Name: (Crazy) Joe Frechette.
Age: 24.
Major: Media Studies.
Year: Super Senior (5th year).
What do you do, Joe?
Right now I’m taking a lot of math classes ’cause I’m trying for a business minor, ’cause the media studies didn’t fit me. I want to get a marketing degree but by the time I decided that it was too late to switch to a business major…so I’m trying to pull a (business) minor and maybe go to grad school…it’s not looking too good now. I’m hoping to pull it out of my ass.
Why’d you pick media studies in the first place?
When I first came to USM I went to the Advisors and told them I wanted to throw concerts, so they directed me toward media studies…I really wish someone had told me then,” Hey! Take business, that’s a business,” but it wasn’t until last year, when I took a marketing class that I really became interested in business.
You’re a senior, almost done, so what would your advice be to the first year student who is trying to pick a major?
Basically talk to people in different majors…if you have a specific interest or a certain occupation in mind I would go to talk to those people in that occupation and ask them how they got there, what classes they took and even what kind of schools they went to.
I think a lot of people might have a problem with just walking up to someone and asking those kind of questions. Is there any way to meet people with information their willing to share in a more laid-back environment?
Clubs work. They’re a good way of meeting people. If you really know what you want to get into there’s most likely an organization on campus for it. Internships also, a real internship. Go into the field you want to and actually check it out for yourself.
How?
You just gotta go look at the companies.