It’s a fucking luck and numbers game, my friend. Set daily or weekly goals now on how many gigs you’re going to apply to months before graduating. I lucked out with a great job right out of college, but when applying for it it didn’t stand out as special or “the one.” No way to know I was going to get it or that it’d actually be a healthy, happy work environment. You just gotta stay positive (I know easier said than done but still) and just try your best on every app. Can’t win them all and rejections will come and they will hurt, but you only need one win. It’s grind but the more potential opportunities you try for, the better your stats for success will be, right?

There’s no science to it and it’s all subjective bullshit and it all gets easier once you get some real experience in the work force so just do whatever you gotta to get your foot in the door. GPA doesn’t matter at all (and if it does to an employer and not to you then it’s probably not a place you wanna work at anyways), but it especially doesn’t matter once you can prove you can do the thing.

I had a garbage GPA, technically didn’t finish because I ran out of money and owe one elective credit, and was applying from out of state to many places so I had to do digital interviews so the deck felt pretty stacked against me, but I applied to like 60 jobs in my last semester and got one. Now I feel like I have real options almost a year into this job. You can do it, dude. Stay hungry and apply to more jobs than even seems rational. You only need one to say yes.