I can really only comment on Camille’s presentation, as Abbas’ was impossible to understand due to technical problems.

Here are what I thought were her most valuable pieces of advice:

• Do not double-major in two arts.
  • She was double-majoring in GDES and ARTS for two years and said it is WAY too much studio time to handle.
• Don’t ever take an unpaid internship if you can help it.
  • She explained that as an unpaid intern, you feel like your work isn’t valued – even though it definitely is.
• The Student Life office has a lot of graphic design opportunities.
  • Self-explanatory really, but good to take note of.
• “Don’t ever tell anyone that you can do something in 48 hours.”
  • I loved this. It’s super practical, and really good advice. It can be tempting to say ‘yes’ to everything someone asks of you when you’re starting out, because you want to build a good reputation for yourself, but it’s important not to make impossible promises.
• “Don’t let clients into your creative process.”
  • They will nitpick and try to control everything, and probably change their minds every five minutes.
• “If somebody reaches out to you, you should probably take something else [because] they’re probably really desperate.”
  • I thought this was really interesting. It’s not something I would have realized on my own, but is probably really valuable advice and worth listening to.