<p>I'm currently a high school senior, soon to be college freshman and was wondering if any of you would recommend any science related internships I should look forward to during the summer of freshman year in college. I'm heading towards pre-med ofcourse but any advice on a few internships over the summer to build by med school application would be appreciated! thank you!</p>
<p>It is good to hear your ambitions!</p>
<p>It really depends on where you live. I see your username ends with zhou, so I am guessing that you are chinese (I am too).</p>
<p>If you live in areas like New York City, there are numbers of internships, or programs available for pre-med students. These programs include public health programs sponsored by the city and state government. Moreover, hospital and clinic volunteer all count. Being a community volunteer is already a step forward to become a responsible pre-med student. </p>
<p>Also, you should go on your university’s website, and find potential research opportunity. Many universities and colleges follow a similar policy, which the professors have to take a certain numbers undergraduate students working in a research if the professors want to get funding from the universities. As an engineering student I can get paid while working in a research lab. </p>
<p>You can look at biology, chemistry, biochem, or public health departments of your university, and see if you find any interesting to you. Shoot the person an email. If the person does not reply in a week, shoot the person another email. Shoot the person your third email a week or two later. </p>
<p>It is not too late to start. When the Fall session begins, go ahead and visit them if they still didn’t give you a response. Moreover, make sure you have read their works before shooting an email. You need to know what they do. I was a freshman last year, and I faced a similar problem.</p>
<p>No, you are not too late. In fact, many college students are not aware of the importance of having research / internship / community service experience during undergraduate study. It would be really late for the juniors. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, nothing is too late if you have the ambitions to accomplish it. </p>
<p>Yes. I agree with the statement that diversity of better. My older sister is a medical school student. </p>
<p>To answer your question, Piterson, I’d say that you should first look for a possible program that is bio-science related. It does not have to be a research program. Since you are a freshman, some professors are not willing to take freshman. But if you approach the person with the right attitude, and show the person your ambition, you can still get it.</p>
<p>If you fail to find one at your university, go ahead and find a program that is not bio-science related at your university and locally. It could be just a community service program. For civil engineering, students are often asked to join the “engineers without boarder”. In this program students are engaged to work on real engineering problems aboard, usually the countries in South America. A sample project would be building a water pipe system. Students from different disciplines may participate, although most of them are civil engineers. With building a water pipe system, students have to find the nearest water site, and perform a series of examinations, such as bacteria concentration. You can actual learn a lot of bio-science from this initiative.</p>
<p>I just gave you an example of how a indirect bio-science program may actually help you learn bio-science. </p>
<p>Being in a research is important because you actually get expose to materials that are outside your lecture halls. Non-research can be just a community service. </p>
<p>I’d say go for both. I knew this girl from Stony Brook. She was awarded multiple nominations for her excellent participations, both research and community-service based.
She is going to Harvard Medical School.</p>
<p>Even an internship at city, state, or even federal health agency is good. </p>
<p>Again, developing your minds and open yourself to the world of public health is important. To get an internship or volunteer at a local hospital allow you to become part of the medical operation.</p>
<p>You can always try WHO, and UN for public health policy, if you don’t like government agency.</p>