Every March, a computer determines where new graduates of medical schools will spend the next several years as residents, gaining experience and honing their skills.

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Zekman spent over a decade as a newspaper reporter before working in television.

(In exchange for their free education, graduates must spend five years on active duty and three years in reserve.)

The typical graduate, 32 and married, spent 6.8 years in graduate school, only to land in a job that often underutilizes those hard-won skills.

A graduate of Michigan State University, Hirsch spent time as a disc jockey and drummer.

A 2003 graduate of Miami, Carla skated with the program all four of her undergraduate years and then spent seven seasons as an assistant coach.

A graduate of Princeton and Columbia Law School, the 68-year-old Tyler has spent a vast part of his professional life in public service.

In 1862 he founded a fellowship in Bombay university to allow graduates to spend some years in Europe.

The new graduates spent four months in the medicine ward, another four in surgery, and the remaining two in casualty.

This training facility is open on a 24-hour basis and all graduates spend time in this facility beginning early in their studies.