Top things I did in college, ranked by ex-post usefulness:
1. Revive an effective altruism student group
2. Start a blog
3. Intern at GiveWell
4. Build a course catalog website
5. Contra dance a lot
6. Fail abjectly at starting a startup
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I wish I understood why this is so hard to explain to current undergrads. I have made many attempts with little success.
I remember being an undergrad and being told to spend less time on classes. I ignored that advice for >2 years and I'm still not sure why?
My best explanation is that "take as many hard classes as possible" was a significant status marker when I was in college, and that this was just blind status seeking. Of course that begs the question...
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I'm not that surprised by this, coursework is a super entrenched default + what everyone around you does. Takes a lot of conviction to swim against that current
(Also most people find it hard to follow most good advice, that's why it's "advice" and not "what everyone does" 😛)
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