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[LnSin]

MSAR has a percentage breakdown of student extracurriculars based on stuff like: clinical/non volunteering, research, shadowing, veteran/military experience, etc. go check it out. If it's over 90%, you bet they value it.


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[Jdoxis]

Most schools have a mission to serve a specific community, so volunteering is higher. However, all schools want both.

 

[Goro]

Sorry if this is a thread already.

I know medical schools are holistic, but I've heard some medical schools have a research-based mission, some med schools prefer applicants with more clinical hours/community service, and etc.

Out of curiosity, are a majority of medical schools interested in more research or more volunteering experiences in an applicant?

While the research powerhouses seem to really want o you to have some research experience, what I have seen from SDNers who have gotten into TOP Schools is that they have in common hundreds if not even thousands of hours of clinical and/or non-clinical volunteering, or paid clinical experience.

Now for some, it's the quality of the ECs and not necessarily the quantity. I'm thinking of an SDNer who got into a U Penn class school and his/her CV was immaculate.

You can never go wrong with service to others less fortunate than yourself. This is a mantra I picked up from the divine @LizzyM, who is at a school located in the stratosphere.

 

[Catalystik]

I've heard some medical schools have a research-based mission, some med schools prefer applicants with more clinical hours/community service, and etc.

Out of curiosity, are a majority of medical schools interested in more research or more volunteering experiences in an applicant?

You might read the Mission Statement of each of your target schools to get a hint. Many look for both, so for your application to have the broadest appeal we suggest engaging in a variety of appropriate activities before applying.

 

[aldol16]

What a "majority" of medical schools are won't help you and isn't helpful information in general unless you're applying to every medical school in the US. You should only care about what those schools you are interested in emphasize. If you're looking at top 20 or 30 schools, most of those schools have research as a core mission. This doesn't mean they're going to just take people who have more research hours than volunteer hours - nobody just looks at the hour count and makes decisions based on that. They will, at some point, ask you questions to assess how you fit in with their core missions. If their core mission is research, you should be able to articulate how your experiences prepare you for that and how it's consistent with your career goals.

 

[UBLI-EINSTEIN]

Don't ever think doing research alone will get you into medical school.