ECs while in medschool

[Iliketoytles]

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So I love to get involved in clubs and campus activities and leadership positions. I did a ton of it throughout college. But I remember at my DMU interview they mentioned how there was a small, unofficial movement to try and prevent so much club participation as it was messing with people's grades.

I was wondering if participating in clubs and community projects while in medschool is different than in college. Obviously medschool is a much more rigorous academic commitment, but I wanted to hear some other thoughts on it.

For example... are ECs as big of a part of applying for residencies as it is for applying to medical school?

 

[munchymanRX]

So I love to get involved in clubs and campus activities and leadership positions. I did a ton of it throughout college. But I remember at my DMU interview they mentioned how there was a small, unofficial movement to try and prevent so much club participation as it was messing with people's grades.

I was wondering if participating in clubs and community projects while in medschool is different than in college. Obviously medschool is a much more rigorous academic commitment, but I wanted to hear some other thoughts on it.

For example... are ECs as big of a part of applying for residencies as it is for applying to medical school?

Well the clubs are certainly different-evenything's sort of medically relevant, but there's social stuff as well. All in all theres a pretty big variety of clubs to choose from depending on what school you go to. As far as ECs being a part of applying for residencies? Nope.

 

[costales]

ECs are nice to have, but they're at the bottom of the list of things people look for. Many places don't even care about preclinical grades as long as you're in the top half. Board scores, rotations, LORs are far more important - for good reason.