Looking Back...

[theotherkira]

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With two and a half weeks left before school and the threat of becoming insanely busy looming ever nearer, I thought I would write a recap of the summer.

I spent the month of May reading Atlas Shrugged, figuring out my major, and searching for a job of some relevance to my future career.  Happily, I succeeded in all three…I

Comments

[madbard]

My curiosity is officially piqued. Who is your father?

[theotherkira]

Raymond Newman...he had radio shows called Recognition then the Raymond Newman journal, and he also did one with David Kelley for about year called In Focus.

[madbard]

Ooh, so you're a legacy objectivist! I'm envious.

Strange how I've never heard of your dad. Is he still active in the media?

[burntbythesun02]

I have some tapes by him that I bought from Second Renaissance books in 1992. One interviewed Edith Packer and the other Ayn Rand herself. I wonder if they still sell them.

[boffo]

I have two pieces of advice regarding college

[burntbythesun02]

I'm not sure business has that reputation. Most real business people I talk to think that the classes are a joke.

Kira - do you have contacts in the corporate world (assuming you want to keep that door open)? If you have contacts that like you enough, your major doesn't seem to matter.

A minor in a subject, btw, is usually enough to get you into graduate school, so that you could hedge your bets by choosing a practical major. But connections matter a lot more than your major (which is why a lot of people fight over unpaid internships).

[theotherkira]

I don't really have contacts in the corporate world as of yet, but I'm hoping to continue with internships and use my work experience as a means of securing other jobs. I probably would have majored in journalism if it had been available, but I settled on the two minors as a replacement. I know this may not be the safest route but I think the philosophy major will give me background knowledge that will be useful for my writing later.

[boffo]

My second piece of advice regarding college is about the social aspect. As that wise sage and observer of the human condition South Park says, "There's a time and a place for everything, and it's called college."

This is your time to do crazy stuff. Push your boundaries, and have fun. If you don't, you'll regret it later.