Over the course of my second year at Ohio State, I completed my HSS major service project. I volunteered at two hospitals in Columbus each week throughout the year. This year, I volunteered at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Wexner Medical Center. At the Wexner, I volunteered on the women and infants postpartum floor. Here, I helped the unit coordinator with various tasks around the floor and nursery. I enjoyed this position because I was able to be involved in a hospital environment and observe the day to day occurrences on this floor. I hope to work in a hospital someday, so any interaction with the normal activities is helpful and interesting to me. I worked along side the nurses and was able to also gain a lot of valuable life advice. At Nationwide, I volunteered on the general medicine floor. Here, I was able to have a lot more patient interaction. I was able to play with children who did not have parents with them and hold babies that also didn’t have parents with them at the time. This was a great experience because I had very hands on interaction with the patients and I found this very helpful as I want to work with children as a physician’s assistant one day. Overall, my service project was a very well rounded hospital service experience. At the Wexner, I was able to help with the small tasks that keep a unit running. At Nationwide, I was able to help with patients and do my best to make a difference in their days spent in the hospital. I enjoyed this year and hope to continue volunteering in the future.
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Informational Interview: Academic Enrichment
I was able to interview a student, Hadil Shakhtra, who is in Physician’s Assistant School for my academic interview
In this interview I asked many questions about the GRE, applying to graduate school, and what to expect from it all. I received a lot of great advice and received a well rounded view of the next couple years for me. The GRE is a similar test to the ACT and requires a few months of preparation. I will be able to buy prep books and take a class in order to practice and be ready for this test. I will take this at the end of my junior year in order to start applying to PA schools and attend after my fourth year of undergrad. Applying for school is a long and stressful process. The application system used is called CASPA and is a general application for almost all the schools. I was able to look around on the website for Hadil’s application and learn how to maneuver the different sections to prepare for my own application. This was extremely helpful and helped to calm my nerves for the future just a little bit. We also discussed patient care hours, the most important part of preparing for PA school. Hadil worked for the same home health care company that I am working for and told me about some of the experiences that she spoke about in her interviews. She told me that the interviews are stressful, but it is important to give them a good view of who you are as a person and to focus on all your experiences as a whole, not just your grades. She told me that the first year of school is tough, but definitely doable and the second year comes a lot easier to most. Overall, this interview was very helpful for me and I still remain in frequent contact with Hadil to talk about all things PA school.
Go
This semester I went on a Buck-I-Serv trip during spring break. On this trip I met a lot of other girls from Ohio State, I performed a lot of community service, and I was able to sight see in New York City for the week. This was an overall great experience for so many reasons. I worked with children at local schools in the Bronx, delivered food to home bound elderly, painted a homeless shelter and packed pencil bags to donate to teachers in need. I felt like I really had an impact on those living in poverty in New York City. I was able to visit the Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the 9/11 memorial, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and much more. I am so glad I went on this trip because I was able to gain many life experiences I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I was most impacted by the children in the charter schools. They were so excited to go to college and they were only in elementary school. They gave me hope and inspired me to truly appreciate everything that has been given to me in my life, especially my education.
Do
One day during my break between classes, the Buckeye Dairy Club was hosting an event on the oval. I stopped to check it out and was able to milk a cow. The girls in the club taught us a little bit about the process of milking cows and were very passionate about dairy production. I was able to milk the cow which was something I’ve never done before!
Eat
When visiting New York City, I tried food that I have never tried before. My Buck-I-Serv trip visited Chelsea Market one day and there was a sushi shop inside.I am a very picky eater but decided that since I was in a new city, I would try some new foods. I ate sushi made with black rice, fish, and vegetables. I ended up liking it a lot. This was a fun experience for me because I was learning a lot about myself on this trip and trying new foods with my new friends was a very enjoyable for me.
Final Strategic Life Plan
Over the course of this semester, I have become much more comfortable with my current life plan. I have a set track and plan on declaring a major in exercise science and going to physical therapy school after graduation. If anything changes, I would probably change my major to psychology and find a job working with children. I know that I want to be in the medical field in some way and I want to work with and help people. I find it very important to maintain my health and wellness while balancing my time with academic, extracurricular, and social commitments. I have always liked to exercise and I know I will continue to use the gyms and fitness classes here to stay active and in shape. I also tend to choose the healthier options in the dining halls when it is possible. I make sure to keep my bodily health in mind because that is beneficial to all other aspects of your health. I budget time in my schedule to work out and go to fitness classes so that it is always a priority and not an option. I also have and plan to continue making extra time in my schedule for extracurricular and social activities because they are equally as important. I very much enjoy having an upperclassman peer mentor as a part of the HSS program because she is an awesome resource for me to turn to when I need advice. I also find it important to utilize faculty office hours so that I can make personal relationships with my professors and ensure deep understanding of the material I am learning. I plan on continuing to use upperclassman and professors as people I can turn to for advice to keep me on the right track for success.
Pictured above is an apartment in Chicago. One day, I would like to live in Chicago for a few years and then move back home to Cincinnati.
This is a picture of my family and I at my graduation. They are the most important people in my life and I wouldn’t be where I am today without them!
Welcome to my Honors & Scholars e-Portfolio
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Year in Review
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Career
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