extracirricular

  1. LindaAccepted

    The Importance of Extracurricular Activities for Medical School Applications

    You’ve probably read about the multifaceted requirements of medical school admission. If so, this post is an attempt to, first, demystify them a bit and, second, untangle one of the least understood ones. The price of admission begins with an excellent GPA and MCAT score. Most applicants have...
  2. L

    Feeling Down: should I apply next cycle?

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  3. Doctoscope

    Is 1 year of clinical activities "longitudinal enough"?

    I'm currently in the middle of a reinvention postbacc, and I was planning on starting my volunteering with a hospice and children's hospital the June of this year. The plan was to have ~2 years of volunteering with these organizations. But, with the pandemic, the programs have been put on pause...
  4. Flipflops0619

    EC for freshman? Overall concerns?

    Hello I’m a freshman, and so far classes are manageable. This year I have done nothing except for studying and getting one research position which is humanity related so I’m not entirely sure if that helps but I’m really interested in it. But, I’m getting little worried about my volunteering...
  5. insaiyan-premed

    ScribeAmerica Training

    I'm about to have my 3rd day in training for scribing, I find it hard to record most of the notes needed. HPI is hard to put together and the ROS/PE are hard to catch because the doc doesn't mention them. I heard OP was more laid back. However, in this clinic, it's quick to move on to the next...
  6. P

    How to include volunteering aboard?

    So to be clear, this is not a clinical/medical experience aboard. I am in Italy for two months and have been working in a food kitchen. I think I have escaped to woes of voluntourism because I am here for a long time and it is work I am qualified to do. In total, I will have worked 120 hours. I...
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  8. chadette

    How seriously do med schools take ec verification?

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  9. 7

    Does Fishing count as an EC?

    I know this is a weird topic but I'm not really sure what counts as an EC other than Volunteering/Research/RSO's and clubs etc. Do you need to join a fishing club for it to count as an EC? Or does fishing only count as a hobby?
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