You don’t need to know your major or career path to get started.
The Exploring pathway is for students who are still figuring things out, or who want to stay open while they learn more. It helps you connect your interests, strengths, and values to real-world opportunities like internships, research, jobs, and graduate school options.
Think of this as your starting point for exploration. You’ll discover possibilities across industries, talk with alumni and professionals, and try out experiences that help you understand what fits you best.
Is This Pathway Right for You?
This pathway may be a good fit if you:
- Are unsure what you want to do after Middlebury
- Want to explore multiple careers, industries, or majors
- Are deciding between different academic or professional directions
- Want help connecting interests to internships or jobs
- Are curious about networking and talking with alumni
- Want to test ideas through experiential learning opportunities
- Prefer to keep your options open while you build experience
Explore Your Options
Exploring can lead you into any experience. Below are Middlebury pathways you can join.
Explore careers in storytelling, design, journalism, film, marketing, publishing, and digital media. Build creative and communication skills through internships, production work, and student media.
Explore careers and experiences focused on civic engagement, public service, community organizing, local government, and nonprofit impact. Build experience through volunteering, civic leadership, and community-based projects.
Help organizations solve problems, analyze data, and improve strategy. Learn how consulting connects to business, nonprofits, healthcare, government, and technology.
Work in teaching, education policy, student support, tutoring, or academic programs. Explore careers in schools, nonprofits, and higher education.
Discover careers in banking, investment, corporate finance, entrepreneurship, operations, and business strategy. Build analytical and problem-solving skills.
Explore careers focused on climate solutions, environmental science, policy, conservation, and sustainability work across public and private sectors.
Learn about careers in public service, law, international affairs, advocacy, and policy research at local, national, and global levels.
Explore how ideas become ventures, products, and organizations. Learn about startups, social entrepreneurship, venture support, and creative problem-solving across industries.
Explore nonprofit work, community development, global health, social justice, and mission-driven organizations focused on equity and change.
Discover careers in software development, data science, UX/UI, product management, cybersecurity, and emerging tech fields.
Next Steps
If you’re just starting out, begin with one small action:
- Meet with an advisor to talk through your interests
- Attend a career exploration program or alumni panel
- Try a self-reflection exercise to identify your interests and strengths
- Browse internships and jobs to see what feels interesting
- Talk with an alum about their career path
- Join a student organization connected to something you’re curious about
- Explore one career pathway in more depth
Career exploration is about building direction over time through experience, reflection, and connection. The Exploring pathway is a place to start.
