My experience at BU was invaluable. I actually did not settle on a\u00a0marine science major until my sophomore year. I initially applied for\u00a0biomedical engineering, but switched to CAS almost immediately upon my\u00a0arrival. Then I was on an environmental science track until I realized\u00a0my interests were specifically in the marine sciences and BU had one\u00a0of the top marine programs in the country. Most other marine majors \u00a0applied to BU solely because of the Marine Program, but it was a very happy\u00a0accident for me.<\/p>\n
I did the Marine\u00a0Semester twice and both times, it was the most\u00a0incredible academic experience I could hope for. What the BU Marine Program\u00a0offers\u00a0students is a chance to think for themselves, make their own mistakes,\u00a0more importantly fix their own mistakes, and repeat.<\/p>\n
In school, I was interested in a lot of marine geology and intended to\u00a0go straight into grad school to work on hydrothermal vents. However, I\u00a0had volunteered in the penguin department<\/a> of the New England Aquarium\u00a0and loved every minute of it. I wanted to continue with animal\u00a0husbandry work and potentially work my way into marine animal\u00a0rehabilitation and release.<\/p>\n Ultimately, I chose to seek out a job in the marine rehabilitation\u00a0field. I finished an internship at the Marine Animal\u00a0Rehabilitation Center (MARC) in Biddeford, Maine. I was actively involved in necropsies, fish preparation\u00a0and feeding, water quality testing, cleaning and maintenance of the\u00a0facility, animal physical exams and procedures, extensive animal\u00a0restraint, and record keeping. I also worked on a policies project for\u00a0NOAA<\/a>, which should be helpful for marine rehab centers nationwide.<\/p>\n Now, I am working full-time at an animal hospital in Salisbury,\u00a0Massachusetts and volunteering once a week at the rehab center in\u00a0Maine. Through my internship and talking with the staff at MARC, I\u00a0learned that animal clinics are a great way to learn the skills\u00a0necessary to work at a marine animal rehab facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13131,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4016,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/4015\/revisions\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}