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Just curious what you all have done for EC's besides the TYPICAL hospital volunteer, etc. What are some cool and different things that you have done: things that helped you stand out.......👍
Unusual and Interesting EC's
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i posted it in another thread but here goes a more expanded edition:
-modeling in Chicago, Paris, NY (got signed by Elite when i was 18...total of 6 years plus still ocassionally. Worked for Dolce Gabanna, Paco Rabanne, Glamour Magazine, Balmain, Ebel, Express, Alberta Ferretti, Ohpra, did tv comercials and advertising campaigns...etc ect there is a lot of it...i don't want to get across like i am raving about it LOL).
It was cool...but i treated it basically as a college fund raiser haha. My booker wasn't to happy when i said i am going back to college right after starting to get a lot of success and getting a cosmetics campaign(unfortunately my ex husband spoiled all the money on whatever because when we were getting divorced all of my med school money was gone 🙁 ).. I always wanted to go to college...always was between art/architecture and medicine....finally after doing year of architecture figured that if i will ever be a successul architect i will always wonder what it would be like to be a doctor...but if i was a sucsessful doctor, i knew i would never ask myself what it would be like to be a successful architect...
-Jonny G certified spinning instructor (over a year, every day at 6 am, Mon-Fri, had to gett my butt over to the "torture room " as my b/f calls it and do a spinn class and then about 3-4 more...total of 20 hr a week...almost killed my joints...but i loved it and still go to spinning classes till now. I also loved the music etc...i kinda miss it but it was interfering with my school schedule so had to chenge professions LOL).
-AFFA certified group fitness instructor( i loved teaching classes🙂 ).
- NASM certified personal trainer (loved it...when i went for the interview to get a job i said to my future boss that the excercise regimen is like a prescription, you need to first identify the problem and then prescribe the right medicine...he said to the other manager:"this is our lucky day" LOL....loved it. Mostly trained very young to middle age women...i was also # 1 in supplement sales...i freaking learned everything about it before i recomended it to my clients and i used the samples i got to give it to them to try instead of using it myself😎 ).
-bartender (did it for over a year...worked at one of the best night clubs in Chicago. It was fun, but very tireing...especially while i was in architecture where everything was to be done over the weekend and i had to work at and then slept about 3 hr a night to get my projects done...creative i am... made my own drink one night and now i get calls from random ppl to tell them which 7 types of alcohol you mix to get thet brown collored martini
)
-i love all sorts of artwork...i even had an exhibit back in Poland once (when i was like 17...i still paint when time permits or when i get moody or when i just want to relax...art is the best antidepressant).
- published author--->i won a "I want to be a poet" competition in Poland at the age of 15 and then again at 17. Was interviewd by a local newspaper and on the radio
and had numerous publications including a poetry book that i had together with my dad (architect/poet/artist) and my friend. Another publication came when we were rasing the money for a classmate who had a brain tumor and needed a very costly surgery to save his life.
The book was put together with the poems, drawings and any form of creativity anyone could offer. We got sponsors etc...it was a big campaign and basicly initiated by a friend of mine who is a catholic priest.
In general my poems were published 5 times.
- I was a founder (together with a close friend) of a "Club of Poets" by the Literat Corporation (featuring some world know writes and poets) in my hometown in Poland. And we were orginizing the "poetry evenings" for young ppl with heppenings etc.
- used to ride horses...wish i could do it here but it's a little expensive ane i have no time🙁
- one of my biggest hobbies is sailing (thanks to be rased by my dad LOL) and mountiaine climbing (again thanks to being rased by my dad)
-and one more thing....i wish i had more time between trying to make enough money to pay:rent, school, bills, food and do things like research or clubs here in US....but i still hope that some schools will look past my shorcomings and appreaciate the person i am
-modeling in Chicago, Paris, NY (got signed by Elite when i was 18...total of 6 years plus still ocassionally. Worked for Dolce Gabanna, Paco Rabanne, Glamour Magazine, Balmain, Ebel, Express, Alberta Ferretti, Ohpra, did tv comercials and advertising campaigns...etc ect there is a lot of it...i don't want to get across like i am raving about it LOL).
It was cool...but i treated it basically as a college fund raiser haha. My booker wasn't to happy when i said i am going back to college right after starting to get a lot of success and getting a cosmetics campaign(unfortunately my ex husband spoiled all the money on whatever because when we were getting divorced all of my med school money was gone 🙁 ).. I always wanted to go to college...always was between art/architecture and medicine....finally after doing year of architecture figured that if i will ever be a successul architect i will always wonder what it would be like to be a doctor...but if i was a sucsessful doctor, i knew i would never ask myself what it would be like to be a successful architect...
-Jonny G certified spinning instructor (over a year, every day at 6 am, Mon-Fri, had to gett my butt over to the "torture room " as my b/f calls it and do a spinn class and then about 3-4 more...total of 20 hr a week...almost killed my joints...but i loved it and still go to spinning classes till now. I also loved the music etc...i kinda miss it but it was interfering with my school schedule so had to chenge professions LOL).
-AFFA certified group fitness instructor( i loved teaching classes🙂 ).
- NASM certified personal trainer (loved it...when i went for the interview to get a job i said to my future boss that the excercise regimen is like a prescription, you need to first identify the problem and then prescribe the right medicine...he said to the other manager:"this is our lucky day" LOL....loved it. Mostly trained very young to middle age women...i was also # 1 in supplement sales...i freaking learned everything about it before i recomended it to my clients and i used the samples i got to give it to them to try instead of using it myself😎 ).
-bartender (did it for over a year...worked at one of the best night clubs in Chicago. It was fun, but very tireing...especially while i was in architecture where everything was to be done over the weekend and i had to work at and then slept about 3 hr a night to get my projects done...creative i am... made my own drink one night and now i get calls from random ppl to tell them which 7 types of alcohol you mix to get thet brown collored martini
)-i love all sorts of artwork...i even had an exhibit back in Poland once (when i was like 17...i still paint when time permits or when i get moody or when i just want to relax...art is the best antidepressant).
- published author--->i won a "I want to be a poet" competition in Poland at the age of 15 and then again at 17. Was interviewd by a local newspaper and on the radio
and had numerous publications including a poetry book that i had together with my dad (architect/poet/artist) and my friend. Another publication came when we were rasing the money for a classmate who had a brain tumor and needed a very costly surgery to save his life.
The book was put together with the poems, drawings and any form of creativity anyone could offer. We got sponsors etc...it was a big campaign and basicly initiated by a friend of mine who is a catholic priest.
In general my poems were published 5 times.
- I was a founder (together with a close friend) of a "Club of Poets" by the Literat Corporation (featuring some world know writes and poets) in my hometown in Poland. And we were orginizing the "poetry evenings" for young ppl with heppenings etc.
- used to ride horses...wish i could do it here but it's a little expensive ane i have no time🙁
- one of my biggest hobbies is sailing (thanks to be rased by my dad LOL) and mountiaine climbing (again thanks to being rased by my dad)
-and one more thing....i wish i had more time between trying to make enough money to pay:rent, school, bills, food and do things like research or clubs here in US....but i still hope that some schools will look past my shorcomings and appreaciate the person i am
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my most unique was breastmilk donor. I donated over 265 ounces!! I was such a cow
Wow...I definitely did not know that existed. How does that work?
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That is truely awesome!!
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my most unique was breastmilk donor. I donated over 265 ounces!! I was such a cow
me too, but sadly I only got the small golden nipple for donating my first 100 ounces. That's all I could give...
Most mature post of the century😀
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I'll be a "visiting instructor" in emergency and critical care medicine next summer at a hospital and medical school in Nepal. That's about as unique as things get with me...the rest of my EC's are pretty dull (EMS for 10+ years, RT for 5+ years; research including a presentation at a leading conference with lead author status; several currently pending publications in a specialty newsletter, EMS and RT instructor for 8+ and 4+ years respectively; trained concert violinist; etc )
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I founded a Cross country bike ride fundraiser affiliated with the American Cancer Society. I mapped the route, scouted and purchased equipment, contacted donors, contacted dozens of newspapers and radio stations, planned a benefit concert, designed and programmed a website for information and online contributions, and of course, finally participated in the ride this summer!
3560 miles and we never got lost once 🙂
Got to put 1200 volunteer hours on the apps for this one, plus, it was such an amazing experience that I could easily derive a sincere and truthful answer for each of those secondary application essays about "A difficult time" or etc etc
3560 miles and we never got lost once 🙂
Got to put 1200 volunteer hours on the apps for this one, plus, it was such an amazing experience that I could easily derive a sincere and truthful answer for each of those secondary application essays about "A difficult time" or etc etc
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Answer: The Rocky Mountains
No matter, all joking aside.....that's still amazing.
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I have worked at a non-profit camp for kids with illnesses for the past two summers ...simply amazing. Not only do you get to learn a ton of stuff about different medical diagnoses, meet countless doctors and nurses, and have an amazing summer with really cool interesting people but you also get to make a huuuuge difference in the lives of so many kids who would not 'normally' get to go to a summer camp because of diagnoses and financial concerns.
*please let me get into med school so I have a really good reason to go back to camp for the rest of my life...as a volunteer physician!*
*please let me get into med school so I have a really good reason to go back to camp for the rest of my life...as a volunteer physician!*
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The milk comes out of the nipple.
In terms of what you do with it after that, I have no idea.
But I don't think the USPS looks too kindly on packages with liquids in them, so that's out.
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ooo that's awesome! what event? I was a polevaulter in college...
im currently teaching english in france...
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It's nice to meet a fellow field athlete. I compete in all the throwing events, but my specialties are the discus and hammer throw 🙂
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No Way! Where were you in West Africa? I lived in Burkina Faso for two years. Let me guess...RPCV?
Just a heads up for you--DMU has this Medicine for Mali program that seems pretty cool (I'm a first year at DMU) -- I don't know all of the details of the program but they opened a clinic in a village west of Bamako with the government. Actually, as a result of this clinic, Mali just recently became the first country in Africa to recognize DOs!
Anyways, my point is this: DMU is in the process of setting up rotations there, which I think sounds pretty amazing. I am sure that even if you don't go to DMU they would be willing to let you do a rotation there. I talked to the director of the program (a DMU grad) and he thought that I was the coolest thing since sliced bread because I had lived in Burkina. I can't imagine his reaction to you!
Here is the link: http://www.medicineformali.org/index.html
There is more information on DMU's website as well.
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You will fit in well with Dr. Strom, an avid biker here at DMU.
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The program you mentioned is very sweet. Dr. Molly did a presentation about the surgery she often had to perform under not so ideal conditions. Very amazing.
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I am a cheerleader/dancer for a minor league ice hockey team. I personally escort to the mascot around.
I'm also a peer sex educator at my university--which entails me doing condom demos on a life-size replica erect penis, and I do this in front of large classrooms of freshmen.
I'm also a peer sex educator at my university--which entails me doing condom demos on a life-size replica erect penis, and I do this in front of large classrooms of freshmen.
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Are there really college freshman who STILL need demos of this and don't already know??
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I ran track... Was a polevaulter in highschool, till a shoulder dislocation took care of that. Then Went to college and ran the 400 meter dash.
Coolest thing Ive done was a volunteer/ride with an emergency flight services team.
Coolest thing Ive done was a volunteer/ride with an emergency flight services team.
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it's great to meet fellow polevaulters/trackies!
