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General Career Resources through UConn's Center for Career Development

• General Career-Building Resources:

  • Meet with a Career Coach here.

  • Tips for exploring career options here.

  • Attend events & webinars hosted by Center for Career Development here.

  • Find information about Career Fairs here.

  • On-demand webinars available here.

• Resume/CV/Cover Letters: 

  • Resources and formatting tips here.

  • Sign up for a Resume Critique with a Career Coach via Handshake here.

  • Utilize Quinncia, which is an AI tool that analyzes a resume’s ability to successfully pass through an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

• Interviews: 

  • Resources for interview preparation here.

  • Schedule practice interviews with a Career Coach.

• Networking: 

  • Resources and tips for networking found here.

  • Meet with a Career Coach to build a networking plan.

Resources for Picking Classes at UConn

• View our slides, which include a compilation of resources and tips here.

• Schedule an appointment with your advisor through Nexus.

• Check out Drop-In Hours with your college's advising office for quick questions.

Resources for Finding Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• General Tips:

  • Search faculty at Uconn and/or Uconn Health on the website of your department(s) of interest.

  • Lincus database to search specific topics of interest and Uconn professors of interest here.

  • Attend workshops & sessions hosted by Uconn Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) here.

  • Attend STEM Seminar Series presentations to learn more about research on campus here.

  • Visit the Uconn Student Employment Site (includes opportunities not limited to research) here.

  • Schedule to meet with an OUR Advisor here.

  • Schedule to meet with an Undergraduate Peer Research Ambassador here.

  • Research inquiry email tips here.

• Summer Research Programs & Internships:

  • Search summer research programs nationwide on Pathways to Science database here.

  • Database to search Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) here.

  • Health Research Program at Uconn Health here.

  • Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Research Program at Uconn Health here.

  • Uconn IDEA Grant Program here.

  • Uconn SURF Scholarship Program here.

  • Uconn McNair Scholars Program here.

*Attend our Getting Started in Undergraduate Research Workshop*

• • PDF resources and templates provided to all members.

  • Discuss undergraduate research with our other members who are already involved in it!

Medical School & Other Graduate Program Application Resources

• General Resources:

  • Graduate/medical school search engines here.

  • Resources for graduate school for Pre-Health careers here.

  • Resources for writing a Personal Statement here.

  • Resources for requesting Letters of Recommendation here.

• MCAT/DAT/OAT Resources:

  • Sign up to take the MCAT, DAT, OAT through Uconn here.

  • Kaplan online MCAT prep courses & tutoring info here.

  • DAT Bootcamp online prep courses info here.

  • Orgoman DAT & OAT online prep resources here.

  • Uconn MCAT/DAT Summer Prep Course info here.

• GRE:

  • Kaplan online GRE prep courses & tutoring info here.

  • Princeton Review GRE prep courses & tutoring info here.