I just finished my sophomore year of undergrad. My GPA is decent (between 3.7 and 3.8), I have completed all med school prereqs except biochem and anatomy (not really prereqs, I know) and I am taking the MCAT this summer.
I have been working in a research lab for two years now (cog psych) and I did a poster presentation a couple of weeks ago. I am going to be working on my own experiment over the next two years and hope to get a publication out of it, but obviously nothing is assured.
The problem is, outside some sporadic volunteering with a cultural group, I really don't have any kind of volunteering. I have applied to hospitals to get some volunteering experience this summer, but I feel like i'll be behind if I don't get any spots this summer. I really need clinical experience, because since working in a nursing home and hospital my senior year of HS, I don't have anything.
Also, I have no shadowing experience either. Something else that I have to start working on ASAP.
Does anyone have any tips or other knowledge on how I can get caught up?
TL;DR - No clinical volunteering, extremely sporadic non-clinical volunteering, no shadowing, no leadership, decent amount of research, taking the MCAT this summer. How far behind am I?
I have been working in a research lab for two years now (cog psych) and I did a poster presentation a couple of weeks ago. I am going to be working on my own experiment over the next two years and hope to get a publication out of it, but obviously nothing is assured.
The problem is, outside some sporadic volunteering with a cultural group, I really don't have any kind of volunteering. I have applied to hospitals to get some volunteering experience this summer, but I feel like i'll be behind if I don't get any spots this summer. I really need clinical experience, because since working in a nursing home and hospital my senior year of HS, I don't have anything.
Also, I have no shadowing experience either. Something else that I have to start working on ASAP.
Does anyone have any tips or other knowledge on how I can get caught up?
TL;DR - No clinical volunteering, extremely sporadic non-clinical volunteering, no shadowing, no leadership, decent amount of research, taking the MCAT this summer. How far behind am I?