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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine writing to a doctor at a hospital and asking if you, a high schooler, could help them find something to do there for your resume?  Ridiculous.

Appalling that parents or teachers would encourage this. Have some respect. [/quote]

What? My husband is a doctor at a DC area hospital and he has let HS kids shadow him on any number of occasions. Usually it’s a favor to a friend (head of his department’s kid once a week for a summer), but sometimes it’s random outreach that appeals to him for some reason (and an applicant from his fairly uncommon country of origin would absolutely do that).[/quote]

And the hospitals lawyers are ok with this?  Can’t imagine it. [/quote]

DP. Are you at all familiar with the application process for medical school? Shadowing experience is basically a must at most schools. Doctors and hospitals are very used to these requests. Many of them did it themselves. [/quote]

I worked for a hospital and it was hard enough for anyone to get into work or see a loved one without a badge or signing paperwork. The idea that a single doctor can allow a total stranger to shadow them without the hospital being involved is absurd. You keep forgetting that professors also work for an organization with policies, procedures, and legal teams.

As the professor here explained, you parents have no idea what academia is like. [/quote]

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