Apart from focusing on getting good grades, start getting out of classroom and network and start working for people to build a solid portfolio. Decide on what kind of work you like and start telling people about it.
Purpose of College aside from gaining knowledge:
- A degree (as in, formal title; it may come in handy)
- Access to expensive/difficult to get equipment e.g. a piece of custom hardware
- Access to people who know some particular area inside out
- All the smart people who study at the university - there won't be any other chance to meet so many amazing people and maybe build something Amazing with them, and then keep contact for the future.
- College demonstrates a variety of soft skills: time management, the ability to plan and meet deadlines, the ability to work on what's necessary when it's necessary, a willingness to suck it up and do some necessary drudge work, etc.
- Cheaper tickets and many other discounts.
- A place to forge out on your own in a semi-protected environment, somewhere to learn the art of making friends, of meeting people, and somewhere to discover what you want to do in life.
- an undergraduate degree is also a framework for developing into an independent adult.
- A place to forge out on your own in a semi-protected environment, somewhere to learn the art of making friends, of meeting people, and somewhere to discover what you want to do in life.
- an undergraduate degree is also a framework for developing into an independent adult.
