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I am going to be taking a gap year after I graduate and I need some advice on what I should do.
I think the biggest problem of my application is not having enough clinical and non-clinical volunteering, and while I am addressing that now, I would like to continue to address that over my gap year. I also think another problem is not having anything that makes me stand out.
Should I do City Year (if I get in)? I hear that there is not much time that you can take off to go to interviews and I am afraid that it would be too time consuming to do other volunteering. Has anybody done City Year and can offer insights? Would City Year be considered volunteering since it is technically paid? Also, how competitive is the City Year application?
Or should I apply for a scribe position and work full time, but also try to do weekly volunteer shifts at a hospital and whatever nonclinical volunteering I can find? I have heard scribe agencies are good about working with students when they need time off for interviews.
On one hand, city year would further the teaching aspect of my app, since I was a TA for two semesters, and I mentor at risk elementary kids currently. On the other hand, scribing would give me clinical experience and give me time to pursue volunteering.
I would love to do either, but I think picking the one that would help my application would be in my best interest. Sorry for the long post and any advice is greatly appreciated!
Also, my stats are 3.7 GPA and 521 MCAT. I am a female, Asian and Florida resident if any of this info is necessary.
I think the biggest problem of my application is not having enough clinical and non-clinical volunteering, and while I am addressing that now, I would like to continue to address that over my gap year. I also think another problem is not having anything that makes me stand out.
Should I do City Year (if I get in)? I hear that there is not much time that you can take off to go to interviews and I am afraid that it would be too time consuming to do other volunteering. Has anybody done City Year and can offer insights? Would City Year be considered volunteering since it is technically paid? Also, how competitive is the City Year application?
Or should I apply for a scribe position and work full time, but also try to do weekly volunteer shifts at a hospital and whatever nonclinical volunteering I can find? I have heard scribe agencies are good about working with students when they need time off for interviews.
On one hand, city year would further the teaching aspect of my app, since I was a TA for two semesters, and I mentor at risk elementary kids currently. On the other hand, scribing would give me clinical experience and give me time to pursue volunteering.
I would love to do either, but I think picking the one that would help my application would be in my best interest. Sorry for the long post and any advice is greatly appreciated!
Also, my stats are 3.7 GPA and 521 MCAT. I am a female, Asian and Florida resident if any of this info is necessary.