1. Having a good grasp of QFT

2. Starting to study String, at least Zwiebach level up to Polchinski & BBS level

3. Successful semester in Harvard especially with Lie Algebras and Quantum Gravity

4. Idea on B.S. thesis and contacting advisors. Thesis on Black Holes or something related to String ?

5. Study topology, Nakahara level

6. Reasonable scores on both GRE general & subject

7. Trip to Europe

8. Finding an awesome course not related to physics or math that I would enjoy

9. admission to Grad Schools (likely happen to next year but I'm applying this year so...)

10. Undersatanding some elementary Finance and Business