Freshie edition: https://medium.com/@khoonsurat/things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-before-lums-started-37bc317d3d10 Soph edition: https://medium.com/@khoonsurat/things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-about-lums-sophomore-edition-372950125801 As always, a disclaimer: I’m from HSS (humanities) and I’m a socio/anthro senior (rising). LUMS has changed a lot since I started, so all the advice may not apply. For instance, the recommendation to have taken a math course may already have been met…

You’re going to start looking for work/internships now (‘now’ should start from May, btw). If you want to stand a chance, always make sure you spend at least half an hour researching the company and the department you’ve applied to, because they *will* ask you if you know anything about…

I’m writing from the perspective of a broke hostelite from Karachi who was not prepared at all for what a new city would be like. This list will increase (started typing it up randomly at 7 pm) as I remember more things and if others remind me of more. If…

On 5th January, 2018, in Kasur, Pakistan, a missing-persons FIR was filed for Zainab by her paternal uncle, a day after she had gone missing. She had been living with her maternal aunt while her parents were away on Umrah in Saudi Arabia and had left for a madrassah in…