Medical How should I talk about high school experiences as a nontrad?

[Goro]

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I'm asking this because my path to medicine is been a little non-linear. Essentially, I was dead set on it during high school, then got into a different path and went to college for something else entirely (stage manager in commercial theatre). I was/ am pretty successful in this field right out of college, but some recent personal life changes have pushed me to pursue medicine again.

In High School, I had about 600 hours of clinical volunteering, about 400 of which were in the Operating Room, plus about 50 hours of traditional shadowing (surgery, ENT, Pathology, and anesthesia).
I continued volunteering in college, but it was all non-clinical.
Now, about to begin a post bacc, I will have about 18 hours of urology shadowing, and I hope to continue as covid allows.

My question is, my experiences in high school shaped my opinion and interest in medicine, and those experiences are why I am confident about getting back into it. I have a while before I apply, but given my indirect path to medicine, is there any appropriate way to talk about these experiences?

If you continued these activities into college and beyond, then it will help you to list these. If those are your only clinical experiences, then the perceptions of a child isn't the same of you right now.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

You can mention them, but you need to have recent ECs as well.

 

[tantacles]

Great to mention these, and I would also recommend getting more experience now so you can show your current commitment, particularly since you did not pursue medicine after your shadowing in high school.