Own Your Education

Thinking about the future can be really, really scary. Whether you’re applying to an internship, weighing the pros and cons of a job offer, or even dealing with where these opportunities will take you geographically. As a junior, I’m experiencing more and more of these situations than I ever had to as an underclassman. I have one more year until I start applying for jobs. I have one more summer to experience an internship. I have a couple more months before senior year begins. I should be scared out of my mind, but I’m so glad to say that I’m really not. Sure, I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do, but I do know that I’m going to do what makes me happy. If I want to stay close to home, I know I will. If I want to move far, far away, I will. If I want to be a 5th year, I probably could (I don’t think our awesome advisor, Jane, would let me though.) The point is, you can do whatever you want with your degree, your time, and your life. If you’re making yourself happy, you will go farther in life than somebody who does what everybody else wants them to do. Stay true to yourself, and be confident with that. A Purdue degree will open the doors, but it’s ultimately up to you whether you want to pass through or wait for another.