<p>well, i have a friend who writes for our local paper but doesn't take money--instead he gets to say its community service. while its not exactly an internship, its working in a real 'work' environment, which is what an internship is supposed to simulate</p>
<p>hope that helps</p>
<p>There are several things you can work on to increase your chances. Colleges work the following way: the more you are in, the higher the chances. So try to get in everything you can
Do as much social service
Join a team
Get good grades</p>
<p>Spend the summer resting, because at an Ivy League school, you won't be able to sleep for more than 4 hours a day. Really, you shouldn't have to force yourself to do extra things to get into an Ivy League University, you should go if you get accepted by doing things that interest you and are part of your life. If you don't get in that way, then an Ivy League college apparently isn't the place for you.</p>
<p>maybe a possible solution could be to join a program like leadership or MUN, a team, or an organization. colleges look for a well rounded person...that has done a little bit of everything and that can contribute valuble things to the college.</p>
<p>I disagree with the comment above me. Colleges try to select a class that is well rounded as a whole, so they try to select students who have shown exceptional ability in one or two activities, rather than somebody who has participated in six or seven activities, yet hasn't really accomplished much in any of them.</p>
<p>"If you don't get in that way, then an Ivy League college apparently isn't the place for you."</p>
<p>^ Disagreed, to an extent. Given the significant (relative to available spots) number of qualified students, the "Ivy League" is a viable place for many more students than are actually able to attend. Honestly, someone who's willing to push as hard as he possibly can to land a spot is exactly the driven, ambitious, dedicated, and passionate individual that might belong there. No, we might not all agree with the methodology at play here, but not a single person can say that SandyRun doesn't care about his goals.</p>
<p>And as far as a volunteer/internship goes, try non-profits. Half the time, you're doing some of the same work that the employees are doing, but it's voluntary and is service-oriented. You can also generally find an organization that really speaks to your own interests. Many non-profits won't actually have specified intern positions, so cold-calling/emailing and asking if they need or would like an intern is my recommendation. Since the positions aren't cut in stone, it's also possible that you can tailor the job a bit to your liking, and also that you'll get to do more than a lot of "professional" interns. </p>
<p>I recommend going to the law school forum and looking for a faaairly recent post about summer opportunities for public service law. There might be some helpful descriptions/advice in there.</p>
<p>thanks for ur thoughts, but my mistake, let me rephrase the question. Is there any way to combine a medicine related internship with community servic? I can't really think of a way that involves medicine, in which I can actually help people directly.</p>
<p>Hey all! I hope everyone is doing great! I am really excited to get started with the online community of people who have somewhere togo in life! any ways I need help with something though, I was recently accepted to UCSC and just found yesterday that I also got into UCI. I am debating whether to go to UCI major in biochem/ pre-med or go to UCSC same major. Half of me wants to go to UCSC because I want to experience the college fun but then i also want to go to UCI because I have a higher chance of getting into med school! and thats the part the excites me, please give me some advise on where I should go! who knows, you might just change someones life in a good way just by helping them make a decision. so yeah ro re-state my question...SHOULD I GO TO UCI OR UCSC? o yeah one other thing UCI is closer to the city I am currently in, but I feel i would do better away from my family and friends, especialy my friends. please help</p>
<p>Mari07 -- You'll probably get more direct responses if you post your question as its own topic. Congrats on your acceptances.</p>
<p>SandyRun -- My non-profit suggestion still stands. I don't know the options, but look around...free clinics, Planned Parenthood-type places, health education, disease-related organizations, awareness-raising groups, a health-related political campaign. Something like that should be locally and easily accessible.</p>
<p>Depending on the funding that's available to you, I've heard amazing reviews of this program:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/%5B/url%5D">http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/</a></p>
<p>Or, more specifically: <a href="http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/projects/medicine.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/projects/medicine.php</a></p>
<p>It's open to high school students, you can go to a variety of different places, you're loosely supervised (i.e. definitely not on your own, but also not living and traveling with a tour group)...it's supposed to be very well-run, according to a few friends who took gap years and volunteered their services. There's no application process to speak of, and they suggest roughly two months pre-planning for trips of any length. The medical link above doesn't include mention of a number of African countries in which AIDS education is a service option, but you can find that info elsewhere on the site.</p>
<p>Something interesting to do, if your parents would ever allow you to participate in such a program, would be to commit and then spend the next few months fundraising for yourself...doing whatever you can to raise money, from getting a job to doing odd-jobs to holding a bake sale to taking donations (I know a girl doing all of this right now to fund her service trip to Honduras). </p>
<p>This is an out of left field suggestion, I realize. My point in bringing it up is not to convince you of it, specifically, but rather, is to show you that there are definitely amazing options available to you...it's just a matter of doing the research and putting your plan into action.</p>
<p>wow great info...thanks a ton student615!!</p>
<p>well
i know a girl who goes to an easy art school and applies to all ivies with intended major=music and plan to switch to premed route as soon as she gets there...she applied this year and got in 5 ivies @_@</p>
<p>sometimes these cases really make me depressed =( but o well</p>
<p>i guess just do wut u like and enjoy high school =)</p>
<p>Well, as odd of a story as that is, it's generally the case that without any huge hook (and a declared music major isn't one), you don't get into an Ivy unless you deserve--in some way or another--to be there. Now, this is not to say that just because you deserve to be at an Ivy, you'll get in, but it is to say that mad flute skills and nothing to back them up won't pave your way to Harvard.</p>
<p>(Now, if Harvard reeeally happens to need an oboe player...;))</p>
<p>lol
the story is true
this person IS good at music
and her essay is hugely about how she loves music
and her plan is to do pre med XDDDD</p>
<p>lol it is oddd</p>
<p>Our posts are being wasted... people are going to try and impress Adcoms until they get the "suprising" rejection/waitlist letter the following April. I mean, everyone wonders why they got rejected if they had a 4 page resume... Admission Committees want real people to attend their college, not kids who put up a facade as some perfect person when all they are doing is completing tasks just for college admission.</p>
<p>One word: Passion. If you have a passion, pursue it. Don't just join Model UN for the hell of an application booster... it doesn't make sense to, it doesn't help you application and if you don't enjoy, it is just wasting your time.</p>
<p>I hope that you seriously consider these words, but at the same time, if you don't, I wish you all the luck and success in the world in your admission process!</p>
<p>I would do at least some volunteering, but do try and relate it to your interests, or else it will all seem like a last ditch effort by the admissions officers</p>
<p>wow, i read the OP and that is one of the worst questions I have ever read.
You should do something you are passionate about with a lot of sincerity not to boost your chances but because it makes your life more meaningful. Then, consider schools which seem to fit you as a place where you would be happy and comfortable and then write about your experiences and what you love to do outside of class, not to boost your chances!!!</p>
<p>You get into a good college through a mixture of passion, interest, and downright determination (and for the vast, vast majority of 14-18 year olds, yes--even the super-qualified ones--it's more of the last than the first of these). If taking seventeen AP classes happens to make your life worth living, then more power to you, but for so many posters to pretend that "what should I do" is not a valid and common (and in some ways, even admirable) question among competitive college-bound high schoolers is ridiculous. </p>
<p>YES, I think that there's a line, and no, I don't necessarily think that the OP's original question is ideally phrased, but I also think that a great deal of the responses here are kind of bizarre. A "Chance Me" thread comes up and everyone (generalizing, I realize) says "You really need more ECs, and your leadership is weak. Harvard will never let you in unless you have a lot of leadership, so found a club or try to be president. Spend at least 200 hours studying to raise your SATs to 2300." The OP is asking for virtually the same advice, but more directly, and quite frankly, I'd rather tell someone to spend200 hours on community service than on SAT studying.</p>
<p>So again...the OP's question, not a perfect one. But an unusual, unreasonable, or ignorant one? Of course not. And for those who haven't read the entire thread, know before you respond that you are missing relevant information found in later posts by the OP.</p>
<p>Some volunteering works. I have a friend who wanted to be a doctor so she volunteered at the texas childrens hospital during the summer and made sure she did in school. Focused on what she wanted to study(medicin) and was accepted to UT. </p>
<p>What type of volunteering could i do if i want to study business? I later want to study fashion and merchandise but there are college courses that i know i can take.</p>
<p>thanks kyledavid80!, i had the same problem and with your recommendations i think ill be alright ;)</p>
<p>TRASP 07
I'm trying to organize a small group of people to go to Iraq this summer to film a documentary on the * real * iraqi people, and to act as cultural ambassadors to show iraqi's that we arent all gun-toting imperialists.
Volunteer, learn something, make a difference. I don't want to push this as something that would get you into college, as there are risks, and if you're doing it just for that then you probably shouldn't be doing it. On the other hand this is really a chance to show the world something new and change lives, and yeah it might get you into any college you'd like ;).</p>