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Today’s New York Times includes an OpEd piece consisting of several short pieces of advice from doctoral students to incoming freshmen which apply to all of us.

Somewhere in your childhood is a gaping hole. Fill this hole.

—Tim Novikoff, PhD student in applied mathematics at Cornell

Never been much of a leader? Try forming a club or a band

—Tim Novikoff

Devices have become security blankets. Take the time to wean yourself.

—Christine Smallwood, PhD student in English and American literature at Columbia

Remember to take some time away from campus — from the demands of schoolwork and the trappings of the college social life.

—Willie X. Lin, MFA creative writing student at Washington University in St. Louis