5 things every Management Student must do before college

Management is an art that requires a lot of patience and determination to practice. A management degree (BBA/MBA) is not just a qualification it’s an attitude. It is a magical tunnel that would cast a powerful spell on you while you travel through it and you’ll never be that same mediocre person again by the time you get out of it. The point is, the time you spend inside that tunnel is all that matters and that is all you have got to shape yourself for the hungry corporate world waiting outside the tunnel. That world would only accept a professional, not just a graduate.

Our perception about college during school days have been the reflection of the movies we watched and admired. The colossal infrastructure with all modern facilities, filled with hot boys and girls, No restrictions, No homework, friendly professors and the list goes on. In fact, we all thought of entering college as a ticket to adulthood. But once we enter the college the reality hits.All we find is a total contrary to our imaginations. Then maturity hits. We console ourselves saying we are there only to study and to build a strong foundation for our career.

Assuming that reality had already hit you by now and you are all set for doing whatever it takes to build a promising career getting rid of all your delusions, we provide you a list of some necessary things you must do before entering a college. This article will help improve yourself in all the aspects shaping you into an eligible candidate fit for entering a decent college for a professional degree.  We will not advertise any particular institution or persuade you to join any specific college but provide you proper insights and strategies for enhancing your confidence and decision-making ability.

1.Explore yourself

If you need to start from somewhere, start from yourself. Whatever you aspire to do, the first step will always be the process of making yourself ready for that. There is a proverb which suits best for this circumstance. Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. This may look irrelevant to the topic still you should know that you could not fall into some professional course without having proper insight about it or becoming mentally ready for it. Do not do anything you are unsure about.

Realize who you are, what you are capable of and more importantly whether you love it by heart or not. You cannot be doing something you don’t love or keeping an infectious though that you are unfit for it. Do not lie to yourself. give power to your conscience. Talk to yourself. You know your weakness so work on it. It is alright to have weaknesses. But you should be aware of it.  Maintain a journal in which keep updating how strengthened you are comparing to the previous day and reflect it in your resume. Create your resume and focus on strengthening it by every action you take. Make yourself strong and unstoppable.

2.Choose Carefully

Never ever choose a college based on comfort and restriction level. That is not a professional’s attitude. First, decide what you want to become. You can either be a business person, a professional or a salaried man. The decision’s up to you. Be aware of your specialization. You should always be aware of the next step. Never be blind on that. Never take any day for granted. Always keep a mental note on how you are going to proceed like after BBA you can get into HR, Finance, Marketing, etc., similarly, under marketing, you can get into marketing research, brand management, etc., This is how you must think. Be a Man/Woman who plans. Plan your way to your dream career. Always keep in mind that your journey is what makes your destination. If you don’t know what you want to learn, you would not find a teacher.

3.Research is the key

Assuming that you followed the above steps, now you must have learned the importance of planning. So, how do you plan? Research. You might have chosen a degree or two. Now you have to analyze it. What will you learn in it? Always go through the syllabus and curriculum beforehand and imagine yourself clinging on to it for the next two or three years. Do you think it is worth it?

Know the Worth of a degree…

You must envisage the Certain things to know whether it will be worth it or not. Mainly be aware of the fact that the salary package (Annual) you expect after college must be greater than the expenses you made for your course. It doesn’t always work as per your expectations. But you must at least be confident about developing your skills in the meantime to meet the requirement of some leading corporates.

Choose your passion and make it your profession. Do not travel in a train that will never take you to your dream destination.

How to research…

The one stop source for all your doubts is Google. It is always there to assist us with whatever we do. But you must learn to google effectively. It is believed that less than 25% of college students know how to perform a well-executed search on Google. As a student, you must learn this strategy to set up a risk-free path. you must learn to learn things effectively. Google is an awesome guide and you must know the trick to fully utilize its guidance. So how to google effectively?  The answer is just one google search away. There are lots of blogs out there ready to help you with this. Here is a blog that might help you sort out this issue.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1315437

4) Improve your Communication skills

This is a most common advice and perhaps a boring one that you will receive from exhaustingly everyone. Unfortunately, we are also going to give you the same boring advice. But what we say will be a little bit different. This ‘Communication skill’ advice is always targetted to the English. This is what everyone has in their mind whenever they throw this advice on you. Gaining proficiency in English is one thing but improving your communication skill is totally a different thing. First of all, make sure that you are brave enough to deliver your thoughts in front of a crowd or to some stranger in your mother tongue. That is the first thing you must concentrate. You must be able to get rid of your fears and hesitations on conveying your thoughts boldly to others without stammering here and there. Then come to English. There is a plethora of sources and possibilities for gaining Fluency in English. Some of them including reading Novels and comics, watching English TV shows with subtitles and watching your local language movie with English subtitles if possible. In addition to all that, there are plenty of youtube channels available to help you improve your English.

Here is a list of some famous Youtube channels teaching English. http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/technology/11-best-youtube-channels-learning-english/

5) Be Prepared…

 Apart from things you learned (Hopefully) above, there are many other mandatory things you have to concentrate on. Here we provide a list of some basics you must practice and prepare before you enter the College.

• Open a bank account and get familiar with some basic banking processes.(Deposit, Withdrawl, Reading statements, etc.,)
• Learn to cook and do laundry
• Learn to talk to strangers
• Learn budget preparation and money management.
• Familiarize you with the College environment.
• Keep track of government or any other private scholarships and never be ignorant on scholarship related matters.
• Maintain a file with copies of all Legal documents like Voter ID, adhere card, passport, pan card, Board exam mark sheets, etc., Also keep some passport size photographs in your wallet for You will never when will you need all these.
• Buy a smart phone and a network connection.
• Familiarize you with formal wears if had not yet.

That’s all. we don’t have any other boring points in our inventory. Observe and work on everything that’s said above and as the saying goes, Buy the ticket, take the ride.