Harvard sure can be rough
So, I’m assuming I have retained some sort of occasional visitor-ship. Doing nothing can be beautiful sometimes.
I’ve written a bunch of stuff just for You! already.
I’m sure you have other burning questions that make sense for me to attempt to answer. (No asking me about the new “Core” or where laundry rooms are or when you’ll find out about rooming assignments or why you aren’t in Stoughton the best dorm ever.)
To give some perspective and context, I’m an economics concentrator, with a citation in Chinese. I’ve studied abroad in Shanghai. I’ve worked on the beloved Harvard College Tuesday Magazine (I’m biased). Survived and did a brief stint at The Crimson. Was involved in … maybe as many publications as I have fingers in some capacity. Blah. Blah blah.
I’m going into business after graduation. By determining prices, ensuring proper allocation of inventory or something else. I did e-recruiting for a brief sad stint as a sophomore, ignored it as a junior, and will ponder how the next few months will define my opportunities for the 2 years after graduation.
But you’re all just freshmen, so, you must have some questions I can give a shot at or pass along to my friends who span the range of Harvard student types.
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If you’re going to Prefrosh, GO TO OUTWIT that Sunday.
Freestyle rap, food, awesomeness. Showcasing some of Harvard’s alternative talent and the vividness of the extracurricular life on campus.
Congrats! Insert the obligatory wow, you made it through the crapshoot etc. etc. etc., now don’t choose Yale blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda.
Welcome to Surviving Harvard.
If you’re new, read through The Guides, where I’ve grouped all of my informational articles by category.
I’m a junior economics concentrator in Glorious and Fair Leverett House. I started up this community blog to better help others and myself deal with the ridiculousness that Harvard can toss at you.
Right now, the blog covers a comprehensive set of topics, ranging from the almost annoyingly pragmatic Most Commonly Overlooked Things When Choosing Classes to the somewhat more self-reflective The Negative Cult(ure) of Over-Committing. It also entreats you: Don’t Be THAT Boy or Girl: What Not To Do Amongst Other Smart People.
If you’re so inclined, more introductory-esque stuff, and if you want an answer to the “I CAN’T DECIDE!!” question…
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Hello everyone!
I hope you survived reading and finals period. I know I was driven a little crazy (in part due to blockles).
I just wanted to let you know that I’ll be studying abroad in Shanghai! Surprise!
I needed some time off from this crazy place and decided that, based on my lack of real desire to participate in this particularly blood-thirsty round of e-recruiting, I might as well explore a different country and finalize my language skills.
I’m about to ship out. I make no promises about posting (seriously, there should be enough stuff on this site already to help guide you through the second semester), but who knows? I could discover the meaning of life while staring down a chipmunk in the market.
And if you’re really bored, or whatever, go start a silly little Harvard blog of your own. And I’ll be more than happy to link you, generally. :)
I should be back to a semi, more normal posting schedule come June.
If your reading period is ridiculously easy, read this post. If not, avoid this post like the plague.
Here is my round up of the BEST (and most evil time-sucking) ways to procrastinate.
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Relax. Sleep for 12 hours a day. Become nocturnal. Get less than 10% of whatever you had planned actually done. Watch the achronological House marathon. Catch up on all two seasons of Chuck. Help the American /European /International economy.
Eat ginger bread cookies. Play in the snow? sand? foothills.
Ignore your post it notes.
Regular blog posts will be returning at the beginning of January.
I promise I’ll return with some crazy life / school / reading period hackery techniques.
I’m saying bu-bye to that design lab paper that I thought I’d have mostly written (thanks for taking my survey by the way), sooo that means you should too!
While I’m not the techiest of all, I’m astonished by how people treat their computers on campus. I hear horror stories of people dropping their computers, scarier stories of people sending their computers to get fixed, and sad stories of Justice papers getting lost.
If you aren’t sure what preemptive measures you should be taking with your computer, this post is for you. Read more…
Perhaps you know already, but tomorrow is the Harvard-Yale game. If you have tickets, please go and cheer on your respective team.
As you may have noticed, my posting frequency has sort of slacked off (thank you CS 50). But, expect major site changes in the next week or so.
Until then, enjoy watching the game from the stadium “Dedicated to the Joy of Manly Contest.”
Ah, Facebook. It encapsulates both the joy and despair of a college student’s existence. It can gobble up your soul while you’re composing that perfect wall post to your (maybe he / she likes me) crush.
I remember my prefrosh weekend. The weather sucked, and I was a sad prefrosh quad-ed in Cabot without other prefrosh roommates. The weekend was alright, nothing extraordinary. I was more tired of being rained upon than anything, but it was the freshmen concert that ended up clinching my decision. There was such vitality and a quality of pre-professionalism that I knew that Harvard was where I wanted to be.
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