http://survivingharvard.com what Harvard taught me, what it can teach you Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:21:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Coming back from Thanksgiving break can be a bit of a shocker. Turkey break is a wonderful time to chill out, eat food, ignore homework etc. etc., but getting back onto campus can be painful especially if you're facing a mountain of work. Somehow, this is one of the few ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/12/01/harvard-is-great-when-youre-not-stressed-out/ 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 ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/11/21/the-harvard-yale-game/ Sometimes you just aren't interested in tri-colored rotini or chicken. Other times you just need a break from dining hall food, but don't want to fork over the cash for grub. Fortunately, college students -- including Harvard ones -- are very easy to persuade with the promise of free food. If ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/11/16/free-non-dining-hall-food-how-to-get-it/ My Economics professor made an interesting analogy last week, comparing time commitments to "time debt." Harvard students have a tendency to "promise" time to other parties that will be collected at a future point in time in exchange for things like grades, money, fun, etc. Unfortunately, we too suffer from time ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/11/06/time-debt-and-harvards-addiction-to-over-commitment/ What Harvard students do on election night...watch the elections, duh. http://survivingharvard.com/2008/11/05/election-night/ If you've just gotten your midterms back, perhaps you're not too happy with your performance on some of them. Many people at Harvard are in fact disappointed with at least one midterm grade (or two). Sometimes, the midterms just don't test what you thought you should know. Other times, you ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/11/03/surviving-the-post-midterm-blues/ Of particular relevance is how to survive midterms. Those nasty things that generally happen 2-3 times a semester, despite their name-sake. Whether you've survived? your first set or are anticipating midterms next week, this post is relevant for you. Midterms generally count from 20-40% of your grades in whole, and while ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/10/30/surviving-midterms/ My apologies for the silence these past two weeks, that's what being sick for the better part of a month is like. I always get really really sick for a ridiculously long time each semester.  Granted, it usually ends up being the end of the semester when my body is about ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/10/19/keeping-healthy-at-harvard/ I remember I would get side whacked by this interview question, "So why did you choose Harvard?" By golly, why did I choose Harvard? I'd fumble and talk about something or other involving academics, nothing particularly compelling. As I've gotten older and perhaps slightly wiser, I realized what they were really ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/10/05/your-personal-story-why-you-need-it-how-you-write-it/ Underclassmen have a tendency to bounce from one extracurricular to another (I was one of these). At the beginning of each term, they'll slurp up a few more activities, test-try a few more clubs, take a stab at some pre-professional organization. As a junior (sigh) now, I've realized that it's incredibly ... http://survivingharvard.com/2008/10/01/the-world-outside-of-extracurricular-activities/