Tuesday, September 28, 2010
will being a AFS Argentina foreign exchange(Summer community service) student, help me get into med school?
will being a AFS Argentina foreign exchange(Summer community service) student, help me get into med school?
I am a senior at high school planning on traveling aboard to Argentina for 2 months. I am planning on participating in community service where can do one of the following: - Volunteer in orphanage -Help teach soccer to children with disability -work on environmental projects restoring parks. Which activity would be best for medical school? Do you that med school would like the fact that I went aboard to Argentina or not really since I did it during senior year at high school? I am going to UCLA double majoring in Spanish and Biology.
Higher Education (University +) - 2 Answers
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1 :
I've always heard that you aren't supposed to list high school accomplishments(aside from scholarships and the like) on a grad school application. But something like this would obviously look good on any application. Do it for your own good and the good of the children of Argentina, and if it may help you out in the future, good things have a way of coming back around :) Even if you don't list it on an application, you could always talk about it briefly in an entrance essay or as part of an answer for an interview question. Out of all the activities, I would say working with children with disabilities would be the best because you could talk about the various types of disabilities, and maybe even get a little inspiration about what type of medicine you want to pursue. Good luck and have fun in Argentina :)
2 :
No, it will not help you if it is in high school. It is better to go through the international studies program of a college and it will show as college credit on your transcript. Also, those activities don't help you. Try volunteering at a local free medical clinic, a Ronald McDonald House or hospital - pick something in your career field. Also, you won't have to pay thousands of dollars to do this. It is very very tough competition so get experience in this area so you can write about your learned skills in your admissions essay.
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