After college, everyone scatters. You may have told all your friends and roommates that you will keep in touch forever, but after college is over, it gets a lot more challenging. Make sure you have updated e-mail addresses, home addresses, and home and cell phone numbers for all your friends. Have several ways to contact them on file in case one of their numbers changes. People move around a lot after they graduate so make an agreement with friends to update each other at least once a month and before any major move. Also, find out what your friends have planned. You may have assumed your oldest friend was going back home too, while he may be planning to move into town. Take an active role in this now because when graduation rolls around it will be too late—everyone will be too distracted and excited to think about these details. It would be a shame to lose touch with such great friends.

You may think you know exactly what your career path will be. After all, you are going to be a college graduate, and people want to hire employees with educations. This is true, but these days, a college degree is not worth what it used to be. Everyone can use a helping hand getting through the door, and your school's alumni association could be a great way to do that. Find out who else attended your school that now works in your desired field. Sometimes schools will be able to give you email or home addresses for other alumni. You can write a letter to the alumnus telling them about yourself and that you are looking for some advice about getting into your desired field. People love the feeling of camaraderie that comes with helping out a fellow alumnus. Also, some schools even have alumni mentoring programs. Find out where the alumni resource center is on campus and pay a visit. Find out how your current school can give you that extra push forward toward your career. That is why you came to college in the first place, isn't it?