How important is volunteering?/ EMT v. shadowing

blackbelt22
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:52 +0000

So today was my first day volunteering at this hospital and it was ridiculously boring. For the first four hours I made chart packs and for the second 4 hours I made copies. I realize this probably wont be what I do every time, but this was rather bad.
So originally I intended on volunteering for two days a week but now I’m considering one day a week. However, I already have 60 hrs of hospital volunteering.

My question is: would it look a good deal worse if i only volunteered one day a week and had 120 hrs of hospital volunteering to put on my resume as opposed to two days a week and 180 hrs? This is for applications to multiple degree programs. If I dont volunteer two days, the other day would be spent making college applications for these schools.

Second question

For my senior project, I want to do something related to medicine.
Would it look better on the college applications and the BS/MD interviews to say that I did an EMT course and earned certification or would shadowing be equally impressive?