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[QUOTE="Choppy, post: 6014683, member: 127425"] In high school it's very much about maintaining the best marks you can and learning as much as you can... about science, about people, about the medical profession. Volunteering is a good thing. If you're interested in any kind of medical career, it's a good thing to try to get some kind of exposure to this as early as you can. There's a practical side to medicine that involves dealing with sick people that not everyone is cut out for, even if they are very smart. Things you can do in high school include: - volunteering at a local hospital - learning first aid, and then from here you can sometimes get involved with groups like St. John's Ambulance, or the Red Cross and help providing first aid at events like parades or festivals - getting a job that involves an element of customer service - when you're old enough you can volunteer for military service and select a medical trade - do science fair projects that have a medical flavour such as developing an 'app' to predict blood sugar levels, etc. The other thing to keep in mind is that you don't have to overdo it. I think a lot of people burn themselves out trying to do everything under the sun in pursuit of a long term goal that may or may not happen. There are many paths to get "there" from "here" and you don't have to be on the absolute optimal one. [/QUOTE]
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