| Do some research on what medical doctors do to be sure that it's what you wish to pursue. For one reason or another, the plethora of pre-med students sharply dwindle.
Anyways, I'm just an undergrad student myself but here's what I've come up with after much research. Doctors are service providers, problem solvers. This can mean trial-and-error approaches or educated pseudo-scientific guesses. An overwhelming amount of knowledge regarding human beings remain unknown... but people have problems now. Doctors solve the problems people have now with what's known now. This might entail more treating symptoms than curing conditions.
Doctors are like car mechanics; that's where cars go that need to be repaired. Physicians don't, however, engineer dashboards or manufacture transmissions. They also don't really ponder the physics of air flow along the car frame at 70 mph on the freeway.
I don't mean to discourage you, it's just that many pre-meds seem to eventually change their focus. That said, if you are still interested in becoming a doctor, seek out activities, opportunities, clubs, etc. that will expose you more to what being a doctor really means both in theory and in practice. Forget about resume padding, because not only do you need to convince med school ad coms that you are resolute in your decision to pursue a career in medicine, you need to convince yourself of the same thing. The schooling and training are a serious time commitment (7+ years). |