<p>I am very interested in studying in the medical field at a prestigious university. To have my resume look 'outstanding' I am volunteering at a hospital three days a week and working a total of 9 hours. I plan to continue volunteering at the hospital as much as I can. A little bit more about me volunteering is I work with a ton of nurses. The unit I work in is always busy with doctors, nurses, and patients. I am learning a ton from the nurses as I keep working. </p>
<p>My suggestion: If you are interested in the medical field and you have a couple of years till graduation START NOW. Students get plenty of recommendations from directors, managers etc.. from the hospital.
<strong>If you can recommend other volunteer opportunities for students who want to achieve into med school, PLEASE LET US KNOW</strong></p>
<p>My question for all of you is what are you doing for your future career? Future college? Any tips for students interested in engineering(internships..etc..)? </p>
<p>Remember that your ECs don’t necessarily have to be related to your intended major (though they should be focused on a few things, rather than scattered all over the place). Most college students change their major at least once. </p>
<p>During the summer, you could look into free selective programs or internships. Lists of programs can be found [url=<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/internships/index.html]here[/url”>http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/internships/index.html]here[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/summer_programs/index.html]here[/url”>http://cty.jhu.edu/imagine/resources/summer_programs/index.html]here[/url</a>]. </p>
<p>My only volunteer experience is assistant coaching a youth lacrosse team and coaching at a lacrosse summer camp. Nothing healthcare related but I got into Georgetown’s Healthcare Management program for pre-med.</p>
<p>It’s good to start building volunteer hours up but I’d recommend doing something fun that you’ll enjoy. If being a delivery boy at a hospital 3 days a week is fun for you, go for it lol.</p>
<p>I understand what both of you are saying and yes I enjoy being a ‘delivery boy’ lol. I find if you are already affiliated some how with your future career it would prepare you for determining if you wish to follow with it in the future. @teenbodybuilder could you please look at my post for bsmd vs. Regular undergrad. I’d love to hear from a student who’s in pre-med.</p>
<p>I’m in a good mood so I wrote a long response in your other thread.</p>
<p>@sadiea5252 </p>
<p>Hey I’m interested in the health care industry as well but I didn’t get accepted at my local hospital. I’ve been volunteering at a nursing home for about 3 months now, do you think a nursing home is good enough? Also, I want to have at least another EC activity, but I’m having a hard time choosing. It’s between a local organization that empowers youth and families (helps them get their GED, therapy for anger management, substance abuse) and the American Cancer Society. The reason why I liked the empowering center more is because I would be directly working with the people that benefit from the program (I would tutor people for their GED’s and help people with anger issues) as opposed to working at a thrift shop for the cancer society. Which one do you think I should choose? </p>
<p>@randomxx Anything that has to do with helping/caring for others is what they look for. If you’re into the youth empowerment organization more, then go for it! The way you explained it seems as if you like that position more. If you’re under 16 then medical schools won’t look at what you’re doing until you hit 16, unless you apply for a BS/MD program. If not, you’ve got plenty of time from now until the end of your undergrad years to find cool volunteer positions :)</p>
<p>For the engineering volunteer positions:
If any of you are into CS/software Engineering then look out for coding tutorials around your cities. I’m planning to volunteer to be a mentor and help people learn to code for an organization called Ladies Learning to Code. Also, anyone into robotics/CS/mechanical engineering (I guess the term would be mechatronics) can sign up to be a mentor for middle school robotics team.</p>