Pre-Professional Undergraduate Programs
English Program

English Career Guide

English majors are trained to communicate well, to argue, and to analyze complex ideas. Therefore, English students have an aptitude for careers that require oral and verbal skills, the ability to organize, develop, and defend ideas, and skill in critical reading and research. With proper training and education, many English students have gone on to pursue careers in the following fields:

• Law
• Medicine
• Business

Internships and externships in the specified fields give you useful first-hand experience for graduate and professional programs, as well as future employers. With medicine, you may wish to double-major in an area of study such as biology, but increasingly, medical schools are seeking students with more well-rounded or liberal-arts based educations, including English majors.

Further Reading

Ivey, Anna. The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions: Straight Advice on

        Essays, Resumes, Interviews, and More. San Diego: Harcout, 2005.

Miller, Eugene and Neuman F. Pollack. Guide to Graduate Business Schools. 15th

        ed. Hauppauge: Barron's Educational Series, 2007.

Smart, John, Stephen Nelson, and Julie Doherty. Planning a Life in Medicine:

        Discover If a Medical Career is Right for You and Learn How to Make It

        Happen. New York: Princeton Review, 2005.

Useful Websites

• Getting into Law School
• Advice About Getting Into Medical School
• Business School Admissions