What should you be when you ‘grow up’? Deciding what to do with your life, especially at age 18 when you pick your college major, is daunting. What better way to decide than to take a quiz by a college magazine?
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he universal question many college students and even those who have graduated will ask themselves is: what do I want to be when I grow up? The answer may take a little bit of time to come up with, as deciding the course of the rest of your life is a big decision, but it can be made a lot easier by first narrowing down a field.
1. What is going to be your first step into joining the workforce?
A. Try some internships while I’m in school and build my resume up before I graduate B. Get at least an undergraduate degree and figure out where to go from there C. I plan to go for my masters after undergrad to specify what exactly I want to do D. All of the school, if there’s a title that can go after my name, I want it E. I want to try a trade school after undergrad, that seems more up my alley
2. In a group project, what role do you take?
A. I would take a backseat, basically, if someone gave 22
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By Sydney Rose Graphic via Canva me a task I would do my part and be done B. I would be the one that could handle the creative tasks like drawing a figure or designing the presentation C. I would be the group leader, delegating the tasks to everyone and offering a deadline D. I would be the one presenting the project once it is done E. I would stick to the research aspect of the project
3. How do you feel about an office job?
A. I don’t think it would be necessary for what I want to do, I love moving around and being on the go B. I can pretty much do a job from anywhere I’m needed, whether that be home or an office C. I think having an office and somewhere to go each day would give me structure D. I pretty much expect to have an office with whatever I end up doing E. I would be good without an office, more room to do tasks that aren’t at a computer
4. What are your feelings towards manual labor? A. I would be willing to do it if required
