<p>Hi I am currently a high school senior planning to go into medicine (not 100% sure yet but its my current plan)</p>
<p>There is a medical internship this summer for the month of july described as a "job shadow" program - it is 8 hours day , 5 days a week for 4 weeks</p>
<p>Is this type of thing worth it now, or is it just something that would look good on a college app?</p>
<p>I have the other choice of getting done some general ed courses</p>
<p>In that months time i could probably complete 2 classes </p>
<p>Got any words of wisdom guys? Which one of these do you think would be the best to do?</p>
<p>I'd research the type of work you'd be doing in the internship. Find the job description. Make sure it would be work you'd be interested in doing and would expose to you what it would be like working in medicine. The worst thing would be taking the internship while you file papers all day and not get to see anything exciting. If this is the case, I'd totally do the classes and look for an internship in college. If not, go for the internship.</p>
<p>Colleges usually have more than 1 summer session. With the internship lasting only 4 weeks, you might still be able to attend a summer session taking 2 classes.</p>
<p>Do the internship. It could open up some connections for you through the rest of your college/med school career. You're only a HS senior, so you don't have to get those GE's out of the way before you even start ;).</p>