RBO I have to post if I want to do NaBloPoMo
- I'm not sure if I want to commit to NaBloPoMo, but I would like to blog more, so I may as well post today just in case.
- My house had a halloween party last night, which I was dreading ahead of time, but turned out to be fun. And we had awesome costumes.
- After mopping every floor at least 3 times, the house is now cleaner than it's ever been.
- I'm taking a biostatistics class this semester, by which I mean, I'm working my way through a problem set late every Monday night. I should probably at least watch some of the lecture videos sometime.
- Given that I haven't been going to class, I can't really ask for a recommendation if I do decide to go into stats as a career, can I? Would the professor even notice I'm not there, though, when he's lecturing to a couple of hundred people?
- My mum came to visit in one of those gaps when I didn't post for a while. I was worried about worlds colliding beforehand, but it was fine. We had fun, even.
- Everyone who met her thinks she's the sweetest person ever, which she is. I'm still not going to tell her as much as she wants about my life.
- I need to start taking better care of myself again. I haven't been going to the gym or eating vegetables or sleeping enough or flossing for far too long.
- I have been taking an ice skating class, at least. I'm by far the worst in the class, because I had to join the intermediate class, instead of taking the beginner one for the fourth time. It's still fun.
- I just read this article about what start-ups are really like. I have always known that I would hate starting a company. I didn't realise that I would hate grad school for surprisingly similar reasons.
- I have a whole folder of links to things I've wanted to blog about.
- Here's another: Merlin Mann's video about procrastination (and some other stuff; it's long). You could just read the title slide: "We procrastinate when we've forgotten who we are." I have no idea who I am.
- It's getting close to the 2nd of November, so I guess I'll hit post.
posted by Lucy @ 11:01 PM
1
comments
1 Comments:
I'm married to a rec-letter writer, and I proof most of his letters, so I can give you some assvice on that bullet.
It isn't too late to do things that could get you a good letter, if the class is really so big that your non-attendance so far isn't noticeable. If you've been handing in all the homework so far and it shows decent effort, you've got the minimum requirements in place.
It would be good to show up and get your face seen, by asking a really good question or going up after lecture to ask a follow up (or stop by office hours). Those may not be your favorite things to do, I realize. Getting a good grade will get you a letter that doesn't say anything different than your transcript, really. But asking one or two really good questions gives the prof something to actually say in the letter.
Post a Comment
<< Home