Unrelated internships

[alt91119]

Would doing an internship completely unrelated to medicine during undergrad be viewed in a largely positive way? Specifically, I was contemplating doing one related to analysis of publicly available open-source data related to the country whose language I am majoring in (ie data related to foreign affairs/national security). However, it would have essentially no overlap with medicine (except perhaps for analytical skills picked up during the process).

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[Lya]

I would do it if I were you. Any data analysis, as you said, will be viewed positively.

 

[Catalystik]

Would doing an internship completely unrelated to medicine during undergrad be viewed in a largely positive way? Specifically, I was contemplating doing one related to analysis of publicly available open-source data related to the country whose language I am majoring in (ie data related to foreign affairs/national security). However, it would have essentially no overlap with medicine (except perhaps for analytical skills picked up during the process).

It shows what you did to fill a time span, if nothing else, so it's fine to include whether you think it will be viewed positively or not.

 

[lmn]

Personally I would, it won't hurt you unless you are letting yourself lack in other parts of your application due to it, and personally I'm always a fan of developing yourself for a plan B career as you shoot for med school just in case it doesn't work out.