I know! I was skeptical, too. I went into college thinking going to get coffee with professors and talking to them about non-academic things was a load of B.S. Honestly, I assume a lot of college-related tips and insights are sort of B.S. But, as a senior, I can promise you that it is possible to form relationships with professors that go beyond sitting in their class.
There are some professors whose office hours I visit to chat and others who I tell about my blog and it’s lovely. Plus, it’s important to form relationships with professors. It can help you learn industry insights, make networking connections for internships and jobs, have a great reference during your career hunt or grad school application process and they can even be a great source of advice. Plus, when you make strong connections with professors they become a wonderful resource.
To clarify, by “relationships with professors” I am not talking about some PLL Aria and Ezra, student and teacher kind of business. Don’t do that. I digress. Here’s how to make some strong, genuine (non-morally ambiguous) connections with your college professors.
