NRES Career Information

Resources related to careers in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Resources for Considering Grad School

• Your Adviser
• The Career Center (https://www.careercenter.illinois.edu/students/grad-school)
  Workshops:
  - Exploring Graduate School
  - Graduate School Application Process
  - Making the Most Out of Graduate School
  - Health Professions Info Session
  - Graduate School Application Work Group
  Online Resources
  Graduate and Professional School Fair (usually in September)
• Listservs—for example:
  ECOLOG-L of the Ecological Society of America (https://listserv.umd.edu/archives/ecolog-l.html)
• Related Professional Organizations
  Environmental Law Institute (www.eli.org)
  Soil Science Society of America (www.soils.org)
  The Wildlife Society (http://joomla.wildlife.org/)
  National Association of Environmental Professionals (www.naep.org)
• Specialized Professional Organizations—for example:
  Association for Women Soil Scientists (www.womeninsoils.org)
  Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences (www.manrrs.org)

Application Resources

• Applying to Graduate School: Tips, Timeline, and Tools of the Trade (http://www.cic.net/docs/default-source/diversity/gradschoolguide.pdf)
• Getting In: An Applicant’s Guide to Graduate School Admissions(http://www.gettingintogradschool.com/book/getting-in-an-applicants-guide-to-graduate-school-admissions)
• Free GRE Preparation Materials (http://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/)

NRES and PEEC Resources

• Links to information about the programs and resources can be found at https://nres.illinois.edu/graduate/prospective. Application instructions are at https://nres.illinois.edu/graduate/future/apply. 
• General information about the Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology and its application process is available at http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/prospective/.