Career Information & Other Advancement Opportunities

Summer and Other Advancement Opportunties

& Career Research Information

Please feel free to add to these lists!

Career Research Information...

Interesting comparison of colleges, starting slaries and careers at this site...

• How to become a dentist
• How to become a medical doctor
• How to become a veterinarian

Great "Occupational Outlook Handbooks" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) (contains career descriptions, recent starting salaries stats, education requirements, 10 year job forecasts, etc.)

• Biological Scientists Handbook
• Engineers Handbook
• Medical Scientists Handbook
• Chemists & Material Scientists Handbook
• Physicists & Astronomers Handbook
• Environmental Scientists Handbook
• Computer Software Engineers Handbook
• Computer Scientists Handbook
• Mathematicians Handbook
• And links to all other BLS professional occupation handbooks...

Here's an interesting excel listing Δ of hundreds of career fields sorted by degree and 2006 median salary and forecasts for 2016 job openings (from BLS data).

Summer Programs...

Juniors...make sure you do something productive this summer if you plan to apply to a highly selective university next year! Here are some summer programs for you to consider. Some are free! Be careful not to pay big bucks to go to a "leadership program" -- is it a scam?? Do some due diligence!

• MIT (and here's a List of things to do to get ready to apply MIT)
• RPI
• WPI||
• Tufts
• BU
• Brown
• Cornell
• Yale
• Here's a list of several programs nationwide courtesy of American Math Society
• Here's another list of math & science programs nation-wide

College Scholarship Opportunities...

• Society of Women Engineers
• If you are thinking about going to UMass Lowell, your participation in TEAMS makes you eligible for a couple different merit scholarships that pay as much as $5,000 per year (on top of any other financial aid). By the way, tuition and fees for UMass Lowell is only about $10,000 per year! See Mr. Rhine for details!

Labor Laws...

• Federal Child Labor Rules (Age 14 - 15)
• Massachusetts Labor Laws (Age 16 - 17)