#Caltech (2025-2026)

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oblique cape
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Pretty cool, wonder what matching mechanism they use

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They already made decisions so I think pretty high

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Purdue published to slate that decision was made and then the next day popped up on the portal sooo

ornate loom
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Woah that’s cool, I’ll test it out

oblique cape
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If that's the case for you dw, it's probably just not a decision has been made on your file

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I initially had to manually add it by favoriting it and then was surprised to see 'decision made' today.

abstract iris
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same with some other colleges

ornate loom
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Woah

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Caltech has already made a decision on me

vagrant cape
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i feel like ts will alert my guidance cuonselor because i know she is a slate lurker

ornate loom
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As an intl, I didn’t

vagrant cape
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ugh none of mine have decided rip

ornate loom
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Not even Caltech?

abstract iris
ornate loom
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Shiver me timbers...

vagrant cape
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i'm a political science major i fear i was not applying to caltech this cycle

ornate loom
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Oh

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Lmao fair enough

narrow nacelle
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I am more scared to get into CalTech than get rejected because of the costs.

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Like I’ll really want to go, but how do you afford all that?

ornate loom
narrow nacelle
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And the rest is still expensive, right?

ornate loom
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yuh cali is expensive ig

narrow nacelle
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To eat, go out, and even drive.

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Gas is EXPENSIVE so I also avoid driving a ton.

ornate loom
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Yh that's crazy

oblique cape
oblique cape
oblique cape
red light
oblique cape
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same thing with berkeley

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although that's prob cause i already got in 😭

red light
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A cheap day in NM is like 20 lolz

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But honestly 30-50 isn’t bad if it’s like once every two weeks

ornate loom
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Idk how it works at Caltech, but do we feel that their class shaping process has already been done?

red light
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wdym

oblique cape
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if a decision has been made on the file then class shaping has been complete

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they ain't gonna just go back and change the decision, they will have it as 'under review'

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they might have it flagged as "wait for class shaping"

narrow nacelle
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What is class shaping?

oblique cape
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Like interests/majors/demographics/experiences/income

narrow nacelle
red light
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Oh cool

oblique cape
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Cause I'm pretty sure after every cycle the admissions committee presents their class to a board

red light
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Majors isn’t gonna be a req tho

oblique cape
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They can't accept 400 people interested in CS

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Even if they don't admit by major

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It's already a class size of 200

red light
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I mean yeah, I agree

oblique cape
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They need every single profile to be unique from the other

red light
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I’m curious as to how the interests work though cuz interests do change

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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Then next yr u pick ur major

red light
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I know

oblique cape
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wdym then

red light
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I mean for class shaping

oblique cape
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ohhh

red light
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Interests change; will they be a big consideration in admissions?

oblique cape
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yeah if they see it's oversaturated theyre probably gonna pick the coolest/most unique and stemmest

red light
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Fair enough

oblique cape
red light
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true

narrow nacelle
red light
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stemmaxing mh portfolio and essay

narrow nacelle
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You applied to CalTech as well?

red light
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I was accepted to Caltech yeah

narrow nacelle
red light
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Yeah

oblique cape
red light
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yeah

oblique cape
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congrats :D

red light
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thx

narrow nacelle
red light
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thx

oblique cape
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what interest if u dont mind me asking

narrow nacelle
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I thought you were older than me. 😭

red light
oblique cape
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wait thats so cool

narrow nacelle
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I don’t know why I didn’t recognize you at first.

oblique cape
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i applied CS + Econ

red light
red light
narrow nacelle
# red light I antmaxxed my app lmao

LOL I did the same. I wrote about ants a lot. And my photography and stuff. And how I built headphones from magnets and wires because my other ones broke.

oblique cape
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I lowk wonder tho if berkeley in terms of CS would be the better option

oblique cape
narrow nacelle
red light
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Bro what 😭

red light
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but I’d pick Caltech over Berkeley any day because of small school size

narrow nacelle
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I don’t know, bruh. I just assume everyone is older in that server.

oblique cape
red light
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Atleast yoh dont gotta apply to clubs

oblique cape
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they only admitted me for regents and CS

red light
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Or deal with other bs

red light
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wtf

oblique cape
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the weird thing is

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im not in the US

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😭

narrow nacelle
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Yo, Luca, we have to go ant hunting together if I get in.

oblique cape
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:)

red light
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Already planning on that 😜😜😜

red light
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intl regents is insane wtf

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What country?

oblique cape
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So i'm still out of state

red light
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ohhh

oblique cape
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not itl

red light
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Are yall doing okay w the recent events?

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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yeah lmao

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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Idk what iran is smoking though

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😂

red light
oblique cape
red light
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I wanna go find zoots

oblique cape
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i visited caltech tho

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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their campus is so cool

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It's flat as fuck though 😭

narrow nacelle
red light
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Zootermopsis

oblique cape
narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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im guessing those labs have the most insane equipment

red light
red light
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Most are 3 technically 🤗🤗🤗

narrow nacelle
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Bruh, I hope I get in because I skipped PreCalc to take Calc so I could hit all the requirements.

red light
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No but actually most buildings have 4 or 5 floors

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That’s typical w most colleges

oblique cape
narrow nacelle
red light
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The dorms r nice

oblique cape
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Maybe that one zig zag building in Boston corrupted my mind

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Let me show

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Nevermind no image permissions..

red light
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?

oblique cape
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yes

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that's one of the CS buildings

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in boston university

red light
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🙏😭

oblique cape
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$300mn for that 😭

narrow nacelle
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Looks like a Jenga tower.

oblique cape
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ye

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it's called the jenga tower

red light
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Yea

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Lmao

narrow nacelle
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Oh.

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Well that name fits it well then.

oblique cape
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100% it's so unnecessary

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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Great day to not be an engineer

red light
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Ughhh March is gonna be brutal

oblique cape
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why

red light
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Waiting on 4 schools

oblique cape
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Schlawg

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I thought ur committing to caltech 😭

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I swear it mogs any other school

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Caltech over harvard weather 10 times out of 10

red light
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it does but aid

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I wanna see if I can get any more from the other 4 I applied

oblique cape
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Im sure caltech's flexible considering their class size and budget lmao

red light
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🤷‍♂️ more the better

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Biblical greed

oblique cape
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Fair

narrow nacelle
red light
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Mainly just mit and Stanford, I applied berk and ucla b4 Caltech REA came out

oblique cape
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They deferred me 😭

red light
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Realistically I’ll get rejected from mit but I think I have a chance at Stanford

oblique cape
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Made me write a whole whopping 600 extra words I was so pissed

red light
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Which is good

oblique cape
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Sure, but I thought college application season was over when it was december 😄

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And the questions weren't even easy

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They expected me to have had an ephihane between the date i submitted (beginning of november) and december

red light
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Questions?

oblique cape
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1 whole ass month

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The first one was

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Reflect on your current year studies. What excites you about your learning and why? (125 maximum)

red light
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Is this for loci

oblique cape
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The next one was

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Tell us about an accomplishment you are proud of that occurred after you submitted your application. (125 maximum)

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The one after that

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How have you grown since you submitted your application? Are there any insights or realizations that have changed how you approach the world? (125 maximum)

red light
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Lmao

oblique cape
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and then 4. Describe any new information or personal circumstances that you would like to share with the admission committee. (125)

Tldr: any updates that are not in the other 3 responses or in the application

red light
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Oh helllll no

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Stanford 50 word essays were fun tho

oblique cape
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Oh yeah they were

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but i dont think theyre allowed to make a decision on ur file based on them apparently

narrow nacelle
red light
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😭

oblique cape
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i think they give it to AOs as a break to have a laugh

red light
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my friend got early accepted to Harv, Stan, mit, and Yale

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1 EA + 3 likelies

oblique cape
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Oh

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I thought they applied REA for all of them

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😭

red light
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I am definitely not the most cracked

oblique cape
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Dude what is that school 😭

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that should not be possible

red light
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He’s fgli and goated

narrow nacelle
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I only applied to CPP as my backup.

oblique cape
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i never understood what fgli is

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is that like

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first gen

red light
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First Gen low income

oblique cape
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oh

eager ledge
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Are decisions out yet?

oblique cape
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So questbridge?

red light
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No

red light
oblique cape
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interesting

red light
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Questbridhe also encompasses rural

safe dragon
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that one cracked dude

red light
safe dragon
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also go purify your ants bruh

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stop slacking

red light
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it didn’t go well

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🫩

safe dragon
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yeah 3 tubes only lao

red light
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so now I have to wait till next week to go back to alb*querque

red light
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I probably fucked up inoculation

oblique cape
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yo guys

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how long do u think this war gonna be

red light
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Wdym

oblique cape
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iran us israel

red light
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Probably next Friday idk

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Oh

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💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

oblique cape
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Im trynna go to college

red light
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I thought you were talking about Caltech decisions

oblique cape
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😭

safe dragon
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no way bro just said that

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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😭

red light
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YES BRO 😭

safe dragon
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idk

red light
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I’m not informed on politics so I have no clue I’m ngl

oblique cape
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we cant be deadass

narrow nacelle
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Fighting for our lives.

safe dragon
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as an international student i cant voice my opinions on global conflicts involving the US

narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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cuz strait of hormuz closed

safe dragon
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yup

oblique cape
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and oil refinries closed

safe dragon
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my dad works in petrochemical trading. Im genuinely worried by the lack of sleep he is getting

safe dragon
oblique cape
safe dragon
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i like really wish i can take some work off him

oblique cape
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that's not good

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i hope this conflict ends well

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even though i see no good end

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on every side

safe dragon
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but im not trained in logistics and trade management

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u know liek oil went from $1 gallon (unrefined i think) to like $20

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its crazy

oblique cape
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i only been tracking per barrel

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apparently iran is willing to fight to go past $200 per barrell

safe dragon
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sorry per barrel yes

oblique cape
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for refernece it's like a 100 rn

safe dragon
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yeah it depends on what type of oil but its crazy

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especially for global trade

oblique cape
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world economy is about to get touched ye

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😔

safe dragon
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and since the oil industry is taking a hit the global fishing industry and also argiculture will take a hit

oblique cape
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im trying to drink water ✌️ 😂

safe dragon
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the problem with a globalized world is that everything is connected and hence equally vulnerable

oblique cape
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yep

safe dragon
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we live in a crazy crazy world dont we

oblique cape
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do u live in the middle east

safe dragon
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nope

oblique cape
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oh good

safe dragon
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boarding student in the US, home is taiwan. However taiwan is inherently a trade nation too so some places wont be doing well

oblique cape
safe dragon
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nobody wins in a war

oblique cape
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(i know nothing about taiwan)

safe dragon
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tsmc is very interesting since it is a privatized company that has become a willing political (excuse my language but) pawn

oblique cape
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wait what

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how is a privatized company a pawn to the government

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😭

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I swear it's the public sector

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that gets molested by the government

gentle compass
safe dragon
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YOO THS GUY

gentle compass
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Yo what’s up bro

safe dragon
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been so long

gentle compass
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How r u

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Yeah it has

oblique cape
safe dragon
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im doing good hbu, what u get into so far (for me just gtech and uiuc)

safe dragon
oblique cape
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i see

safe dragon
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to give u an understanding of how powerful tsmc is: when people learn that tsmc owns a plot of land they will build houses around it (like apartments, basivcally a mini city) just bc they know if there is a factory there people will come flooding in for jobs. Hence tsmc controls real estate. TSMC also concentrates talent and is a huge gdp, contributing to economy. Hence, it is really no suprise that they have huge international inflicme

oblique cape
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wait

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that's so insane

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they deadass a governmental entity

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😭

safe dragon
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its more of a causation sort of relationship but they know the power they have and are not afraid to use it. Most of the time it comes in the benefit to taiwan and i am pretty sure tsmc get more freedom than most companies too. But yes we live in a very interestin world

eager ledge
narrow nacelle
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Guys, if we get into CalTech, we should all throw a pizza party.

oblique cape
eager ledge
oblique cape
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It would be under 'your list'

eager ledge
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But nothing shows up I needa use the drop-down

modern thicket
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When I check the caltech portal it still says "awaiting decision" even though it shows "decision made" on slate

eager ledge
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How do y'all check decision made n stuff I'm lost 😭

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oh my school is abroad thats prob why

ornate loom
modern thicket
hidden timber
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why did they put teh fuckass awaiting decision thing on february last week if they were gonna announce it in the middle of march anyways

oblique cape
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They might've just not given you a decision on the file yet

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Or just takes time to sync

eager ledge
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I mean I JUST made my account so

modern thicket
oblique cape
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theyre probably not done or sending it in batches

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to slate

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and then boom synced

modern thicket
oblique cape
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Harvard's more predictable 😭

hidden timber
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spoiler

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no one gets in

oblique cape
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^

hidden timber
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caltech doesnt even exist

oblique cape
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literally

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class size of 200 is not real

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almost my high school's class size

narrow nacelle
modern thicket
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Tf

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My class size is 355

hidden timber
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yall going to some bigass schools bro

oblique cape
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mine is like 150

eager ledge
ornate loom
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what sort of swiss ahh school ure going to

narrow nacelle
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I struggled learning on video classes at the time. I couldn’t focus on a computer for 6 hours a day.

stray scarab
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soo when is ts dropping

cunning iron
narrow nacelle
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Actually though, it is assumed to be this week or on pi day.

marsh patrol
cunning iron
marsh patrol
cunning iron
marsh patrol
cunning iron
ornate loom
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lmao guys is it like that for everyone in Slate? the status has changed from "decided" to "awaiting decision" today.

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ornate loom
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can someone who had the "decided" status before confirm if you have the same?

ocean pecan
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yup it also changed for me

sterile escarp
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same

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does that mean its coming soon or what

ocean pecan
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probably yeah

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I would assume riddle drops today or tomorrow and decisions drop Thursday or Friday

gritty orbit
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riddle dropping 2 days before decision is stupid af

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riddle should be a week in advance

hidden timber
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dihddle

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aint dropping

modern thicket
oblique cape
narrow nacelle
hidden timber
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Watch ts be released on the 21st

ornate loom
hidden timber
modern thicket
eager ledge
hidden timber
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Watch and learn

obsidian ruin
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i only know beaver breakroom 😭

eager ledge
obsidian ruin
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oh 😭

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edging us for no reason

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it’s not like they have a huge class size to handle logistics for either

gritty orbit
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if they do caltech is an L school

narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
oblique cape
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oops

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they just sent an email

obsidian ruin
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thursday

narrow nacelle
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They revealed the day,?

oblique cape
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ye

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11 pm pst i think

haughty ferry
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FUCK

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THRUSDAY

steel igloo
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Riddle is out

rocky wave
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caltech decision date evaded all predictions

haughty ferry
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lmfao

oblique cape
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😄

eager ledge
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Caltech is Thursday

obsidian ruin
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i got 3:32pm pst

rocky wave
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is the riddle the one with 2025 on the website

obsidian ruin
stray scarab
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so 6:30 est

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makes sense

rocky wave
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is this it?

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obsidian ruin
rocky wave
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oh oop

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where do we see it

stray scarab
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it's this

obsidian ruin
rocky wave
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ohh

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my bad y'all im stupid and didnt scroll down in the email 😭 🙏

unique aspen
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haha riddle out guys

oblique cape
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it's 3:32 pm pst

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nvm

haughty ferry
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I get 4.54 huh

obsidian ruin
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i might just skip class and sleep in

haughty ferry
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how did yall get 3.32

obsidian ruin
eager ledge
oblique cape
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😭

haughty ferry
eager ledge
haughty ferry
rocky wave
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aren't there 49?

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obsidian ruin
rocky wave
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jinx 😭

obsidian ruin
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so that's 6pm est

haughty ferry
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and the speed is km/s

eager ledge
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Ah icic

haughty ferry
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so you gotta convert to years

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no?

obsidian ruin
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oh in that case it's much cleaner

yLhGqRu.png
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3:30?

haughty ferry
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and the 1936 is in light years no

obsidian ruin
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the 1/300000 converts km/s to ly/yr

haughty ferry
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oh

oblique cape
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dude

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Apparently CMU starts rolling out

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the same day too

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😭

obsidian ruin
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rip

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at least my saturday wont be ruined by two rejections

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just one

oblique cape
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so

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12th,13th,14th,15th

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probably

rocky wave
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oh it's rolling? damn

oblique cape
obsidian ruin
oblique cape
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MIT in the bag

oblique cape
rocky wave
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wait what else is sat?

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hey chloe

oblique cape
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Btw

rocky wave
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incoming ping

oblique cape
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What does slate say for u guys

eager ledge
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The uhh web thing lmao I forgot

warped cosmos
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Caltech RD Decision Date

Approx <t:1773354600:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

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warped cosmos
rocky wave
eager ledge
haughty ferry
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because I don't find this 😭

rocky wave
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hang on ima do it too now

obsidian ruin
haughty ferry
eager ledge
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Anyone else got 3:30?

obsidian ruin
obsidian ruin
eager ledge
hard drift
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caltech!!!

haughty ferry
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fml I'm blaming my calc lmao

winter ruin
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so it wont be a double release on pi day lol

obsidian ruin
eager ledge
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What did y'all get?

eager ledge
hard drift
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isnt it almost always around 3:30

obsidian ruin
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im ngl they didnt try too hard for this riddle 😭

eager ledge
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I wasn't too sure of 3:32 bc it was 49 instead of 48

warped cosmos
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So is it 3:30 on the dot

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Or smth else

eager ledge
ornate loom
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yeah it's 3:30

eager ledge
obsidian ruin
rocky wave
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I got 3.3 too

obsidian ruin
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like the other ones they had some cool science behind it

rocky wave
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not middle school math 😭

eager ledge
thick dune
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AAAAAAAAAAAAA

ornate loom
thick dune
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just got the email

haughty ferry
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Which time zone tho

rocky wave
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hey satya welcome to the club

winter ruin
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PST

rocky wave
thick dune
eager ledge
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You could do this in your head
Except maybe the lightyear conversions ☠️

haughty ferry
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and is this am or pm 💀

rocky wave
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pm

eager ledge
rocky wave
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it's specified in the riddle

haughty ferry
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imagine caltech relasing the decisions at 3:30 AM

eager ledge
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It says it on the riddle thing

haughty ferry
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ah

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aww

rocky wave
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*6:30 wtver

eager ledge
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It'd be funny if it was AM

haughty ferry
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midnight for me

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:ccc

thick dune
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4am my time :(

rocky wave
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ripp 😭

obsidian ruin
winter ruin
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A2C literacy rates at an all time high

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thick dune
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no sleep for me

obsidian ruin
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i would wake up and know my college decision

eager ledge
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Ngl I'm low-key waiting for UTD

haughty ferry
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no sleep thursday

rocky wave
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man i remember when stanford rea was coming out it was all i could think about that day

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even made my pfp and name themed after it

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that's why id prefer it earlier so it wouldnt take up so much of my day 😭

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plus yall could sleep

thick dune
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doesn't caltech almost always do saturdays

rocky wave
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yeah i've heard that before

thick dune
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is it because pi day is on saturday this year

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and they always do it before MIT>?

rocky wave
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maybe, that's what people were saying too

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ultimately once last saturday passed everyone was thinking they'd just line themselves up with mit iirc

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but ig they didn't

thick dune
rocky wave
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fr

thick dune
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good luck guys

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see you in like 50 hours

vagrant cape
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holy caltech

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why so soon

rocky wave
warped cosmos
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I will come back tonight and edit in the localized time into the pin I’m gonna leave it as a spoiler in case anybody comes by and wants to solve it on their own without immediately seeing stuff

rocky wave
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yeah that sounds reasonable

eager ledge
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Schrodinger's Admission Letter
You're both Accepted and Rejected at the same time

So theoretically if you never open your admissions letter, you could tell your friends you were accepted in to Caltech with the caveat being you also have to tell them you were rejected at same time

rocky wave
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pov you never open your letter and end up like that guy who got accepted to harvard and didnt know for 8 years

eager ledge
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That was low-key brutal

rocky wave
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fr 😭

oblique cape
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how does that even happen

eager ledge
errant lagoon
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😭😭

silk bronze
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I love europa clipper though

grizzled iron
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This Caltech riddle is so easy imma leave it to y’all as practice

calm fossil
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thursday is lowkey unexpteced

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its always a sunday

grizzled iron
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Like cmon bro smh

calm fossil
narrow nacelle
silk bronze
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goddamn

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2 days gng

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until disaster T^T

round summit
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This and early decision riddles are just a units check. Should make them harder since it doesn’t matter if you can solve.

silk bronze
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12th is caltech, 13th is UChicago, 14th is MIT

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what are we doing 😭

red light
silk bronze
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as if this week can't get more eventful T^T

silk bronze
#

but I may be wrong

round summit
#

Well, let computer not round

narrow nacelle
round summit
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CMU says before April 1 but historically has begun releasing in waves from mid march

red light
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49 prizes, 48 laureates

narrow nacelle
red light
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So isn’t it 3:32

narrow nacelle
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You might be onto something.

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Let me double check.

warped cosmos
narrow nacelle
#

But I couldn’t find the actual number.

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So I don’t know for sure.

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I got 49 from you guys.

proper mesa
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As well

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Pauling won two no?

warped cosmos
round summit
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Yes if you click the “49” on the summary page. It says to date 48 Caltech alumni faculty and post docs have won a total of 49 Nobel prizes.

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So 3:32

narrow nacelle
round summit
#

The prompt says number of Caltech Noble laureates. So a people count and maybe one person got two.

narrow nacelle
# round summit So 3:32

Makes sense. Email was sent at 1:32, meaning they sent the Email exactly 50 hours before release.

round summit
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Mice nuts but I think yeah 3:32

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Then again the summary page also says “Nobel laureates:49” and I suppose a person is a Nobel laureate twice if you get two? But I think the email exact 50 hours leans towards 332.

warped cosmos
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Yeah their pdf says 49

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round summit
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Two minutes to dwell on the ambiguities before I am cooked 😝

warped cosmos
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This is a learning experience

winter ruin
grizzled iron
narrow nacelle
grizzled iron
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I’ve met Kip Thorne so that’s gotta counts for smth

round summit
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You can rest easy

grizzled iron
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I should’ve been like “yo ik this is your first time seeing me in my life but you gotta write me a LOR”

warped cosmos
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Do I have the bot on in here

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,ping

shell edgeBOT
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Ping: 509ms.
Heartbeat: 78ms.

warped cosmos
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,tex $$V = \frac{d}{t}$$

$$(127 + 48) = \frac{1936 \times (9.461 \times 10^{12} \text{ km/ly})}{t}$$

$$t = \frac{1.8316 \times 10^{16} \text{ km}}{175 \text{ km/s}} \approx 1.0466 \times 10^{14} \text{ seconds}$$

$$t = \frac{1.0466 \times 10^{14} \text{ s}}{3.1536 \times 10^{13} \text{ s/Myr}} \approx 3.3188 \text{ Megayears} = \text{ 3:32 PM PT}$$

shell edgeBOT
warped cosmos
#

I’m so smart ik LaTeX!

grim mango
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yo i lowk havent sent a message in this server in a year but i'm co'29 rea and i saw the riddle came out
gl to all the applicants!! if u get in u should totally come to discotech its a great experience

grizzled iron
grim mango
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i mean idk a surprising amnt of ppl from here got in last year, i think it kinda varies
you never know until decisions release

grizzled iron
grim mango
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ah dang I hope decisions improve for u
good luck regardless though

red lotus
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same

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uiuc and other rejects crushed me

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i have no confidence now

grim mango
#

Anyway I'm probably gonna dip i have too many irls here
If u have any questions post-decisions be sure to ask them in the admits discord though
Also take math 0

coarse pebble
narrow nacelle
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I think..

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I am not for sure on what they meant, but this is my reasoning why I am assuming 48.

coarse pebble
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I thought so too but the at a glance specifies 48 Nobel prizes and 49 laureates even if the number they used is wrong I’d assume whoever made the question just pulled from the same section that includes both Nobel prize laureates and National Academies memberships

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Also 3.30 is just a nicer number than 3.32

narrow nacelle
coarse pebble
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That’s what I’m saying

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…

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It’s wrong but also

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I don’t know if the person making the question would go that deep

narrow nacelle
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Did I read the official website wrong?

coarse pebble
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Icl

warped cosmos
narrow nacelle
warped cosmos
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I don’t do math I’m just saying the nice number part doesn’t hold up

narrow nacelle
warped cosmos
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It’s a two minute difference

coarse pebble
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Yea it was honestly just a random statement, I mainly believe whichever person made the puzzle probably just pulled information from the same section even if that information was wrong

warped cosmos
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If you wanna go off 3:30 then go ahead

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Nobody’s gonna stop you

narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
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And how it is 49.

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Which you guys already explained, so I am good now.

vale canopy
thorny sparrow
obsidian ruin
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my productivity is gonna crash until the decision time now that ik the date 😭

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i had two scholarships to finish by the 12th

stone spruce
warped cosmos
gentle compass
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There’s no way they do 3:32

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That’s so ugly

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If they do 3:32 and I get in im withdrawing

sterile escarp
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has daylihgt saving alr started?

vagrant cape
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yes

narrow nacelle
vagrant cape
#

so caltech is currently on PDT not PST

round summit
#

It’s the question: if you are a two-time Nobel laureate, does that mean you count twice as a Nobel laureate? Probably. My resume would say “2x Nobel laureate”. And probably nothing else.

Plus the riddle prompt language matches the Caltech summary page language for 49.

modern thicket
#

Its a 2 mins diff, no biggie

gritty orbit
red light
#

49 prizes, 48 laureates

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One person got 2 prizes

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Linus Pauling, the only to ever do it iirc

narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
red light
#

I don’t think so

narrow nacelle
modern thicket
grizzled iron
round summit
#

Caltech or mit talking?

red light
ocean pecan
#

iirc last year Caltech sent quite a few admits an email like 1 day before decisions dropped

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idk much about it maybe someone here does

red ore
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Any idea how many they sent?

ocean pecan
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no idea lol but im wondering if they do it this year

thorny sparrow
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we'll figure out quite soon

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idk why i'm anxious about the decision coming out on thurs 💀

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I know i'm getting rejected anyways

eager ledge
coarse pebble
# red light Other way around

That’s what’s actually correct but I’m pretty sure someone flipped it on the “at a glance” which is why I said it isn’t correct, just that the person making the puzzle probably isn’t thinking about that and just pulled the numbers

broken shadow
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Oh god I love Pasadena, love Pasadena, love Pasadena...

clear crow
#

is it a sign if an international gets sent a css fee waiver without even asking for one

timber spruce
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Did you get one?

clear crow
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yeahh one of my friends

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I mean he was late in submitting his css so

timber spruce
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Around what date

clear crow
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they mailed him a waiver

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without him even asking

clear crow
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and then he missed the email

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and then about 7 days back

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yet another email

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and bro submitted about 3 days back

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lol

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what do you think

timber spruce
#

Well it could be a sign

clear crow
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hmmm

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I hope it is

timber spruce
#

The same thing happened to me so

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Idk

clear crow
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ohhh maybe they give it out to everyone then

timber spruce
#

No they dont

ornate loom
timber spruce
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Yeah the founder is here lmao

ornate loom
#

😂😂😂😂

clear crow
#

what founder

hidden timber
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<48 hours till rejection...

narrow nacelle
modern thicket
pastel stag
#

Sameeee

modern thicket
pastel stag
#

Fair

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But idk how I’ll handle rejection, physically and emotionally

modern thicket
#

just think about the offers u have

pastel stag
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tho yeah if I get rejected I hope my spot goes to someone who hasn’t gotten in to a lot of good schools

modern thicket
#

u already got an offer from many people's dream school

pastel stag
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Ik. I’m really grateful

modern thicket
#

if u can get in cal early

pastel stag
#

Ehhhhh maybe

modern thicket
pastel stag
#

Cuz I’m not cracked. I don’t have too many STEM ECs and my essays were mid

modern thicket
pastel stag
#

lol yeah

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I honestly didn’t expect my college admissions to go this well

modern thicket
#

u gonna be all over the moon on ivy day

warped cosmos
sterile escarp
#

31 hours to go!

oblique cape
#

😂

narrow nacelle
#

I was worried I wouldn’t.

pastel stag
grizzled iron
narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
#

24 hours!!

graceful jolt
#

They are talking about slate, not what it says in beaver breakroom

thick dune
#

is it some sort of different platform?

graceful jolt
#

yeah supposedly it lets u see the status of applications

thick dune
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ah

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pretty cool

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less than 24 hours....

prime crypt
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caltech is probably the college im least stressed over

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my chances are absolutely almost 0 for caltech

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so like

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cant get disappointed

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if you had no expectations in the first place lmao

red ore
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Same tbh

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My chances are almost zero for lost places tho but especially low for caltech

prime crypt
#

like chat

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there is ZERO chance

ocean pecan
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im shitting bricks rn

prime crypt
#

i am one of 200 people

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💀

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like

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are we being deaduzz rn 💔 caltech would it kill you to bump up your class size

red ore
#

Yeah but also far fewer people apply than other schools

prime crypt
#

yeah but its still caltech bro

ocean pecan
#

idk how accurate it is but apparently deferred people have a decent shot during RD so imma be kinda sad if I get rejected

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😭 🙏

prime crypt
#

gl !!!!!!!!!

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im pretty sure defer is like

ocean pecan
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thanks u too !!

prime crypt
#

indicative of something

ocean pecan
#

yea hopefully lol I think my updates were pretty good

prime crypt
#

idt caltech is like mit/harvard who just defer about everyone

ocean pecan
#

yeaa I heard 🙏

red ore
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Just saying like

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Still got a shot

prime crypt
#

true

red light
#

Wait

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I misread

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Yeah they barely defer

gritty orbit
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yeah deferrals mean something at caltech

prime crypt
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im pretty sure P(accept | defer) > P(accept) but how much the difference is is just

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anyones guess

thick dune
thick dune
thick dune
red light
cunning iron
#

Caltech is gonna be the easiest rejection for me to get over

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Mainly bc like

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I had no chance to begin with

prime crypt
#

gl @ocean pecan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

modern thicket
#

did anyone receive an email from caltech yet

thick dune
obsidian ruin
thick dune
#

:/

warped cosmos
# warped cosmos
poll_question_text

Caltech RD time

victor_answer_votes

16

total_votes

27

victor_answer_id

1

victor_answer_text

3:30 PM PT

ocean pecan
ocean pecan
ocean pecan
modern thicket
vagrant cape
#

caltech does not do likelies

modern thicket
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from what ive heard ppl from the previous cycle received a letter

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not likely

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like a letter asking them to connect with caltech techies or sth

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implying they got in

vagrant cape
#

oh thats cool

silk bronze
#

Well let’s pray

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For good news

red light
#

I haven’t heard of any Caltech letters

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But Caltech also small

silk bronze
#

yeah we'll see tbh

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we can hope

gentle compass
#

was probably just a mess up for last year

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and they would have fixed it

silk bronze
#

it's like uhhhhh

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20 hrs left

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I think

red light
#

3:32 pee es tee

silk bronze
#

fudge

modern thicket
silk bronze
#

oh wait I was right

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it is 20 hrs

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why'd I say 15 lmao

warped cosmos
narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
# warped cosmos Which

I think the first one is better, 2nd one looks more like a NASA thing (even though their connected).

grizzled iron
#

Caltech comes out while I’m at the barbershop tmrw y’all think that boosts my odds

grizzled iron
#

Trust

silk bronze
#

Bc it’s caltech-y

narrow nacelle
#

Nah, do a mowhawk.

grizzled iron
#

Ok guys it’s decided I’m opening it w my barber

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Then MIT comes out during my prom so

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That’ll be a hoot

warped cosmos
grizzled iron
#

Alabama

thorny sparrow
round summit
#

Why can’t I post pics here

grizzled iron
warped cosmos
red ore
feral narwhal
#

Why does Caltech need you to take a physics class for you to be eligible to apply

ocean pecan
#

I mean physics and math is basically the foundation of everything you do there

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and the core curriculum is hard so you need a good foundation of physics if you wanna pass (and math and chem)

feral narwhal
#

Wouldn’t the same logic apply to mit

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They don’t have those requirements

ocean pecan
#

I think you could argue caltech's curriculum is more stem focused and rigorous than MIT

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But at the same time if you don't take a physics course

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and apply to MIT it's probably a huge red flag anyway

feral narwhal
#

💯 I see

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I need to decide between physics and computer science next year

ocean pecan
#

iirc when I applied to MIT a couple months ago they had a question like "when was the last year you took a [physics] [calculus] [biology] [chemistry] course" and you had to select it for each option

ocean pecan
#

?

feral narwhal
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Yes

ocean pecan
#

if you haven't taken physics then definitely physics

feral narwhal
#

Yes will do

grizzled iron
feral narwhal
#

Every time I go to Caltech for my lab work there’s like no students and it makes me wonder how small the school is

grizzled iron
#

Tiny

ocean pecan
#

less than 1000 undergrad level small 😭

grizzled iron
#

Like high school sized

grizzled iron
feral narwhal
#

Neuroethology research

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With insects!!

grizzled iron
#

Nice

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Why insects?

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Just curious

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Seems to me like there ain’t many neurons to study 😭

feral narwhal
#

I’ve just loved insects since I was a kid and they also let you do field work which is crazy fun

grizzled iron
#

Ahhh

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You from LA area I’m guessing

feral narwhal
#

Which is why many people use insect models for neuroscience research

feral narwhal
grizzled iron
#

My cats a dumbass you can use him 😭

feral narwhal
#

😭

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That wouldn’t be very ethical

grizzled iron
feral narwhal
#

He looks obese

grizzled iron
#

He is

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You can map bros neuron

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It’s a dot

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He got 1

feral narwhal
#

😂

grizzled iron
#

One thing I will say abt Caltech is everyone there is a chiller

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Super cool people

feral narwhal
#

Yeah I’ve never been able to talk to the under grads because they tend to keep to themselves at least in my lab

grizzled iron
#

Ah

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My interactions were cool

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Cafeteria food is also heat

feral narwhal
#

Would you go to Caltech or mit

grizzled iron
#

Uhhh

#

depends on what for

feral narwhal
#

For your intended major

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Yea if I had the wonderful problem of deciding between one or the other I’d go MIT because I’ve been in Cali for too long

grizzled iron
#

I’d prolly go MIT also

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I liked Caltech more

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But due to size I feel MIT has more opportunities

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Good thing I won’t have to make that decision tho

feral narwhal
#

Why not?

arctic cove
round summit
arctic cove
#

He s so fat😭

round summit
#

I could lose a few pounds

arctic cove
ocean pecan
#

man I wish I could just time travel forward 18 hours

#

time going slower and slower the closer we get to decisions

grizzled iron
grizzled iron
oblique cape
#

on slate

feral narwhal
grizzled iron
versed bobcat
grizzled iron
versed bobcat
narrow nacelle
narrow nacelle
versed bobcat
feral narwhal
# grizzled iron Watch ts

If you showed your amazing kindness like you did to me to your interviewers that’s an auto admit for me

versed bobcat
versed bobcat
feral narwhal
#

He said he’s getting rejected from Caltech and mit

versed bobcat
#

in all likelihood

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we both probably will

feral narwhal
#

Nah you gotta believe you’re part of the 4%

versed bobcat
#

this is the probability that both I and the other guy get rejected from btoh

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87.6%

modern thicket
versed bobcat
#

how many int get in?

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it is slightly higher

versed bobcat
#

altho caltech tends to reject people who would likely get in MIT bc caltech has a super specific culture

feral narwhal
versed bobcat
narrow nacelle
versed bobcat
#

TRUE

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thanks google AI

narrow nacelle
versed bobcat
narrow nacelle
#

I better get into CalTech, I skipped PreCalc to meet requirements.

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I lowkey wanted to take that class.

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Actually though, Calculus is fun.

versed bobcat