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

[crisp coyote]

that is the principle of economics

[astral knot]

but why should i have to when i can go somewhere where there's less comp for resources?

[twin rain]

That’s the first mistake you shouldn’t compare

[muted cloud]

unfortunately colleges compare

lol

[crisp coyote]

because you won't know how to compete

when it actually matters

like ruby was saying

character gets built

[twin rain]

They do but it’s holistic yk that right

[astral knot]

i think if i can make it to med school

i'd have built enough character

[twin rain]

U know that most med schools are just as comp if not more

[astral knot]

idt it's a walk in the park either way

[twin rain]

No it def depends on ur school

[upper glade]

well like if you are surrounded by a peer group like pomona's or amherst's

[twin rain]

Very heavily

[astral knot]

so ur saying it's a walk in the park if u go to some schools?

[upper glade]

I think it would still develop you well like

[muted cloud]

And that's fine and dandy, but holistic is a relative term

[astral knot]

^

[twin rain]

I think if you go to a grade deflated school your life is 10x harder

[muted cloud]

and that's still one little thing that could give someone the edge over another

[astral knot]

and your outcome is the same

[twin rain]

Vs a grade inflated school

[twin rain]

Nah

[muted cloud]

college applications are very competitive right now

[twin rain]

But your skills aren’t

[muted cloud]

since people apply to more schools than they used to on avg

[twin rain]

No they’ve gotten less

If you look at the trends

2023/2024 was peak

And 2025 was less

[astral knot]

would u say cal was a good choice for u

[twin rain]

I’m sure 2026 will be as well

[twin rain]

I don’t go to cal

So I wouldn’t know

[upper glade]

early apps had an increasing trend this year

[crisp coyote]

early is just the richest and most competitive applicants

[upper glade]

smaller sample but still

[astral knot]

oh u don't

which UC do u go to

[twin rain]

^

[twin rain]

La

[astral knot]

oh bet

[keen granite]

isn’t that cuz of schools switching from test optional to mandatory i heard that’s made acceptance rates of ivy’s higher

[twin rain]

Early apps is very much an equity thing

[stiff hornet]

W move

[keen granite]

but probably just cuz more qualified ppl apply

[upper glade]

I'd call that the competitive demographic

[muted cloud]

that was the point I was making, lower amount of applicants but higher application volume

Honestly

it'll probably make waitlists more common

[upper glade]

yeah

[muted cloud]

would be my semi-educated guess

[keen granite]

i’m ngl my sat score was hot ass so i’m glad wesleyan was test optional 💔

[muted cloud]

yield is gonna suck balls without ED

[upper glade]

pff

[muted cloud]

and i say this as somebody who is 100 percent part of the problem

[upper glade]

does everyone have like a 1550+ 4.0 here

[muted cloud]

i went test optional

[keen granite]

i’m test optional

[loud helm]

ME TOO LMFAOOO

[muted cloud]

i have an UW 4.0 though

[upper glade]

ah

[loud helm]

no girl i had a 94/100 test opt

[muted cloud]

I will admit that

[keen granite]

i did not try for the sat at all ngl cuz i was going through like a rough point in my life long story fr

[keen granite]

😭😭

[upper glade]

I genuinely can't get a grasp of how competitive the intl finaid pool is

[muted cloud]

honestly though this server doesnt feel particularly elitist for having so many people smarter than me

LOL

[keen granite]

if they saw my sat score they rescinding my app immediately🥲

[upper glade]

TO also adds more variability like

[floral coral]

same but it worked out very well anyways

[muted cloud]

mine is worse

calling it

[floral coral]

i have a 3.75

[crisp coyote]

right but early is just like one school so you can't really gauge the competitiveness without RD at all

the sample size is very small comparatively

[keen granite]

yea that’s a huge relief

[floral coral]

if you count an A- as a 4 i have like a 3.9 or something though

[muted cloud]

i was literally half asleep when I took it and I took it because I was forced to

[glass hornet]

I have a 3.65 🥲

[upper glade]

includes EAs too

[crisp coyote]

many people do

[muted cloud]

I didnt study an ounce

[floral coral]

its ok

life works like that

some high schools r easier some r harder

[keen granite]

for me it’s in the process of working out well, college wise it’s great but my mental health is still a struggle fr

[muted cloud]

schools recalc GPA

[floral coral]

my school's valedictorian doesn't have a 4.0 unweighted

[keen granite]

which is why i’m going to an LAC fr

[crisp coyote]

wth

our schools val has straight a+

and so does sal

[floral coral]

wtf lol

[crisp coyote]

and probably the next kid got like one A

[keen granite]

mine was rlly rlly bad in terms of the college i got into sooo idk 😭

[upper glade]

I'm on track for val/sal and my 4-year CGPA is like exactly 3.9 or smth lmfao

[muted cloud]

my school doesnt give GPA bumps for A+ lol

[floral coral]

my school is somewhat small (like 350 kids per grade) and id say the average for any given test is like an 80

[crisp coyote]

our A is a 4.0 and A+ is 4.33

[upper glade]

we only count 11th and 12th tho

[muted cloud]

bizzarre

[crisp coyote]

WHAT

you only count 11/12

thats so nice

[muted cloud]

somewhat small

bro

[upper glade]

its IB so

[muted cloud]

i guess bro

theres 128 kids in my class

[upper glade]

I have like 4 A-s alr lmfao

[crisp coyote]

i got a b+ in algebra 2 and i was cooked from the first quarter of freshman year

its just cooked

[floral coral]

like carmel high school in indiana has 1500 kids in each class 😭

[upper glade]

my batch is just fried in general

[loud helm]

u dont need a 4.0 for lacs #bless

[floral coral]

INDIANA

[keen granite]

not for me my grades declined senior year i would’ve hated that 😭

[floral coral]

not india LMFAO

[muted cloud]

indian high school goes crazy

🔥

[floral coral]

but we also give an A- a 3.67 for GPA scale

[upper glade]

holy

[crisp coyote]

i worked so hard to get straight a+ senior year 😭 and it doesnt really matter because i trolled in the first month of my freshman year

[muted cloud]

i wonder if they teach you how to play frogger in the street in indian high school

[floral coral]

so if you have a single A- you dont have a 4.0

[crisp coyote]

first test of high school 71% never recovered

[floral coral]

i got a 48 once

[glass hornet]

I got a 32/100 on my calc exam so ur fine

[floral coral]

😋

[upper glade]

I lowk dgaf anymore

I dont wanna give a speech

like

[floral coral]

they dont curve grades here except for like AP Physics C

[upper glade]

I just need williams or smth

[glass hornet]

The worst thing that could happen in life is TAKING A STEM CLASS

💔

[crisp coyote]

fine =/= valedictorian, not that i really wanted to be valedictorian anyway

so yeah

although it might cook my academic rating at some schools

[keen granite]

oh yea dw 3 of my classes didn’t have teachers for the first semester, i’ve been there i was messing around too

[foggy cape]

i’m friends with all 3 people that i think are UW valedictorians 😭

[upper glade]

I was lowk smart af back in 10th grade

got dumber

my SAT superscore comes from back then lmfao

[crisp coyote]

i reached a high with my PSAT and never came back

junior fall

[upper glade]

started testing how far I can procrastinate everything after that

[upper glade]

lmao same

[foggy cape]

i took my ACT in april of junior year and SAT in june after junior year

[upper glade]

I got a 1520/1520

[keen granite]

bro me too and then i got a girlfriend broke up and then never came back 🥲

[zealous bloom]

me too

[upper glade]

the score report is hung up on my counselor's wall

[keen granite]

oh wow that’s impressive

[upper glade]

my actual SAT score was the same lmfao

[keen granite]

i had a 4 in all of my classes except one

💔

[upper glade]

never got rid of text anxiety

on actuals

like PSAT was after I got a 1520 superscore so I didnt gaf abt it

and got a full score

so I was lowk pissed

[muted cloud]

balright

[upper glade]

like why couldnt this happen in the actuals

[foggy cape]

i got a 1350 on the psat lol

[upper glade]

so I can mog everyone with a 1600

[keen granite]

i also got a higher score on my psat

[muted cloud]

psat scores are usually lower than actual SAT too

[floral coral]

i got a 1460 on the psat and a 1540 on the SAT

[muted cloud]

😭

[floral coral]

if i studied at all i probably couldve gotten 1600

[upper glade]

1520 on the PSAT is auto national merit semifinalist right

I wish I was american

ong

[muted cloud]

yall are mogging me btw

[floral coral]

agency is the only bottleneck i suppose

[foggy cape]

i say this to myself too

[upper glade]

thats crazy

[foggy cape]

but i’m just good at standardized tests etc which im sure you are too

do you like statistics and logic and probability

[keen granite]

wow yall are some geniuses

[crisp coyote]

yeah

[upper glade]

I grinded 6 weeks 15 hours everyday in an academy frosh year summer lmfaoo

[crisp coyote]

its the hgihest score

[glass hornet]

Does anyone want to challenge me

[crisp coyote]

in my state you HAVE to get a 1510 or a 1520

which is so criminal

[keen granite]

ur amazing mate

[upper glade]

CA?

[crisp coyote]

no, MA

MA and NJ

[upper glade]

ah

shi

[crisp coyote]

CA is lower

[foggy cape]

CA and IL are like 1490+

[upper glade]

makes sense

[muted cloud]

i appreciate your sacrifice to the A2C community

we all salute you

[foggy cape]

my school had 7 semifinalists this year and i’m friends with all of them

that’s kinda absurd

[cyan moss]

1520 out of 1520

[upper glade]

yuh

[cyan moss]

not 1600

[upper glade]

ik

[muted cloud]

what was your acceptance btw

just curious

[floral coral]

very much so

[upper glade]

reed with shit aid

[floral coral]

i love logic

[upper glade]

wanna know my 4rs too lol

[keen granite]

yes

[foggy cape]

yeah same

[muted cloud]

I'd take it as a sign you can get into selective institutions at least

[upper glade]

brown
tufts
mac
skidmore

[foggy cape]

common pattern that my georgetown interviewer and i talked about

[upper glade]

yep

hoping so

[muted cloud]

skidmore waitlisted me

</3

[foggy cape]

brown ed1 and tufts ed2?

rip

[upper glade]

bottom 2 is 100% bc of aid

im pretty sure tufts too

[foggy cape]

tufts is need aware

[keen granite]

🥲🫡

[muted cloud]

my stats are very fraudulent

[crisp coyote]

tufts mentioned <3

[upper glade]

brown I was mogged

[muted cloud]

if we're considering my non safeties I'm 2A 5W and 1R

[crisp coyote]

im so glad i didnt early an ivy

[upper glade]

my stats are like

[crisp coyote]

i would have been generationally cooked

[foggy cape]

i wish their sociology department didn’t follow me on insta

[upper glade]

top 2/100, 3.9, 1520, IB 42/45

[crisp coyote]

im literally 8a with safeties and 1a without 😭

[crisp coyote]

why

[foggy cape]

because it gave me hope

[muted cloud]

WHY DID YOU APPLY TO 7 SAFETIES

WHY

[foggy cape]

i applied to 6 safeties too i think

[crisp coyote]

you CLEAR tufts im walking down to admissions RIGHT NOW

[muted cloud]

bro wanted to be EXTRA sure 😭

[crisp coyote]

cause i was scared im also counting NEU as a safety

[upper glade]

are you in medford loll

[muted cloud]

i only applied to 4

[upper glade]

such a nice town

[cyan moss]

tufts ed2?

[upper glade]

ye

[crisp coyote]

yes!

i am

[floral coral]

i applied to 2 safeties

[upper glade]

heard you guys have the best panda express

if I end up in MA im going there lol

[crisp coyote]

u need a car to get there lowk

[rocky pelican]

TUFTS❤️

[crisp coyote]

the only bus that goes through that part of the city is the 134 or i guess the 100

but it is fire

[rocky pelican]

I really really hope I get into tufts I cooked so hard on tufts supps

[crisp coyote]

i got my tuxedo for prom from around there

[crisp coyote]

you will!

[upper glade]

ohh

[crisp coyote]

we are ALLLL going to tufts

[upper glade]

not me

but yall should

[keen granite]

tufts is so tuff

[muted cloud]

acceptances, waitlist, rejections guys

[upper glade]

awesome school

[crisp coyote]

theyll let u in anyway

[rocky pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/caro-pcmusic-tufts-caroheartemoji-gif-4415620505385683725

[crisp coyote]

ill walk down and tell them right neow

let gungang in

[upper glade]

lessgo

[crisp coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/mbta-boston-medford-slash-tufts-green-line-gif-15013605465370870397

[upper glade]

their admissions rep lowk lied to my face

she said that aid doesnt impact admissions

[crisp coyote]

i kinda want to sneak into the Tufts gym before i leave

[crisp coyote]

for intl it does

🥀

[upper glade]

I didnt see a single intl get in ed2 with aid so far

[muted cloud]

barely any schools in the country are needblind

[upper glade]

she was talking abt intls

like

[crisp coyote]

interesting

[upper glade]

"oh all we see is if you applied for it"

[crisp coyote]

she lowk a liar then

[upper glade]

yeah

[muted cloud]

you should've applied to richmond

needblind

🙏

[rocky pelican]

The only thing im scared abt if i go to tufts(PROBABLY WILL NOT HET IN#PRAGMATIC) is the metro

[upper glade]

idts

W&L is NB

[crisp coyote]

why are you scared of the subway

[rocky pelican]

I’ve been on the green line once

[crisp coyote]

i can tell u all about it

[rocky pelican]

Because it’s loud and slow as shit

[crisp coyote]

i ride it like all the time

[crisp coyote]

when did u ride it

[rocky pelican]

And I do not want to commute on that tram

[muted cloud]

im about to glaze W&L for 3 hours btw

[crisp coyote]

and where did u ride it

cause those matter

[muted cloud]

PLEASE WHITE AND LOADED

I NEED YOU

[rocky pelican]

Like in January down to prudential

[upper glade]

need blind also doesnt matter bc all nb schools have a sub-3% AR for intls

except ND maybe

they had 6% last yr

[rocky pelican]

And then back up to park st I think

I can’t remember

[crisp coyote]

That's the slowest part of the green line, from North Station and North it's much faster

like 40 mph

because of the interlining in the central tunnel

[muted cloud]

i mean the prime reason to accept intl kids is money

so

[crisp coyote]

tufts also has buses to davis run both by the university & the mbta

[upper glade]

^diversity^

[muted cloud]

just speaking logistically

[crisp coyote]

and the red line is faster

so u are chilling

[muted cloud]

yeah they can fuck off with that

[crisp coyote]

i commute on those buses all the time + the green line

[muted cloud]

INTL kids fund the domestic kids

[crisp coyote]

and if u dont know what u r doing then it can suck but once u learn ur chill

[muted cloud]

just like how the nepo babies fund the domestic kids

[upper glade]

its at max 15% of the population for schools

idt it helps much

[crisp coyote]

for example if u take the orange lin from back bay to downtown crossing u can get from pru to park in like half the time

[upper glade]

maybe for like NYU/NEU

[muted cloud]

15 percent paying full price is a big deal

[upper glade]

for state schools def

UCs love intls

[muted cloud]

you wonder why the private schools with really good aid have absurd tuition costs?

now you know lol

[upper glade]

its bc their program actually costs that much lowk

[cyan moss]

but dont some domestic kids pay full tuition

even more than intls

[upper glade]

like a dartmouth education costs 70k per student/year for the school afaik

[muted cloud]

the rich nepo babies do

[cyan moss]

bro im not that rich but they arnet helping me at all

[glass hornet]

Where is the Grinnell pikachu glaze

[cyan moss]

fuck their double standards

[muted cloud]

im speaking to a specific type of school

idk where you go or your situation broski

[glass hornet]

Imagine all of these glaze just for a waitlist

💔

[muted cloud]

waitlist would be funnier than a rejection

ngl

because it'd be like "THERES STILL HOPE!!!"

ahh shit

[upper glade]

WL is a whole ass extra cycle

[muted cloud]

i wonder what the letter of continued interest would be

[upper glade]

rather kms

like

wait until june

bro

[muted cloud]

do you think they'd write 100 pages of just "please please please"

[cyan moss]

wl is basically a soft rejection

.

thats what everyone says on reddit

[muted cloud]

W&L took a whopping

drumroll please

TWO kids from waitlist last year

[upper glade]

im writing mine for bates lowk wanna do that

[muted cloud]

idgaf about bates waitlisting me

on some real shd

bates was such a throaway for me lol

[upper glade]

I didnt give af until I realized they pay you whatever you ask for

[muted cloud]

just get into bowdoin you'll be fine g

🙏

[upper glade]

williams

[muted cloud]

(WE are getting rejected from Williams)

[upper glade]

wait tbh bowdoin has free netflix

and good food

yeah bowdoin

[muted cloud]

THEY HAVE FREE NETFLIX???

[astral knot]

WAHT

oh and free ipads

[muted cloud]

i shoulda ED Bowdoin

[upper glade]

free macbooks

[muted cloud]

free netflix is so goated

[upper glade]

ipads

etc

[astral knot]

ya lol

[muted cloud]

*paid for by tuition btw

[astral knot]

that's fried why cant we have that too

[muted cloud]

LOL

[upper glade]

polarflix or smth yeah

[steep ivy]

wait what

omg

[steep ivy]

oh

[upper glade]

bc netflix's founder went there

[muted cloud]

whenever schools advertise free stuff its so funny to me because

[upper glade]

its basically an intranet netflix

[steep ivy]

that makes sense

[muted cloud]

you act like tuition isnt 70-80k a year

WHAT IS FREE

GNG

[steep ivy]

i get that generous finaid tho 😛

[muted cloud]

yeah see its free to me

thats different

[upper glade]

my bowdoin supps lowk chopped asl tho

I'd be rlly surprised

if I make it

I wrote it in the airport

[muted cloud]

bowdoin had supps? lwk forgot what I wrote mine about

[steep ivy]

they made you pick that line from the offering

[upper glade]

rushed tf out of it coz I had to hit duty free after submitting it

[steep ivy]

and another one i think

[upper glade]

general contribution essay yeah

[steep ivy]

diversity or smth

[upper glade]

community*

[steep ivy]

oh yeah

[upper glade]

I frankensteined all my other supps into one abomination

like actually

it was so bad

[muted cloud]

oh the offer one

yuck

[muted cloud]

i did that with hamilton

[steep ivy]

i lowk regret my bowdoin supps since i did them earlier on and i feel like i improved towards the end

oh well

[muted cloud]

i did the opposite

my good apps were at the start

[crisp coyote]

i will never hit the level of peak that was my georgetown supplementals

[steep ivy]

i think my peak supps were tufts

[crisp coyote]

i wish ivies had longer supplementals

[steep ivy]

i cooked on those

[crisp coyote]

oh my tufts ones were also peak i yapped about the city so hard

[muted cloud]

my lehigh supps were pretty peak

and I liked my richmond supp

W&L was solid but I feel like I got too philosophical

[crisp coyote]

the problem is tufts AO been in medford for less time than i have and i doubt they went to the places i talked about

i just yapped about boston ave for a bit though

[upper glade]

what do we think gng

shits buns

I didnt write like 20% of it lowk

[muted cloud]

There's like

good concepts

but it feels

generic

[upper glade]

yuh

[steep ivy]

i don’t think i connected any of my supps to bowdoin oops

[steep ivy]

just yapped about myself

[muted cloud]

I feel like my later apps fell into the same trap too

bowdoin was one of my later ones as an example

and now Ima show my richmond supp as a comparison lol

[upper glade]

bro my tufts app was pure heat

[steep ivy]

wait you know how bowdoin had a question in their app that was like “how did you find out about bowdoin”

[stiff hornet]

when tufts coming out

[upper glade]

yeah

I put: Bowdoin’s response to Malcom Gladwell. ““Revisionist History” (aptly named)...What a shame." First rockstar school I’ve ever seen. #GoUBears

[steep ivy]

i had no idea how to answer ts because i saw someone say they count it as a supp but idk that may have been misinformation

[muted cloud]

this is my richmond and W&L

[vocal schooner]

Swat has good aid, they just give it to no one haha

[upper glade]

malcom gladwell wanted beef with them once

[muted cloud]

My richmond is a bit of a tangent but I loved my intro and conclusion

and it got me in so I really dont care

[upper glade]

I saw a UWC kid on reddit who got in ed2 and had bad aid

worst situation to be in

[steep ivy]

this is nice

love the imagery

im not that kind of writer i fear

[upper glade]

camus mentioned

[crisp coyote]

i wish i was able to do shit like that for most of my apps

[upper glade]

my favorite algerian

[crisp coyote]

like my 150s were all shit from the ass

https://tenor.com/view/me-making-poop-philb-philb-poop-tweet-chill-guy-chocolate-gif-8977311087441760951

[muted cloud]

my 250s made me wanna die for the most part

[crisp coyote]

except for harvard those were okay

[steep ivy]

😭

[crisp coyote]

my favorite was a 600

250s were good

when theyre shorter its awful

[steep ivy]

i only had 250s and 300s

[muted cloud]

the W&L one I sent was the only 250 I liked outside of my lehigh one

[crisp coyote]

actually this one for stanford cooked

but the rest of the 50s i wish i had been more creative with

luca from caltech cooked on his 50s

[upper glade]

what option did yall do for amherst

I did B

[muted cloud]

lemme look

Prompt one

[upper glade]

oh

[muted cloud]

Prompt 1: “Hope and curiosity — these are qualities that are the foundation of what Amherst College means, of everything that we do here. Curiosity is at the core of a liberal arts education — a spirit of inquiry that shapes not only what our students do in the classroom, but also how they learn from and about each other.” – Michael A. Elliott, 20th President of Amherst College, address at Amherst College’s 203rd Commencement
Prompt 1 Question: What does curiosity mean to you? How do you experience curiosity in your own life?

WAIT THIS ONE WAS SO PEAK

I REMEMBER THIS ONE

[rocky pelican]

for my shorter supps i was rlly straightforward 😭 😭 😭 i did not waste any space im sorry

[upper glade]

couldn't bother to write another essay lmao

[chrome latch]

After seeing these essays i think i am cooked

[steep ivy]

me too

[chrome latch]

😭💀

[vocal schooner]

This was your tufts ED2 essay?

[muted cloud]

amherst

[muted cloud]

I dont think effective imagery is wasting space if it builds your point

[upper glade]

wrong guy

[crisp coyote]

the problem is that it's hard to know if the AO will see the imagery and get the point

so many people don't go with imagery for that reason

[vocal schooner]

I meant this

Sorry yeh wrong guy

[upper glade]

oh yeah

[crisp coyote]

an essay that is 70% imagery will either slap or flop

[upper glade]

is it good lol

[rocky pelican]

i’m confused were we supposed to include “I am applying to Tufts because” statement in our tufts supp. Bc i did that. And no one else did from what im seeing

[crisp coyote]

meanwhile you could play it safe

[vocal schooner]

Same

[crisp coyote]

i did not

[upper glade]

what do you think

[crisp coyote]

i didnt even finish the damn sentence 😭

well i kinda did i suppose

[vocal schooner]

It’s pretty decent 🤩

[cyan moss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYbDKscVzNM

[steep ivy]

yeah same i just jumped into it

[rocky pelican]

How can you utilize effective imagery in a 150 word supplement

[muted cloud]

I think for me imagery is what gives my writing power. I feel dull whenever I don't at least incorporate some.

[upper glade]

my ND supps are better trust

[muted cloud]

I mean for those it's harder unless you play the meta route

which gets dicey

[crisp coyote]

the problem is that it's just hard to write a good essay that is ALL imagery

[upper glade]

bro I cant find smth special abt bates to write abt in my loci

[muted cloud]

my dickinson supp was horrendous

[rocky pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/kamala-kamala-harris-biden-kamala-stan-twitter-kamala-stan-gif-10282464267450316759

[upper glade]

except like their egalitarian spirit

and outdoorsyness

[muted cloud]

fair

[steep ivy]

i think for imagery you need balance

[vocal schooner]

Can you give me an example of your imagery conveying a message

[steep ivy]

cant overdo it

but a little is good

[muted cloud]

i'd send my personal statement but yall dont need the traumadump

Lemme look over at my amherst one again

I can break this down

[upper glade]

I used the same connecting the dots thing with you lmfao

[chrome latch]

💀

[upper glade]

for swat tho

and darty

[rocky pelican]

My essays are all slop I don’t even want to send them here

Praying for myself

[chrome latch]

i am not good in essays idk

they suck

[upper glade]

its all luck #copium

[steep ivy]

they say they review apps holistically for a reason tho right

[chrome latch]

Why are you writing a wl loci now

[upper glade]

u can update them

idk rizz them first

[chrome latch]

people send them a bit later tho

Like in end of march

[upper glade]

hmm

I think its better if its quick no

[muted cloud]

My Amherst one was about how curiosity develops, and the balance between optimism and social responsibility versus fiction in my curious endeavours

The first paragraph demonstrates young naivety
The second is about how the adult world can damper young hopes and dreams
And most of the following are about striking that balance

[vocal schooner]

Ic

[muted cloud]

I liked the moth symbol because it shows how people get drawn into the corporate world, and what is immediate to their circumstances, but end up falling out when passion wanes out

[vocal schooner]

Is this your besttt essay

[muted cloud]

I do acknowledge my writing isn't for everyone and I do gamble a bit by trying to get so intricate

[vocal schooner]

It’s fine, don’t worry about it !

If an AO is really interested in your candidacy they will look into it

[muted cloud]

the goal of my writing for admissions sake is to draw the reader in and make them look deeper, I think the nostalgic hook at the start of the Amherst one was pretty effective and builds the symbolism immediately

[muted cloud]

uhhh

[vocal schooner]

I’m just curious lol

Cuz you talk very passionately about it

[muted cloud]

my personal statement garners the most attention generally but I don't generally send that one publicly, it isnt like I'm unwilling to share but it gets into topics that are triggering for many (albeit in a reflective lens that I tried to break down into consumable pieces)

[vocal schooner]

[muted cloud]

what is a loci am I dumb

OH

nevermind I figured it out

I was in fact dumb

[swift hatch]

do we have the same story lol

i also ed'd brown

and got rejected

[vocal schooner]

Jesus

Why did so many people ED brown

[upper glade]

twinsies

[vocal schooner]

It’s quite a niche school

[upper glade]

it was my dream school before it was need blind okay

[vocal schooner]

Why was it your dream school

Just curious

Definitely wasn’t mine

[muted cloud]

must be some local community college

kinda like Harvard

[vocal schooner]

I’m not into schools that are too liberal

[muted cloud]

this is real

[crisp coyote]

its a unique school

[muted cloud]

W&L my beloved

[vocal schooner]

Although I will admit that every school is basically liberal

Just to varying degrees

[muted cloud]

I took Kenyon off my list because they were too liberal

[crisp coyote]

why yall in the LAC thread

[muted cloud]

im so fr

[vocal schooner]

No idea

[crisp coyote]

it's literally in the name that they are liberal

[vocal schooner]

This LAC thread has been used and abused

[crisp coyote]

and LACs are the most liberal universities by far

[vocal schooner]

For 10000 conversations

[upper glade]

yo im done with my bates loci draft, same google doc

[crisp coyote]

if you want something less liberal go to a state school

[vocal schooner]

Aight I’ll check it out tmrw

It’s 2am ☠️

[upper glade]

tysm

im prolly dipping school tmr lol

[muted cloud]

Like the culture, neutral about the politics. I'm fine with liberalism I just don't want an oversaturation

[upper glade]

got mocks on tuesday so

[vocal schooner]

Ayo

I mean fair enough

[upper glade]

gotta prep

• missing IAs

[vocal schooner]

I usually took MC on days before my test

[crisp coyote]

which schools did you apply to

[vocal schooner]

Oooof

[zealous bloom]

Almost every college is liberal

[upper glade]

whats MC

[vocal schooner]

IAs are tough

Medical certificate

[muted cloud]

kind of my point

[vocal schooner]

Like sick leave

[upper glade]

oh yeah

I do that too

[vocal schooner]

Or sick excuse

They have a different name for it in every country for some reason

[upper glade]

for 1-2 days we js gotta tell the school im sick

[muted cloud]

i really should write a copy and pasteable list of the full 25

[upper glade]

no certi needed

[vocal schooner]

Yeh HAHAH

[muted cloud]

hold up

[acoustic slate]

Have the decisions come out?

[vocal schooner]

I got like 3 days per sem of parents letter being allowed as an excuse to leave school

[muted cloud]

i'll just screenshot my commonapp

[rocky pelican]

I’m sure the demographics who rea to Notre dame and ed to brown are very different

[crisp coyote]

couldnt be more different in fact

UND is probably the most conservative large university out there

while brown is the most liberal lol

[upper glade]

gotta write a letter to my mom so she knows im dipping tmr lmao

[vocal schooner]

Of course HAAHAH

[vocal schooner]

I’d go so far as to say brown might be the opposite of ND

[upper glade]

LMAOO

[rocky pelican]

My mom teaches at a very conservative rural school and the most prestigious school they send people to is also nd

💔

[upper glade]

true but I considered them both

[vocal schooner]

Which might piss off some who ED’d there 🥴

[upper glade]

I could find fit in both I'd say

like

[muted cloud]

I can't stand ND for the simple fact they wont stop whining about playoff spots but dont wanna join a conference

[rocky pelican]

Why do i keep making grammatical errors im so dumb

[vocal schooner]

Ooo

What’s this mean

[upper glade]

hey they are guaranteed a spot if they end the szn top 12 now

[muted cloud]

football

lol

[vocal schooner]

Ah

[upper glade]

for american football

[muted cloud]

total bs btw

total bs

[vocal schooner]

I’ll figure it out when I reach America

[upper glade]

I think they deserve it lowk

[muted cloud]

HELL no

join a conference

[upper glade]

they made a point in their finals run

[muted cloud]

genuinely

[upper glade]

I mean that UGA game was BS

but still

[muted cloud]

just because they dont wanna play in a conference doesnt mean they deserve an autobid though

keep the playing field level

[upper glade]

they probs dont wanna share their broadcasting $$

[muted cloud]

they're literally in the ACC for all their other sports

just bite the bullet

[upper glade]

tbh they'd win the ACC every year

like

no point

[muted cloud]

they win a cupcake schedule every year

it wouldnt be any different

[upper glade]

ok maybe miami rn

is a better team

but

[upper glade]

hmm true

[muted cloud]

they lost to every top 25 opponent this year

😭

crine

[upper glade]

and they didnt make it which was fair

dipping the bowl game was a bitch move tho

like bro

[glass hornet]

nope

Girl it’s Sunday

I gave up on Grinnell

Bye

[upper glade]

I still think vandy and miami shouldve done an extra game

to determine who makes it

[muted cloud]

wheres pikachu man when you need him

[upper glade]

wouldve been fun asl

[muted cloud]

diego pavia retirement tour

i should've wrote my vandy essay about pavia being 6'0

instant full ride

[upper glade]

LMAOO

[upper glade]

I lowk need this

[muted cloud]

someone needs to edit this so hes like 3 inches shorter than them

[muted cloud]

dude is literally shorter than kyler btw

[upper glade]

no way

[muted cloud]

im so fr

and shorter than bryce

[upper glade]

5'9 right

[muted cloud]

yeah

[upper glade]

I have hope

future nfl qb

[muted cloud]

future practice squad HOFer

[upper glade]

qb3 is the best job in the world

[muted cloud]

cant get hit in practice, few million a year

i'd take that

[upper glade]

qb2 still gotta lock in so not as good

oh wait

backup punter

might be goated

[muted cloud]

most teams dont even have backup punters

or kickers

[upper glade]

oh yeah

practice squad idk

[muted cloud]

this is such a lac related conversation btw

[upper glade]

we are making all-NESCAC

and transfer to UMich or smth

[muted cloud]

i'd sooner die than go to a school the size of umich

WE are transferring to vanderbilt

[upper glade]

YUPP

can't believe pavia did a masters in legal studies or smth

do you think they acc made him take classes

[muted cloud]

and dude still has 0 talking skills

[upper glade]

or fuh naw

[muted cloud]

remarkable

[upper glade]

love the guy

the SEC documentary

😭

[muted cloud]

genuinely the PR skills of a toddler

[upper glade]

im 25 my brain still growing

[muted cloud]

did he actually say that

[glass hornet]

Are we ready for next week chat

We have so many colleges coming out

[muted cloud]

IM READY FOR MY REJECTION NUMBERS TO SKYROCKET COACH

[upper glade]

yes

[muted cloud]

watch me end up with 18 waitlists by the end of this

13 more schools to hear from

[upper glade]

14 for me

ugh

[muted cloud]

genuinely a WL warrior

[upper glade]

7 comes out this week

[muted cloud]

we can rejected from williams together twin

who else did you apply to actually

i forgot

[glass hornet]

U can withdraw the app, there u rejected the college before they reject u

[glass hornet]

Holy crack

Colgate mentioned

[muted cloud]

colgate was gonna be too expensive

decided to not apply

[muted cloud]

is midd mid

[foggy cape]

did you do a middlebury interview

[muted cloud]

WE are getting rejected from amherst, williams, swat, bowdoin, colby, wesleyan, hamilton, AND Vandy

[upper glade]

yes

lasted 90 mins

[foggy cape]

damn 😭 that’s long for a virtual one

i think mine was like 25 lol

[upper glade]

LMAO

my dartmouth lasted like 75 mins

[vocal schooner]

Friday/Saturday is like Pre D-Day

[upper glade]

but he was a HS alum so

[vocal schooner]

C-Day perhaps

[muted cloud]

c-day

im crine

[foggy cape]

my middlebury interviewer joined the google meet 15 minutes late and also recorded the entire conversation via AI and then sent me the recapped notes

so a bit of a turn off

[vocal schooner]

Ivy Day is D-Day
LAC day is C-Day
EA day is B-Day
ED day is A-Day

[upper glade]

did you post on reddit

I think I saw this

[foggy cape]

no

i don’t use reddit

[vocal schooner]

Might be the worst comment I’ve ever posted

[upper glade]

oh nvm

[foggy cape]

maybe someone else had the same experience

lol

[muted cloud]

ew

[vocal schooner]

Where did you get this

I wanna see my apps like that

[muted cloud]

its just a folder on chrome

lol

[foggy cape]

it’s google chrome bookmarks

[glass hornet]

Does Middle berry have berry

[muted cloud]

i need to do this

[vocal schooner]

Oh damn

Looks good

I got like

Nothing

[muted cloud]

i just go to my password manager lol

[glass hornet]

This is smart

[foggy cape]

i don’t use it

it’s just for the aesthetic

[glass hornet]

I m on a Mac and Idk how to bookmark

💔

[upper glade]

I js organized my bookmarks in a folder

[foggy cape]

whenever a decision comes out i just search the college and the portal auto appears bc i’ve checked it before

[vocal schooner]

I just got this Google drive folder

So far 2/2

[upper glade]

oh these are app files right

[glass hornet]

Same 💀or I look through my email

[vocal schooner]

Yeh

[upper glade]

I should back them up soon lol

[vocal schooner]

I put my common app files and supplementals inside

Soon I’ll get a rejection

[glass hornet]

And whenever I tried to log in to check my decision the pw is always wrong

[muted cloud]

not a single safety in sight

[idle bobcat]

Grinnell??

[glass hornet]

Have to at least try 3-4 times until it’s right

[vocal schooner]

0 safety

Internationals have no safeties

So I just went for it

[muted cloud]

oh I forgot you're intl

[upper glade]

did you have NUS/NTU half guaranteed

[glass hornet]

Holy crack

[vocal schooner]

Yeh definitely

[upper glade]

I mean u had a 42 as a local thats a guarantee

yeah

[vocal schooner]

I could get into any course I wanted

[glass hornet]

I think it’s next Friday 💔💔💔

[vocal schooner]

I told my parents NUS was my backup

[upper glade]

makes sense

[vocal schooner]

Think they fainted from that statement

[upper glade]

LMAO

[muted cloud]

whats nus

am I tweaking

[vocal schooner]

They wanted three of their sons to go NUS (National University of Singapore)

[upper glade]

national u of singapore

[glass hornet]

I m checking my portal every 30 min next week for Grinnell

[upper glade]

tuff

[idle bobcat]

Do they think they’re Williams or something 😭😭😭

[vocal schooner]

I told them I basically got in I just didn’t choose to apply

[muted cloud]

oh no wonder I dont know

[half moon]

i just starred the emails

[upper glade]

which is true lol

[half moon]

for me that was easiest

[vocal schooner]

They will probably release at 3/20 on LAC day

[muted cloud]

im so glad I dont have the legacy problem

[glass hornet]

Same lol

[vocal schooner]

Since their interview reports are due on the 17th

[upper glade]

most of them are in the morning for us right

[muted cloud]

My father did online college and my mother has no degree

no pressure here

[vocal schooner]

Finalise decisions before the week ends

[vocal schooner]

Yep

Manila is Around same time

[upper glade]

they are all like 7/8pm est

yeah

[vocal schooner]

I love morning decisions

Nice and fresh

Record my reaction

Hahahaha

[upper glade]

I had tufts when class started

[vocal schooner]

I didn’t get my ND and bates live reaction

Which is unfortunate

[upper glade]

had to go through the day with it

[vocal schooner]

I had to re record

[upper glade]

lmfao

[muted cloud]

i lwk just open it and call my mom if its anything positive

[vocal schooner]

Ooooof

That’s tuff

[upper glade]

bouta have ND too

like on the bus

maybe

[vocal schooner]

I’ll post an international seeking aid reaction video

[muted cloud]

GL bro

[vocal schooner]

2 acceptances 18 rejections

[tough mantle]

Jesus

[upper glade]

u alr won bro

[vocal schooner]

First two accepted rest all rejected

[vocal schooner]

Yep

[muted cloud]

LOL

[vocal schooner]

Go Irish ☘️

[muted cloud]

thats my thing yo

[vocal schooner]

[muted cloud]

it only takes one

[upper glade]

there really is a chance this happens tho like its crazy

[vocal schooner]

Nooooo

[upper glade]

yk

[muted cloud]

Im waiting for 13 schools but I already have an offer from richmond to go for like 3K a year

so like

I really dont care

lol

[vocal schooner]

I would be so chill if it does

I emailed Dr Hoffman

[upper glade]

if you look at it purely on stats

[vocal schooner]

About my bates acceptance

He said that it’s very very rare

[upper glade]

wow

[vocal schooner]

To get more than one acceptance to selective colleges as an aided international

[upper glade]

I asked him abt how competitive swat ed2 is

[weary cobalt]

I need the rest of my schools to come out 💔

[upper glade]

6-8 intl aid seats

for a few hundred apps

[muted cloud]

you and everyone in this discord

[weary cobalt]

I already know my rd schools aren’t looking pretty and I’m inbetween two rn anyways

[tough mantle]

I need Saturday to happen

[upper glade]

true tho

[weary cobalt]

So I don’t care too much

[upper glade]

I mean he was at swat and vandy

[muted cloud]

real

[upper glade]

both not-so-great schools for aid

[vocal schooner]

Yeh

[muted cloud]

are you committed to davidson

???

[vocal schooner]

He’s seen a lot lmao

[weary cobalt]

What’s on Saturday?

[tough mantle]

Davidson RD

[muted cloud]

@tough mantle

[tough mantle]

Yeah

[upper glade]

did you use his service before or

do you js contact him

[tough mantle]

I paid 250 bucks to commit I better be

[muted cloud]

oh so you just wanna meet the others

lol

[upper glade]

I contacted him once he was rlly nice

[muted cloud]

dude the UR people I've met are so chill

i'd lwk feel bad if I didn't meet some of them

[tough mantle]

Yes lol

Also need admitted student day info

[muted cloud]

I never even considered EDing anywhere

[crisp coyote]

@rocky pelican when is the big V

[muted cloud]

because ED kids get less aid at certain schools

[crisp coyote]

is it alsl the 20th

[muted cloud]

and I genuinely cant afford to limit my options

[rocky pelican]

I like don’t know

[tough mantle]

I’ve already went over the reason I ED’d

[rocky pelican]

They haven’t released anything

When are the other seven sisters coming out

[crisp coyote]

what the hell

[rocky pelican]

Ikr

My vassar interviewer emailed me today with an article that she thought reminded her of me

[crisp coyote]

they are playing hard to get but they want u bad

[rocky pelican]

#correspondence

[vocal schooner]

I was his first customer

[rocky pelican]

rightt

[crisp coyote]

WGATTTTT

[upper glade]

oh damn

[vocal schooner]

Which is quite insane

[upper glade]

app review?

[vocal schooner]

I was invoice 0002

[rocky pelican]

She’s so kind I love her

[upper glade]

LMAO

[vocal schooner]

For his masterclass

[upper glade]

ohhh

[vocal schooner]

0001 was him testing the system

[crisp coyote]

its gonna be so sad telling my interviewer i got rejected

[upper glade]

LMAOO

[vocal schooner]

I’ve had over 100 emails

[upper glade]

crazy

[vocal schooner]

With him

[crisp coyote]

for harvard

[vocal schooner]

Back and forth

[upper glade]

how was the masterclass

[vocal schooner]

He’s one of the goats for sure

[rocky pelican]

I think my yale interviewer either liked me or is praying on my downfall

[vocal schooner]

A lot of my knowledge came from him

[crisp coyote]

LMFAO

[upper glade]

I did admitium's that was nice

[rocky pelican]

Either way im telling him i got rejected and i wont give a gaf

[crisp coyote]

wait that’s lowkey my stanford interviewer

[vocal schooner]

He deserves 1000% of the crest

Credit

[rocky pelican]

HELP

[vocal schooner]

I did his and admitoun’s

[crisp coyote]

real because ur gonna commit to vassar anyway frfrfr

[vocal schooner]

His is more tailored for parents

So it was more informational

[upper glade]

ohh

[vocal schooner]

Admitoun’s is for students writing

I will say that he has a style of writing

For philosophy students

[rocky pelican]

My yale guy confused me so bad he was so condescending during my interview but then was so happy and kind when he was talking to my dad

[vocal schooner]

But it doesn’t really suit my style

[upper glade]

yeah he has his formula

[rocky pelican]

So im like ok

[vocal schooner]

And different people have different styles

[upper glade]

but I liked his general approach

[rocky pelican]

Talking about how lovely I was. Mama…

[vocal schooner]

I’m more of a humanities/ social sciences

Rather than a philosophy intellectual

[crisp coyote]

grill im sordy but he praying on ur downfall after that internship…

[vocal schooner]

Each to his own

[rocky pelican]

PISSED ME OFF.

[vocal schooner]

Just got this email ❤️

[rocky pelican]

did I tell you abt how his daughters went to school with my friend