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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GoSpursGo" data-source="post: 21999346" data-attributes="member: 225800">Except the problem here is that this isn't really going to be something that checks off any boxes on the ole residency app--yeah, you can put it on your app and you might be able to talk about it at interviews, but it's not going to bolster your app in any way. If you're literally "just showing up on Friday nights" for the games, that isn't even something you can list on your app. When you're volunteering with a med student group (which I also honestly think is overrated), at least you're presumably making contacts with mentors within a field that you're potentially interested in, may get your foot in the door for research projects, etc.That's not to say that EVERY SINGLE SECOND in med school needs to be about improving your residency application, but I strongly recommend against going out of your way during M1 to do activities that don't help your academic performance or your ultimate application. Speaking from experience, I tried to balance being involved some in my old church high school youth group and keep up with Taekwondo lesson in M1.  I came darn close a couple of times to failing a class, and the trouble is you have no idea how far behind you are until you arrive at the week of the test and realize how much you haven't learned. My performance improved dramatically when I dropped those activities.</blockquote>

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