no not really. i mean i was a spanish major, studied abroad, and did two mission trips to a spanish speaking country. i did a summer research project at UNMC and will be getting a letter from that PI. i know the dean for student affairs for the COM but of course she has to recuse herself from my app. i am getting a LOR from the head of a department at UNMC. i have volunteered at UNMC. i have hundreds of shadowing hours (some with the dean i mentioned) both in the OR and clinics at UNMC. my mom has worked at UNMC since before me being born, and the same department (OR) for like 15 years of my life so naturally i basically grew up in the OR.. always there or calling there/paging her for something. then she spent another 3 or so in sterile processing and since then she has been in another department for about 7 years which i visit almost every week and the head of the department that is writing my LOR loves me and actually asked my mom if he could write me a letter before i even asked him.
i feel like i have shown so much commitment to them, but without a secondary, i don't know how i would express that unless i got an interview.