Rice University (2025-2026)

[olive ingot]

im gonna crash out

[nocturne gazelle]

im just crashing cant even enjoy break

[olive ingot]

ur on break??

also does this button work for you

[nocturne gazelle]

I mean we have mocks after but I alr applied so 😭 no point

[nocturne gazelle]

Didn't apply finaid 🥺 they're need 'aware' for intl

whihc means hell nah

[olive ingot]

wait does the button work tho

[nocturne gazelle]

Still says error lmao

[olive ingot]

yea me too lol

does it say portal not activated or smth

[nocturne gazelle]

call them up if its urgent

[nocturne gazelle]

yer

GUYS

idk if thats local time or not lmao

[olive ingot]

it says 4pm for me too

[nocturne gazelle]

then its 4 am for me

hmm wake early or dont sleep

nvm 330

I cant wake up then

[olive ingot]

whatre u gonna ask 💀💀

u already submitted

[nocturne gazelle]

IF I HAVE TO SEND THE RESUME LMAO

[olive ingot]

AAAAAAA

idts

[nocturne gazelle]

also demonstrated interest right???

[cedar smelt]

What’s the point ur decision is alr made

By 12/10

That’s prob a couple days before they release too

[nocturne gazelle]

bro plssss hack into the AO office and check if we got in 😭 ✌️ 💔

[cedar smelt]

😂

[nocturne gazelle]

wait did you send it?

[olive ingot]

ye

it qas an early version of my resume so it's not as good as it could've been

[nocturne gazelle]

Alr this was good at least now I'm actually starting writing Ed 2 and rd essays

🫩 I don't wanna go to NYU gang but my school is a feeder kinda

[still canyon]

then apply rd, if your school is a feeder youd have a good chance

[still canyon]

look at how i formatted supreme court bro 😭😭

[nocturne gazelle]

Ed 2 rate probably it's close to 35 percent 😛

But like I would applying for at least 30% finaid for NYU 😭 do back down to high tens

[nocturne gazelle]

🥶🥶 it's fine dawg 😭

Okay I looked into it and only certain types of ecs need need a resume expansion

[lyric wave]

why withdraw from fordham

[cedar smelt]

Bc she getting into rice

😂 😂

[olive ingot]

its ok 😭😭

they wont see that

they will see my terrible spacing issues tho

[nocturne gazelle]

Lando 😭

[compact saffron]

lando we can be world champion lando

and he was

[cedar smelt]

Which one of u was this

[olive ingot]

personally i dont think it'll be on the 13th like the comment says

here are the decision dates from previous years that i could find

2024 (December 14) 9:00 AM CT (Saturday)
2023 (December 14) 5:00 PM CT (Thursday)
2022 (December 14) 5:00 PM CT (Wednesday)
2021 (December 09) 5:00 PM CT (Thursday)
2020 (December 10) 5:00 PM CT (Thursday)
2019 (December 12) 5:00 PM CT (Thursday)
2018 (December 14) 4:00 PM CT (Friday)
2017 (December 14) 4:00 PM CT (Thursday)
2016 (December 16) 4:00 PM CT (Friday)
2015 (December 11) 4:00 PM CT (Friday)
2014 (December 12) 4:00 PM CT (Friday)
2013 (December 16) 11:00 PM CT (Monday)
2012 (December 14) 11:00 PM CT (Friday)
2011 (December 15) 4:00 PM CT (Thursday)

[compact saffron]

how does one even get that list

[trail haven]

Please let it be wednesday or thursday🙏 then we shld get the email from them tomorrow or day after

[still canyon]

dont fear lebron i shall never make a reddit

[olive ingot]

college confidential lol

[cedar smelt]

[olive ingot]

man im lowk cooked

been having nightmares

about college apps 😭😭

[compact saffron]

damnn

relax bro

even if u dont end up at rice itll turn out ok

on the other hand, stress is a silent killer

[unique loom]

Rice football's alive

Alive and well

WE'RE GOING TO A BOWL GAME WOO

[cedar smelt]

[chrome helm]

lebron can i ask u a question in dms

i added

[cedar smelt]

sure

[kindred egret]

no can we not get it on wednesday or thursday i dont want to open it at school

[still canyon]

it'll be in the evening CST

otherwise sat morning

[dry tide]

biggest aura risk oat

[still canyon]

wait if i get it on thursday im going to open it with my newspaper friday morning
either a humiliation ritual or a bigass relief

[cedar smelt]

Big week for you guys

Good luck

[nocturne gazelle]

Think it's gonna be 14 lmfao and since they have to give it 3-4 days before we can eliminate decision before 13th

[still canyon]

FUCKK

[still canyon]

i think theyll just do it next sat

[cedar smelt]

i dont thik you guys can predict lol they are so inconsistent

but seems like the 14th has been the trend for the past 3 years

but dont know theyll send u an email like 3 days before the actual decision

[olive ingot]

they send out info like 2 days before

we are not at that point yet

also 14th is a sunday 😭

no way they release on a sunday

[cedar smelt]

For real that's messed up

[nocturne gazelle]

Monday for me almost 🥺

I cannot be in school wheb I open this shit I'll get clowned so hard 😭💔✌️

[olive ingot]

i just dont think theyll release on 14th 😭😭

[nocturne gazelle]

Hopefully it's 12th then 🤞

[cedar smelt]

I don't suggest opening decisions in school

Always open with family

[olive ingot]

im hoping for 11th tbh

i dont want to have to sit thru a physics test with this on my mind 😭

[cedar smelt]

It's personal preference where and with whom you decide to open it with

[nocturne gazelle]

Exactly it would be good if you get in but like if you don't

Also hell nah I wouldn't open with family I ain't risking that 😭 imma open with some friends

[cedar smelt]

Haha

People also get jealous too

So be ready to hear some nasty comments

[nocturne gazelle]

Meee bro I've been jealous of everyone who got in istg even shit like penn state 💔✌️😭

[cedar smelt]

Alright chilll haha

Its penn state

No diss

[nocturne gazelle]

Ah lite my friends barely know what rice is

[olive ingot]

my friends hate on rice

but i simp

[cedar smelt]

Yeah my friends hate on Rice too

[olive ingot]

rice is the loml

[cedar smelt]

My friends at berkely keep rubbing rankings in my face haha

They're stupid

[olive ingot]

rankings arent everything

rice is arguably t10

[cedar smelt]

Yeah exactly

[olive ingot]

to me rice is t1

[nocturne gazelle]

They beat us by 1 😭

And Berkely campus is so ads

[nocturne gazelle]

Ong

[cedar smelt]

as good as berkely is, its a public school

Huge class sizes and the area is ass

Also, I've noticed that people who get rejected by every UC get into Berkely at my school

[nocturne gazelle]

Anyone who says Vandy is comparable to rice should be on a watchlist 🔪

[still canyon]

penn state is a respectable institution

[cedar smelt]

From that personal anecdote, I think UCLA is so much better. All my friends who got into UCLA deserve it and are smart. Berkeley, not so much

[nocturne gazelle]

Yes but auto admit 😭

[nocturne gazelle]

Lmao

[cedar smelt]

Penn State is a decent state school for sure

[dry tide]

what have ppl said to u im curious, if you're confortable sharing

[cedar smelt]

Not sure if they were coming off jealous (i dont think so), but a lot of people were asking me why i would go to texas

It was really annoying lol

But if you go to an ultra competitive school, you will for sure hear people saying that you don't deserve it

[dry tide]

lol a lot of ca ppl move to tx
its a new hub for tech and stuff i think

[dry tide]

wtf ppl said that to ur face?

[cedar smelt]

Yeah cali is infecting texas as they say

[cedar smelt]

Possibly or to others

Pretty sure i've heard others talk like that about my friends

When people see others succeed, they start questioning how and start getting toxic

[runic kindle]

If you get into a really good college is it common people start getting jealous of you like that 😭

amidst prob lots of congratulations

[cedar smelt]

Yes ofc

[nocturne gazelle]

Thats cali for you my friends to my face say fuck you and rice
honestly I prefer it 😛

[cedar smelt]

Haha

Yep Cali

[runic kindle]

lol lowkey would be amazing to have this problem, but would be bad if I got into somewhere good cause my school is tiny and stuff spreads everywhere

[dry tide]

if i get in to a good school should i lwk try to keep it secret or is it not that deep

[runic kindle]

I don’t think it’s that deep

[cedar smelt]

Its not that deep

[runic kindle]

Tell your friends and family

[dry tide]

my schools also tiny, whats ur class size

[cedar smelt]

Just don't go around telling everyone lol

Let other mouths spread it not yours

[runic kindle]

And tbh everyone relevant is gonna end up knowing anyway

Yeah

[nocturne gazelle]

Im gonna tell mybest friend I got rejected to see that mf reaction

[still canyon]

move in silence type shi

[runic kindle]

68 kids

Graduating class

[still canyon]

67

67

67

[cedar smelt]

Ok stop

[dry tide]

wow mine is 93

[runic kindle]

Yeah yall are cooked

[dry tide]

😭

[runic kindle]

It’s actually 68

[cedar smelt]

Brainrotted lol

[olive ingot]

wait yea a lot of people ask me that too

[dry tide]

https://tenor.com/view/6-8-6-or-8-68-68-meme-68-memes-gif-16446120888976534967

[olive ingot]

and somehow everyone knows im #1 rice simp 💀💀

[runic kindle]

But yeah stuff spreads fast in this school and everyone knows each other

[cedar smelt]

Yeah doesn't it get annyoing

[olive ingot]

yea 😭

[runic kindle]

Can’t keep something like getting into Rice secret for long

[olive ingot]

they just dont get it

[cedar smelt]

Like dude, Rice is a good school who gives a shit if its in Texas

[olive ingot]

68 :O

[nocturne gazelle]

yeah but im #2 tho 😭

[olive ingot]

:P

[dry tide]

most of the students in my school just go to the local unis in my city i think
most ppl r chill

[runic kindle]

lol i live in Texas, it literally isn’t even bad

[dry tide]

weather

[olive ingot]

rename urself so its official

[dry tide]

which city

[runic kindle]

Ppl don’t like Texas cause hot and whatever but it seriously matters so little

[still canyon]

i live in texas it lowkey sucks balls but it doesnt matter that much

[olive ingot]

i thought stuff was bigger in texas 😭

[runic kindle]

Chill I ain’t doxxing myself that far

[cedar smelt]

Just don't be stupid and you'll be fine in Texas

Not that hard

[dry tide]

bro its so hot here 💔 💔 💔 💔

[olive ingot]

wait r all of yall from texas 😭

[nocturne gazelle]

🍚

[still canyon]

i hate tx because of the politics but it shouldnt be a huge issue in houston ig

[olive ingot]

except for #2 rice simp

[dry tide]

do u live in northern tx

[still canyon]

wait i should be #3 rice simp

[dry tide]

phone ban is so ahh 💔

[runic kindle]

Yeah people overblown Texas politics and Texas weather as issues, if you get into Rice go there lmfao

[still canyon]

that is not what i meant by politics buddy

[dry tide]

phone ban across every public k-12 school statewide

[olive ingot]

🍚simps unite

[dry tide]

it was a bill but ik i js wnated to add that

[cedar smelt]

Its def bigger in texas

[olive ingot]

did u visit the buccees yet

the big one

[cedar smelt]

Nah

[still canyon]

not exactly bro, friends of mine who are undoc or need gender affirming care would be hella screwed over in texas

[nocturne gazelle]

Yeah but the people are so much better imo than some less con states 🤪

[runic kindle]

But maybe it’s a good thing cause Rice gets less applicants 😄

[cedar smelt]

Oh yeah ofc this is a valid concern

[still canyon]

bucees is certainly an experience

[olive ingot]

ive never been D:

[runic kindle]

Yeah that’d suck but that is the minority of people who hate Texas I think

[still canyon]

not missing out on much, except a lot of capitalism and diabetes

[olive ingot]

wait only 4 other gender people applied last year or smth

[runic kindle]

That’s a valid concern for those ppl

[runic kindle]

It’s nice and big but lowkey overhyped

[still canyon]

if you need gender-affirming care, you may also identify a male or female - doesn't mean you're nonbinary

noncis people aren't all one big group

[olive ingot]

mmm yea

mb

[dry tide]

bucees is just a store its nice but it's Basically just texas pride x 100 into a store

[olive ingot]

just saying that the 4 is much less than cmu's like 1000

[still canyon]

their coffee is really good, but i did feel like i would get deported

unsafe as hell

[runic kindle]

Well one really big gas station

[nocturne gazelle]

Guys did you see that OU student that slimed the professor 😭💔

[dry tide]

??? 😭 huh

[olive ingot]

the rly bad essay one?

[dry tide]

the essay girl

?

[still canyon]

i cant even call her a student, she was so brain dead

[runic kindle]

Whats the story

[still canyon]

she's a kirk minion

[olive ingot]

did u read her essay 😭

[still canyon]

yes bro i wanted to die

[olive ingot]

me too 😭😭

[dry tide]

she wrote a really really bad essay and complained ab getting a 0 or smth

[olive ingot]

they had the audacity to complain too

[still canyon]

"god made woman so women can do womanly things and womanly behavior" bitch?? get the fuck out of uni then??

[runic kindle]

Someone link it

[nocturne gazelle]

Genuinely so funny that people like that get into college

[runic kindle]

Oh nah

@cedar smelt is it easy to do stuff in Houston at Rice, I heard the city is lowkey kinda unwalkable

[cedar smelt]

Yes unwalkable

You need a car

[nocturne gazelle]

Drive 🌾 🥀

[runic kindle]

What about bike

[cedar smelt]

Only walking i've done to go off campus is rice village and musuem district

[runic kindle]

Car is so cooked

[cedar smelt]

shitittt idk i wouldnt biek on raods with texan drivers

you're asking to get hit

[dry tide]

isnt there like "no walking" signs in Houston 😭

[runic kindle]

In an urban city for what 😭

[nocturne gazelle]

Get a cheap ass car lmao

[dry tide]

houston is 3 hours away from Houston

[cedar smelt]

Yeah sometimes the sidewalk just disappears haha

[runic kindle]

Rice in Houston but don’t get none of the Houston experience

Sad

[dry tide]

insurance

gas

[still canyon]

very factual

[cedar smelt]

Also, you can just uber. must cheaper than buying a car haha

[still canyon]

i'd just bring my current car

[cedar smelt]

I get my haircut in Chinatown, I just uber there once a month

[nocturne gazelle]

Why would you pay 10k of insurance on a 5k used car 😭🥺

[still canyon]

nightmare to park tho

[runic kindle]

So you don’t go out of campus much?

[cedar smelt]

Nah

[dry tide]

insurance is like $150/m on avg i heard it's more for teens

[runic kindle]

One good thing about UT is that it’s so integrated with Austin which is so cool

[dry tide]

i think

[cedar smelt]

I don't like bothering my friends with cars

So i dont ask

for a ride

[runic kindle]

Do you get bored inside campus?

[cedar smelt]

Yes

Lol

[nocturne gazelle]

Current car 💔
Imma but my dream one when I grad

[runic kindle]

😭

[cedar smelt]

But honestly, me and my roommate are best friends

[runic kindle]

Damn

[cedar smelt]

so its not that bad

we just fuck around in the room

[still canyon]

did you go random or find them on IG?

[cedar smelt]

mutual friends

he lived like 20 min away from me

[runic kindle]

Ig Rice is a bit of a bubble then

[still canyon]

also my tour guide said she rooms with her bf 😭 how do they allow ts

[cedar smelt]

i know a lot of ppl who went random though, i haven't heard any complaints

only compliant i heard is that his random roommate is smelly

[nocturne gazelle]

Ofc it is

[cedar smelt]

uh yeah idk the rules on thattt

but that sounds nice lol

[runic kindle]

What’s there to do on campus

[still canyon]

sucks but hopefully thats not a concern with an all female room 😭

[cedar smelt]

there are no all female dorms

or all male dorms

[still canyon]

sorry i meant room

[cedar smelt]

Gym

LOL

[still canyon]

as in, not co-gender unlike aforementioned tour guide

[cedar smelt]

Sorry, I'm not following lol

Usually rooms are just doubles with two people inside

Which res college is she in

[still canyon]

yes but they're usually both females or both males right

[cedar smelt]

Yes correct

[still canyon]

my tour guide was an exception, she was in baker

[runic kindle]

So that and clubs/research like the only things? 😭

[nocturne gazelle]

I would lowk be lonely without a roommate but like I want one who plays smash bros 😭🥺

[cedar smelt]

Oh yea i have no clue abt opposite gender rooming. There is a coupel rooming across the hall at Jones lol

[still canyon]

what's the dating scene like
one thing im worried about is how fast news would spread 💔

[cedar smelt]

yes haha

[dry tide]

do ppl care that much ab drama in college

[cedar smelt]

Haha when you fill out the roommate form, it asks for alot of specifics

[cedar smelt]

Oh hell yea news spreads around quick

[runic kindle]

Well I hope there are fun and active engineering and general interest clubs on campus 😭😭

[cedar smelt]

I tried going for one girl in a res college, and all the kids in that res college knew

Super fucking stupid lol

[still canyon]

she didnt deserve you lebron

[cedar smelt]

Yeah ngl

[cedar smelt]

There sure are

[dry tide]

do u think texas is more or less lgbt friendly than where you were in cali

houston*

[still canyon]

less
i hate being gay

[cedar smelt]

Also depends who you go for, if thye havea lot of friends ur cooked itll spread fast

[still canyon]

oh it might be diff for an urban area ignore me

[cedar smelt]

Uh not sure, my community b ack in cali wasnt very lgbtq heavy

[dry tide]

do u live in a rural place rn

[still canyon]

pretty big city, but known for being very maga

[dry tide]

living in rural texas sounds brutal im so sorry

oh ok

[cedar smelt]

Yeah so i have a feeling im blaclisted from liking any girls in that res college now

[dry tide]

theres maga big cities in tx?

[cedar smelt]

Aren't all the big ciites in texas blue?

[still canyon]

not urban areas, but like a decently sized city
still suburban

[still canyon]

yes

[dry tide]

oh ok

[nocturne gazelle]

Nah bro you gotta double down hit em when they never expect it

[cedar smelt]

Yeah im good

[still canyon]

arlington-level

[cedar smelt]

I'm not looking now, girls here are toxic

[still canyon]

shit bro

[kindred egret]

frrr and i go to a boarding school

[cedar smelt]

I'm trying my luck back home in LA sorry

[still canyon]

abg central

nice

[cedar smelt]

Yep

Not abg centrla here

[dry tide]

5050 chance a city you've never heard of in tx is a DFW/Houston suburb

[dry tide]

actually?

[nocturne gazelle]

I mean looking at promotional material rice people in general look a lot better than other top/nerd schools 🤪😛

[cedar smelt]

The asian ones at least yeah kind of

[still canyon]

well the material is promotional

[cedar smelt]

LOL

[cedar smelt]

I disagree

[nocturne gazelle]

No lol they are not baiting you lmfao

[nocturne gazelle]

Damn so I i did get baited 😭

[still canyon]

you said "looking at promotional material"

[cedar smelt]

Yeah you all getting baited

Tbh though, I'm only looking at my grade

In my opinoin, the other classes are much better looking

[still canyon]

class of 29 isnt chopped

[cedar smelt]

no offense to class of 2029

🤣

[cedar smelt]

Um...

[still canyon]

class of 27 is soo goated though

[nocturne gazelle]

You should see case western dawg like legit not even looks they look kinda inbred ,😭🥺

[cedar smelt]

Does class of 30 got talent?

[still canyon]

we def got talent

[nocturne gazelle]

Wait till I pull up

[cedar smelt]

Haha

[still canyon]

fr man

maybe if i go to school in an urban area (fingers crossed houston) ill get back into the modeling game
actually thats never happening

[nocturne gazelle]

Wait I always had this question if you're gay do you still get same gender rooms 😭😭

[still canyon]

same-gender

[nocturne gazelle]

Modelling 😭

[cedar smelt]

I have no clue but yea probably

[still canyon]

its one l in american english

[cedar smelt]

They ask you on the roommate form how comfotable you are with rooming with a gay person

[nocturne gazelle]

Nah not the spelling I meant wtf

[still canyon]

ohh yeah i used to in middle school lmao

that cash does not come in fast though

[ember niche]

Isn’t rice like 1 off berk on ranks anyways

[olive ingot]

hi megafalcons

[olive ingot]

mhm

[ember niche]

hi!

[cedar smelt]

Something like that

[ember niche]

lol ok

[olive ingot]

would you like to become a rice simp as well

[still canyon]

memorizing the ranks is crazy bro

[ember niche]

I would like to get into rice

[still canyon]

put starting this trend on your resume

[ember niche]

Bro I js know my #1 & 2 lol

Rice n Berk

[olive ingot]

on niche rice is #10

and berke is #48

[ember niche]

O lol

Only ranking ik is usnews

Cuz it popped up first

[olive ingot]

yea i think usnews is the most commonly acepted one

but rice is #1

[still canyon]

reading my rice pdf again

why is this shit so corny

[dry tide]

they ask that? dang lol

[cedar smelt]

Yes

[nocturne gazelle]

Bro istg I was bout to pull it up and show my friend but when I saw the first sentence I shit the laptop 😭🥺

shut 😛

No way my autocorrect corrects shut to shit

[trail haven]

@cedar smelt this is like super specific but what time did they send the email with the decision release date😭

[dry tide]

does rice app have u put sexuality

[olive ingot]

real

[cedar smelt]

I forgot

I sent the screenshot here

Here

[cedar smelt]

I forgot lol

Pretty sure all colleges ask for your sexuality’s

[olive ingot]

so about 3 days before but at the end of the day

[still canyon]

yes

what if my AO is homophobic and slimes me

actually no i met her she's super sweet

[cedar smelt]

Yes

[olive ingot]

rice is going to the lookheed martin armed forces bowl 😝😝

[dry tide]

FR but i think its a good hook

[still canyon]

it's not a hook lmao

[dry tide]

oh its not? how come

[still canyon]

what is a 'hook' to you

one auxiliary reason is that anyone could just say they identify as anything on the common app and not mean it

[dry tide]

idk like qualities not every1 has like FGLI, native american, rural area with less opportunity etc

[dry tide]

oh thats true

[still canyon]

and why do you think colleges actively seek out people with these qualities

[dry tide]

diversity?

[still canyon]

like not to probe, im trying to help you understand why lgbtq+ isn't a hook

[still canyon]

so why do they look at URM's specifically? why not give other minorities a leg up, like asians?

[dry tide]

cuz ig they're not as under represented as say a native american?

[still canyon]

bingo
a URM is a racial/ethnic group historically underrepresented in higher ed. similar story with FGLI, etc

so in terms of lgbtq+, it doesn't necessarily fill a unique institutional need. you may have had your own unique struggles with such identity (which you can talk about as much as you want), but it doesnt constitute a hook in of itself

[dry tide]

havent they been historically underrepresented in higher ed though

[still canyon]

like i dont think being lgbtq has been an impediment to anything i have done in the past, but i cant say the same for racial or fgli status

[dry tide]

oh that is true ig, but id say its still a quality that helps differentiate u even a little bit

[still canyon]

you could make that argument, but colleges have their fair share of lgbtq+ students - not the same requirement as URM

[still canyon]

well they only ask it on the common app so when they release their school profile, they can say "#% of admitted students are lgbtq+"

doesnt make a difference in terms of admissions really

[dry tide]

oh ok

[compact saffron]

why does the chat blow up when im not here

[ember niche]

cuz we're jobless

[olive ingot]

and riceless (for now) :(

[ember niche]

hey i ate fried rice today

and normal rice lol

[still canyon]

i had chipotle = not riceless

[olive ingot]

i had takeout rice :D

[compact saffron]

me too tho lol, im even more unemployed then yall seeing im on a gap year

i didnt have rice today

[ember niche]

nah im lowk not doin anything for school rn

so basically the same thing

[compact saffron]

damnn i wish i was doing nothing in my senior year

[ember niche]

i have finals soon so no hw cuz im supposed to study for finals

but ill do that after I get rejected from rice

[olive ingot]

tell me why senior year is the busiest and most stressful 😭😭

[compact saffron]

ewww

my condolences and gl on ur finals

[compact saffron]

look on the bright side

maybe youll be deferred

ok im just joking

really hope everyone here gets an acceptance, its unlikely ik but i feel like this little chat is a very nice community

[ember niche]

hey i have like 24-48 hours before my first final

thats plenty of study time

[cedar smelt]

Senior year was so chill compared to college

[still canyon]

ooh nice what are you doing in your gap year?

[compact saffron]

true, my late night crams sustained me towards high school

[ember niche]

whos #2?

[compact saffron]

nothing

just kidding

[still canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[compact saffron]

im doing a lot of scattered things ig??

[still canyon]

@nocturne gazelle

[ember niche]

oh what

[compact saffron]

like self studying 2 aps, swimming, and taking care of some older family members

[ember niche]

since when did he changes his username

[compact saffron]

today

the chat blew up w/o us

[ember niche]

o

[still canyon]

oh theyre a dude?

[compact saffron]

its?? swara??

[ember niche]

oh shoot wrong person got mixed up with zazsteel

[still canyon]

men are not people to me /j

[ember niche]

idk y but they seem like the same person

[compact saffron]

valid

zazsteel is a guy tho??

[still canyon]

oh i wasnt saying they're a girl, i didnt want to assume what pronouns to refer to them by so i thought you knew 😭

wow look at me being a woker

[ember niche]

i remember looking at one of their roles

[still canyon]

idk if they're a guy but their pronouns are he/him

look at me being a woker again

[ember niche]

anyways

its almost christmas!

[still canyon]

excited

but it may be spent in a sense of dread

[ember niche]

no but christmas is afterwards

so its chill

[compact saffron]

nahhh, being woke most of the time is just trying to be as respectful as possible

[compact saffron]

omg yesss

what are some of ur traditions guys??

[still canyon]

oh yes
dread as in sadness

[olive ingot]

manifest accept 🙏🙏

[still canyon]

i usually bake cookies but we're going to hawaii !!

maybe i'll bake some there

[ember niche]

hawaii in winter is so nice lowk

i think i went once in like

7th grade

no

6th grade

7th was covid

[compact saffron]

hawaii for xmas??

yall are rich haha

[ember niche]

i made sure to not go anywhere this year

cuz im procrastinating my rd

but

usually i go skiing now

[still canyon]

i havent been on vacation in like fourteen years

this is very different

😭

[still canyon]

damn okay now thats rich

[ember niche]

hey its only like

4 hr drive

• like 1 season pass

its not that expensive

[still canyon]

season pass is wild

[cedar smelt]

Italy this summer for me

[ember niche]

• u can do it for multiple

[cedar smelt]

Winter

I mean

[ember niche]

breaks

[compact saffron]

skiing??

[ember niche]

yea

[still canyon]

do we think there's abgs in italy

[ember niche]

ive skiied for like

13 years now lol

wow

[still canyon]

yall are fancy

[compact saffron]

i think were in different tax brackets lol

[ember niche]

yea maybe

[still canyon]

frr
(this hawaii thing is a fluke)

[olive ingot]

i think theres italians

[still canyon]

my ex was italian

[ember niche]

i had better spawn rng i guess

[still canyon]

dont like em

[still canyon]

?????

??

???

what

[compact saffron]

haha, im also going to the beach but in my country

[olive ingot]

this is quite a generalization

😀

[ember niche]

.

[still canyon]

true, it's hyoerbole

[ember niche]

to this

[still canyon]

i made that connection

[ember niche]

okok

[still canyon]

better spawn rng is wild to say

wild

genuinely insane

[ember niche]

its fine

[compact saffron]

an advantage of being latin american is having the best beaches in the world at 5 hour drives

[ember niche]

imma be unemployed when i grow up so it cancels out

[compact saffron]

[still canyon]

ooh what country

[compact saffron]

ur going to rice dude

[still canyon]

that's not funny what the hell do you mean by that

[compact saffron]

honduras!!

[ember niche]

for cs

where the job market

is

not the greatest

and not getting that much better

im ngl

[compact saffron]

people think its dangerous but it depends where u are

[compact saffron]

oh

nvm

[ember niche]

like have u seen those posts where they have

1000 applications

1 acceptance

[compact saffron]

💀

[compact saffron]

tbf the job market in general is tough now

[still canyon]

i'd love to go to latin america i've never been
except puerto rico which was the aforementioned only other vacation

[ember niche]

yea but cs is like so oversaturated aswell

its like #1 most popular major

acutally idk

i might be lying on that

[still canyon]

it also has like a 9% unemployment rate

[still canyon]

its not

[ember niche]

hey if i can hit the 12% chance of rice ed i can hit the 9% chance of unemployment

[ember niche]

yea i was just making stuff up

[still canyon]

was the unemployment issue not the same thing you were saying earlier

[cedar smelt]

No

[ember niche]

maybe for my friend group sepcifically

[ember niche]

ok im confused i js yap alot what r we talking abt

[still canyon]

that thing you were saying about waiting until youre older to 'learn about the world'
make it sooner
its not 'fine' to say that 😭

[still canyon]

you were saying its going to be hard to get a job

[ember niche]

yea

[pine palm]

Omg

[ember niche]

its still gonna be hard tho

[still canyon]

do you not get that im also saying the same thing that you are

[ember niche]

oh

what

[still canyon]

dear god

[ember niche]

sometimes yk

[still canyon]

i said cs has a 9% acceptance rate
that's pretty high (??)

thats not a low unemployment rate if that's what you construed it as

[ember niche]

wait what

i thought that was low

ok

i understand it now

ok

[still canyon]

dear god

[ember niche]

cuz like

9%

[olive ingot]

hi d1 cornell manifester

[ember niche]

isnt that high

out of 100

[compact saffron]

truee, but if u make the right connections i think ull be alright

[ember niche]

its like only

[pine palm]

Dang

[still canyon]

do we understand how employment works

[ember niche]

9/100

[olive ingot]

ur three minutes early

[ember niche]

yes

[pine palm]

Bro the girl rejected me

[compact saffron]

and dont listen too much to whats online, many people love to fearmonger

[ember niche]

so if ur employed

[still canyon]

yes and... people need a job

[ember niche]

u have a job

[still canyon]

almost one out of ten grads not having a job is high

extremely high

[ember niche]

oh

i did not think abt it like that

[still canyon]

not to mention the underployment rate for CS is almost one in five

[ember niche]

i thought abt it like

[still canyon]

im scared

[still canyon]

this is also very true

[ember niche]

if im 9% off a perfect grade

like a 91%

[still canyon]

not to fear monger im just concerned for our percentage skills

[ember niche]

thats fine with me

like in school yk

[still canyon]

yes and your grade is not equal to someone's livelihood

they are not comparable whatsoever

[ember niche]

yea thats not what i meant

its like

[compact saffron]

really?? ive also been to puerto rico!! if u ever have a chance to visit defo come to honduras also!! theres an island called roatan with the most gorg beaches and most of the locals speak english lol

[ember niche]

i js dont rlly

[olive ingot]

:((((
but that means ur rejection has been used up. you cannot be rejected from cornell now

[ember niche]

think 9%'s

[still canyon]

this is amazing logic

[ember niche]

that high in my experiences so far

[olive ingot]

since every action has an equal opposite reaction

[compact saffron]

bit off topic but college admissions guys LOVEEE to do this

[ember niche]

law of averages?

[still canyon]

which you have reiterated is pretty minimal

[still canyon]

that sounds super cool!! maybe i'll practice my shitty spanish 😭

[pine palm]

NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY FOR USSS

[ember niche]

or gambler's fallacy

[olive ingot]

newton right

[cedar smelt]

Oof tough man. She doesn’t deserve you

[olive ingot]

lucky ahh

[ember niche]

no its a fallacy

in stats

[olive ingot]

ohhh

yea

[ember niche]

the correct one is law of large numbers

but i believe in law of averages

if u lose something ur due to win the next one

trust

[still canyon]

unemployment is way more serious than your 'experiences so far' - people's jobs are on the line. for reference, the national unemployment rate is 4% and that is considered pretty high. just because you think 9% off your grade is okay doesn't mean it's okay for 9% of people to literally not have a source of income (???) i do not understand what is difficult about this

[compact saffron]

wait what are u arguing about guys??

[still canyon]

esp ivyleague roadmap omg

[still canyon]

no not arguing dw 😭

[olive ingot]

day 4️⃣1️⃣ (😳) of manifesting for ice University to accept me

[ember niche]

its still like a v small % of ppl tho like in the grand scheme of things

[still canyon]

yesss we on the big four one

[still canyon]

it's not. it's literally not.

[ember niche]

but yea if ur considering each persons an actual important being

[compact saffron]

I KNOWWW, I HATE HOW HE POSTS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS ON HIS STORIES

[ember niche]

like big picture

but like yea its important to

[still canyon]

big picture, it's okay for you that one in ten people are jobless

[olive ingot]

the worst one is elise pham

[ember niche]

consider each individdual

[olive ingot]

elise pham pmo sm

[ember niche]

yea frfr

but i still cant skip them

[still canyon]

i hate elise pham's content but she's not that bad of a person
ivyleague roadmap on the other hand pisses me the fuck off

[ember niche]

they're like

for some reason

[pine palm]

Check insta

[ember niche]

i js wanna watch their ragebait

[olive ingot]

elise pham maed 2mil and is taking a gap semester to fearmonger among high school seniors

[ember niche]

yea i saw this

2m is insane

[still canyon]

good point
i dont watch any college content except for tineo, so i only know her from her common app essay which is really sad

[compact saffron]

she defo fearmongers, but what i consider most fishy about her is that she talks about struggling in school and then just getting better all of a sudden?? and worst is that she says like she uses x and y method to do that but like how did u figure that out girlypops

idk if im explaining myself

[ember niche]

like its better than like

40%

[pine palm]

Are yallg etting your deicions this week

[still canyon]

yes. and 99% is better than 100%?? put it into context not everything is a rote number

[ember niche]

idk man i js havnt thought abt it that much '

[ember niche]

hopefully

i think so

[still canyon]

even the great depression had an unemployment rate of half of this

[olive ingot]

tineo's one of the only good ones

[olive ingot]

i feel like she doesn't know how she got in either tbh

[cedar smelt]

There’s a rice student taking a gap sem as well who’s in that hacker house shit elise Pham is leading this sem

[ember niche]

yea so we r beating great depression!!!!

[still canyon]

that is genuinely concerning

[ember niche]

yippe

[compact saffron]

tineo inspires me lol, and i used to watch a lot of gohar and mahad but thats just bc i consider gohar to be really attractive LOLLLL

[still canyon]

LMFAOO MY FRIEND THINKS THAT TOO

i thought that about tineo but then i realize dude's gay as fuckk

[compact saffron]

HES GAY??

wasnt he married to a woman??

[still canyon]

tineo, yes.
gohar, no. but i also dont think i have a chance with gohar

[still canyon]

is this new tineo lore?

tineo's story is super inspiring though

[compact saffron]

i mean i THINK i saw him w/ a woman but i could be confusing him with another person

[compact saffron]

me either

[still canyon]

lowkey i think hes gay

[compact saffron]

hes HOT and he got into mit

[still canyon]

and my gaydar is immaculate

[compact saffron]

defo gives out those vibes

he could be bi tho

[still canyon]

you know who i think was hot
organic chemistry tutor
just from his voice 😭

[compact saffron]

also ur friend has TASTEEEE

[still canyon]

all the guys left @compact saffron what did we do

[compact saffron]

ME TOOOOO

idk

maybe they were like no homo

[still canyon]

they seem like the types

[olive ingot]

is he not

[still canyon]

i havent seen what he looks like

i'd love to be enlightened

[compact saffron]

not you microagressing

[compact saffron]

me too

[still canyon]

some people are just so ignorant 💔 not all of them here, just one 😭

[compact saffron]

i also used to think sal khan was hot from his voice but then i saw him

[still canyon]

he gives dad vibes

[ember niche]

im js catching strays 😭

its fine tho

[still canyon]

i also hate the AI shit he's doing with khan academy

[still canyon]

yeah i wonder why

[ember niche]

i just wanna yap w/o thinking 🙂

[compact saffron]

tbf its fine to be ignorant, no one is born knowing everything

[still canyon]

true

[compact saffron]

whats important is that ur willing to learn

[ember niche]

yep but im also a procrastinator

so

future me problem!!!

[compact saffron]

and admit when smth falls out of ur knowledge

[compact saffron]

ngl relatable

[still canyon]

some people are just really unwilling to do that

illiteracy epidemic

[compact saffron]

no wayyy

[cedar smelt]

[still canyon]

yeah but that's just partly me being a woker and refusing to use AI 💔

[compact saffron]

se me cayo un idolo like we say in spanish

[compact saffron]

dnt worry, i understand where ur coming from

[ember niche]

omg y do y'all spam this emote

ive actually never seen it b4

i joined this channel

[still canyon]

speaking of spanish i have an ap spanish literature test tomorrow maybe i should go lock in

that class is the best and the worst all at once

[ember niche]

same i have bio test but thats a 3 hour later me problem

[compact saffron]

i do think its important that we are willing to interact with ai tho, its already so present in everyday life....

[compact saffron]

heyy

[still canyon]

true, i js avoid it whenever i can

[compact saffron]

u can practice w/ me

my first language is spanish

[compact saffron]

i see ur very artsy so understandable haha

[still canyon]

have you read el burlador de sevilla y convidado de piedra

y don quijote

i love all these medieval books, but reading them in spanish is really hard

[compact saffron]

idk its really funny

[still canyon]

oh what does artsy mean 😭

[compact saffron]

THEY MAKE YOU READ MEDIEVAL BOOKS??

[still canyon]

like in this context i meant^^ im a little slow

[still canyon]

38 of them to be exact
all en espanol, no translations

some of them are shorter, like poems

[compact saffron]

like very creative??

but like

[still canyon]

ohhh i wish i was creative 😭

[compact saffron]

creative in ur work??

idk

[compact saffron]

💀

dayumm

they dont even make us read that much here

like

we hyperfocused on one or two books

the very last one was one hundred years of solitude

[still canyon]

well the thing i like about ap spanish literature is that everyone is pretty good at spanish and genuinely has a love for learning it + wants to be there
going into ap english lit (required class) on the other hand, is insane whiplash - like it's all ignorant CS kids (cough) who GPT everything and never read

[still canyon]

ooh thats a really good book

[cedar smelt]

[ember niche]

hey i read

i js dont read abt current events n stuff

[pine palm]

Bro lit everyone else is getting their ed results this week

Except for ME

[ember niche]

wait rlly?

im p sure theres other schools that week

u mich?

[pine palm]

But most school are this week

😭

[still canyon]

who said i was talking about you

[ember niche]

idk that cough

seemed a bit

[still canyon]

gl for cornell 😭 i hate not knowing when mine is coming

[pine palm]

Yours will prob be this week

[ember niche]

yep i believe

[still canyon]

saddening

[compact saffron]

that must be pretty cool!! i dont remember every having a class where the majority were truly passionate abt it

[ember niche]

hey if u rlly think abt it

[compact saffron]

yes!! and tbh most of what happens there i could see happening in some random town here in honduras

[ember niche]

i know like almost enough

just from my friends

n stuff

[still canyon]

i feel like when they are optional classes, it's a self-selection of kids who really do want to be there
this is our works list!! idk how many are known in latam countries, but i only knew a few before coming in 💔 https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-spanish-literature-and-culture/course/ap-spanish-literature-culture-reading-list

[still canyon]

what a great and unbiased source of news!! do you want a sticker?

[ember niche]

yea but y would i want unbiased news

its not like its for research

its js for fun

[still canyon]

are you ragebaiting

[ember niche]

like im aware its baised

[still canyon]

it's not for fun it genuinely impacts everything you do, consume, have happen to you, etc.

[open violet]

bc university staff deserve a holiday break too, bc we work during every other break

[ember niche]

hey

u dont have to know everything to js do basic day to day stuff

like i see how on certain topics of discussion

where more information would be ideal

but

its fine

90% of the time

[still canyon]

you have to be an informed citizen to do "basic day-to-day stuff." that's fact, not arguable. it's your choice whether you feel like you owe enough to the system, society, and world you live in to give in to this responsibility.

[compact saffron]

GUYSSS

calm down omg

[still canyon]

yes ma'am

🫡

[cedar smelt]

[ember niche]

67

[cedar smelt]

[still canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/rachyl-shortquake-sunsets-pov-2k-sunsets-healed-you-gif-16555700340190014263

[compact saffron]

@still canyon i understand where ur coming from but we cant expect everybody to care abt what we do. Like what u care abt is defo REALLY important stuff but i feel like a better way to get others to also care is by informing!!

[open violet]

the Rice Box is an old tradition carried over from the days when you had to mail in college applications on paper. as a part of your app, Rice also had you send in any physical item that you wished, as long as it fit into a certain sized box that was provided with the application. it was a unique way to show off your personality, unique hobbies, personal arts or crafts, or whatever else you wanted to send in.

IT HAS NEVER BEEN OR EVER WILL BE A FACTOR IN YOUR ADMISSION DECISION TO RICE; IT'S PURELY FOR FUN

[ember niche]

yay

thats good for me

🙂

[still canyon]

true - plus you can't inform those who don't want to be informed so the best we can do is offer

[compact saffron]

i feel like when our personal feelings get involved in conversations about issues like this it never leads to good things

[compact saffron]

wise words

[still canyon]

ok good i sent a picture of my labubu

[cedar smelt]

[still canyon]

does anyone want to see him he is named dr. anthony fauci

and please don't say you don't know who that is

[compact saffron]

auto admit

[still canyon]

if youre from the us that is*

[compact saffron]

[still canyon]

hooray

[ember niche]

& r the only emotes i see u using

r u grinding for discord wrapped 2026?

[compact saffron]

also on the ap spanish list you sent i defo recognize a lot of authors!! the only one ive actually read tho is lazarillo de tormes

[compact saffron]

let me beee i love this stupid sticker

[still canyon]

ooh we did lazarillo a few months ago. super entertaining 😭 i liked that it was easy to read too

[open violet]

i wouldn't bother. it's decision time now, so that resume would have to be earth-shattering in order to change things (if they even look at any new updates this late in the ED1 cycle)

[open violet]

why are you even considering this? you already applied. this would be redundant af. just send an email like a normal person

[still canyon]

unc do you think me formatting supreme court wrong on my resume was earth-shattering 💔

[ember niche]

wait is there a way to customize like the rxn stickers

[still canyon]

i didnt capitalize the c in court
whoops

[compact saffron]

what is rxn??

[ember niche]

cuz rn mines r 🔥 ❤️ 👍 n im too lazy to do anything else in reactions

reactions srry

[cedar smelt]

Lol i love kek

[open violet]

but schedule send exists, so... 👀 👀 👀

[compact saffron]

cool!! my class didnt like it but like they didnt like ANY book

[compact saffron]

ohhh reaction

i dont think so

[ember niche]

oh 🙁

cuz i read somewhere that its based on how often u use a specific reaction

but

im actually so lazy

so im stuck with this reaction pool

[open violet]

we got in bc we had the best academic record out of all the remaining teams lol; biggest nerds even in D1 sports

[compact saffron]

spam and maybeeee

[compact saffron]

the most rice thing ever lol

[ember niche]

wait

💀 is my 4th most used reaction according to discord wrapped

so maybe i just use it a bit more to bring it to top 3

[still canyon]

i can attest that spam works
i spam 🫃 allll the time

so it is always in my top 3

[ember niche]

wait i just did it like

twice

and now its here

yippe

now i know i can change my quick reactions!!!

[compact saffron]

ik which one imma spam

🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈

[open violet]

you get a good amount, if you can find the wheels to get where you need to. i wouldn't recommend a bike if you're going beyond the neighborhoods near Rice, bc this city is highkey unfriendly towards bikers and pedestrians #oiltown

[still canyon]

perioddd

actually it is in my top 5 for a hilarious reason

i used to put it as a reaction on the message of a homophobe who said we're all going to hell just to ragebait her 😭

[open violet]

on initial assignment for New Students, all colleges and floors are coed but the rooms and suites are not. once you're a second-year and up, you can request to room or be in a suite with someone of a different sex, as long as it has been discussed and approved by your college magister and RAs. bc the awkwardness of breaking up with someone you're living with is something the res system is meant to reduce

[compact saffron]

iconic

[open violet]

but Rice and Houston are both more lgbtq friendly than the rest of the state, imo and in my friends' XPs

[compact saffron]

urban areas tend to be like that

[still canyon]

yes it seemed really nice from when i visited!!! i live in a maga suburb though so it has not been fun

[open violet]

well, not at Rice. you gotta go to UH, UHD, or HCU for them

[cedar smelt]

Heh no wonder

[open violet]

STOP THAT SHIT RN

[tulip trout]

what makes rice good for pre-med other than TMC

because UH also gets access to the same pre-med ecs also

[open violet]

lol, knowing who works in that office, you should not worry at all

[still canyon]

you know what unc, i really do want to 💔

[olive ingot]

i think its like self selection yk

[open violet]

speak for yourself

[olive ingot]

if thats the term for it

[ember niche]

im jobless*

[open violet]

only if the A stands for Albanian or Austrian

[compact saffron]

what are abgs

[still canyon]

asian babygirls 😭

stereotype of east asian females

[cedar smelt]

in socal

la/oc

They are abundant

[ember niche]

allegedly irvine is the meta location

[open violet]

nah. they probably just thought you didn't put your final copy through spellcheck

[cedar smelt]

Yea it is

I live near irvine

[still canyon]

i lived in irvine

it was nice

[cedar smelt]

It is nice

[still canyon]

hated being the only SA though

[cedar smelt]

Oh yea for sure. It's heavily east asian dominant

[olive ingot]

wait i feel like the dmv has a bunch of wannabe abgs

[cedar smelt]

Yeah if you're not an abg from la/oc, you're a wannabe

[still canyon]

i didnt mind it, i grew up eating korean food at friends' houses and took mandarin it was fun

[cedar smelt]

[cedar smelt]

Oh yum

Korean food is gas

Love that shit

Def one of my favorites

[still canyon]

very hard to veganify so i havent had much

[cedar smelt]

Tofu soup?

I feel like that's probably the best dish a vegan can have

for korean food

[still canyon]

perhaps
the soup broths are always meat based though but ill check it out

[cedar smelt]

There are veggie options

My grandma always gets the veggie options

[open violet]

they still need to drive to the TMC. we can just cross the street and be there. smaller school also means more research and internship opportunities on a per-capita basis. smaller classes means profs actually know you and build good relationships that lead to strong rec letters. we also just have a better rate of matching to med school than our crosstown rivals

[cedar smelt]

She also eats seafood, so seafood tofu soup is an option as well

[unique loom]

i was pinged

[olive ingot]

hi

(i didn't ping u)

[ember niche]

it was about football

i think

[cedar smelt]

Probably Fort

[still canyon]

#1418457784172675182 message

[cedar smelt]

Yea

[lucid grove]

I see I see

Btw when are we gonna learn how to write emails

Why did I receive this in the a2inbox

I fr thought somebody sent me the decision date

[open violet]

it's bc latter gen z weren't taught how to properly write letters in school, so emails get sent like text messages

[still canyon]

are we latter gen Z 💔

that sucks

meanwhile i rethink everything down to the punctuation about every email i send

i have like five thousand different email signatures depending on who im emailing

[olive ingot]

we are the lattest

[olive ingot]

real

[lucid grove]

This year is worse than ever tbh

[ember niche]

wait rlly?

[lucid grove]

Like

[olive ingot]

no