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Hello everyone,
I tried to search for a thread on this but couldn't find one, so apologies if this has already been asked before.
I was wondering whether it is beneficial to join student organizations in undergrad ie would it help one gain admission into dental school? Currently I'm a member of a pre-health organization that encompasses pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy etc programs and am currently the treasurer of another organization, but it's a religious one so I'm not sure how admissions committees would view that.
I would like to join more organizations but with a full time course load, my job as an SI leader, volunteering and shadowing, I just do not have the time for it. Organizations on my campus are actually pretty active so being on the board of an organization actually requires a lot of time and commitment, ranging from weekly meetings to events--the time commitment ends up being 2-3 hours a week which is a lot considering the other weekly time commitments I have.
Should I actually try to join more organizations or is the 2-3 organizations that I'm currently in suffice? Would people already accepted into dental school might share how active they were on their respective undergraduate campuses?
I tried to search for a thread on this but couldn't find one, so apologies if this has already been asked before.
I was wondering whether it is beneficial to join student organizations in undergrad ie would it help one gain admission into dental school? Currently I'm a member of a pre-health organization that encompasses pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy etc programs and am currently the treasurer of another organization, but it's a religious one so I'm not sure how admissions committees would view that.
I would like to join more organizations but with a full time course load, my job as an SI leader, volunteering and shadowing, I just do not have the time for it. Organizations on my campus are actually pretty active so being on the board of an organization actually requires a lot of time and commitment, ranging from weekly meetings to events--the time commitment ends up being 2-3 hours a week which is a lot considering the other weekly time commitments I have.
Should I actually try to join more organizations or is the 2-3 organizations that I'm currently in suffice? Would people already accepted into dental school might share how active they were on their respective undergraduate campuses?