What are some examples of stellar EC's? Is it ton of clinical hours? President of a ton of clubs? Tons of research? Is a little bit of everything considered stellar?
What are some examples of stellar EC's? Is it ton of clinical hours? President of a ton of clubs? Tons of research? Is a little bit of everything considered stellar?
In my books, u can stop hospital volunteering after 100 hrs or so, anything after is a waste of time; u r not gonna learn anything. Shadowing, however, is way better because there are different specialties plus you can get rec letters. But I guess everyone has tons of hours in those two activities these day. So, what make you stand out from the crowd at top research school is gonna be "good" publications, preferably clinical research or anything medicine related. If you just want to get accepted . Just go ahead and get cookie cutter ECs and numbers then enjoy ur precious time in undergrad.
Stellar ECs are things that make you stand out. I'd say the two most common ones are playing an instrument and playing a college or professional sport. Pretty much any impressive achievement outside of academics will count as an impressive EC. Note that I said "achievement". No one cares about the amount of hours you have as long as they're not super low, nor does having a long list of ECs impress anyone.
You also have to still offer the full package to have truly stellar ECs. At the very least you'd need to be stellar in one or two areas and then have an acceptable amount of involvement in research, community service, and clinical experience.
What are some examples of stellar EC's? Is it ton of clinical hours? President of a ton of clubs? Tons of research? Is a little bit of everything considered stellar?
if you wanna know what stellar ECs are, go to mdapplicants.com and look up "TheKDizzle." His profile is the definition of overacheiver, so impressive that one becomes incredulous when reading it all
It's the opposite. You can't really learn much from shadowing. After 50 hours of shadowing, there is a diminishing margin of return, both in terms of what you gain through exposure as well as the benefits on your application.
Volunteering is meant to show altruism. More hours show more dedication. Anyone can get 100 hours. That's seen as less altruistic and more "box checking".
Also, getting letters of rec from doctors you shadow are useless, unless you are applying to DO schools and the letter is from a DO doctor.
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Stellar ECs are ECs that you are extremely passionate about or have a personal connection to. They don't have to be that X number of hours or Y level of prestige. However, you do need to be able to talk about them and write about them in a convincing way. Also, a LOR from an EC supervisor is usually expected if you're gonna be high on your EC in your apps.
well my coach can't speak english well so no letter there haha......
I agree, although I'm reluctant to say that playing an instrument counts as "stellar". Pianists and violinists since the age of 8 are quite a dime a dozen.
phuckin awesome, as along as your ngo actually does something helpful for the community
Glasses for orphans in third world countries?
My friend was trying to do that, but that was her own project within the established NGO. Do you have contacts overseas where you can start discussing things with? Any doctor or professor or professional that you could work with?
Getting the resources, committed collaborations, and getting enough financial supports will be the toughest obstacles here.
I absolutely agree with you on that, but I don't think it's a coincidence that most of the students at top tier schools (at least according to MDApps) just so happen to play an instrument or a sport or both. And as a personal anecdote, when I interviewed at a top 20 last month every single student I met played an instrument. From what I gathered a lot of the other applicants did too, so it looked like the school was selecting for that.
Yes, we have contacts abroad that helped. I would love to discuss how we do it with her if she is interested! PM with her information if you would like me to get a hold of her.
We just did 3500 pairs of glasses in early August. I got verified in the middle of the trip so I would come back from distributing glasses and fill out secondaries all night.
She is already in medical school, so I am not sure if she is still pursuing that anymore.
That is a great start! If you want, you should do some anthropological surveys to measure the influence of your project. You might be able to find other needs that should be addressed. Also think about how you can make things more sustainable. Partnerships with local academic colleges/schools are one of the ways to do so. Moreover, also think about the next person/people who could lead your project for the continuous leadership in case you leave.