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

[hardy patrol]

this is all im praying for 🙏

[rocky pelican]

I THOUGHT U WERE IN THE OTHER THREAD

THEY DON'T DESERVE YOU.

[median kite]

is pomona out?

[muted cloud]

Yep

[rapid creek]

it sure is

[rocky pelican]

I know for a fact you will be getting into your other reaches though i have confidence in it

[median kite]

lemme check

[empty knoll]

Rejection, is redirection.

[median kite]

just opened bennington, got in + drucker scholarship.

is it good?

[sharp belfry]

facts

[median kite]

intl, gap year tho

[sharp belfry]

thank you queen amherst tmrw so we’re bouncing back

[empty knoll]

Bro Js open Pomona first

Gl!

[median kite]

wish me luck first

[serene crown]

gl!

[empty knoll]

Break a leg?

[muted cloud]

Good luck broski

[median kite]

thank you

ill update

[rapid creek]

goodluck Vik!

[turbid ibex]

Gl

[median kite]

waitlist

[empty knoll]

Ayy not bad

[rapid creek]

hey, i was admitted off the waitlist myself

so if you are interested in the college still, write a banger LOCI and hope for the best

[median kite]

got it thankyou!

[empty knoll]

31/716 so I wouldn’t keep hopes up, but I would try if I were you

[median kite]

31 admitted out of 716 waitlists is what you are saying?

[rapid creek]

ah do they have the CDS for class of 2029?

crazy

[empty knoll]

Out of 716 accepting the wl

[median kite]

yea

[muted cloud]

maybe I should do LOCIs given how many waitlists I'm on

[median kite]

damn

[muted cloud]

But like

[empty knoll]

Is 25-26 class of 29?

[muted cloud]

A lot of my waitlists are schools I'm not too mad about

[turbid ibex]

Real

Waitlist warrior

I have like 7 wl rn

And my loci is ass

[rapid creek]

25-26 as in the HS class?

[vivid summit]

yay

[floral coral]

im so worried

carleton in 2 hours

my first reach for RD...

[rapid creek]

CONGRATS

[empty knoll]

Just says 25-26 CDS

[floral coral]

congrats!!

[rapid creek]

ill repeat what i said in the 5cs thread, for admits who are seriously considering the school please dont hesitate to ping or DM with questions! super happy to help

[vivid summit]

thank you!

[waxen lava]

pomana is out i think

[slender void]

just praying for bowdoin to pull through now 🙏

[muted cloud]

Me too broski

[languid coral]

yes

[median kite]

yes*

[empty knoll]

@rapid creek there’s your answer

[waxen lava]

nicejob

i heard u got wl

[rapid creek]

@teal thicket wake up bro

your school is in like

1 h 40 m

[teal thicket]

Hi

Yessir

[rapid creek]

hii

[teal thicket]

Goated school

I love Carleton

[rapid creek]

Pomona just came out

we got a handful of admits :D

[median kite]

williams when guys?

[muted cloud]

Tmrw

[median kite]

time?

[chrome mural]

Carleton? The goat schools

[loud helm]

fell asleep to like 3 decisions dropping

[chrome mural]

I wish I stayed at Carleton

[muted cloud]

None released

Probably 6-8 would be my guess

That's the timeframe other major lacs seem to be in

[dense storm]

what happened?

[median kite]

6-8 edt?

[chrome mural]

I went to northwestern

[dull crescent]

i got waitlisted at pomona, is that a good sign?

[chrome mural]

Yeah, Pomona is very competitive

[teal thicket]

Pomona is amazing

My 3rd favourite lac

[dense storm]

northwestern has such a beautiful campus

[teal thicket]

After Carleton and Amherst

[chrome mural]

For some reason I always think of Pomona as a bit worse than Swarthmore Williams and Amherst

[chrome mural]

True

[glass hornet]

Is northwestern worse?

[languid coral]

omg actually one of my profs did her undergrad at pomona literally love her

[loud helm]

i think of pomona as californian amherst

[chrome mural]

It’s pretty good so far. I’m just tired from the workload

[teal thicket]

Pomona is basically an Ivy tier level school imo

It’s like a t10

[glass hornet]

How is williams?

[teal thicket]

Basically

[manic saffron]

CONGRATS ON POMONA

pomona seems so cool

[teal thicket]

I think of Pomona as west coast Carleton 😭😭😭

[manic saffron]

and its in cali

[chrome mural]

I would go to Williams over every ivy tbh

[glass hornet]

How come

[chrome mural]

Is pretty goated

[languid coral]

it’s really fun!! i’m having a great time and i’m really enjoying my time here i can’t imagine being anywhere else

[chrome mural]

The education

[teal thicket]

I would go to Yale or Harvard over Williams, the rest I would go to Williams over

[chrome mural]

Wait yeah same

[silent otter]

When i visited williams the ao was kinda racist so now i just don’t fw williams

[glass hornet]

People on reddit say its very boring... is this not true?

[chrome mural]

Dam that sucks. I’m sorry to hear it

[muted cloud]

I mean rankings wise they are

[manic saffron]

aye yo what😭

[chrome mural]

Who even uses rankings nowadays

[silent otter]

if i would transfer anywhere id transfer to pomona

[languid coral]

eek that’s not great sorry you had that experience 😭

[chrome mural]

Fair. Or you can go to Northwestern transfer

[silent otter]

wait LMFAOOO it’s fine lol idc

[muted cloud]

Kids from bay area public schools probably

[teal thicket]

If I had to transfer anywhere it would be Carleton

[silent otter]

i just didn’t apply to williams cuz i got bad vibes from that

[loud helm]

mind u

he transferred out of carleton

LMFAOO

[silent otter]

And who set that system up

[chrome mural]

No that’s completely reasonable. I would’ve done the same. That ao is horrible

[teal thicket]

🥀top 3 worst mistakes of my life

[raw crystal]

I got in 🙂

[loud helm]

WOOO

congrats

[chrome mural]

He regrets it ✌️

[teal thicket]

Yay congrats

[chrome mural]

Congrats!

[languid coral]

i personally don’t think so! it can be a little isolating but i don’t find that to be a problem, i usually find ways to keep myself busy or entertained and there’s usually stuff to do in town

[muted cloud]

Can someone explain to me why the hell this happened because I be seeing you glaze carleton every day

[teal thicket]

I love Carleton

[chrome mural]

✌️

[loud helm]

he transferred for his twin lol

[muted cloud]

THEN WHY'D YOU TRANSFER

[glass hornet]

Would you say its not very social?

[teal thicket]

My twin

[chrome mural]

Cause of me!

[muted cloud]

ggs bro

[dull crescent]

oh shit bet

[hasty silo]

wow this is a really active channel

[dusk horizon]

Yeah it’s been blowing up

[chrome mural]

Evil twin here who made him transfer

[loud helm]

we love lacs

[muted cloud]

LAC thread is always active

[hasty silo]

True

[teal thicket]

Lac’s are amazing

[hasty silo]

Anyone know if Pomona flies u out for admitted students days

should I ask

[silent otter]

what schools js came out

pomona or?

[chrome mural]

That one time I pinged the server about Lehigh here

[hasty silo]

yes I'm high need and cannot afford ts fuckass flight and hotel

[hasty silo]

yea like 30 min ago

[silent otter]

are you going to go
to
pomona

[teal thicket]

Pomona came out like 30 min ago

[muted cloud]

not a lac btw </3

[silent otter]

i pressed return on accident

[chrome mural]

Ik significant aura loss

[hasty silo]

idk lowkey pretty enticing but at the same time idk if I wanna do grad school or not

[glass hornet]

Over Harvard?

[hasty silo]

probably not just because of how cooked grad school is looking I don't think I wanna do grad school anymore so REUs would prob be better

[silent otter]

ur not gonna know that for a while tho

[humble lake]

we all HATE pomona

[hasty silo]

I wanna be able to pivot pretty easily

I think Harvard would be better for that

all things considered

[silent otter]

some people want to don’t want to
go to grad school until their junior year

some people are deadset until their sophomore year

[hasty silo]

yeaaa that's why I'm thinking Harvard cause of ability to pivot better I think

[silent otter]

the future is uncertain

i mean i guess there’s considerations for both

[hardy patrol]

hows williams for ability to pivot

[languid coral]

i think it’s very social! because the population is so small it’s really easy to talk to people and do stuff together. people are always down to hang out so i don’t think social isolation is a very big concern. also williams is not a party school by any means but people always find a way to get something going lmao

[silent otter]

but being somewhere hot for college actually makes a diffferencr

[hasty silo]

I feel like with LACs it's kinda ur more locked into grad school more than anything obviously it's not impossible to enter indsutry but

[silent otter]

probably pretty good it’s a lac

[loud helm]

i love da snow

[silent otter]

open curriculum (?) and whatnot

[chrome mural]

Williams is goated for finance

[silent otter]

distributionals or whatever

[hasty silo]

I have heard the econ at Williams is fire

[hardy patrol]

yeah ive heard about pivot into finance

[languid coral]

i think econ is the top major here

[silent otter]

pseudo open

[hasty silo]

Yeah

[chrome mural]

Enjoy the Maine snow next year

[hasty silo]

Williams was a fire school I wish I applied

[hardy patrol]

im like semi-set on grad school for math but having options is prob a good thing

[hasty silo]

I mean is a fire school

[hardy patrol]

wait you didnt?

[hasty silo]

I meant was as in I enjoyed my time there

[silent otter]

ya come back to me in february lmk how ur feeling

[hasty silo]

Nah I withdrew I was lowkeyyyyyyyyyyy too lazy to get my cousnelor to submit midyr

[silent otter]

february made me wish i applied to stanford and pomona

[hardy patrol]

fairs

[loud helm]

it already snows a decent amount in nyc so i hope ill be fine

[hasty silo]

Good luck tmr tho king

[hardy patrol]

wow def sold me the idea of going to williams

[hasty silo]

yeah

WOW was so fire

[languid coral]

genuinely i wish i applied to some cali schools 😭😭

[silent otter]

oh i forgot u from nyc

[hasty silo]

I think WOW was lowkey my top 1

[silent otter]

february in college is just different though

[hardy patrol]

hopefully that 98% wow->williams rate doesnt sell me tmr

[silent otter]

it was actually the fucking trenches omfg

[hasty silo]

🙏

I'm praying for u bro

[hardy patrol]

hmc already betrayed me i need williams to clutch up 😭

thanks bro

[hasty silo]

lwk I js realized I got boosted by VIRTUAL POP!!!

[rapid creek]

Pomonas pretty research heavy Id say for a LAC! lots of folks get summer research opportunities

[silent otter]

i don’t know if others agree

[languid coral]

wait if you did WOW i can’t promise anything but you have very good odds of getting in

[rapid creek]

you dont have to want to go to grad school to go to a LAC

[hasty silo]

yeah that's why I'm kind of straying away from it.

[hardy patrol]

you did virtual pop??

[loud helm]

i am still walking through murky snow sludge

[chrome mural]

Yk what other lac is good for research?

[hasty silo]

I want more industry stuff

[hasty silo]

no I didnt lol but uh

I got accepted to virtual pop!!

[humble lake]

my ass just gonna end up at american university

[chrome mural]

Carleton!

[humble lake]

pomona rejected me

[hardy patrol]

yeah they said similarly at wow so im just banking on this lol

[hasty silo]

but I feel like everyone got into virtual pop ngl

[rapid creek]

fair fair, other 5C members like HMC or CMC will be more hands on

[hasty silo]

yeah they said it was near guaranteed

as long as u didnt commit a crime or smth

edge cases

[hasty silo]

yeah true

we'll see

[chrome mural]

I wonder how many people @teal thicket introduced Carleton to on a2c

[hardy patrol]

ik someone who did in person pop who got rejected so i think lacs are locking down their fly in acceptances this year or sumn

[hasty silo]

I'll see if I can even visit the school 😭

[teal thicket]

i'm not sure

[rapid creek]

where you from if you dont mind me asking

[hasty silo]

Texas

[rapid creek]

ahh

[hasty silo]

oh damn

[loud helm]

i did too

i didnt end up applying pomona tho

[languid coral]

january/feb was so bad i’m tired of the snow and cold

[hasty silo]

oh I see

did u do the Bates flyin

Prologue

or smth

[loud helm]

no lol

[hasty silo]

oh

I see

[silent otter]

i genuinely wanted to kms

[languid coral]

like this month we had 2 good days of like warm sun like literal 60s and every williams kid was taking advantage of it

[silent otter]

february 2026 was the worst time of my life

worst mental health i hated myself i felt like a chud everyday

and it was cold

[loud helm]

girl its been like a week and im still shocked i got into bates

LMFAO

[hasty silo]

yeah it lwk do be hitting u

[silent otter]

imagine u wake up at 10:15 and u just missed ur attendance required seminar

[stiff hornet]

plz let this be me w tufts

[hasty silo]

wait until u get the self doubt kick in

[muted cloud]

I'm still shocked I got WAITLISTED to bates LMAO

[hasty silo]

💔

[stiff hornet]

crazier things have happened

[silent otter]

u still have 3 more lectures to go to

[hasty silo]

yikes

[glass hornet]

What are your stats?

[silent otter]

ur psets not done and you don’t understand the questions

[hasty silo]

ruh roh

[silent otter]

and tou have an exam at 7pm

and you walk outside

and it’s negative 5 degrees

[hasty silo]

holy shit

😭

[silent otter]

that was everyday in february 2026

[hasty silo]

it just keeps getting worse bro

[glass hornet]

Grinnell u better drop tmr

[chrome mural]

Dang sorry to hear that

[glass hornet]

I m not even joking

[silent otter]

LMFAOA THE SAME SHIT HAPPENED HERE

[smoky nacelle]

these poor vitamin d starved souls

[hasty silo]

omg wow I recognize that building on the right

[loud helm]

me and my big black puffer jacket will survive this.. i hope

[hasty silo]

and I think I recognize the thing on the left

[silent otter]

look @yale most recent post on insta LMAOAO

[languid coral]

LITERALLY

[hasty silo]

dude

[muted cloud]

4.11 W, 4.0 UW, 5 APs, 3 current, mid ECs, test opt, low income/rural, essay carried as FUCK

[hasty silo]

I remember when I got lost

at 12 am

[dense storm]

bro if they do imma have like 4 decisions the same day 😭

[hasty silo]

on Willaims campus

[smoky nacelle]

😭

[hasty silo]

I forgot where my hosts' dorm was

😭

[loud helm]

like in a bad way

[hasty silo]

it was a fucking maze bro

[smoky nacelle]

im gonna go from excess sun to none

[languid coral]

left is paresky right is chapin hall!!

[hasty silo]

and my phone died

btw

[serene crown]

LMAO

[hasty silo]

so I was like lowkey cooked so I started going through all the suites

[muted cloud]

IN A GOOD WAY I THOUGHT I WAS A LOCK FOR REJECTION LMFAOOO

[hasty silo]

like it was structured so weirdly

[languid coral]

some of the dorms are so fucking confusing

[hasty silo]

I had to start going thru all the suites

yes bro

[silent otter]

Evb was fucking outside

[glass hornet]

Nice

[silent otter]

Mind u it was 44 degrees

[glass hornet]

Dang ur cracked

[silent otter]

Genuinely the tiniest amount of sun brought joy to the entirety of yale campus

[muted cloud]

nah I'm essay carried

I'm not a bay area high school student

I don't have a 4.8373 gpa

Just a traumatic sob story

America's got talent ass fucking planning

[hardy patrol]

they finally finished construction at paresky?

[hasty silo]

oh yeah

now I remember

they had construction

[languid coral]

yes took them forever 💀💀

[hasty silo]

wait was paresky the dining hall

thing

[languid coral]

yes!

[hardy patrol]

yup

[hasty silo]

oh yeah fire

[hardy patrol]

i lowk liked the feel of it in autumn

[silent otter]

why is there always construction on college campuses

[hasty silo]

same

[languid coral]

autumn was so pretty ugh

[silent otter]

ugh i miss the fall

[hardy patrol]

i wonder what williams in winter looks like 👀

[silent otter]

the winter has tainted my yale experience

it was pretty a few times

but so so terrible

[loud helm]

OH girl i thought this too

[loud helm]

i filmed my reaction from UNDER MY CHIN BC I THOUGHT ID GET REJECYED

[hasty silo]

brah when is BU coming out

[loud helm]

SO NOW I CANT EVEN SHOW MY FRIENDS TAHT VIDEO.

[muted cloud]

williams my beloved

[loud helm]

gorjus

[muted cloud]

im getting rejected but the visit was worth it

that indian place is goated

[languid coral]

oh my gosh i’m going for the first time tomorrow

[muted cloud]

DUDE IT'S SO GOOD

[hasty silo]

Wait what indian place

[languid coral]

i’m SO excited

[hasty silo]

Fuck dude

I shoukd've applied

[languid coral]

i think spice root

[silent otter]

are u guys not on break

[muted cloud]

LOL

Priorities

[languid coral]

no we start saturday

[hasty silo]

Williamstown is pretty fire

[muted cloud]

I got like uhhh

[hasty silo]

Wait is it in Williasmtown

Like the little

town area

[rancid flax]

28

[hasty silo]

fuck

idk what it's called

[silent otter]

like class?? on saturday??

[hasty silo]

I think it's Williamstown

[hasty silo]

oh did they announce it smwhere

bro they sent an email td

and they said "we're releasing soon"

[languid coral]

NO we start break saturday lol it’s midterms week rn

[hasty silo]

but did NOT give us the DAMN date

[loud helm]

late as hell

[hasty silo]

like ????

[muted cloud]

It was shrimp curry in some kind of almond sauce i dont remember what it was called

[hasty silo]

why would u say you're releasing soon but not release the date

[silent otter]

gyat damn

[rapid creek]

yall arent on break yet?

[rancid flax]

counselors emails

[rapid creek]

damn

[glossy lagoon]

Out

[hasty silo]

oh yeah also guys USPS works for Williams

[silent otter]

my midterms season was before break and resumes after break

[hasty silo]

oh rip

USPS works for Williams tho!

or at least it did last yr

[rancid flax]

what’s usps

[rapid creek]

yall do midterms after break?

[teal thicket]

i just finished my last final

[rapid creek]

😭

[chrome mural]

I forgot semester systems were so different

[teal thicket]

today

[glass hornet]

oh shit

replied to wrong person

[muted cloud]

IT DOES?

[hasty silo]

like the delivery service

[silent otter]

i have a midterm on april fools

[glass hornet]

mb

[chrome mural]

I just finished my winter quarter today

[muted cloud]

NOW I NEED TO KNOW

[glossy lagoon]

Rejected

[hasty silo]

yeah at least it did last yr

[languid coral]

no 😭 we get two weeks of break though so worth it ig

[chrome mural]

I have another quarter after break

[silent otter]

and a french exam on monday

[muted cloud]

HOW DO I DO THIS

[hasty silo]

idk when you'll get the alert thing tho

it might be tmr

[rapid creek]

the jokes write themselves

[teal thicket]

imagine if they make an april fools question on the midterm

[rancid flax]

is this some portal astro tho

[hasty silo]

let me see if I can scour the archives

[silent otter]

ts not a joke

[hasty silo]

not really portal astro

[rancid flax]

with the packages

arriving

[silent otter]

prove the linear map is invertible

[hasty silo]

u just see ur getting a package

[muted cloud]

no it's actually mail

[hasty silo]

from a location

that is like

[teal thicket]

guys no portal astrology in chat pls

[silent otter]

why doesn’t my prof prove that he has some bitches in his life

[turbid ibex]

💀Massachusetts weather is ass

[rancid flax]

nobody is

[hasty silo]

strangely the location of your college

[teal thicket]

😭 i just saw someone say portal astrology

[hasty silo]

like I wonder what that could be!

[rancid flax]

i was asking if the mail is something like it

[teal thicket]

oh ic ic

mb

[hasty silo]

Priority package coming from Claremont when I live in Texas?! Wow! Wonder what that is

[rapid creek]

are you ever gonna take a class with Professor Smart

[hasty silo]

but yeah uh Williams has that too I think

[rancid flax]

um why is a package from new haven coming

[hasty silo]

um I wonder man

[teal thicket]

i don't think i've ever gotten my NU package i think my twin brother got his

[loud helm]

i really dont know if it classifies as portal astro LMFAO id have to ask chloe her take

[hasty silo]

I feel like ts is not portal astro

it's a physical package

and not in the portal

😭

[rapid creek]

i got a package from oxford new england guys does this mean anything

[hasty silo]

it'd be astrology at most

[rancid flax]

😱 i must be getting into northwestern if new haven is sending me a package

[languid coral]

me last year seeing a package coming from williamstown like what could this be 🤔 …

[hasty silo]

yeah LOL I heard Williams has it too

Was it day of?

[loud helm]

bates send me my freaking acceptance package pls ily

[zealous bloom]

still waiting on my cmu uiuc and unc packages

[glass hornet]

am i the only one who cant log in the usps 😭

they opping me

😭

[languid coral]

i can see how it would count because i don’t think it happened to everyone who got in, so people who don’t see it might start freaking out but in reality their tracking just wasn’t made yet or something

[rapid creek]

i had a friend who typod their address and it autofilled on the rest of their apps
and so their neighbor dumped a bunch of acceptance packages off at their doorstep lmao

[chrome mural]

@bleak crescent are you ready for Carleton! The goat school

[languid coral]

mine was day before

[teal thicket]

1 hour 15 more min

[bleak crescent]

Yessir!!!

Don’t worry I’ll ping yall

[hasty silo]

https://williamsrecord.com/469503/features/congrats-youre-an-eph-inside-accepted-students-welcome-boxes/

oh guys

they patched Williams

[stiff hornet]

how tf do u do the package tracker shit

[rapid creek]

that is an awesome tote bag whatttttttt

[languid coral]

it’s SO good

[hasty silo]

or maybe they patched it

idk

they're aware of it

at the least

[languid coral]

LMAO

[rapid creek]

is it on their store or is it admits only

[hasty silo]

oh yeah they patched it

[rapid creek]

i can larp as a Williams student

[hasty silo]

"Now, we don't mail boxes until the day after decisions go out."

[languid coral]

it’s admits only

[hasty silo]

rip guys

[teal thicket]

i think i can larp as a carleton student

the best

[hardy patrol]

no more williams astro 😔💔

[glass hornet]

which college is this

[stiff hornet]

how u do the usps tracking methd

[hasty silo]

Williams

[teal thicket]

if i larp as a current carleton student

nobody would be able

to tell

[silent otter]

who’s that

what’s his first name

[hasty silo]

You make an account for USPS informed delivery but idt any other colleges this cycle will be able to be tracked by ts

[silent otter]

charles smart?

[hasty silo]

I feel like the LACs for some reason were the most susceptible to the informed delivery

[zealous bloom]

congratulations on pomona btw

[hasty silo]

but yeah looks like they're catching on

[loud helm]

cant they avoid this by just using ups

[hasty silo]

Appreciate it

[zealous bloom]

did they give you good aid

[hasty silo]

UPS probably has smth similar too ngl

ik FedEx does

[hasty silo]

idk yet forgot to submit FAFSA lol

[hasty silo]

People saw their Columbia likelies early thru FedEx

[silent otter]

@rapid creek if he’s still teaching analysis 2 next spring then yes

[hasty silo]

So it's probably not fullproof

[hasty silo]

Analysis!!

[muted cloud]

Oh shit I need to verify my identity and I'd need to do that at the post office or through a mailing

[silent otter]

i’m looking at courses he teaches but like it’s kind of random

[zealous bloom]

my house is also banned from fedex LOL

[hasty silo]

What's Analysis 2 is that Multivariate? Complex?

[muted cloud]

Guess I'm not doing it!

[hasty silo]

oh yikes

[silent otter]

lesbegue integration and fourier series

[hasty silo]

oh I see

[zealous bloom]

i was trying to log in and see when the gt package was coming

[hasty silo]

so it's like

RA 2

[silent otter]

there’s also vector analysis, idk if i’m gonna take real analysis 2 or vector analysis

[glass hornet]

are u math major?

[hasty silo]

oh cool

[silent otter]

i think u need real analysis 2 for measure theory

[sharp belfry]

just got my reed box but the confetti didn’t work 😭 another blow

[silent otter]

math / stats yeah

[hasty silo]

Sounds right (content-wise, idk about prereqs at Yale ofc)

[glass hornet]

ooh

[silent otter]

taking analysis to make me better at statistics

:)

[glass hornet]

how did u realize u want to do math

[hasty silo]

True

[stiff hornet]

have yall ever seen the ai lax memes

on ig reels

[silent otter]

i always liked my math classes in high school

[stiff hornet]

theyre so fun

funny

lots of LACs in them actually

[glass hornet]

like ap calc stuff?

[silent otter]

i thought i was gonna study cs when i was in high school

[silent otter]

yeah all of them

[glass hornet]

arent those far from what math majors do

[hasty silo]

Usually you js have a peer or teacher introduce you, and if you like thinking about fun math problems in your freetime or in the shower, it's a good indicator that you might enjoy math

[silent otter]

i got up to bc calc and stats

[glass hornet]

im kinda between engineering and physics

[silent otter]

well i’m telling a story lol u cut me off

[glass hornet]

and iunno what to do

[stiff hornet]

yo @silent otter ur a math major?

[silent otter]

math / stats yes

[stiff hornet]

im thinking abt it at denison if yk what that is

do u reccomend

[silent otter]

one or the other

[stiff hornet]

itd be math + econ btw

[silent otter]

yeah i have an a2cer friend there

[hasty silo]

I mean kind of but at the same time there's some element of analytical thinking involved in both, which is kind of the main thing for a math major

[hardy patrol]

ive heard denison is great for student satisfaction but thats about it

[stiff hornet]

deadass??

[hardy patrol]

idk about academics

[hasty silo]

Denison!!

[stiff hornet]

can i plz ask them some questions

[hasty silo]

the big D

[glass hornet]

im tryna learn proof rn

[silent otter]

if you like math then go for it! but hs math is a lot different from college math

[glass hornet]

and its very different

[stiff hornet]

yh

[hasty silo]

yeah it is very different

[stiff hornet]

whos ur denison a2c friend

[glass hornet]

it has their way of thinking

[silent otter]

ok let me finish my story

[glass hornet]

u have to get used to

[hasty silo]

u got it unc

[stiff hornet]

bro plz

[loud helm]

they dont want ppl to know iirc

[stiff hornet]

oh

[silent otter]

junior year i was in precalc and i was under the impression that i wanted to study cs or engineering or smth

[stiff hornet]

mb

nvm

[silent otter]

i can ask her if he can reach out

[silent otter]

but i had a friend who was like u should consider applied math

[loud helm]

i was just dming her lol

she seems to be enjoying it a lot more then before

[silent otter]

he was committed to columbia for football and he was also studying stem

[sharp belfry]

ur real for switching from robby to al hashimi pfp

LOL

[silent otter]

and i never really thought that applied math was an option

so i applied comp eng or applied math to all the schools i applied for

[loud helm]

HE PLAYED

HE PLAYED WITH DA PRINCESS

[silent otter]

and i thought i would do applied math all of last semester

[hasty silo]

o

[silent otter]

and then i realized i like stats a lot more so now im a stats major

but i’m also liking my pure math classes

which is why i say math / stats

[glass hornet]

are u math major?

[silent otter]

hope this answers ur question

[hasty silo]

yea

[silent otter]

in short u have a lot of time to decide and figure out u don’t need to know it now

[glass hornet]

do u know proof stuff

[hasty silo]

yeah somewhat

[loud helm]

majoring in math seems like my personal hell

[glass hornet]

im learning it rn

i kinda wanna get ahead

[split bough]

how do moho and other lacs determine their financial aid? i've been seeing everyone say moho was awful this year, but i'll only have to take out 3000 in federal loans/year, so do they just treat need based like merit now?

[glass hornet]

how did u leanred it

[silent otter]

you can read textbooks or take a class on it

[glass hornet]

im reading how to prove it rn

[silent otter]

what math classes are you taking right now?

[glass hornet]

and tryna use it for lin alg

[hasty silo]

it has a steep learning curve when you transition from computational yea

[loud helm]

not sure, they upped my friends coa when she appealed and told them her dad lost his job

[glass hornet]

mvc

[silent otter]

my first introduction to proofs was my linear class

[glass hornet]

but i alr know it

[hasty silo]

that's good

[silent otter]

i took that last sem

[split bough]

thats so bizarre

[hasty silo]

u can use LADR

asw

supplement w/ LADR

[silent otter]

yeah how to prove it is a good one

[sharp belfry]

that’s a good question

[silent otter]

u can also look at some discrete math textbooks

[hasty silo]

if u wanna jump into Lin Alg

[split bough]

it kinda defeats the purpose of need based aid if theyre being so random about it

[glass hornet]

i was told to use hk

for lin alg

[silent otter]

but when ur studying proofs i would eh and think of the underlying motivation when ur proving statements

[glass hornet]

but its ehhh

[silent otter]

i really like axler

[hasty silo]

yeah Axler is nice

[sharp belfry]

i was expecting the HWCs to meet full need and THEN add merit on top but instead it seems like it’s sort of. weird combined thing

ofc i haven’t gotten bryn mawr back so idrk

[silent otter]

my clsssrs textbook is friedberg et al

[glass hornet]

yea

imma try ladr

[silent otter]

but i study with axler

[loud helm]

lowk i think the seven sisters may hate me

[sharp belfry]

mhc would nawt have been achievable without my merit scholarship at all

[split bough]

yeah me either

[sharp belfry]

13% acceptance rate bates loves u tho

[split bough]

yeah omg i got waitlisted from bates rip

[loud helm]

rejected wellesley.. rejected moho.. deferred smith.. yea they hate me

LMFAOO

[sharp belfry]

wtfff 😭😭 bums

so glad i got my target schools back before my reaches or i would probably be crashing tf out

[silent otter]

rejection redirection!!!

etc etc

sounds dumb until it happens

[split bough]

getting moho took so much pressure off everything else its so nice

[loud helm]

thank FUCK i got bates before moho decision or i would have genuinely mentally broken down

[hasty silo]

I got "rejected" from my target school so I'm glad I got my reach school back first

[sharp belfry]

exactly

[hasty silo]

otherwise I would be crashing out

[glossy lagoon]

6 reject streak

[glass hornet]

did u commit to bates?

[loud helm]

yes lol

[glossy lagoon]

hexakill!

[sharp belfry]

i hate that i have like 4 schools right now that i MIGHT go to though 😭

i want to withdraw apps already i feel bad for clogging up waitlists

[split bough]

seriouslyyy

i can commit after smith and wellesley come out thankfully

[glossy lagoon]

rahh how do i get acceptances

[serene crown]

this happens more often than it should

smh

[glass hornet]

i love wellesley

[split bough]

me too i want to go so bad

if i got into multiple sisters idk what i would do though

[sharp belfry]

im waiting on bryn mawr, they sent me an email today saying “we will release decisions… next week” like okay thanks a lot 😭 not even a date

im definitelt favoring bryn mawr over moho i love bryn mawr sm

i rly wanna get in

[empty crow]

carleton please 😭

[loud helm]

i also think im getting rejected or waitlisted from bryn mawr

which isn’t an issue

it’s my prediction

[hazy grove]

and nothing from scripps

i should have applied to seven sisters vro

atleast smith has a date

[loud helm]

which is like weirdly late bro

[hazy grove]

yeah but a dates a date

[sharp belfry]

aaaahhh oh my god bro

[hazy grove]

scripps is just going "by april 1" even while every other 5C has set dates

[steep ivy]

bowdoin my top choice now

fuck tufts

[dull crescent]

Anyone else get waitlisted at Pomona?

My 2nd sem grades are so shit💀

Lowkey needed the validation for RD tho

[zealous bloom]

ut austin?

[hasty silo]

ya

got capped

[zealous bloom]

may be unironic yield protection

[sharp belfry]

pomona mogs ut austin they just didn’t see the vision

[zealous bloom]

very glad i got gt back as my only early acceptance

then cmu before mit

[hasty silo]

my first decision was Harvard

😭

[sharp belfry]

wait did you get in 😭

[hasty silo]

yes

[sharp belfry]

i figured the harvard 30 thing was manifesting cuz ppl do that here sm

[hasty silo]

oh

no

[sharp belfry]

what are u holding out for? FA?

[loud helm]

would u choose something over harvard

[sharp belfry]

by the way congrats u must be unbelievably cracked

[hasty silo]

just because I don't really know what I'm looking for in a college

I just did Harvard early because I basically just rouletted

I want to actually visit and stuff b4hand

cause I haven't even been to Harvard b4

[sharp belfry]

i mean fuck bro harvard is harvard but fair enough

[hasty silo]

I don't even know what this shit looks like

😭

[glass hornet]

Can you dm me your stats

[glass hornet]

what u looking for

[hasty silo]

67 gpa 2400 sat

[hasty silo]

I just said I don't know 😭

[sharp belfry]

he doesn’t know i fear

[glass hornet]

:(

[glass hornet]

mb didnt read

doenst that mean u dont care

like harvard

or wtv

then just committ??

iunno

lol

[sharp belfry]

what are u planning on majoring in

[hasty silo]

??

wjhat

how do you come to this conclusion with the information I just gave you

😭

[glass hornet]

like ur not looking for anything particular from college

then atp just committ

to college

that accepts u??

[split marten]

yo wt time williams come out

[glass hornet]

lmao

[hasty silo]

that is not what I said ??

[hasty silo]

Math + CS & Stats/Gov

[sharp belfry]

oh very cool

that rly confused me for a second lmfao

quadruple major

[hardy patrol]

bro every time someone asks you this question i swear you add a major

[glass hornet]

u said u dunno what ur looking for in college??

no?

[hasty silo]

wdym 😭

[hasty silo]

that doesn't mean I'm not looking for stuff from a college what

[hardy patrol]

when did gov sneak in there twin 😭

[zealous bloom]

why are we dogging on w

[hasty silo]

I applied intended gov to like everything

[hasty silo]

no like ong why are we so nosy

[hardy patrol]

hmm maybe i was not tapped into w lore

[hasty silo]

genuinely beyond me

[glass hornet]

wdym u said u dont know what to look for in college and u actually look for it???

[zealous bloom]

looking for != major

[hasty silo]

this is frying me bro

[zealous bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/ts-frying-me-gif-3716183680874971134

[glass hornet]

iunno

actually i needa sleep

my brain aint braining

[sharp belfry]

they just mean they’re not sure if harvard is the school for them so they’re leaving their options open

[glass hornet]

ahhh

[hasty silo]

^

thank u shay

[sharp belfry]

yep

[glass hornet]

time to go to sleep

[hardy patrol]

w translation

[junior river]

tbh good on you for actually thinking things through

[hasty silo]

I'm not gonna instantly commit just because I'm excited

about a school

[junior river]

so many kids just seem to go with the most prestigious seeming school without much forethought

[hasty silo]

what if I actually hate it after visiting

[glass hornet]

u can flex like

[hasty silo]

bro

[glass hornet]

harvard is my backup plan

lol

[hasty silo]

ts is the next 4 years of your life

😭😭

[hardy patrol]

have fly ins impacted your view of fit you think

[hasty silo]

wdym ur js committing to a college to flex

[glass hornet]

i mean

[hasty silo]

yeah

[glass hornet]

ur alr in rea

so like

when u do rd

u can be like

[sharp belfry]

i wish i applied to some fly-ins

[glass hornet]

harvard is my backup plan

[hasty silo]

b4 I used to be a big prestige whore I feel like so it was js like HYPSM HYPSM for me

but I realized that there's like more to it

[hardy patrol]

yeah same lowk

[glass hornet]

if u dont get in somewhere u wanna go

[hasty silo]

after meeting so many awesome people

and stuff

[zealous bloom]

might do this with stanford 🥀

[hasty silo]

like I think the people r prob the most important part for me

now that I think abt it

[glass hornet]

samee

[hardy patrol]

honestly the top echelon of colleges only has minute differences in terms of education so it really is about the community youll find

[glass hornet]

im looking for a place where uh

[sharp belfry]

if i get into an ivy… let’s just say ur stronger-willed than i am

[glass hornet]

low income poc is welcomed

iunno 😭

[sonic kiln]

did yall recieve colgate yet

[hasty silo]

yeah exactly

[hardy patrol]

are you low income

[rapid creek]

colgates tomorrow at 7:13 PM EST

[junior river]

that's such a random time lol

[barren prawn]

gl everyone for colgate

[sharp belfry]

i hate these mfs with their founding year release times

[barren prawn]

i cant go on a 3 school rejection streak

[rapid creek]

smth about their history i think lol

[barren prawn]

😍

[sharp belfry]

amherst doing the same shit

18:21 est

[junior river]

oh that's actually cool then

[rapid creek]

isnt Notre Dame also a unique time

its 6:42 PM EST

[hardy patrol]

18:42 yeah

[junior river]

yeah a lot of top LACs are releasing tmrw. haverford, swarthmore, amherst, williams

[dusky blade]

i have 5 tomorrow 😭

[faint sleet]

what time does williams release

[sonic kiln]

4 today

[junior river]

it says the evening

[sonic kiln]

i have 5 on my bday

and 6 day aft my bday

[junior river]

https://www.applyingto.college/decision-calendar

[hardy patrol]

what time did williams drop last year

[junior river]

gl twin

[faint sleet]

good question

[junior river]

6:30 PM EDT

[sharp belfry]

im so scared for amherst

[junior river]

apparently

[sharp belfry]

i have literally no idea what to expect

[junior river]

I have all my decisions back but they're all so expensive even after scholarships

[sharp belfry]

i honestly didn’t do v much research on amherst 😭

[sharp belfry]

damn that blows

[loud helm]

which schools?

[junior river]

kenyon, oberlin, connecticut college, sarah lawrence, denison, trinity, clark university, emerson. i got one rejection from skidmore

[loud helm]

sarah lawrence’s aid was so bad for me omg

[junior river]

sarah lawrence gave me the best aid

[turbid ibex]

Clark is so stingy bro

Congrats on the acceptances tho

[loud helm]

my clark aid was decent

i would’ve still needed to appeal though

[turbid ibex]

Dawg how

I only get 40k even tho my efc is 20k

They're stingy with int

[loud helm]

i have a -1500 SAI

[turbid ibex]

What's sai?

[junior river]

50k/yr after appeal. my one concern there is I've heard from current students that the mental health is really bad on campus, and the administration doesn't do enough to address it. as I also struggle with anxiety/OCD (and subsequent depression) that's a major concern for me, I want to go somewhere that values my mental health and wellbeing above appearances

[loud helm]

fafsa student aid index

the lowest number u can get is a -1500 which basically means ur severely low income

[turbid ibex]

Specifically for Sarah Lawrence and mental health

Uhhh

I don't think you should go to Sarah if you value your mental health

[junior river]

ik someone who goes there

[turbid ibex]

They had a cult scandal recently

Like some years ago

[loud helm]

oh.

[turbid ibex]

S*x cult btw

[midnight garnet]

do you think maa will still remain respected?

[junior river]

it isn't bc of the cult scandal tho. a student took their own life in the dorms recently and apparently the school's been iffy about it when a lot of students were (and still are) scared and upset

[rapid creek]

its a number FAFSA outputs, the number is what they calculated youre able to pay for college (an SAI of 0 means you can contribute 0 dollars), -1500 is the lowest meaning you actually need to be given money to attend.

being at -1500 means you are what is called pell grant eligible

[turbid ibex]

Ooooooo wow

I didn't know that tysm

[turbid ibex]

Bro atp if students sai is under 100k y'all should just get a fullride already

[junior river]

financial aid is so buns, my friend is raised by a single mother who's a teacher and one of the schools literally costs more than the family's untaxed income or smth like that

[glass hornet]

Same situation same outcome 😅

[rapid creek]

many top schools do have tuition free or full ride programs (or some variation) for students whose family household income is below 100K

[turbid ibex]

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-sex-cult?srsltid=AfmBOoqRVfEswNLe4lgzviKDmze8Ukhx00pIu_7v1JiPhowYvabhGerQ

Sarah lawrence

But it was long ago mb

I thought it was recent

[junior river]

I wish more colleges aside from just top colleges provided the same opportunities for low income students

[sharp belfry]

wait omg there was a handwritten note in my reed acceptance letter

[junior river]

bro Reed is awesome

I would've applied except it's literally across the country from me lol

[sharp belfry]

awww

[sharp belfry]

i used to live in portland so it’s like a second home to me

[languid coral]

aw wait this is so nice

[sharp belfry]

praying on good FA

[sharp belfry]

right they actually went out of their way to say the name of the class n everything

[junior river]

the school I currently want to go to costs 81k/yr as of rn

[sharp belfry]

jeeesus

what’s your family income like

if i may ask

[junior river]

I'm worried the appeal won't come through I just gotta wing it and say that if they get it down to an affordable price I'll commit

[junior river]

I don't know exactly how much, but I estimate around $200k? we live in NYC, and my brothers both attend expensive Catholic schools, so between that and complicated divorce settlements, my mom and stepdad have agreed to spend up to 40k

[sharp belfry]

80k is fucking ridiculous for 200k in nyc

[junior river]

my great uncle is rich asfk tho so ima get into his good graces at Easter and see what happens

[midnight garnet]

sheesh

lowk wish my parents never went to new york

[loud helm]

evil nyc catholic schools

[sharp belfry]

my parents are separated and make 200k altogether, and we don’t have crazy expenses like that

[junior river]

my brother's school is in long island

[sharp belfry]

the most we could pay is probably 40k as well

[junior river]

my stepbrother's is in the city

[hardy island]

Stony ?

[junior river]

we actually did end up moving to LI last year but always say I'm from Brooklyn bc I lived there 17 years

[sharp belfry]

all my schools have given merit aid so far though so i honestly don’t know what my aid would look like without that

[junior river]

nope

I go to school w a ton of super rich kids

[languid coral]

college is just expensive 😔 even with my williams aid it’s still a little bit of a financial strain tbh

[junior river]

my friend's dad literally worked on a recently Oscar-nominated movie

[sharp belfry]

yeahh im scared as someone planning to go to grad school or med school

[sharp belfry]

holy shit??

[junior river]

they make me feel poor bc they were genuinely talking about some "everyone has a second house" like????

[sharp belfry]

so many of the regulars here are kids who go to private schools with a bunch of ppl who are way more wealthy than they are lol

[junior river]

yeah and not a small part either. don't want to dox the family though

my classmate lives in a Tribeca penthouse

[sharp belfry]

oooh im so curious

you go to school in LI now or still in NYC?

[junior river]

NYC

[floral coral]

carleton in 30 minutes

https://tenor.com/view/i-could've-sworn-there-was-a-gif-of-this-whatever-squid-game-squid-game-edit-squid-game-edit-meme-i'm-so-scared-gif-12360771953743496060

[sharp belfry]

oh dang do you commute?

[junior river]

my school is small and lowk sped

[smoky nacelle]

o that's crazy

[chrome mural]

Carleton!!!!

[sharp belfry]

good luckkk omg

[hardy island]

hol up aint tmr colgate day

[karmic socket]

bruh is it normal to be waitlisted like 4 times in a row? i got waitlisted by bucknell, brandeis, bates, urichmond

[junior river]

yeah. used to live in south brooklyn but the commute is easier now luckily

[sharp belfry]

do u actually get pinged every time its mentioned

[junior river]

from highly selective schools yes

[chrome mural]

[split bough]

waitlist numbers are insanely high

[karmic socket]

not the one to complain i did get into colorado college so grateful for that

but seems odd

4 waitlists in a row

[chrome mural]

I just love Carleton a lot

[junior river]

colorado college is underrated

[chrome mural]

Block system is crazy

[junior river]

good luck

[karmic socket]

block plan seems good but idk i dont feel so sure abt it

[chrome mural]

Oh I’m a college student already lmao

[muted cloud]

It's a good place to be. This is why you apply to a bunch of schools lol

[karmic socket]

anyone can give there 2 cents on it? does it have any cons as such?

[upper glade]

Did everyone get the middlebury email

🙏🙏

[muted cloud]

A bunch of waitlists says you'll likely get into one or two eventually

[junior river]

OH LMAOO

[loud helm]

yea

[muted cloud]

It means you're a qualified candidate

[chrome mural]

I went to Carleton for a year tho

[muted cloud]

Just weren't quite the class fit

[karmic socket]

oh i see

[upper glade]

Yeah its bitter asf

😭😭

[karmic socket]

but waitlist to accept rates are like sub 10 aint they

[split bough]

thats so inspiring honestly

[karmic socket]

much lower than normal rd

[split bough]

maybe im not cooked after all

[upper glade]

Bc everyone is qualified

And its fully dependent on accepted pool yield

On how much they can take from WL

[loud helm]

far less then sub 10 in most cases

[junior river]

it's truly just so random too

[karmic socket]

yea bates is like 2-3%

[sharp belfry]

waitlist rates can vary drastically year to year

[loud helm]

im pretty sure its less iirc

[sharp belfry]

at some schools at least

[karmic socket]

waitlist is more so a consolation prize and prolly just as good as a rejection idk

[sharp belfry]

depending on whether they overadmit and by how much

[loud helm]

it was like 2/1500 people??

[muted cloud]

I'm saying being waitlisted from a bunch says more schools are still likely to come back with acceptances. It shows you're qualified to a bunch of different programs, just not the class fit at that time. Eventually you will be. This is why volume is more important than anything else for applications rn.

[split bough]

yeah when acceptance rates are so low it's a lottery to get in at all

[junior river]

college apps are a lot harder now that students are applying to a bunch of T10s rather than just 2-3

[karmic socket]

hmm ig all it takes is 1 to accept you

[empty crow]

1 reach school ☹️

[muted cloud]

That's it brother

[sharp belfry]

i only applied to 2 t10s… please godddd

[junior river]

which ones?

[muted cloud]

I applied to ONE top 20 school b

LMFAO

[sharp belfry]

brown and yale

[glass hornet]

Shit… should’ve not apply to so many safeties

[chrome mural]

Which one?

[junior river]

the most selective I applied to was Denison lol

[sharp belfry]

wait is brown even a t10

idfk

[chrome mural]

No

[junior river]

somehow got in despite the 3.6 gpa

[glass hornet]

Did you apply to brown ed? I got deferred 💔

[chrome mural]

But T10 or not doesn’t matter

[sharp belfry]

okay just yale then 😝☝️

[muted cloud]

vanderbilt

i mostly applied to top LACS rather than top 20s. It's a better fit for me personally.

[sharp belfry]

naur, good luck on rd round though! you have a stronger chance now

[junior river]

even if it's not it provides the same quality education as other schools in those rankings

[glass hornet]

All I need is Davidson

[chrome mural]

That’s fair. The top Lacs are T20 level tho imo

[split bough]

my aunt told me i should get into all the schools i applied to since im top 5% in my class and i was like omg i wish it worked that way

[sharp belfry]

right haha my family is the same way

[muted cloud]

For undergrad they are

[glass hornet]

Idk if i do bc it was through Questbridge and I was a Finalist who didnt match. I heard somewhere that they always deferr Questbridge people

[sharp belfry]

i feel like im gonna disappoint them with the school i eventually commit to, but whatever

[chrome mural]

True