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Hey guys,
My school has a 4-1-4 schedule, so I take a month-long class in January. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get in some extracurricular-type activities (or just to take some great classes and meet great people). I have a few options, which I broke down by category, and I would like any advice you could offer. Categories are in bold, and individual classes/activities are separated by commas.
Teaching/mentoring: public school teaching/tutoring/mentoring in NYC, mentoring/decision-making program for abused children, college awareness program
Volunteering (non-teaching): resettling refugees in Maine, internship in any field in Georgia (the country, not the state--I would do something medical, if I did this), community screening for Alzheimer's Disease, eye care in Nicaragua (this last one sounds amazing, but is really expensive)
Research: Bio, Chem, Biochem or Psych (I would try to get placement in a neuro lab) at my college--good thing about this is the possibility to continue, though I am graduating next year
Field work/shadowing: can pretty much be anything in a medical field or medical research lab
Public Speaking: there is an Ethics Bowl course and a public speaking one, which might help with interviews
Medicine-related courses: "Epidemiology, Public Health, and Leadership in the Health Professions" , Cardiovascular Medicine, Global Health (I'm really interested in epidemiology and public health)
Note: I am interested in *all* of these. None of them would be taken just to improve my application.
So far I have EMT-B volunteer work, shadowing a pulmonologist, T.A.ing EMT, tutoring Bio and Chem, a bit of volunteering (just a few hours a week taking leftover food to shelters/the Salvation Army) two summers of psychology research at different labs, and a semester of independent research (no publications, posters, etc. from any of my research though). I will also do a semester long empirical lab project in behavioral medicine next year.
Thanks so much ahead of time!
E.T.A. If I stay on campus, it is possible to do more than one of these things.
My school has a 4-1-4 schedule, so I take a month-long class in January. I thought this would be a good opportunity to get in some extracurricular-type activities (or just to take some great classes and meet great people). I have a few options, which I broke down by category, and I would like any advice you could offer. Categories are in bold, and individual classes/activities are separated by commas.
Teaching/mentoring: public school teaching/tutoring/mentoring in NYC, mentoring/decision-making program for abused children, college awareness program
Volunteering (non-teaching): resettling refugees in Maine, internship in any field in Georgia (the country, not the state--I would do something medical, if I did this), community screening for Alzheimer's Disease, eye care in Nicaragua (this last one sounds amazing, but is really expensive)
Research: Bio, Chem, Biochem or Psych (I would try to get placement in a neuro lab) at my college--good thing about this is the possibility to continue, though I am graduating next year
Field work/shadowing: can pretty much be anything in a medical field or medical research lab
Public Speaking: there is an Ethics Bowl course and a public speaking one, which might help with interviews
Medicine-related courses: "Epidemiology, Public Health, and Leadership in the Health Professions" , Cardiovascular Medicine, Global Health (I'm really interested in epidemiology and public health)
Note: I am interested in *all* of these. None of them would be taken just to improve my application.
So far I have EMT-B volunteer work, shadowing a pulmonologist, T.A.ing EMT, tutoring Bio and Chem, a bit of volunteering (just a few hours a week taking leftover food to shelters/the Salvation Army) two summers of psychology research at different labs, and a semester of independent research (no publications, posters, etc. from any of my research though). I will also do a semester long empirical lab project in behavioral medicine next year.
Thanks so much ahead of time!
E.T.A. If I stay on campus, it is possible to do more than one of these things.