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Monthly Archives: February 2012

$3,200 or $45,000-$90,000?

Would you rather invest $3,200 and know that business is the field for you, or would you rather waste $45,000-$90,000 finding out that business is NOT the field for you? As a second semester senior, who has changed her major several times throughout her undergraduate career, I understand the frustration that is felt both by the student and the parents when it comes to changing majors or changing career paths. For many students changing majors not only equals time lost to classes that now do not count towards your new major, but changing majors also means taking time away from the extra classes you could have taken because you were genuinely interested in the topic. For many parents, the thought Read More

When I Grow Up

“When I grow up, how cool would it be to get to be – someone – do something – that would let me become anyone and do everything imaginable?”  The moment I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I was a Star Wars-crazed, sixth grade kid with braces, sitting in front of our family’s TV, in PJ’s.  The credits were rolling after an incredible movie we had just finished watching.  At the time, though, l had no idea that my “epiphany” that night would become such a pivotal moment in my life. With insightful support from my parents, I was enrolling in my first acting class a week later.  I had discovered an energizing afterschool activity that Read More

Gaining the Edge as a Humanities Major

I took the UBE course over the summer and the best thing about it was how well it fit my schedule. I had an internship that took up most of my day week-in and week-out, but UBE was something I could sit down and do without stress, and everything was so interesting! Going through all the materials wasn’t something I stressed over, and by the end of the course, I was much more prepared to start applying for jobs. Sending in applications to businesses was a lot easier with some sort of business knowledge on my resume. All of the employers that I interviewed with were impressed by how proactive I was in seeking out a program to round off Read More