<p>i feel very doomed. i haven’t done much internships (hard to find a job), my major isn’t very practical (hard to start off with a job), and my grades aren’t very high (hard to go to grad school). I have approximately 1.85 years of college left. How can I turn this around and start feeling proud of what I do?</p>
<p>try to get a summer internship - or do undergraduate research with a professor (doesn’t have to be in your exact field).</p>
<p>Other than that, study hard to try to improve your grades - companies look at your transcript when you are fresh out of college!</p>
<p>that depends on who you are.
do you enjoy your major?</p>
<p>I would just forget the past and try to work harder from now on. Join clubs, get a part-time job during school that gives some sort of experience, start studying/working hard on time.</p>
<p>I don’t know how you got the 1.85 figure, but that seems like enough time to get some decent things on your ECs if you’re proactive. How bad of a GPA are we talking about? Below 3.0?</p>
<p>I say just concentrate on your work and try to improve your grades. If you can’t handle a job now, don’t do it.</p>
<p>Trust me, there are people that are in much worse positions. You should be happy for yourself that you are attending college and trying to better your life.</p>
<p>You might get some better/more specific ideas if you’re a little more specific with your situation.
Mainly, what’s your major, what are your interests?</p>
<p>no matter what you do or where you end up, it’s virtually guaranteed that you will have a standard of living better than that of 99.9% of people who have ever lived</p>
<p>so dont worry :)</p>
<p>I’d say go to law school, but that seems to be the dumping ground for people who don’t know what they want to do.</p>
<p>So no, don’t go to law school.</p>
<p>well, i’ve heard that too much already (there are people out there much worse than you). i don’t really like to use other people’s misery to try and make myself feel better. because it doesn’t. there are also people out there whose lives are much better than yours. and since we don’t really focus on that, i don’t see why we should focus on people’s misery either. </p>
<p>well, i already have a job that doesn’t really take up too much time. but i need time to get in gear and start focusing, which can take a while for me to warm up. i’m also in a relationship with someone who has too much time on their hands. it doesn’t take up too much time either, but even if we see each other for just a little bit, i need time to get back in focus after that. it’s kind of like running a marathon. it takes a while to warm up and really get going, but once you’re going, and you’re stopped, you have to warm up all over again. </p>
<p>my major is okay (creative writing). i keep longing for something a bit more practical. but i’m taking business classes, and i don’t really like it. my gpa isn’t below 3.0, but it’s not very good for a major like creative writing. </p>
<p>well, obviously, my interests are creative writing. some other classes i like are language classes and philosophy (logic, moral issues, and epistemology). but i never wanted to go the teaching route. i don’t want to be a journalist either. i had this fantasy of being a novelist. but until i get there, i don’t know what i should do meanwhile. i think working for the government could be fun. or being a librarian.</p>
<p>Try something like publishing…? Like being a literary agent with a big company or something like that. And then later on, you can break off and either start your own little publishing practice or become a fulltime writer. </p>
<p>Assuming you want to write books and stuff.</p>
<p>Get the book “What Color is Your Parachute” and start visiting your college career center. The book and the center can help you discover what areas you might want to start your career in; right now your ideas sound vague, and I think you’re in the same boat as many college students who aren’t really aware of the huge variety of jobs out there. Also they can help you find internships, more career-related jobs, etc.</p>
<p>I agree with futurenyustudent.</p>
<p>Take your creative writing and business skills to a publishing company. try to find internships around that.</p>
<p>Don’t procrastinate, party only during Fridays and Saturday but never Sunday or the rest of the weekdays. However, during Saturday morning-afternoon try to get half of your work done that’s due Monday so you can get a good night’s rest on Sunday. </p>
<p>Connections, connections, connections. Try to make friends with kids you know who will be successful unless they’re just weird and anti-social.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>lol, I love your subject line.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>