<p>Hi, and thank you all in advance for your time and responses, they are much appreciated.</p>
<p>I am currently a high school freshman, and I'm looking for unique activities to express my interest in the fields of:
1. Medicine
2. Computer Science
3. Business
4. Engineering
I have been reading posts and asking other people what I could do to show my interest, but all the responses seem SO cliche. I have heard "volunteer at a hospital", "conduct research"(although I am seriously considering that, just sounds like fun), and stuff like "DECA business competition". I'd like to do something at least a little different than what everyone else does. Currently, I have a few things I came up with:
1. I'd like to create my own app for the iPhone (doing that this summer)
2. Internships with Government programs (i.e, NASA, NIST, NIH)
3. Olympiads (USABO, USAPHO, USAMO. Yes I know, not very original, but I do need some competitive experiences)
4. Intel + SIEMENS challenges</p>
<p>But...that's it. Suggestions of any kind would be very much appreciated, thanks! </p>
<p>Feel free to leave a link to any questions/chances threads you have, I'd be happy to provide info if I have something to offer.</p>
<p>PLEASE ANSWER. Oops caps lock. Sorry</p>
<p>I think you should put a focus on 1, or at most 2, of the fields that you are interested in. You’re going overwhelm yourself if you try to pursue all 4 of those fields.</p>
<p>As of right now, I’d really like to explore all of them and then dice into one or two. Do you have any ideas of non cliche tactics to try out. I’m not volunteering at a hospital like every third guy who wants to get into medicine.</p>
<p>I think that research could be a good idea, just because it will expose you to some different things, and it might get you involved with some professors or scientists who will have a gap for you to fill with something unique, ie an app or program. You don’t want to make an app just for the purpose of being different (plus it’s not THAT different).</p>
<p>In addition to the research, it might be a good idea to take some programming classes just so you can really figure out how to incorporate some of those skills a couple of years ahead.</p>
<p>Don’t try to rush it, you’re only a freshman. And most colleges don’t expect you to do anything exceptional by the end of high school, most are just looking for motivated students who haven’t just locked themselves up studying.</p>