Summer Conundrum

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<p><em>Yes, I know I've posted this on anoter thread, but I'm getting desperate and I need to respond to CCIS in two days.</em></p>

<p>I got into both TASP and this research internship in immunology at Stanford, CCIS.</p>

<p>CCIS isn't too well-known outside of the Bay Area, I don't think, but I would be spending 40 hours/week there doing labs in a Stanford professor's lab, hopefully having to do with cancer research. Participants of the program have gone on to get semifinalist and finalist status at Siemens and Intel's STS, and the idea of getting to do such research now really excites me. I'll also continue spending my weekends at the local rehab hospital, where I work one-on-one with patients in occupational and recreational therapy for six hours a day, something I find extremely rewarding. I'd be able to continue fundraising for my charity and hopefully raise another three to four thousand dollars, and also do a bunch of KEY Club stuff, which I just adore doing. I hope to start a nonprofit hospital for Shanghai street orphans one day, and all of these aforementioned activities aren't just my loves, they're my PASSIONS.</p>

<p>However, I love reading and history, though they are my second loves. I got into TASP, which absolutely thrills me with the idea of 3 AM bedroom debates over politics, current events, and literary pieces with the brightest minds our generation has to offer, and I know I'll never be able to experience anything like this ever again.</p>

<p>Basically, I can choose one or the other, though I'm leaning slightly towards CCIS at this point. I'd really like your opinions on this, because I really can't bear to say yes to CCIS and part with TASP. In these five months between applying and getting a decision back, I've grown to love both my pro-TASPer family and my pro-CCISer family.</p>

<p>If you'd like to get a more holistic view of myself, here's a list of my stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=165580%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=165580&lt;/a> . I know this is of secondary importance, but since it does play a tad into the decision process, I was wondering if it would be possible (or rather, recommended) for me to list being accepted into TASP on my college app if I choose to attend CCIS?</p>

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<p>Personally, I'd choose CCIS, but you know I'm biased! By when do you have to decide?</p>

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<p>lol. Would you care to add an explanation to your choice, Avalon? ;D</p>

<p>I'm not quite sure when we had to respond to CCIS by because they didn't give us a definite date in the e-mail/phone call, but I had called them earlier to let them know that I would give them a response by the end of the week.</p>

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<p>you are deciding between two GREAT summer programs!!! If only I had been smart enough to apply for either of them! chillaxin, you really shouldn't stress about this AT ALL! It sounds like you are, but it sounds like you are really passionate about the research internship in immunology at Stanford, and cancer. If you're worried about your resume, don't be! A summer at STANFORD AND Key Club! I don't think that the Ivy League could possibly cringe at that! Do what you want to do, but really if I was you, I would definately do what I wanted to do most!</p>