While the first-year is not too early to think about post-college plans, in most cases it is too early to make course selections based only on career intentions. Ideally, the Wesleyan experience will unite career interests with liberal learning, since most professional schools and employers urge prospective candidates to pursue a curricular program that has balance, breadth, and coherence. Except for health professions and graduate schools, the satisfaction of specific prerequisites is of secondary importance. The senior year may be the time for taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

For questions regarding graduate study in health professions, law, business administration and other professional schools, please visit the Gordon Career Center website.