Lindsay Fisher’s acceptances to two top medical schools and the Rotary exchange programme were still barely out of their envelopes when she attended the Teen Services Awards banquet. She knew she’d been nominated for Teen Services’ Overall Outstanding Teen Award, but didn’t believe she would win.

“Just that morning I’d received my acceptance to Edinburgh University,” she said. “It is the third highest ranked medical school in Britain.

“I didn’t think I would win the outstanding teen award, because my luck had already been so good that day.”

And competition for this award was fierce. As other students’ resumes were read out, Lindsay thought any one of them would suit the criteria.

Surprise! It turned out that Lindsay Fisher, Bermuda 2014 Overall Most Outstanding Teen, is one lucky girl.

“I am honoured to receive this award, but there were a lot of other teens who also would have been great for the award,” she said.

Truth be told though that luck had less to do with it than hard work.

Throughout high school she has kept up a busy schedule of competitive sports such as tennis, music, volunteer activities, and studying, lots of studying.

Her dream is to enter the medical profession. Ironically, as a child, she hated the hospital and everything to do with it.

When her mother told her she had been accepted as a volunteer in the Candy Striper youth volunteer programme at the hospital, she baulked. Her mother convinced her to just try it out.

“I spent a couple of days candy striping in different departments and I was like ‘wow, I really like this’,” she said.

She liked it so much that she decided to look into studying medicine.

“I was like ‘this is where I want to work’,” she said. “I love science and I think medicine is probably the career for me.”

A year and a half ago she became a volunteer with the St John Ambulance.

“It is definitely a great way to give back to the community as a volunteer or if you are trying to go into medicine,” she said. “I joined because I was trying to find some work experience, and I wanted to make sure that medicine was really for me.”

Through St John she was able to volunteer at many different events such as road races and Cup Match.

“They would never put you on a duty where you didn’t know what you were doing,” she said. “You are always with a doctor or emergency medical technician (EMT) or someone, but I definitely had times when I felt the pressure on me.

“The public eye is on you while you are there so you don’t want to mess anything up.

“I think I have always put pressure on myself. That is why I have done well in school.”

In recent months she has dialled back on St John and a lot of other activities because she is busy preparing for her final International Baccalaureate exams.

Her admissions to Edinburgh University and King’s College, London, are dependent on her grades.

She hasn’t yet decided which university she prefers. Nor has she forgotten St John Ambulance.

In January, she ran the Princess to Princess Road Race and raised $2,000 for them through sponsorship.

“I am not a really, really good runner, but I like to do it in my spare time, “ she said. “It is a great way to get my mind off things like exams.

“I put my music on and just go. I like doing the long distances, although I am not very fast.

“Doing the Princess to Princess was tough because everyone was out watching. It makes you want to go faster to prove that you are doing well.

“It was fun, though. I did it with a friend and I knew I was doing it for a good cause. So many people were willing to sponsor me as well.

“People were so generous, especially considering it was a recession. I am very grateful to them.”

It is the second time she has raised money in this way for charity.

Several years ago, she raised a smaller amount of money for cancer charity PALS through a team effort.

Before she gets to medical school, however, she is taking a year off to do the Rotary exchange programme in Chile.

Her father, Michael Fisher, was also an Rotary exchange student who went to Mexico, in his teen years.

It won’t be her first overseas exposure, as she has taken part in two Habitat for Humanity build projects, one in Zambia and one in Paraguay.

“Both of those were the most amazing trips I have had in my life,” she said. “The people in these countries were so friendly and they have nothing.

“If they found a piece of food they would share it with you. Those trips were life changing.”