Can someone give me pre-med advice please?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>So I am going to be a Sophomore in college and I'm pursuing admission into medical school. I've been very fortunate to have a 4.0 through my first year of school. I'm involved in various organizations and will be the president of an organization starting this year. But I still feel lost in the process, that I don't know the right questions to ask about medicine and the career path in general. How should I go about trying to figure out what are the right questions for me to ask at this point in the process and moving forward? All advice is much appreciated!!</p>

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<p>start here:</p>

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<p>Try your local AED Alpha Epsilon Delta chapter.</p>

<p>If by chance you attend Toledo your school has a chapter. See if they have speakers, set up shadowing at UT hospitals. ETC.</p>

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<p>Being involved in campus organizations and in leadership roles is good. Start looking for volunteer opportunities with direct patient contact, something that you are interested in. This can be with more traditional actual medical patients or with children with disabilities or the elderly in some kind of care facility. Even though you are busy, you can do this once a week for two hours of so. Try to find some type of this volunteering you like that you can continue throughout the rest of undergrad. </p>

<p>Any sort of activity that shows you care about others is important and you will learn from each one. Start a folder now (paper or computer) and keep track of all your hours and contact people and phone numbers. This is all listed on med school applications and much easier to keep track of as you go.</p>

<p>Start thinking about what you will do next summer: research, internship, job in health care or some sort of taking care of others. </p>

<p>Also start thinking about shadowing doctors. Talk to the advisor for med school applications at your college. And of course, keep up the excellent grades!</p>