I did an internship at the hospital my dad works at in the summer. This wasn’t the same type as someone my age would normally do. Since my dad works there, he was able to get me into a program with people who have already graduated college and are entering medical school (someone I did it with graduated from Yale). What I am wondering is will this look better than doing volunteer work at a hospital for many more hours? It was only 40 hours long. Would it look better if it was 200-400 hours of vounteer work, or a 40 hour internship? Volunteer work at hospitals doesn’t really give people much of an idea of what a medical profession is, but the internship really does… will colleges take this into consideration?
Thanks.
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<p>And does it really matter if it's going to look better than 200-400 hours of volunteer work. If you think it's a big deal, then highlight it in your application. However, it's something you got to do because you had connections so it's probably going to look like any other EC or summer program unless you do a good job of highlighting it in your app, even then it's not a hook or anything incredibly special in terms of helping your application, although I'm sure it was a great experience.</p>
<p>I think it will look good because it was a great experience and really gave you a feel for what happens behind the scenes in a hospital. It does not matter if you got the slot because of your dad's connections, or because your teacher knows someone, or because you applied and wowed them with your credentials. What matters is the experience you got.</p>
<p>It would be possible to spend 200 hours volunteering in a hospital and never get beyond the gift shop, which would be no more valuable than 200 hours spent volunteering at something that has nothing to do with medicine. Unless your high school requires community service hours to graduate, there is no sense in logging in large numbers of hours doing something meanlingless.</p>
<p>What will you do if it will not help you. Can you undo it? or will you leave it off your resume?</p>