Is it bad to not have shadowing your first year?

[DiavoloAlighieri]

Noob question here but I'm finishing up my first year of undergrad and I realized I do not have any proper shadowing experience with a physician. The most I did was watch an immunologist work in the lab, but I think most of my peers have done that in high school so I'm behind.

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[Mr.Smile12]

Noob question here but I'm finishing up my first year of undergrad and I realized I do not have any proper shadowing experience with a physician. The most I did was watch an immunologist work in the lab, but I think most of my peers have done that in high school so I'm behind.

You have two more years to address this deficiency. Get it done.

 

[DiavoloAlighieri]

You have two more years to address this deficiency. Get it done.

so it's not game over then...Awesome thanks

 

[Mr.Smile12]

so it's not game over then...Awesome thanks

You said you were finishing your first year of undergraduate. If you're coming back for your second year without having gone on probation, you're doing well.

 

[theoceanman]

It's normal.

My first shadowing experience was during my second-year, during the spring semester with a primary care physician. I wasn't even looking into shadowing my first-year, just trying to get used to the curriculum and all the EC's that I wanted to be a part of since university was so different from high school.

 

[LindaAccepted]

Noob question here but I'm finishing up my first year of undergrad and I realized I do not have any proper shadowing experience with a physician. The most I did was watch an immunologist work in the lab, but I think most of my peers have done that in high school so I'm behind.

not a problem. If you apply without it or any other clinical exposure, it's a problem.

 

[chssoccer7]

Noob question here but I'm finishing up my first year of undergrad and I realized I do not have any proper shadowing experience with a physician. The most I did was watch an immunologist work in the lab, but I think most of my peers have done that in high school so I'm behind.

Well, if you're applying this summer as a college freshman, then yeah, no coming back from this egregious mistake.

The good news is that you obviously aren't doing that so you have at least two years to address the various things you need to do for a medical school application. My advice- completely ignore whatever/whenever your peers do things. You aren't running a race against them. You're running a marathon on your own and racing against your own personal best time.

 

[Goro]

Noob question here but I'm finishing up my first year of undergrad and I realized I do not have any proper shadowing experience with a physician. The most I did was watch an immunologist work in the lab, but I think most of my peers have done that in high school so I'm behind.

Nope