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Yeah sorry I edited it, the work with the mentally disabled wasn't volunteer it was paid, that might be the missing part, otherwise that'd be plentyThat sounds like plenty of volunteering to me?? Or am I missing something...?
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Yeah sorry I edited it, the work with the mentally disabled wasn't volunteer it was paid, that might be the missing part, otherwise that'd be plenty
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I have heard that some adcoms really only care about the last 120-90 credit hours. PNWU specifically said they only consider the last 90 credit hours. I think those are great volunteer hours and along with the research experience, upward trend and high science gpa, I think if you apply broadly (20-30 schools) you'll have no problem getting some IIs. I would spend all your time on the MCAT and forget about adding more EC's. At this point, 50 hours of volunteering in Somalia are not going to help you as much as an extra 4-5 points on the MCAT.Thank you guys for the encouraging replies! It's helpful, and I think between my advisers advice in the grade replacement policy changes it just has me stressed out, but I'm just focusing hard on the MCAT and found some volunteering that is really really hard time and something that I enjoyed to do, helping prepare some people for the Special Olympics, and have a physician ready to shadow as soon as I get my TB tests. Got luck to you too psu228
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I've got something similar (bb gun indecent resulting in felony charge when I was 17 but it's expunged). I know AAMC says you do not have to include any convictions/arrests for juvenile or expunged cases. My advice, with a lowish GPA, you will really need to excel at everything else on the app (MCAT, good upward trend, good EC's... all of which you already have) and any mention of an arrest might be the small negative that gives an adcom a reason to toss your app. I completely agree that that arrest has nothing to do with your character or abilities as a doctor (who hasn't trespassed as a teenager?) but I would really try to get it expunged. In my state (Florida) you can expunge anything from your juvenile record when you turn 24.Thanks for the advice bears! I'll definitely add them to my list, especially since my last 90 credit hours are pretty good. That's a good point, I am definitely already pretty swamped by mcat, regular classes and work schedule. I just remembered something I had honest to goodness forgotten about. When I was...16 I think, I was arrested for trespassing. I was at an elementary school at night with my friends, we are from a town of less than 1000 people with a gas station and that's it for purchasing stuff, so we would go for walks or go camping or just hang out. We went on the roof, which you didn't have to climb anything to get on, people did it all the time, cop came, arrested us, called our parents and waited for them to get there, said he's let it go for years and finally wanted to set an example. Yay us. Had to go to the county where the guy dealing with my arrest made me write a 1 page, double spaced paper on what we could have done for fun instead, he was obviously annoyed he even had to deal with it. The whole thing was dumb, and was when I was 16, which is 11 years ago. Do I have to include juvenile stuff on my application?