Tagged: advice

The Major #1: English?

October 1, 2013 at 6:37 pm

Looming above many college students is the uncertainty of choosing a major. The Core does not have specific instructions on how to make this important decision… However, here we highlight some of the common opinions on the matter. Today’s topic is the English Major: In a thoughtful though rather biased article from The Chronicle Review we […]

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Alum Advice: Prescription # 3

September 18, 2013 at 10:00 am

We asked our Core Alumni what succinct advice they could offer to new Core students as strategies for success in CC101. Here are some highlights: Beware the man whose trireme or codpiece is more impressive than yours. ~ Jonah Blustain (Core 2007, CAS 2009) [of course referring to Prof. Samons’ infamous trireme lecture!] Speak your mind, and […]

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Alum Advice: Prescription #2

September 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

We asked our Core Alumni what succinct advice they could offer to new Core students as strategies for success. Here are some highlights: For sophomores, Don’t give up, the benefits of Core will continue on and on in all your future classes, regardless of major. You will be so well prepared to draw comparisons and reference […]

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Alumni Profiles: Martha Muñoz

September 17, 2013 at 10:00 am

(Core ’05, CAS ’07) Years at Boston University: 4 years Current location: Medford, MA  (but works in Cambridge) Company and Title:  “I’m currently a PhD candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard. I’m also affiliated with the Department of Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.” Recent activities: “I recently ran two legs […]

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Alum Advice: Prescription #1

September 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm

We asked our Core Alumni what succinct advice they could offer to new Core students as strategies for success in CC101. Here are some highlights: A wise man, Brian Jorgensen, once said, “Read the books, go to class.” I remember those words at my first CC101 lecture in Fall 1996. ~ Kim Santo (Core 1998, CAS/SED […]

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An Introduction to Self-Publishing

March 20, 2013 at 2:56 pm

The Guardian is offering extremely helpful advice on self-publishing. In brief: This comprehensive one-day course offers advice on all the finer points of self-publishing. From designing a cover to managing your costs (and projecting your profits), plus essential tips on how to promote your work in the press and social media, get inside knowledge from […]

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How to prosper in Core, part two

September 12, 2011 at 4:42 pm

More advice from Core alumni reaching out through the Core Facebook Wall and the EnCore online community to support first-year students in their first fall in Core. See the first batch here. Jennifer Formichelli, Core lecturer:: Read all the books in a quiet place in a nice chair with your cell phone and computer off. […]

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How to Prosper in Core: advice from alumni to the 1st-years

September 9, 2011 at 4:05 pm

This week, the Core asked Core alumni on Facebook whether they had advice for incoming students about how to succeed in the Core. Their advice — by turns sagacious, solemn, and uplifting — came in a veritable torrent of goodwill. Here is the first batch of responses, from the Core Facebook profile and the Wall […]

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