uchicago, northwestern, rice, georgetown
starting out, the two "pathways" i envisioned were either: econ/math + cs -> finance/tech. or engineering.
for finance i'd imagine it's btwn uchicago, georgetown, and nu? and for engineering rice and nu?
i also have dartmouth, though i'm hesitating for financial reasons (if you really think i should go here, feel free to explain why)
lowkey forgot about them because they were so damn late but yay
last year i was disappointed by my admissions results and realized i wanted to transfer: it meant i couldn't really relax or focus on making good memories like most of my classmates.
i was fortunate enough to get into great schools this transfer cycle, and now? i can't bring myself to care about my current classes. i am chill for maybe the first time ever.
not that i'd slack off but i just got back my physics midterm from last week scored 88. and i went eh that's fine. (remembering the crashout i had in fall quarter over a 92.9 cause i didn't think my professor would curve lol).
it's kind of bittersweet and feels like i'm "catching up" with the core high school shenanigans i missed out on. this is a really wonderful "struggle" to have lol.
just learned that someone applied ted to a school, got in, but never intended to go to that school in the first place if they got other reaches. they got into multiple ivies so they very cheerfully said it wasn't their top choice and they aren't going. i assume they'll just lie about something.
i understand that admissions, especially for transfers, is arbitrary and you want any win you can get. but this just feels really unethical to me. it's unfair to the people who EDed and got rejected; to the people who applied to those ivies and other top schools without a guaranteed spot somewhere else.
also if you got rejected from your top schools this cycle and feel bad. i guess this can serve to say that admissions is not all-knowing and acceptances aren't a reflection of the quality of your character lmao
rejected brown, columbia, cornell, duke. only upenn and yale left (no interview there either lmao).
i thought brown was one of my strongest apps so this is making me real depressed. ik i'm not owed acceptance but damn man. i really did try my best, 3.9 in high school, 4.0 college gpa, 1590 sat, 5 leadership positions in school and internships and research and volunteering. for some reason not getting a waitlist is what makes it even sadder, like you didn't even want to consider me again
accepted. CAS
i'm a domestic transfer student, full pay that will start next fall. does anyone know if i would qualify for the free tuition in 2027 (assuming i apply for aid in my second year)? or is this locked to those who asked for financial aid first year?
can't believe i've been reduced to writing #blessed posts but after agonizing over my rejections and praying for future acceptances i thought it would be good to remind myself that i'm incredibly lucky that this is my Greatest Trial. there are people right now dealing with so much more and in my worst moments, i'm sure i would've scoffed at how i'm acting right now. i think we're pretty self-aware given we call it prestige whoring and all that but yeah bro (myself) it isn't that big a deal. pure definition of champagne problems.
obviously this won't last and i'll surely be acting like a madman next week but. trying to remind myself there are people who would kill for an education at all, let alone at the "top 25" schools in one of, if not the most, privileged country in the world.
listening to sufjan stevens ethel cain and radiohead and telling myself i'm over it oh im sure!!!
will allow myself to ferment in this feeling till midnight and then i'm locking in for brown and upenn
i know i know i should've expected it but i held out hope that for one of these schools i'd be the lucky winner.
waitlist dartmouth waitlist jhu.
rejected cornell duke harvard (lol).
columbia is a dream school i'm crying i don't think i could take another hit today man. so is stanford but the chances are so low
got rejected from harvard and it's not a surprise at all. and it doesn't hurt or anything but i can't help but think like. i know it's a lottery, but someone has to get in, right? can't it be me, for the insane schools left today?
for record my score sheet this cycle is nawt looking too hot. waitlisted dartmouth as well, double punch lol
oh brother....would've loved to start this terrifying day with good news but :( woke up at 8:40 rubbed my eyes checked my email got a fright, logged in. boom.
does anyone know about how many waitlists they give it? is there any chance at all lmfaoo
as if suffering through uci midterms wasn't punishment enough bro
oh 16 year old me...you had no idea they were about to play in your face
"there are elements of immaturity about me but not in the ways that matter. there’s still an unshakable certainty in my soul that everything will go just right, eventually. i express deep doubt that i’ll get into a good college, but a part of me still believes they will all welcome me, somehow recognize some spark in me: a part of me finds failure impossible."
i really thought this was a coming of age movie bro
tomorrow has so many decisions for dream schools bro. i got rejected from cornell and duke so i'm not very confident, but i'm praying praying praying praying
got in for CAS (computer & data science) for nyu, will do engineering at rice. do want to live/work in new york eventually. COA is similar.
i'm majoring in computer/data science (though i have a policy background i might like to explore as well). i eventually want to work in new york for sure, but i think rice has a stronger stem background overall. any and all thoughts are welcome!
this past year or so i've been so stressed about transfer that for about six months i exclusively lived on the audiobook of lotr; specifically, the parts where faramir is being beaten up by his father and when sam and frodo are literally crawling their way through hell.
my poor family hearing faramir get put on a pyre from about 7 am to 2 am every night...just replaying those parts too...bro needs some estel
