MD & DO Bad ECs

[nm1991]

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I've posted here before, but I've made a few changes, and I want to see your guys' thoughts.

Graduated 2013
Economics major
3.66 cGPA, 3.43 sGPA
35 MCAT (13/11/11)

Pending committee letter. My individual letters include a letter from my quantitative analysis professor (probably average but a little bit generic), economics thesis professor (good), and work supervisor (excellent). I anticipate being able to get a DO letter by June and another letter from my EMT activities.

Now he comes the bad:

-NO RESEARCH
-8 hours shadowing a podiatrist, 8 hours shadowing an osteopathic orthopedist, and 30 hours shadowing a osteopathic ER physician (this is ongoing).
-Spent a semester enrolling patients in clinical research studies at my university's ER (100 hours)
-Worked for a local police department my last four summers (not as a cop, but as a "Town Ranger." I had quite a lot of responsibility including a leadership role the past two summers and the LOR I received reflects this.)
-I currently work as a substitute teacher and occasional paraprofessional with special needs students.
-I started volunteering as an EMT-b last month. I have ~80 hours or so of hours related to this, and I will probably have over 400 come June.
-I start volunteering in an ER later this month and will have around 100 hours come June.
-I have probably ~30 hours of miscellaneous non-clinical volunteering (a little bit for Habitat for Humanity and some random "Days of Service" my school offered). I'll probably try to boost this a bit before June.
-I was VP and finance chair of my junior year dorm (approximately 700 students)
-VP of my fraternity for a semester and served in executive positions two other semesters

MD: Haven't really looked at MSAR yet. Low-tier schools, my alma mater, and state school.

DO: PCOM, NSU, DMU, UNECom, Marian, NYIT, ATSU-Kirksville. Do you think I should add some more low-tier DO schools?

 

[Catalystik]

I've posted here before, but I've made a few changes, and I want to see your guys' thoughts.

Graduated 2013
Economics major
3.66 cGPA, 3.43 sGPA
35 MCAT (13/11/11)

Pending committee letter. My individual letters include a letter from my quantitative analysis professor (probably average but a little bit generic), economics thesis professor (good), and work supervisor (excellent). I anticipate being able to get a DO letter by June and another letter from my EMT activities.

Now he comes the bad:

-NO RESEARCH
-8 hours shadowing a podiatrist, 8 hours shadowing an osteopathic orthopedist, and 30 hours shadowing a osteopathic ER physician (this is ongoing).
-Spent a semester enrolling patients in clinical research studies at my university's ER (100 hours)
-Worked for a local police department my last four summers (not as a cop, but as a "Town Ranger." I had quite a lot of responsibility including a leadership role the past two summers and the LOR I received reflects this.)
-I currently work as a substitute teacher and occasional paraprofessional with special needs students.
-I started volunteering as an EMT-b last month. I have ~80 hours or so of hours related to this, and I will probably have over 400 come June.
-I start volunteering in an ER later this month and will have around 100 hours come June.
-I have probably ~30 hours of miscellaneous non-clinical volunteering (a little bit for Habitat for Humanity and some random "Days of Service" my school offered). I'll probably try to boost this a bit before June.
-I was VP and finance chair of my junior year dorm (approximately 700 students)
-VP of my fraternity for a semester and served in executive positions two other semesters

MD: Haven't really looked at MSAR yet. Low-tier schools, my alma mater, and state school.

DO: PCOM, NSU, DMU, UNECom, Marian, NYIT, ATSU-Kirksville. Do you think I should add some more low-tier DO schools?

Here you go apologizing for your ECs AGAIN.

You are overlooking the fact that your 100 hours of enrolling ER patients for a study will count as both Research (presuming you can explain the point of the study) and as active clinical experience interacting with patients, which means you're not getting last-minute clinical experience. Volunteerism is your one weak area, and you at least had some before this last semester and will be beefing it up nicely before application time.

 

[nm1991]

Here you go apologizing for your ECs AGAIN.

You are overlooking the fact that your 100 hours of enrolling ER patients for a study will count as both Research (presuming you can explain the point of the study) and as active clinical experience interacting with patients, which means you're not getting last-minute clinical experience. Volunteerism is your one weak area, and you at least had some before this last semester and will be beefing it up nicely before application time.

This 100 hours was part of a class though called "Theory and Practice of Clinical Research"...does that matter? It was also studies not a single study. I'm not sure if this makes a difference. But, regardless, I would definitely be able to explain the point of these studies. For example, for one, one study looked at the efficacy of using camera phones to diagnose and treat skin conditions.

 

[Catalystik]

This 100 hours was part of a class though called "Theory and Practice of Clinical Research"...does that matter? It was also studies not a single study. I'm not sure if this makes a difference.

It still qualifies as research involvement and clinical experience, but it is not a volunteer position.

But, regardless, I would definitely be able to explain the point of these studies. For example, for one, one study looked at the efficacy of using camera phones to diagnose and treat skin conditions.

Sounds pretty cool.