Getting Started

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College is an ideal time for you to begin setting and fulfilling short- and long-term goals. A short-term goal might be to read twenty pages from your history text twice a week, anticipating an exam that will cover the first hundred pages of the book. A long-term goal might be to begin predicting which elective college courses you could choose that would help you attain your career goals.

Thinking about a career might seem unrelated to some of the general education courses you are required to take in your first year. Sometimes it’s hard to see the connection between a history or literature course and what you want to do with the rest of your life. If you’re open to learning, however, you may discover potential areas of interest that you may never have considered before, areas of interest that may lead you to discover a new career path.