Success Checklist

First Year/Freshmen Year:

• _{Meet with Office of Career Services to assess your interests, values, and skills to identify a major or area of academic interest.}
• _{Seek tutoring support in the Office of Academic Services as needed.}
• _{Attend Get On Board Day, campus events to determine and organization meetings.}
• _{Speak with the Honors advisor about taking an internship, study abroad or domestic study for academic credit in the next year or two.}
• _{Develop a four-year plan for courses with academic advisor in spring.}

Second Year/Sophomore Year:

• _{Meet with Office of Career Services to develop your resume or have it reviewed.}
• _{Declare your major by spring (remember you can change it at a later date).}
• _{Join organization(s) that support your major and increase your network.}
• _{Begin attending career or graduate school events on campus: workshops, department offerings, career fairs, etc.}
• _{Develop a plan for internships, study abroad, or domestic study for academic credit in the next year.}
• _{Research your major for career opportunities.}
• _{Academic advisor to discuss findings. Make changes to course in third or fourth year plan with advisor, as appropriate.}
• _{If you have a GPA of 3.5 or higher, you can receive a Baccalaureate degree by completing an undergraduate thesis/project.}

Third Year/Junior Year:

• _{Work on volunteer experiences.}
• _{Meet with instructors.}
• _{Develop relationship with your advisors.}
• _{Explore research opportunities in your major.}
• _{Apply for graduation the semester prior to graduation (December grads apply in spring.)}
• _{Take internships, study abroad or domestic study. (Note: Summer is a great time to explore these opportunities.)}
• _{Interview others who hold positions you would like to hold some day. Meet with Office of Career Services and academic advisor to discuss changes to your academic plan as appropriate.}
• _{Continue attending career or graduate school events on campus:}
• _{workshops, department offerings, career fairs, etc.}
• _{Update your resume to reflect your involvement in organizations, coursework and internships/study abroad or domestic study.}
• _{Meet with Office of Career Services and/or academic advisor to develop job search plans.}
• _{Meet with Office of Career Services and/or academic advisor to develop graduate school plans.}
• _{Identify schools of interest and gather application information.}
• _{Take exams in summer before senior year for graduate and professional school entrance (GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT, etc.).}
• _{Write admission essay and schedule review with faculty.}
• _{Consider letter of recommendation writers. Ask for their approval to write a supportive letter.}

Fourth Year/Senior Year:

• _{Apply for graduation during fall term (for spring graduation)}
• _{Complete a research poster}
• _{Meet with Office of Career Services and/or academic advisor to develop job search plans, if not already completed.}
• _{Meet with Office of Career Services and/or academic advisor to develop graduate school plans, if you haven’t done so. Please note: for some graduate and professional schools it may be too late to apply. Check with your advisor to stay on track.}

• _{Meet with Career Services to go over resume, cover letter and references.}