I have a few more Ivies to apply RD to. Princeton and GT are kinda tied for me right now, So I don’t believe I’ll commit until like mid-March/Aprilish.
Just trying to take my mind off tomorrow… @-)
What did you guys put for your favorites and stuff? Kinda cool to see what other people’s interests are outside of the insanity that is stressing over college
@refn100 Same… I need to distract myself from decisions haha
Here’s what I put for my favorites:
Your favorite book and its author: 1984 by George Orwell
Your favorite movie: Farewell My Concubine
Your favorite website: New York Times
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: persistent, considerate
Your favorite recording: “Boku Ga Shinou To Omottanowa” by Mika Nakashima
Your favorite keepsake or memento: a stuffed duck toy that I’ve had since I was three
Your favorite source of inspiration: Fei-Fei Li
Your favorite word: perspective
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title:
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – George Orwell in 1984
I put Dark Knight as fav movie, we are going to be friends for fav song, reluctant fundamentalist for fav book, fav quote was from dan brown about like brains and life and stuff, fav memory thingy was a flag from the world cup when i was in my home country, two adjectives were spirited and fearless (except for horror movies and anything paranormal lol), and i can’t think of the others rn
yalls facts are so interesting; mine are super generic lmao
Your favorite book and its author: Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter, by Adeline Yen-Mah
Your favorite website: Sporcle
Your favorite recording: Sibelius Symphony No. 2, played by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America’s 2018 orchestra.
Your favorite source of inspiration: Progress - achieving small goals inspires me, for it builds my momentum for life’s bigger hurdles
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title: “Was he an animal that music so seized him? For him it was as if the way to the unknown nourishment he craved was revealing itself to him.” - The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka
Your favorite movie: Les Choristes
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: Meticulous, Reliable
Your favorite keepsake or memento: A Japanese wooden doll passed down from my grandfather
Your favorite word: Mellifluous
Your favorite book and its author: The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Your favorite movie: Dark Knight
Your favorite website: Reddit
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: enterprising, unorthodox
Your favorite recording: Blond by Frank Ocean
Your favorite keepsake or memento: “Team Hedda” bracelet from a friend who passed away
Your favorite source of inspiration: my two sisters
Your favorite word: indubitably
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title: “It’s the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.” The Alchemist
Have you all been getting this when you go on the applicant portal?
“Error 404–Not Found”
I dont remember all of mine but here’s what I do remember:
Your favorite book and its author: One of the Harry Potter books (either 3 or 7 probably)
Your favorite movie: Inception
Your favorite website: NYT
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: funny, dependable
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title: “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” —Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Commenting on this thread for the first time after creeping for weeks. It’s crazy to see how the posts on here have grown almost exponentially as we reach the date. Good luck to everyone tomorrow. I’m a lost cause, but I know the rest of y’all will be alright. 
Your favorite book and its author: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Your favorite movie: Inglourious Basterds
Your favorite website: https://www.feedly.com
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: Resilient and Dedicated
Your favorite recording: Aung San Suu Kyi’s “Freedom from Fear” Speech
Your favorite keepsake or memento: A metal coin from the opening act of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead from the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
Your favorite source of inspiration: Choreographing Dance
Your favorite word: Hornswoggle
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title:
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.”
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
I literally spent hours deciding on the two adjectives. Worst question.
GUYS mine used to have an error but now it just shows the normal status screen omg???!?!?!?!?!?!?
does this mean they put in my decision?! OH MY GOSH
Mine’s always been the normal status screen…are u guys using the same link each time??
@game7214 yeah i did and it used to be an error and now its normal
You’re probably right about the decision thing then! I haven’t been checking my application portal, so I wouldn’t have noticed a change
Good luck to everyone tomorrow! Praying for everyone on this thread, but I don’t think I need to. It’s been such a journey throughout this whole process, and I am glad to be among those who took a chance by applying. Hard work will always pay off, and from what I’ve seen on this thread literally everyone is awesome and is going to do big things in the future.
Also my favorites:
Your favorite book and its author: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Your favorite movie: Ocean’s Eleven
Your favorite website: Netflix
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: Humorous, Compassionate
Your favorite recording: 1st Birthday (I thought they meant a recording I owned)
Your favorite keepsake or memento: Grandmother’s Lucky Ring
Your favorite source of inspiration: Listening to music
Your favorite word: Ephemeral
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title:
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” - Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
@game7214 Wait, if decisions are in, then can anyone get into the admitted site? They should update it right.
@iiRoMii wait what link did u use mine still says inactive rip
Your favorite book and its author:
Book: A Brief History of Time Author: Stephen Hawking (I’m a nerd. I may have spent all of the last summer researching physics and space)
Your favorite movie: The Imitation Game
Your favorite website: Chief Delphi https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/portal.php (shhhhh I’m a robo kid)
Two adjectives your friends would use to describe you: Curious & Ambitious
Your favorite recording: A video I took of the solar eclipse in 2017 (I had no idea what to do for this one)
Your favorite keepsake or memento: A necklace my Grandfather gave me
Your favorite source of inspiration: My Grandfather, who even if he does not have the answer at first, will find the answer to help you
Your favorite word: Diverse
Your favorite line from a movie or book and its title:
Quote: “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”. Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets