Sometimes as we go through our undergraduate years at Cornell, we do not think about the many opportunities that we could utilize to maybe pursue our goals after college. Professor Schwarz was able to clearly convey to me what I should be thinking for my future as a junior. When I was a freshman, I did not know what to do as far concerning my career after undergraduate. I did not know how helpful it was to go to TA office hours and develop interactions with professors until my sophomore year. Furthermore, I feel like I did explore many opportunities as in extracurricular activities but sometimes got overwhelmed with it. Thus, I agree with Professor Schwarz that freshmen should be concerned with getting used to the Cornell environment first and then delve to more extracurricular activities tailored to your career interest in sophomore year. That was the ideal time for me to get involved in science research at a lab since i was interested in being a researcher with my engineering degree. Professor Schwarz is again extremely correct in using your junior and senior years to be the times to plan for any type of graduate school or job experience that will aid for a job or later graduate school.

I feel like this talk was helpful in showing me somewhat a certain way i should follow to reach some level of success. At least it did point me to right directions in the future. No one really tells you a certain recipe to follow for your dreams so it is really up to you and the advice of others such as Professor Schwarz to show you the way to what you want to achieve.