{"id":2758,"date":"2022-04-25T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2022-04-25T17:11:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:11:04","slug":"spark-notes-of-the-dos-and-donts-from-a-graduating-senior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/spark-notes-of-the-dos-and-donts-from-a-graduating-senior\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Notes of the Dos and Don\u2019ts From a Graduating Senior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do <br>Get a job on campus<br>Make friends with the faculty &#8211; I love our faculty<br>Listen to upperclassmen &#8211; they will tell you what classes to absolutely not take (AGEC 450)<br>Spend time in the CRC &#8211; that is where you will make friends, get tips on classes, and meet faculty<br>Get an internship &#8211; I\u2019d start field scouting<br>Join a club that is different from your major &#8211; do it just for fun or explore<br>Find a way to travel &#8211; I have some of my best memories from traveling<br>Spend time off-campus &#8211; go to dinner with friends or go explore<br>Join a team &#8211; Crops Judging Team, Soils Judging Team, Livestock, etc. <br>Take the bus &#8211; it is really convenient (if it is on time) <br><br>Don\u2019t <br>Always focus on class &#8211; sometimes you need to have some fun and that paper can wait<br>Overcommit &#8211; this isn\u2019t high school &#8211; you cannot be involved in 8 clubs without going crazy<br>Always stay on campus &#8211; find a healthy balance<br>Live in the dorms all 4 years &#8211; living off-campus teaches independence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Get a job on campusMake friends with the faculty &#8211; I love our facultyListen to upperclassmen &#8211; they will tell you what classes to absolutely not take (AGEC 450)Spend time in the CRC &#8211; that is where you will make friends, get tips on classes, and meet facultyGet an internship &#8211; I\u2019d start field&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogposts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2761,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}