After Wellesley

A major in Biological Chemistry provides an excellent background for many different career paths. Graduates go on to a variety of graduate schools and health professional schools or into public health, teaching, law, or business. Those wanting to go directly into the work force do so in areas such as biotechnology, bioengineering, pharmacology, or clinical chemistry. The range of potential workplaces is broad, including universities and colleges, government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, research institutes, state and federal forensic and environmental labs.

Data from the last five years (2001-2006) show that of 65 alumnae, 60% are in graduate or professional school (37% in MD, MD/Ph.D, veterinary, pharmacy or public health schools; 18.5% in graduate school in a science) and 25% are now applying, or intend to apply, to graduate or professional school.  The graduate schools attended include Dartmouth, Yale, UCSF, MIT, Columbia, Harvard, Brown and the Universities of Minnesota, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh.  Medical schools attended include Johns Hopkins, Temple, New York and New Jersey Medical, Albany, Rochester, Wayne State, McGill, Drexel, Pittsburgh and the Universities of Massachusetts, North Carolina, Nevada, Washington, Florida, Indiana, Chicago, Pennsylvania and Hawaii.  Some alums are in law school, pharmacy school, veterinary school, public health school, and art school.

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