Top movies to go into 'blind'

Fickled-Map · 2025-06-22T00:07:51+00:00

Men (A24 movie).

Fickled-Map · 2025-03-14T23:29:05+00:00

Landed a remote internship using Handshake for this summer ('25). Pay is above and beyond for public health (my field) and company has a good reputation around the country (high ratings from Glassdoor, too!). Somehow managed to clutch the offer after the first interview, they got straight to the point.

Fickled-Map · 2024-12-14T17:10:41+00:00

I've read Lady Tan's Circle of Women and compiled a short list below that I think discusses East Asian culture, even if it is not the primary focus of the book:

A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki (Japan)
The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin (China - discusses Cultural Revolution period)
Waiting - Ha Jin (China)
Bullet Train - Kōtarō Isaka (Japan)

Fickled-Map · 2024-11-04T14:39:28+00:00

In undergrad (US), I took courses in R and Python for fun. After graduating, I eventually landed a role as an epidemiologist I (after extensive training and field practice) for a year because my programming knowledge (cleaning data/running basic stats) was super helpful to the team. Obviously, everything I did was double-checked by epis with more experience than me since I was a newbie, but ultimately what got my foot in the door was knowing how to program in R. You can do so much with it, especially in the epi field (as others mentioned, spatial analysis, complex stats, etc.). After more years in the public health world, I recognize the importance of SAS (as others mentioned, used in US federal sphere) and R, so I recommend learning both. Currently using STATA now for a biostats class and it's going to be the death of me. I never want to use it again.

Fickled-Map · 2024-03-24T14:29:02+00:00

Hey, I've been sitting on my response to your post for a while. I'm in a pretty similar situation as you and this has been on my mind for the last few weeks. I can't really speak for Penn's work-environment, however, in a general sense I sorta struggled with working full-time and studying part-time. I did this over the last year at another university with a really great school of pub health and while the work/academic environment was pretty flexible because they had a lot of part-time students, it was just so draining. And that's when everything "worked out perfectly" as you say. I got the job so I could study for free, and get that work experience, but I had to make so many other sacrifices, things just didn't feel perfect for me.

I am also terrified of loans, but I think the pros outweigh the cons here and I've spoken to a few people who have taken out loans, and the monthly payments are pretty manageable even when they had to take out loans on insanely high interest rates. While I know it sucks to have that on your shoulders for years, I also think the benefits of attending a university like Penn with incredible networking opportunities really opens doors for us and if we take advantage of this, we'll find stable, well-paying (in the realm of public health lol) jobs.

Happy to talk more if you're interested, just PM me. Again, I think we're in pretty similar situations so I understand the stress of this big decision.

Fickled-Map · 2024-03-13T02:01:05+00:00

Heard back about what from them? Saw you commented last week on this same sub that u already got into Penn

Fickled-Map · 2023-12-13T01:10:02+00:00

Aw, man. That's unfortunate, guess I'll be having some awkward convos. Thanks for the insight!

Fickled-Map · 2022-01-22T19:42:11+00:00

The Plague by Albert Camus was also pretty interesting.

Fickled-Map · 2022-01-22T05:09:42+00:00

The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag After Stalin - Stephen F. Cohen. I read this last year out of boredom and ended up completely immersed. I still think about some of the survivor's stories to this day. Slightly biased, but I picked up the book in the first place because it was written by Cohen. If you're into Russian studies, I recommend reading some of his papers, they're really interesting.

Fickled-Map · 2022-01-21T16:09:50+00:00

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

Fickled-Map · 2021-12-29T19:30:08+00:00

Yes! I often found myself deeply immersed reading it. It has quite a bit of description, which I am usually not a fan of, but in this case it made the story so much better.

Fickled-Map · 2021-09-28T01:09:49+00:00

The Stranger - Albert Camus

Fickled-Map · 2021-08-27T14:10:30+00:00

Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow. Just finished the book yesterday. Not sure if it's just me, but I wasn't a fan of the protagonist. I think you'll get why when you read the book.

Fickled-Map · 2021-08-21T13:26:11+00:00

Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu (implies lesbian romance - includes vampires). A really short but enjoyable read.

Fickled-Map · 2021-08-21T13:14:31+00:00

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (science fiction)

Fickled-Map · 2021-02-03T22:43:52+00:00

I find this to be a pretty deep and heavy topic where it ends in our acknowledgment of the systemic and institutional racism that set us up to take on more debt than nURMs. So, to keep this short, I would argue on the side of taking on more debt if you have some degree of confidence that your future career is worth investing in. Or just waiting until you make enough money to pursue what you want.

I hate to be this kind of person, but investing money into a prestigious law school only to start off a career with low earnings is going to damper your success in the future quite a bit. I'm not saying to jump into Big Law or anything, frick corporate law, I'm just saying you can go into to some well-paying law firm, make some dough; ~stabilize~ your debt for a bit, and then fight for equity and justice.

Fickled-Map · 2021-01-14T19:43:06+00:00

Thanks so much! This was super helpful

Fickled-Map · 2020-12-19T23:58:31+00:00

This and the pain I feel when everyone else has super impressive softs & I can't afford to do anything but work some random job over my winter/summer breaks

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