À l'université

i am feeling quite overwhelmed at the moment with a ton of work piling up, and i'm starting to feel nervous about going to Istanbul, Turkey. I have thousands of stuffs running through my head now. I have no idea why. I need to do a to-do list to sort everything out. So, this will be quick, and very apt and relevant to all i'm worrying about. Part of the University/college life.

This was a blog entry at MIT, to remind us of the important things during your college years. These are some of the more interesting ones, in my opinion that is:

"50 Things"

1. Your friends will change a lot over the next four years. Let them.

2. Call someone you love back home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes.

8. Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn from you too - in fact, that's part of the reason they chose to be professors.

14. Embrace the differences between you and your classmates. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn from this person?" More of your education will come from this than from any classroom.

16. For those of you who have come to college in a long-distance relationship with someone from high school: despite what many will tell you, it can work. The key is to not let your relationship interfere with your college experience. If you don't want to date anyone else, that's totally fine! What's not fine, however, is missing out on a lot of defining experiences because you're on the phone with your boyfriend/girlfriend for three hours every day.

19. Don't be afraid of (or excited by) the co-ed bathrooms. The thrill is over in about 2 seconds.

25. Don't be afraid to fall in love. When it happens, don't take it for granted. Celebrate it, but don't let it define your college experience.

31. Don't always lead. It's good to follow sometimes.

35. Half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.

36. In ten years very few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in how hot you are before it's too late.

37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there. The MIT name on your resume won't mean much if that's the only thing on your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them.

49. Enjoy every second of the next four years. It is impossible to describe how quickly they pass.

Yup, and i am now in my 4th and last year. Feels like its been forever, yet it feels like it went by just like that...

3 years of my university life
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A year on exchange
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The universities i attend(ed) in my 4 years, or soon to be 4 years of college life. No prizes for guessing (:

bisous!


src: http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/workplay_balance_at_mit/50_things.shtml