Stay in School

Get a job

Not the kind you’ll be offered once you graduate (if you’re even offered one at all), but more along the lines of an internship. Some may argue that it’s possible both to intern and attend class at the same time. And they may be right. But they’ll also be jealous when you’ve got a blissful year of job-free college left and they’ve got 12 months of college-free office space. Depending on your university, there are a number of ways to spend a semester interning, and though the websites claim the internships are typically done while enrolled at the college, not all of the postings mandate that you must be enrolled. Or you could get a regular job—maybe a position involving physical labor that clears your head of all the frat party fog and “renews and reawakens your academic passions.”

And if you still aren’t sold, and are smirking to yourself because you’ve got another year-and-half-left and you think that’s all you need, rent St. Elmo’s Fire. Then rent Van Wilder. You’ll see…