What to do now as a freshman to get a good future?

[714562]

This sounds incredibly cliched, but you want to study and get involved.
There is no reason you can't get straight As, it snot hard if you study and schedule your working appropriately.
Talk to your advisers and get to know the professors in your department of interest. If there is more than one department that you're interested in, talk to them to, connections with professors and administrators are incredibly useful in pursuing internships and jobs.
Sign up for internships.com and talk to the Career Services group on campus.
Go to the club fair your school probably hosts, and if you're interested in a fraternity, get to know them early.
A leadership position will give you responsibility similiar to a position at a job, and you'll learn to balance your work better.
Talk to all your professors before class, and find out what books you need.
There are a few good pre-UG books on studying that may help you
Are you going there with any connections or friends?

This is all generally good advice. To add on, don't spread yourself too thin with the extracurricular activities. Pick one or two groups that you think will look good on your resume and dedicate your time to those. If you're a certain type of guy, joining a fraternity can also be very helpful.

Start thinking about how you want to apply the skills you learn in college. An education is nice, but useless unless you have some kind of plan for applying the things you've actually learned in the real word. That doesn't mean you need to become a STEM major or whatever. But the sooner you figure out what track you want to be on, the sooner you can start building a foundation for yourself.

See, My major is marketing, but im thinking about changing to music technology.

If you like marketing, you should learn about the different skills useful in the field. There's quantitative marketing type jobs, but also more creative positions.

 

[SupaVillain]

This is all generally good advice. To add on, don't spread yourself too thin with the extracurricular activities. Pick one or two groups that you think will look good on your resume and dedicate your time to those. If you're a certain type of guy, joining a fraternity can also be very helpful.

Start thinking about how you want to apply the skills you learn in college. An education is nice, but useless unless you have some kind of plan for applying the things you've actually learned in the real word. That doesn't mean you need to become a STEM major or whatever. But the sooner you figure out what track you want to be on, the sooner you can start building a foundation for yourself.



If you like marketing, you should learn about the different skills useful in the field. There's quantitative marketing type jobs, but also more creative positions.

I'm thinking about sticking with music now.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I'm thinking about sticking with music now.

Think about whether or not you will be able to get a job out of school.

I'd stick with the marketing and see if you can minor in something that will let employers look at your resume with a raised eyebrow. See if there are minors that lean towards what you wanna do.

If there is a course on SPSS TAKE IT!!!! Marketing Research? TAKE IT!

And as Napoleon said, figure out what you're going to do with your summers ie. you should be looking to get internships and jobs at record labels, studios, radio stations, and advertising firms. Go to Career Services and they should be able to help you. Remember, Marketing is largely about learning about how people think and feel and then figuring out how to sell them shyt that they don't need.

And like tmonster said...READ READ READ. People go to college and don't learn shyt despite the fact that college curriculums are tailored so that you can learn a lot about what your major is but also a lot about OTHER little things and how they fit into your major and the world in general

You'll hate English courses til you realize that being able to write an e-mail with proper english, being able to express yourself with words, or even doing well in the GMAT is a major key to success. Take a Polic Sci class you understand government and not just ours. I would suggest you take a Philisophy East and West class (if available) to expand your viewpoints.

fukk I wish I could do undergrad again...you have no idea how lucky you are

 

[Adidacs]

did you go with music technology? are you a musician, or just expecting to jump into that with no past experience?

get the fukk out of marketing if you haven't already.

 

[88m3]

I've heard there are lots of whores in Virginia, have fun.

 

[SupaVillain]

did you go with music technology? are you a musician, or just expecting to jump into that with no past experience?

get the fukk out of marketing if you haven't already.

I've been a musician for 10 years and I dropped my marketing major.

 

[SupaVillain]

I've heard there are lots of whores in Virginia, have fun.

Hampton girls

 

[SupaVillain]

Think about whether or not you will be able to get a job out of school.

I'd stick with the marketing and see if you can minor in something that will let employers look at your resume with a raised eyebrow. See if there are minors that lean towards what you wanna do.

If there is a course on SPSS TAKE IT!!!! Marketing Research? TAKE IT!

And as Napoleon said, figure out what you're going to do with your summers ie. you should be looking to get internships and jobs at record labels, studios, radio stations, and advertising firms. Go to Career Services and they should be able to help you. Remember, Marketing is largely about learning about how people think and feel and then figuring out how to sell them shyt that they don't need.

And like tmonster said...READ READ READ. People go to college and don't learn shyt despite the fact that college curriculums are tailored so that you can learn a lot about what your major is but also a lot about OTHER little things and how they fit into your major and the world in general

You'll hate English courses til you realize that being able to write an e-mail with proper english, being able to express yourself with words, or even doing well in the GMAT is a major key to success. Take a Polic Sci class you understand government and not just ours. I would suggest you take a Philisophy East and West class (if available) to expand your viewpoints.

fukk I wish I could do undergrad again...you have no idea how lucky you are

So what's a good major that is pretty good in pay and is compatible with music technology?

 

[ExodusNirvana]

So what's a good major that is pretty good in pay and is compatible with music technology?

You said you want to work at a record label correct?

That's going to be a hard gig to get into unless you know someone. Music Technology sounds like it's more towards sound engineering stuff

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Make sure you're major actually has jobs available.

 

[Bunchy Carter]

I went to a swac school, so I at meac. J/K one of my homies went to hampton, pledged omega and is doing pretty well as a child psychologist.

But on the real, things I would suggest to set yourself up for a bright future is, majoring in something with a return. You said music technology, that really does not sound like something with a bright future. Music technology, meaning your are going to work with computers, why don't you major in cis or cs and minor in music. Possibly major in computer engineering and minor in music.

Also, coming out of school with minimal debt. In your library there is a blue book called The College Blue Book: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants and Loan. It has hundreds of different resources for free money.

Take school seriously, it's a fukking investment. It's just like the human body (I majored in biology), the human body is an investment, you go around eating bullshyt and not working out, your return on your investment will be an early death, dieases and etc. If you take school seriously, major in something with a return, grind out your fres, soph, and junior year; your senior year will be easy and your return is a degree/minimal debt and a bright future.

Also, take advantage of career fairs early in the game. They will take you seriously when your a freshman more so than a senior that's just digging for a job as a last resources. Go to career fairs and just do test run, you will learn how to talk to different professional people that been there and done that. Some might blow you off, fukk it; keep pushing.

Also have fun, but don't get to reckless because I will tell you, shyt flys faster at an HBCU. If you take advantage of the HBCU, it will set you up for the real world.

Also, try to connect with different professors that have a good pedigree. Pedigree meaning, good reputation in the industry, there are some professors that have connections you will never know until you actually choo it up with them and get to know them.

 

[SupaVillain]

I went to a swac school, so I at meac. J/K one of my homies went to hampton, pledged omega and is doing pretty well as a child psychologist.

But on the real, things I would suggest to set yourself up for a bright future is, majoring in something with a return. You said music technology, that really does not sound like something with a bright future. Music technology, meaning your are going to work with computers, why don't you major in cis or cs and minor in music. Possibly major in computer engineering and minor in music.

Also, coming out of school with minimal debt. In your library there is a blue book called The College Blue Book: Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants and Loan. It has hundreds of different resources for free money.

Take school seriously, it's a fukking investment. It's just like the human body (I majored in biology), the human body is an investment, you go around eating bullshyt and not working out, your return on your investment will be an early death, dieases and etc. If you take school seriously, major in something with a return, grind out your fres, soph, and junior year; your senior year will be easy and your return is a degree/minimal debt and a bright future.

Also, take advantage of career fairs early in the game. They will take you seriously when your a freshman more so than a senior that's just digging for a job as a last resources. Go to career fairs and just do test run, you will learn how to talk to different professional people that been there and done that. Some might blow you off, fukk it; keep pushing.

Also have fun, but don't get to reckless because I will tell you, shyt flys faster at an HBCU. If you take advantage of the HBCU, it will set you up for the real world.

Also, try to connect with different professors that have a good pedigree. Pedigree meaning, good reputation in the industry, there are some professors that have connections you will never know until you actually choo it up with them and get to know them.

They do have Comp Sci, but I am not the best math student, so to speak. I love computers though, and the opportunities are endless.

 

[Red Shield]

here are some ideas..

Have a passport
save some money
search for a relatively stable foreign country with need of people with skills
also have a business idea


best to be mobile.. so hold off on kids and having a house

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

See, My major is marketing, but im thinking about changing to music technology.

Stick with marketing

U need to be thinking about majors that will land u a job, and focusing all your efforts to that end. Internships, work study programs, networking etc. How u do in school is almost secondary.

Some of the advice in this thread is terrible btw. Keep it simple. Focus on graduating with a job.

 

[SupaVillain]

Stick with marketing

U need to be thinking about majors that will land u a job, and focusing all your efforts to that end. Internships, work study programs, networking etc. How u do in school is almost secondary.

Some of the advice in this thread is terrible btw. Keep it simple. Focus on graduating with a job.

What advice is terrible?