Finally, a blog entry from me... I have been so busy in school the past month that I simply don't have the time or the motivation to blog. Now that the school semester is over, I will devote more of my time to blog.
Reflecting back on the past semester, it has been a roller-coaster ride. It has been my toughest semester yet. Yep, 3-4 hours of sleep during the week is typical. I never had all-nighters back when I was an undergrad; but last semester I had 3 all-nighters. I still feeling very drained from all the hard work from the last semester but it sure feels good that the burden has been lifted from my shoulders. The feeling of not rushing from one thing to another is a huge relief for my sanity. For the first time this year, last weekend was spent not catching up on things but relaxing without guilt and remorse for not studying and doing homework. Despite the insane workload and schedule, I actually enjoyed the experience as all the courses that I took are the electives that I am really interested. I gained a lot of valuable insights, knowledge, and skills that will be mostly helpful in my career in the future.
So the scorecard now reads: 4 semesters down and 2 more to go. To date, I have taken more than enough classes to graduate. All I have to do now in order to graduate by the end of the year is to produce 1 thesis in the summer and to take 2 courses for TPP in the fall. I might pick up 1 or 2 additional classes in soft skills like negotiation, communication, or even a foreign language this fall to complement the hard, analytical subjects that I have taken so far.
In the last 7 years I have devoted too much of my time pursuing higher-learning and building credentials. It is time to start applying the skills and knowledge that I have acquired in the real world. Therefore, I have decided that won't be going back to school as a student anymore. Appropriately, it is time to relax a little and enjoy my last 6 months as a student (ever) at MIT.
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