That's the number one question students and their families ask. Visit the Cal Career Center (rated as one of the best in the country) to see where graduates have gone and get a list of places to check for student internships: https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm
You can make your first year at Cal even more fun by joining one or more of the science clubs related to your interests. You will enjoy both community and mentoring by students who understand your goals and challenges. Many of the clubs mix sports teams, ice cream socials with visits to research facilities, and field trips. Get advice for which courses, which professors, which experiences you do not want to miss as well as contacts for research and other special opportunities.
Enjoy a couple weeks in December with family and friends but January can offer the chance for field training, visiting research labs, joining a professional organization or attending a conference. Spring Break offers another opportunity. Plan ahead and check with Study Abroad and our very own Career Center. Read their advice: https://career.berkeley.edu/article/041217a-hh.stm
Attend the American Geoscientists Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco held during the first week of December. It offers over 300 presentations of research being done across the country related to the physical sciences. They offer a special student rate to attend which doubles after the November 1st regisration deadline.
Now is an important time to consider program planning/updating for the coming year and beyond. You are encouraged to talk with the department undergraduate advisors for potential majors or as a declared major. Check the welcome guide for major orientations usually offered in early fall. It is an excellent opportunity to meet both students and faculty in your chosen field.
The Cal Teach Summer Research Institute is a nine-week program for math, science, and engineering undergraduates interested in pursuing a career in education, and is open to students from across the UC system who will have completed at least 60 units..
Are you just entering Cal as a first year or transfer? Please be sure to start attending office hours. This is an important investment in more ways than one. Sure it can help to improve your understanding of what professors and graduate student instructors (GSI's) expect of you in classes, labs and sections.
Pathways to Science is a project of the Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP). Pathways to Science supports pathways to the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Use their website to search more than 800 different opportunities for research, mentoring and funding. It is easy to use and organized first by level of study (i.e.
The American Physics Society (APS) offers mentoring and career guidance to students as well as scholarships and internships to encourage students to consider graduate study in science and engineering. A free trial membership is offered to students for their first year and then continues at a low annual student rate.
