I want to get into a medical school like Stanford or Harvard, but I don't know where.
I haven't volunteered before. I'm 13 and have no experience volunteering. I want to start now instead of starting in high school to maximize the number of hours I get.
Where should I volunteer?
I live in the Bay Area of California, if that helps.
Mike F
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Wow, you're getting started really early! In the end, the earlier the better. You might have a hard time, though, getting into a hospital just because of your age.
You'll want to volunteer in two main categories: community service and clinical experience.
Community service can be almost anything. You could be helping clean parks, working teaching kids to read, or other activities. Find something that interests you and that you enjoy doing. Since you're getting started so young, you'll have plenty of opportunity to move into leadership positions in whichever organization you choose, which is what you want to be trying to do. Another option is to start your own group, which is looked on highly by admissions committees.
For clinical experience, you'll want to volunteer somewhere that you get the most exposure to patients. Probably the easiest places to do that are at free clinics. There are probably a lot of homeless clinics up in the Bay Area. You could start volunteering there and that would be a great experience.
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Best of luck to you! You're getting a very early start so you'll be that much ahead when it comes time to apply!
jusjokin12
Check out these sites. You can also check with your school volunteer coordinator. Being that you are 13yrs of age you maybe to young to work with patients directly but you can also check out nursing homes and rehab centers. There are many more sites but these are a good start.
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/jobs/volunteering.html
stender
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