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Originally Posted by EUPHORiA1911
Thanks for such a new perspective and thorough reply! Definitely is important. I just don't want to look back a few years from now and regret not taking this opportunity when I could have.
I plan on going into some sort of professional grad program related to healthcare. But I have not found any relevant work anyhow.
I understand, I don't get what the big deal is in graduating a year later. A year is nothing when you consider the grand scheme. Thank you, and good luck with your law school goals.
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I would even look into volunteer work if your heart is really set on
not actually doing the co-op program. Vancouver Coastal Health, the Children's hospital, care homes etc. I know that my friends did co-op as well as volunteer work for experience as well as a little real world taste of what they're getting themselves into.
[I had a friend who was in pharm, did well in it, liked it, but ultimately wanted to do med. He didn't get an interview with ubc the first time around, so he stuck with pharm as his back up plan. It was a solid plan, until he did the co-op. He realized he wasn't happy doing pharm, he wanted to do more. But he learnt a lot and applied that with his interview process for med, and now, I can happily say he's a 2nd year med student at ubc!!]
I hate to say it, but the stress and rush of graduating in 4 years, or just graduating in general is a very common and, for lack of a better way to put it, naive way of seeing things. Unless of course you are dead set on your goals and you know exactly what it is you want out of your education. (I for one can say that most of the people I know do not fall under that category : p)
Someone previously said this already, but you do have all the time in the world. (I have friends who took their time, got their expensive piece of paper, crossed the stage, and actually went into schooling for another BA in an entirely alternate direction from their first BA because they wanted to finish for the sake of finishing without thinking of the END game.)
Advising isn't always so helpful, but I would recommend talking with people in the fields that interest you. Pick their brains. See what they have to say about the industry at present.
So the question now is, what is
your end game?
: )