The most popular undergraduate major in the country is Business.

Which means that if you’re a business major, you’re likely to be a small fish in a big pond.

Here are some ways you can stand out as a bigger fish:

  • Get at least one good internship. Ideally, get several, in different fields.
  • Play a sport, at least recreationally.

Those first two are fairly self-explanatory. Here are some that are easier to overlook:

  • Learn to play an instrument. You’ll become more disciplined, and you’ll think better. Best of all, you’ll bring music with you wherever you go.
  • Study art history, and learn to draw or paint. It will help you see the world differently, and it will change the way you travel. It will also help you with design problems. And it will help you think better.
  • Learn a language. I don’t mean “take two semesters of Spanish,” but I do mean learn well enough that you can have a thoughtful conversation in another language.
  • Then learn another language, one for which doesn’t seem important to you right now. Learn Latin or Greek or Classical Chinese.
  • Study some other discipline throughout your college years. History, philosophy, religion, anthropology, literature. Something that seems pointless. These are things that simply make the world a more interesting place, and will continue to do so beyond your working years. Also, they’ll make you a better thinker, a better writer, etc.
  • Take classes in math (ideally, at least through linear algebra) and science. This will help you to understand the world better.
  • Study abroad. Note that I didn’t say “travel” or “become a tourist.” Actually study the places you go, and get to know people there.

There’s a lot more I could say, but I think if you do even some of this you’ll see how good it is.