After Bates

What can you do for a job after Bates?
High school students often wonder about their future careers and may be uncertain of the paths to take to prepare for what lies ahead. Here's a list of what some recent graduates are doing now, broken down by a few popular majors at Bates. A general list of employers of a recently graduated class is also included.
Art Major
Director, Norman Rockwell Museum Craftsperson, Free-lance Designer, Liz Claiborne Editor, Columbia Pictures/Carolco Graduate Student, U. of Pennsylvania Appraiser, Christies

Biology Major
Doctor, Rochester Pediatrics Engineer, State of Vermont Teacher, Falmouth Schools Professor, Georgetown University Veterinarian, Animal Hospital Officer, U.S. Navy Director, Nature Conservancy Dentist, Family Dentistry Advanced Placement Biology Teacher, Georgetown Day School Research Biochemist, Sloan-Kettering Chemist, Clean Harbors Research Geneticist, Harvard University
English Major
Lawyer, Private practice Editor, Springhouse Corp. Administrator, Mass. Historical Commission Dean, Rye Country Day School Writer, Majic Production Teacher, Appalachian Mountain Club Graduate Student, Georgetown University Volunteer, Peace Corps Medical Student, Dartmouth College Assistant Dean of Admissions, Bates College
Mathematics Major
Computer Analyst/Programmer, CIGNA Research Investment Broker, San Francisco Administrator, General Mills, Inc. Engineer, New England T & T Chemist, Boston University Research Analyst, Arthur D. Little Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin Teacher, Polytechnic Preparatory School Engineering Student, Columbia University
Physics Major
Physicist, AT&T Engineer, General Dynamics Engineer, IBM Computer Programmer , Sofnet, Inc. Teacher, New York Public Schools Engineer, Corion Optics Graduate Student, Princeton Theological Seminary
3-2 Engineering Program
Engineer, Navtel, Inc. Engineer, Landis & Gyr Powers Graduate Student, Columbia University
Political Science Major
Lawyer, Attorney General Lawyer, Trudel, Bartlett Vice President, Key Bank of Maine Agent, FBI Lawyer, Legal Services Prog. Buyer, Marshall's Journalist, Bermuda Radio Correspondent, The Boston Globe Investment Banker, State Street Bank Coordinator, Atlantic Monthly Press Lawyer, First Winthrop Corp. Graduate Student, University of Virginia Graduate Student, College of William & Mary Marshall, United States Government

Sample Employers:
From an Office of Career Services survey:

AIDS Coalition of Lewiston-Auburn, ME Alex Brown, NY American School of Warcaw American Management Systems, VA AmeriCorps, CA Angel Memorial Animal Hospital, MA Association of Youth Museums, DC Bates College, ME Bechtel Group Inc, CA Beth Israel Hospital, MA Bone Care International, WI Boston Public School, MA Boston University, MA Boulder Shelter for Homeless, CO Bretton Woods Cross Country Ski Area, NH Brigham & Women's Hospital, MA Brown & Wood, LLP, NY Catalina Island Marine Institute, CA Children's Theater Company, MN Children's Hospital, MA Cleveland Museum of Art Cross-Cultural Solution, CO Dartmouth College, NH Dataware Technologies, CO Deloitte & Touche LLP, MA Diversified Communications, ME Duke University, NC Facilities Resource Management, CA Fidelity Investments Flagstaff Public School, AZ Fortis Investors, MA Franklin Furnace Archive Inc, NY Freeport High School, ME Fund for Public Interest Research, CA Gameworks, Inc. GDSS, DC Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, CA Harbor Schools, MA Harte-Hanks Data Technologies, MA Harvard Book Store, MA Houston Advanced Research Center, TX Hubbard, & Reed, NY Imagine World Magazine, ME Insurance Center, ME Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, MA Jostens Inc King Philip Middle School, CT Lehman Brothers, NY Lighthouse Consulting Group, MA Los Angeles Unified School District, CA L'Arche Tahoma Hope, WA Maine Conservation School Maine Natural Areas Program Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, MA McCormack & Epstein, MA Mesa International, VT Metropolitan Property & Casualty, RI Nagase American Corp, NY National Economic Research Associates, MA New England Center for Children New Woman Magazine, NY New York Ski Educational Foundation, NY New England Home for Little Wanderers, MA Oakwood Residence, MN Olsten Staffing Services, CT Paine Webber Inc, NY Pioneer Group, MA Prentice Hall, NJ Presbyterian Children Village, PA Repertory Theater of America, TX Roy F. Weston Inc, WV Royal Gorge, CA Sckiptgen Pharmaceutical Inc, MA Score at Kaplan, MA Senate Majority Office, ME Skinny Skis, WY Social Science Research Council, NY Stagewest, MA State Street Bank & Trust, MA State Street Bank, NY Stonehill College, MA Teach for America Testa, Hurwitz, & Thibeautt, MA Toslin Diabetes Center, MA Transparent Audio Inc, ME TSI Soccer, NC Tucker Anthony, MA Tulane Office of Education, CA University of Rhode Island, RI University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Vassar College, NY Village Veterinary Clinic, MA Wistar Institute, PA World Learning Inc, VT There are many other majors at Bates. Whatever field you choose, the Office of Career Services will be of great assistance to you once you are a Bates student.
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