Being a junior is super fun!!! Here is why:
1. You’re 20 which is old af
Remember when you started college and you were just a naive 18 year old who could get away with things because you were a teenager then. I am not ashamed to admit I freaked out at my 20th birthday because you’re in the second decade of your life and you have to be a real person really soon.
2. Your class schedule is supposed to relate to what you want to do in life
This can either be a really good thing for you because you’re super into everything you’re doing… or this can make you feel like you should’ve picked a different major but you’re in too deep to switch now.
3. You have no idea what you want to do in life
I came into college (at a different school) and thought I knew exactly what area and type of job I wanted. Now I’m on my second school and 3rd major and I just added a minor so clearly right on track in life. If you happened to know the exact job you want to do- congrats, I think you’re in the minority and you’re lucky for that.
4. You actually have to decide if you want to go to graduate school right after college (taking the GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT)
If you’re going to grad/med/law school right after undergrad, you technically should decide at some point junior year, and again, you’d have to know what you want to do 100% in life before you go spend tons of money on another degree. Not to mention, decide if you want to go through the process of picking another school, and applying (those application fees aren’t cheap).
5. You realize you should actually go to those networking events since you need connections
Tulane is great with having networking, internship, and job fairs which is great in theory, but when you’re a junior there starts to be more need to actually go to those events and start making connections in the field you want to go in (even more troubling if they ask you what area you want to live in or what specific job you want).
6. You look at jobs but again realize- you aren’t positive they sound fun/what you want to be
7. You realize you should probably work on your GPA so you can be hired
It’s crunch time on making your GPA the best it can be to make up for the grades you got in the classes you took when you thought you knew what you wanted to do but then you didn’t do well in (ty Econ).
8. You realize you have random requirements you haven’t done yet (shoutout to science lab)
Remember those general education requirements you said you’d do next semester, but keep pushing them off because they sound SO boring.