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Hey guys,
So I just got fired from my summer internship and was wondering how this was going to effect me in terms of applications and work in the future. Basically, during on the the first few days (when they didn't have much for me to do), I was told to check out the formatting of this work website (sort of like wikipedia for the organization). I didn't have any material to test out the formatting, so I basically wrote a bunch of nonsense with different fonts and headings. Problem is that I forgot to delete it and it stayed on the site. Fast-forward a couple weeks, I'm getting a call from my supervisor that some higher-ups had seen it and complained, so she fired me for being unprofessional. The worst part is that once they actually had stuff for me to do, I thought that I was coming in on-time, working hard and efficiently, and being a pretty good worker in general.
So clearly it's my own fault for being stupid and careless, but where do I go from here? I'm going to omit it from my resume, but future employers will be able to discover it if they want, correct?
This summer I have also been volunteering at the BMC and studying for my MCATS (I'm hoping to get mid 30s). Next semester I'm going to be a senior at Tufts university and will be looking to take a year off after school before applying to medical schools. My general stats are as follows:
I'm a Clinical Psych Major and Child Dev. minor
cGPA = 3.67
sGPA = 3.60
With a strong upwards trend since my freshman year
ECs:
-Ultimate Frisbee team Treasurer and hopefully captain next year (2 appearances at nationals)
-Tae Kwon Do team (I've won a few competition medals)
-Helped in organizing and running both community clinics for playing ultimate and tae kwon do
-Volunteered at a community preschool (50 hours)
-One summer of PTSD Neuroimaging research at a lab
-Hospital Volunteering (10 hours so far this summer), going to probably amp up my hours for the summer as well as carry on through the semester
-Named Scholarship
-Senior year Clinical psychology year-long internship (hopefully in a hospital setting)
-I've only really witness one colonoscopy, so that's all I have in terms of shadowing
-I've volunteered at a hospital and animal shelter when I was like in middle school, does that count at all (50+)
I guess my application isn't as strong as it should be, but hopefully I'll be able to bolster it over the next 2 years. What do you guys think that I should focus on improving?
Sorry this was so long/a 2-parter.
So I just got fired from my summer internship and was wondering how this was going to effect me in terms of applications and work in the future. Basically, during on the the first few days (when they didn't have much for me to do), I was told to check out the formatting of this work website (sort of like wikipedia for the organization). I didn't have any material to test out the formatting, so I basically wrote a bunch of nonsense with different fonts and headings. Problem is that I forgot to delete it and it stayed on the site. Fast-forward a couple weeks, I'm getting a call from my supervisor that some higher-ups had seen it and complained, so she fired me for being unprofessional. The worst part is that once they actually had stuff for me to do, I thought that I was coming in on-time, working hard and efficiently, and being a pretty good worker in general.
So clearly it's my own fault for being stupid and careless, but where do I go from here? I'm going to omit it from my resume, but future employers will be able to discover it if they want, correct?
This summer I have also been volunteering at the BMC and studying for my MCATS (I'm hoping to get mid 30s). Next semester I'm going to be a senior at Tufts university and will be looking to take a year off after school before applying to medical schools. My general stats are as follows:
I'm a Clinical Psych Major and Child Dev. minor
cGPA = 3.67
sGPA = 3.60
With a strong upwards trend since my freshman year
ECs:
-Ultimate Frisbee team Treasurer and hopefully captain next year (2 appearances at nationals)
-Tae Kwon Do team (I've won a few competition medals)
-Helped in organizing and running both community clinics for playing ultimate and tae kwon do
-Volunteered at a community preschool (50 hours)
-One summer of PTSD Neuroimaging research at a lab
-Hospital Volunteering (10 hours so far this summer), going to probably amp up my hours for the summer as well as carry on through the semester
-Named Scholarship
-Senior year Clinical psychology year-long internship (hopefully in a hospital setting)
-I've only really witness one colonoscopy, so that's all I have in terms of shadowing
-I've volunteered at a hospital and animal shelter when I was like in middle school, does that count at all (50+)
I guess my application isn't as strong as it should be, but hopefully I'll be able to bolster it over the next 2 years. What do you guys think that I should focus on improving?
Sorry this was so long/a 2-parter.
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