You always hear that the best way to learn a new language is to practice, but this summer this UChicago student took it to the next level. Meredith Wells is in the middle of an immersive Portuguese medical interpreting training in Brazil, spending her mornings learning Portuguese and her afternoons working with doctors in the local hospital. She shares what she wishes she kept in mind during her internship search, and why she decided to spend the summer doing something a little a-typical for a pre-med. Name: Meredith Wells Job Title: Intern at Hospital Estadual da Criança em Feira de Santana Location: Salvador, Brazil College: UChicago Year: Rising 4th Major:…
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How She Turned Her Volunteer Research Position into a Paid Internship
How do you turn your research position during the school year into your summer internship? University of Chicago student Jenna Reisler shares why she decided to keep working there during the year, and how she went about finding ways to get paid for her work over summer. As a triple major, she also shares her advice for balancing her classes and her job hunt, and how she thinks about both medicine and research in her future. Name: Jenna Reisler Job Title: Clinical Research Assistant at the University of Chicago Medicine Location: Chicago, IL College: University of Chicago Year: Rising 4th year Major: Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Biology What are you doing…
