Advice to a Beginning Graduate Student (2001)
cs.cmu.edu23 points by nicoraga an hour ago
23 points by nicoraga an hour ago
>Consider writing what you read as you read it.
i would add a clarification for today's students: by hand.
typing doesn't appear to have the same power, at least for myself and my students that ive talked to about it.
I don't know, it really depends on the person. Writing things out by hand doesn't help me, and I don't see any difference at all between handwriting and typing
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I remember reading this as an undergraduate student already enrolled in LSE. My God how the times have changed.
The key is to make the most of the opportunity and don't take poor treatment as the norm. It is always unacceptable. Plus at some point you will potentially be the world's most knowledgeable person on your very niche area, appreciate that and run with it.