Charting Your Course
This page suggests opportunities to make the most of your time at Puget Sound. Although listed by year, many may be explored at any time during your career as a student.
First year: Starting out at Puget Sound
- Discover Tacoma
- Explore campus
- Meet the faculty
- Take a hike
- Understand the core curriculum
- Get to know your peer advisor
- Take a first-year seminar in Scholarly and Creative Inquiry
- Take a first-year seminar in Writing and Rhetoric
- Fulfill the language graduation requirement
- Consider studying abroad
- Get a part-time job
- Schedule your courses
- Bring your papers to the Writing Center
- Explore campus housing options
- Stay healthy
- Take the e-CHUG
- Join a fraternity or sorority
- Maximize your academic performance
- Explore and Navigate newsletter
Sophomore year: Sharpening your focus
- Choose a major
- Submit a study abroad application
- Write your resume
- Explore fellowships
- Find out what you can do with a major in...
- Apply for student research and travel awards
- Plan your future in health professions or teaching/counseling
- Make a difference
- Become a campus leader
- Take a language proficiency test
- Connect with Puget Sound alumni
Junior year: Sharing in the campus community
- Become a mentor
- Take a Connections course
- Research graduate schools
- Apply for fellowships
- Plan your future in health professions or teaching/counseling
- Search for internships
- Bring your personal statement to the Writing Center
- Attend ASK Night
