- As a new school year begins, New York-based
- One was to find your summer internship by December.
- Another was to schedule early morning classes.
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A New York VC gave a college freshman 7 pieces of advice, including land a summer internship by December
As a new school year begins, New York-based venture capitalist Steve Schalfman shared his best advice for college. One was to find your summer internship by December. Another was to schedule early morning classes.
A jittery new batch of freshmen are moving to start their first year of college this month — and advice is pouring in from adults everywhere.
Steve Schalfman, the seed investor for New York-based Primary Venture Partners, provided his own list of must-dos for his mentee Jacob via Twitter.
My boy @sportskid12 leaves ... @ Steve Schlafman #emo#
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We called up Schlafman, who graduated from Northeastern University, to ask a bit more about his advice. Here's what he said about each point:
"Seek out people that are different from you. It leads to a much richer experience because you will just gain a whole range of people with different upbringings.
"In college, I became really good friends with a Puerto Rican American. He was such a unique guy and I gravitated towards him. He was super eclectic. (When I was thinking about college advice,) I thought back to my time in college and thought how I really loved spending time with him."
7. Bonus: Be a leader
"I was always a big believer in this notion of being a leader. I've seen so many students in college who just coast, who don't really do much. I think this is a really great time in a person's life to form their own identity and be a leader. I remember when I first got on campus, I was thinking I wanted to lead, I wanted to well academically.
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"The whole notion of being a leader teaches you so much that it becomes transferable to the real world. "
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