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some of my friends got accepted to good/great medical schools this cycle, and none of them had over 80 or so hours of hospital volunteering, aka clinical experience. Most of them didn't have any non-clinical community service hours either.
I really wondering if it is necessary to have hundreds of hours in these categories in order to be a competitive applicant? When I apply next year, I'll have around 300 hours of clinical volunteering (across four different hospital environments) and probably over 400 hours of community service. From these two experiences alone, will I be considered average, above average, or well above average in the overall applicant (NOT SDN applicant) pool? It seems that on SDN, almost everyone have 4-digit hours of clinical and/or non-clinical volunteering.
thanks!
I really wondering if it is necessary to have hundreds of hours in these categories in order to be a competitive applicant? When I apply next year, I'll have around 300 hours of clinical volunteering (across four different hospital environments) and probably over 400 hours of community service. From these two experiences alone, will I be considered average, above average, or well above average in the overall applicant (NOT SDN applicant) pool? It seems that on SDN, almost everyone have 4-digit hours of clinical and/or non-clinical volunteering.
thanks!