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This is a quick list of clinical opportunities. Free ball knowledge since I just graduated. PM me if you have questions.

Also if you're an incoming first-year, be careful with how much time you initially spend towards extracurriculars. Easy way to tank your GPA at Cornell. Protect your GPA like it's an egg, there is plenty of time your sophomore/junior/senior year.

Clinical:

Cornell area:

1. Fire Departments where you volunteer as a firefighter/EMT-B (service + non-clinical volunteering for FF side and EMT-B hours). Lansing, Cayuga Heights, Varna are your top three for this. Lansing you need a car. Cayuga Heights and Varna you can take the bus. They will put you through EMT-B training and fire training for free.
2. Bang's Ambulance (EMT-B and up) - I think you need to be 21+ so not super helpful while in college
3. Dryden Ambulance (EMT-B and up) - You need to be 21+
4. Ithaca Free Clinic (EMT-B) - You can volunteer as a medical assistant
5. Cayuga Health - They have paid and volunteer positions here. Very limited spots, would recommend saving your time and not looking into this UNLESS you are staying over the summer.
6. Student clubs - This is the one I am least knowledgeable about, but there are some clubs that are not purely fluff for clinical activities. There's a club that does vital checks at Loaves and Fishes.
7. For Shadowing: Cayuga Health makes you volunteer like 40 hrs last I checked for shadowing. If you have a car, SUNY Upstate one hour away in Syracuse has plenty of shadowing.

Non-clinical opportunities:

1. Loaves and Fishes - Soup kitchen. Hard to find availability during the semester, but super easy during the summer.
2. Unity House - Volunteering for people with disabilities. I would highly recommend this if you are mission driven. They have been experiencing staff/funding issues and it would be a great opportunity.
3. Fire Departments as mentioned before
4. There are student clubs where you can tutor grade school kids
5. Cancer Resource Center - I think this is mainly non-clinical but you volunteer to support patients with cancer. It is affiliated with Cayuga Health
6. Founding a club - It's an ivy league, you likely founded a club in high school. Why not do it again at Cornell and start a service club? Hard, but rewarding.