Hi everyone,
I've read a lot of posts on here but never posted one myself. I'm hoping some of you will be able to give me some insight on my current situation. I just graduated with a BS in Biology. I decided to take a gap year last summer because I had no research experience at the time. I was able to get into a lab and research throughout the entire school year (~15-20 hrs/week). I gave 3 presentations but have no publications. Right now I'm trying to decide what to do this upcoming year. I was accepted into City Year through Americorps where I would serve as a mentor/tutor to kids in underserved schools throughout the year. The big drawbacks to this is that, from what I understand, most days members work ~10 hours and there is limited time off for interviews. I am also considering continuing to research in the same lab, but I wouldn't be paid (at least initially) due to lack of funding, so I would have to pick up a part-time job--maybe tutoring. Lastly, I've thought about scribing to get more clinical experience, as I could use more shadowing hours.
Here are my stats: I graduated with a 4.00 and got a 515 on my MCAT. 66 shadowing hours (no matter what I end up primarily doing, I am already planning on getting in a lot of shadowing to hopefully help this), 452 clinical volunteering hours, 352 nonclinical volunteering hours. I was also an RA, vice-president of a club, and involved in dorm government as my major leadership experiences.
Any input you have would be super appreciated! Thanks!
I've read a lot of posts on here but never posted one myself. I'm hoping some of you will be able to give me some insight on my current situation. I just graduated with a BS in Biology. I decided to take a gap year last summer because I had no research experience at the time. I was able to get into a lab and research throughout the entire school year (~15-20 hrs/week). I gave 3 presentations but have no publications. Right now I'm trying to decide what to do this upcoming year. I was accepted into City Year through Americorps where I would serve as a mentor/tutor to kids in underserved schools throughout the year. The big drawbacks to this is that, from what I understand, most days members work ~10 hours and there is limited time off for interviews. I am also considering continuing to research in the same lab, but I wouldn't be paid (at least initially) due to lack of funding, so I would have to pick up a part-time job--maybe tutoring. Lastly, I've thought about scribing to get more clinical experience, as I could use more shadowing hours.
Here are my stats: I graduated with a 4.00 and got a 515 on my MCAT. 66 shadowing hours (no matter what I end up primarily doing, I am already planning on getting in a lot of shadowing to hopefully help this), 452 clinical volunteering hours, 352 nonclinical volunteering hours. I was also an RA, vice-president of a club, and involved in dorm government as my major leadership experiences.
Any input you have would be super appreciated! Thanks!
