Where Do Our Graduates Go?

In the next year:

15.4% will be entering directly into Graduate School (PhD or Masters Programs).

19.8% will be entering directly into the health field through Medical, Dental or Veterinary School.

21.2% will be entering directly into Employment.

41.3% have other immediate plans, such as spending a gap year preparing to apply to various post-undergraduate programs or doing volunteer work.

~3.5% of graduates who completed the questionnaire indicated “Other” with no further information

Some students who entered directly in the workforce may be doing so to fulfill a gap year before they attend graduate or medical school.

**77% of our graduates responded to our 2013 Senior Questionnaire

Our graduates have a presence in healthcare, business, research,

non–profit organizations and many other exciting fields around the world!

Biological Sciences Class of 2014

Graduate Summary

Office of Undergraduate Biology

216 Stimson Hall Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone: 607.255.5233 Fax: 607.255.0470

Website: www.biology.cornell.edu

Neurobiology and Behavior (60 Respondents / 74 Graduates)

Graduate School (5) PhD (1): Boston University Masters (4): Oxford, University of Alberta School of Public Health, Elms College, Carnegie-Mellon

Allied Health (16) MD (13): NYU (2), New York Medical College, Hofstra North Shore, Stonybrook, University of Pittsburgh, Wayne State University, University of Southern California, Texas A&M, Weill Cornell (2), University of Michigan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, SUNY Upstate DVM (2): Cornell

Employment (7) EMT, Lab Tech at Harvard Medical, Medical Assistant to Dermatologist, Tech Associate at Microstrategy, Research Assistant, Business Analyst at Capital One, Unknown (1)

Gap Year (30) Masters of Medicine at Cambridge, Post Bacc, NIH Research, Unknown (27)

Unknown (2) Nutrition (16 Respondents / 24 Graduates)

Allied Health (5) MD (3): Case Western Reserve, RWSMS, UMDNJ DDS (1): Columbia University DVM (1): University of Pennsylvania

Graduate School (1) Masters (1): Cambridge

Employment (2) TFA, Medical Scribe

Gap Year (4) City Year, Unknown (3)

Unknown (4)

Plant Biology (1 Respondent / 1 Graduate)

Graduate School (1) PhD (1): MIT

Systematics & Biotic Diversity (1 Respondent / 1 Graduate)

Gap Year (1)

Obtained from the 2007 Online Senior Survey

May 2014

Genetics and Development (19 Respondents / 27 Graduates)

Allied Health (2) MD (2): Quinnipiac, UCSF

Graduate School (6) PhD (3): Harvard (2), Johns Hopkins Masters (3): Columbia, Stanford, Cornell

Employment (3) Ellsworth, Research at Sloan Kettering, Genomic Medicine Institute

GapYear (8) IRTA NIH program, Masters in Medical Science, NIH Research, Unknown (5) Microbiology (16 Respondents / 22 Graduates)

Allied Health (1) MD (1): University of Rochester

Graduate School (5): PhD (3): UW Madison, Rockefeller University, University of Georgia Masters (2): Tufts, Cornell

Employment (4) Melanoma Research at NYU, UC Irvine Research Scientist, Cornell Lab Tech, Agave Biosystems Lab Tech in Ithaca

Gap Year (5)

Unknown (1)

Molecular and Cell Biology (15 Respondents / 23 Graduates)

Allied Health (5) MD/PhD (1): Johns Hopkins MD (4): University of Connecticut, University of Southern California, University of Chicago, Columbia

Graduate School (5) PhD (5): Imperial College of London, Cornell, Gerstner Sloan Kettering, Harvard, Boston University

Employment (1) Research at Cornell

Gap Year (4)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (26 Respondents / 28 Graduates)

Graduate School (6) PhD (1): UC Davis Master’s (4): Louisiana State University, SUNY ESF, Columbia, Ithaca College JD (1): William and Mary

Employment (12) Audubon, US Navy, Texas A&M, Multimedia Production Assistant at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Lab Tech at Cornell, Bird keeper at Houston Zoo, Museum of the Earth, Research Technician, ER Technician, Lab of Ornithology, Unknown (2)

Gap Year (8): Teach for America, Unknown (7) General Biology (77 Respondents / 103 Graduates)

Allied Health (12) MD (10): Weill Cornell (3), Emory University, Marshall Medical School, Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, New York Medical College, TTUHSC MD/PhD (1): SUNY Upstate DO (1): New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Graduate School (6) PhD (3): UC Davis, Stanford, University of Virginia Masters (3): Cornell (2), Columbia

Employment (21) Samsung, NIH Technician, L’Oreal, Teach for America, Oliver Wyman, Tisch MS Research Center, Athenahealth, Teaching Assistant at Weill Cornell(3), UPenn Research Assistant, Epic Systems, Memorial Sloan Kettering Research, D.C Teaching Fellow, Research at Weill Cornell, DOW Agrosciences, Moffit Cancer Center Research, Guthrie Clinic, research at UPenn, D.C Teaching Fellow, Pharmaceutical Consulting

Gap Year (38) Pre-vet internship at Nashville Zoo, Post-Bac (3), Teach for America, City Year, Unknown (32)

Marine Biology (2 Respondents / 4 Graduates) Allied Health (1): MD (1): SUNY Downstate

GapYear (1)

Our graduates go on to impact the world… 278 Respondents / 362 Graduates**

Animal Physiology (29 Respondents / 33 Graduates)

Allied Health (10) MD (4): Case Western Reserve University, Tulane University, New York University (2) DVM (3): Cornell (3) MD/PhD (1): SUNY Upstate DO (1): Touro College MPH (1): Dartmouth Institute

Graduate School (3) Masters (2): Harvard, Stanford Other (1): Sanford-Brown Institute Vet Tech Program

Employment (4) Charles River Laboratories, Corporate Executive Board Research Analyst, Research Associate, ER Medical Scribe

Gap Year (12) Peace Corps, Teaching Assistant at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, City Year, Post Bacc at Cornell/UPenn Unknown (8) Biochemistry (12 Respondents / 15 Graduates)

Allied Health (4) MD (3): Rochester University, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard MD/PhD (1): SUNY Upstate

Employment (4) NIH Research (2), WIH Research, Unknown (1)

Gap Year (2)

Unknown (2) Computational Biology (8 Respondents / 14 Graduates)

Graduate School (5) PhD (3): Stanford (2), Tri-Institute California Institute of Technology, UC Berkley, University of Colorado Boulder Masters (2): Cornell, Columbia University

Employment (1) Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

Gap Year (2) IRTA Program at NIH, Unknown (1)