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[JeSuisUnDoc]

I don’t think you can compare the two. One requires more than the other but we’re not talking 30 vs 1000. You have to have couple hundred hours in volunteering at least.


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[lalalooloo]

I had <100 volunteering hours vs. nearly 4,000 research hours and it hasn't been an issue at all. Do what you wanna do with your time!

 

[chemdoctor]

That is n=1
Application should be balanced
Very general rule of thumb for a solid candidate:
Volunteering: 150 hours each of clinical and community service
Shadowing: 25-75 hours
Research hours: 400-500+ hours

Do you mean 150 hours “projected” or COMPLETED with projected being much greater?

 

[chemdoctor]

@gonnif thats really not that much honestly. But I suppose it is a GENERAL rule of thumb so...

Couldn’t an applicant feasibly knock that out in one year?

 

[fruitloops24]

To OP, I had about 2,000 research hours over 3 different labs and about 250 volunteer hours total and didn't have a problem. Just make sure that it doesn't seem like that you're running from research to medicine.

 

[chemdoctor]

So you think an applicant going to school full time can get
150 hours clinical
150 hours non clinical
50 hours shadow
400 hours research
750 hours total in one year?
2000 hours a year is considered full time employment

I was referring to the clinical and nonclinical hours

 

[chemdoctor]

So you think an applicant going to school full time can get
150 hours clinical
150 hours non clinical
50 hours shadow
400 hours research
750 hours total in one year?
2000 hours a year is considered full time employment

Also
Major thanks for being positive in all your posts!

 

[RNtoMD87]

That's not going to happen for me. Hopefully they'll take into account I work around 60 hours a week on top of school.

 

[lm1106]

That is n=1
Application should be balanced
Very general rule of thumb for a solid candidate:
Volunteering: 150 hours each of clinical and community service
Shadowing: 25-75 hours
Research hours: 400-500+ hours

Is it ok to have paid clinical experience instead of clinical volunteering? Are the two equivalent?

 

[lm1106]

Schools can
A) see overall clinical experience (clinical volunteer, clinical employment and some include shadowing)
B) see overall volunteering which is either clinical or community service and can be with disadvantaged, underserved or other stigmatized/marginalized groups
C) They can also automatically slice and dice ECs in any way they want.

As to which is better, it all depends on how it is expressed and what you got of it. It short, what can it tell the adcom about you.

Thank you!!