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College Selection Advice for Technical Alignment

Hi all, I'm a highschool senior trying to make some college-related decisions, and I'd like to ask for some advice. My current situation is: * I want to work on technical alignment. For exogenous reasons, not going to college (e.g., taking a year off, just being an autodidact/independent researcher) is...

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Hi all, I'm a highschool senior trying to make some college-related decisions, and I'd like to ask for some advice. My current situation is: * I want to work on technical alignment. For exogenous reasons, not going to college (e.g., taking a year off, just being an autodidact/independent researcher) is...

Dec 16, 202211

College Selection Advice for Technical Alignment

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Hi all, I'm a highschool senior trying to make some college-related decisions, and I'd like to ask for some advice.

My current situation is:

I want to work on technical alignment. For exogenous reasons, not going to college (e.g., taking a year off, just being an autodidact/independent researcher) is not an available option, so I'll have to leverage my undergraduate experience as much as possible to upskill on technical alignment.
- I'll probably double major somewhere along CS/Math and maybe CompBio.
Accepted to Harvard (non-binding REA). Was planning to apply to Stanford, MIT, Harvey Mudd for RD, but ...
... I truly despise the application writing process, every single second of it, and it has taken a significant

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