ECs....... idk man time is flying

[wr9152]

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Hey guys,
hope this fall semester is going well for all of you.
I just have a couple concerns I wanted to share with SDN.
im currently on my first semester of my second year. im doing well in my courses after panicking in the first couple of weeks like i always do. anyways it feels like I started college yesterday and im already on my second year. scary. anyways idk I just feel like time is flying and I wont have time to build up good ECs.... which is scaring me a little. here is what I have done so far.

currently emergency department volunteer---- around 50 hours so far

research for spring semester and a 40 hour week in the summer--- I don't feel like I learned much out of this research because I was thrown into the middle of it. it was pretty boring as well.

currently tutoring biology- 1 semester- the problem with is I tutor intro bio so not many students need help

The only shadowing experience I have is a 6 hour day in the operation room at the hospital. multiple surgeons.

I feel like im so behind......

any suggestions>?

 

[Microglia]

Don't sweat it too much, that's a decent list for one year in college. I would start doing a little more shadowing/ED volunteering, and try to get a year of research in if you can. Also, make sure you have names and emails/phone numbers to list to back up each activity. Just be sure not to focus on your ECs so much that grades/MCAT slip; they open the doors. Overall, you're on the right track with ECs.

 

[deleted407021]

Looks pretty good so far. If you really don't like research, drop it and fill that time with something else. Maybe get involved on campus in some capacity. Good luck!

 

[wr9152]

mmmh thanks for the response, I just feel like some medical schools want 100+ shadowing hours.. this is keeping me up at night. Im not as outgoing as I would like to think I am. 100 hours is crazy in my opinion!!
I don't even know how to approach a doctor, all the doctors at my ED don't seem to get any sleep haha they seem restless!

does anyone have any tips !

 

[Microglia]

Just keep emailing/banging on doors until you find one you click with and cram some hours in with them. Every doctor and specialty is going to be different and have a different style, so try to get some exposure to a few if you can. I don't have any major cheat codes for it, though, and I certainly remember it being stressful haha. 100 hours isn't that much if you just do a couple weeks of it in the summer, or space it out to a 6-8 hr day every now and then.