Professional School and Career Information
Graduate/Professional School and Career Information
Choosing the next step to take after college can be a tough decision, but there are a wealth of resources available to help you recognize and sort through your options. Whether you are interested in continuing your studies, finding a nonprofit/volunteer position or entering the work force, the University’s Career Services Center is a good place to start – and that can begin as early as freshman year. The center offers individual meetings with advisors, career counseling sessions, workshops, career fairs, a database for full- and part-time job listings, and help writing resumes and preparing for interviews.
Graduate and Professional School Resources
(Note: most graduate programs in the sciences award incoming graduate students teaching or research assistantships, including a tuition waiver and a stipend – i.e., you are paid to graduate school. That is not true with professional schools (medical, law, dental), where you are expected to pay tuition.)
Career Services Center: This section discusses important factors in selecting a grad school and application requirements. It also includes sections with links to resources specific to various professional schools (law, medical, business, dental, veterinary, and optometry).
Graduate Record Exam: many graduate schools require GRE scores as part of the graduate school application. Most students take the GRE exam in the (preceding) summer or in the fall of senior year. The General Test measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and analytical writing abilities. Subject tests assess knowledge in a particular field.
Association of American Medical College - Information for Students: general information for preparing and applying to medical school through residency
Average MCAT scores and GPA required by US medical schools: organized by state.
Work Force and Other Career Resources
Careers in Chemistry: ACS guide providing detailed descriptions of a wide range of career options in industry, academia, government, non-profit and entrepreneurship. Includes an overview for each along with education needed, description of workplace, technical skills involved, salaries, career paths and employment trends.
Jobs in Science and Technology: job search portal hosted by the AAAS journal Science
Science Journalism Programs: a look at several science journalism programs by Science
