u/SorryTarHeels

I just finished the game, and wow, what an absolutely incredible experience. I just wanted to share how the ending went for me, because I had some insane (un)fortune that made it seriously epic:

- After grabbing the core, I flew to dark bramble as fast as possible, but CRASHED into the side; I thought I could recover, but I turned around from my seat and the other half of my ship had just flown into space

- I was only on about 80% fuel, so I had to fly WITHOUT MY SHIP through all of dark bramble

- I got lost multiple times and was freaking out because I thought I was gonna run out of time or fuel or both

- Finally with the very last of my fuel I found the entrance to the section with the vessel

- I had to start using oxygen as propellant with barely any time left, smashed into the side of the vessel, almost died, and just BARELY made it in with literally less than 10 seconds of oxygen remaining.

The rest of the ending went normally, but jesus, those few seconds where I thought I was for sure gonna asphyxiate right at the entrance to the vessel were terrifying.

Hey all, I'm light on existentialist readings but fairy well read on Marx and I think there's an interesting connection between existentialism and Marx's idea of alienation and the species-being.

Essentially, alienation arises from a worker being stripped of the products of their labor; when their labor seems to serve no purpose, or is forced upon them in an exploitative fashion, this leads to the worker feeling alienated from their job, their community, and even themselves (their "species-being"). Marx argues that this is what creates so much of the resentment, nihilism, and suffering in people's day to day lives.

I think this fits cleanly into an existentialist framework, where one must create their own meaning; so many of the complaints I see (here and in general) are about a lack of purpose in life, especially pertaining to work. I was wondering if any of you had thoughts on this. I would love to hear them!

It's no secret that grade inflation is a big problem at Duke, with something like 25% of students ending with 4.0s IIRC. But even among my non-pratt friends, I don't know almost anyone with a 4.0. Maybe I'm just in the wrong circles?

Hey everyone,
I'm a little drunk right now and remembered this subreddit. I was a huge A2C'er in high school and I read genuinely almost every post on here for months, reached out to so many people for advice, had my essays reviewed by T20 alums (before AI took all this over), etc. I did all of the things. Even when I got into Duke, I spent hours upon hours searching here and college confidential for mentions of Duke, for validation that it was a good school, that I had "succeeded." I had terrible self esteem and was upset that I didn't do better. But here, 2 years out, I do have some advice:

You will not care.

After actually being in college, I realize how little everything I cared about mattered. I see now that MIT and Cornell (my old dream schools) would've made me miserable AND been worse for my ever-changing career goals. In general, I realize there is so much more to your (academic) career and indeed to life than you will see here.

Be happy wherever you go. I promise that if you try, you'll love it.

Good luck everyone!

Despite getting the blue liquid thing and wearing the necktie almost the entire game, right before the end I took it off bc I figured there wouldnt be a payoff. Oh how I regret that decision!

Hey everyone, I'm a sophomore in undergrad rn who a couple months ago decided to pursue a PhD... I have experience as a research assistant for a project here and I'll be doing an independent study next semester. However, I'm worried about my chances and just feel unsure about the whole process. Any advice for finding programs/getting in for the next 2 years?

I had an issue with power limiting on my 13, and even well outside the warranty range, just a few emails with support and they're sending me a whole new mainboard... props to FW! Glad I made the right choice