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

[lilac trellis]

Northwestern can't be that bad

or was Carleton that magical

[chrome mural]

I mean it’s great I love it here

[chrome mural]

But I loved Carleton more

[lilac trellis]

Very fair

Which place has better food

That's the real question

[muted cloud]

who is WE

[chrome mural]

Northwestern even if it’s garbage

[lilac trellis]

Both of us

We filling out transfer applications together

[muted cloud]

to where bruh

[lilac trellis]

Carleton food that bad

[chrome mural]

Is horrible

[tough mantle]

Don’t worry guys

[muted cloud]

im only going to urichmond for the food

trust

[lilac trellis]

Harvard

[tough mantle]

I survived on college food for like

[muted cloud]

balright

[lilac trellis]

Yep

[muted cloud]

i literally intentionally didnt apply to ivies

[tough mantle]

3 weeks

[muted cloud]

fucking hate ivy culture

🙏

[tough mantle]

And ate nothing else

[tough mantle]

Same

My sat isn’t high enough

[muted cloud]

i jst hate the culture

i mean I ended up going test opt but if I wanted test scores I woulda chased em

[lilac trellis]

we all had less than a 1200

[muted cloud]

most LACs dont really consider scores that heavily so I just didnt bother

[tough mantle]

Nah I got a 1250 💪

[floral coral]

i got a 1540

😋

[lilac trellis]

Carleton excellence

[floral coral]

mehh all it means is that im good at standardized tests tbh

[tough mantle]

Give that score to me

[chrome mural]

I had a 1530

When I applied to Carleton

Unironically I think Carleton values sat

[lilac trellis]

Yeah their SAT ranges seem pretty high

[tough mantle]

Oh I’d have been cooked

[chrome mural]

Yeah 60 percent admitted students submitted test score

Carleton is one of the LAcs who value standardized tests

[fringe spear]

my stats were the weakest part of my app

[lilac trellis]

my application was the weakest part of my application

[minor tundra]

1220

[formal patrol]

does anyone here know ab trinity university

i was wondering if anyone here either goes here or knows a lot about it and i was js wanting to know more ab the culture, experience there etc

[hearty summit]

1560 but it took my 4x

my psat was a 1200

🥀

[lilac trellis]

Good school

[formal patrol]

the one in san antonio right? js found out theres a trinity college in hartford ct lol

prolly shoulda specified location

[glass hornet]

And what schools u got into again?😭😭

[hearty summit]

i learned that sat doesnt matter

all my best choices were test blind schools besides bu...

gpa will always unfortunately mog

[glass hornet]

Yeah

[hearty summit]

honestly it feels unfair, i wish the sat was more important

[tough mantle]

No

[hearty summit]

like at my school a 75% in apes is an A

[tough mantle]

Fuck that test

[hearty summit]

but in other schools a 90% is an A

how is that fair?

how is a 75% beingan A at some schools and a 90% being an A at other schools fair?

[glass hornet]

Gpa is always the most important

[hearty summit]

the sat is not perfect but it is signifiacntly more fair than the gpa which can vary soley from a schools grading system

[tough mantle]

SAT is bs

[hearty summit]

i do understand the sat not being perfect though

[tough mantle]

You physically can’t change my mind on that

[hearty summit]

i just personally think that gpa has more problems than the sat does

yes im not saying the sat is good either

but it is the lesser of two evils simply

[glass hornet]

That’s why context matters

[hearty summit]

sat grading system doesnt change basd on what school you go to. gpa does

colleges wont take the time to individually check every single schools grading system so its just unavoidable that ppl can get 4.0s with 75%s in classes

70% in ap phys 2 is A for my school while 85% is A for ap bio and its honestly kinda dumb

majority of my school has above 3.8 bc of this

[tough mantle]

That’s why class rank matters

[hearty summit]

my school doesnt do weighted or class rank

so nothing helps at my school

like theres ppl with a 4.0 but below 1100 and honestly thats just to another level

[tired wadi]

saxophones are sooooooo cool

[glass hornet]

Is it true that applying to an TO school without sat score will hurt u

[hearty summit]

because the sat is alg 2 cap while ppl are getting As in ap calc bc yet they cant score above 500 on the math section. this should not happen

[glass hornet]

My counselor told me if u don’t submit they will assume u got a bad score

[tough mantle]

I got into Davidson

That logic is false

I’m proof

[glass hornet]

I m not taking that shit again

[cunning sable]

not necessarily

[glass hornet]

I hope 1450 is enough for transfer

[cunning sable]

if they cared that much they wouldn’t be TO

[tough mantle]

Bro UF is a good school

[tough mantle]

Exactly

[cunning sable]

also i honestly don’t even think you need to TO for 1450

[hearty summit]

i think it really depends on the school

georgetown takes more ppl who submit sat than test optional

but that might just be bc those ppl who submit have a rllyyyy good score

[tough mantle]

Yeah

[glass hornet]

Yes it’s bias

[hearty summit]

personally idk if i like test optional. i understand that people are bad at standarized testing. but i think that they can put this in the additional information section instead of being able to hide their scores, just like how you cant hide a gpa and become gpa optional

a 4.0 and smth like a 900sat just doesnt feel fair for other students at all

if its grade inflation, thats just an unfair advantage

like if you have a learning disability and its impacted your sat score, you can say this in additional informationa nd the college wont hold it against you

but bc of test optional, the average sat scores at every test opt college goes up. this ruins it for everyone else as their own competition is harder and higher scores just dont mean anything anymore bc of test opt

[glass hornet]

I think the sat kinda saved me

[tough mantle]

I’m gonna choose not to speak

[hearty summit]

i have nothing against ppl who get bad scores, but it really hurts me when this makes a school's average sat go up

this means ppl with high scores just dont get as much credit. like for some schools the aveerage sat went up by 100 all because of this

[glass hornet]

My gpa and ap scores are kinda shit, it just basically tells college I m a B student, but the 1450 saved me

[tough mantle]

My friend got into Cornell with a 32

[hearty summit]

okay i can tolerate test optional

but test blind really upsets me

[glass hornet]

Not saying 1450 is a good score

[tough mantle]

I thought you had a 920

[hearty summit]

it sucks when you work hard for something but a college wont even recognize or consider it. it feels like your hard work is for nothing

and i just feel like test blind/opt discount the effort people put in

[glass hornet]

Yeah but I super scored it

[tough mantle]

No???

[hearty summit]

test blind?

you get a high score and yo uspend hours studying yet you cant even submit it

[tough mantle]

I don’t like test blind

[hearty summit]

okay

[tough mantle]

But test optional is completely fine

[hearty summit]

for test optional i think im willing to compromise

but test optional has raised the average score for sats

now people with high scores dont get as much credit

because imagine yorue in the 80% quartile for sat but it drops to 40% quartile?

[glass hornet]

Did she/he TO

[tough mantle]

Yes they do?

[hearty summit]

now it just makes your own application look worse than it actually wouldve

for people with special circumstances, why cant they just explain that in additional information?

[cunning sable]

i mean people say things like this but i'm not convinced this is a real problem

[hearty summit]

we dont have a gpa optional for people who have extenuiating circumstances for gpa, those people with lower gpas get a chance to explain. so lets make sat mandatory but have ppl be able to explain a low score

[tough mantle]

Dude my friend got into Cornell engineering with a 32, I think it’s essays

[hearty summit]

it honestly is when its grade inflation...like at my school a 75% for apes is an A but at others a 90% is an A

[floral coral]

they are! not very much "band"like tho

[glass hornet]

Is her gpa like high

[hearty summit]

i recognize that my schools grading system is unfair towards people in other schools and im priveledged to have a school tha tmakes it so easy to have an A. a 70% in ap physics 2 is an A

this just isnt fair at all

[tough mantle]

4.0

[hearty summit]

grade inflation is such a bad issue

[tough mantle]

And it’s a dude

[cunning sable]

who are these mythical students who have high grades in high-rigor classes but have 25th percentile SAT scores

[tough mantle]

Me

[cunning sable]

a test optional applicant did not unduly take your T20 seat

[tired wadi]

are you gonna join the carleton symphony band?

[hearty summit]

im not saying the sat should be the #1 factor at all. i agree that essays matter a lot. im just saying i dont like test optional

[tough mantle]

Actually wait I have a 1250 fuck that

[glass hornet]

I think u have to show college ur somehow academically prepare, whether it’s through sat gpa or AP

[tough mantle]

Rigor

[floral coral]

probably not, im not super good

but i really do love music

[tough mantle]

Good grades in rigorous classes

[glass hornet]

Yep

[floral coral]

and i wanna try to make a band in college maybe

[tough mantle]

Exactly

People who say that make my blood boil

[hearty summit]

im not saying they did take my spots though

im just pointing out a flaw in the system that i disagree with

[glass hornet]

I acc need to lock in on genders

[tired wadi]

you should totally try doing it then

[cunning sable]

okay and i'm just offering a counterpoint

[hearty summit]

but i dont understand why youre implying that i think tset opt students are taking my spots when i did not say this

[tough mantle]

Why are you complaining about test optional kids then?

[hearty summit]

i am just saying that i believe we should keep sat requirements for colleges just as a way to counter grade inflation and unfair grading systems

[cunning sable]

it was a general you

[hearty summit]

because schools have different grading systems

[cunning sable]

you called it an unfair advantage

[glass hornet]

Ok chat I quit on the sat convo. I think u need to show college ur somehow ur academically prepare. Like u cants have a 3.0 gpa and 900 sat and 1s on APs.

[hearty summit]

schools with differnt grading systems have an unfair advantage

again my school has a 75% as an A in apes while other schools have a 90%. how is this fair? how can we rely on only the gpa?

[tough mantle]

Work ethic

[hearty summit]

a school having a 75% as an A while other schools don tis not fair. that is an unfair advantage. thats what i was trying to say. therefore we should require the sat

sat counters differing grading systems across schools

[glass hornet]

Admission is holistic, everything makes up the app

[hearty summit]

that was my pain point

[cunning sable]

they don't look at your GPA alone and close their eyes to all other data

they also see your transcript with your actual grades and with the grading scale your school uses

[hearty summit]

i understand this but i just really dont like how schools have different grading systems. i dont thin colleges take their time to look at every individual schools grading system either

admission offiers just dont have that time

[cunning sable]

yes they do that's their job 😭

[hearty summit]

im genuinely not trying to insult people with low sat scores at all or people who go test blihnd and im not trying to make it seem like that

[cunning sable]

it's on the transcript

you don't just send it in for fun

[hearty summit]

im just bothered with grade inflation and unfortunately right now, the sat is just the best way to counter it. the sat is not perfect

the sat is just the lesser of two evils

[hearty summit]

what about individual class grading systems?

[glass hornet]

With that said a sat score could not break ur app.

[cunning sable]

i think you're making generalized statements that you lack the inside knowledge to back up

[hearty summit]

my school has a different grading system for every single class

[cunning sable]

for the record i do think there is data to support the idea that test-required admissions has its benefits

[hearty summit]

90% is A in others, 75% is A in other classes. how is this fair?

[hearty summit]

ive given my own examples and experiences of witnessing this. and ive seen my own transcript. it doesnt give the specific grading system for every single class, nor does it say that a 75% is an A for apes

[cunning sable]

but i do not think that TO schools are closing their eyes to very simple concepts like "some schools being easier than others"

[hearty summit]

but i think we can at least agree that we dont like test blind

im willing to agree to disagree on test optional

its just a problem in my own district where grading systems are way different for schools and classes

[cunning sable]

i did not really say that

[hearty summit]

and thats why i feel this way from my own personal experiences that ive witnessed

[hearty summit]

sry it was the other davidson person who doesnt like test blind. mb

[tough mantle]

I’m not against it but I do believe if you have a good SAT score, you should allow it to benefit you

[glass hornet]

I just found out the AP discord does lectures for students to prepare for the may exam

[hearty summit]

again for people with special circumstances like difficulty with standarized testing, they can use the additional information section with this

[hearty summit]

alr, thanks for the clarification

[glass hornet]

Chat come join me if ur also preparing for the AP exam

[tough mantle]

I’ve given up

[hearty summit]

again i dont have anything against the peopel themselves who go test optional, i just wish there was a better way to counter grade inflation and differing class grading scales and unfortunately, the sat is the best way right now. the sat is not perfect and i admit that the sat has multiple problems too

[glass hornet]

Lets study tgt

[hearty summit]

its ok if you guys feel different

ive just made this opinion based on my own experiences and what ive seen

[tough mantle]

If you can teach me calculus in a minute I’d consider it

[glass hornet]

Ngl for the past years I just watch YouTube videos

Maybe this year I’ll try something different

Since it’s my last year

I love Heimler history

[glass hornet]

I can teach u pre calc

💀💀💀

[hearty summit]

heimlar + amobea sistesr >>>>>

[tough mantle]

My teacher is giving me a test over spring break…

[glass hornet]

YESSS

[tough mantle]

I genuinely don’t think words can describe my actual hatred for calculus

[glass hornet]

I find it really interesting watching juniors and sophomores suffering through APs as a senior myself

[muted cloud]

Current standardized testing is flawed, hence the need for test optional. At the same time, much of that comes to a lack of standardized education in the states, hence the need for that. The problem is you can only standardize so far until things become out of touch with the local area.

It goes something like this: people who study solely for standardized testing won't do well (a criticism of AP at the college level as well), but people who can't do it all it also probably says something. The issue was there was too much weight placed on standardized tests, and I think eventually the scales will tip back in favor in testing, but probably in a reigned back form.

[fringe spear]

I got a 53% on the calculator section of the mock ap calc ab exam we did today

[tough mantle]

My hatred for calculus exceeds AM’s hatred for humanity

[glass hornet]

I think If u don’t submit ur sat u better have a good gpa and good APs

U need something to back up ur academic

[hearty summit]

im willing to be ok with test opt if theres a national grading scale put into place and schools r required to share individual class curves 👍

[cunning sable]

i would argue the SAT and ACT avoid the issue of standardized education by not including any subject-specific questions

[hearty summit]

i do thihnk the sat is more english based than it is math just due to the confusing wording on some math questions

the math section felt more like an english reading comprehension test to me than actual math skills since most of it was desmos

[cunning sable]

the ability to do algebra and comprehend a paragraph of academic text are skills every well-equipped high school graduate should have (barring learning disabilities etc obviously)

[fringe spear]

gotta know how to read

even to do math

[cunning sable]

if the SAT had history or science or even advanced math like calculus or stats, that would be a different matter, but it doesn't

[weary cobalt]

So glad I never took the sat

[cunning sable]

even the ACT science is just reading graphs which is another skill you should have

[weary cobalt]

If I was applying for 26-27 I’d be so cooked bc every school is going back to it

Or most schools are

[muted cloud]

From what I've seen the ACT seems better at generalizing, SAT focuses on a few target areas that aren't necessarily represented in every educational format and that's always been a criticism of SAT

[cunning sable]

i do think that unless one has certain difficulties then an inability to get a roughly average SAT score is a red flag for a lack of academic preparedness

[tough mantle]

I think both are bs so

[glass hornet]

I hate the sat but thank god that shit saved me

[hearty summit]

i agree with this

[tough mantle]

Half my school has below a 21

[hearty summit]

the sat has many flaws

[glass hornet]

I have never gotten a 5 on APs it’s all 4s

I m the definition of B student

[muted cloud]

Well I'm referring to every selective school looking for like a 1450+

again, I think test required is coming back, but schools will likely place less emphasis than before.

The problem was majorly out of hand

[cunning sable]

well the average is 19

[hearty summit]

hmm ik more ppl with low sat than low gpa who got into selective schools

[tough mantle]

Yeah half are probably below that

I know at least 3 people with a 12

[cunning sable]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[muted cloud]

because GPA is more representative of what someone actively engages with and their learning progress

[hearty summit]

wait but the UCs have you self report your own grades

how do the UCs know your schools grading system if its not a transcrip tthen?

[muted cloud]

they can look up the school profile

[hearty summit]

oh i see

[cunning sable]

i'm not saying it's a failing to get a bad standardized test score, just that if you are that far below average then you may not be prepared for higher education

[hearty summit]

i guess i was worried that not every ao would do this for every single applicant 😭 idk how much i trust an ao to really do this

[glass hornet]

yesss, it’s long term

[cunning sable]

HOWEVER if someone is pulling a 12 on the ACT there are likely other such signals

[glass hornet]

Sat is short term

[hearty summit]

yes this is why i dont like people being able to hide it

[tough mantle]

This

[hearty summit]

and again if theres other circumstances they can explain it in the additional info section which is totally okay

[cunning sable]

which is why i don't necessarily think that it's always 100% necessary to require testing

[glass hornet]

No fucking way someone just told me AP calc is easy and AP psy is hard

Son I m crine

[hearty summit]

ap calc exam curve technically easier

ap psych is more vocab 💔 which im buns at

[tough mantle]

If someone tells me that AP calc is easy imma fight them

[cunning sable]

nobody who earned a 12 was getting into harvard whether they were TO or not

[glass hornet]

I m never talking to any stem kids again

[cunning sable]

unless they fell asleep on question 3

[hearty summit]

i hope not 😭 this is what im scared of

[cunning sable]

it's just not happening

[hearty summit]

okay

[tough mantle]

I think the act and sat can determine if you’ll do well in a college, but it cannot determine how well at all.

[cunning sable]

12 is a 5th percentile score

meaning ninety five percent of ALL american test-takers (not all college applicants or admits, ALL students who take it) perform better

[tough mantle]

I think I know someone who actually got an 11

[cunning sable]

there is evidence that standardized test scores are a fairly reliable predictor for future college performance and that students with scores far below average may indeed end up worse off academically

which is why i understand why many schools are returning to test required for some or all applicants

but one size doesn't fit all and i don't think TO is an inherently bad thing for all students or all institutions

many schools have likewise found no impact on student performance with or without testing

it just depends on a lot of factors

[tough mantle]

Work ethic definitely plays a factor

The kids who work harder will always do better than the lazy ones

[glass hornet]

Ok chat

What are some things u should ask on admitted students day

Like some tips

[tough mantle]

Uhhh

Can I get by with doing absolutely nothing in my classes

[fringe spear]

LOL

kind of depends

on who you are

[glass hornet]

Son 😭😭

[fringe spear]

this is answering alex btw

[cunning sable]

i'd like to solve the puzzle: no

[fringe spear]

what’s your biggest concern entering college

[tough mantle]

Well I hope my senioritis gets cured

[fringe spear]

for me i tended to ask about social belonging, some culture questions, and then about students with disabilities

[tough mantle]

Hey so imma steal this

[fringe spear]

go ahead!

[rapid creek]

if youre FG and or LI id also ask about that

[tough mantle]

Specifically the first and last

[fringe spear]

oh yeah

absolutely

[tough mantle]

And this

[glass hornet]

Jotting this down on my doc

[rapid creek]

top LACs are all private and majority affluent

[glass hornet]

Yess!

[rapid creek]

some support FGLI students better than others

[fringe spear]

in the contexts i was in when asking all this i was at thrive scholars college fair (all of us were fgli) and at fly ins so it was kind of already addressed by the colleges beforehand

[glass hornet]

I notice a lot of schools have FG org that supports FG students

[fringe spear]

yeah those are the big ones for me

[cunning sable]

truth nuke

[tough mantle]

I’m going in a week so

[glass hornet]

Do not so affluent ppl feel pressure at a affluent college

That was my worry

[fringe spear]

i’m used to being the poorest person in the room

[glass hornet]

Or am I just being too sensitive

[fringe spear]

i live in a pretty affluent area but i am NOT

topic of one of my supps lol

[glass hornet]

Gosh same. I had one of my classmates saying thrift is bad

[cunning sable]

define pressure

[glass hornet]

Like it’s dirty and things like that

[fringe spear]

people talking about moving houses lol how you affording allat

[tough mantle]

What is money

[tough mantle]

This makes me so mad

[glass hornet]

Like social pressure, feeling the need to be in the “affluent” group

[fringe spear]

a kid here moved from new york to los angeles to specifically attend my high school

like what

??

[rapid creek]

its a valid concern, especially if a school has a party culture or has social events that center around going out/spending money

[glass hornet]

It’s so expensive to eat out now days 😭😭

[cunning sable]

i definitely notice that a lot of my friends are much wealthier than me and occasionally i'll end up in an unfortunate money-related situation (like once my friend had her birthday dinner at a restaurant where the entrees alone were all like $25-30 and i had to just thug that one out)

[rapid creek]

i dont feel it much here at the 5Cs, we have a lot of Posse folks in my class (which while not specifically targetting FGLI kids, tend to draw them in to the program and provide full tuition scholarships) and QB people as well

[cunning sable]

but if you associate with decent people they aren't going to make you feel weird about it or anything

[tough mantle]

Wtf

[fringe spear]

i hope i can find my weirdos

[glass hornet]

25-30 is enough for a meal

😭😭😭

[cunning sable]

i got fish and chips for TWENTY TWO american dollars 💀

[rapid creek]

but you can definitely like, as chloe says, end up in a social situation where you end up spending a lot

[cunning sable]

with tip and tax ended up paying over 30

[rapid creek]

if you hang around affluent people

[fringe spear]

its funny bc this shit is so normal over here i dont even see this as that absurd

[cunning sable]

though this was also bc we split our friend's meal between us

[rapid creek]

lmfao california prices yea

[tough mantle]

At that rate I’d just say I’m not hungry

[cunning sable]

for a nice dinner it's not too crazy i just wasn't really trying to pay that on a random wednesday lol

[fringe spear]

no like for your avg restaurant those are normal prices

[cunning sable]

i don't like to spend more than like 20 on a meal (when i do pay for food, which is rare given my meal plan)

[fringe spear]

mid ass food for 25 bucks

[cunning sable]

damn

it's hard out there lol

[glass hornet]

I feel like that was also one of my concerns when choosing college, like I know I can’t be going to High point or Pepperdine

[tough mantle]

Yeah Fazolis was 30 bucks for me and my mom today

[fringe spear]

30 bucks for 2 people is impossible here

[tough mantle]

So worth it tho shrimp Alfredo is goated

[cunning sable]

that is pretty low i feel

although i think you could definitely make that happen here at a casual sort of place

like chilis or something

[rapid creek]

i think what also helps at Pomona specifically is that every campus resident is on an unlimited meal plan and 200 dollars a semester to spend on cafe items, so like you can totally just eat campus food everyday and not spend your own money going out

[glass hornet]

30 bucks for fish and fries is too much

[rapid creek]

not all colleges do this tho, not even within the Claremonts

[cunning sable]

tell me about it lol

it wasn't even THAT good

like it was good

but not $30 good

i've had better food for cheaper

[glass hornet]

U can prob get that for 10 bucks at another place

Inflation is also crazy

[cunning sable]

yeah same here

[glass hornet]

I think it’s just cheaper when u cook on ur own

[cunning sable]

i'm fortunate that i don't actually need to spend very much money

[tough mantle]

Im becoming like way more concerned about friendships in college

[fringe spear]

we get $350 in credits on the basic plan

[cunning sable]

which is why i feel better about things like going out to eat sometimes

[glass hornet]

Btw, chat if u have ur college email be sure to use it for student discount

[cunning sable]

or buying stuff for fun

i don't have real expenses

my tuition is pretty much covered and so is my food

[tough mantle]

I don’t get this until next month 😭

[fringe spear]

i’ve been using my community college email thru DE to get student discount for a while

[tough mantle]

I want my Spotify premium back

[cunning sable]

so when i spend money it's because i want to not usually because i need to

with some exceptions obviously

[glass hornet]

WTF

[rapid creek]

yea same here

[fringe spear]

yeah it worries me too

[glass hornet]

My college requires us to buy meal plan

[fringe spear]

esp bc i expect my adjustment period to be really rough

[glass hornet]

I need that dinning hall food to be good 😭😭

[cunning sable]

anyways tldr about the money stuff it's mostly fine but sometimes you end up in interesting situations

[glass hornet]

Same

But u’ll find ur ppl trust

[cunning sable]

i went to a very wealthy private school so i'm kinda used to being in such situations so it wasn't as big of a shock to me as at davidson

but still it's interesting

[rapid creek]

thats most colleges policies for on campus students

[tough mantle]

It’s really scaring me because I don’t have many close friends here

[cunning sable]

something that always fascinates me is how often rich people do not percieve themselves as being rich

[tough mantle]

Like I have a hard time making close friends

[fringe spear]

I have no friends at school I have trouble connecting with a lot of people

[glass hornet]

Good damn that’s smart 😭😭

[glass hornet]

Cuz hs is small

[fringe spear]

yeah and i’m going to a liberal arts thats only a little bigger LOL

[cunning sable]

usually because they grew up around people who had even more money than them so in comparison they're pretty middling

[glass hornet]

Use ur college email. It’s only 7 bucks a month PLUS Hulu

[tough mantle]

Im pretty extroverted nowadays so i can definitely talk to people but making close connections have been hard for me in the past

[tough mantle]

Again I don’t get that until next month

Wait Hulu too??

[glass hornet]

Just wait one more month

[glass hornet]

YES

I m abusing my school email

[fringe spear]

people dont vibe with the way i am mostly

i have to find specific people who understand

[glass hornet]

Dw college is more diverse and better

Let’s all stay positive

[fringe spear]

i’m sure i’ll find my people

[tough mantle]

Same

I’m generally very chaotic

[fringe spear]

one of my reasons for going for swarthmore is bc when i was on campus i saw a lot of visibly different people and felt like i could find people like me easily there

[glass hornet]

It’s hard to find ppl that clicks with u

[tough mantle]

Like my dnd thing would be Chaotically Good

[glass hornet]

All my best friends left/moved away

[fringe spear]

i can be very flat but i also have trouble not going off on tangents and getting too worked up over things

[tough mantle]

My old best friend is probably dating my ex rn 😭

[fringe spear]

my old best friend living her best life

good for her

[tough mantle]

Oh I crash out over small things so easily and people don’t understand it’s mostly for shits and giggles

Well

[fringe spear]

cloud from this server knows her too

[glass hornet]

They always say they live a “comfortable” life when u ask them if they are rich

[fringe spear]

we live in neighboring cities

[glass hornet]

😭😭😭

[tough mantle]

Nah some of those things piss me off actually

Like when people take more than 1 juice off the share table during breakfast

Like no one likes you

[fringe spear]

I get genuinely so upset at things like that it affects my functioning

I had to stop using the breakfast line

[glass hornet]

I feel like some rich ppl is just trying to be humble

[cunning sable]

my friend's dad made eight hundred thousand dollars last year but she says she never really realized until her mom told her recently because her parents like to be frugal

[fringe spear]

I get overwhelmed really easily so it can be kind of hard to occupy a space with me especially if it’s a busy one

[tough mantle]

Can they donate to me

[cunning sable]

tell me about it lol

[fringe spear]

like i might just randomly lose all communicative abilities bc it’s too loud

[cunning sable]

but she's self-aware

[fringe spear]

thats kind of wild

[glass hornet]

Like 800k?😭😭 the number is too big

Are they looking for adoption

[tough mantle]

I didn’t read Frankenstein because the class was 8 chapters ahead of me

I got a 98% on that test somehow

[glass hornet]

Oh yeah I get u.

[tough mantle]

But still really stressed me out at first

[fringe spear]

i got ear defenders recently and bro how did i put up with this shit for so long

no wonder i was so tired and upset every day

[glass hornet]

I hate loud places

[tough mantle]

Same

I don’t like the 4th of July

[fringe spear]

we dont really get fireworks here thankfully

[glass hornet]

YES

[cunning sable]

the best kind of rich friend is the kind that is honest about it and doesn't make it weird or make you feel weird or bad about it

honestly at a school like this i find that it's impossible to not end up in frienships with people who are far richer for you (if you're LI) unless you intentionally only move among certain groups

[fringe spear]

my gf trying to interpret my desperate incomprehensible hand movements

[cunning sable]

but like it's fine. just find friends who are well-adjusted and good people

sometimes they will say or do something that's like ?? 😭 but that's life

[fringe spear]

i just need to avoid becoming a lolcow again

find actually good people

i have trouble telling the difference

until it’s glaringly obvious

but i feel like i can have social success in college

[tough mantle]

I believe in you

I really don’t believe in myself anymore

But you got this man

[fringe spear]

I don’t really believe in myself either but fake it till you make it you know

I believe in you too

You’re really pleasant to talk to over the internet, you’re a good person

[tough mantle]

That’s comforting to hear actually

Thank you

[glass hornet]

It is hard to find people that are like this, but I think u just need to dig. Another thing I realize is that if ppl only make friends who are in the same group with u it’s prob not so good. I think ppl should try to like make friends with all different groups just to see how things work out. There are nice ppl everywhere

[cunning sable]

yeah maybe it's because i have a lot of experience with rich people but the asshole ones tend to have an aura about them lol

not saying you should judge a book by its cover

but you get a sense

[fringe spear]

every time people say aura like that i think of like a glow around them that emits words

[glass hornet]

Oh yes fs

[fringe spear]

like PROBABLY ASSHOLE or PROBABLY COOL

[tough mantle]

This

[cunning sable]

like a 2020 tiktok pov

[rapid creek]

like the seven chakras

[cunning sable]

POV: when you turn 18 your net worth appears above your head for everyone to see

[fringe spear]

me and my -$3 USD net worth

what you do when i pull up

[glass hornet]

Also another thing is, real friends would not make u feel bad. So if they know u can’t afford expensive meals then they wouldn’t invite u to a expensive meal bc it’s going to make u feel weird and bad

[fringe spear]

bro ts took me like 15 years to learn

didnt realize that friends are supposed to be nice to u

then i started talking about my childhood friendships and ppl were like dude

[glass hornet]

It’s always a heads up that ITS GOING TO BE HARD for u to find ppl that clicks with u

And it’s fine

It’s like a puzzle

[fringe spear]

oh boy another puzzle

[cunning sable]

yeah i've had friends who've had the bad ending on this front

not at davidson but elsewhere

[tough mantle]

Worst part is it’s always temporary

[fringe spear]

i love puzzles

[glass hornet]

Real friends are priceless. I value emotions and relationship so much too

[cunning sable]

my friend was genuinely on her last dollar but her friend insisted they go out and then shamed her at the dinner table in front of other people when she didn't have enough to split the check

[fringe spear]

yes i have two people in my life who i hold very dearly

[glass hornet]

I used to glaze to ppl just to be friends with them cuz I don’t have friends at my school

[fringe spear]

oh dear

[tough mantle]

Id cry

I feel awful for her Jesus

[cunning sable]

but well let's just say there were signs of her character before that moment

so the moral is befriend good people lmao

obviously easier said than done. but that's the guiding principle

[fringe spear]

friend offered to pay for lunch at our next meetup i hope she follows through bc man i’m broke

[glass hornet]

I would leave immediately

Or never talking to them again after that meal

[cunning sable]

yeah they don't talk anymore

[tough mantle]

Good

Holy shit that made me tear up a little

[glass hornet]

I love how my mom say friendships in adult world is just using each other and benefiting from each other,

[tough mantle]

So what you’re saying is that this lonely feeling isn’t gonna go away

[fringe spear]

for such a social species we can sure be mean

[glass hornet]

I think of real friendship as something rlly important

[cunning sable]

yes it will

[fringe spear]

i dont like how mean a lot of people are

[glass hornet]

All it takes is one real friend

[cunning sable]

i don't think this is universally true

and in college certainly not. i have wonderful friendships

sometimes it takes time to find them but great people are everywhere

[tough mantle]

This nagging feeling keeps telling me that I won’t make any friends

And I can’t get it to go away

[fringe spear]

I’m in the same boat

I’ve been trying to reprogram my mind by saying I’ll be okay

[tough mantle]

Why does my self esteem have to lack this much

[cunning sable]

happens

[glass hornet]

Oh yeah. I hate finance major solely bc 90% of ppl in that field it’s hella mean and toxic

[cunning sable]

you just have to push past

[tough mantle]

I look at the Davidson 2030 page and I’m like

Yeah im kinda cooked 🙏

[cunning sable]

why do you say that

[fringe spear]

most of the swarthmore commits i’ve followed are rich kids

mostly the athletes

[glass hornet]

Dw, theUF and UGA 2030 page always makes me feel chopped

I will never in my life post my picture on there

[tough mantle]

I can’t exactly put my finger on why

As Alex says

“I feel chopped”

[fringe spear]

i’m kind of funny lookin

[tough mantle]

Also there’s been like 5 guys on there total 😭

[fringe spear]

i dont care about my physical appearance that much i just care that i look clean

[cunning sable]

a lot of guys just don't do things like that. doesn't mean they aren't out there

[glass hornet]

Guys don’t usually post on 2030 pages

Dw it’s not a Davidson issue

It’s mostly girls posting

[cunning sable]

anyways 1) don't judge a book by its cover and 2) the people on that page are a very small proportion of the people you'll get to meet

i'm looking at the 2029 posts and only a handful of my current friends are on there

[tough mantle]

It’s also like

What if people don’t be my very exaggerated personality

[cunning sable]

people will

[tough mantle]

Also I apologize for complaining this much

[fringe spear]

Don’t

[cunning sable]

do you think you're the first davidson student in history to be quirky lol

i don't say that in a condemnatory way i just want you to really think about it

i understand the fear. i also had the fear

i had some very close friendships in high school and i worried that i was never going to find anything like that again

or that i had forgotten how to make friends and be normal

but it's an unfounded fear

2000 people is a lot of people. unless you're a lab specimen there will be people who like you

[tough mantle]

I’m the complete opposite lol. I don’t have any close friends here and I’m scared it’s gonna continue lol.

[tough mantle]

I feel like that sometimes 😭

[cunning sable]

you're not

and honestly if you were then there'd probably still be somebody around here for you

[glass hornet]

Ian gl on making friends

Trust u will find ur ppl

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-pufferfish-pufferfish-cat-fish-catfish-gif-9997139051265883971

[tough mantle]

I really hope

Thank you

[smoky nacelle]

you got this!!!!!

[fringe spear]

We all believe in you!!

[tough mantle]

Thank you all ❤️

[languid coral]

you got that!!

[steep ivy]

wait lowk same

i struggled with making friends in hs and im scared it’ll be the same in college

i feel like part of it is because it felt like a lot of people at my hs already were friends in middle school so hopefully college will be a new start

[tough mantle]

I need this fresh start

Kentucky isn’t for me anymore

[steep ivy]

me too

we got this

and if not i can be your friend

[tough mantle]

W

[gray citrus]

still deciding...

[glass hornet]

Chat I m crine

I love how my AO is spamming me about asking them questions and going to admitted student event

And then when I acc email them they never respond

I m just gonna ask all my questions at admitted student day I figure maybe students knows more than AOs or counselors

[minor tundra]

LMFAOO

Everywhere I got in I went test optional

[minor tundra]

Fr

[tough mantle]

I’d say real but this hasn’t happened to me so

[muted cloud]

automated emails

</3

[glass hornet]

I m crying

Who wants to talk to them anyway

I would rather talk to a student or ask on Reddit

[fickle tundra]

Why u choosing urich over grinnell?

[muted cloud]

distance, location, career programs, some other small things

im gonna visit both first

i alr have visits booked

[glass hornet]

Send pics in this thread

I want to see Grinnell too

https://tenor.com/view/bird-cat-fly-ai-ai-gne-gif-7131706058580585843

[jaunty musk]

guys help

scripps or smith

which one should I choose

[hearty summit]

OH MY GOD DID SOMEONE SAY GRINNELL

EVERYONE BETTER MASS PING ME WHEN THOSE PICS COME OUT.

[hearty summit]

DONT CONVINCE HIM OUT OF IT!

[glass hornet]

Depends on what u want

Major, future career

[jaunty musk]

like something business related i think

[karmic socket]

smith is more prestigious if hat matters to you

much more prestigious in fact

wellesely tier

[jaunty musk]

do you guys think the resources at scripps is better cuz of the claremont colleges

the consortium in MA is slightly weaker right?

i don't want to go to grad school

[glass hornet]

Smith

[glass hornet]

Girl I m crine

😭😭😭

Ur such a Grinnell simp

[hearty summit]

grinnell and i are married but grinnell doesnt know it

ive already rejected my mit full tuition bc im that confident that ill get off the grinnell waitlist

[steep ivy]

join me

(seriously tho you can’t go wrong with either, i think it just comes down to personal preferences like location, weather, etc. since california and massachusetts have very different vibes)

[fickle tundra]

Is grinnell career program cooked?

[karmic socket]

grinnells career outcomes are great

apart from the fact that it doesnt have a IB pipeline like other LACs in its league

but the fact that grinnells in the middle of nowhere doesnt help its case

[uneven herald]

Hii everyone! Anyone else committed to Washington and Lee

[cunning sable]

@crude shadow

[crude shadow]

Me

[glass hornet]

this is crazy

grinnell LET HER OFF THE WL

[minor tundra]

Omg

[tough mantle]

And this kids is what we call: an idiot

[fringe topaz]

i hope shes joking this is insane grinnel glazing 😭

[tough mantle]

Nah Alex

[glass hornet]

I m deleting

[tough mantle]

I really hope that’s a joke tho 😭

[glass hornet]

It is 😭

I love u ian

https://tenor.com/view/meowl-owlcat-owl-cat-bye-goodbye-gif-17579581394175547877

[tough mantle]

No the dicette comment

I deserve a “fuck you” every now and then

[fringe topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/tole-tole-mei-mei-cat-vro-sister-mei-gif-4707933269230801990

[glass hornet]

Grinnells WL AR is pretty low

But I believe in her

[minor tundra]

I may not be able to visit barnard

Im so sad

😭

[glass hornet]

😭😭

[minor tundra]

I've yet to go to any of my admitted students day

This is the real one I wanna go to

[glass hornet]

I want to visit Barnard so bad

I love NYC

[minor tundra]

Same

[tough mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/persona-persona5-smt-gif-20281807

[glass hornet]

And the Columbia baby blue

[minor tundra]

Real

2 in 1

My only hope left is asking my grandma to take me

[glass hornet]

My school is actually so bad

We are not allow to decorate our cap for graduation

[languid coral]

i went yesterday lol but i only passed by

[glass hornet]

This looks hella good

But it’s giving nyc

With the cones

DREAM

[languid coral]

LMAO yeah

[tough mantle]

We don’t get senior quotes

We actually don’t get our yearbooks until September

[glass hornet]

Same

Ok I need to stop self doxxing

I think someone at my school is in here

[tough mantle]

People can already find me

Idc anymore

[minor tundra]

SAME

[cunning plover]

How to effectively appeal financial aid why are they so resistant to giving me like even 10k more wtf

[minor tundra]

What college?

[cunning plover]

Amherst

Just had a call with a financial aid Dean did not seem too effective for me 😭

Sending them a mail today or tomorrow for the same will see what happens

[cunning plover]

Was a very off putting call ngl may not be able to go to my dream school now

[minor tundra]

Yikes

[cunning plover]

All that work to get into my dream school and not be able to go for a difference of 20k a year 😭😭😭

[cunning sable]

appeals to colleges that meet full demonstrated need are going to be tough

unless you’re appealing based on some extenuating financial circumstance

they’ve done their calculations and determined that you can pay that amount. whether you’d prefer to is not part of the question for them

even if from your pov that “preference” isn’t really a preference but a requirement

[cunning plover]

Personally I feel like there are circumstances and facts that do change what it should be, and all colleges online calculators that allow international students estimations have a significantly different figure for me. But amhersts calculator doesn't work for internationals so I had no evidence to back it up

Its fine now ig whatever happens happens worst case I go somewhere else with a better offer

[teal thicket]

@floral coral Carleton had a stats prof last year that was apparently not great at teaching and he got fired midway in his first quarter of teaching and they had a professor go into the class midway and I heard from people the class got a lot better

[teal thicket]

I think if the prof was at northwestern he wouldn’t have been fired for instance

[sinful totem]

Yeah this is pretty common at lacs tbh

Big unis don’t care as long as you publish lacs don’t care if you publish if you’re a shitty prof and the students don’t like you

Unless you’re tenured

there’s not really a public or perish mentality at lacs but it’s def be a good teacher or perish lol

which idk what is more stressful

both arguably bad…

[weary cobalt]

We don’t get a cap and gown 🫠

[glass hornet]

Sue the school

🙏🏻

[weary cobalt]

I wish

💔

Better than the dress code they gave us

[glass hornet]

I m crying

Grinnell

[tough mantle]

Don’t say the forbidden name

For she who shall not be named will appear

[obsidian lintel]

all professors are in pressure cookers unless they're tenured, and even then it's often stressful

at an R1 the difference is that the pressure is to publish

so your teaching quality suffers whether or not you want to teach well

[teal thicket]

Yeah true, in big unis to get tenured is to publish and at lac it’s like how good ur teaching is

Number 1 lac in the Midwest fs!

[glass hornet]

@hearty summit

sry

accidently tagged

oppps

[hearty summit]

WDYM THE MOST COMMON RESULT WAS ACCEPTED 💔💔💔

im heartbroken.

DAY 13 OF BEGGING GRINNELL TO LET ME OFF THE WAITLIST

[hazy grove]

what tool is this

[glass hornet]

Some ppl say this is bs

This site

I would take it with a grain of salt

[floral coral]

jesus lmfao

im looking forwrd to it...

[teal thicket]

Tbf tho my friends at Carleton who was at that stats class

Before that prof got fired

Were telling me that prof was trash

And like I think once the chair of the department went to one of the classes to observe they instantly fired him

😭😭😭

[floral coral]

ngl i wish Carleton name was more well known but its ok

ill have no aura.. smh

[minor tundra]

Ngl I'm lowkey in a dilemma

If my appeal for Barnard gets denied its not financially smart to go there

But I really didn't plan to stay in north carolina at all

I got into nc state and that's my 2nd option I'm just kinda bummed (not abt the school) just not wanting to live in nc anymore

[glass hornet]

Ngl I hate school

[tough mantle]

I do too

[glass hornet]

Omg

I got into the #1 school in the nation

Grinnell

Jk

I love how Grinnell still hasn’t withdraw my application

I emailed them twice

[tough mantle]

Heck nah

[chrome mural]

It’s ok, Carleton is always #1 in my eyes

It’s very strange tho, how such a great LaC is unknown compared to its peer

[lilac trellis]

Who's it's peer

[teal thicket]

carleton's name in academia and grad school applications (pre-law, pre-med, pre-Phd) is quite strong

[teal thicket]

it's cause it's in Minnesota unfortunetly and like lac's aren't genuinly super well known in the public and Minnesota is even more unknown ig

[teal thicket]

st olaf and macalester are our rival schools

i lowkey miss carleton a lot

i think i'm heading back to carleton for sproncert tho

my friends said they would let me in cause every student can have 1 guest

sproncert at carleton is so fire i saw ricky montgomery live last year

at sproncert

[hearty summit]

email your admission officer

i had to do that for my loci and grinnell college admission office themselves never replied whiel my ao replied within around 2 days

[crude shadow]

Parchment

[crude shadow]

I wasn't following the thread did you get into Grinnell

[hearty summit]

waitlisted

but i did send in a loci!

i have made a promise where if i do get off the waitlist, ill buy the entire mod team coffees

[viral stream]

Hey everyone! I’m currently on the waitlist at reed college and noticed some new sections popped up in my portal over the last two days. specifically, there r new upload slots for I-20 documentation, passport copies, and proof of funds.
I’m trying not to get my hopes up because I know systems update all the time, but I was curious... is everyone on the waitlist at reed college seeing these new options suddenly, or is this just a standard mid-April UI refresh for everyone?

[tough mantle]

Dang

[rocky pelican]

Not a single wellesley reject wtf

[crude shadow]

self selection final boss

[glass hornet]

Gotcha

Yeah realized most schools admission office never reply lol

[hearty summit]

DAY 13 OF BEGGING GRINNELL TO TAKE ME OFF THE WAITLIST

[chrome latch]

😭😭

[glass hornet]

Son I m crine

[fickle tundra]

Guys can anyone pls review my reed essay

[upper glade]

man I'm sorry

what's your 2nd option rn??

[tough mantle]

Bro they don’t even take waitlists off until May 😭😭

[upper glade]

do you really wanna go to iowa over seattle damn

[hazy grove]

maybe they want to find parking. none of that in seattle istg and i visited udub

also the fog on i-5 is no joke

we drove from portland (was visiting reed) to seattle and midway through someone almost rear ended us

because nobody could see past the hood of their car

iowa doesnt have visibility issues.

[upper glade]

how was reed

[hazy grove]

it was nice!

i got accepted

[upper glade]

same

[hazy grove]

but i can't go

[upper glade]

same

[hazy grove]

92k coa

and portland grey

fafsa fucked me i guess

[glass hornet]

Dm

[upper glade]

they have such a nice campus and vibes

plus some atrocious costs

[hazy grove]

that avg gpa makes me nervous too

3.3 avg

[upper glade]

shit

[hazy grove]

yea

[upper glade]

like let us enjoy portland

😭

I wanted a more traditional college experience with sports n everything so

guess it wasnt a fit

[glass hornet]

U got into Reed with a 3.3??

Aren’t they like stats heavy

[hazy grove]

i meant 3.3 college gpa bro

[upper glade]

no their college gpa avg

they are NOT stats heavy gng

all abt fit

[glass hornet]

Son I m crine

[hazy grove]

they arent stats heavy though. i got in with 3.6 but i wrote like i was possessed by shakespeares ghost

[upper glade]

literally test blind lol

[glass hornet]

Dang

[hazy grove]

yeah also i had cracked choir ECs

so that prob helped

[upper glade]

and like their '30 page lowk threw me off

[floral coral]

howso?

[glass hornet]

Let me look it up

Ok

[upper glade]

idk how do I say this

[glass hornet]

Don’t look it up

[upper glade]

like I'm not super liberal

[glass hornet]

What major did u apply to

[hazy grove]

philosophy

if i wanted music i wouldnt have gone to reed

[lilac trellis]

Is that low?

[upper glade]

10 graduates with a 4.0 since the 80s or smth

[hazy grove]

depends on what ur doing. but if u want T20 law school it's ass bc the LSAC doesnt discriminate between school they just show GPA and LSAT

Reed is a feeder into funded PhDs though

which is meh for me

[upper glade]

nonetheless I would've found my community at reed but like

[lilac trellis]

yeah but like i feel like 3.3 avg for a college is normal

[upper glade]

I didnt see much social fit there

[lilac trellis]

What's the average like 3.5

I have no idea

[glass hornet]

I think that’s why they are so hard

Katherine what schools did u apply to

[upper glade]

do ppl use the term t20 for law schools lmao

isnt it t14 usually

and then like some decent regional ones like ND, USC, Fordham, GW...

[hazy grove]

Applied to Macalester EA, UChicago ED, UW RD (Informatics program), Geneseo RD, St John's College RD, St Olaf RD, Scripps College RD, and Reed RD. Rejected UChicago and Scripps, WLd St Olaf, accepted everywhere else.

[hazy grove]

i've heard people say UCLA is T20 law school

[floral coral]

oh fairs lol

[upper glade]

some dude at reed graduated with a 3.9 smth, got schwarzman scholar and went to HLS

bout to have the most ROI in reed's history

[upper glade]

I mean its portland I get it lolz

[upper glade]

SJC is awesome

I have my friend there who got into Chicago EA but couldn't afford it

living the life rn

[hazy grove]

Which campus? I'm from MD but if i go im going to santa fe because fuck annapolis and the naval academy

[floral coral]

i would have applied to reed but i fear they wouldve hated me for being a neoliberal (theyre also far as fawkkk)

[cunning plover]

I have a couple but Amherst was always my top in the US. if that doesnt work out will prob go to the UK

[upper glade]

Annapolis, he didn't recommend NM lol

[upper glade]

ahh fair

hope it works out man

what did the dean say 😭

[floral coral]

dwww i thought i wouldnt get anything on appeal from carleton bc they were super cold to me but then i got 46k 😭

[hazy grove]

im applying to trinity college dublin actually. ineligible for need aid in the us so theyre the cheapest option for me

[floral coral]

just wait and see how it goes!

[upper glade]

why u got beef with the navy tho

[upper glade]

46k/year??

I'm waiting on colgate rn

[floral coral]

mhm!

[glass hornet]

Uchi is hella short on money

[hazy grove]

theyre just pretentious af

[cunning plover]

Just stuff about investments and assets even though it wasnt the exact case

[upper glade]

holy shi

[glass hornet]

They love full pay kids esp for transfer

[floral coral]

its very nice...

[cunning plover]

Oh damn, thats insane! hopefully it works out😭

[upper glade]

I think some schools might lowball u first bc of unpredictable yield

[floral coral]

my debt for this year will be 5-10k and then itll probably go down after that

[upper glade]

and then if you get back to them saying its your first choice and allat

[glass hornet]

I m crine 😭😭

[floral coral]

theyre worried my dad will find a new job basically

[upper glade]

they can calculate again

[cunning plover]

Oh damn that seems like a great option!

[cunning plover]

Yeah, I said that, ill send an email in a few days and see how it goes

[upper glade]

they are AWESOME for philosophy

[cunning plover]

If doesnt happen then my choice becomes easier worst case scenario

[upper glade]

pray for my Amherst waitlist too 🙏

would you mind reviewing my LOCI by tmr

[cunning plover]

Yeah for sure! Hoping it works out

[cunning plover]

Yeah ofcourse, send it whenever and ill see if i can help in any way

[upper glade]

tysm

[hazy grove]

TCD is js cracked in general. Book of Kells right there, Samuel Beckett was an alum, Larian is headquartered there (I'm considering video game writing so internships), theres an actual direct connection between our airport and dublin, and it's EU so i can study abroad for cheap

but i gotta apply first

[upper glade]

also ireland is awesome

my counselor had a short stay there for bible studies or smth and loved it lol

[hazy grove]

it's either TCD or macalester most likely. SJC maybe but only as a transfer pathway

[upper glade]

yeah heard they're great for transferring out too

TCD will give you a harder time for Law School if you're serious abt it

Mac and SJC would both set you up well

[hazy grove]

law school isnt really the main goal anymore. my main plan is to get my bacc, most likely do a masters in the US for english or history, then teach in private schools

[upper glade]

ahhh

doesnt public pay better in the US

I mean like if private means the philips academies and allat probs not but in general

[hazy grove]

def no. publics in MD pay like 60k a year for secondary school but independent schools like exeter pay 80k-100k annually

they both pay fine i guess?

it's the catholic schools that pay shit

[upper glade]

ahh

[upper glade]

80k starting???

[hazy grove]

rough ballpark

though u usually teach elsewhere first

with cheaper col ofc

[upper glade]

ahh

yo thats awesome tho

u need a masters minimum right

[hazy grove]

yeah

english or history depending on which one i want to teach

[upper glade]

ahh

[hazy grove]

what about you

your post bacc plans

[upper glade]

I have like 5

1. Ethnomusicology grad school
2. Consulting
3. Law School
4. Teaching (public/inner city probs)
5. Corporate

or 6. start a select shop

[hazy grove]

interesting

[upper glade]

lowk burnt out and depressed from existential dread rn so

idk

[hazy grove]

we got this man

[upper glade]

I def don't wanna end up miserable going down the white collar pathway chasing clout

but the $$

[hazy grove]

https://klipy.com/gifs/feels-i-know-that-feel-1

one step at a time

anyway

[upper glade]

https://tenor.com/view/sisyphus-camus-philosophy-gif-27655787

[glass hornet]

7. Marr an old lady and steal all her money

[upper glade]

I need a quant baddie

[glass hornet]

My dream type is quant

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[tough mantle]

Yes

[tough mantle]

I need to marry someone good at math

Or a doctor

[upper glade]

neurosurgeon

[glass hornet]

I need to find my dream husband in college

I m too busy in college

Or dream wife

[glass hornet]

YES

Good men are doctors

And quant

IB is not husband material

Profs or researchers are also husband material

[fringe topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/tole-tole-mei-mei-cat-vro-sister-mei-gif-4707933269230801990

random but is ames iowa or tampa florida a better spot for cs interns

i need to pick between usf and isu in 2 days

[tough mantle]

I thought you were gay

[obsidian lintel]

depends

in my area, the private college prep schools pay worse than the publics, and there's no unions

BUT

they get good benefits and the school environment is a lot more mundane

[upper glade]

Yeah thats what I heard

Ahh

[upper glade]

Let me in

[upper glade]

Probs FL coz like name a major city in iowa 😭

[fringe topaz]

😭

[steel tree]

If only I was on the admissions committee

[tough mantle]

Even without leaves this is gorgeous

[steel tree]

Hopefully the leaves start emerging in time for admitted students day

[floral coral]

so pretty!

amherst is so nice

[glass hornet]

Is Dartmouth an LAC

[tough mantle]

That’s a good question