After Graduation

First question

Are you considering a career in health care, particularly one that involves advanced education past your bachelors degree? First advice: contact the CCSU Pre-health Committee. They will help you investigate your options, and navigate the application process.

You can begin to search for programs in health-related training through the following links:

• Standard ("allopathic") medical schools for an MD degree, in the US and Canada, at services.aamc.org/memberlistings/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.search&search_type=MS. There are two medical schools in the Caribbean that you can also consider: Ross University, on Dominica, and American University of the Caribbean, on St Maarten.
• Osteopathic medical schools for a DO degree, in the US, at www.aacom.org/data/cib/01-geographic.asp.
• Pharmacy schools in the US, at www.aacp.org/.
• Physician Assistant programs for a PA degree, in the US, at www.aapa.org/pgmlist.php3.
• Optometry schools for an OD degree, in the US, at www.opted.org/info_links.cfm.
• Chiropractic programs for a DC degree, in the US, at www.amerchiro.org/content_css.cfm?CID=32.
• Occupational Therapy programs, in the US, at www.aota.org/Students/Schools.aspx
• Dental schools for a DDS degree, in the US, at http://www.adea.org/DMS/InstLinks/default.htm
• Physical Therapy programs, in the US, at www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=A_Career_in_Physical_Therapy&Template=/APTAAPPS/StudentPrograms/ptprogramselect.cfm
• Veterinary schools for a DVM degree, in the US, at www.aavmc.org/students_admissions/vet_schools.htm
• Naturopathy prgrams, in the US, at www.naturopathic.org/viewbulletin.php?id=19

Second question

Are you considering a PhD degree, or an MS/MA degree? There are a number of careers, and career levels, open when you've got a doctorate or masters in a field related to biomolecular sciences. There are a few search tools to guide you through the process of narrowing your field of interest and choosing schools to focus on.

• Peterson's Guide for choosing grad schools, at www.petersons.com/GradChannel/
• Princeton Review Guide for choosing grad schools, at www.princetonreview.com/grad/.
• GradSchools.com guide for choosing grad schools, at www.gradschools.com/search.html.

Third question

Are you interested in immediate employment (i.e., getting a job)? This section is still under construction, but for the moment, see Kathy Martin-Troy for further information.

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Revised September 04, 2007