-: I think UVA is the best possible preparation
for career, for the modern day career journey.
And that is because I feel like you get here
and it's a microcosm of the world.
There's so many different things to explore,
you know that you're gonna be taught by the best professors
in the country.
And that was why I chose UVA in the first place,
'cause I was one of those kids that was like,
I don't know I'm changing my major as many times
as I'm changing my clothes,
I don't know where I'm gonna end up.
I sorta settled on the com school but took a whole bunch
of psych classes, whole buncha music classes.
I didn't know what I was really gonna do with it.
And TFA sorta made sense.
But, what the real world is about is navigating
your way through this chaotic mess of,
I could do that or I could do that.
Or I know this person doing that,
but what do they really do?
How do I really learn what opportunities there are?
How do I make my biggest impact?
Once you get out of school there's no one holding
your hand saying, try this and then try this
and maybe you'll need up here right?
It's unlike academia in that there are no rules.
And so what I really appreciated about UVA
is that they kinda bring you here and say,
okay go, figure it out.
And trust that we're gonna have your back no matter what.
Trust that there's excellent teaching and supports
no matter what you end up doing.
But I was the kid who was in the com school
but also spent my Friday nights
at the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society.
I was the kid who was going to jazz concerts
and writing poetry and things
even though I was interning on Wall Street.
And so I think just that self navigation
is really what the world is about
and I think there's so many opportunities
to do that here at UVA.