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College career advice and other advice regarding decisions relating to undergraduate studies.

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Les­sons from Run­ning Stan­ford EA and SERI

kuhanj20 Aug 2021 14:51 UTC
256 points
26 comments23 min readEA link

Many Un­der­grads Should Take Light Courseloads

Mau25 Oct 2021 0:12 UTC
185 points
23 comments3 min readEA link

Why Un­der­grads Should Take His­tory Classes

ThomasW7 Nov 2021 14:25 UTC
44 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Take­aways on US Policy Ca­reers (Part 2): Ca­reer Advice

Mau8 Nov 2021 8:42 UTC
86 points
7 comments34 min readEA link

Whether you should do a PhD doesn’t de­pend much on timelines.

alex lawsen (previously alexrjl)22 Mar 2023 12:25 UTC
67 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] How valuable is it to at­tend a top global uni­ver­sity?

Transient Altruist28 Jul 2023 6:14 UTC
11 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

New Effec­tive Th­e­sis ser­vices and op­por­tu­ni­ties to get involved

DavidJanku15 Nov 2021 18:15 UTC
48 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] How much should I care about my un­der­grad grades?

translateto27 Oct 2021 9:31 UTC
6 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

UK Univer­sity Ad­mis­sions Sup­port Programme

Hannah Rowberry24 Apr 2022 6:56 UTC
81 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Is a biol­ogy bac­calau­re­ate a good start for an un­der­grad­u­ate look­ing to work on ar­tifi­cial pan­demic pre­ven­tion?

Eduardo26 Nov 2022 13:42 UTC
8 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Off Road: Pro­ce­du­ral Ex­ec­u­tive Func­tion, Part 1

Daystar Eld4 Jul 2022 18:50 UTC
29 points
0 comments13 min readEA link
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Com­mon Points of Ad­vice for Stu­dents and Early-Ca­reer Pro­fes­sion­als In­ter­ested in Global Catas­trophic Risk

SethBaum16 Nov 2021 20:51 UTC
60 points
5 comments15 min readEA link

How to ap­ply for a PhD

Abby Hoskin11 May 2022 19:18 UTC
75 points
7 comments8 min readEA link

How to: Choos­ing the right PhD supervisor

Effective Thesis29 Nov 2022 5:58 UTC
28 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Ad­vice for an Undergrad

ZacharyRudolph2 Jul 2019 16:36 UTC
9 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

In­ter­ested in EA/​longter­mist re­search ca­reers? Here are my top recom­mended resources

MichaelA26 Jun 2022 17:13 UTC
112 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What is the best un­der­grad­u­ate course for ar­tifi­cial pan­demic pre­ven­tion?

Eduardo19 Dec 2022 23:35 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] EA on Col­lege Ap­pli­ca­tions

DiracFan30 Aug 2023 9:30 UTC
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I finish my un­der­grad­u­ate de­gree in the US or the EU?

Mechaluke17 Jan 2024 22:08 UTC
1 point
1 comment1 min readEA link

Off Road: sup­port for EAs strug­gling at uni

Gavin21 Jan 2022 10:30 UTC
129 points
26 comments6 min readEA link

Is in­ter­est in al­ign­ment worth men­tion­ing for grad school ap­pli­ca­tions?

Franziska Fischer16 Oct 2022 4:50 UTC
5 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Devel­op­ers: The CV Blind Spot

Yonatan Cale4 Dec 2021 12:30 UTC
50 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

What is the best un­der­grad­u­ate de­gree for some­one who wants to do re­search in biorisk /​ ar­tifi­cial pan­demic pre­ven­tion?

Eduardo20 Dec 2022 23:01 UTC
17 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Best Eco­nomics Course for A Re­search In­tern­ship in In­ter­na­tional Eco­nomics?

Jeff A12 Sep 2022 2:12 UTC
7 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Col­lege Selec­tion Ad­vice for Tech­ni­cal Alignment

TempCollegeAsk16 Dec 2022 14:53 UTC
20 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Best Courses for an Un­der­grad­u­ate Eco­nomics Ma­jor to Get a Job as an Un­der­grad Re­search As­sis­tant?

Jeff A13 Nov 2022 18:16 UTC
10 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Maths vs Eco­nomics de­gree?

Transient Altruist16 Dec 2022 23:28 UTC
2 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

Should you do an eco­nomics PhD (or mas­ter’s)?

david_reinstein19 Apr 2022 20:04 UTC
62 points
15 comments17 min readEA link

Off Road: In­ter­views with EA Col­lege Dropouts

Daystar Eld5 Apr 2022 2:53 UTC
31 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] Would it be bet­ter to start a biotech­nol­ogy grad­u­a­tion next year or to start a biolog­i­cal sci­ences one now?

Eduardo28 Jan 2023 21:48 UTC
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

Does most of your im­pact come from what you do soon?

Joshc21 Feb 2023 5:12 UTC
38 points
1 comment5 min readEA link

What’s sur­prised me as an en­try-level gen­er­al­ist at Open Phil & my recom­men­da­tions to early ca­reer professionals

Sam Anschell30 Mar 2023 21:48 UTC
99 points
4 comments12 min readEA link

[Question] Is it ac­cu­rate to say that study­ing MORSE would be bet­ter than Maths+Stats for hav­ing an im­pact­ful ca­reer? (as­sum­ing equal in­ter­est and abil­ity)

Transient Altruist7 Apr 2023 20:20 UTC
3 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Cause ar­eas di­rectly re­lated to com­puter sci­ence be­sides AI risks?

jackchang1106 Apr 2023 23:07 UTC
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Is biol­ogy ma­jor a suit­able choice for EAs?

jackchang1107 Apr 2023 17:29 UTC
15 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Ask­ing for im­por­tant col­lege ma­jor ad­vices- should I study medicine?

jackchang11017 Apr 2023 17:07 UTC
18 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Rank best uni­ver­si­ties for AI Saftey

Parker_Whitfill6 May 2023 13:20 UTC
7 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I go to college

metachirality25 Feb 2024 19:16 UTC
3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link