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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

kuhanjAug 20, 2021, 2:51 PM
267 points
26 comments23 min readEA link

Many Un­der­grads Should Take Light Courseloads

MauOct 25, 2021, 12:12 AM
185 points
23 comments3 min readEA link

Why Un­der­grads Should Take His­tory Classes

TW123Nov 7, 2021, 2:25 PM
44 points
12 comments3 min readEA link

Ca­reer Ad­vice For Col­lege Stu­dents (And Other Peo­ple, I Guess)

Lauren GilbertOct 29, 2024, 6:15 PM
26 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(laurenpolicy.substack.com)

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

MauNov 8, 2021, 8:42 AM
86 points
7 comments34 min readEA link

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

EduardoDec 19, 2022, 11:35 PM
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

New Effec­tive Th­e­sis ser­vices and op­por­tu­ni­ties to get involved

DavidJankuNov 15, 2021, 6:15 PM
48 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

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

translatetoOct 27, 2021, 9:31 AM
6 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

UK Univer­sity Ad­mis­sions Sup­port Programme

Hannah RowberryApr 24, 2022, 6:56 AM
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?

EduardoNov 26, 2022, 1:42 PM
8 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

Com­mon Points of Ad­vice for Stu­dents and Early-Ca­reer Pro­fes­sion­als In­ter­ested in Global Catas­trophic Risk

SethBaumNov 16, 2021, 8:51 PM
60 points
5 comments15 min readEA link

Off Road: Pro­ce­du­ral Ex­ec­u­tive Func­tion, Part 1

Daystar EldJul 4, 2022, 6:50 PM
29 points
0 comments13 min readEA link
(daystareld.com)

How to: Choos­ing the right PhD supervisor

Effective ThesisNov 29, 2022, 5:58 AM
28 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Ad­vice for an Undergrad

ZacharyRudolphJul 2, 2019, 4:36 PM
9 points
11 comments2 min readEA link

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

MichaelA🔸Jun 26, 2022, 5:13 PM
112 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] EA on Col­lege Ap­pli­ca­tions

DiracFanAug 30, 2023, 9:30 AM
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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

alex lawsenMar 22, 2023, 12:25 PM
67 points
7 comments4 min readEA link

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

Transient AltruistJul 28, 2023, 6:14 AM
11 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

Off Road: In­ter­views with EA Col­lege Dropouts

Daystar EldApr 5, 2022, 2:53 AM
31 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

Off Road: sup­port for EAs strug­gling at uni

technicalitiesJan 21, 2022, 10:30 AM
129 points
26 comments7 min readEA link

Is in­ter­est in al­ign­ment worth men­tion­ing for grad school ap­pli­ca­tions?

Franziska FischerOct 16, 2022, 4:50 AM
5 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Devel­op­ers: The CV Blind Spot

Yonatan CaleDec 4, 2021, 12:30 PM
51 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

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

EduardoDec 20, 2022, 11:01 PM
17 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

Best Eco­nomics Course for A Re­search In­tern­ship in In­ter­na­tional Eco­nomics?

Jeff ASep 12, 2022, 2:12 AM
7 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Col­lege Selec­tion Ad­vice for Tech­ni­cal Alignment

TempCollegeAskDec 16, 2022, 2:53 PM
20 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

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

Jeff ANov 13, 2022, 6:16 PM
10 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Maths vs Eco­nomics de­gree?

Transient AltruistDec 16, 2022, 11:28 PM
2 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

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

david_reinsteinApr 19, 2022, 8:04 PM
62 points
15 comments17 min readEA link

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

EduardoJan 28, 2023, 9:48 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

JoshcFeb 21, 2023, 5:12 AM
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 AnschellMar 30, 2023, 9:48 PM
101 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 AltruistApr 7, 2023, 8:20 PM
3 points
8 comments1 min readEA link

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

jackchang110Apr 6, 2023, 11:07 PM
2 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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

jackchang110Apr 7, 2023, 5:29 PM
15 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

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

jackchang110Apr 17, 2023, 5:07 PM
18 points
6 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Rank best uni­ver­si­ties for AI Saftey

Parker_WhitfillMay 6, 2023, 1:20 PM
8 points
4 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Should I go to college

metachiralityFeb 25, 2024, 7:16 PM
3 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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

MechalukeJan 17, 2024, 10:08 PM
1 point
1 comment1 min readEA link