<p>So I've been trying to find a job for the past month and it hasn't exactly gone well. I just finished second year of undergrad and I was looking for something to do over the summer. I'm home for the summer and I'm taking courses (one each half semester) at the local 4-year university. I was planning on working as well but that's most likely not going to happen now. I was banking on getting a job but now I'm just a little lost on what to do with my time. Should I just do the routine volunteer work for the next 2.5 months? I did a lot of shadowing and a decent amount of hospital volunteering last summer. I don't mind volunteering at the hospital, but what are some of the productive things you guys did over the summer?</p>
<p>Push ups. I want to be the big dog around med school, push those nerds around a little bit.</p>
<p>^Might not be as easy as you think… some of the nerds played college sports.</p>
<p>have you began preparing for the MCATs? Although it might not seem productive at first, studying for the next two months by yourself can be really beneficial, even if it means just 2-3 points higher than what you would’ve gotten without studying. Try splitting your time between volunteering and studying for the MCAT.</p>
<p>D. said, that she needs to be shadowing every summer. So, she has lined up 3 doc’s to shadow. She has only about 7 weeks after her study abroad. It is not possible to get a job in our area. Next summer she is planning to take a summer class and maybe more shadow and volunteering, there is nothing else you could do in this economy.</p>
<p>nooob,
Most people are saying that studying for MCAT ahead of the time is useless. Do you have a different idea. D. is planning to take Kaplan class next spring before exam. One part she will be prepared any way - she is Supplemental Instructor for Gen. Chem. - she will sit thru class for 3 years in a row and tutor kids - this is her job.</p>
<p>I plan on studying for the mcats between my freshman and sophmore year of college, even though I plan to take the MCATs in the fall of my junior year…This is just to keep the stuff I learned in my freshman introductory cources fresh in my mind…</p>
<p>I’d say up until about two to three months before you actually take the MCAT, reviewing for it is not worth it. The time you’d take would be better spent doing almost anything else.</p>
<p>Son of Opie,
That is exactly what I have seen posted by a lot of others.</p>
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<p>So says every soon-to-be college freshman, until they finish freshman year and realize how totally pointless that plan is. Most people I know spent about 3 months studying. More than that seems to be overkill, or else just a quick way to burn out.</p>
<p>Eh, sure, volunteer. I wish I’d gotten some volunteering in over earlier summers in college. Now I’m knee deep in research and have no clue when I’m going to find time to volunteer.</p>