#Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) (2025-2026)

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thorny vault
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no?

fair kayak
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no its t30

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my friends

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i mean

thorny vault
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where did u apply t50-t70

fair kayak
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uhhh id have to check my list cuz i forgot

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i have sm schools

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lwk im lazy rn

thorny vault
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id be p surprised ngl

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what r ur stats if u dont mind me asking

fair kayak
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but my friends didnt only apply to highly selective colleges

thorny vault
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r u val or sal

fair kayak
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uhhh i applied t/o but im a gates finalist rank 11-12? internship at the dana farber cancer institute / mass gen hospital this summer for cancer research 4.5 gpa 7 ap up to calc bc math ap chem (no ap phys school doesnt offer) etc.

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uhhhhh thrive scholar 6 year program

thorny vault
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wow

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impressive

fair kayak
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mmmm i forget whatelse but thats the gist

thorny vault
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i mean idk i feel like washu is just filling holes atp

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they got most of the ppl ed

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im not sure what percent they admit rd

fair kayak
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advocated for a relig org @ my school (legally) + grew to 30+ members, received probably 1-2k in donos

thorny vault
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i think 2/3 were done in ed's

fair kayak
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over 500+ religious text books in donos, 200-250 bibles, and more kid friendly biblical texts

thorny vault
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yea i mean ur cracked

fair kayak
thorny vault
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i think that plus fgli r good odds

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but i think RD is weird for the ed2 schools

fair kayak
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  • i have like 4-5 leadership roles, did upenn peep program etc. yale book award (which is a filler award highkey)
fair kayak
thorny vault
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yea but i think theres also a lot of other ppl who r cracked

fair kayak
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and theyre getting like nowhere

thorny vault
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it just comes down to the numbers

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but idt fgli is an insane boost

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it def helps

fair kayak
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its an ok boost

thorny vault
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but thats just what i think

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yea but what percent of each class is fgli

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i think colleges have it to have x% of their class

opaque flax
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I got in to mckelvey!

thorny vault
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18% is fgli at washu

fair kayak
thorny vault
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that's what google says

fair kayak
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oh btw

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i worked 2 jobs one in soph yr and one from junior yr to present

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on top of everything ive done

thorny vault
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yea i mean ik ur cracked lol

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its just a numbers game

fair kayak
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first job 12 hrs a week and second job 16 ish

thorny vault
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too many ppl are applying

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r u white?

fair kayak
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sometimes 20+ during school szn

knotty wave
fair kayak
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nope

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asian

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so its brutal

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im cambodian

thorny vault
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i didnt make that number up

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nice nice

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im sure ull get smth

knotty wave
thorny vault
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i think another thing is that

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theres also a lot of more cracked ppl who arent fgli that had a lot of resources

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ur also competing with them

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who are gonna have that advantage just cuz more resources available

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at least with fgli they take that into account as well as other stuff like geography

fair kayak
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im acc baffled with this cycle

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it is horrible bro

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worse than other years

thorny vault
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i think its subjective per person

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idt its worse tho

fair kayak
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i do

thorny vault
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maybe dependent on each person

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yea i mean to say if sm1 isnt getting the results they want

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they might say that

fair kayak
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bro last year at mty school

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ppl were objectively less comp

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and i dont mean to say that to undermine their abilities but

thorny vault
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yea but AO's arent factoring that in tho

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its not like they have to take x ppl from ur school

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there are tons of hs's in america

fair kayak
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ik

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but its crazy that its so random

thorny vault
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a lot of it comes down to luck

fair kayak
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we had 2 mit and 5 ivy admit

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and this year some dude engineered a freaking car

thorny vault
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just cuz u have 3 ppl from ur school making it doesnt mean next year ull have 3 ppl

fair kayak
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a fully functional car

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and he was rejected from mit

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1570

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i understand but its so crazy

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my class is so comp for some reason

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5-7 peopl ehave at least a 1400+ sat in a school w/ a 970 average

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its so crazy + theyve all done research etc

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and we're all getting wl'd or rejected

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grats

thorny vault
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i think a lot of colleges

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prioritize higher ranked hs's tho

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in more competitive areas

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esp for RD

silk osprey
foggy snow
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Im sad 🙁 i really would have loved to go to school

rapid reef
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im jus tgonna get waitlisted or rejected everywhere

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waitlist warrior

left drum
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don't lose hope

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🙏

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YOU GOT THIS

rapid reef
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i hope so

frail rapids
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@lucid crest WHERE ARE YOU BUDDY

lucid crest
frail rapids
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NONONO

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DONT TOY W ME

lucid crest
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I’M NOT

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one of my friends got waitlisted too

frail rapids
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Now i feel bad

frail rapids
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Just with you said to me you were already in

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How can I drop for u

fair kayak
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Meh ig

lucid crest
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withdraw the acceptance to washu so I get off the waitlist

frail rapids
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Man it just doesnt make sense

lucid crest
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admissions cycle is just weird

naive smelt
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Oops rejected

left drum
rapid reef
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fuck ts

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im a waitlist warrior

prisma atlas
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rejected 🙏

rapid reef
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u got a yale interview i think ur just hypsm bound ngl

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I feel u bro i had a pretty competitive app + legacy and got waitlisted

supple iron
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what did you guys apply for

rapid reef
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its a good sign tho

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i didnt get a yale or harvard interview. I'm deep fried

hearty frost
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i’m confused

rapid reef
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but they accept hella ppl from ed

hearty frost
rapid reef
hearty frost
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hmm i see

rapid reef
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same

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im a waitlist warrior

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ppl needa stop gassing up my isef 😭 its making me even more dissapointed after i get cooked

hearty frost
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did u also get waitlisted from washu

rapid reef
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yup

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and jhu

hearty frost
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wait me too!!

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🥲

rapid reef
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chisq has it worse than us tho ngl

hearty frost
rapid reef
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shes an amazing applicant too

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same

hearty frost
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what are her stats

rapid reef
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ppl r expecting me to get hypsm

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EXPECTING

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like the pressur ei sreal

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my social status at school is gonna go down

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same lol

hearty frost
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stats

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ahh

rapid reef
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dude shes literally her

hearty frost
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hmm

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guys why is it like this

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like what did we do wrong

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i’m so confused please

rapid reef
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for me i have 1540 sat, 4.0 UW, isef finalist, won 1st at a national conference poster presention in undergraduate category, international-level service award for my health-related service, won texas science & engineering fair, and published in a neuroscience journal

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no im not

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i didnt get UT Honors, jhu, or washU

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and I got rejected 2 bsmds

hearty frost
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did u do other stuff outside just research tho

rapid reef
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yes

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tennis varsity captain

hearty frost
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ahh i see

rapid reef
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orchestra varsity violinist + regional awards

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and I did a LOT of health0-related servicei

hearty frost
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yeah idk

rapid reef
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im premed

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I also have legacy at washu btw

hearty frost
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i did similar stuff to u

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except i don’t have legacy

rapid reef
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ig it doesnt help cuz i didnt ed

hearty frost
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too many carbon copy apps

rapid reef
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DUDE yk what rwas so embarrassing tho

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I recorded reaction video with my entire tennis team and friends all gassing me up saying im washu bound

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just to get waitlisted and everyone dissapointed

hearty frost
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oh no…

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ITS FINE!

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your luck will be on march 26

rapid reef
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😭 I HOPE

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no harvard or yale interview btw

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in a big city

hearty frost
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harvard doesn’t matter tho right

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did u apply to other ivies

rapid reef
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its a soft rejection it does matter

rapid reef
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I feel like my research and service aligns with princetons missions

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but i dont know

hearty frost
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hmm

rapid reef
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Im expecting rejection/waitlist for every school now

hearty frost
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noo i doubt it

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i read that waitlist means u meet their criteria for a good application

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it’s just that ur not a good fit with that school

rapid reef
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dude it doesnt help me that people with 1400s at my schools are all getting likely letters and ivy/t20 acceptances

hearty frost
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so even getting waitlisted means ur a strong applicant

rapid reef
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its like everyone is doing good BUT ME

hearty frost
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1400 likely?

rapid reef
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she got a stanny likely with like a 1450 😭

hearty frost
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must have killer ecs

rapid reef
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i guess

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but not really idk

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she parties all day

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cheats on tests at school

hearty frost
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she will contribute to the party culture

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yeah wth

hearty frost
rapid reef
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im just getting acceptance mogged by everyone in my school

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already 6 ivy and ivy+ acceptances

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and decisions havent even fully released

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and multiple t20 and bsmds

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this is at a hs with 220 ppl btw per class

hearty frost
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are u in a feeder

rapid reef
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no...

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this is the first year in so long

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ppl are getting in ivies

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last year 0 ivy acceptances

fair kayak
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Doesn’t mean I’m guaranteed

night ridge
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bruh

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i swear private schools just don’t want me

rapid reef
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nowhere wants me

night ridge
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it’s ok

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it ain’t over

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i ain’t hear no bell

deft igloo
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Oh my god I got admitted

rapid reef
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congrats!

deft igloo
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Thank u

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😭

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Finally

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After getting rejected by Cornell and JHU and waitlisted by CMU

static harness
deft igloo
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🙏🏼

lucid crest
candid linden
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is washu out

lucid crest
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yeah

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I got waitlisted

candid linden
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omg when was it out

lucid crest
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About 2 hours ago

candid linden
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istg i am the last person to know this

lucid crest
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I need some luck for next week

junior owl
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who tf made this

tall echo
tall echo
rapid reef
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they saw I was asian and said no

tall echo
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LOL

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holistic my ass

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the system is rigged

frail rapids
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my experience was kinda strange

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I have my mom's email logged into my cellphone

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I was passing through a pub when it connected to the wifi and I received an email "congrats, <your son> was admitted!"

tall echo
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lol i didnt know that was possible

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W faye valentine pfp

vital bolt
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yo does washu do yield protection

covert needle
thorny vault
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any college can

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but a top ivy lvl prob wont

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theyre not gonna spend time admitting u if they dont think ull go

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i saw some p good post abt it on reddit

vital bolt
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ah i see, thanks!

rotund dagger
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Rejected. Whatever…

inland igloo
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waitlisted washU

rapid reef
lucid crest
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same

hidden ember
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hey guys is there a WashU admitted student separate Discord server?

junior owl
hidden ember
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great! Could you pls send it to me?? appreciate it!!! @junior owl

dusky hawk
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Hey guys!!! I did not know there was a thread for washu… I was just admitted today 🙂 at Olin!!!!! Full FRICKING RIDE!!!

hallow mural
dusky hawk
hallow mural
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twins

dusky hawk
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Lol yesssss

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I think my sat ECs and essays set me apart from ppl at my school /region

hallow mural
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i’ve talked way more on this server in the past few days than i normally do

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so people are starting to blend together

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😭

dusky hawk
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A big community ❤️

heady geyser
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hi guys im a current washu freshman who got off the waitlist last year, if u guys have any questions feel free to dm me !

zenith dune
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Anyone heard about WashU's beyond boundries program yet?

opaque flax
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Is WashU good for engineering?

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mechanical engineering

thorny vault
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how to get merit aid from washu

left drum
dusky hawk
thorny vault
left drum
slow portal
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this isnt true

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washu's historically been a good indicator for ivy dya

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day

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and they don't yield

thorny vault
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ur right

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i saw a reddit post too

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my bad king

slow portal
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if you said that about like northeastern or even uchicago (yes controversial but there is a slight bit of yield in their "fit" criteria)

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then yea

slow portal
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p accurate

slow portal
thorny vault
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yea i would say so

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because the yield is very low they dont care

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honestly im shocked abt JHU

slow portal
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yeahhh

thorny vault
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like rlly cracked insane ppl waitlisted

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they have no shame

slow portal
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yeah jhu def had a bit of yield baked into their fit this year

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sad

thorny vault
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jhu yield rd is rlly bad

slow portal
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yeah

thorny vault
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but jhu also needs to keep up the apperance

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of trying to be a t10 school

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main issue is jhu is too depressing for premeds

slow portal
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lowkey not to dog on any of these colleges but i think jhu deserves a spot somewhere around 10-15

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because caltech is stem-only yet theyre 11

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and cmu is like essentially cs (plus some business and a lil fine arts)

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yet it's ranked 20

slow portal
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cuz usually schools in t10 are well-rounded at everything

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that's also why i think uchi is a bit overrated because their eng is p nonexistent and they also play some weird yield games

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columbia should def be bumped back up to t10 tho

thorny vault
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yea columbia is def t10

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despite the scandals they had more ppl apply last year if im not mistaken

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plus 65% yield rate

slow portal
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yeah and also they used to be t5

thorny vault
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ppl will still go cuz its a top ivy

slow portal
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just had a bit of a scandal

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yeah

thorny vault
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but i think admin eneds to change

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pronto

slow portal
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true admin is throwing their rep

thorny vault
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columbia also needs to imrpove their research departments

slow portal
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they honestly couldve been t5 ngl

thorny vault
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but aside from that yea its a low RD % rate

slow portal
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if not for their admin

thorny vault
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yea

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cmu scs is def mog

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i thiink the rest are a bit mid

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scs is only 1 department

slow portal
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yeah cmu cs is like t2

thorny vault
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but yea idt jhu is a legit t10

slow portal
thorny vault
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ik a lot of premed dont even end up going

slow portal
thorny vault
slow portal
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they focus on premed a lot

thorny vault
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who didnt try much and ed'd tepper and got in

slow portal
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which isnt a bad thing but like

thorny vault
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idt its insanely hard

slow portal
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ignores a lot of other stuff

slow portal
thorny vault
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but i think washu doesnt care much

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abt yielding

slow portal
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notice how t5 doesnt have ed

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there's a reason

thorny vault
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when they have a 25% yield rd rate

thorny vault
slow portal
thorny vault
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all of them have 70% yield rates

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or above

slow portal
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but contrary to popular trends i think washu doesnt do that in rd

thorny vault
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columbia and upenn are in the 60s

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caltech is in the 60s too but is rea

thorny vault
slow portal
thorny vault
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yes

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uchicago does that too

slow portal
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meanwhile schools like uchi or jhu still do

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yeah

thorny vault
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ik ppl who werent cracked that did the ed2 method

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esp cuz they ewre full pay

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with alr stats

slow portal
thorny vault
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RD uchicago is cooked tho

thorny vault
slow portal
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like ik vandy ed rejected hella people

slow portal
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p sure vandy just bought an nyc campus and a bay area college

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so theyre pretty loaded lmfao

thorny vault
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damn

slow portal
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i applied cuz the merit scholarsihps are insane

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they give like a quarter of their students merit-based full rides

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insane

slow portal
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best people were wl

thorny vault
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yea because

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if the ppl who made ed2 uchicago

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most wouldnt make rd uchicago ngl

slow portal
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yeah

thorny vault
slow portal
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i think uchicago spends all their slots on ed

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and they dont wanna waste the yield theyve farmed so they just prot during rd round

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88% yield rate from uchihcago is crazy ngl

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i think theyre the only college that cracked 90% in yield

slow portal
thorny vault
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i did too

slow portal
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u have to submit by like december tho

thorny vault
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gl

slow portal
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gl

thorny vault
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i think 70% is from ed1/ed2/ea

slow portal
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damn

thorny vault
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im just waiting for ivy day because i think

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if ur a cracked enough applicant

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u prob will get smth

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ik a lot of ppl are down cuz of jhu cmu wl

slow portal
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yea

thorny vault
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but i think washu if u got it should be a good indicator ngl

slow portal
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bruh i saw some guy on reddit saying hes "cooked" for ivy day but bagged cmu already

slow portal
thorny vault
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yea but it depends on what

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yo i wouldnt pay 90k at cmu except for scs

slow portal
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rd

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which isnt even bad

thorny vault
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i honestly would only pay 90k for an ivy level

slow portal
thorny vault
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otherwise id go to state

slow portal
thorny vault
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did u make gtech

slow portal
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yeah

thorny vault
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for cornell id do internal trasnfer to dyson

slow portal
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id prob do it for penn, columbia, and above

thorny vault
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or maybe engineering

slow portal
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brown would be a tossup but id lean no

thorny vault
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id prob ask them for some money off acc

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if they can give me 20-30k off

slow portal
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cornell location is just too terrible icl

thorny vault
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yea but

slow portal
thorny vault
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all of them are mid

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u wont have a car

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so ull be stuck on campus

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doomscrolling tiktok and reels

slow portal
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columbia lowkey good tho

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same with penn

thorny vault
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yea every1 ik who goes there

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says they had a blast

slow portal
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cambridge would be a lil annoying

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but doable

thorny vault
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cambridge isnt that good

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i visited

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but its alright

slow portal
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same

thorny vault
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its suitable for an educational experience

slow portal
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it's acceptable

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yeah

thorny vault
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not to live

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i would say same for duke too

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the area around duke also isnt super safe

slow portal
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duke's campus is very nice

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but outside of it isn't ideal

thorny vault
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gtech around isnt also super safe

slow portal
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rly

thorny vault
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but i wouldnt mind living on campus

slow portal
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ive been there and it's decent

thorny vault
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its in atlanta

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no the campus is rlly good

slow portal
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idt it's in that bad parts of atlanta right

thorny vault
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im not sure i never been

slow portal
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i forgot it's been a while

slow portal
thorny vault
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what r ur thoughts on vandy

slow portal
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the food was bad tho

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lmfao

slow portal
thorny vault
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idk much abt the area

slow portal
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before i wouldve said location is a bit of a downside but

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theyre opening nyc campus this year

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as well as bay area

thorny vault
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is it like ne?

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northeastern

slow portal
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they bought california college of arts or something

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which is insane

slow portal
thorny vault
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yea but why would u not want to live on main campus

slow portal
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nyc campus is a study abroad thing

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so it's not like

thorny vault
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its a masters program in nyc

slow portal
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an actual separate campus

thorny vault
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do u think ull make vandy

slow portal
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idk

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maybe

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idt theyre yield prot anymore so if i had to guess then yes

thorny vault
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i feel like i got a good chance

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an issue i feel like is

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schools like cmu or jhu

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might yield protect the super cracked ppl

slow portal
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yeah

thorny vault
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theyre sure will not attend

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but hypsm level are so chaotic

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they may reject u

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so u end up getting wiped

slow portal
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the thing with vandy tho is that i think they favor southern people a bit more

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it also might be a bit because of fit or yield

thorny vault
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thats why u gotta apply to all 20+

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no reason not to

slow portal
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cuz theyre tryna cement themselves as like the southern harvard

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ykwim

slow portal
thorny vault
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i think duke is southern harvard

slow portal
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lowkey i never understood the concept of shotgunning

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like

thorny vault
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i think i rather go to vandy than duke despite the presige difference

slow portal
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it's not really shotgunning unless ur not even trying

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on each happ

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app

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it's just called risk management

thorny vault
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yea its too low chance

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to get into any

slow portal
thorny vault
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it will only get harder and harder

slow portal
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p sure vandy is nicknamed south's harvard

thorny vault
slow portal
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not sure

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lemme go search it up

thorny vault
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it says duke or vandy

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so they prob gotta mog war each other

slow portal
slow portal
thorny vault
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yea but still

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north carolina is p valid

slow portal
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vandys merit is insane tho icl

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like duke has robertson

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but cornelius vanderbilt gives like 200 a year

thorny vault
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yes

slow portal
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diabolical

thorny vault
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200 mil?

slow portal
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20mil

thorny vault
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200k>

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oh shi

slow portal
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plus all thhe othehr ones

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200mil a year would make even harvard broke LOL

thorny vault
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yea

slow portal
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wait cuz each year has it right

thorny vault
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idt these schools touch their endowments tho

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it likely come sfrom

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the money donated

slow portal
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which means it's 200 x 100k x 4 per year

thorny vault
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per year

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i think they use the endowment to make it grow bigger

slow portal
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i think

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waitno

thorny vault
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no but

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its like 50-70k a year

slow portal
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80mil

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wtff

slow portal
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not just full tuition

thorny vault
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oh ok

slow portal
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wait thats insane

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no ur right

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they lowkeyt spent 100mila year on merit

thorny vault
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i think its not their endowment

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but rather the guy funds

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or his trust

slow portal
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yo wtf 😭

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80mil a year

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just on cornelius vanderbilt scholarship

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thats actually insane

thorny vault
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i think his money is spread in tursts and stuff

slow portal
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yeah

thorny vault
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his family is super loaded but not talked abt

slow portal
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bro but like

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but they make the impression the money has been diluted

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thats 80mil of money theyre SPENDING and not MAKING

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so the real difference is 160mil

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cuz they couldve made 80mil from full pay students

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but they SPENT 80mil

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damn

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bruh carnegie shouldve locked in

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engineering powerhouse couldve made it hypsm level

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or at least caltech level

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cuz their cs is cracked

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his family prob took his shi

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i think he was more bothered

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abt name legacy

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like ppl knowing who he is

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which i think he managed to do well

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he spent a lot of money funding public libararies as well

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there are like still 900 left in america

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didnt he come up with the social gospel thing

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like

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noblesse oblige but for america

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i forgot lol

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i think this was apush

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yeahh

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but i think deep down his goal was just for his name to carry on

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i think carnegie gave back a lot

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he did but esp end of his life

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making a college would ensure his legacy lasts forever

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oh wait it was called gospel of wealth

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also most ppl dont rlly associate columbia with christopher columbus or harvard with john harvard

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but cmu carnegie mellon university

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but also he was a p big public figure

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i think cornelius vanderbilt was up there

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but not as known as carnegie

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yk whats funny is that vanderbilt never lived in nashville

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he was carnegie's predecessor

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i mean to the avg npc rn

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if i were to go outside and ask

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i think carnegie's well known now

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but vanderbilt used to be more well-known

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maybe

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i feel like what the avg joe knows doesnt really matter tho

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cuz like let's say ur going into big tech

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rockfeller shoulda bought a university or made one

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it doesnt matter what ur cousin knows

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it matters what microsoft knows

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for ppl like them it does

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they rather have entire world know who they r

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instead of just the knowledgable ones

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cuz theyre already dead

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true

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but they are legacy maxxing

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i meant for us tho

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lmfao

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so it makes sense

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either way i think most people know who vanderbilt and carnegie were

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if they went through hs

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yea

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pretty much everyone learns abt thhem

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i think rn carnegie is a bit more known tho

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and theres hella documentaries about them

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carnegie also did more philantrophy

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same

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no1 can tell

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but ur prob competitive enough

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did u get in RD

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prob fit

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2 made mit and 2 made caltech?

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mit looks at diff things compared to caltech tbh

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yea but washu doesnt care abt yield for rd tbh

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also jhu

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if u did bme is p hard

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prob fit

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or yield protect

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or they showed lack of enthuaism

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washu olin this year is way easier than usual

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since olin is 95% internationals and all the internationals got fucked over

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but also ivys that are largely take in internationals will also be slightly easier

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when they would likely only take 15% of their class for being intl

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ik upenn is 15%

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thats def going down

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idk man im j saying as a current washu freshman

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olin is easier this year

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idk abt engineering

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ya idk what that is ngl im art sci

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jhu is so depressing goddamn

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it deserves -50 for the culture and cutthroatness

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def dont go jhu if u wanna go to med school

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bro everyone keeps telling me this

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jhu, contrary to popular opinion, is not that good for premed

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yeah

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every single person told me they would have went somewher eelse

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jhu is good for med school

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yeah jhu like they make u compete to even get a letter of rec

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its so stupid

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basicallyt they want to make sure u can get in to preserve their like 80% med school acceptance rate

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ah

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so to even apply u have to like comepte for a letter of rec

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and get it approved

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i see

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and its annoying

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its super cuttroat

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for premed just go anywehre w insane grade inflation

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~~harvard 😜 ~~

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before the 20% cap lmao

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is that official yet actually

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11,000 times

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he's premed

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he got in from my school ED

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😭

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ye

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if u want a nice premed experience go to rice or brown

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washu and northwestern premed is still ass btw our gen chem/orgo courses are so damn hard

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but we do have better med school odds

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its just way mroe suffering

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we are less cutthroat than like JHU or cornell tho

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for CS, would you pick yale or jhu

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cuz like my stuff is CS but in computational biology

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so med/bio-adjacent

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it dont matter bro

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u can never be too sure what u wanna do first of all, second of all culture is going to greatly impact ur experience

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and yale and any ivy still has an edge for med school

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jhu is known to be depressing asf

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i have friends at yale, they enjoy it

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and you can listen to ken carson yale song

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so upenn over JHU as well? lol

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like idk bro

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upenn wharton is diabolically bad

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its all snakes

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😬

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my cousin has frineds who graduated in the M&T program

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they did not like the culture

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i feel like my best chances on ivy day are yale and maybe upenn so that's why i'm asking 😭

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and said everyone was cutthroat and snakes

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for yale they took 1/4 ppl who got an interview

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for RD

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i see 😭

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i think at my schools like 3 ppl got an interview and one person got in

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tbh i think yale takes a specific kind of person

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does anyone know defer to RD rate lol

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from the bay

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i live in iowa lmao

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thats good

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they want da diversity

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idk, there's another person from my state who does the same Comp Bio/CS+Bio stuff as me and they're lowkey way more cracked

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i think they also applied to yale

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hmm

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idk tbh there isn't much use speculating

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yeah LOL

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just wait 5 days

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once ur in college u stop worrying abt this stuff but u have way more other stuff to worry abt

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im a cornell hater tho anyone who goes to cornell is highkey either fake or a prestiege chaser

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no one acc go there cuz they like the school bffr

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😭 lmao

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yeah it's cold

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ithaca 💀

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its like natural selection

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the people who go there only chose it for the name brand

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so ofc u got a bunch of prestiege chasers

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all my homeboys who got in commited to "lower ranked" schools cuz they wanted to go somewhere they acc liked

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bro as an iowan anyone you tell will js mix it up with Cornell College LOL

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and then eeryone who go to cornell has an inferiority complex

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cuz its known as the fake ivy or wtv

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if someone says "i go to an ivy" yeah its prob cornell

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wait btw what school are you committed to?

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i saw you're prefrosh

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im a current freshman at washu

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i couldnt find the college fresh tag

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ohh i see

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yee

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lol hypothetically if I don't get into other schools besides JHU would you pick UVA over JHU

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i think fit inherently has yield in it so it's hard to tell

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public school is like even worse

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for premed

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do not go public school for premed unless u trust in ur ability to like be very proactive and reaching out for lab positiions

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oh really 😭 😭

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good to know

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the trade off is that private school the classes are 10x harder

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but lab positions easy

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public school chem courses way easeir

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but lab postiion harder

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business + cs is such a small group that it's like class shaping on steroids, also they tend to look for more business people so if ur applying business to most colleges then it should be a good sign

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so with a priate school they do the weedout via grades

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like u score low and then u give up

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but at private schools acc if u apply w low grades u have a bump (depending on where u go) like if u go washu/northwestern

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theres a bump cuz its known grade deflation

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at public schools they dont have that which is why their undergrad med school acceptance rate is way lower

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rest of penn is more chill

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cornell is fake asf

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i dont like cornell ngl

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a lot of people ik whove gotten in arent picking it even over like berkeley

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berkley is ass tho too

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berkley location is so ass

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and then its also depressing

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for no reason

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yeahh

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my friend at berkley said berkely balding is real

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😭

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😭

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it really depends on who u are and what u wanna do

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tbh

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most ppl at cornell were the top kids at their hs who didnt get anything better

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nah jhu def did yield

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theyre not at the same level as some other schools

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its quite clear

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there was a rly good t20 ranking list i saw earlier this week

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i would put jhu in that 4th tier of t20s

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them having ed2 doesnt help either

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ofre is very hard lol

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at some schools its cs

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r u intl?

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no

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likely cuz its cheaper

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if u make some gtech merit scholarship its better roi

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but that is insanely hard its like less than 0.1% of ppl admitted

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maybe he was able to get fin aid

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if u get columbia free u would prob take that over gtech full ride

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well u never know

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i think gtech stamps has a p high yield tho

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theres not too much info abt it online

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a lot of top applicants are higher income tho

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for sure, but the people getting gt stamps usually get ivies too

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its much better roi to go to a full ride considering they would have to pay full

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yes ive seen on linkedin

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but thats why gtech stamps has a high yield

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cuz might not wanna spend that much esp if they want to do postgraduate

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not rlly

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ur right tho

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ik ppl who turned down mit for stamps

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95k for mit is too much

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yea again a lot of ppl are but there are also a lot that arent

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that get financial aid

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no i meant ik sm1 who turend down mit for it

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most rich ppl dont think like others

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theyre always focused on ROI

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yeah its all anecdotal without knowing the full numbers

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no im p sure it has near 70%

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simialr to top ivies

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i didnt get selected to it so i dont know the specifics

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but i do know ppl this year

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also i think its lower if ur not from georgia

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meaning its only 20ish ppl who are getting it not from georgia

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most rich ppl are concerned abt roi tho

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im not taking abt like uber wealthy billionaires

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but like normal rich

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a full ride is smth they would heavily consider

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if ur not super rich but also not like below the income threshold for a full ride at private t20s

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the 95k per year is a hefty price to pay

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yea id be surprised if sm1 wasnt heavily considering it

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i read a lot abt it on reddit

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😭

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yea so its p much impossible

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I didn’t make it

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out of state

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oof

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did u get any merit aid?

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As a finalist they give you in state tuition

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35k?

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Yeah

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not bad

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Yeah def a good option for those who are higher income and don’t qualify for aid

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i feel like if u can get a good sticker price at another t20

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i think if u can get a full ride based on income

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if u can get into another t20 thats private

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u could def have a lot more options

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but most cracked ppl who are rich r smart abt their money

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so im not surprised also gtech is very reputable as well

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Yeah, I wasn’t too worried about stamps because my family income is low enough to get full tuition + some housing costs at most T20s

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yea im not sure how finacnial aid packages work

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35k is still good

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but ik

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full rides at ivies are weird

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like idk what the minimum household income is

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Princeton financials are so good

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i think most ppl fail to realize that

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u wont get the roi off ur degree

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so spending 400k is not ideal

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Yeah

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ur also not gonna be getting the connectiosn to make that up

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because a lot of ppl i come across act as if they will connect with top billionaires

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which wont ever happen

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I have a friend who got into umich and literally his older brother and sister have to help pay

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😭

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oos?

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Yes

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crazu

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yeah umich oos for non ross is pretty bad roi

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you gotta get some insane degree

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to recoup that money

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He’s a MT major tho so it was kind of his only option

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mt?

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Musical theatre

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thats crazy

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might be hard

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UMich’s program for it is apparently top

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But yeah

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to recover that cost

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Idk

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most ppl applying to college arent factoring this in

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until the tuiton bill comes

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even if ur in the 1% if income earners

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its still not enough

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for a 95k to not have some effect

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it’s insane literally every school these days has tuition sticker price at basically 100k

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yea but its supply and demand

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i think the gov should step in to cap tho

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or else middle class is screwed

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prob 200k+

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Cuz like a lot of schools nowadays are doing the 200k free tuition thing

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yea but

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if ur in california for example

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thats not a lot

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Yeah 😭😭😭

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most ppl have siblings

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their parents also have other expenses to factor

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plus taxes

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either way i think most ppl

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if they are out of pocket

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should def consider cost

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even if they think prestige matters more

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ik ppl paying 400k for northeastern and just think to myself why

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400k for an ivy is too ngl

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but thats hte definition of middle class

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in that ur not getting any sort of aid but ur not exactly flowing with money

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Yeah I see

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A lot of my friends are around that actually

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is it a good idea to reach out to financial aid?? so i got my financial aid offer and my family will only be charged around ~3k for the year but my mother wants me to appeal this to get the 3k covered cuz its just 3k but i alr got a scholarship alongside need based aid + pell grant + federal work study so im like not sure

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it doesnt rlly have to be

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the main premise was that washu doesnt care as much abt their yield and thus wont hold it against ppl who wont attend that r rlly cracked

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obv they can wl ppl who r super cracked

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but they have no need and can rather gamble on the chance that they would attend

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these colleges know where they are on the tier list i mean jhu isnt gonna be surprised when a kid goes to an ivy over them

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also

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even if a school doesn't yield protect, but they still rejected you

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doesn't mean you're a cooked candidate

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you might have just.. not been a good fit for the school

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yield protection is specifically when

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but like... a school might just not consider you a good fit. Doesn't mean another one won't

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that can def be true

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but lets say u get a few acceptnaces

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and then rest wl

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until ivy day

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this is just a predictor

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if u make ucla oos or gtech oos

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plus some lower ranked t20s

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it'll at least show ur competent

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i lowkirk did not make ucla oos or my low ranked t20

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yea but anything can happen

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ucla n washu waitlist 💔

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u made columbia tho

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so ur fine

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but i got the columbia likely which is why i was saying

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yea but also ivies are more hollsitic and look at other stuff

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genly don't stress

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including geography

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b/c random bs happens

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nah i mean