Junior year- Dawn of the real life

Hi all,

It’s quite surprising to me how my perspective on college has changed over the past two years. In freshman year, I wanted to do something that was ‘cool’. In sophomore year, I was seeking out something I ‘love’. I am a junior now and I feel close to the real world than ever before. In a matter of months, I’ll be facing choices that’ll decide the direction of my future. It is stressful, but exciting at the same time. Now, I am trying to do everything that’ll fetch me a ‘job’.

I’ve been thinking about what I want to do after college. Ideally, I want to work for a few years and then get a masters or a mba. Eventually I would like to be an entreprenuer. But I will still have to apply to grad school now as a back up, in case the job market decides to test me. WIth all this in mind, it’s also time to finish my IQP and apply for a good MQP.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve also been trying to figure out a strong career plan for the future. I am trying to look into the future and anticipate a field that’ll provide good entreprenuership opportunities. I think Systems Engineering is the way to go. I am thinking of graduate school in Systems Engineering. But how much more schooling I can take and how many years I can survive in engineering is still a big question.