Juniors

Junior year provides you with a space to focus more purposefully on your major, develop a plan to complete graduation requirements, cultivate strategies to pursue professional as well as post graduate opportunities, and choose how you will leave your mark through your Dartmouth College experience.

• Internships (both through Dartmouth opportunities and off campus) either related to your intended career field or as exploration of personal interests
• Plan for graduate school placement exams (i.e., GRE, LSAT, MCAT)
• Continue to take advantage of the Center for Professional Development's resources for advice on corporate recruiting, applying for internships, and networking with alumni.

• Take full advantage of the D-Plan (participating in FSP's and LSA's or exchange programs) and careful D-planning because of senior year residency requirement
• Continued exploration/confirmation that the major choice is the correct one for you
• Begin to prepare for senior year fellowships and scholarships for graduate study
• Time to become acquainted with faculty, particularly those in your major
• Out-of-classroom contact with professors
• Begin thinking about an honors thesis
• Advanced preparation for senior year given that you might be away much of junior year
• Be aware of deadlines!
• Confirm completion of PE requirement
• Confirm completion of language requirement

• Self-assessment of interests, values, goals, etc.
• Get more involved in extracurricular activities and take on leadership roles
• Time and task management