Is my app. balanced?

[Future_Bone_Docta]

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by the point of application my EC's will be as followed:

Shadowing:
- 117 hours shadowing an orthopedic surgeon (90 clincal, 27 surgical)
- 97 hours shadowing family physician at his practice
- 31 hours shadowing physician who works at a Drug Abuse Rehab Clinic with opiate addicts

Volunteer:
- 585 hours volunteer track coach for an under budgeted high school track team in low socioeconomic rural working class community
- 28 hours volunteering at camp good days (camp for children who have had cancer)
- about 200 hours in the Maternity wing of a hospital escorting families to their family members who have just given birth
- about 120 hours volunteering for habitat for humanity

Research:
- 213 hours in anatomy professors lab doing research GI motility in zebra fish...
1 Abstract, potential publication
- 295 hours research in Biomechanics lab researching rate of force development using an isokinetic dynamometer... 1 Abstract

Other:
- 4 year division 3 collegiate football player for a total of 3192 hours ( bowl game championship one year, made it to Final four one year, made it to Elite eight one year. 2 time conference champions)
- Personal trainer (NETA certified) 6hrs/week
- Anatomy and physiology survey tutor (1 semester)
-Anatomy and physiology 1 tutor (1 semester)
- Biomechanics tutor (1 semester)
- General biology 2 tutor (1 semester)
- phi epsilon kappa member (academic frat)
- National society of Collegiate Scholars member

I guess my question is do my EC's look like they are well balanced? Any input would be appreciated!

 

[Dwight Snoot]

Seems very well balanced to me. Solid application assuming good GPA, MCAT, and LORs

 

[jarednogeek]

Could use some hands on patient encounters like hospice. Otherwise looks good. Don’t shadow anymore that’s 4-5x what you need.

 

[Future_Bone_Docta]

Could use some hands on patient encounters like hospice. Otherwise looks good. Don’t shadow anymore that’s 4-5x what you need.

Thanks! Yeah I won't! I did not realize you did not need many hours until after I already got that many. Would about 20 hours of hospice be good? or more? It is tough coming from a rural community to find some GREAT opportunities like that because the closest large hospital that has a hospice center is about an hour and a half away.

 

[Future_Bone_Docta]

Seems very well balanced to me. Solid application assuming good GPA, MCAT, and LORs

Awesome Thanks! 3.68cgpa and 3.62s gpa so a bit low. then MCAT in may so hoping to compensate for the low GPA on that!

 

[jarednogeek]

Thanks! Yeah I won't! I did not realize you did not need many hours until after I already got that many. Would about 20 hours of hospice be good? or more? It is tough coming from a rural community to find some GREAT opportunities like that because the closest large hospital that has a hospice center is about an hour and a half away.

I think 20 would be fine, it’s not as much the hours but what you can talk about from it. I did about 20-25 hours hospice and it was really good for me. Also get some adcom advice on your clinical hours because it doesn’t seem like you have much hands on patient encounters outside of shadowing. Not sure if your activities would count as clinical and you really need about 2 activities totaling 150 clinical hours. And good luck on the MCAT! That’ll be a huge piece of your app