Last Thursday, I sat in on Zachary Grobe’s Zoom meeting on how to prepare for applying to grad school.  While I myself am not currently intending on doing such (although that may change as I advance through my college career), I found his advice to be applicable beyond simply the subject at hand.  The general methodology that Grobe laid out for determining what grad programs are the best fit for someone can also be used to figure out what jobs or positions are best for yourself later in life.

I think the biggest thing that I took away from Grobe’s presentation was the importance of diversifying one’s options in order to have as many good opportunities available to oneself as possible.  There is always a small chance that you do not get any of the options that you desired; however, by spreading yourself over a wide range and variety of different opportunities, you can minimize that chance.  As a result, you can maximize the chance that you at least land one of the opportunities that you are interested in.  That way, you won’t get stuck doing something that you are completely uninterested in and thus are unwilling to put your heart into doing.