My Future Summer?

My mom has been talking to me about how I can't let my summers get away from me. It's so easy to just hang out and see friends or have fun, but it is much more worth it to do something good. Like get an internship or travel somewhere and figure things out because in the next years, I will be finding who I am, not who my parents are making me. I have learned so much from them, but now it's time to find out who I am and what I am going to make of my life. Anyways, I at first wanted to reject what she was saying because the number one thing I will miss in college is my friends and I'm scared I will let them go. My friends now matter to me more than anything; they are why I get up and do something with my day and am always excited to see them. I don't want to lose that, but then I realized... in trying to find myself, I need to get away and do something important and not just fun. So what can I do in one summer? I can find a job and make money for college, I can find an internship but I'm not sure I could get a good one considering I will just have one year of college behind me, then I though about volunteering. I want to go abroad and study medicine. This will give me more experience that I need, help me see another side of the world that is generally pushed behind the curtains, I will get to help people which I have always loved to do, and I will get to travel which is a passion of mine. This is where I want to go. Tanzania would be awesome and working next to doctors would be something I need and would love. I don't get money, but that on my resume would be better than ever and would pay off in the long run. I really hope I get to do this. As a doctor after I get out of med school debt, I want to work with Doctor's Without Boarders or Direct Relief which is what help struggling countries; it combines traveling and helping others which is how I want to spend my life. =)