What to do in the summers so medical schools will be impressed? What will look good?

[deleted421268]

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What can I do in the summers aside from volunteering and shadowing that will look good to medical schools???

 

[Hospitalized]

Continue going to school.

 

[ridethecliche]

Eat lots of awsmsauce!

 

[efle]

cure cancer

 

[BeornBear]

Karate

 

[efle]

Karate

Interviewers love when you can demonstrate a safe but effective takedown on them

 

[BeornBear]

Interviewers love when you can demonstrate a safe but effective takedown on them

For the interviewers? Nah...I was thinking Karate is more for ensuring patient compliance....

 

[efle]

For the interviewers? Nah...I was thinking Karate is more for ensuring patient compliance....

Yeah, nothing like a good choke hold to teach a patient what they'll feel like in a couple decades if they don't start to eat better and exercise

 

[BeornBear]

Yeah, nothing like a good choke hold to teach a patient what they'll feel like in a couple decades if they don't start to eat better and exercise

It's called preventive medicine!

 

[deleted421268]

Serious answers guy. Some of them were funny though!

 

[claduva94]

You want to approach this as a way to impress medical schools. That is the wrong way to go about it. That is why you are getting sass. There is no checklist. There is no formula. Do something you enjoy. Work. Travel. Volunteer. Do research. But above everything else do something you enjoy. You don't get enough summers off in life to worry about impressing medical schools at every turn.

 

[JPSmyth]

everybody says, "don't think of it as a checklist" but at the end of the day, if you don't have the experiences that adcoms want, you won't get accepted. Make sure you have meaningful clinical exposure. There's a legitimate idea for you. Or try to get involved in research on campus, another thing that people always say adcoms like to see.

Play a sport. Run a marathon. Compete in a contest. Write short stories for local magazines. (all of which can be put on a med school app as well)

You need to find things that will benefit your application, but also find things you enjoy. Example, working in a research lab on campus will benefit your application. If you enjoy it, that is a plus. But playing xbox or going on vacation aren't things to put on an application, you know?

 

[Graywolf]

It's called preventive medicine!

Lol, can you please code my choke slam as a wellness visit? My insurance plan will cover it 100%

 

[Garurumon]

Get a sick tan to make up for all the months of being pale from studying in the library.

In all seriousness, do something that's both productive and enjoyable to you. Last summer I studied abroad at the University of Oxford, because I genuinely enjoy traveling and reading English literature. (Hopefully that can be something to talk about in interviews. ;D)

 

[Goro]

Working as a counselor at a camp for sick or disabled children always impresses me.

What can I do in the summers aside from volunteering and shadowing that will look good to medical schools???