All Classes
Quick Guide Year by Year:
First-Year: Adjust to College
- Meet the Career Center coaches during walk-in hours at The Ingram Commons to learn more about their services
- Create a resume and have a coach review it
- Learn about all that DoreWays has to offer
- Academics and Course Selection: Focus on exploring interests, values, and skills and completing AXEL (general education) requirements
- Take an iSeminar course to start thinking about your Immersion Vanderbilt project
- Explore co-curricular opportunities and get involved in organizations and clubs
- Create a profile on AnchorLink to learn more about the various groups on campus
- Visit the Global Education Office and plan for the best time to study abroad
- Make use of the great academic enhancement services on campus (tutoring, writing studio, study skills)
- Practice time management! The flexible schedule of college life can be hard to adapt to!
Sophomore Year: Explore Academics and Career Options Broadly
- Begin to complete AXEL requirements; select 3 potential majors and speak with the director of undergraduate studies in each of the 3 departments to learn more about requirements of study
- Explore opportunities for undergraduate research like the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program
- Meet with a career coach and attend career events to find an internship or summer opportunity
- Determine which student organizations are the best fit
- Consider studying abroad this year or next
- Plan for the summer—job, internship, research, or summer school
- Declare a major by the end of your sophomore year
- Submit Immersion plan proposal by April 1
Junior Year: Experience Academic Depth and Start to Define Career Options
- Keep working with the Career Center to develop your plans
- Explore graduate school options and schedule any admittance exams needed (LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, etc.)
- Take on leadership roles in student organizations
- Log into the YES system and confirm your progress to degree completion.
- Participate in service opportunities
- Consider studying abroad this year
- If your major field of study has an honors program, consider participating and writing an honors thesis
- Affirm Immersion project progress
Senior Year: Culminating Experiences and Transition to Life After College
- Update your resume
- Hone your strategies for job searching by working with the Career Center
- Apply to graduate school
- Plan ahead for Commencement
- Confirm academic standing with your advisor
- Remember the Career Center offers access to a limited number of services and resources for up to two years following graduation
- Participate in career fairs and on-campus interviews.
- Submit final Immersion project and see that it is reflected on your transcript once complete