Check out the competition. We’ve all heard that college is a chance to “find yourself.” Maybe, but college is also the time to find out what other people don’t have ... and then do it yourself. Nick Stevens, a junior percussionist in the Jacobs School of Music, explains that prospective employers are looking for “a musician who has their own sound.” Law firms, Otani says, can afford to be selective. “You need to bring something else to the table.” CJ Lotz