u/Swimming-Falcon-5857

Hi everyone. I'm currently a rising sophomore majoring in English (specifically, the major is called Writing, Literature, and Publishing - at Emerson College) and now that I'm confident I'm staying in this major and have completed freshman year I want to start getting serious about my career path, internships, experience, post-grad etc. I'd really appreciate some insight on what things I should be aware of during my undergrad years in order to set me up for post-grad and what successful career paths I should consider or start looking into. I'd also be interested in the general English major experience and some tips outside of career-finding. Any experience is welcome, I'd love to hear from people either currently post-grad or years into their career. Thank you so much! Here are some specifics about my situation right now if that helps.

- My plan has always been to go to grad school. Emerson has a 4+1 program for WLP majors where you only do one year of grad school through a specific path, but I'm not sure if this is 100% what I want to do. I've always leaned toward building up experience/a portfolio and going to another institution for grad school. I am very fortunate to have some family that will help me for part of the costs and want to prioritize education since I have the means to. For a while I've been interested in going to grad school for law, but I'm not sure what specific careers come with this as an English major and if it's feasible. Other than that, I'm very drawn to the idea of getting a doctorate and teaching English at the collegiate level.

- My school has a lot of internship opportunities and networking tools as it's majorly a film and theatre school and in a major city. I don't have a lot of experience in regards to internships and clubs since I'm only a freshman and opportunities are usually offered more to upperclassmen. I'm a Staff Writer and Publishing/Social Media Manager/Head for one magazine, and a Copyeditor for another, but that's it. Through one of my classes I was able to interview an alumna of my school who currently works at the MA State House and she said she'd be happy to get me an internship at the State House during my sophomore year, so thats likely where I'm going next if I'm continuing down the law school path.