How to get the most out of your college experience: DON’T GO TO CLASS.
Instead of going to class go to
networking events, get involved, start a business, visit
office hours if you want to learn something from your professor. How much can you retain from canned lectures
and 100 word power point slides? Textbooks can only teach so much. With textbooks you can be sure of one thing:
that what you are reading does not represent the newest thought in your field
of study and by the time you get a job it will most likely be irrelevant
(unless you’re a history major). Why
learn from a digital marketing textbook when its outdated by the time its
printed? Drop the textbook for a night and network where the rich people
and business owners hang out. A 19 year
old at a 40+, CEO-only event impresses people whether you know what you’re talking
about or not. Trust me.
So who are the ones that get the most out of their college experience? We evaluate performance based on GPA, but what did the summa cum laudes spend most of their college life doing? I didn’t tell my parents I skipped class for client meetings or for brainstorming sessions with entrepreneurial friends because they probably would not have understood. For the ones who have already graduated: Which has a higher correlation to success? Your graduating GPA or how many powerful people know you?
Can I get an Amen?
Amen Son! Very well written my friend. I don't think GPA ever illustrated how you can make an organization better or the capacity of social capital. If the piles of business cards aren't being added on to, how much better are we? We're only as good as the people we're surrounded by most- oh and textbooks don't count!
Great job on these blogs! Keep it up
Posted by: Robin Gerlach | May 25, 2007 at 12:21 AM