Future end dates for volunteer/clinical hours on med school application?

[gele021]

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I was wondering if we can put the end date of our volunteer/clinical hours as being the end of college, which would be about a year after applications are sent out. Of course, only do so if it is true, but still, how would admissions committees look at that? Would the hours count and carry the same weight?

 

[Engrailed]

Yep, totally fine. Just be realistic and honest w yourself of how many hours you actually anticipate doing

 

[Catalystik]

1) I was wondering if we can put the end date of our volunteer/clinical hours as being the end of college, which would be about a year after applications are sent out.

2) how would admissions committees look at that? Would the hours count and carry the same weight?

1) Yes. It's best to distinguish completed hours from future hours when you fill out the Activities section.

2) Future hours do not carry any weight, they just signal your current intentions to adcomms. It is well known that it isn't always possible to carry through with such predictions.

 

[Moko]

I was wondering if we can put the end date of our volunteer/clinical hours as being the end of college, which would be about a year after applications are sent out. Of course, only do so if it is true, but still, how would admissions committees look at that? Would the hours count and carry the same weight?

Future hours hold virtually no weight. I have yet to complete any hours in the gym that were anticipated to happen (0 out of 360) at the beginning of this year.. Yet every year my future hours remain at 360.

 

[Dr. Faust]

Application in general focus on what you have done, not what you will do. "I will be a millionaire astronaut doc one day" means a lot less than volunteering for your local organizations today or in the recent past.

 

[Cornfed101]

Application in general focus on what you have done, not what you will do. "I will be a millionaire astronaut doc one day" means a lot less than volunteering for your local organizations today or in the recent past.

Or working as an astronaut and being a millionaire and making the “millionaire astronaut doctor” claim

 

[gele021]

Application in general focus on what you have done, not what you will do. "I will be a millionaire astronaut doc one day" means a lot less than volunteering for your local organizations today or in the recent past.

I meant like if you've been volunteering at a hospital for a year, but you write on your application that you plan to continue volunteering at the same place until you graduate, does that count?

 

[Engrailed]

I meant like if you've been volunteering at a hospital for a year, but you write on your application that you plan to continue volunteering at the same place until you graduate, does that count?

Yes that is fine.