Skip to main content
3
a month ago
Admissions Advice
[edited]

Healthcare at UT Austin- Have I done enough?

hi!! i'm currently a junior and idk if i've done enough outside of school and in school activities. my dream college rn is ut austin and i hope to major somewhere in the medical field, maybe nursing? please help me out!

what ive done:

1. i have over 150 volunteer hours at methodist hospital (i have 200 volunteer hours in total though)

2. im currently hosa president and last year placed second at regionals and fourth at states

3. i won this award called the barbara james award for doing more than 100+ volunteer hours that let me go to hosa 2024 internationals

4. im cpr/first aid/ aed certified through red cross

5. i just joined the nhs club at my school

6. im currently conducting vaccine research at my school and plan to enter my research at my cities science fair

7. im currently taking these biomedical pltw classes that i think ill get a certification from?

8. through my school ive signed up to complete my certified medical assistant certification, i havent started but my name is somewhere there

what i want to do:

1. apply for college board ap scholar, if i pass my next two ap tests ill be able to qualify for it

2. i hope to find an internship during the 2025 summer doing research on idk what

3. im trying to convince my teacher to let me shadow his fiance who is a radiologist during my winter break

ive also been trying to find any online websites were i can translate spanish to english, as its my first language! kind of like a volunteering gig if you guys know of a good website like this please let me know!

and please give me advice on what else i should do during my junior year thank you :)

junior
imloadingthiswithabunchoftags
help!
hospital
utaustin
confusedstudentwhoneedshelp
hosa
classof2026
collegeboard
healthcare
NHS
onlinevolunteer
Spanish
extracirriculars
nursing
volunteering
3

Earn karma by helping others:

1 karma for each ⬆️ upvote on your answer, and 20 karma if your answer is marked accepted.
What are your chances of acceptance?
Your chance of acceptance
Duke University
Loading…
UCLA
Loading…
+ add school
Your chancing factors
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
1.0
4.0
SAT: 720 math
200
800
| 800 verbal
200
800

Extracurriculars

Low accuracy (4 of 18 factors)

Community Guidelines

To keep this community safe and supportive:

  1. Be kind and respectful!
  2. Keep posts relevant to college admissions and high school.
  3. Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!

How karma works