the greatest of the thinkers were mostly self-educated, they did not need a piece of paper delivered by a state run institution to be sucessful. they made themselves what they are through individual effort, talent, and self determination.
do not depend on the state to educate you, educate yourself! otherwise you will not be a great thinker, a good thinker, or especially even a free thinker. you will simply learn what the state wants you to.
the following question(actually this entire post) is not meant as an insult, even though it is worded strong. it is designed to get you to THINK.
did the guarantee that your life would turn out exactly the way you want it and fair pop out along with you at birth?
the fact is to be assured a job after college is to graduate in the top 2% of your class from a major university, and even then it is not automatic, are you studying in a field that is will result in a flooded job market for your particular skills? and it does not matter who is president, or in congress. the only person responsible for the success or failure of your life is YOU and ONLY you by the choices you make. the world/country does not owe you ANYTHING. you however owe dearly to yourself to make your life sucessful, and are the primary catalyst to make it so.
my son is studying to be an EE at UT-austin and he was told during an externship at AMD by none other than the chief architect that what matters is getting experience in your related field, sacrificing alot of fun and free time to work and study...which brings us to the age-old conundrum "i need experience to get a job, but to get experience i have to have the bloody job"
i feel your pain!
here is what you can do.
1. has been outlined above.
2. spend most of your time studying. miss many parties, skip many dates. your there to learn and give yourself advantage. the people who waste their time on partying will be the ones your supervising one day, or they will be the 30 somethings with 5 kids and working at mcdonalds with the nerve to actually wonder why they are there and cannot get a good job...
3. get involved in intern/externship programs ASAP. the guys with the line on the jobs at bigtech, inc. are the ones who interned there.
4. learn how to be a salesmen. that is, learn how to sell yourself, because when you get out in the RW that is exactly what your going to have to do.
5. never compreomise yourself to "get ahead" success is meaningless after you realize you have sold yourself out.
good luck! study hard!