I came here to ask some advice. I graduated college with a Chemistry degree (3.73 overall GPA, cum laude, senior fellow of the department), at the age of 17 (I just turned 18 two weeks ago). I took my MCAT that same year, and got a 37Q. I'm currently working full-time at the NIH as a post-baccalaureate IRTA, with my own independent research projects. I plan to apply to M.D/Ph.D programs next year. However, I have no shadowing or clinical experience. Do you think I would really need a lot of shadowing experience to have a good application? I work long hours in the lab every weekday, so that drastically limits the amount of time I have available. Worse is that there isn't a medical school around (I don't think so, anyway), where it would be easy for me to find a doctor willing to hang around. I've looked into volunteering at the NIH clinical center, but all the jobs there sound like they are more clerical and not clinical. I would greatly appreciate any advice you may have.
Thanks,
Arminius
Thanks,
Arminius