Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college?

Re:Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college? by gm on Sunday June 22, 2008 @09:01PM (#224560)

Do EVERYTHING you can that will not be economically feasible (travel for a month or three) or even possible (spend a summer at Cambridge University in England). You will live to regret not doign these things when, after you get a job, you get two measly weeks of vacation per year.

Use it all up: take extra classes, join a club, make a friend from another race, etc...

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Re:Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college? by alarmist on Monday June 23, 2008 @12:18AM (#224745)

Good call on the club thing. I'm a marketing/management student and I ended up as president of the human resources club on campus. It is a good thing I did, because now I get to go to all the alumni events and meet important people I wouldn't have otherwise.

To the OP - Just get involved. Start by going to every event and club meeting on campus and stay at it until something sticks.

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Re:Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college? by dnaquin on Monday June 23, 2008 @12:12AM (#224737)

Two weeks _paid_ vacation.

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Re:Ask HN: What should I try to do while still in college? by graywh on Monday June 23, 2008 @11:20AM (#225182)

Agreed. Don't forget that unpaid leave is often an options.

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