What to do during Winter Break?

[Doc of the Walk]

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Aloha everyone,
I just have a question of what to do over winter break that will be helpful to my app. I'm already going to volunteer at a soup kitchen, and I'm going to do my shadowing during the summer.

Here are my stats so far

I am only done with my first semester
cGPA- 3.375
sGPA- 3.0

20 hours shadowing a Radiologists (unfortunately, I couldn't go into the actual procedure room because I was not 18 at the time)

 

[cbrons]

Aloha everyone,
I just have a question of what to do over winter break that will be helpful

**** as many holes as possible

 

[rxnfiend]

**** as many holes as possible

👍 amen

 

[Electronegative]

Here is an idea, how about using winter break to take a break.

 

[wlee43]

Think about how to raise that gpa

 

[Doc of the Walk]

**** as many holes as possible

Here is an idea, how about using winter break to take a break.

That is what I'm using winter break to take a break from, I'm amazed how I still have above a 3.0

 

[gettheleadout]

Pre-study for Step 1 😎

 

[LoveTheRunner]

rekindle your old friendship with jack, jim, johnnie, and jameson

 

[BF2BC EMT]

rekindle your old friendship with jack, jim, johnnie, and jameson

4 wise men, nice pic.

OP- shadow NP's and CRNA's

 

[texahn]

dooooooo nothing

 

[Cleavername]

eh u think it would be wise to take 2 courses worth 6 credits in just under 3 weeks of class?

 

[gettheleadout]

eh u think it would be wise to take 2 courses worth 6 credits in just under 3 weeks of class?

 

[Mithril]

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[rafflecopter]

Winter classes suck. Go snowboarding. Take a girl on a date. Make some bad decisions. Its college my man, live it up!

 

[rafflecopter]

Go to Somalia to breastfeed kids and come back and wow your interviewers.

Considering the incidence of childhood AIDS there and the fact that some kids are biters, me thinks that's a dangerous proposition!

 

[Faol]

Im going to florida to relax, then taking developmental psychology. Nothing better than completing a 3 hr class in 2 weeks 😀. Last winter break I took psychopharmachology, which was by far one of the most enjoyable classes I've taken in college.

 

[cbrons]

Sounds awesome Faol :eyeroll:

 

[addo]

That is what I'm using winter break to take a break from, I'm amazed how I still have above a 3.0

wow, lucky you.

 

[IDreamtIChased]

Pre-study for Step 1 😎

lol

Aloha everyone,
I just have a question of what to do over winter break that will be helpful to my app.

You should consider getting started in a research lab. This way you will have some solid publications by the time you apply to med schools. gl!

Maybe wait till sophomore year or something... freshman year should be fun!

 

[Evergrey]

**** as many holes as possible

 

[Mithril]

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[Cleavername]

i took a 3 credit class once, it was effy in terms of work, i am not sure how 6 would work out tho.

 

[transfec]

Pre-study for Step 1 😎

lol

 

[Faol]

Not sure getting an awful prereq out of the way for only two weeks work really merits an eyerole. I know it sounds bad and most likely will be, but compared to enduring that class for an entire semester it sounds pretty damn good.

 

[transfec]

Not sure getting an awful prereq out of the way for only two weeks work really merits an eyerole. I know it sounds bad and most likely will be, but compared to enduring that class for an entire semester it sounds pretty damn good.

So, accelerating what is taught will somehow make things easier?

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[TheFogHat]

I always went snowmobiling.. Multiple Acceptances!

 

[ILikeDrugs]

Learn how to snowboard/ski. Forget learning anything.

 

[Narmerguy]

Sounds awesome Faol :eyeroll:

You're so cool cbrons.

 

[MeowMeowCAT]

Undergo caffeine detox by utilizing natural sleep...but until then <3 No-Doz.

 

[Faol]

So, accelerating what is taught will somehow make things easier?

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Not quite. It's easier to stay interested for two weeks than 3 months and from what I've heard this class isn't very interesting. Also the class size usually shrinks from about 200 people to under 30, which makes learning easier. So no, accelerating the material will not make it easier but the way in which the class is taught will.

 

[gettheleadout]

Learn how to snowboard/ski. Forget learning anything.

Don't worry. If he's white he's got a 10% chance of being immune.

Who wouldn't love those chances?

 

[gamerstud77]

Undergo caffeine detox by utilizing natural sleep...but until then <3 No-Doz.

Haha, I don't think a month is enough time for me.... I might need to go to Sweden and get my blood transfused.

 

[ILikeDrugs]

Learn how to snowboard/ski. Forget learning anything.

I'm not gonna edit this just because it's full of awesomeness.

 

[Wolfman89]

**** as many holes as possible

Live life, get paid, get laid.

 

[aspiringOSTEO]

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[Silverman780]

My break will consist of three things:

1.] Snowboarding/Cross country ski-ing on Mt.Hood.
2.] Sleeping
3.] EMS MARATHON!!!!

 

[cbrons]

Live life, get paid, get laid.

Get Money. Get Paid.

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[Doc of the Walk]

Don't worry. If he's white he's got a 10% chance of being immune.

Haha I'm not (African-American/Filipino, Double URM!), but on the subject of starting in a research lab, my school offers a class you can take that is a credited course and basically you go to a research lab of your choice and at the end I believe you write a big journal or something and you get graded on your work.

Though to take this course, you have to have cell bio as a co/pre-req so it won't look like I'll be able to take it until late sophmore/early junior year. Is there any other way I can get into a research lab?

Also, I already went to Somalia and cured ebola while instating a solid government and healthcare, so I got that part covered

 

[HarryPotter1]

i'm going to get my world ranking in Starcraft II back. my APM and mass marine strat owns everybody lol LOL

 

[NickNaylor]

Get a crappy seasonal job. Get some clinical experience. Play Pokemon. Not necessarily recommended in that order.

 

[Negrodamus]

I'll be going over all the crap I forgot this semster so I can start tutoring.