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Clinical opportunities don’t have to be just at hospitals. They can be at private practices as well, and I’m sure there’s plenty of places you can shadow around there.
If you are worried about resources, both schools have plenty of resources that will help you develop professionally and personally and get into med school. It will be just how you use those resources. Seems like Umass would be a better choice for you since it’s cheaper and location might be nicer
My university had plenty of hospitals nearby, but I never used them because I found other clinical opportunities.
If you are worried about resources, both schools have plenty of resources that will help you develop professionally and personally and get into med school. It will be just how you use those resources. Seems like Umass would be a better choice for you since it’s cheaper and location might be nicer
My university had plenty of hospitals nearby, but I never used them because I found other clinical opportunities.
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Agree with @DoctorVenom about shadowing opportunities - consider things like working as an EMT, at free clinics, community population health resources, etc. Literally every community has some way for you to volunteer (non-clinical) so I wouldn't stress too much about that. Consider how competitive joining clubs/leadership opportunities will be - at larger schools this can be challenging, but the flip side is that there are more of those opportunities if you do enough digging. Think about how easy it will be to get research experience as an undergrad as that will probably be tougher to come by than clinical shadowing, especially at schools with less of a research focus. Try and see if you can better understand what the pre-med culture is like at a given school - at a few it is downright toxic while others are more laid back.
One other thing I would say is that it never hurts to consider what your backup plan might be if you don't want to go into medicine for whatever reason (interest changes, courses turn out to be too hard, etc. ) - no judgment, it happens to the vast majority of HS seniors. Some colleges really only have a few key subject areas that they're strong in and getting locked in to only a few choices isn't awesome.
Good luck!
One other thing I would say is that it never hurts to consider what your backup plan might be if you don't want to go into medicine for whatever reason (interest changes, courses turn out to be too hard, etc. ) - no judgment, it happens to the vast majority of HS seniors. Some colleges really only have a few key subject areas that they're strong in and getting locked in to only a few choices isn't awesome.
Good luck!