Look into the crystal ball...

So very recently (specifically since London and CORE) I have had a hard time deciding what it is I want to do with my life-what I want to concentrate in, what I want to minor in, and what I may want to do once I leave BU. Buttttt, I did have a kind of ideal plan. And thanks to the help of some very handy advisors down at the undergrad program office, it seems the plan is ACTUALLY POSSIBLE. SAY WHAT? yah. So I went into my advisor and told her basically this: I want to finish my IM concentration, do a finance and operations management concentration, and get an econ minor in the last 3 semesters I have here. I also needed to declare my Spanish minor which I was supposed to do about a year ago but now it has been so long that the entire system had changed and so I was able to just do it online in the office. So I sat down with the advisor and 20 minutes later I walked out of there with a sheet of paper in my hand that detailed every class I would have to take for the rest of my time here at Boston University to make my "ideal plan" possible. Guess what? It is a full 12 classes. No overloading necessary. No needing special permission. No nothing. The people they have working in that office are geniuses. It is actually pretty awesome how they work with you.

A lot of people complain about how the bureaucracy of universities and how they are only out to get your buck-that the institution of education no longer exists for the student. I can see where these people are coming from. I can see that the price of an education is ridiculous and that universities tend to add on a lot of "extras" at seemingly crazy prices. But I can also appreciate the faculty members who do make it their life's work to make sure that the students to receive the education they pay for, and the advisors that work their utmost to make sure that students are made aware of and take advantage of every opportunity and resource available to them. I think a lot of students complain about the prices they are paying for their education don't then go and take advantage of all of the things they are paying for. If you are paying for a career center in your tuition, GO TO IT. Go to information sessions for firms and go to career counseling. Have a counselor look over your resume. If you are paying for gym access, GO TO THE GYM. If you are paying for advisors, TAKE ADVANTAGE. They know which classes you should be taking, it is their job, and they are thrilled to help you out. Ok that is it with the lecture. I think this is part of my living every day with energy and appreciation for it. So far it has proved rewarding.

Just my thoughts
Radhi