Coming out of high school, I felt like I had a pretty good handle on the world. I’d just graduated at the top of my class, had a scholarship to ASU and, despite having no idea what I wanted to do for a living, felt pretty confident about the future. Then I walked into my first semester of classes at the W.P. Carey School of Business and got a reality check. I barely understood what studying “Business Management” meant, couldn’t figure out which textbooks I actually needed and wondered why everyone kept talking about internships—and worried whether I should be searching for one myself.
Tools to Succeed at Your Fingertips
The faculty and staff of WPC know that coddling us into denial about how prepared we are for life would only trip us up in the long-run. Fortunately, though, they provide us with all the tools we need to succeed. Each student has access to their own “My WPC” dashboard that links them to resources and information regarding news, scholarships, academic advising, career counseling, events, email and more! They also periodically send out newsletters with internships, events, and scholarship opportunities. I, personally, have received multiple scholarships, an internship and became a WPC 101 instructor because of that newsletter.
What If You Don't Know How to Use the Tools?
That is precisely why WPC gives us access to other students who were in our same position only a few years ago. Tutoring programs such as SI Study groups as well as comprehensive mentoring programs like the Business Ambassadors are just a few of the many ways to connect with other, more experienced students. Not to mention WPC 101, an introductory class taught by qualified peer facilitators (consisting of sophomores through seniors in the business school) that want to help their fellow students get the most out of their college experience.
So despite the fact that most freshmen have no idea where to start, WPC gives them the tools they need to succeed and the experience-driven guidance to use them wisely. The decision is ultimately up to us, though—will we use the tools and guidance available to us and reach the potential they keep telling us we have or won’t we? I hope that we do because, as Dr. Seuss put it,
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[i] Seuss, D. (1990). Oh, the Places You'll Go! New York: Random House.
Written by Justin R. Bates
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