Enjoy it while you can
they say
These next 4 years are going to fly by
and they did
-Join a club
-Do an internship
-Make friends
-Write a resume, cover letter
-Fall in love
-Apply for jobs
-Do something crazy
-Build your professional portfolio
-Socialize for hours
-Find a grad school
they say "it's the college experience"
Is it the college experience to feel
Underappreciated and Overworked?
Elated and Devastated?
Accomplished and Incompetent?
It never feels like it's enough
no, I never feel like I'm enough
I've spent hours staring at a screen
Either in class or at home, it doesn't matter
I scrolled through so many blogposts and jobposts
Applied to countless positions and internships
All for nothing
"What's the best way to do college?"
is the question I'm constantly asking myself
and anyone who will listen that might have the answers
"What am I doing wrong?"
how can so many people have accomplished so much
before I've even made a name for myself
my 21 credit semester
my double major
my additional minor
my 6 semesters of straight A's
my 2-year executive board position
my part-time minimum wage job
Were they all not enough? What am I doing wrong?
Why can't I find even an unpaid internship?
Despite my exhaustive efforts,
and I do mean exhaustive, full burn-out
I still see people
people who have done way less, tried way less
with full rides, wonderful internships and jobs right out of college.
None of it is fair.
And I have nothing to show for it.
So has this just been 4 wasted years?
What can I make of myself in the real world,
with nothing to show for my college career?
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020 at 7:08 PM UTC
Enjoy it while you can
they say
These next 4 years are going to fly by
and they did
-Join a club
-Do an internship
-Make friends
-Write a resume, cover letter
-Fall in love
-Apply for jobs
-Do something crazy
-Build your professional portfolio
-Socialize for hours
-Find a grad school
they say "it's the college experience"
Is it the college experience to feel
Underappreciated and Overworked?
Elated and Devastated?
Accomplished and Incompetent?
It never feels like it's enough
no, I never feel like I'm enough
I've spent hours staring at a screen
Either in class or at home, it doesn't matter
I scrolled through so many blogposts and jobposts
Applied to countless positions and internships
All for nothing
"What's the best way to do college?"
is the question I'm constantly asking myself
and anyone who will listen that might have the answers
"What am I doing wrong?"
how can so many people have accomplished so much
before I've even made a name for myself
my 21 credit semester
my double major
my additional minor
my 6 semesters of straight A's
my 2-year executive board position
my part-time minimum wage job
Were they all not enough? What am I doing wrong?
Why can't I find even an unpaid internship?
Despite my exhaustive efforts,
and I do mean exhaustive, full burn-out
I still see people
people who have done way less, tried way less
with full rides, wonderful internships and jobs right out of college.
None of it is fair.
And I have nothing to show for it.
So has this just been 4 wasted years?
What can I make of myself in the real world,
with nothing to show for my college career?
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