This summer, I interned at the Organization of American States, in the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism. The Organization of American States is the oldest currently active international organization in the Americas and was also …
The MSAR is pure pre-med gold, not to be confused with MRSA, which is bad. MSAR is an acronym for Medical School Admissions Requirements. It is published by the AAMC and updated each year. There is a fee to access …
By Carol Hagan
Carol HaganSenior Associate Director, Graduate School Advising
As a career advisor, I often look for common questions I hear from students that could inspire my blog posts. This past spring, several rising seniors asked me, “Is it okay to apply to companies I’ve applied to in the …
By Anne Dickinson
Anne DickinsonSenior Associate Director, The College
The warm Philly sun shines bright as I bike along South Street. My destination is the Robert’s Center for Pediatric Research, where I have been continuing my clinical research. Thanks to Career Services, my …
As a project development intern at Blackdog Contracting, I had the opportunity to develop skills and gain knowledge that will help me pursue a career in real estate. Working with the team of contractors …
This summer I had the great opportunity to continue working with Dr. Stephen Prouty who is the Senior Research Investigator at the Department of Dermatology at the Perelman School of Medicine. I originally applied …
If I asked you to describe Philadelphia, maybe many words would come to mind, or maybe none at all. Maybe some positive, and maybe some negative. But for me, I would …
Transferable skills, also known as portable skills, are those versatile abilities that you can bring to any role or industry—which is particularly helpful when changing careers. But you don’t need to be an expert to have them; these valuable skills …
During my sophomore summer, I had the incredible opportunity of continuing my work at the Schmidt Lab of Neuropsychopharmacology. The Schmidt lab’s core focus is GLP-1R agonists, a class of drugs typically used to …
Returning to the Barash and Hand (Rader) Lab for a second summer has been a wonderful and worthwhile experience! I was able to continue developing my molecular cloning wet lab techniques and further …