10 tips for succeeding as a premed at Cornell

kiwilemon
Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:26:18 +0000

thanks for these great advices! =D
i’m going to be a sophomore transfer student next year but going in the premed track
unfortunately i didn’t apply to any internships this summer (or any of the summers before) because i spent a lot of time on the transfer application this year & didn’t really think about internships until I got in (bad thinking on my part…)
but this summer i’m volunteering at a local hospital doing clerical work (like putting patient information into medical records/computers & filling etc; this was the only work they allowed for volunteers), do you think it’s a waste of time? I didn’t want to sit at home doing nothing so I just went ahead with the clerical position.
once I get to campus in the fall I will try to find research positions at professor’s labs but sadly I have absolutely no lab experience…will this be hard? i’m not asking for pay and if I do find one, will the professors teach you or expect you to know all the techniques? I do have work study also, does that help me in finding a research lab position?

sorry for all these questions…(i just want to know whether I’m really behind on the premed track)! if you could offer some advice it would greatly appreciated!