

verbal patio
#

with?

#

ah gotcha

#

duke's evolutionary anthropology department is super super cool

mossy mirage
#

Tell me everything šŸ„¹

verbal patio
#

im taking a class next year with professor pontzer who's pretty well known for research on physiological development

#

unfortunately half of the cultural anthropology majors r just football players lol but they have really cool classes

#

there's a really popular class on the history of duke basketball thats a cul anth class iirc

mossy mirage
#

Is it because anthro is seen as an ā€œeasyā€ major

verbal patio
#

that and a lot of the classes are sports classes

mossy mirage
#

I told my interviewer im not that much of a sports guy smile

#

He said he wasnā€™t either so i think it was fine

verbal patio
#

that might change

#

duke's sports culture is pretty strong

mossy mirage
#

Maybe

verbal patio
#

i barely watched college basketball before coming to duke and now im a huuuge fan

proper ruin
verbal patio
#

a lot of people come to duke not liking sports and leave knowing every basketball player's 2nd grade teacher

proper ruin
#

i lwk was pressured by my math teachers to take calc 3 even tho i didnt want to šŸ˜­ šŸ™

proper ruin
verbal patio
#

i mean its really fun

#

the games are always fun and if you go with friends its even better

#

tenting is also really really fun, its basically just a giant sleepover with 100 people and your closest buddies

proper ruin
#

i rmb when researching for the why duke prompt, i saw an old tradition about when duke wins against unc, in a close game, people would burn wooden benches..

verbal patio
#

we still do that lol

proper ruin
#

and my interviewer when he was there in the 90s, he talked about that when he was studying history + classical studies undergrad

proper ruin
verbal patio
#

there are several missing benches around campus

mossy mirage
#

Reminds me of stanford impaling a bear and parading it around

proper ruin
proper ruin
verbal patio
#

on the fence about classical studies i might just minor in it

proper ruin
#

i think my alumni interviewer major'd in history and minor in classicial studies

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

god i cant stop mentally counting down the hours

#

26 hours and 10 minutes!!!

thin maple
woven hedge
#

Exactly 25 hours left

mossy mirage
#

Yup

#

Im going a little insane lmao

#

Envisioning both scenarios

mossy mirage
#

24 hours

verbal patio
# thin maple Fun is a word lol

the florida tenting was pretty bad because it was so cold, but it was like a shared trauma experience where you're huddled with 6 random guys you don't know in 20 degree weather while its sleeting and your shoes are wet because you forgot to close your tent and you still have 6 more hours to go until they open the line

raven mason
raven mason
#

remember that no matter what happens tomorrow, one university is not the only way to achieve success in a career or in the social scene. there are always other, and maybe better, options for you. Duke is a hell of a great school, but there's other hella great schools out there, and i believe in all of us. ā¤ļø

lucid sierra
#

amen

gentle hamlet
#

guys if you get rejected just remember who tf wants to go to school in north carolina durham fr

verbal patio
#

not polite!

floral geyser
mossy mirage
#

Its so real all of a sudden

#

I remember just watching tulio sasayaā€™s reels like last year thinking ā€œhuh i wonder where duke isā€

floral geyser
#

šŸ˜­

dense coyote
#

PLSPLSSPLS DUKEā€™30šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ’™šŸ’™šŸ’™šŸ’™šŸ’™šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™

dense coyote
floral geyser
rancid crest
short shore
#

7pm tomorrow

rancid crest
#

wow

short shore
#

Happy december 15th

mossy mirage
#

Im a west coaster šŸ¤Ŗ

floral geyser
mossy mirage
#

December 15 7pm EST

raven mason
#

happy decision day for us est peeps

vocal cobalt
#

give us a couple hours to catch up!

dense coyote
#

Ahhhhh Iā€™m crashing out

#

Just think abt the fact that tmr at this time Iā€™ll either be extremely happy or disappointed šŸ˜”

mossy mirage
#

Same

#

Seeing everyone getting in/rejected from their EDs is freaking me out

dense coyote
#

ME TOO

mossy mirage
#

My griend got into stanford and another got trjectrd grom rice

#

Cant soell

dense coyote
#

šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

mossy mirage
#

Why do i feel like a lot of messages just disappeared

#

I swear im getting deja vu

#

Oh probably because portal astrology is not allowed

vocal cobalt
mossy mirage
#

Welp

#

Ok so what are your guys rituals šŸ˜­ šŸ˜­

vocal cobalt
#

17 hrs 19 mins

mossy mirage
#

I sleep with my duke teddy bear every night

vocal cobalt
#

They are my good luck charm

floral geyser
mossy mirage
#

The thought thats made me less anxious is

#

ā€œTheyā€™ve already made the decisionā€

#

ā€œNothing I can do now will change itā€

vocal cobalt
#

Since first week of dec šŸ„¹

mossy mirage
#

In the meantime ive just been enjoying Pokemon under my heated blanket

vocal cobalt
#

One person I helped edit got into Princeton

#

(His stats carried him)

mossy mirage
#

Damn

#

Are you a good writer

vocal cobalt
#

Semi-ā€¦ I js know how to do these types of essays

#

Feels like scholastic writing to me

floral geyser
#

imagine

vocal cobalt
#

Yk the scholastic writing comps?