“Be an athlete, be a cheerleader. That makes you extremely employable,” she advises, noting that some Boston companies will only look at résumés of athletes.
Perhaps I’d better drop the coffee and stick to Gatorade.
Meredith Hassett is pursuing a double major in international letters and in visual studies and French with a minor in communications and media studies at Tufts University. Seriously. She can be reached atmeredith.hassett@tufts.edu.
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