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Okay. So after two years of what I consider to be a small number of ECs, I'm planning to start at least two major activities my junior year (1 clinical, 1 not), really step up my community service (to three different places), and involve myself in 3-4 "mini-activities" (e.g. high school mentoring, committee work) that fall under the umbrella of my premed honor society. This may be in addition to shadowing and research, although I really don't want to stretch myself thin (although, I'm also a year late to the whole premed thing, so I do have to squeeze in things like this).
This is not to check boxes (although, I guess, boxes will be checked) or please anyone on any admissions committee. There have been many reasons why I didn't do much in my first two years: anxiety, depression, not knowing my own interests, not finding any interesting student groups, etc. These particular ECs are either newly created, things I'd never considered, or things I only found out about / get access to through the premed honor society, which I only got inducted to two months ago.
Now I'm kicking myself, because I'm sure that I'll really enjoy these things, and I'll only get to do them for two years... 🙁 But I'm going to join them, however it ends up looking to adcoms.
However, I do worry that if it comes up in an interview in the future (which I'm sure it will, because I'm painfully aware of it myself), and I don't have a reason that doesn't make me look indecisive (which is honest but not what I want to portray), like I'm just checking boxes, or that I'm making excuses, I'm screwed.
Does anyone have experience with starting ECs so late, or general advice? Thanks.
This is not to check boxes (although, I guess, boxes will be checked) or please anyone on any admissions committee. There have been many reasons why I didn't do much in my first two years: anxiety, depression, not knowing my own interests, not finding any interesting student groups, etc. These particular ECs are either newly created, things I'd never considered, or things I only found out about / get access to through the premed honor society, which I only got inducted to two months ago.
Now I'm kicking myself, because I'm sure that I'll really enjoy these things, and I'll only get to do them for two years... 🙁 But I'm going to join them, however it ends up looking to adcoms.
However, I do worry that if it comes up in an interview in the future (which I'm sure it will, because I'm painfully aware of it myself), and I don't have a reason that doesn't make me look indecisive (which is honest but not what I want to portray), like I'm just checking boxes, or that I'm making excuses, I'm screwed.
Does anyone have experience with starting ECs so late, or general advice? Thanks.
