No matter where you are in your undergraduate career, you can always branch out and get experiences that will augment your classroom learning.
Internships
Internships – an opportunity to learn while working – are one way. The Career and Internship Center has resources for all stages, from helping students search and find internships to assistance in making sense of their experience. The Career and Internship Center talked to students who shared their internship advice.
Options Beyond Internships
Experience can also be found through other outside-the-classroom learning experiences like undergraduate research and service-learning or volunteering. This is not just about working in a lab or volunteering at a food bank – there are literally hundreds of different ways to contribute. You might be surprised by what you find.
Doing something new and making connections with others can be scary. Remember that stepping out of your comfort zone can feel awkward and uncertain, but can result in rich rewards.