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Then go to the presentation and interview for the internship of your dreams! 3/01/01 6:00pm Memorial Student Center 224 World COLLEGE PROGRAM wdwcollegeprogram.com EOE • Drawing Creativity from Diversity • <S>Disne Page 4A AGGIELIFE Thursday, February 15,1 THE BATTALION Thursday, F Students have several steps to complete before the bigk By Brooke Hodges The Battalion After three years of undergraduate study at Texas A&M. home — the good times will end soon, and graduation is the horizon. Preparing for graduation is a long process that should begin two semesters before the actual com mencement date. The most important part of the graduation process is ensuring that the appropriate number of course hours have been completed. A visit to a department adviser can clear up any questions. If there is a problem with credits, an adviser can help find the answers. Dr. Ed Walraven, senior lecturer and undergraduate adviser for the journal ism department, said meeting with an adviser the semester before one thinks he or she may be eligible to graduate will ensure that what the student thinks he or she needs to do to graduate and what the adviser says the student needs to do are the same. Walraven said the most common problem is students do not meet their residency requirement. Each A&M de partment requires a certain number of 300- or 400-level classes. He said many students may look at the number of hours they have and think they are doing great, but they may not have enough higher-level courses. “You have to have the right hours to get out,” Walraven said. Students should meet with their advisers before it hits on preregistration. While preregistering, students who believe they will graduate the next semester must add the diploma fee to their statements. But, while playing redial roulette, keep one thing in mind: This is the last time. Donald Carter, A&M registrar, said the diploma fee covers the cost of the diploma, the final degree audit and the commencement ceremony. The semester before graduation can be very hectic between the time constraints of making sure all the right classes are taken, mak ing good enough grades to graduate and finding a job. Each semester, a deadline is set for prospective graduates to ap ply for graduation. Grads must go the the Office of Admissions and Records and fill out a card with their address, college and depart ment. Another card from the Association of Former Students re quests information about clubs, organizations and honors, but this form is optional. Carter said seniors will have to pay a late fee if they do not fill the form out before the deadline. The Office of Admissions and Records runs final degree au dits for all degree candidates and sends letters to candidates who do not meet graduation requirements. “We’ll let students know what our records indicate and what they need to graduate,” Carter said. Final transcripts, which are necessary for post-gradua tion employment, can be ordered before the ceremony and held until the degree is added to the record. Grads can re quest the transcripts be sent to their future employers. Now comes the hard part, the part most dreaded by col lege students everywhere — finding something to do after graduation. Most students either continue study in graduate school or enter the job market. There are two ways this can be done: do an independent search or use Texas A&M’s Career Center. Dr. Leigh Turner, executive director of the Career Center, said the Career Center helps many future graduates find jobs through on-campus interviews. The interviews consist of employers sending recruiters to A&M to con duct interviews instead of graduates having to come to them. Last year, the Career Center hosted more than 38,000 interviews. “This is one of the biggest operations in the country,” Turner said. In exchange for a $35 fee, students who register on the Career Center’s Website get to post their resumes on the Internet, access the job list and schedule on-campus interview with prospective employers. ByStuari The Batta For m- bught on lospitals, an be cai teld close The na Scienc jegins. N« ults that c luman. O he person But wf ife begin; idered. T risks and - puzzle tha Two te= tancy. Sui physical!}, nd medic he uterus Dr. Eli lemal Mec Hospital ; Ifexas A& y all abor he surgici egulated. There tc ederatio: mm KATIE EASTERLING/ThF. BattaI ’ For May graduates who have not started the job hunt, Turner said,in not too late. 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