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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   September 26, 2005, Vol. 95, No. 3   prev   next

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Page One
• Results of new grading policy reported to faculty
• Gmachl wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’
• Class of 2009 reflects success of diversity efforts

Inside
• Project aims to measure impact of diversity on campuses
• Miller steps up to the plate to offer tips on family dinners
• WWS launches University Channel

People
• Rosen named first master of Whitman College
• People, spotlight
• Retiree Open Enrollment is Sept. 26-Oct. 7

Almanac
• Nassau Notes
• Calendar of events
• By the numbers

 

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Eric Quiñones
Contributing writer:Cass Cliatt, Steven Schultz
Photographer: Denise Applewhite, John Jameson
Design: Micole Sharlin
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

 

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By the numbers

Career Services

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2005 class member giving an Orange Key tour of campus

The Office of Career Services conducts an annual survey of Princeton seniors to determine their post-graduation plans. The class of 2005 survey, conducted in May and July, revealed that:

• Nearly 69 percent of graduating seniors were pursuing full-time employment or yearlong internships, while 23.5 percent were planning further education. Roughly 7 percent were following other pursuits, including the military, travel and professional sports. (Fewer than 1 percent of seniors did not respond to the survey.)

• Of those employed full time, the most popular career choices were investment banking and other financial services (36 percent); consulting and other service industries (31 percent); education and other nonprofit organizations (15 percent); computer products and other manufacturing companies (5 percent); communications (5 percent); and government (5 percent). In addition, 12 percent of the class of 2005 accepted yearlong internships in a variety of fields.

• Among those planning further education, the largest concentrations were in law (26 percent); medicine and related fields (20 percent); sciences and mathematics (15 percent); engineering (13 percent); social sciences (12 percent); and humanities (10 percent).