MDApplicants is not working. Can you specify your ECs on here. I couldn't open your link to the profile and none of the others much less the main page for the website are opening.
ECs:
Volunteering:
member of the Lions Club since 2003...during high school I collected old and used glasses for donation to third world populations and inner city populations of Orlando. I built a website for them, before I left for Gainesville. Then during my college years, I commuted back to Orlando to volunteer at the Lions Club vision clinics ~ roughly 5 - 6 times a semester. This involved guiding paperwork from people of very low socio-economic status. I would sit in with the ophthalmologist as he examined them, and then gave them prescriptions. I would also help in transportation of glasses from a warehouse back to this location, etc. Very cool experience.
I did some work for a homeless shelter in Gainesville, although this was not as long-term and less significant in terms of time.
Research: 4 semester of research in a synthetic organic chemistry laboratory...no publications, but I did do a poster presentation at the Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition. Also worked on synthesizing a compound for a lab at the med-school which was later shown to enhance the activity of ACE2 inhibitors...but like I said - my role was basically synthesis.
Shadowing : Roughly a year of shadowing an internist at a Jacksonville hospital. Also spent a few days shadowing a gastroenterologist. I wrote extensively about this in my PS.
Other: Been playing electric guitar since 2004...started a sort of recreational instrumental orchestra here in Gainesville. We did this for roughly a year, meeting weekly and playing instrumental songs, sometimes composing. Then everybody moved or graduated
🙁. I also taught guitar lessons to beginners for a while - but this was not through the University or anything. It was a sort of unofficial side project of mine.
Was a member of college bowl for about a year. Helped in hosting of high school competitions - basically involved reading questions to the teams. (This is harder than you think! especially when you have to pronounce all sorts of stuff.)
Work: Been teaching Kaplan classes for all MCAT sections since January 2008, so it's been roughly a year. I also mentioned some of my excellency ratings on applications.
The thing is though - I wasn't even this detailed for some of the activities on AMCAS. I was pretty brief, and in hindsight, it was a big mistake.
And I suppose my ECs aren't impressive. I was hoping at the outset though, that they would be sufficient...and satisfy the main requirements of what adcoms look for.
Hi DrZeke.
everyone!
