A plan is presented that is intended to prepare students to become the type of college graduate (the "blue-chip" graduate) who is successful in a highly competitive job market. The following topics are discussed: "What College Students Want--Job$"; "What Employers Want--Blue-Chip Graduates"; "How To Write a Term Paper, Coordinate Homecoming and Still Have Time To Party"; "Making the Grade(s)"; "Doctor, Lawyer, Chief Executive Officer"; "Practice Makes Perfect--The Importance of Work"; "BPOC (Big Person on Campus)"; "It's Who You Know--Building Contacts"; "Keeping Calm under Pressure and Making Sense of It All"; "Your Secret Goldmine--Campus Resources"; "What Makes Achievers Tick?"; "Doctor, Lawyer, Chief Executive Officer--The Sequel"; "It's a Jungle Out There--the Job Search";"The Resume--Packaging the Blue Chip Graduate"; "How To Be a Silver-Tongued Devil--Interviewing"; "The Blue-Chip Payoff--Choosing the Best Offer"; and "The Blue-Chip Concept." Appendices discuss the following topics: "the four-year master plan"; "take stock of yourself"; "when to transfer to another school"; "should I get an advanced degree?" and "more to read" (a list of resources organized according to the book's chapter headings). (KM)