There are a few questions you can ask to help make an informed choice about your graduate career:

1. 1)Think hard about what you want to study and what you want to do after you graduate.
   

2. 2)Find out who is taking students and if they have funding.
   

3. 3)Talk to the advisor’s current students and find out what students usually do once they graduate.
   

4. 4)Find out how the graduate students get along and whether they socialize (these will be your peers and your future network).
   

5. 5)Talk to your prospective advisors before you apply!
   

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Remember, you are going to be spending a lot of time with your advisor and your success will depend in part on him or her. You will need to feel comfortable with them, figure out if their communication style is compatible with yours, be interested in their research projects, and benefit from their connections to the other students, professors and colleagues outside of the school.

REU or REU-Like internships:

1. •NSF REU website: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp
   

2. •Princeton: http://www.mirthecenter.org/education_outreach/REU.aspx
   

3. •University of Oklahoma: http://www.caps.ou.edu/reu/
   

4. •Washington State University: http://lar.wsu.edu/research/undergrad-opportunities.html
   

5. •Clarkson: http://web2.clarkson.edu/projects/reushen/reu_china/
   

6. •Colorado State: http://www.cmmap.org/scienceEd/internships.html
   

7. •Rosensteil School of marine and Atmospheric Science:
   

8. •http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies/sumfel.html
   

9. •California Institute of Technology: http://www.surf.caltech.edu/
   

10. •University of Michigan Bological Station: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/umbs/umbs_detail/0,2529,11186%255Farticle%255F20657,00.html
    

11. •Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory:
    

12. •http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/education/programs/summer-internship
    

13. •University of Massachusetts/ColoradoState/University of Oklahoma:
    

14. •http://www.casa.umass.edu/educationandoutreach/students/reu.html
    

NOAA:

1. •Student Opportunities: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/noaa_student_opps.html
   

2. •National Weather Service student opportunities: http://www.weather.gov/eeo/studentresearchopportunities.php
   

3. •Hollings Scholarship:  http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html
   

EPA:

1. •GRO scholarship: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_gro_undergrad.html
   

DOE:

1. •summer research program for undergraduates (SURE): http://www.atmos.anl.gov/GCEP/SURE/index.html
   

National Labs:

1. •Argonne: http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_undergrad/
   

2. •Los Alamos: http://www.lanl.gov/education/undergrad/about.shtml
   

3. •Oak Ridge: http://see.orau.org/ProgramDescription.aspx?Program=10055
   

4. •Pacific Northwest: http://science-ed.pnl.gov/students/undergrad/hr_interns.stm
   

5. •Sandia: http://www.sandia.gov/employment/special-prog/sip/undergrad.html
   

6. •National Renewable Energy Lab: http://www.nrel.gov/education/graduate.html
   

NASA:

1. •Programs for college students: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/learning/index.html
   

2. •Undergraduate Research Program (USRP): http://www.epo.usra.edu/usrp/
   

NCAR/UCAR:

1. •SOARS (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science):
   

2. •http://www.soars.ucar.edu/
   

Professional Organizations:

1. •AMS: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/internships.html
   

1. •Science Policy Internships(Jenny Fisher's compilation): http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jafisher/internships.html
   

Study Abroad Programs:

1. •SIT Study Abroad: http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/ssa_env_studies_theme.cfm
   

ALSO SEE:

USA Jobs:

1. •http://www.usajobs.gov/
   

NSF Career Opportunities:

1. •http://www.nsf.gov/about/career_opps/