All Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) (2025-2026)

[cunning sable]

before webtree closes

[stiff hornet]

fuckk davidson is so cool bro

[tough mantle]

Ok good

[serene crown]

ngl w&l is certainly not for me like 75% of students are in frats

[tough mantle]

It is

[cunning sable]

trvke

[stiff hornet]

rip

thats lowk cool tho

[upper glade]

dartmouth dupe basically

[crude shadow]

I've heard that you can find other social outlets instead

[upper glade]

yep heard this abt darty too

[serene crown]

gl!!!! and congrats on w&l :3

[upper glade]

its just that there will be some class-based discrimination around greek life which sucks

bro vandy frats

ong

[crude shadow]

its basically the dartmouth of the south

Outdoorsy
Rural
fratty

[upper glade]

they scout freshies before they hit campus

[tough mantle]

The deadline says June 18th

[cunning sable]

yeah sounds about right

[upper glade]

like search up their house value to approximate their net worth

[crude shadow]

thankuuu

[upper glade]

and make a priority list

[crude shadow]

_<

[cunning sable]

they need time to grade it before webtree ends so that you can get the results in time to list the appropriate class

[serene crown]

^w^

[smoky nacelle]

wth

[upper glade]

some dude on vandy reddit was talking abt it

back in 09 or smth

[tough mantle]

Knowing me I’ll take it when it first opens lol

[cunning sable]

probably not a bad idea

[crude shadow]

truuuuuuu, but theres always gonna be some discrimination anywhere :p, I don't think I'll have too big of a problem.

[cunning sable]

i put mine off for a while lol but there’s no point in doing that really

just get it out of the way

[upper glade]

foreigner's fate

just beat it yuh

[tough mantle]

If I don’t pass out of anything it’s fine

[cunning sable]

the placement test is pretty low key though. iirc it’s mostly multiple choice and then there’s like an essay question at the end

[tough mantle]

I’ll just take 103

[cunning sable]

maybe a couple other short writings

[vocal schooner]

CONGRATS 🔥

[crude shadow]

I saw a few comments on reddit and WSO that the students jokingly say W&L stands for White and Loaded 😭

[tough mantle]

Wait what

[cloud lion]

good luck :))

[tough mantle]

Essay

[crude shadow]

cuz iirc its 70% white and 4th highest median family income ?

[upper glade]

@smoky nacelle I love the songs playing rn lmao so girly pop

[sinful totem]

yeah that tracks

[cunning sable]

essay might be the wrong word lol but there’s some written responses

[sinful totem]

but that’s also pretty much most lacs

[tough mantle]

I’m assuming I write in Spanish

[cunning sable]

yeah lol

[upper glade]

HAHAH

[cunning sable]

i remember it being like “write a letter to your host sister from your semester abroad in france” or something like that

idk what the spanish test is like but i assume broadly similar

[tough mantle]

Oh god

[crude shadow]

yuh W&L is highlighted cuz of uhhhh history

[smoky nacelle]

LOL yes !!!

[cunning sable]

ngl the bar for getting into a 200 level class is much lower than you may imagine lol

[smoky nacelle]

drunk girls

https://tenor.com/view/yves-loona-yves-loop-yves-from-loona-yves-loop-dancing-autismiplier-gif-6326400756671963157

[idle bobcat]

Omg I saw that too 😭

[tough mantle]

I know basic preterite and imperfect

[upper glade]

do most LACs have film development facilities (photography)

[cunning sable]

i was pretty nervous about my ability to keep up (especially since i took a semester off of french classes) but there was no reason to be

[upper glade]

is this yves

[smoky nacelle]

IT IS

[cunning sable]

i’m in french 220 and genuinely i’m one of the best speakers in my class

[smoky nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/yves-phone-shocked-yves-shocked-yves-confused-gif-7806431763074527985

[upper glade]

the GOAT

[serene crown]

cough cough

[upper glade]

I miss loona sm

[smoky nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/loona-williams-college-robin-williams-yves-freedom-server-gif-27256904

well now you need to come to williams even more

[tough mantle]

My Spanish class just kinda screws around a lot 😭

[languid coral]

https://tenor.com/view/loona-williams-college-robin-williams-yves-freedom-server-gif-27256904

[cunning sable]

if you can write a coherent paragraph you’re almost certainly making it into 201 or whatever you’re going for

[languid coral]

LMFAO

[upper glade]

WHAT IS THIS

[smoky nacelle]

bc we have an orbit eph crossover

the intersection of interests

[upper glade]

LMAOO

[crude shadow]

the only thing ive found thats lacking is that theres literally no way to connect with my future classmates, the reddit is super dead, the whatsapp group is super dead, theres no discord servers etc.

[tough mantle]

Alright time to lock in on writing

[serene crown]

come out already smh

[crude shadow]

😨

[cunning sable]

instagram?

this was also the case for me but instagram was pretty popping

[crude shadow]

too shy to DM ppl :p

[tough mantle]

Same bro

Here’s the strat I found

[upper glade]

LMFAO

[crude shadow]

i've just been waiting for them to follow me instead

[tough mantle]

Make a relatable note and have them message you hopefully (def not inspired by Chloe)

[smoky nacelle]

🙏

[cunning sable]

yeah my strat was to follow a bunch of people, post stories and notes related to davidson, and then wait for people to respond lol

works pretty well especially in the summer

[smoky nacelle]

you kind of have to be proactive

you dont always have to dm

[upper glade]

wait what did you get accepted for

[smoky nacelle]

i put english down!

[upper glade]

ooo

[smoky nacelle]

hoping to major in english w a concentration in global studies

wbu

[empty knoll]

thank uuuuu hope to see you there

[upper glade]

checking rn

[crude shadow]

isn't the point that u dont get admitted to anything :p

its moreso just an academic interest

[smoky nacelle]

yea

it's not set in stone

[upper glade]

in terms of what u put down yeah

[crude shadow]

ehh, i'd say its not set in anything

[upper glade]

yupp

[tough mantle]

Yeah I had like a 2 hour convo with someone yesterday thanks to this

[smoky nacelle]

yea

[smoky nacelle]

o this is so cool

i love film and media studies

[upper glade]

hopefully they want a korean HUM/SOC duo this year 🙏 🥹

[smoky nacelle]

‼️ ‼️

[tough mantle]

Film be cool

[upper glade]

noone applied from my school I think

ever

maybe like <5

[smoky nacelle]

french!! femboy

[languid coral]

100%

[empty knoll]

is the b school at w&l good?

[smoky nacelle]

i can't wait to take film classes

and join the film club

[tough mantle]

SAME

[smoky nacelle]

https://tenor.com/view/yves-loona-yves-loop-yves-from-loona-yves-loop-dancing-autismiplier-gif-6326400756671963157

[serene crown]

https://tenor.com/view/tsukasa-lucky-star-low-quality-gif-5211025191490784510

[crude shadow]

Its actually pretty good

[languid coral]

i think also we got lucky with our instagram gc cause it started in the spring and people slowly trickled in and then when previews happened a LOT of people joined

[smoky nacelle]

LOL

[cunning sable]

maybe i should take a film class

[cunning sable]

let me take a gander at the catalog

[upper glade]

all NESCAC LACs have like

fire PHOT courses

[smoky nacelle]

omg i do photography

[upper glade]

ong

I need it

[tough mantle]

I hope I can take Humanities honestly (I’m thinking this is the route even though I’ll be missing my senior straight play show)

[smoky nacelle]

so ime xcited to take photography courses

[empty knoll]

ayy if i get in ill be blessed with a good b school

[upper glade]

twin

[smoky nacelle]

TWINN

[cunning sable]

instagram gc scene really started popping off after housing came out for us

cause people started making dorm gcs

[crude shadow]

hell yeah, hope u get in

[languid coral]

omg lmao when housing came out the gc was blowing up

[empty knoll]

thank u femgarçon

[smoky nacelle]

the ED instagram gc was active earlier but now it's preety dead

[upper glade]

Hamilton has a semester at NYC program for photography

[smoky nacelle]

i've been talking to more '29 people than my own class so far 😭

[upper glade]

I need that

[cunning sable]

our dorm gc is desolate these days lol but june-september it was popping

[smoky nacelle]

grgrgrgrgr

[tough mantle]

God I’m so excited

[smoky nacelle]

wait im kind of sad

what am i gonna photograph in williamstown massachusetts

[crude shadow]

I saw on linkedin that the number of alumni at the big banks is the same as colgate, while having half the student body :p

[languid coral]

omg you’ll have to let me know who you talk to i wonder if i know them

[serene crown]

william

[cunning sable]

@tough mantle idk if i ever told you this but when it comes time to rank housing do not live in belk 😭

[smoky nacelle]

street photography in mali 💔

[empty knoll]

its so prettyyyyyyyy

[languid coral]

THERES SO MUCH DW

[tough mantle]

I know for a fact

[languid coral]

wait you should consider photographing for the williams social media

[tough mantle]

I refuse

[smoky nacelle]

ive been talking to madou the most

[empty knoll]

i need to up my linkedin game, colgate is cool too

[tough mantle]

To live on that building

[smoky nacelle]

william.

[languid coral]

LMFAOO WAIT THATS AMAZING

[tough mantle]

I plan on Little or Watts tbh

[smoky nacelle]

true 😢

but i dont really like landscape photography

[upper glade]

I wanna do sports phot if my D3 football walk-on dream doesnt work out

lmfao

[cunning sable]

yeah you strike me as a watts kind of guy

[smoky nacelle]

OK GOOD

[smoky nacelle]

I TALKED TO ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BENEYAM

[empty knoll]

Williams has a lot to photograph

[tough mantle]

Idk what this means but thank you 😭

[cunning sable]

i can’t remember if it’s watts or little that has no elevator

[smoky nacelle]

and he gave me th eemail addresses

of the photography ppl

[languid coral]

YESS

[tough mantle]

Little has the kitchen

[smoky nacelle]

they ghosted me tho.. 💔

[languid coral]

omg noo

[smoky nacelle]

id love to do photography for the baseball team but i think i might just stick w campus life

[cunning sable]

each one just has a certain vibe i feel

[smoky nacelle]

YESS it was the mali connection

[cunning sable]

it’s not actually that deep lol but those are good options

[smoky nacelle]

eee !!!

[cunning sable]

watts is pretty chill i feel. like not much goes on

[crude shadow]

W&L has a really pretty campus tbh

[cunning sable]

most everyone i know lives in belk or rich but i know a few people in the others

[smoky nacelle]

o this is so pretty

[empty knoll]

Oml its so pretty

[tough mantle]

I probably need this

[languid coral]

maybe try again closer to august?? 😔

[smoky nacelle]

PRETYY

[empty knoll]

holy crap

[upper glade]

southern colleges are lowk a vibe

[smoky nacelle]

😢 yea that's a good idea

[empty knoll]

w&l is the gold at either end of the rainbow

[smoky nacelle]

did you submit a photography portfolio to williams?

[upper glade]

yupp

[smoky nacelle]

samee

i feel like that carried

[upper glade]

oh damn

[languid coral]

i’m also friends with one of the other photographers, jackson, you can probably reach out to him too he’s really nice

[smoky nacelle]

i love colleges that accept portfolios

[upper glade]

I have some noncompetitive awards but my shi aint good

[smoky nacelle]

o wait yea ive stalked his photography

lOL

[languid coral]

LMAO

[upper glade]

was your portfolio acc mali street

[crude shadow]

the funny thing is, the big building is Washington Hall, the Chapel USED TO BE called Lee Chapel, its University Chapel now

[smoky nacelle]

i'll probably follow him

[smoky nacelle]

yea all my photography is of mali

thats why i feel kind of screwed

but we adapt

[upper glade]

ohh

[empty knoll]

LMFAOOOOO

[upper glade]

mine was mostly seoul during the summer

[smoky nacelle]

o thats so cool!!!!

how is photography in korea

[upper glade]

im lowk scared abt getting beaten up here shooting candid

[smoky nacelle]

i've never been but im going the first time this summer

so i cant wait to bring my cameras

[smoky nacelle]

HELP

[upper glade]

Ooo we should hang

Im so homesick rn making a to-do list for summer

[smoky nacelle]

yess !!! photography session

i wanna do some street

[crude shadow]

Yeah same, someone who'd do it here would also def be arrested 😭

[smoky nacelle]

😭

NOO

that's so sad

i love candid

[crude shadow]

its a conservative religious country :p

[empty knoll]

by chance do you live in the middle east?

[crude shadow]

close

Pakistan

[smoky nacelle]

o same here

but probably not as conservative

[smoky nacelle]

oooo

[empty knoll]

oh pakistan zindabad (im indian)

[smoky nacelle]

i have a friend who does photography in pakistan

it looks beautiful

[crude shadow]

im not particularly patriotic 😭

[upper glade]

this one was in HK

[empty knoll]

very very very fair

[upper glade]

lowk a casual

[smoky nacelle]

tthats so cool!!!!! i love HK streets

[upper glade]

such a vibe

I'd love to work there for like 2 years of my 20s

nothing more tho

[empty knoll]

I would get arrested too 🥺🥺🥺

[smoky nacelle]

that would be tha dream

[crude shadow]

haha, yuh, its not AS bad as people say tho.

[crude shadow]

😭

[smoky nacelle]

i lowk romanticize HK based on the wong kar wai films i've seen LOL

i have no idea what it's like now

[crude shadow]

I love skyscrapers, and hong kongs skyline is absolutely gorgeous

[upper glade]

YEAH

[crude shadow]

If i didnt get into W&L, i would've gone to HKUST or HKU

[empty knoll]

hku and hkust arent all that imo

but defo a cool place to live in

[crude shadow]

I guess, they're the best in HK either way

[upper glade]

are you at hk rn

[crude shadow]

no lol

I'm not from HK 😭

[empty knoll]

do you do IB by chance?

[crude shadow]

Nyo, I did A-Levels

[fickle tundra]

did anyone get into oberlin here?

[sinful totem]

hamilton……

[empty knoll]

alr funsies

[crude shadow]

not funsies

[upper glade]

u there?!

[empty knoll]

we all suffer anyway

[sinful totem]

i’m at vassar

[upper glade]

ooo

[empty knoll]

3 people, check pins

[sinful totem]

hamilton mid…

i’ve lowkey never heard of anyone enjoying themselves at hamilton

[upper glade]

is there beef between the schools

[upper glade]

oh..

rep came over to my school and we had a great convo lol

[fickle tundra]

bro i got vassar interview. is that good sign?

[upper glade]

I have a friend who matched on QB gotta ask him

[sinful totem]

idk i didn’t get an interview and got in but if you’re intl then probably

[empty knoll]

can citizens living intl do qb?

[sinful totem]

we’re probably gonna admit less students this year because we def over admitted last year

[upper glade]

idk

he was korean in US territory

afaik

[empty knoll]

Oh interesting

[rocky pelican]

h*milton

[crude shadow]

I'm gonna start beefing with URich as soon as I land on campus 🤬

its on sight

[rocky pelican]

idk the only guy i know who rlly is thriving at hamilton is our val from last year #goodforhim

[empty knoll]

good.

[upper glade]

is this a sign

[sinful totem]

Everyone ik who went there hated it or transferred 😭

[serene crown]

fight me

[crude shadow]

pretty sure the Goldman Sachs CEO went to hamilton

[upper glade]

is it the preppiness or

[rocky pelican]

If i lived next to Utica id hate it there too

[crude shadow]

grrrr >_<

[sinful totem]

Also remoteness

it’s genuinely in the middle of nowhere

[upper glade]

ahh

wait which town is worse

clinton or ithaca

[sinful totem]

clinton lol

ithaca’s a real place

[upper glade]

oh shit

[rocky pelican]

Ithaca is really good for upstate ny standards

[upper glade]

lmfao

[sinful totem]

yeah

[upper glade]

NO WAY

[sinful totem]

most of upstate is like abysmal

[upper glade]

is it better than binghampton

[rocky pelican]

I love ithaca bro

I live in upstate New York

[sinful totem]

clinton? no

[rocky pelican]

Yes

[upper glade]

oh fuck

[rocky pelican]

Ithaca is so much better than Bing

I hate Binghamton

[sinful totem]

oh yeah duh

hamilton’s location tho

😭😭😭

binghamton sadly clears

[upper glade]

so ithaca>bing>clinton

holy fuck

[sinful totem]

basically

[upper glade]

my friend at bing hates it sm

[sinful totem]

most people do but the location is def better

[upper glade]

okay maybe I should pray for other options

[rocky pelican]

This is why you should pray for vassar

[sinful totem]

true

poughkeepsie sucks but it’s not all that bad

[upper glade]

like any other NE rural options top upstate NY basically?

[sinful totem]

it’s an actual place

[upper glade]

Maine, Mass, etc

[sinful totem]

wdym

[rocky pelican]

Basically. The only other options you have are the New England lacs

[sinful totem]

oh yea

[rocky pelican]

And they’re all pretty good

Poughkeepsie’s ok and it’s a lot closer to the city than the other lacs here

[upper glade]

ohh

[sinful totem]

le
true

also very easy to get there

[rocky pelican]

Like Colgate and Hamilton are in the middle of nowhere Central New York

[sinful totem]

itd just train

i legit just commuted back home for break 😭

as i usually do

[upper glade]

marist is also in poughkeepsie right

[sinful totem]

yes

[rocky pelican]

Yea

[sinful totem]

just in the city

[upper glade]

my math teacher went there

[sinful totem]

vassar’s in the town

[upper glade]

ah

[sinful totem]

marist is super easy to get to nyc from icl the train is RIGHT there

[upper glade]

is it like the amherst equiv of NY

[rocky pelican]

You pass by Marist if you drive to the train station

Yah

[upper glade]

college town

ish

[sinful totem]

No…. not like amherst is

[upper glade]

ah

[sinful totem]

poughkeepsie is just a city that happens to have colleges

[upper glade]

lowk glad abt skidmore r now

heard saratoga is p good but still

[crude shadow]

yo they really have to nerf NYC, Chicago, and Lexington, Virginia. 😭

[rocky pelican]

Lowk forgot skidmore exists

[stiff hornet]

skid more tuff

[serene crown]

almost didnt notice the sneak in

[crude shadow]

yeah chicago aint that good

[upper glade]

chicago my dream city

[crude shadow]

Chicago is fine tbh, but I'd like to work in D.C. seems nice

[sinful totem]

What is chicago

You forget eugene oregon

also

[serene crown]

waco texas

[upper glade]

Moscow Idaho

[gray citrus]

Is reed still rolling out😭

[crude shadow]

Lexington is one of the towns ever 🔥

[languid coral]

julia gash my icon

[fringe topaz]

so i only now found out im missing finaid document for bowdoin 😭 am i cooked

[crude shadow]

It's need blind shouldn't be a problem

Maybe

Idk

[fringe topaz]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1127045977962971156/1148983656052953249/togif-1.gif

may ao have mercy on my soul

[crude shadow]

These are so nice

[serene crown]

😻

[crisp coyote]

JACK

[slender void]

holy shit i can be peak performative

[floral coral]

no, submit it when you can and theyll probably get you financial aid before may first if you get in

omg congrats!!!

[foggy cape]

what should i do for bates waitlist besides LOCI?

[steel tree]

Your financial aid decision will be delayed if you ar admitted, but it should not have any impact on your admissions decision

Unless Bowdoin is need-aware

Which I don't think they are

[vocal schooner]

Not cooked. Email the FAO on how to submit these documents.

[alpine anvil]

thank youu

[stiff hornet]

Chicago is too cold

julia gash for laces

[fringe topaz]

thanks guys

[glass hornet]

I love Davidson

Davidson simp

❤️

If ur an Davidson AO and ur stalking in this server plz let me in

[tough mantle]

Davidson mentioned

[tough mantle]

You got this man

I just got an email about the STRIDE program

[hardy island]

Wait grinnell is delayed right

Anyone know til when

[crisp coyote]

today i think

idk

[cunning sable]

oh i did that

[tough mantle]

You did that and Humes?

[cunning sable]

yeah

it started after sapere aude finished

humes was like fri-mon and stride was tue-wed

and then orientation started wednesday afternoon

[tough mantle]

This year I think they’re on the same dates

[cunning sable]

interesting

what dates?

[cunning sable]

oh that’s pretty much how it went for us but in reality you can do both

the activities technically overlap but it’s not that deep

like for humes they had us do some stuff after we got back from the trip but if you were doing something else it was nbd

and the only thing for stride that was on monday was a dinner in the evening

that’s why it says you can do both

[tough mantle]

Hmmm

I’m considering it since I’m first gen

And I’m allowed to do it I think

[hearty summit]

WHAT

this better be true omg

[cunning sable]

anyone’s allowed

[tough mantle]

Wait really?

[crisp coyote]

wait wait i’m not sure

[cunning sable]

they have to include anybody who wants to participate or else that would be DEI and they’d get in hot water lol

[tough mantle]

Oh

[cunning sable]

though i will say it’s definitely more oriented towards the poc experience

[crisp coyote]

yeah this is the same for HSW at georgetown lol

[tough mantle]

Yeah I assumed, and uhh I’m not a person of color lol

[foggy cape]

i can’t believe it i only have 8 decisions left

[cunning sable]

tough times to be a woke college lmao

[crisp coyote]

omg twinning

[cunning sable]

trump already had davidson in the crosshairs for a bit

[crisp coyote]

and 6 of mine are within 3 days

[foggy cape]

is it march 19-21

[crisp coyote]

march 26-28

[foggy cape]

oh makes sense

[crisp coyote]

*vy day plus stanford and BU

[foggy cape]

i have columbia 26 stanford 27

so i’ll be done by my birthday

[crisp coyote]

plus georgetown wherever they feel like it

[tough mantle]

Wait really?

[crisp coyote]

28?

[foggy cape]

but if the waitlists are a pattern ill hopefully get a couple more

[foggy cape]

27

[crisp coyote]

oh fire

mine is 18

[foggy cape]

omg that’s soon

[crisp coyote]

golden birthday

[foggy cape]

wait

true

[crisp coyote]

4 days!!

[foggy cape]

are you doing smth special

[crisp coyote]

i’m going to DC on the 19th for gtown open house lol

no party tho bc im a lazy bum who doesnt want to plan

[foggy cape]

hopefully it’s fun

or at least warm

you should try georgetown cupcakes like cupcake 2048 yk

[slender void]

go get cupcakes

[foggy cape]

that’s an insta story worthy pic

[foggy cape]

great minds

[slender void]

i want to try cupcake too

[crisp coyote]

wait i don’t know this lore

[smoky nacelle]

QUEEN GASH

[crisp coyote]

err

yeah

[slender void]

its gonna be good weather

[crisp coyote]

54 58 63

[slender void]

mostly

thats like perfect

[crisp coyote]

the rain tho

[cunning sable]

there was a provision in the big beautiful bill that would have increased our endowment tax by like a crazy amount. the point was to target “woke elite universities”

[slender void]

my lacs come out when i’m at gaap weekend 😭

ts gonna be disappointing

[cunning sable]

but they were trying to work on getting our senators to push back on it

[crisp coyote]

yeah tufts and ucsd come out too 😭 😭

[foggy cape]

a lot of these are like

[slender void]

is this georgetown cupcake

[foggy cape]

in the game cupcakes 2048

[crisp coyote]

i know cupcake 2048 yeah

[foggy cape]

yesss

[crisp coyote]

WAIT

[foggy cape]

they prob don’t exist anymore

[crisp coyote]

GEORGETOWN MADE THEES

[foggy cape]

yes!

[crisp coyote]

WHAT

[foggy cape]

idk if they still make most of them though

[crisp coyote]

i will go

[slender void]

wait me too

[crisp coyote]

I will also be going to call your mother every day

[slender void]

a2cupcake

[foggy cape]

omg 😭

if i don’t get in it’s okay but

[crisp coyote]

you will be a jumbo.

[foggy cape]

is georgetown bulldogs

[slender void]

yeah but its called hoyas

[foggy cape]

hoya saxa

i wanted to make it plural tho

[slender void]

hoya and hoyas

[tough mantle]

Oh yeah I remember that part

[cunning sable]

i haven’t heard anything about it so i’m wondering if they ended up getting it taken out

there was the possibility of an exemption for religious institutions which we are

[crisp coyote]

thom tillis might have

gotten rid of it

[loud helm]

i have 7 decisions left

[crisp coyote]

and none of them matter because you got a FULL RIDE TO BATES

the hardest school in your list

but you will get in anyway

[cunning sable]

https://www.nacubo.org/News/2025/7/Major-Reconciliation-Bill-Becomes-Law-With-New-Policies-and-Taxes-for-Higher-Education

ok looks like they did pass the increased tax and there is no religious exemption BUT it only applies to colleges over 3000 students 🙏

[loud helm]

🥹🥹 still so happy

[glass hornet]

I neeed grill nail to release NOW

[foggy cape]

OMG YAY

[hearty summit]

GRINNELL GRINNELL GRINNELL GRINNELL

[foggy cape]

imagine all this to get waitlisted

[glass hornet]

Me💔

[cunning sable]

shoutout to goat

[glass hornet]

I’m 200% sure it’s gonna be a surprise drop

[cunning sable]

choosing to believe he was behind that

[hearty summit]

NONONONOONOOOOO

GRINNELL I LOVE YOU WHAT

should change my name to grinnell simp

[foggy cape]

i just saw my friend today who goes to grinnell

at my track meet

[crisp coyote]

ts in iowa chat

be so fr

[foggy cape]

it’s literally high school 2.0

[loud helm]

lmfao i dreamed that i got in twice before i woke up and it still feels like a dream

[hearty summit]

HOW DO I BECOME LIKE YOUR FRIEND

[foggy cape]

i woke up and decisions were already out

i was shocked

[cunning sable]

hey i also have a friend who goes to grinnell

[foggy cape]

he’s a recruited athlete

[loud helm]

omg me too

[foggy cape]

i’m gonna wait for the rest of my schools to opt into the waitlist

i think

because maine isn’t my ideal location frankly

[glass hornet]

I m recruited professionals grinnell simper

[hearty summit]

what sport is it so i know to start practice

[foggy cape]

i think you’re a bit late

[glass hornet]

This is crazy

[loud helm]

?

[glass hornet]

I get Reed, but SCU just nah

They give ppl so little aid

[rocky pelican]

Is reed regular decision still open

[glass hornet]

But icl their campus is hella pretty

[rocky pelican]

I would apply just for their acceptance package

[glass hornet]

What does it look like

[rocky pelican]

They send u stickers pencils and a copy of invisible man

which is #cute

[sharp belfry]

i got reed and they did this to my friend with SCU, i was like girl do not do it

[sharp belfry]

what!! spoiler alert

mine hasnt arrived yet

[tough mantle]

That’s good for Davidson

[carmine light]

do we know anything about when amherst will drop, it was march 20th last year

[sharp belfry]

their website is still saying march 20th. i would bet on it

[muted cloud]

think its the 20th

[sharp belfry]

waiting very impatiently

[muted cloud]

ykw I already got one good offer idc what happens after lol

I applied to 25 schools yo

[carmine light]

i think i know my result alr i just need to see it lol

[sharp belfry]

damnn

[muted cloud]

ykw I should do the A W R thing

[sharp belfry]

i have no idea, im praying yes bc i sent in an arts supplement

[muted cloud]

im definitely rejected from amherst lol

[sharp belfry]

smh u dont know that

6 days and then youll know

[muted cloud]

i got waitlisted from bates today

[glass hornet]

Don’t lose hope

[sharp belfry]

theres a guy in here that got rejected from every school he applied to except mit

u have no way of knowing

[muted cloud]

holy peak

[carmine light]

True have trust in urself

[muted cloud]

Nah I say I'm getting rejected from everywhere LOL

[carmine light]

The fly in has a 70% conversion rate to acceptance so hopefully I get in

[muted cloud]

Keeps the spirits up when it does or doesnt happen

[sharp belfry]

yoo nice, good luck

i have some good offers but i lowkey really want to get into one of my reaches

[muted cloud]

W

I visited Williams but did like 0 demonstrated interest with Amherst

[fringe spear]

LAC fly ins are basically early early decision 💀

[muted cloud]

I'm prolly fried for Amherst

[sharp belfry]

oops do they consider that

[carmine light]

They don’t do demonstrated interest so it’s ok

[sharp belfry]

okay thank god

[muted cloud]

I had it noted in my spreadsheet at some point but I forgor 😭

[hardy patrol]

wait you did wow too?

[hardy patrol]

oh wait nvm a2a

[loud helm]

girl i thought this too

[carmine light]

Was so sad when i couldnt get into the Williams fly in but i lowkey like Amherst better it’s a very quaint town

[loud helm]

trust you’ll be fine

[muted cloud]

I got into University of Richmond yesterday and it'd only be like 3k a year

[fringe spear]

yeah WOW rejected my ass

[muted cloud]

So I'm balling rn

[sharp belfry]

brooo hell yeah thats amazing

[fringe spear]

but i went to bowdoin’s and swarthmore and am pretty confident that if i had applied i would have gotten into bowdoin

[muted cloud]

still waiting on like 16 schools I think lol

[hardy patrol]

i went to wow and they said the ar for attendees was like 95%

i pray im not part of that 5%

[sharp belfry]

amherst has the 5 college consortium AND its not in the middle of nowhere

[fringe spear]

i got told that they had never heard of a discoswattie not getting into swarthmore

[hardy patrol]

s1 or s2?

[fringe spear]

i was so scared that i was gonna be the first

[hardy patrol]

i may have seen you

[fringe spear]

i did s1

[hardy patrol]

ah i did s2

i liked the feel of swarthmore

[loud helm]

we could’ve been in maine together

[fringe spear]

the vibes at bowdoin were impeccable

but ultimately swat won me over

[sharp belfry]

bowdoin is so cool wish they had linguistics...

[muted cloud]

they seemeed chill during the info sessions online but I could never get up there lol

[idle bobcat]

have a feeling that tufts is dropping next week or so

[muted cloud]

the only fly-ins I applied for were Wesleyan and W&L and got rejected from both 😭

[hardy patrol]

wesleyan had a fly in?

[muted cloud]

wesexplore or smth

[loud helm]

honestly im not too worried abt the rest of my rds

[carmine light]

Yeah this was what put me off Williams lol the fact that it’s super rural

[muted cloud]

it only takes one good offer and then everything after doesnt mean anything

lwk

[fringe spear]

lowk i should have gotten rejected from explore bowdoin

[carmine light]

But bc I’m engineering major I didn’t apply to very many lac fly ins

[sharp belfry]

yea i cant deal with that, im going to college to ESCAPE isolation lol

[idle bobcat]

omg i got into kenyons fly in and couldnt go -- ended up on the waitlist in the RD round

[loud helm]

aren’t u also chilling then

[sharp belfry]

kenyon sent me a damn litmag

[muted cloud]

correcto

[fringe spear]

i reused my supplemental from discoswat, wrote like 50 words for another supp, submitted my transcript a week late

[sharp belfry]

my mom was like "you subscribed to a magazine?"

[muted cloud]

DUDE THEIR MAIL SUCKS

[fringe spear]

i was so convinced i wasnt getting in that when i got in i was actually shocked

[idle bobcat]

okay but like the aesthetics were there

[loud helm]

i always had faith

[carmine light]

I had 20 minutes to do 4 fly in apps and I actually got into 2 of them😭😭

[muted cloud]

Kenyon did a student survey and apparently 100 percent of the student pop is like hardcore liberal and I decided I don't need political extremism in my life

[sharp belfry]

true but i didnt apply so idgaf LOL

[muted cloud]

lwk

[fringe spear]

i meant explore bowdoin

swat honestly i was gonna get in i just had my anxiety

[idle bobcat]

LOLLL

[loud helm]

ur the first person i think of when i hear abt swat

[idle bobcat]

omg swat...

coming out soon

[muted cloud]

my essay for swat was so buns

i just recycled one from a different school

[idle bobcat]

I pronounced their name wrong in the fricking video 😭

[muted cloud]

ggs.

[loud helm]

PLEASE

[muted cloud]

game over

[sharp belfry]

nahh dw its pronounced both ways

[idle bobcat]

me with most my essays

[idle bobcat]

bro everyone forgets the R

[muted cloud]

people from pennsylvania will kill you for saying that btw

[idle bobcat]

LOLL

[sharp belfry]

they have a video on their admissions yt channel where they ask a bunch of students, staff, and faculty how to pronounce it and they say it both ways trust

swaathmore and sworthmore

[fringe spear]

https://youtu.be/cr0CYp5WhC4?si=FXk4Prgxiqhpey1m

[sharp belfry]

yeah this

[idle bobcat]

i saw this video exactly a day after i submitted my video

[sharp belfry]

when does swat release

[idle bobcat]

20th

[sharp belfry]

is it on the 20th with amherst?

damn its gonna be crazy

[idle bobcat]

prob

midd is 21st...

[sharp belfry]

i have amherst and probably pomona that day

a weekend release theyre quirky

[muted cloud]

20th is gonna be the day I go from 1 rejection to like 10

[sharp belfry]

LOL real

[idle bobcat]

no fr

[hearty summit]

oh my god amherst, ucsd, ucla all on the 20th

[muted cloud]

only 2 of my acceptances arent safeties my numbers are so fraudulent

[hearty summit]

evil evil evile veivl ev eviel vevil

[sharp belfry]

i have 6 schools left and 2 of them are reaches, 4 of them are super reaches

[fringe spear]

i didnt do the video

[idle bobcat]

my safety syracuse waitlisted me 😭

[muted cloud]

my swat application was such a throwaway ima be so fr

[idle bobcat]

ehh its fine idk if they weigh it that much

[sharp belfry]

omfg ur kidding

its gonna be hell in here

ivy day: the prelude

[muted cloud]

my safeties were like 3 local schools in Maryland and Centre out in Kentucky

[sharp belfry]

lol he already got in

[muted cloud]

My only acceptances outside of that rn are Rochester and Richmond

[sharp belfry]

yoo i also got into uroch. but their FA package was kind of shitty compared to my other schools

[muted cloud]

i got a 15k scholarship with the aid

so it'd be like 6k a year

[sharp belfry]

i got 35k merit but my aid was shite

less than the SAI

[muted cloud]

I have a SAI of 0

LOL

[sharp belfry]

exactly 0 is crazy lol

[muted cloud]

way to subtly flex your intelligence on me btw /very much joking

[sharp belfry]

LOLOL

[muted cloud]

nah I went test optional and only have 5 APs

plus crappy ECs

my essay is my saving grace

[sharp belfry]

i had 4 APs and crappy ECs but good stats

thank god for essays

[muted cloud]

my stats are bunz outside of a 4.11

[smoky nacelle]

real

[smoky nacelle]

I love essays !!!! please let me tell you a story

not stoopid numbers

[sharp belfry]

smh be serious.. the only thing i have on u is that i didnt go test optional

[fringe spear]

yeah i got in so it didnt break my app

[sharp belfry]

right theyre like a weirdly beautiful part of the american college application process

[muted cloud]

yo if i didnt go test optional i'd be deep fried

[foggy cape]

my personal statement wasn’t great

[fringe spear]

i submitted my 1440

[muted cloud]

traumadumping is a real and valid strategy if it shows growth

[foggy cape]

i wish bates/wesleyan/colby etc had supps

[foggy cape]

that’s a good score ofc you should’ve

[muted cloud]

williams doesnt have supps either

amherst's supps made me wanna die

i hated their essays

[sharp belfry]

i honestly only think i had a real chance at the schools w supplementals

[foggy cape]

same

[idle bobcat]

whats with the amherst hate....

it was good essay

[sharp belfry]

cuz i love my commonapp essay but it kinda sorta has nothing to do with my academics or anything like that

its basically a personal essay

[foggy cape]

same mines about christmas

[idle bobcat]

but thats good

[foggy cape]

i used supps to be a bit more serious

[idle bobcat]

personal essay is YOU not your gpa

[fringe spear]

my CAPS was #woke

[sharp belfry]

mines about learning to drive in my hometown, lady bird ass

[sharp belfry]

whats CAPS

[muted cloud]

mine is framed around a death in the family and the events surrounding it 😭

[smoky nacelle]

yesss

[muted cloud]

so cooked

[fringe spear]

common app personal statement

[sharp belfry]

ohhh

[muted cloud]

my supps is where I got goofy

[sharp belfry]

my supps were so good im ngl i slayed that

[muted cloud]

i had a pirate themed essay for lehigh

i loved that one

[sharp belfry]

im just afraid they didnt really make me stand out

[idle bobcat]

skidmore does yield protection i think lol

[muted cloud]

TWINNN!!!!

i got waitlisted too

i applied to skidmore like a day before the deadline though

[idle bobcat]

#skidmorewaitlistsunited

[muted cloud]

lwk a throwaway app

[rocky pelican]

guys mine was about american literature #sorry

[sharp belfry]

shittt i applied to all my schools a day before the deadline

[idle bobcat]

i bet they ate it up

[sharp belfry]

who couldve predicted this from anya

[idle bobcat]

american lit not talked abt enough

too mant stems

[muted cloud]

how many monsters did you consume

wth

how many schools did you apply to

[rocky pelican]

NO BC IM NOT APPLYING AS AN ENGLISH MAJOR ANYWHERE

[sharp belfry]

LMAO?

[idle bobcat]

#twin

[rocky pelican]

and american lit has been such a big part of my whole identity and deal for ages

so i was like OK.

[sharp belfry]

ur not?? bro i thought u were applying to vassar as an english major?

[rocky pelican]

no i'm going bio for vassar but i've been considering english double major

[muted cloud]

is it bad I forgot vassar existed

[sharp belfry]

12, 10 rd

[rocky pelican]

i'm declared bio/enviro sci literally everywhere😭

[sharp belfry]

im not crazy like yall

[rocky pelican]

no lacs are niche

[muted cloud]

ok bro how'd you do 10 apps before the deadline

[sharp belfry]

wdym... the same way everyone else does

[idle bobcat]

omg did anyone notice this on the vassasr portal

[rocky pelican]

omg no #SCARED

[muted cloud]

I should provide the context that my list started with 500 schools before being narrowed down

[idle bobcat]

prob next week....

[muted cloud]

my mother and I are psychopaths

[sharp belfry]

why is vassar being so #secretive

[rocky pelican]

THEY DONT EVEN HAVE A release date yet.

[sharp belfry]

like okay ur the esoteric LAC

[rocky pelican]

#BUMS

[idle bobcat]

so gatekept

[muted cloud]

then i told commonapp I'd just use Coalition App if they didnt let me apply to 25

[idle bobcat]

last year was the 25th for vassar

[sharp belfry]

that is wild lol

[idle bobcat]

omg i used both too

[muted cloud]

WAITTT LEMME FIND THE QUOTE

[muted cloud]

theres a workaround

[stiff hornet]

When Lafayette

[muted cloud]

you're able to get more spots on commonapp if you bih out commonapp support but you have to apply to your first 20 first

[sharp belfry]

with my 10 schools my parents were like "how are you gonna choose if you get into all of them" i was like i dont think itll be that hard

[rocky pelican]

my parents were asking me so if u got into all ur schools which one would u choose and why.?

[idle bobcat]

how??

[sharp belfry]

SAME

[muted cloud]

"I fully acknowledge and understand why the 20 school limit is in place, however in exploring my opportunities, I've determined that diversifying my application portfolio across a wide selection of places is most optimal for me and my circumstances, particularly in exploring the institutional aid process. Many of my schools offer scholarships that I'm not guaranteed to get, many are safety blankets, and many offer need based aid that'll meet my strained financial capacity.

The colleges I'm looking to apply to, if I can get an increased limit, would be following:
Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)
Lafayette College (Easton, PA)
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
Trinity College (Hartford, CT)
Hamilton College (Clinton, NY)

These are all institutions I've interacted with extensively during my process, and only fell out of the initial 20 because I was under the impression from my previous ticket that I'd be able to have my limit upped past 20 once I had applied to 20 schools. This was directly stated to me by the last person I spoke to, and the only other way for me to apply to more places if I can't get my limit upped would be through Scoir (which I'd rather not set up).

It'd be greatly appreciated if you could up this limit for me, since, as I mentioned before, I've been under the impression via CommonApp support that I'd be able to do so, and that's shaped the fundamental process I've gone through thus far. "

[rocky pelican]

Like mama..........first of all that not going to happen

[muted cloud]

Thats the email I sent to commonapp

[sharp belfry]

second of all yale oops

[muted cloud]

and they added the extra schoiols

[rocky pelican]

Midilton

[stiff hornet]

shoutout Lafayette

[muted cloud]

I interviewed with them

[stiff hornet]

when does that come out bro

[muted cloud]

20th

pretty sure

[stiff hornet]

how yk

[rocky pelican]

i love yale so much but every time i think abt my *nterview i get nauseous

[idle bobcat]

wait did they inform the other colleges?

[muted cloud]

theres no official date but it was the 20th last year

[muted cloud]

no

[rocky pelican]

bulldog🐶bulldog🐶bow wow wow

[idle bobcat]

oh dang i shouldve done that lol

[sharp belfry]

same...

[idle bobcat]

fingers crossed 🤞

[sharp belfry]

but if i got in id commit so fast tbh

[muted cloud]

I only knew it was possible because some mystical legend did it before me a few years ago at my school

I'm only the 2nd person crazy enough in school history to apply to more than 20

lol

[idle bobcat]

i applied to 40 schools LOL

[rocky pelican]

lowk yale might be affordable for me too bc of their free tuition promise to students w incomes <150000

[muted cloud]

come come, sit. its time for your psych eval

[rocky pelican]

so it's like I'm so ready to become a bulldog. So ready

[sharp belfry]

yes they give better aid than brown i think

boola BOOLA 💜

[muted cloud]

shoutout the spreadsheet

[idle bobcat]

#futureaccountant

[stiff hornet]

Fire spread sheet

[muted cloud]

whenever I want to make someone's eyes pop I show them the original spreadsheet with 500 schools

[sharp belfry]

macalester mentioned

[idle bobcat]

omg wait did you get in??

[stiff hornet]

Ohio lacs had it out for u

[muted cloud]

and individualized caluclations of financial aid, chances, etc

[idle bobcat]

first school that acceprted me lol

[sharp belfry]

yess

[idle bobcat]

ohio rizz

[pallid stratus]

hi other qb kid

[sharp belfry]

it was UR for me

[idle bobcat]

AYYYYY

[idle bobcat]

LOLLLL i was not picked as a finalist but some schools allowed me to forward my app

[muted cloud]

i interviewed with UR I woulda been ticked if I didnt get in

[idle bobcat]

they have bad weather any way

[zealous bloom]

ooh we’re doing this

my first acceptance was gt oos

[muted cloud]

my first was some safety school LOL

[sharp belfry]

samesies

[cloud lion]

🙏 🙏

[idle bobcat]

omgg wowww

[pallid stratus]

dangg

mine was ucf 😊

[muted cloud]

I had 4 safeties just to be extra super duper sure

[pallid stratus]

my sweet state school

[zealous bloom]

this followed a pton rejection and mich deferral so big relief

[muted cloud]

I also visited off of driving all the way up there with my mom

a cool 10 hour drive each way

[sharp belfry]

goated

[idle bobcat]

goat

[sharp belfry]

jeez

[zealous bloom]

but then i got rejected again by mit 🫠

[muted cloud]

we're too broke for hotels so we do a straight shot each way if the drive is under like 10 hours

[sharp belfry]

CMU and GT for CS (or something similar) tho, ur cracked

[sharp belfry]

wow, i was right up next to UR last summer but i didnt visit which was dumb

ive never seen a great lake which im not gonna lie was part of the reason i applied 😭

[muted cloud]

where at?

[muted cloud]

LOL

it really is stunning in person

[sharp belfry]

lake canandaigua, its one of the lesser known finger lakes?

[muted cloud]

my mom sat there stunned like "THERES WAVES!!! BUT ITS A LAKE!?!?!?"

im so fr

[sharp belfry]

LOLL this is how i would be

[zealous bloom]

i just showed a lot of interest in the supps 🥀

anyways since this is lacs go williams

[sharp belfry]

woot woot

[muted cloud]

oh you're near geneva

[sharp belfry]

yeah that was the area

i dont live there though

[muted cloud]

yeah

[smoky nacelle]

raaaa !!!

[muted cloud]

we had really wanted to visit niagara when we visited UR but didnt have the daylight + you cant even get into most of it without a passport

so

[sharp belfry]

wtf i did not know that 💔

[muted cloud]

most of the good views are on the Canadian side

[idle bobcat]

bro its lowkey not all that

[sharp belfry]

i dont think i have a working passprt but im gonna need one soon i guess

[muted cloud]

im a total nature freak so to me it is

im impressed by rocks and flowing water

[sharp belfry]

me and my mom wanna drive all the way down to whatever college i end up at (as long as its not too far out of the way)

[idle bobcat]

hudson river school....

[muted cloud]

i gotta get one before I go to college because i might do study abroad

[idle bobcat]

so beaurifyl

[sharp belfry]

im such a hoe for waterfalls cuz i used to live in the columbia river gorge

i wanna visit niagara so bad

[sharp belfry]

oh true

i need that stupid real id thing

cuz im 18 now

[muted cloud]

ggs

i have a realid but no passport

[foggy cape]

omg lady bird is on my to be watched i want to tonight

i’m going out with my friends though so it depends on what time i get home

[sharp belfry]

OMG its a perfect senior spring movieee do it!! it might make u cry tho fair warning

bittersweet tears though its not all sad

[foggy cape]

i usually cry

at that type of movies

there was one movie where i was crying so bad and the movie honestly wasn’t that good

all the bright places

[sharp belfry]

me 2 im weak for tearjerkers

[muted cloud]

jesus christ the MIT thread is cooked

[sharp belfry]

uh oh did MIT jsut come out

[zealous bloom]

Yeah we got fried

[muted cloud]

it came out earlier

[muted cloud]

thank god I dont aspire to be an engineer

most glazed school in history outside of harvard

😭

[cloud lion]

aw i just got this in my inbox

i love swat emails

[fringe spear]

i got it too

[smoky nacelle]

awwwe

[astral knot]

W

[loud helm]

@idle bobcat r u gonna go?

[muted cloud]

i got waitlisted but lwk didnt do crap for demonstrated interest

lol

[loud helm]

i didn’t either

i just wanna know if there’s any a2cer going to their admitted students week next month 🥹

[muted cloud]

they do an admitted students week?

[loud helm]

it’s like

2 days

over the weekend

[muted cloud]

was bouta say

😭

[idle bobcat]

I was thinking abt it

I think I might

[idle bobcat]

I didn’t do much either — just interview and info session

[loud helm]

lowk i did not show demonstrated interest

[muted cloud]

i think i did an info session but I never interviewed

[loud helm]

except like open their emails

[idle bobcat]

Interviewer were told me that they were not taking notes, that the whole point of the interview was just a check off a box so that surprised me a lot

[idle bobcat]

Some track that! But I never got one of bates emails lol

[muted cloud]

nah, I think I would've qualified for QB but I didnt know it existed until a little ways into my process

[dark ravine]

ohhh i see

[muted cloud]

my college advising came from my mom being a psychopathic administrative assistant and making a whole database to narrow down my matches lol

[idle bobcat]

I did it based off investment banking target schools and vibes

[muted cloud]

vibes is such a real qualifier

[idle bobcat]

No fr

[muted cloud]

I did it based off of psych/cognitive sciences within like 500 nautical miles and then narrowed it down by qualifiers, chances, aid calculations, etc

aid is big because I aint getting nothing for help lol

[idle bobcat]

Omg so meticulous — I love it

[idle bobcat]

No fr 😭😭 my sai is in the negatives and I pretty much need a full ride to go anywhere

[muted cloud]

its been helpful because now when people ask me about college stuff I already have answers lol

[muted cloud]

I have a 0

not QUITE negative guys

see SAI is literally expected contribution so how the hell does it become negative

is being in your family going to COST money by their calculations??

[cunning sable]

SAI is not literally expected contribution

it’s an index

part of an equation

it doesn’t correspond directly to how much money you’ll pay

[empty crow]

did you do middlebury

[loud helm]

i did

[muted cloud]

i mean lwk unless you're going to a state school they do independent calculations anyway so

you are correct though the SAI is a little different than EFC

I've still heard schools refer to SAI as roughly an equivalent number (even if it isnt a dollar amount anymore) and thats why I never quite understood what negative means

[idle bobcat]

Omg midd is next sat

[muted cloud]

i thought you were calling them mid for a second

[idle bobcat]

That second d is VERY important

[crisp coyote]

i love how u like completely discounted bates

u were like it doesn’t matter

[loud helm]

HELP STOP I DIDNT EMAN IT LIKE DAT

I JUST ALSO APPLIED TO MIDD

[crisp coyote]

nono i just mean before the decision

[loud helm]

OH