Welcome to the community! And congratulations on your achievements so far!
It could be worth learning study skills so that you can do better in your degree and/or get your coursework done in less time, freeing up your time to learn other things, explore EA, or just have fun.
I was surprised when coming to university how much people study skills differed, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that you can free up weeks (months?) of your time and save yourself a lot of stress through good study skills.
Beyond this, university is a great time to try new things, try out new lifestyles and habits, and do self improvement. Going through the things in this list would get you off to a flying start, I reckon https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-to-be-successful/ I’d also just recommend trying out new societies and clubs that are available at your university, in case you find something interesting and useful or fun.
Thank you for the warm welcome and the advice—I just made an account on Coursera’s website and am enrolled in the course you recommended. (On the presumption that the certificate isn’t worth the ink I’d have to print it with, I opted not to pay for the course—if I exist mortal error plz do tell.)
I’ve already read what 80,000 Hours had to say about being successful—applying it, now that will be the truer test.
Welcome to the community! And congratulations on your achievements so far!
It could be worth learning study skills so that you can do better in your degree and/or get your coursework done in less time, freeing up your time to learn other things, explore EA, or just have fun.
I was surprised when coming to university how much people study skills differed, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that you can free up weeks (months?) of your time and save yourself a lot of stress through good study skills.
I’d recommend the cousera course called learning how to learn. https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
Beyond this, university is a great time to try new things, try out new lifestyles and habits, and do self improvement. Going through the things in this list would get you off to a flying start, I reckon https://80000hours.org/career-guide/how-to-be-successful/ I’d also just recommend trying out new societies and clubs that are available at your university, in case you find something interesting and useful or fun.
Thank you for the warm welcome and the advice—I just made an account on Coursera’s website and am enrolled in the course you recommended. (On the presumption that the certificate isn’t worth the ink I’d have to print it with, I opted not to pay for the course—if I exist mortal error plz do tell.)
I’ve already read what 80,000 Hours had to say about being successful—applying it, now that will be the truer test.