Besides 'study', which is pretty much the '80' part of the '80-20 principle' as it applies to the question, what would you advise doing while in college to prepare for...

What brought me here was Google; I was trying to find information about the ideal diode model and found the forum by accident. Fortunate indeed. I forgot to mention that...

*Engineering Trade: Electrical *Location: SW-Virginia *Occupation: Student; will likely graduate around Fall '12 *Hobbies & Interests: chess, Attic Greek (ἡ γλῶττα τῆς Ἀττικῆς）, Mandarin (rusty), finance, amateur gynaecology, alcohol experimentation...