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Post-grad plans

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By Steve Zoski, Daily Staff Reporter
Published January 17, 2012

The Michigan Daily surveyed 30 students out of seven of the University's schools and colleges to learn about what they want to do after they graduate and how the University has helped them get there. Here's what they had to say.

What are you planning on doing after you graduate?

I'll be working as an account manager at Google. I plan to travel around Europe for a few weeks, and work at a summer camp before starting with Google. Longer term, I will most likely stay with Google for a couple years, then get my MBA.
–Michael Gardner, Business senior

I’m still looking. It looks like I have a couple options, but School of Ed is pretty iffy, especially with the job market. Nothing concrete. I have a summer job that I have to do to pay my rent, and there are lot of career fairs in the summer, and teachers don't tend to get hired until August.
–Kristen Hengtgen, Education senior

I’m not really sure. It kind of just depends on if I meet somebody, or if an opportunity comes up, but it could be volunteering or it could be getting a teaching job, or it could be going to graduate school. But I still have two more years.
–Morgan Beckett, Art & Design sophomore

I’m either going to take a year off or apply to grad school.
–Tom New, Architecture junior

Get a job. And then go to school later again.
–Sarah Brown, Engineering junior

Well, for next fall I’m going to hopefully get into grad school. I'm going to teach voice lessons. I'm singing in “Poliachi” with the Detroit Opera Theatre in the chorus, which is paid, and I have to join the Union.
–Jeffrey Wilkinson, Music, Theatre & Dance senior

After graduation I’m looking to go into consulting, analyzing business problems – improving businesses from the inside and the outside.
–Rikav Chauhan, LSA senior

I'm applying to medical school. I have a couple internships, but everything is kind of hinging on medical school.
–Jack Hessburg, Engineering senior


Michael Gardner, Business senior
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