Are my ECs for DO school sufficient?

[411309]

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-One year tutoring mentally challenged children
-4 months roughly 360+ hours shadowing an oncologist and interacting with cancer patients
-2 Months DO shadowing
-Physics tutor during college

And ill probably get some hospital volunteering in soon....Thoughts?

 

[Iliketoytles]

-One year tutoring mentally challenged children
-4 months roughly 360+ hours shadowing an oncologist and interacting with cancer patients
-2 Months DO shadowing
-Physics tutor during college

And ill probably get some hospital volunteering in soon....Thoughts?

I suppose it's fine. It'd be good if you had some leadership experience and community service (non-clinical) volunteering... but you have some good clinical experience which is important.

Get on that hospital volunteering. Some people say that shadowing isn't considered clinical volunteering... some say it does. Just have both to be on the safe side.

 

[TriagePreMed]

I think that's way on the light side.You'd have to have a GPA/MCAT in the average at least to be able to get away with those EC.

 

[DrWily]

Overkill on the Shadowing.

Do some hospital volunteering and some local community volunteering (like food kitchen).

Leadership experience is great too.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I think the shadowing with an oncologist might have given you some impressive experience working with a very sick patient population ( Good for the PS). That's worth something to be frank, I would try to supplement your experience with another few months of community service and you should probably be in a good position.

 

[411309]

Appreciate all the advice!

 

[CopToEM]

I think that's actually a pretty good list. Remember, long term experiences are better than short term experiences so you've done a good job at choosing things and sticking with them.

If you want to balance your EC activities out - choose something non-medical to add to it. AdComs are going to want to see you as a well rounded individual - not someone who lives, eats, and breathes medicine.

 

[akatigerj]

yes, that's enough. you have way more clinical hours than i did.

 

[willen101383]

^^^^

I actually had like 5 hours of cleaning up mountain biking trails. Thats really the only "EC" I had.

Wont get into my clinical experience bc its not typical for most premeds...but my lack of "typical pre med omg i want to show you how much of a leader I am but in reality I am just doing this to put it on my resume" type activities never came up once.


OP, I think you have MORE than enough.