If UNM undergraduates plan to attend graduate school, they should start planning as early as freshman year, said Jenna Crabb, UNM’s director of Career Services.
Representatives from 86 graduate and professional institutions will be at the Graduate and Professional School Fair in the SUB today to help students research potential schools, Crabb said.
“You want to look at faculty-to-staff ratio, locations and research opportunities available for your particular field,” she said. “Knowing the industry that you are going to want to work in is going to be really important in figuring out what master’s degree fits your industry, your major and your career goals.”
Cassandra Costley, Career Services event coordinator, said interested students will have an impressive array of schools to choose from at the fair.
“Students need to shop around for the school that they want,” she said. “We have students that have a quality educational background, so that’s what we are providing, an opportunity to look at all these schools and have them audition for (the students).”
Sophomore Crystal Foley said she is considering graduate schools and will attend the fair.
“It’s something good to look into if you are not sure about it,” she said. “It’s a good place to get information.”
Cindy Garcia, admissions coordinator for UNM’s School of Medicine, said the fair isn’t necessarily geared toward upperclassmen, and in fact it’s better for younger students to attend.
“We like to get to freshman so they can start working on their goals… and get a good start,” she said. “When they come into the application process their senior year, they are going to have the strongest application possible, because they were prepared since the beginning.”
Crabb said students should learn about graduate schools as soon as possible so they can choose the right place when the time comes.
“You want to make your master’s degree fit you, not you fit your master’s degree,” she said.
Senior Daniel Fellar said the fair could help students apply to graduate schools, as well.
“It’s good to find out more information as to what is involved in the application process,” he said. “The fair would definitely be a good place to get useful additional information.”
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*Graduate and Professional School Fair
Today
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
SUB Ballrooms*
