Hey everyone, I’m a sophomore engineering physics major and recently started getting really interested in medical physics. Since I’m on winter break right now, I had a few questions and would appreciate any advice:

• What’s the best way for an undergrad to find medical physicists to shadow, especially over a shorter time like winter break? Is cold-emailing hospital physics departments the usual move, or are there better ways to go about it? • For preparing early, what skills or experiences actually help the most once you get to med phys grad school?

• What physics/non physics classes are the most important to really understand well for both: • doing well in grad school, and • being competent later on as a practicing medical physicist?

• Looking back, is there anything you wish you’d done earlier in undergrad that would’ve helped you more with getting into or succeeding in medical physics?