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Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on what I should do this summer. My dream school is UCSD, and I know I need to strengthen my ECs to make that happen. Note: because I will be in a different state than my university this summer, my options are limited.
Year in school: Junior
Country/state of residence: California (I'm pretty sure I retained residency), MA school
Biology major, economics minor
cGPA: 3.74 sGPA: 3.72 (upward trend)
(taking MCAT senior year; taking gap year)
Research: 2 school years + 1 summer in virology lab; likely no publications
Volunteering (clinical): Volunteered full time for four months total over two summers as a medical scribe working in English and Spanish buut it was for my dad (Family Medicine).
Physician shadowing: Family Medicine: 6 hours, OBGYN: 6 hours. Going to shadow residents at a community hospital for at least another 40 hours this summer + next winter break
Non-clinical volunteering: 3 years volunteering on exec board in college access mentoring club (4 hrs/wk during school yr; maybe co-pres next year)
Extracurricular activities: Rock climbing, water polo
Employment experience: 1 summer full-time paid research (summer 2016, included above), under the table administrative assistant to college counselor (summer 2016, 90 hrs)
So far I've applied to HCC which connects students with public health organizations for paid 10-week internships (no patient contact, often community organizing roles). I quite likely can play an administrative role setting up a prenatal clinic for a county clinic this summer (no patient contact but potentially RN & physician training). I've emailed six clinical researchers about their research and asking if I could get involved this summer, but I got no responses. I am already vetted to shadow at a community hospital for the summer (I could also probably pick up volunteer jobs like patient transport or mail delivery here but seems boring tbh). If I wanted to do more bench research, I could likely get a research position at Stanford with a family friend, but this would not give me clinical experience. I applied for multiple scribing positions, but all require a commitment that exceeds three months (the length of my summer). Volunteering at special needs camp sounds like a great summer to me but is this really clinical? Also, it'd be interesting to hear your opinion on how much my scribing experience is disqualified by being the scribe for my dad (technically I do have a supervisor that I answered to who is not him)
Year in school: Junior
Country/state of residence: California (I'm pretty sure I retained residency), MA school
Biology major, economics minor
cGPA: 3.74 sGPA: 3.72 (upward trend)
(taking MCAT senior year; taking gap year)
Research: 2 school years + 1 summer in virology lab; likely no publications
Volunteering (clinical): Volunteered full time for four months total over two summers as a medical scribe working in English and Spanish buut it was for my dad (Family Medicine).
Physician shadowing: Family Medicine: 6 hours, OBGYN: 6 hours. Going to shadow residents at a community hospital for at least another 40 hours this summer + next winter break
Non-clinical volunteering: 3 years volunteering on exec board in college access mentoring club (4 hrs/wk during school yr; maybe co-pres next year)
Extracurricular activities: Rock climbing, water polo
Employment experience: 1 summer full-time paid research (summer 2016, included above), under the table administrative assistant to college counselor (summer 2016, 90 hrs)
So far I've applied to HCC which connects students with public health organizations for paid 10-week internships (no patient contact, often community organizing roles). I quite likely can play an administrative role setting up a prenatal clinic for a county clinic this summer (no patient contact but potentially RN & physician training). I've emailed six clinical researchers about their research and asking if I could get involved this summer, but I got no responses. I am already vetted to shadow at a community hospital for the summer (I could also probably pick up volunteer jobs like patient transport or mail delivery here but seems boring tbh). If I wanted to do more bench research, I could likely get a research position at Stanford with a family friend, but this would not give me clinical experience. I applied for multiple scribing positions, but all require a commitment that exceeds three months (the length of my summer). Volunteering at special needs camp sounds like a great summer to me but is this really clinical? Also, it'd be interesting to hear your opinion on how much my scribing experience is disqualified by being the scribe for my dad (technically I do have a supervisor that I answered to who is not him)
