All volunteering/shadowing hours over the summer?

[longhorn1991]

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Hey guys, it looks like the ballpark numbers for volunteering/shadowing is around 100-300 hrs. I was wondering if anyone else volunteered/shadowed exclusively over the summer, so that they had less to worry about during the school year with busy classwork?

Thanks in advanced for any advice.

 

[JAWSSS]

Hey guys, it looks like the ballpark numbers for volunteering/shadowing is around 100-300 hrs. I was wondering if anyone else volunteered/shadowed exclusively over the summer, so that they had less to worry about during the school year with busy classwork.

Thanks in advanced for any advice.

I personally think volunteering+shadowing hours adding up to 100 or even 300 is REALLLLLLLLLY small. Even if you only do 3-4 volunteer activities and shadow throughout your entire undergrad, you should have much more than 300 hours.

Also, the application asks when you start and end.... If you put "Start: June; End: September" of the same year... I think it would make your application look poor. (I was on the application review board for three years at my undergrad and those application never get very far).

 

[longhorn1991]

Thanks for the quick reply. JAWSSS, what number of hours do you recommend shooting for?
Can anyone else confirm that it looks poor on a resume to chunk your volunteering/shadowing over the summer?

 

[Azrael]

I had around 50 hours over a few weeks within one summer. Unless you're planning on shadowing multiple dentists/specialists for those 300 hours, you'd be better off using most of that time studying DAT.