Internship has influenced my college and career plans. Before internship I wanted to go to college, major in Biology, minor in forensic sciences and become a forensic scientist dealing with DNA. Throughout this internship I have talked to my mentor about how her line of forensics is different from the DNA/crime side of it. Although it is very different, the basis of it is similar. Daily life consists lots of sitting and close analyzation. After internship, I realized this is not something I would enjoy doing everyday. My whole college path was leading me to a career I was not interested in. Seeing this, I decided to look into different college and career paths I could possibly take after high school. I will most likely keep my original major the same (Biology) or do something along the lines of that. I am considering going into the medical field after college so, I have been looking at better colleges geared towards that, rather than forensics.
My mentor did not find this profession until she was in her 50's. She loves it, but she knows that this type of work is not for everyone. We talked about it on many different occasions about how my personality type would fit in a lab environment. I came to the conclusion that it wouldn't. I need to be in a fast pace, always moving environment. I want to see new things everyday and this type of profession doesn't give me that opportunity. Overall, I believe that my college and career path have changed a lot throughout my internship and I am looking into many different paths now. .
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There were many assignments and other projects that I did, but I can not share due to legality issues. These were a few of the more generic things I did during internship. Scroll over pictures for captions. |