lucalanino

Hello everybody, this is my first post, I hope I am writing in the right section
My name is Luca, I am 19 and attending the last year of High School in Italy where I live. I was born in Seattle but have lived there only for three months and then never came back.
Now, I am planning to study in the US but I decided too later for 2012 class so I am trying for 2013. This means that by July I will be free to do whatever I want.
My first idea was to come back to the US, to visit my birth city and improve my English. And since I want to be a doctor, I decided that I could do some volunteer work in a hospital, which is, for a high school graduate, the closest activity to medicine.

I am planning to top colleges (Harvard, Princeton, Columbia etc.). You think that this experience (travelling and volunteer work) could help my possibilities of being accepted there?

Furthermore, I do not know anybody in Seattle so I need to find a job. My first ideas were Starbucks or stuffs like that. What do you think about this?

I hope I have been clear and someone will answer my questions! If you haven't get something ask me

Bye

Luke

tedders83

It will help you somewhat but not significantly unless you do something incredibly profound. Basically your app will hinge on what you did in high school (if you had any main ECs you should try to extend your participation through the gap year in any way possible), your essays, and your teacher recs (you probably should have asked for these already).