My summer
-One of the PIs of a lab we work extremely closely with is on consult for ICU and dialysis for Nephrology at two different periods so I'll be getting some good shadowing in. Should be exciting to see a bunch of different areas of the same field.
-Volunteer in the ED. Maybe pick up an extra day or two here and there.
-Research: close to wrapping up a project that we can hopefully submit for publication. I'm hoping that I can learn how to perfuse mice, but we shall see.
-I'm taking molecular biology and biochemistry. I've talked to Fixsen and he highly recommended biochem.
My advice (you're getting it whether or not you want it): find stuff you enjoy doing. In the not so distant future you are going to be extremely busy for an extremely long period of time. As long as you're not just sitting around playing video games (which I plan on doing over the next week or two after tomorrow night), anything you choose should be ok.
Is there one area of ECs that you're really lacking in? I'd love to do a few daytime non-medical volunteering gigs if that's something you might be interested in.
I'd edit your checkmarks a little bit though
-clinical exposure
-volunteering
-leadership
-research
It seems that those four can really help your application if they're strong, and can do some damage (save research) if they're absent.
It seems like I have my ducks in a row with what you've listed. I think I'm doing enough, but maybe it feels like too little with the huge 40 hour void I'm about to create.
So far:
- I'm a project leader with Boston Cares; high recommendations for this group if you're looking for non-clinical. They are just great.
- Leadership from marathon team captain to student mentor
- Shadowing my friend in clinic this summer
- Volunteering in the ED though I'm looking into the Family Van and other more "hands on" clinical experiences
- Hopefully volunteering in the lab of my hero at Harvard; he extended an offer earlier in the spring when I emailed him gushing like a 14 year old Beebs fan.
- Getting my training certification for Crossfit so I can train part-time? Been considering this for a few years.
I think I could find new clinical experiences to bide my time as well as something to pay the bills (maybe a fat loan). Not sure about taking two summer classes
🙂eek: holy cow btw). I could certainly use them.
As for video games, I'm going to
try to finish Amnesia this time. I want to compile a reaction video of me basically freaking out every single minute of that game. This is of course if I ever get through Skyrim.