As the last days of their senior year come to an end, many '03s are finding that their futures are not altogether clear, as some head to graduate school, others to good jobs and others to uncertainty. Here is a brief sampling of what five seniors plan to do after Commencement.
Ilona Lorincz
A psychological and brain sciences major, Lorincz will shadow a family physician and a neurosurgeon this summer and will work part-time as a post-baccalaureate fellow doing research on neurobiology and the genetics of chronic pain at the National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Neurogenetics.
This summer Lorincz will apply to medical school.Though her summer job will be in the laboratory, Lorincz says she feels "more suited to working with patients than in a laboratory. If I had to poke at mutated worms all day I think I'd go crazy."
But while the real world brings new opportunities for Lorincz, it brings hesitations as well.
"Now that I am actually going to have to live in the real world forever, suddenly, hanging out at the same frats I've hung out at since sophomore year doesn't seem so boring," said Lorincz.
Katie Martin
Vermonter Katie Martin '03 is going to try her hand teaching out west after commencement. A geography-modified-with-environmental sciences major, Martin will be teaching sixth grade social studies and English at Los Angeles' Charles Drew Middle School.
And as if teaching sixth graders wont keep her busy enough, Martin will be working toward her masters in education at Loyola Marymount University "on the side." But why teach?
"I was actually visiting graduate school and I thought to myself, what would I do if I could do anything I wanted?" Martin said. "The more I thought about it, going back right away for more academics was not as high on my list as I though it was. I wanted more time with people, less time with books. I realized my favorite thing I did at Dartmouth was teaching Spanish drill."
Timothy Razel
Coming out of Dartmouth, Timothy Razel '03 is especially qualified for his new job. Razel, a government major with a concentration in American government and a one-time president of the Young Democrats, will be working for presidential hopeful Howard Dean at his New Hampshire primary campaign office in Nashua.
Through his Dartmouth career Razel volunteered for several Democratic campaigns, including Al Gore's 2000 primary and general election campaigns. Additionally, he interned in the finance department of a local Congressional campaign. Consequently, the choice to work for Dean's campaign was "a natural one."
Paul Seligman
For this computer science major the future is not yet clear, but not having a definite job has not kept Paul Seligman from following his dream.
"After graduation I am embarking on a cross-country road trip. The final destination is San Francisco, where I plan on living for the next few years," Seligman said.
"It is still undecided whether I will be sitting at a cubicle or standing in the unemployment line once I get there, but my goal is to work as a software engineer for a company in or around Silicon Valley."
And why not? Last year Seligman was in California as an intern for Handspring.
While it may have been this stint as an intern that set him on this post-graduation path across the country, it was the people skills and knowledge gained at Dartmouth, according to Seligman, along with the love of his work, that will "carry me further than I can see."
