A good degree and grades will mean nothing if you don't have good science related experience to back it up. This is a very common misconception. Volunteer, or if you are lucky, get a job as an assistant for the summer. You will almost certainly get paid almost nothing, but the experience will be worth more that you can imagine for applications to prospective supervisors. If you want to work with dolphins when you finish, don't hold out to volunteer with them.
Biology is biology.
Back to the top Choose the best university that is within your financial ability. If you are able to attend a university with a good undergraduate marine program, so much the better. Wherever you go, you must do well in your studies. Back to the top That is a difficult issue and a matter of personal ethics. I personally do not like animals being subjected to that kind of environment, even if they are well treated.