Need some parental advice on summer plans

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<p>hi everyone, i would really love some input, as i'm still figuring things out with this summer (post-sophomore year). i'm a psych major/bio minor and as of right now i'm thinking about some kind of graduate/psyd degree for the future. i'm still unsure as to whether it would be in straight clinical psychology, or if it would have some kind of health incorporation to it.</p>

<p>i'll be renting an apartment on my campus (boston) and so far will most likely have a psych internship lined up that i would continue on with next year. </p>

<p>my dilemma is whether or not i should interview for a second internship. there are still quite a few i'm looking into (one being in endocrinology, which promises to publish your name so long as you participate over the summer. there are also a few more psychology ones that resemble the one i currently have lined up-something to do with children and/or cognition.)</p>

<p>i can't decide if it would look 'better' to grad schools research experience-wise if i were to have 2 internships this summer-one in psych and one in bio (although i've never taken an endocrinology course heh) with the promised publication of my name. would it look too random? or should i just stick to the one topic-child psych (not exactly sure of promises of publication here).
(each internship requires 10 hours/week over the summer...would probably not continue both into the school year)</p>

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<p>If each internship only offers 10 hrs/week I’d go for two. Clinical psych grad programs are so hard to get into these days. You want as much on your resume as possible. Experience in the field AND publications. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Better to stay busy… go for both, or even consider finding a paying job. Are you also taking courses?</p>

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<p>nope, no courses at all : ) that’s why i figure i might as well stay as busy as possible. i should have my plans set for the most part by the end of this week…will probably just take whichever ones i get. would getting a paid job in a completely unrelated field, in retail or something, be something to put on a grad school resume? no idea lol</p>