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qwertyu12345

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-volunteer/shadow at primary care office for close to two years (patient interaction as well as observing/shadowing) roughly 10 hrs a week
-shadowed a DO last month (50 hrs)
-summer research (3 months) in dealing with patients with total knee replacements (physical therapy dept at my uni)
-volunteer teacher at local kids' theology school for over 5 yrs
-board member of student clubs at my uni (not health related but involve leadership and similar responsibilites)
-worked in pharmacy for 6 months
also have 3.5 gpa and 28 mcat and plan to apply for DO schools
 
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-volunteer/shadow at primary care office for close to two years (patient interaction as well as observing/shadowing) roughly 10 hrs a week
-shadowed a DO last month (50 hrs)
-summer research (3 months) in dealing with patients with total knee replacements (physical therapy dept at my uni)
-volunteer teacher at local kids' theology school for over 5 yrs
-board member of student clubs at my uni (not health related but involve leadership and similar responsibilites)
-worked in pharmacy for 6 months
also have 3.5 gpa and 28 mcat and plan to apply for DO schools

I had much less ECs and I was fine. For example, I only shadowed a DO for two days but managed to get a LOR. You should be fine with your ECs, especially when your numbers are good.
 
I had much less ECs and I was fine. For example, I only shadowed a DO for two days but managed to get a LOR. You should be fine with your ECs, especially when your numbers are good.

really; what were ye statistics and schools that accepted ye