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Hey all. First off, thanks for reading my post. My concern/question is one regarding my application. I have been employed at a youth treatment facility for 2 of my past 3 years of college. I have been working full-time as a residential counselor. My question is as follows: Since the weakest point of my application is clinical experience, can I and should I try to swing my time working as a counselor as 'clinical experience'? There is a clinical area of the treatment center where the kids go to receive therapy, and most of them are actually 'sick' (recovering from addiction, struggling with autism etc...). Do you think med schools would view this as a immature attempt to hide a shortcoming, or do you think it'd be viewed as legit (though non-traditional) clinical experience? Thanks everyone!!