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Gameplan for a mediocre college
Basic principles for navigating college
Congratulations, you made it!
… to the second staircase.
If you heard that once you get into college, your life is set — I’m afraid that’s mistaken. It’s a motivation tactic to get you to work super hard right before getting into college.
Are you shaking your head in disappointment? I was too.
This is unsustainable and might do more harm than good. The game doesn’t end when college starts. It ends when you die. You can pause playing whenever you want, but the game continues. Just like online multiplayer games.
Here are things I wish someone told me when I started. It’s for my cousin brother, who’ll start university this year, and finally gave me the push needed to write this down. And for my cousin sister, who will follow soon after. And for you.
Some disclaimers first.
This works for an inappropriate major. In most places, you can substitute college with major.
This works for great colleges. The difference is, they don’t need to go out of their way and do this to be noticed.
This isn’t easy.
Before we begin, let’s get a general life lesson out of the way.
