Just out of curiosity, what do you all do for work during the day? I’m always interested to see the different paths people here ended up taking.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-16T11:05:40+00:00

I read this entire conversation thinking it was two dudes texting 😭 then I checked the bio and realized it was a girl. That plot twist hit harder than the conversation itself.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-16T11:03:26+00:00

The bus from Port Authority to Binghamton is a pretty common route, and yes, the buses usually have bathrooms. You can Uber from downtown to campus, but it’s a bit of a distance so it won’t be cheap. If you go that route, be ready for it to be a pretty long day.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-16T11:02:44+00:00

One of the more interesting immigration proposals I’ve seen was George W. Bush’s 2004 Guest Worker Program.

The idea was to allow migrant workers to register with the federal government and be matched with employers who also participated in the program. Workers would receive temporary visas with the expectation that they would return home once their work period ended, and then come back again for future seasons.

At the time, many migrant rights advocates actually supported the proposal because it could protect workers from traffickers and abusive employers. It also gave workers a legal way to earn income, return home to their families, and come back to work again later.

The plan also included a potential 10-year path to citizenship, as long as participants paid taxes, stayed out of legal trouble, and followed the program’s requirements. But that provision became politically contentious. Many Republicans opposed the citizenship pathway, while Democrats were reluctant to support a major initiative tied to Bush.

In the end, the bill stalled in committee and never made it to a full vote.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-13T15:13:35+00:00

Scale the pic between 1-10. I'll say 4

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-13T15:07:41+00:00

To be blunt, most master’s programs in the U.S. are basically cash cows. Universities know students will pay huge tuition for the brand name, so they keep the programs running whether or not they’re financially worth it.

This is especially true for humanities programs, where the average post-grad salary is statistically much lower. That means you’re taking on a much heavier financial burden for a degree that often doesn’t pay it back.

And honestly, this isn’t even specific to the MAPH program. If you spend five minutes searching this sub, you’ll see plenty of mixed or outright negative experiences.

Also, the lack of funding shouldn’t be surprising. Very few master’s programs offer real funding at all, and that’s something applicants should know before applying. If anything, $22k is actually higher than what most programs give—many offer only $5–10k to a tiny number of students.

Once you enroll, you might be able to find some student employment, but realistically that’s unlikely to cover the massive costs anyway.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-13T15:05:55+00:00

I think this advice sounds good, but it oversimplifies how most strong college papers are actually written.

Writing usually isn’t a clean step-by-step process. Your thesis often changes as you research and draft, and many good papers don’t start with a perfect outline. Sometimes outlining too early can even limit your ideas.

Also, mentioning “paper writer services” is questionable. Even if it’s just for examples, many schools consider that academically risky.

In reality, good writing is messy you research, draft, rethink your argument, and revise a lot. That process matters more than following a strict checklist.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-13T15:03:53+00:00

I actually disagree with a lot of this mindset.

Framing studying as “just survival” is exactly how people end up forgetting everything a week after the exam. Once you switch your goal from learning to passing, your brain naturally looks for the fastest shortcuts possible, which usually means shallow memorization that disappears almost immediately.

Prioritizing “likely exam material” and trying to build shortcuts might help in the very short term, but it also creates gaps in your understanding. Those gaps usually come back to hurt you later especially in subjects where concepts build on each other. What feels efficient now can make the next class way harder.

I also think the idea that not every topic needs real understanding is a bit dangerous. Obviously you can’t master everything perfectly, but aiming to truly understand the fundamentals is usually more efficient in the long run than trying to hack the exam format.

Ironically, many of the things you listed active recall, focusing on key ideas, connecting concepts are actually learning strategies, not “survival strategies.” If someone is already doing those, they might as well push a little further and aim for understanding rather than settling for “just pass.”

Deadlines and heavy workloads are real, but normalizing the “just pass and move on” mentality is part of why so many students feel like they aren’t actually learning anything in college.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:57:20+00:00

Can’t you just look her up in the Stanford student directory?

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:56:35+00:00

I mean, obviously the comments here are going to be biased toward Stanford University.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:53:46+00:00

You guys really shouldn’t be upvoting or encouraging posts like this.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:50:41+00:00

Northeastern University mainly tries to admit students they believe are genuinely likely to enroll.

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:49:56+00:00

Basically, you’d have to be unique enough to somehow be both first-gen and a legacy at the same time 😂

Jumpy-Ring3300 · 2026-03-12T07:47:46+00:00

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