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I had the privilege to meet 40 youth who have committed to study at highly selective universities worldwide in a meeting with Alisher Sadullaev.
Networking was the priority. Though I knew almost everyone, I was glad to discuss recent news and plans for the future.
Most importantly, I have pitched the idea of my new initiative to Alisher Sadullaev and thankfully received his approval to collaborate along with positive feedback that truly made me happy and enlightened.
Lasting for about 3 hours, the meeting was full of insights, and I can't wait to meet and work with all these incredible talents in the years to come.
@Jamshidbek_Izzatulloh
Networking was the priority. Though I knew almost everyone, I was glad to discuss recent news and plans for the future.
Most importantly, I have pitched the idea of my new initiative to Alisher Sadullaev and thankfully received his approval to collaborate along with positive feedback that truly made me happy and enlightened.
Lasting for about 3 hours, the meeting was full of insights, and I can't wait to meet and work with all these incredible talents in the years to come.
@Jamshidbek_Izzatulloh
Stoicism - my current take
As some of the earlier followers would remember, I have been heavy on stoic philosophy for the past 3-4 years. During this time, I was able to experience a great deal of its essence - dichotomy of control, virtues, meaning, and more - although not all of it.
To me, impressionable and new to the practice of challenging beliefs, stoic values and ideals (with its striking similarities to Islamic values) seemed infallible. Every single word, every single sentence and idea in Meditations made the dense veil of fog I saw the world through dissipate. Seneca's essays on the shortness of life and letters to his friends and mother made me feel ever more complete. The more I reflected and let the newly acquired knowledge sink in, the more I felt in harmony.
I loved the feeling of not having to care about events that hadn't happened or were not under my control, of shifting my focus from others to my personal endeavors, of realizing that happiness lies not in having more but wanting less, of having my thoughts under control.
This moved me so much, I decided to share the same feelings of calmness and serenity with people in Uzbekistan by collaborating with talented translators to establish a platform to learn about stoicism in Uzbek.
Around that same time, I remember a conversation with Valera regarding my college application. I clearly recall how he pointed out the lack of depth in my practice of stoicism and how the admissions committee would not value (to put it bluntly) my rather superficial perspective on life.
After that discussion, I had a nice reevaluation and recalibration of my life goals. As time went by and as I was running out of fresh insights on stoicism anyway, I began exploring philosophy beyond it. With some of my friends and acquaintances online, we began reading the works of French and German philosophers of the 18-19th centuries.
That was a gloomy lot I must say, with dark ....dark ideas. I had never understood what existential crisis meant until I went through Nietzsche, Camus, and Kafka. Their bold and unabashed look at the world was rather too radical and well.. too crazy.
However, whatever the experience I had was, I definitely did not have a better life after that. YET, I had something more than that, I had a fuller picture of what life is and could be, how others look at it. Good or bad, that period in my life let me understand myself and the world around me better. Stoic imperturbability and its perspective on life's meaning now seemed a little less compelling, but a whole new sense of fear and confusion was discovered.
I believe that, although the more recent philosophers might have been able to scrutinize the essence of life more thoroughly and systematically, stoics won, for while so many with a boast-worthy philosophical understanding of the world suffer from their own thoughts, they used them to bolster their spirit and live a whole eudaemonic life, without ever being bothered by things outside themselves and their nature.
Lastly, I thank God for getting me through all this almost unscathed, and I thank the people that made me transcend my comfort zone to put this gray matter under pressure. In retrospect, this was a part of the larger process, a process that hasn't even been complete for 20%. Everything is still ahead!
As some of the earlier followers would remember, I have been heavy on stoic philosophy for the past 3-4 years. During this time, I was able to experience a great deal of its essence - dichotomy of control, virtues, meaning, and more - although not all of it.
To me, impressionable and new to the practice of challenging beliefs, stoic values and ideals (with its striking similarities to Islamic values) seemed infallible. Every single word, every single sentence and idea in Meditations made the dense veil of fog I saw the world through dissipate. Seneca's essays on the shortness of life and letters to his friends and mother made me feel ever more complete. The more I reflected and let the newly acquired knowledge sink in, the more I felt in harmony.
I loved the feeling of not having to care about events that hadn't happened or were not under my control, of shifting my focus from others to my personal endeavors, of realizing that happiness lies not in having more but wanting less, of having my thoughts under control.
This moved me so much, I decided to share the same feelings of calmness and serenity with people in Uzbekistan by collaborating with talented translators to establish a platform to learn about stoicism in Uzbek.
Around that same time, I remember a conversation with Valera regarding my college application. I clearly recall how he pointed out the lack of depth in my practice of stoicism and how the admissions committee would not value (to put it bluntly) my rather superficial perspective on life.
After that discussion, I had a nice reevaluation and recalibration of my life goals. As time went by and as I was running out of fresh insights on stoicism anyway, I began exploring philosophy beyond it. With some of my friends and acquaintances online, we began reading the works of French and German philosophers of the 18-19th centuries.
That was a gloomy lot I must say, with dark ....dark ideas. I had never understood what existential crisis meant until I went through Nietzsche, Camus, and Kafka. Their bold and unabashed look at the world was rather too radical and well.. too crazy.
However, whatever the experience I had was, I definitely did not have a better life after that. YET, I had something more than that, I had a fuller picture of what life is and could be, how others look at it. Good or bad, that period in my life let me understand myself and the world around me better. Stoic imperturbability and its perspective on life's meaning now seemed a little less compelling, but a whole new sense of fear and confusion was discovered.
I believe that, although the more recent philosophers might have been able to scrutinize the essence of life more thoroughly and systematically, stoics won, for while so many with a boast-worthy philosophical understanding of the world suffer from their own thoughts, they used them to bolster their spirit and live a whole eudaemonic life, without ever being bothered by things outside themselves and their nature.
Lastly, I thank God for getting me through all this almost unscathed, and I thank the people that made me transcend my comfort zone to put this gray matter under pressure. In retrospect, this was a part of the larger process, a process that hasn't even been complete for 20%. Everything is still ahead!
I was really bad at chemistry and biology since middle school.
Actually, I leaned more towards maths and computer science than these two, but look at me now - bio and brain engineering for undergrad?
Although it's true that KAIST makes all freshmen take the same foundational courses in their first year and actually pick a major in the second, I am considering not to change my major to anything other than the one I applied for. This is first and foremost because there are plethora of prevailing brain disorders and potentially a really good shot at curing and eliminating disabilities.... so tempting.
So, the bottom line is I was bad at both chemistry and biology, but I have to learn them. I'm reading a textbook and about to start khan academy's ap chemistry and biology courses.
Let's see how it goes. Drop your best study tips!
Actually, I leaned more towards maths and computer science than these two, but look at me now - bio and brain engineering for undergrad?
Although it's true that KAIST makes all freshmen take the same foundational courses in their first year and actually pick a major in the second, I am considering not to change my major to anything other than the one I applied for. This is first and foremost because there are plethora of prevailing brain disorders and potentially a really good shot at curing and eliminating disabilities.... so tempting.
So, the bottom line is I was bad at both chemistry and biology, but I have to learn them. I'm reading a textbook and about to start khan academy's ap chemistry and biology courses.
Let's see how it goes. Drop your best study tips!
It can't be that a universe this big has no meaning.
Just look up into the sky, scrutinize the stars, relish the consoling depth of the monstrous vastness of the firmament.
Sometimes I tend to forget how inconceivably extensive the cosmic realm is, and it makes me feel like I know what's the deal with the universe. However, you never know its 'deal', simply because it's so expansive that it's beyond your puny imagination to fathom even a tiny bit of its mysterious gloom.
Or maybe we are asking the wrong questions.
Maybe the universe is indeed the answer, and what's left for us to figure out is .... the problem?
Maybe that's the mission...
Just look up into the sky, scrutinize the stars, relish the consoling depth of the monstrous vastness of the firmament.
Sometimes I tend to forget how inconceivably extensive the cosmic realm is, and it makes me feel like I know what's the deal with the universe. However, you never know its 'deal', simply because it's so expansive that it's beyond your puny imagination to fathom even a tiny bit of its mysterious gloom.
Or maybe we are asking the wrong questions.
Maybe the universe is indeed the answer, and what's left for us to figure out is .... the problem?
Maybe that's the mission...
How about a voicechat - all about KAIST by KAIST '29?
This time i want to talk about what actually matters - what we want from the university experience. There is quite a lot to learn about KAIST beyond its application process, and I personally want to learn @alizhonovazizbek's and Manzilbek's opinions about and expectations from KAIST.
Time: Sunday (tomorrow) 8pm
Venue: @kyspeech
Topic: KAIST essentials, opinions, and expectations by the class of 2029
feel free to come over if you want to know anything about the university and/or invite friends who are!
This time i want to talk about what actually matters - what we want from the university experience. There is quite a lot to learn about KAIST beyond its application process, and I personally want to learn @alizhonovazizbek's and Manzilbek's opinions about and expectations from KAIST.
Time: Sunday (tomorrow) 8pm
Venue: @kyspeech
Topic: KAIST essentials, opinions, and expectations by the class of 2029
feel free to come over if you want to know anything about the university and/or invite friends who are!
KEY POINTS FROM THE VOICECHAT ABOUT KAIST 🟢
KAIST Scholarship:
No Isafa no isfaa no css profile etc.
Irrespective of the applicant's financial situation, fully based on one's merit.
Full tuition, stipend $200, health care insurance covered - with a Tick of a Box.
Monthly expenses at KAIST: the stipend isn't sufficient. about 300$ could be good.
Housing fee: $300 per semester - a single room for two people - really cheap
Freshman Curriculum: No major during freshman year - declaration happens starting from the 2nd year.
Expectations from KAIST: Discussed what Azizbek hopes to gain from studying at KAIST - fame, money, luxury cars, and a mansion!!
Exchange Opportunity: KAIST offers a chance to study at universities abroad including Harvard, CalTech, ETH Zurich, etc. for a semester, fully funded.
Why Korea?: Azizbek's reasoning included cultural factors.
Food Concerns: Talked about food as a major issue for an Uzbek student adapting to Korean cuisine.
KAIST vs. Hanyang: Made comparisons between the two universities with my friend Sam.
Azizbek's (1530 superscore) advice to prepare for SAT: Take IELTS first, then SAT. Preferably do DTM before starting off with SAT Maths. Read scientific articles (The Smithsonian, University World news, and Science daily) and analyze thoroughly.
Final note: I sincerely thank Azizbek for taking his time to talk about his experience applying to KAIST and his opinions and expectations about his upcoming transition to a new culture and rigorous work ethic. Also I thank everyone who joined and carefully listened to the conversation. 🫡
KAIST Scholarship:
No Isafa no isfaa no css profile etc.
Irrespective of the applicant's financial situation, fully based on one's merit.
Full tuition, stipend $200, health care insurance covered - with a Tick of a Box.
Monthly expenses at KAIST: the stipend isn't sufficient. about 300$ could be good.
Housing fee: $300 per semester - a single room for two people - really cheap
Freshman Curriculum: No major during freshman year - declaration happens starting from the 2nd year.
Expectations from KAIST: Discussed what Azizbek hopes to gain from studying at KAIST - fame, money, luxury cars, and a mansion!!
Exchange Opportunity: KAIST offers a chance to study at universities abroad including Harvard, CalTech, ETH Zurich, etc. for a semester, fully funded.
Why Korea?: Azizbek's reasoning included cultural factors.
Food Concerns: Talked about food as a major issue for an Uzbek student adapting to Korean cuisine.
KAIST vs. Hanyang: Made comparisons between the two universities with my friend Sam.
Azizbek's (1530 superscore) advice to prepare for SAT: Take IELTS first, then SAT. Preferably do DTM before starting off with SAT Maths. Read scientific articles (The Smithsonian, University World news, and Science daily) and analyze thoroughly.
Final note: I sincerely thank Azizbek for taking his time to talk about his experience applying to KAIST and his opinions and expectations about his upcoming transition to a new culture and rigorous work ethic. Also I thank everyone who joined and carefully listened to the conversation. 🫡
Reflections on college admissions | part 1
What do universities look for in applicants?
In most basic terms, an authentic interest in exploring a particular field and a logical explanation for wanting to go to the respective university. Universities want students that will make the best use of all the resources they offer to help them achieve their goals. And the reason why universities would want their students to achieve their goals is the reputation that it entails for them. They care about it mostly because universities of today are private and business-oriented.
Harvard, MIT, CalTech, Stanford, UPenn, etc etc are cool because we associate them with their successful alumni - Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, to name a few of the more popular ones - and exceptional stuff their students do and create, which are the reasons they get more students, and more students mean more profits for the business (yeah i am not being cynical at all).
In essence, application process becomes a whole lot easier when you understand all the "Why"s behind each section. Personal statement, for example, gives a more or less reliable perspective of the personality of the applicant and his story; supplemental essays - help universities understand the motivations of the applicant and his 'fit' to the university's community, principles, and objectives; standardized test scores - show whether an applicant is ready for the university-level academic rigor; so on and so forth. The point is: the approach is Holistic - meaning that admission officers consider every aspect of the applicant rather focusing on only stats, essays, or honors.
Bottom line: If you have (or can show that you have) a concrete vision for your future and think that a particular university can give you the resources you need to achieve your goals, you may likely be the candidate they are looking for.
What do universities look for in applicants?
In most basic terms, an authentic interest in exploring a particular field and a logical explanation for wanting to go to the respective university. Universities want students that will make the best use of all the resources they offer to help them achieve their goals. And the reason why universities would want their students to achieve their goals is the reputation that it entails for them. They care about it mostly because universities of today are private and business-oriented.
Harvard, MIT, CalTech, Stanford, UPenn, etc etc are cool because we associate them with their successful alumni - Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, to name a few of the more popular ones - and exceptional stuff their students do and create, which are the reasons they get more students, and more students mean more profits for the business (yeah i am not being cynical at all).
In essence, application process becomes a whole lot easier when you understand all the "Why"s behind each section. Personal statement, for example, gives a more or less reliable perspective of the personality of the applicant and his story; supplemental essays - help universities understand the motivations of the applicant and his 'fit' to the university's community, principles, and objectives; standardized test scores - show whether an applicant is ready for the university-level academic rigor; so on and so forth. The point is: the approach is Holistic - meaning that admission officers consider every aspect of the applicant rather focusing on only stats, essays, or honors.
Bottom line: If you have (or can show that you have) a concrete vision for your future and think that a particular university can give you the resources you need to achieve your goals, you may likely be the candidate they are looking for.