Do:
Participate. Semenza points out that we “have chosen to enter an elite profession, the implication being that [we] might have something valuable to contribute to it.” Say something. Say something worthwhile, that helps other students, and that helps you to clarify your own, wonderful ideas.
Work Really Hard. Semenza recommends working around 60 hours a week, all told. The editors of this publication find that may be a little extreme, but most of us can be more diligent.
Make Use of Office Hours. A certain rhetoric professor once advised your editor’s class to “become potential suspects if [he] were to be murdered” by getting our fingerprints in his office. Semenza recommends going three times a semester to talk with a professor: early in the project, halfway for a status update, and toward to then to “discuss the developing structure of the paper."
Enjoy Extra Activities. Everything from lectures to GSA socials can provide opportunities for professional development.
Don’t:
Miss a Class. Once, even the great Semenza missed a class. He dutifully called his professor to apologize for missing the class because of serious medical needs. The professor asked, “which hospital?” A bit extreme, but the point is, class is a privilege—take advantage of it.
Take Incompletes. In addition to prolonging your education, Semenza points out that incompletes are inconsiderate to your professors and, likely, will cause them to hate you.
Do the Bare Minimum. We in the halls of academia should seek to “acquire the highest level of knowledge and expertise in relation to a particular subject matter; to consciously settle for less than your very best work is to insult the degree and the very purposes of a liberal arts education.” Wow, Semenza. Consider us inspired!
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