[luminous-studiess]

ive trying to consciously make studying enjoyable, but also rigorous and productive lately. started by downloading forest and tidying up my desk (a very good mix of art and law obvs). today is day one. hope everyone is staying safe.

[eintsein]

had a pretty great start to finals season today. spent most of the day programming but also

read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

drank at least 2 pots of Japanese green tea—it’s practically fuelling me through the final stretch of the semester

created a rough plan for my week

made some illustrations

started watching Voltron

[fivever-and-ever]

well if this ain’t me or what

[somerabbitholes]

"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open."

- Charles Baudelaire

Missing long walks in my city.

[scuhlly]

Rainy afternoons in courtyard corridors.

[galina]

Here’s a 2020 edition of that coffee post — it seems that no matter what I am still all about iced coffee (with oat milk) when I’m writing on hot summer days 

[curiousay]

it’s been a hella long time since i’ve posted here!!

college has been sooo busy it’s actually hard to keep up with my study since i joined so many campus activites hahah

however, this quarantine thing make me focus a lot more on my study and that’s a good thing!

i hope everyone stay safe!!

[crescentwords]

“we’ve all got both light and dark inside us. what matters is the part we choose to act on.” - sirius black

[fiercelittlestudyblr]

27.04.2020 I've been checking my emails for confirmations of application. All of my applications are through and waiting to be read. I'm trying not to stress about it by reading! Xx Emily

[caffe-santeustachio-deactivated]

it’s the little things we do for the people we love. it’s the way i always pretend not to notice whenever my boyfriend enters a room so that he can come up behind me and scare me like he always does (“boo” is his way of saying “hello”). it’s the way one of my friends always packs an extra tangerine in her lunchbox, despite her mother’s questioning about whether she really eats both of them, to give to our friend who never brings his own food. it’s the way my best friend doused her new car with air freshener because her boyfriend gets nauseous at the smell of a new car. it’s the way my lover leaves a trail of green paper hearts or pink paper cranes that always end up in my pocket. it’s the way our latin group always prints too many copies of the text before class because we know someone always needs one. it’s the way the ap lang students keep a locker full of red bull in the winter because someone always needs it, and the weather keeps it cold enough. it’s the way my table partner in ap calc always slides the textbook over to me when we use it in class because i never bring mine. it’s the way the upperclassman i share an incubator with occasionally disposes my old petri dishes for me and leaves fresh streak plates if he has the time. these little things show the biggest love, and i’m so grateful to be a giver, a receiver, and a witness of it.

[hristinasview]

My left hand is famous.

IG: hristinasview

[studybrickbybrick]

05・08・2019

So I’m finally back from my parents home and now trying to concentrate on writing my project but a) the weather is so cold today b) I’m feeling a little sick and sleepy, so I made myself a cup of cappuccino to warm up

[citrusrat]

7. after you’ve finished using your notes, like after the exam, what do you do with them?

in estonia we have exams only at the end of 9th grade, we have to write a thesis in 11th, and we have exams at the end of 12th grade.

after my 9th grade exam i recycled the papers.

[stillstudies]

things are starting to kick-in around here! it’s a little scary, and a lot overwhelming, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m finally starting to find my routine; and even though change is constantly a fear in my life, for once I’m craving it. it’s comforting knowing that I have the capacity to change. coming from the mindset I once lived in, these days seem more and more surreal as time passes on. sometimes it still feels like dreaming. but no- this is my life now.

now playing:

rawnald gregory erickson the second- strfkr

boys will be bugs- cavetown

[somerabbitholes]

10.01 / i've been listening to a lot of Icelandic artists lately, and i'm hooked

[studysmartbegreat]

The best Sunday in a long time🍂☕️

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

So I’ve been in the room for prospective PhD student interviews three of the last four years, once as a prospective student and twice as a member of the interview committee. Here are some random pro-tips for anybody about to go through that process:

Test your Skype. Or whatever other program you’re using for the video interview if it isn’t happening in person. Seriously. There’s nothing worse than losing half your time to technical problems. Also, consider using headphones so the committee isn’t listening to themselves echo through your room from your computer speakers. 

Re-read your writing sample/personal statement before the interview. They’re going to ask questions about both of those things. What I would really recommend is printing a hard copy and highlighting/taking notes in the margins so you have more to talk about regarding those documents when they inevitably ask. 

Be prepared to talk about other work you’ve done. They want to hear something they haven’t already heard in addition to more about stuff you’ve already submitted. Be ready to talk about what you’re currently working on, what you’re working on next, and where you think your interests might lead you during your doctoral study. 

Know why you’re a good fit for this department. It’s not enough to know why you want to go to grad school. You need to know why this particular program at this particular school with this particular faculty is right for you (and why you’re right for them).

Write down talking points and questions you have beforehand. Blanking on your research when asked a question eats up valuable time, and this may be one of the only opportunities you have to ask questions of faculty and current students that aren’t listed on the department website. It’s okay to say, “Let me think about that for a second,” and gather your thoughts before you decide how best to articulate an answer, but you don’t want to be reaching for the substance of it. Be ready to ask about anything important to your experience as a graduate student, whether it’s teaching opportunities or the possibility of interdisciplinary work. 

Treat it like an interview, not a casual conversation. Save the chummy stuff for when you’ve actually gotten to know these people. Approach the interview like a job interview, because that’s what it is. Cut back on slang and casual constructions like, “So I was like,” and “You know?” because it makes you sound like a teenager, and you want the committee thinking about your ideas, not whether you know how to be professional. 

Do not spend the entire interview playing with your hair, clothes, etc. It’s really distracting when an interviewee never stops moving, and the committee will end up remembering how you couldn’t stop touching your sweater and not what you were actually talking about. This seems minor, but it screams I’ve never done this before and I may not present well at conferences or other professional events. If you’re a nervous person or someone who tends to talk with a lot of gestures, do a mock interview with a friend so you can practice being still. Sit on your hands if you have to.

CLEAN YOUR GODDAMN ROOM. Look, admissions committees understand that a lot of students have limited living space and need to do their interviews in their bedroom or whatever. But for the sake of avoiding embarrassment and bad first impressions, take a test run and make sure your interviewers aren’t going to be distracted by piles of dirty clothes or empty packs of cigarettes or overflowing trash cans. Is that how you’re going to treat your communal office space if they make you an offer? Don’t make them wonder.

This stuff takes time and experience to learn, but the sooner you start paying attention to how you conduct yourself in a professional academic environment–even at a distance–the better your odds of getting a good offer are going to be. Don’t psych yourself out, practice if you need to, and give yourself the best chance you can.