As a school student, you might have a rough idea about the difference between school and college from various sources like books, movies, siblings etc. However, it may or may not be what you experience as you join college. It may lead to misunderstandings and unrealistic expectations. Here is a guide to help you transition from a rather disciplined school life to a more relaxed college environment in Mumbai. You can use most parts of this article to help adjust to college life regardless of where you are in India or any other country. However, some details related to locations, colleges and various scenarios related to local trains and traveling are specific to most parts of Mumbai only. You will gain some insights related to how you can go about choosing your stream and subjects and other information related to choosing a course and program for your career. This article elaborates on what you need to be ready for college right from the last few years of school and making the most of the opportunities that are made available for students that may not be found once college is over.
Steps
Knowing About the Facilities That Colleges Offer
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Learn about the college faculty and infrastructure. The website of a college usually has the details with photographs and details regarding their teachers, staff and guest lecturers. You can hover over or click the right option in the menus to read about them and know about their experience from their snippets. The teachers make studies fun, personalized for the students and filled with rich experiences for student interaction and participation. You can check the same if available or ask if you have friends who have or are studying in the college on your list. The infrastructure details including the classrooms, Wi-Fi on the campus, laboratory, auditorium, sports ground, seminar hall with a certain capacity, halls, etc. and other facilities like a gym, football court, sports room, etc. are also mentioned by colleges. This can mean different things to different students depending upon what they are looking for. So, you can read about the same online or by visiting the campus before joining or buying their admission form, application form, prospectus etc.
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Read about sports and arts in colleges. Some colleges have a robust plan to inculcate a list of sports, sporting events and competitions to encourage physical health and indoor & outdoor activities. While some focus on arts like performing arts, dance, theater, etc. Some have both while some have neither with education as their main focus. Events, activities and competitions create a number of ways to explore and learn about your strengths in those activities. It also forms a reason to be happy during college years. You get to see your competitive side and your creative streak, go beyond and explore what you haven't in school and see where it takes you. Intercollegiate competitions that have you participate in competitions that are held in your college or other colleges also stirs enormous confidence and build character. Taking failures, constructive feedback, not-so-positive reviews, feeling nervous and facing your fears can create excitement and take your adrenaline rush to another level. If you like all this, you can opt for a college that offers all or some of these to suit your needs. Often the website has a section that highlights all of them.Advertisement
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Find out about college festivals. Xavier's has Malhar [1] X Research source and Sophia's has Kaleidoscope [2] X Research source . When it comes to fests, the students 'rule the rooster'. They work together with their seniors and juniors depending upon their class or grade and with the help of the teachers, they put together a great festival. It is a few days’ event that requires getting sponsorship, marketing of the festival to colleges, local shops, companies, multinational firms, offices and much more. Participating in a fest is a fun-filled experience as students get hands-on training in entrepreneurship in their own little or big way as they make choices and loads of effort to make it a success. They make it happen with team effort and collaborate on many areas starting from making posters and banners to assigning specific tasks to students who are interested in taking up different roles, do the legwork related to spreading awareness about their festival, working on performances and putting together a good fest where the college and students from other colleges including page 3 media come to cover the event. It is a time when you get days off from college or half-days to complete fest-related activities and its preparation. Right from arranging snacks to finding budget-friendly fest t-shirts or caps with your college's name on it, you get to see and participate in everything.Advertisement
Dispelling Myths About "College Life"
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Resist the urge to emote everything done in dramatic Bollywood movies. Movies have a target of being entertaining and it need not be a good place for learning about how to behave as you crush on someone or fall in love. In most movies, the actors meet in the end. Such stories may lead to aspirations that how you feel for someone is how the other person also feels for you. Young minds have enormous hope and love in them that is often pure and naive in nature. You can choose to cherish this bundle of emotion in you and act wisely as you crush on someone or fall in love or let it be expressed to see where it goes. There is no denying having such feeling crop as you meet newer people, dressed in different clothes and having different personality traits. In college life, you would do better by validating your own emotions and not seeking validation from others as a denial of it may cause you hurt and pain. It helps to have your feelings in your control than in the hands of others in such delicate situations. Try to see beyond relationships since you are going to college to study. If things work out mutually, you may find happiness. If not, you will have your feelings controlled. Enough to help you get back to studies instead of feeling lost or too hurt to focus in exams. Learning about your sexual orientation and choices is common in college with friends of all kinds and set of information. You can let yourself learn from them and keep the onus of choosing what to act on to yourself.
- Take the time spent in college to learn better communication skills with other people. Being composed while communicating and having a pleasant demeanor can be a treasure that could make you unavoidable for your amicable and rich attitude. As you spend time with a variety of classmates, teachers and staff, try to learn how to develop your interpersonal skills, empathy, presentability and working on nervousness or other things that trouble you. The few years spent in college gives you ample time to work on yourself for your future.
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Give yourself time to grow while being a student. Work hard and be willing to grow in college. Having a rigid attitude about things like people, mindset, work life, studies etc., may not be profitable or even right. Everything changes shape and form with time and various other factors. Life after COVID-19 has changed much about the method of learning and working. Such experiences changes mindset and nothing stays etched in stone. Being flexible and ready to learn is of utmost important in a student's life. You need to correct yourself, apologize for any wrong that may be done, hold yourself, control your temper, temptation and anger and many other things. This is to say that there is immense beauty in learning and being open to be a better person and at times, the bigger person by letting things go, even if they seem unfair. Like it is said in a famous quote by Barbara Kingsolver, "Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you're good, bad things can still happen. And if you're bad, you can still get lucky", you can set yourself free from the math of getting even or getting the better of others and focus on more productive activities.
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Avoid peer pressure from your classmates. Your friends may want you to do what they want to do. Some friends push their friends to follow them in what they are doing. A studious student may ask their friend to take studies seriously while a rather uninterested student may want their friends to stay away from books or else he/ she will be left out. Doing what they do in terms of addiction, not studying, bunking class, being mean with others, speaking rudely with teachers etc., can not only lead you to trouble like suspension, it will also take you away from who you. Avoid the urge to steal things from your friends if you feel resentful of not having as much as they do. You can learn and earn your way into having exactly what you aspire and more than that as you pass college and start your career. It is just a matter of time and patience that will mold your future into a bright path of success and bitter-sweet experiences, like everyone else.
- Envy, jealousy, resentment and such sentiments may hover over your head at times seeing what others have and you don't. Negative thoughts may create a web of feelings you might feel caught into. Avoid negativity stemming from thoughts that are clearly wrong.
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Try to be realistic. Unrealistic hopes often lead to higher expectations from oneself and lead you to act in a way that is not natural to you. College is a time when you learn the difference between the unrealistic and realistic. Sometimes, you learn that you were right about your mission and sometimes to learn otherwise. Having watched others reach a certain height quickly may seem either daunting to you or simpler than it may be. Make a mental plan or a list of steps with pen and paper about your dreams from your life, expectations from college in terms of grades, making friends, being known, knowing more about yourself, learning new skills, getting over your shortcomings and so on. All these happen in college. And it happens best when you are aware about these and have the right attitude towards learning and accepting what you learn. Not being realistic could mean wanting things that belong to someone else or thinking that anything goes and nothing would happen if you had your way. However, every college has rules and a student is best accepted by the college staff if they follow the rules related to attendance, dress code, studies, etc.
- Participation in extra-curricular activities builds your images in front of the teachers and staff, regardless of the fact of how you fair in them. Participation creates a positive image and helps the student learn many valuable lessons. You don't have to know everything when you join college. You can allow yourself to learn as you spend each day in college with a diverse group of people who are unlike and in some respect, just like each other. Having the attitude of wanting to learn and correct yourself as you go about your college life can help turn you into a well-rounded person who is not easily wounded.
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Evaluate your aspiration to look perfect in college. Perhaps a certain 'Rahul' from a movie seemed too endearing to you as he acted like a college student in a good movie like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain. Or maybe a petite-looking actress mostly wearing flattering clothes with an hourglass figure terrified you as you think about making a good first impression in college. Most college students who join in their first year have spent the last year cramming and preparing for their boards or class 10 final exams. They don't need to put effort into fitness or being presentable. Looking perfect may or may not be possible for you depending upon your idea of perfection. You neither need to worry about being validated nor have to feel intimidated by others who seem to look very good.
- Remember that colleges all over has good-looking students and you can set yourself free from the pressure of entertaining others if being too dressy does not come naturally to you. Either way, what you would be needed to focus on as a student of college would is wearing clean clothes and being hygienic. That is the most important aspect of presentability and grooming whether you have Levis jeans, Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirt, Fastrack watches, wildcraft bag, parker pen, RayBan eyewear, Reebok shoes, Gucci perfumes or not. You can be carrying what you have, ace your exams, be active in co-curricular activities and make a success of your college life.
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Be willing to learn and humble yourself with the many experiences that will unfold in college. If you look at people who after completing college start working, you will see that college performance and college appearance are two poles apart. These two remotely affect your life journey ahead. What makes you successful is the ability to work hard in the face of dilemmas that you can learn when you prepare for projects overnight, however, the teacher delays the submission date, the prospects in an opportunity or an idea that you believe will work and so try to make it work professionally than sitting back and waiting until the opportunity passes and a new one comes your way, albeit after a long wait, the desire to not give up and keep learning newer skills that you expect to have learned in college but learn as you apply your knowledge at work and so on. More often, you will come across truths about things that you would think colleges should teach, however they don't. You learn them on your own while working in the professional world. Be open to learning as a professional and build that flexibility as a student in college.
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Understand your take on clothes and styling. Schools have a uniform while most colleges don't have a uniform. This means, that you might be having to shop for or keep aside clothes to change every day. This might be distracting or fun depending upon your likes and means. More often, it can distract you because you have to 'match' your peers, wear brands that they can afford, have the latest phone, watch, gadgets, have concert tickets, etc. as your classmates have. It is going to be up to you to either focus on these things that do look like a lot or on studies which is why students go to college. Remember what Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India had said, "All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents." Try to choose what you would like to focus on, keeping your priorities in mind. No one may have the time to watch and judge you on your clothes or economy more than once or twice, as is human nature. If one sees a need to make jokes about you, you must know that they are avoiding work and college for trivial interests to put someone down. You can walk away at that.
- If you have everything you want, try to humble yourself while enjoying the luxury. Be willing to offer genuine advice if asked and praise if you see someone doing well or needing it. This can help you feel flexible and less rigid about having more than others.
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Have a wallet with some cash. There will always be some students who have everything and others who have some. The perfect looks, the best accessories, phones, money to eat wherever they like, etc. And that is their privilege or yours if you have it all. Living within your means is not a bad thing and you will see this happen in college or the institute that you join. There will be all sorts of students from various backgrounds. Some rich students who spend a lot and some middle class friends who spend even more. You will also find some rich students who have no interest in spending or having a 'cool life' and see some not so well off friends have the same idea. You can make do with what you have. Try to keep track of money as you will need to watch your spending in the future. Spending some money on xeroxes and notes, buying college stationery, picking the more feasible footwear, clothes and books, carrying out various expenses of college are inevitable. And you will need to know the rate of things and if what you are buying is worth the cost, the right pick for you, the right time etc. You may have to see things from a larger point of view in terms of what matters more and if buying more is important or buying as needed however what is more durable is better for you.
- Getting an education is a privilege that is still a luxury for many, not just in India but, in some other parts of the world as well. Use these humbling truths to strengthen your resolve to keep going in tough times, living a better college life and shouldering your responsibilities with a smile, come what may!
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Learn the basics of paying online. Learning how to pay online is very important while traveling, ordering food, supplies, or otherwise. Use GPay, PayTm, UPI, debit card, scan QR code, etc. when you can at home while ordering groceries and supplies or while at Dmart, Big Bazaar, Jio Mart or other supermarkets. The staff won't be willing to cheat if you ask for instructions, also because there are cameras in the store and would be kind to customers who say that they are using the online payment app for the first time. Hide the code or pin while making payments. Do not say it to them. Punch it in yourself to avoid losing your money. Also, learning how to search information online for accurate results will be your best ally. To do that you can type what you want on your browsers like Google or Bing and keep narrowing down your searched words instead of using long sentences with many punctuation marks. Since you will need information about everything related to college including buying, choosing, paying and perhaps asking a redressal due to the purchase being faulty, learning how to search information online can be a boon and is of paramount importance. You may also have to learn to download and use apps needed for registering for college, paying your fees online, checking the status of payment, buying supplies, train tickets, tracking delivery of ordered items and so on.
- Avoid using an ATM from a location that may be too dark or one that seems unsafe. For accessing your account or withdrawing money, opt for mobile banking or an ATM that is situated in a rather crowded area. If another person enters the ATM where there is only one ATM machine, you can ask the security or the person to wait outside until you are done with your transaction. Or you can leave to avoid trouble.
- If you can, use a second bank account with minimum money in it. Use it for your own needs including college. If you fall prey to a phishing link that affects your account, the loss won't be that grave. Even though the bank may assist you in lodging a police complaint or getting your money back, it is wise to not keep all your money in one account if the sum is high or to have that account accessible with your phone. Sometimes friends also punch in random search words on each other's phone and click on links unknowingly that might affect you. You can create a phone lock code to secure your phone.
- Calling the bank to block your debit or credit card by stating the reason of theft of your card is necessary in case of such events. You can keep a diary with important phone numbers since mostly no one remembers numbers of their contacts.
- You are not obligated to share your bank details like debit card number, pin codes, CVV, etc. with friends.
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Read the newspaper or download a news app. Being in the know is good and can help in knowing what you should know as students. You now have to travel alone or long distance and make payments. There are a number of fake news that educated criminals or even regular students innocently circulate not knowing if it is true. For instance this, If you face any criminal activity like a threat while using an ATM machine, you can punch your pin backward to automatically have the police called. For example, if your pin is 5688 you can punch 8865 which will alert the police about something being amiss at that ATM and they will come to rescue you as soon as they get the message. Such news and tips are not truthful and get circulated online to create misunderstandings. Be sure not to rely on such news and others. Subscribe to the news or watch it daily on television to stay safe as much as you can. Be on the know and stay alert to avoid scams and frauds that linger to thug college students who might not know a lot of things about cybersecurity.Advertisement
Being Aware of Opportunities That You Can Make the Most of
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Grow as an individual in college. One of the best things about college other than completing your education is the robust environment that is provided for each student to grow. Learning skills that you didn't know you could learn, trying out activities that you never have, exploring talents that you felt keen about, bonding with friends like never before etc. can all make life in college really pleasant. Being like someone can take you forward to some extent. There will be times when you will have to be you and think right in making the right decisions for yourself. Such challenging situations can give you opportunities to know your strengths better and work on what you can to be better at handling situations and dilemmas. Encourage friendship and be supportive to learn to communicate with others, sharing and developing a nature of kindness. Each day in college will pose challenges and opportunities. Challenges related to projects, presentation, preparation etc. that you will get to develop with each of them; opportunities in terms of the same as these are the steps that take you higher and sometimes drop you so you see how much you can work on them.
- Take experiences positively and try to see how far you can go with all the help from the college like the facilities, space, tools, guidance from teachers and so on that you may not find elsewhere outside the college environment. Such opportunities need not be found, say in office. Some offices do offer activities for rejuvenation, learning and growing. You may have to complete your college in flying colors and be in a college that offers placements in great companies that look after their employees as assets and not as instruments of work alone.
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Participate in campus placement drives and internships. Campus placements and internships need not be missed as these are the opportunities that are made available as a channel for a long term career graph. Otherwise, a student may have to go for job hunting on their own through job portals like LinkedIn [3] X Research source , Naukri [4] X Research source etc. Many esteemed companies are invited for placements of eligible students annually or sometimes twice a year. Summer or Winter Internships may or may not be paid however, it may consist of marks or grades that shall be added to your final semester exam. If recruiters from multinational companies, high profile public sector undertakings, government organizations and sectors visit your institute or college, you can fully utilize those opportunities to have a good start to your career. A good starting point opens the door to better opportunities as you leave that job. However, if the first job was at a place that was not promising or didn't offer a good role or pay package, it can take a while or years to find a stable job and a better pay, later. Try to learn about the eligibility criteria for the placements as not all the students are offered the highest positions and packages or at times, the opportunity to participate in placements.
- Placements can be first come, first served or be based on other criteria including your marks, score in semester exams, projects submitted, skill set, knowledge, participation, proactiveness and so on. This does not mean that every successful individual started with the best college placements. With your determination and confidence, you can always find your way into a great career.
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Avail scholarships. If you need to study at a college of your dreams, however need scholarship, you can do so. Most colleges have scholarship facilities and the information regarding the same is mentioned on their official website. It can be under the Students' menu or Admissions. You can type keywords on Google with the college or institute's name such as 'K.C. Scholarship' to have Google fetch the link to the exact page of Kishinchand Chellaram College's scholarship. [5] X Research source . The website of University Grants Commission (UGC) [6] X Research source will provide you with many schemes for underprivileged students, scholarship for the students belonging to schedule caste, schedule tribe and other backward castes, family of military officials et al. Some scholarships offer a concession in the total fee while some offer free education. The same can be checked on the official website of the institute that you are applying to. If the information is not available or you need more details, you can email or call the contact number that is made available on their website or brochure for admission and scholarship related questions.
- You can also find a list of fake universities on the website of UGC. [7] X Research source Joining a legitimate college, institute or university is critical as you may not be offered a job or admission into another college after completing any grade in a fake university. Checking for details like the college being affiliated to the University of Mumbai, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) in case of engineering institute, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) etc. is of prime importance to not get into a college that is taking in failed students or other students with fake promises.
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Avail concessions. Students get to enjoy many facilities in college like a discounted price in many areas. For example, they can apply for a train concession and get a concession to buy their train pass from their home station to the college at a very discounted rate. You can opt for a first or a second-class pass that could be monthly or quarterly (for three months). Similarly, bus concession forms are also available if you seek to travel through bus to college. You can buy these passes even if you may not use them every day. Sometimes, it helps to keep them as an option if other options are not available. You may need the other option if there is heavy traffic in your route via road, heavy rain because of which the trains get delayed or halted, bus strikes, closed streets etc. Being on the know about such things can help in saving money if you need. The canteen food in colleges is also way cheaper than restaurants or food joints and yet of better quality as they know that they are supplying college-going students. Moreover, some colleges are known for their canteens and the street food available right next to the college. Some examples are Mama Kane's century old Batata Vada at Dadar West, Masala Dosa from Vile Parle, Falooda from Bandra West, Momos from Hill Road, Sizzlers from Linking road and so on. Some things are best explored as you join college. And friend's recommendations will come in handy in enjoying travel, site seeing and mouth watering delicacies on your way back home.Advertisement
Building a Positive Attitude
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Always ask instead of assuming. College participation, asking questions and being proactive are super helpful in learning about whatever you know less about or nothing about and making the right decisions. Ask genuine questions to teachers or staff as they have almost all the information that you may need. Be it regarding names of colleges, method of applying, career path and many other things. They may not be available all the time. So, it is best to ask them when they are available to answer your questions. Try to let them know your intent and why you are asking so many questions. Be precise and know that they may have half information also or they may lead you to others where you will find all the details that you need. Being proactive is important to avoid making haphazard decisions. A wrong decision may carve your way into unfulfilled dreams. Try to clarify whatever doubts you may have as you have them instead of leaving it for the future or being indifferent about it.
- Planning helps a great deal in getting better results. Make a plan about what you need, when you need it, whom you can ask for help or information, how much work you intend to get done in a set span of time etc. Based on your changing needs and goals, you can create a plan. This can help you in communicating your concerns well without sounding lost.
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Follow common etiquette for communications. Whether you are working or studying, writing a formal email or a complete message is important. Avoid writing short forms to others especially teachers like, "I'm gonna be absent for coll 2morow". Write complete words and sentences, be it in emails or the college's WhatsApp group. Salutations and thanking the other person are important in any communication - whether the gesture was small or big. Follow the email writing guidelines taught in school for letter writing. It helps as that is how formal communications go as you grow older and are held responsible for how you talk. Everything goes on record at times. Hence, being a little accountable with your communication can go a long way. Some other important points to follow are:
- Not being rude even when bringing up grievances.
- Wish the teachers or officers "Good morning" or such in the beginning and end the talk or message with a “Thank You”, "Have a nice day" etc.
- Communication skills is one of the most important one that recruiters seek in good candidates. Good communication skills will help you in every walk of life. So, aim to work on communication and interpersonal skills as you talk with friends, staff and others.
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Give back. Giving back brings a lot to the person who is giving. It is the thought that makes them thoughtful while doing other tasks including interpersonal communications and team work. Give in the capacity that you can. Offer to help those who are falling behind. It may help your performance as you may revise while teaching a hard concept to a friend. Avoid giving in to peer pressure if they ask you to mass bunk or not submit projects just because they have not completed their work despite multiple reminders and a lot of time. The attitude of giving can make you see things from a larger point of view. Such acts are expected from students by teachers and elders however, these may nay not be explicitly asked. Be proactively helpful with people you know need help and are happy to be helped by you. Politely ask newer friends if they need a recap of the topic covered if they were told for not being attentive or present in class. Avoid judging others who are facing problems and keep busy with your own work than meddling into others' issues if your help is not asked. College teaches you how to understand, when to speak and when to listen as you experience various situations in the face of submitting assignments, competing in events, choosing where you go, what you buy and so on. Giving back takes a full circle as you get helped when you are in need.
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Be kind. College is a time when everyone is looking for something. It could be good grades, fulfilling their dreams or their loved ones', being someone, doing something big etc. Such a drive makes each one have a competitive edge or sometimes, edginess. It can be troubling to see others in a race, full of vigor that fizzles out at the slightest of tests like a failure, roadblock or setback. Don't be oblivious to all such events as these are inevitable and glorious if you look at it that way. Such experiences take you to a newer you who has met different people facing different situations, as you are. If you talk patiently, listen to the others, make choices that are to raise you up and not based on bringing someone down and smile at friends instead of laughing at them or bullying them, you have a long year of friendship and good will. It is obvious to feel feelings of competition that leads to an urge to hurt someone. However, heeding by all such thoughts will put you in bad light and create disturbing memories that bring guilt in the longer run. Try to forgive others and see bad situations from the point of view of those who are experiencing those situations.
- Be kind and calm while meeting others. Control your temper so you can see beyond your rage and anger. Give what you can and stop when you can't. Accept who you are and aim to be a better person each day.
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Learn to say, 'No'. It is very important to learn to say 'No' wherever you need to, wherever you go, whatever you choose to do and whoever you are with. Imagine being asked to do what others want you to do while you have something else planned. Doing it once might be okay, just to go with the flow or with peer pressure however not having a method to say no ever can become painful. You can think of ways to say what you want without saying an outright or blunt No. Like, not emphasizing on what you are denying and bringing forth the reasons why you'd choose to do something else. Elaborate on your reasons for choosing what you are and politely ask your friends if they are okay. You may invite them to come with you as well, as need be. They may most likely say no and not alter their plans. Both should work with you, whether they go their way or they change their plans for you. You learn to be prude with effective communications in the face of such dilemmas. Don't weigh your life or worth based on how others treat you when you say no. Because college years is a time when you learn; learn to learn, learn to apply, accept, get better and to say no as necessary. Everyone at college is doing it at that point of time. See the positive side of telling the truth and growing as a person.
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Create a checklist for your CV. You can create a strong bio-data if you add some work experience to it. You can try part-time work that you can find as a college student in job boards if full-time jobs are taxing. Jobs may require that you are 18 years or above. Working part-time can be a way to increase skills, add more to your resume beyond projects and accomplishments, learn about work environment and make some money. The pay will differ from what you can expect after completing your complete studies however, you can set a mark under which you won't accept a job because the starting pay grade can set how much increment you can expect in your next job. If you start with very low pay, you may take a long time to reach a higher figure. You can use Naukri.com, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, or any other such job portals to create a free account and upload your CV or Curriculum Vitae there. They can send you daily, weekly or monthly emails or SMS based on your saved searches. Read through the menus and buttons on the websites especially the settings and profile page to know in greater detail what you need.
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Volunteer where you dream of working. Searching for an organization or company that takes volunteers can be one way to help others, learn work ethics and office culture and learn what you desire to apply professionally. It can be a great way to start your career in that direction. Or you can volunteer because you want to help and you find it enjoyable. It can be virtual opportunities, in-person activities or those of a hybrid nature where you visit some days and contribute remotely on other days. The mention of volunteering experience in your resume also helps in getting a good job. You can make a mark while learning many job-related skills in the organization or company. It also teaches a great deal about being polite and seeing others act politely with you. You learn about important traits that make you employable and what you can expect from fellow employees, seniors and heads as you communicate with them. You can set aside a few hours a day or a few hours a week depending upon your interest.
- Not only in India, you can become a volunteer in organizations that are in other countries like the United Nations [8] X Trustworthy Source United Nations Official site for the United Nations, an intergovernmental organization devoted to maintaining peace and building relationships between all nations. Go to source , UNESCO [9] X Research source , WHO [10] X Trustworthy Source World Health Organization Health information and news provided by the World Health Organization Go to source , wikiHow [11] X Research source and so on. The organization can belong to any sector or field and you need not have experience in any of the fields to be accepted as a volunteer. Looking for such opportunities online on websites like LinkedIn or Volunteermatch can be a great way to keep busy, productive and be a part of global communities.
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Expert Q&A
Tips
- Don't worry about your friends or neighbors while finding your way into college. The more the people, the more the suggestions. All you will need to get to know everything is going to college regularly. Do it and know it all for yourself.Thanks
- Help others. If you think you are doing yourself a favor by being hush-hush and paving your way into a good college and creating a successful career secretly, think again. Helping others might make you a better person. Someone who is not afraid of others going higher or far in their life can see the brighter side by doing what they do without envying or feeling left out.Thanks
Warnings
- Avoid stunts while traveling in trains. It has proven fatal for many. Check the news for more information on this. What actors did in movies like DDLJ, Jab we met or Chennai Express may not be practical. Moreover, those trains were not Mumbai local trains. Those were slower trains meant for traveling interstate.Thanks
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Malharfest/
- ↑ https://sophiacollegemumbai.com/img/club/Kaleidoscope.pdf
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/signup
- ↑ https://www.naukri.com/
- ↑ https://kccollege.edu.in/announcement/reserve-category-scholarship/
- ↑ https://www.ugc.gov.in/
- ↑ https://www.ugc.ac.in/page/Fake-Universities.aspx?_gl=1*x1221a*_ga*NjI1NTg5MjYyLjE2NTYxMDMxNzg.*_ga_FGHYECNLXB*MTY1NjEwMzE3OC4xLjAuMTY1NjEwMzE3OC4w
- ↑ https://www.un.org/en/
- ↑ https://www.unesco.org/en