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Hello! I am a sophomore at UC Irvine. Gpa around 3.8 in psychology major. Luckily I love sciences and have taken chem/bio/physics courses as my electives so I will have med school prerequisites done when I graduate. I just decided to go for medical school. I have always wanted to but was a bad...

Hi all, First, congrats on everyone who got an offer from the dental schools! I'm new to this forum since I just recently decided to pursue the career path of a dentist. But I'm excited to see that many of you are doing great and may kindly give me some advices on how to get me into the same...

Hey all, I haven't been able to find information on my particular issue, so I thought I would ask it here. In my financial aid package from my university, I was offered a work study. I work in a cancer research lab as an undergraduate research assistant. That being said, I am taking summer...

Quick summary about me: - Canadian in Vancouver - 30 y.o. - Undergrad in civil engineering 87% - Masters in structural engineering 94% - Designed high-rise buildings in a firm for 4 years - Took MCAT 503 (all 126 except 125 cars) out of the blue - returned to school to take biol, biochem, orgo...

Hi I was wondering if anyone knew more about the letters of recommendation. I am wondering how many I need and who they should be from. Do I need to have letters from multiple professors? Or can I have some from doctors I shadowed, professors, and professionals (such as supervisors from...

Hey so I had to take a leave from school because of a medical condition. I'm a freshman, I only finished my first semester of college and I'm coming back spring of next year. My plan is to volunteer in a research lab and work some kind of job part-time to support myself during this time. I was...

I know my MCAT and GPA are fine for many top schools from looking at the MSAR, but I'm hesitant to apply to top schools like Baylor, Stanford, WUSTL, Yale, UMichigan, etc. because my ECs are only average at best. Should I bother applying to top schools like this, or stick to my Texas state...

FYI A sidewalker is a volunteer who assists the instructor during lessons and is responsible for the rider and rider only. You will be working up close and personal with our riders and helping them reach their goals throughout each of our riding sessions. This would be for therapeutic riding...

Hey guys, I have the option of volunteering at a vet's office doing basically the same thing that I would be doing as a kennel assistant but I am also shadowing the veterinarian (which I already started doing) or should I work as a part-time kennel assistant at a location that is 1.5 hours away...

So I am a senior in college, hoping to go to grad school for my MHA degree once i graduate. I recently got a job offer from a hospice, for a volunteer coordinator position. However, I could also intern/volunteer (unpaid) at a large hospital system, instead of taking up the hospice job. I don't...

I'm a freshman at UCLA, and I have just decided that I want to go to med school. My GPA so far is around 3.95, I had a 4.0 before i got an A- in chem 14B with Lavelle last quarter. I have been doing all the med school requirements, since they overlap with the neuroscience major prerequisites, so...

Hi guys! My name is Christina and I'm an 18-year-old girl who would like to volunteer for a hospital placement in Africa for about 2 weeks. I am looking for a friend to volunteer with me, because my parents are not letting me go alone, and I need their financial support for the trip. The country...

Hey everyone, I'm at the beginning of my junior year, attending a state university online. I'll graduate in the summer of 2017 with my B.S in Psychology. Right now, I'm torn between attending med school or getting my degree in Certified Nurse Midwifery, so I'm taking a wide range of pre-reqs...

I've been volunteering twice a week (6 hours a week) at a pretty famous hospital in my area. Even after 6 months, I still get butterflies in my stomach when I walk in and see physicians or get to help patients find their way. Does this feeling ever go away or are there doctors who still walk...

Hi! I am from the Philippines and earned my bachelor's degree from one of our top local universities. I am interested in applying for premed postbac for fall 2017 and would like to start working on the required experiences asap. I was just wondering do any of you know what is the recommended...

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Hey guys! I am an undergrad who is going to start volunteering at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago soon (WOOO!!!!!) and they recently got rid of the scrubs they had for volunteers to wear for a short time. We are now required to wear "buisness casual" (no jeans, leggings, athletic pants) but...

Hey, Okay. So i'll get straight to the point. Currently i'm a finance student, (didn't take any science class since high school) Will finish my bachelors in may of 2017. I will do a post-Bacc in pre-med after I finish my bachelors. I will try to take few classes here and there during summer...

We know that having legitimate research experience is essentially a requirement for most Top 20 medical schools, but what are some examples of schools that require extensive volunteer service? Yes, all schools want volunteer service, but which schools will be incredibly difficult to get into if...

I've been contacting places with OT's, needing observation and volunteer hours. Every place so far has agreed to give me observation hours, but say there's nothing to really do as a volunteer. How do you volunteer making the experience related to OT? I don't even know what I'd do. I don't want...

Hello, my profile and questions are generalizable and I hope may help other premed students at a similar point in their undergraduate careers. I am a effectively a junior (in 5th of 6 total years of undergrad) at UC Davis. I was a community college transfer from the Peralta Community College...

Hey! Once you all graduate, what do you do with your student scrubs? Many hospitals require certain scrubs for certain units so I was wondering what you do with the ones you can't wear anymore. Or even the ones that are too big or too small. I'm looking for a large collection of used scrubs of...

Currently have done 30 hrs in hospital volunteering since last year. I've been looking more into hospice, and don't know if I should switch to it or keep both? Applying next cycle (2016-2017) Thanks

I have dental experience at a clinic where I shadowed general dentists (residents, director of the entire dental clinic) and the pedodontic resident (there is no pedodontic director just the residents). What should I put when the application asks the type of dentistry observed? Do I make a...

Hey! I am a first generation college student and I am looking for some advice. I feel like everyone I talk to sugar coats it and "believes" in me, but I am looking for someone to tell me if I am headed in the right direction or if my plan is completely irrational. I currently have my AA from...

Would it be better to volunteer in a peer-health type organization (which is very much smaller than peer health, and for which I may not have the opportunity to teach) or to volunteer at a local food pantry? Piggybacking on this question... I don't have many ECs. I have done a year of research...

I just have a question about what makes you stand out when applying for medical school! Should I start doing volunteer/research what year of college? What types of volunteering/research is really good for med school?

Volunteering shows that you’ve got a heart. Med schools aren’t just looking for science geeks who’ve never stepped outside the lab. They’re looking for students who will not just succeed in the classroom, but who have also had rich and varied experiences that will make them stand out as an...

Hi folks! I am looking to get more volunteer hours under my belt. Here is a current summary of my volunteer hours: ~100 hrs: 1-on-1 mentor at special needs camp for children with Autism ~30 hrs: marketing, writing, admin support for holistic OT website (have since been hired for paid work and...

Two separate items. 1) I made and ran a fundraiser (an actual event at my uni, not just raising money through other means) for a children's hospital. Do you include all hours you spent planning and making the event, as well as the hours of the actual event, in your AMCAS ECs under non-clinical...

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