Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
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How do I get chances to practice public speaking?
I keep hearing that I am supposed to practice public speaking to improve myself. I always imagine that there will be lots of class discussion in college, so I want to be better at public speaking before I go to college. I do not have any real expertise so I don't see how I can find any way to...
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Would someone attend pre med instead of attending a normal four year college before med school?
I am a highschool student very interested in medicine. I have been looking into the careers of radiologists, sports medicine, and physical and rehabilitation physicians. Is premed something someone typically enters right our of highschool? #college #medicine #pre-med
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Does it affect my job prospects if I take a gap year before college?
I'm wondering whether it would be a bad thing for my career if I took a gap year between high school and college. I'm interested in working in medicine, but I'm not sure if that will be as a doctor or as a researcher. But I'd like to go internationally at some point, and deferring my college...
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What is it like to be an epidemiologist?
Hi I'm Joan and I'm in 9th grade. I wanted to learn something about epidemiology. I heard about it in school and I wonder what it's really like to be an epidemiologist. We discussed in class how epidemiologists study the spread of disease. What is a typical day for an epidemiologist? Or if...
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What steps do you need to take to become a registered nurse?
I'm not sure what I want to do as a career. But nursing seems like something that would interest me because you work closley with patients and doctors. #nurse
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What are the skills required to succeed in the nonprofit field?
I am not sure which specific public sector I would like to serve after I graduate from college. But I know I would like to serve the low-income and disadvantaged people through working at non-for-profit organizations. What are the basic and essential skills I should start building now so that I...
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