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film fare • • • • • 💙 📸 @canonindia_official @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonme 💙 @kinnarigururaj @kinnarigururajdotcom @_anay_05 • • • • • • #photooftheday #portraits #photo #portraitphotography #photoshop #portrait #picoftheday #photographer #photography #photoshoot #perfection #portraiture #couplegoals #couples #couplephotography (at Pune, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6XsJQlnfXt/?igshid=12b0noxg084ky

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THAT CRAZY LITTLE SUN OF A BEACH 🌅🌆 • • • • • 🌅🌆 • • • • • 📸 Shot on Canon 80D #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 🌅🌆 • • • • • • • #landscapephotography #landscape #nature #photography #naturephotography #ig #travel #sunset #travelphotography #photooftheday #wanderlust #sunrise #beautiful #clouds #travelgram #bhfyp #visual_heaven #natgeoyourshot #natgeotravelpic #igworldglobal #ilovenature #ig_divineshots #EarthOfficial #earth_shotz #marvelshots #theworldshotz #discoverglobe #ourplanetdaily (at Qatar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0iNBAFnGbM/?igshid=1rvbotwrgqh3p

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Writing tips

Tips for people who like to write by hand

So you’re an old timey writer who enjoys the feeling of paper as you breathe life into a story? Or, like me, you can’t use your phone at school and just wants to get some writing done while math class bores the others? 

Well, me too and I’ve come to your aid! I’ve done some pretty stupid things that costed me hours and hours of searching for lost scenes and struggling to find ideas I knew I’d written down so you don’t have to! 

Find the right notebook for you

By experience, notebooks take a long time to be filled. In good nanowrimo times, I take from 6 to 8 months to finish one. So you’ll be stuck with this guy for a long time. Make sure to pick one that you like and is right for your needs. I, for example, prefer spiral notebooks. You can rip out pages if you need to (if you mess it up, if someone asks you for one, if you just need a page to write down a grocery list or something, etc) and you can put a pen on the spiral. I also like having a pocket to put pieces of ideas I have. 

Some spooky stories about having the wrong notebook: 

I got stuck with a brochure old planner for two years. My mom didn’t use it in the year it was meant for, so I thought oh, it’s free real estate. As it turns out, it had really small space between the lines, so the pages would take forever to fill, it had all those day and hour numbers and the paper was really thin. It was terrible and it made writing terrible. It would have been a thousand times better if I just spent a few bucks on a regular notebook. 

More recently, I started using just the kind of notebook I like, a spiral notebook with a pocket. But I bought it a couple of years ago at a fandom event I attended and the cover was a personalized Divergent cover. At the time, I thought if was pretty cool and everyone would know the reference. But now it has aged so very poorly. The cover has blood all over it and it says “Faction Before Blood”. So now I’m scared to pull it out to write at uni and people will think I’m in a gang or something. 

Number your pages

I know, it sounds like a lot of work. But you can get a notebook with pages already numbered, number it yourself or do it like I do and number it every 10 pages (just because it’s easier). If you don’t feel like doing all of this repetitive work,  date your writing. It’s cool to see how much you progressed, how long you have been writing this project, when you had this idea, etc. One thing doesn’t have to exclude the other, but both methods serve the same purpose. 

And this purpose is to help you get an idea of how much you write (and feel good about your progress) and to help you organize yourself on all you’ve been writing. Which takes us to the next tip. 

Make the first page an index

Not only it will take the pressure off the first page, it will also help you so you don’t keep losing the awesome stuff you’re writing and forgetting it exists. Everytime you start a new scene or change projects, go to the index and write down the page or the date you started this new section. Since I number every ten pages, I find the first page with a number on it and start counting forward or back to the new page. But you can do it in any way that suits you. 

Make a random idea page 

It doesn’t have to be the second page (it usually isn’t for me), but it’s good to have one. Sometimes, in the middle of writing, you have that great idea for something you need to change on what you’ve already got, or you got a completely new insight. It’s good to have your idea page somewhere close you can just flip to, write it down and get right back to writing. And don’t go easy on that page! Write it diagonally, vertically, draw on it, anything. It’s just there to take out those ideas so you can take a look at it another time and not mess the flow you’re in right now. 

Keep your enemies close. And your pen even closer!

You know your favorite bic friend? It has a secret weapon just for you to use. That little flap of the cap? Use it to keep your pen always close. I normally put it on the spiral of my notebook. But if you have a brochure, you can put it on the cover. Sometimes it damages it a bit, but it’s a good trade for having it always ready for action. If you use moleskine, I saw that they normally have designated pen places. If they don’t, I have a tip for it just under this one! 

Take your time to find which kind of pen is your weapon of choice. Personally, I think nothing beats a black ballpoint pen. I know some people like fineliners for writing, but they make the other side of the paper all gross looking and I like to keep it clean. Plus, I write really small and fineliners often bleed in my handwriting. I took my time searching for my favorite brand and I settled on Molin ballpoint pens. 

I would recommend buying your favorite pens in bulk. Nothing is worse than pen hunting around when you have an urgent idea. I bought 50 pens for super cheap and I stack them EVERYWHERE. In all my bags, in my sketchbooks, in my bullet journal, in my writing notebook, in my drawers, anywhere I think it will be easy to find one when I need it ( also giving some to my friends who keep stealing my pens).

Crafting the perfect notebook

You don’t have to be a crafter to modify your notebook to better suit you! Find a ribbon anywhere in the house. Cut it to be a little longer than the book. Tape that bad boy to the inside of the back cover and everytime you stop writing, put that ribbon on the page you stopped. This helps you not to get lost in your previous writing and get right back to business when you resume.

Also, if you really like that moleskine vibe but don’t have the cash, just get a regular clothing elastic, make cut it just the size of the notebook and glue both ends to the inner part of the back cover. There you go! Now you can close it (and keep it closed).  

If you like post-its, you can take half of the block (or however many sheets you cant put in there and still close the notebook comfortably) and glue it to the inside part of the cover of your notebook so it will always be conveniently available for you.

If your notebook doesn’t have a place to put your pen on and you really don’t want to mess up the cover, you  take a small elastic (smaller than the pen) and tape (or preferably glue it) it to the back part of the notebook with both ends inside. There! Ready for the trip! Speaking of which…

Always carry your notebook with you

You never know when inspiration is going to strike. In class. At the bank. In a mall. Whenever you have a little time, you can write something. Or just take a look at what you’ve done and feel good about it. 

Not in the mood for writing? Edit. Reread what you’ve done and start finding what you want to change once you type it in.  When doing this, don’t be scared to cross out entire sentences and rewriting them on top. If it starts getting too messy, go to a blank page and rewrite the scene and you think it should have been done the first time. It seems counter-intuitive in a copy+paste kind of age, but I assure you it is worth it.

Typing your work

This is one of the biggest reasons I love writing in pen and paper. When you type, your first round of editing is done! 

Don’t zone out when typing. As I said, typing is your first round of editing. It is important to keep aware of all of the things you might have done wrong when writing. Some people say writing it on paper and then typing it is a waste of time. I say it saves time and lives. 

Keep it loose!

Just because you are writing in an actual physical book, it doesn’t mean you are writing a actual physical book. This is still your notebook and these are still your notes. So don’t be afraid to get messy. Write things out of order (seriously, it’s okay to not go chronological. i know it’s hard). Outline. Sketch. Tip-ex the whole thing. Get post-its on it. Take notes. Make genealogical trees. Draw maps. 

If you’re feeling down or uninspired, try very basic writing exercises: write what you see, what you feel, something to try and make you laugh or something to make someone cry. It’s your place to express yourself. And once you got those creative juices flowing, happy writing :)

I hope you enjoyed my tips and please, feel free to reblog this with your own tips and tricks. I’d love to hear them! And follow me for some more writing content! 

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“Once you become comfortable with being uncomfortable, you can conquer everything.”

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Pre-Med(itated) MCAT

We took a bit of a break as midterms week hit, and hit hard. But we’re back, stronger than ever, and moving on to the application process! Today we’ll be going into something pretty fun - letters of recommendation!

The Long & Short of It:

Med schools require letters of evaluation - no surprise there. In particular, they prefer what’s called a Committee Letter. According to the official AMCAS site:

Committee Letter: A Committee Letter is a letter authored by a pre-health committee or pre-health advisor and intended to represent your institution’s evaluation of you. A Committee Letter may or may not include additional letters written in support of your application.

Northeastern’s Pre-Health Department does provide committee letter packages, which include all of your individual letters of recommendation bundled with a letter from the Pre-Health department endorsing you as a student and tying the other letters together. Northeastern also has specific requirements for what the individual letters should be:

3 Internal letters from Northeastern faculty

2 should be from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics professors

1 can be from anywhere, though preferably a non-science professor

1 External Clinical letter from the field you’re applying to (MD if you’re interested in MD, DO if you’re interested in DO, etc.) representing a medical experience in the US in the last 18 months (like shadowing, clinical research, etc.)

Up to 2 additional, optional letters which could be from co-op, volunteering, research, or something similar. 

That probably sounds like a lot, and it is! But ultimately those are the kind of letters med schools want to see, so it’s you’ll need them one way or another. The deadlines that Northeastern sets to make sure you have everything ready on time makes the application process SIGNIFICANTLY easier.

The Action Items:

While you won’t need to ask for letters of recommendation until late in your college career, you should start thinking about it as early as possible. Make connections with professors - go to office hours, ask about their research, and keep visiting once you’re done with the class! Building these connections will not only help you in the class but also give you an excellent resource for any help in the future. 

For those optional letters of recommendation, there’s a ton of flexibility. A co-op supervisor is usually perfect, as is a research PI. Basically, if you’ve done experiential learning, you will likely have a great cache of mentors to ask for letters of recommendation. 

When it gets close to the time of application, make sure to ask your letter writers early! Give them plenty of time to write you a good letter. And keep them updated throughout the process - they love to hear about your successes!

That’s it for this week. Next week, we’re going to hit everything you need to know about the actual application process - including the personal statement, secondary essays, and interviews. Stay tuned!

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11 Things I Learned In My Second Semester Of College

I’m still trying to process the fact that my freshman year of college is officially over. I took my last exam, ate my last dinner in the dining hall, packed up my things to leave, and now I’m home. Even though I’ll only be gone for about 10 days because I’m going back for summer classes, it still all feels completely surreal. I’ve met so many awesome people and had so much fun this year that I absolutely cannot believe it’s coming to an end. 

It feels like just yesterday that I made my list of things I learned in my first semester. Not to worry, though, I’ve learned a whole lot in the past four months too. So, here goes nothing.

1. Contrary to popular my belief, I am capable of taking a public speaking class without fainting, spontaneously combusting, or drowning in my own sweat.

2. Classes that start at 10:30 am are approximately eighty-seven times more enjoyable than classes that start at 8:00.

3. Sometimes you just need to go to the Urban Outfitters on Newbury St. on a random Thursday afternoon and “treat yoself” to a shitload of clothes. And then cry because you have no money.

4. I loathe the Red Sox, but Fenway Park is among my favorite places in the world.

5. Taking active steps to fix things that are making you unhappy is one of the best and most important things you can do. If you hate your major, change it. If you want different friends, go meet people. If you hate your body, go to the gym. I promise—it will work.

6. To anyone who says material possessions can’t make a person happy—allow me to bring you to Mike’s Pastry in the North End. One bite of a cannoli will help you to realize the truth.

7. This is possibly the best thing ever created: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMostPopularGirls

8. Sheryl Sandberg is everything I aspire to be in life.

9. Everyone deserves a second chance, and sometimes starting over is exactly what a relationship needs.

10. It doesn’t matter one bit what you’re doing if you’re doing it with someone you love.

11. And lastly, there is no city as tight-knit, strong, or with as much heart as the city of Boston. The week of the bombings was absolutely crazy, but I think we can all agree that Boston is not the city to mess with.

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Tips from a gay college tour guide

1) “Try really hard to get a stoner as a roommate. NO! Really. I know all the parents here right now are probably thinking there’s no way they’d let their kids go here. But stoners exist everywhere, and they are such chill roommates. You can pretty much do everything, and they won’t give a crap.”

2) “All the banners up around the student center don’t properly represent all the clubs and organizations that we have here. They do, however, properly represent all the clubs and organizations that can afford banners.”

3) “Rub the dogs nose. Just do it. It’s good luck!”

4) “Be prepared to get fat. You know how most schools have the freshman 15? Yeah. Well here it’s the freshman 35. As of next year we’re going to have a mobile food cart. So expect it to be 45. And THAT is why have built the new state of the art fitness center.”

5) “‎And if you go to Northeastern you have access to about 40 different libraries in the Northeast. This includes almost every university in the area… with the exception of Harvard. They haven’t really learned to share.”

6) “If you decide to study abroad I highly suggest trying to stay out of the redlight districts. Because once I ended up there, and I really didn’t mean to, I swear. This lady came up to us and was like ‘I think you’re in the wrong part of the city’ and then we looked around and realized where we were and then said 'OH! You’re a prostitute.’ And then we ran into our professor, and everything got all sorts of awkward. Until we realized he was just there to make sure we were studying psychology and not… prostitutes." 

7) "Don’t go to BU. Every year somebody gets hit by the T. Not even kidding. Usually somebody is trying to walk home drunk and pass out on the tracks. We kinda wait for it. It’s like our standing joke. It’s a joke. But it’s true.”

8) “If you’re not going for a PHD, don’t live in the International Village. I mean, it’s a great place, don’t get me wrong. Everybody is going green and this is basically the most green building on campus. But you need to be a freakin’ Engineer just to flush the damn toilets. There’s like a three page manual in each stall just on how to flush depending on what you do. It’s… scary.”

My overall impression of Northeastern according to Justin:

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F A S H I O N • • 🥇~ The photo that won a medal ~🥇 • • • • 🥇 • • • • 📸 Shot on Canon 80D #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 🥇 • • • • #fashionphotography #fashion #portrait #model #photography #photographer #fashionphotographer #style #beauty #photooftheday #editorial #art #ig #fashioneditorial #portraits #photo #portraitphotography #abstractphotography #abstract #abstractart #contemporaryart #fineartphotography #artphoto #abstractphoto #experimentalphotography #conceptualphotography (at Pune, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzz_4iPnWzM/?igshid=a8xwzdgs8ubg

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Bambai, meri jaan. • • • • 🌅🌆 • • • • 📸 Shot on Canon 80D #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 🌅🌆 • • • • #cityscape #city #architecture #travel #ig #travelphotography #photography #landscape #citylife #streetphotography #photooftheday #picoftheday #cityview #urban #citylights #skyline #instagood #sunset #nightphotography #street #cityphotography #photoshop #sky #travelgram #bhfyp #mumbai #bombay #taj (at The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzkSISEnato/?igshid=4rx5hs5igdnk

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Q U A D • • • ⌛ • • • Shot on Canon 80D ⌛ #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp ⌛ • • • #automotivephotography #productphotography #photography #product #photographer #commercialphotography #productphotographer #photo #advertisingphotography #photoshoot #canon #productdesign #advertising #studiophotography #style #photooftheday #bhfyp #automobile #automobilephotography #industrial #industrialphotography #dunebashing #qatar #quadbike #quadbikes #quad (at Qatar) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzS_y6hHx_p/?igshid=1bk6fgucizo5f

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Street Portrait Kumbhar Wada Pune • • • • 📸🎞 • • • Shot on Canon 80D 📸🎞 #canon #canon80d 📸🎞 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 📸🎞 • • • #streetphotography #photography #street #bnw #photooftheday #ig #travel #art #photo #photographer #streetstyle #streetart #travelphotography #instagood #picoftheday #india #instagram #streetphoto #streets #streetlife #bhfyp #portraits #portrait #portraitphotography #ig #portraiture #life (at Pune, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bza0S9CnG9T/?igshid=127ib7ivva00b

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WISDOM | INTUITION | TRANSFORMATION • • • 🦉 • • • Shot on Canon 80D 🦉 #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp🦉 • • • #animalphotos #animalphotography #animalsofinstagram #animalsultans #discovertheworld #exclusive_animals #explore_wildlife #featured_wildlife #ignature #igscwildlife #live_love_wildlife #marvelshots #marvelouz_animals #naturephotography #naturfotografie #natureisbeautiful #natureshooters #nature_hub #nature_perfection #naturepic #ourplanet #wildlife_inspired #wildlife_seekers #wildlife_shots #wildlifeperfection #wildlifephotos #wildlifephotography (at Ranthambore National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGKVtgnxjw/?igshid=m3oz9jq57nne

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pathetically aesthetic 🍑 ~ • • • • • 👁 📸 Shot on Canon 80D #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 👁 • • • #portrait #photography #portraitphotography #art #model #photooftheday #photographer #portraits #instagood #fashion #photo #photoshoot #style #instagram #blackandwhite #fashionphotography #photographer #style #photoshoot #fashionphotographer #fashionista #fashionmodel #instafashion #fashionstyle #beauty #editorial #instagood #bnw #nustaharamkhor @photographys__love @photographers.of.india @photographers_of_india @click_pune_click @click_india_click @colours.of.india @true.colours.of.india @haram_khor_ @sadak_chap @pune.clickers @pune__photographers @pune_photography @archives.of.pune @majha_pune @maharashtra_ig @maharashtra_photographers @punemint @insta_maharashtra @photographers.of.maharashtra @colors.of.maharashtra (at Pune, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzAPPwpn9Cc/?igshid=1f3r306xm8ap8

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~ I only roll with goddesses ~ 💍 📸 Shot on Canon 80D #canon #canon80d 📸 @canon_photos @canonusa @canonasia @canonindia_official @eos_canonjp 💍 #productphotography #photography #photooftheday #product #studiophotography #photographer #commercialphotography #productdesign #photoshoot #productphotographer #advertising #design #art #advertisingphotography #fashionphotography #fashion #photography #portrait #model #fashionblogger #style (at MIT WPU School of Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvBD9-HGHB/?igshid=1wka94torebfd

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Brown Girl Problems PART 2/6 #browngirl #browngirlproblems #indian #indiangirl #desi #desiproblems #growingupbrown #growingupdesi #racism #racisminindia #brown #brownskin #brownvswhite #relatable https://www.instagram.com/anushkasdeshmukh/p/Bymich1HuSs/?igshid=231xdqsvmr0f