What motivates you in your senior year of college?
Being a goal-oriented and practical person, I always work toward something to stay motivated. However, as a senior in college, I no longer have a concrete short term goal at the moment - have a full-time role lined up, not sure if I wanna do on-cycle PE recruiting , have nearly done all of my college-required courses. Would love to learn what motivates you in your senior year of college? What motivates you day in and day out?
3 G's - gym, golf, girls
Junior here but felt similarly after receiving an SA offer for next summer. Here are some ideas that I learned from Kurt Vonnegut, a man who had spectacular insight into the human condition:
Pay it forward:
I helped found a new finance club on campus and am involved with multiple groups as a mentor. Giving back is a big part of my school's culture, so I've been paying it forward double. Also, I'm regularly surprised by how wise my underclassmen peers are and what they can teach about business and life. I've struggled with nihilism and suicidal ideation, but helping my peers achieve their professional goals has been a big help. Here's a relevant Vonnegut quip:
Engage with new ideas:
I have personal interests in philosophy, psychology, and leadership, so I've been spending a lot of time reading studies/biographies/literature and finding someone to share these ideas with. Seek out people who are intelligent, well-traveled, open-minded and willing to get drinks with you. This will look different for every individual, so explore your interests. Here's Vonnegut's advice to high school students:
Forget about goals:
Finance students (myself included) are often stuck on the hedonic treadmill seeking the next most prestigious goal. A good friend (and prestige addict) of mine spent his entire undergraduate with GS IBD in his sights, and now that he has it, he's set on MF PE. I find Vonnegut's conversation with fellow author Joseph Heller helpful:
I hope you find what you are looking for OP. Enjoy your senior year!
Find a hobby. On the rowing team and that pretty much keeps me motivated every single day to constantly improve myself both mentally and physically. Also maybe take on a mentorship role at school? (Tutoring/TA) helping others at your university is always rewarding and tutoring can help you remember some concepts you forgot about
Try your best to maintain a decent GPA as one day you may decide you want to switch to med / vet / law / cs / archi or whatever that you may need to go back to school.
I regret fking up my final year gpa to 3.5 and basically shutting myself out of many more academic grad programs that use gpa as cutoff
This. Your priorities are almost certainly going to change as you get older. Whether something like B-school becomes part of the plan I don’t know. But why close that door for no reason?
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