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I'm looking for a bit of advice. I plan on taking my mcat and applying in the spring. my gpa is solid at 3.8, so really right now my focus is on making sure my extracurriculars are lined up. I've done shadowing, participated in an intensive summer program, I'm a student athlete, I've held down a job my entire college career, and my plans are to do some research over the summer as well as maybe a little bit during my senior year depending on wether or not a professor of mine gets his lab going. So basically I'm wondering if my ec's are fine, or if I should look for other ways to improve them. I'm really stumped as far as coming up with anything else to do!
Like I advised bball above, being a student athlete and keeping such a high GPA makes you pretty competitive. Couple that with a solid MCAT score and you should be fine with what you have already. If you have a bit of extra time (and I don't know where you would have this), mentor a kid or group of kids. It can be a simple as shootings some hoops after church and talking about doing well in school and athletics or discussing playing baseball and keeping your grades high or how your athletic training keeps you disciplined.
If your professor gets his lab going fine but I believe that you are going to be competitive without the research if your MCAT is good. Put your energy there, hang with the extracurriculars that you already have and continue with your plans to apply next spring. You should be fine. Congratulations on the great GPA and being an athlete at the same time.