Other Opportunities for College Students

For All College Students — Internships and Jobs

The Texas Workforce Commission (a GeoFORCE supporter) has a new website called Texas Internship.jobs that lists jobs by region, company, type, etc. Search, apply, work, report back to GeoFORCE!

For Pre-Med or Pre-Health Professions

There is a new program starting up at UT’s Medical campus in Galveston called AAPR — it is a mentoring program for students interested in going in to medicine of allied health careers (physical therapy, nursing, etc). There is a summer program, and a school year component. They are recruiting 20 students who are currently college freshmen, and 20 who are sophomores. Here are the qualifications:

  • US citizen and Texas resident (but you can be going to any college)
  • Family contribution on FAFSA of <$8000/year OR African American or Hispanic
  • High school GPA of 2.8 or higher
  • ACT of 21+ or SAT of 1200+ for Math and Reading scores only

There is no deadline, but they will be accepting people as the applications come in, so apply early in the spring semester.

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