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[Mr.Smile12]

Dental assistant at orthodontic practice (400 hours)-would this be clinical because I did interact with patients?/should I even include this if I have enough clinical hrs cuz only did this one COVID summer at family practice

Hmm... it's clinical but it could signal dentistry as an interest.

You really don't have service orientation hours. You have b lots of tutoring or teaching hours listed instead.

 

[tykogs]

Hmm... it's clinical but it could signal dentistry as an interest.

You really don't have service orientation hours. You have b lots of tutoring or teaching hours listed instead.

Thanks for the reply! My 'mentoring' was spending several hours after school with these kids from an underserved community by playing with them, helping with their school work, building LEGOs, capture the flag, etc... I decided to continue with it instead of volunteering at a soup kitchen because I believed being a consistent figure in their after school activities was more impactful on them instead of me handing out food but that's just my take on it. Unfortunately, if that is not considered service oriented than I'm afraid you're correct in that I do not have any service oriented hrs.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thanks for the reply! My 'mentoring' was spending several hours after school with these kids from an underserved community by playing with them, helping with their school work, building LEGOs, capture the flag, etc... I decided to continue with it instead of volunteering at a soup kitchen because I believed being a consistent figure in their after school activities was more impactful on them instead of me handing out food but that's just my take on it. Unfortunately, if that is not considered service oriented than I'm afraid you're correct in that I do not have any service oriented hrs.

The original definition for service orientation is about "alleviating others' distress." To that end, food distribution fits this more than helping homework or playing LEGOs/Capture the Flag. Being a consistent figure is more teaching or mentoring, though I know what you were thinking.

 

[tykogs]

The original definition for service orientation is about "alleviating others' distress." To that end, food distribution fits this more than helping homework or playing LEGOs/Capture the Flag. Being a consistent figure is more teaching or mentoring, though I know what you were thinking.

Ah I see thanks for the clarification. I would say that my hospital volunteering would definitely fit that description so thank you for the help!

 

[chilly_md]

Ah I see thanks for the clarification. I would say that my hospital volunteering would definitely fit that description so thank you for the help!

Hospital volunteering is clinical experience, not service orientation (which is directed to be for non-clinical volunteering). You have many schools that will think you won't attend since you have higher stats and lack the community service they typically focus on (Tulane, Oakland, Rush etc). It would be a better use of your time to volunteer at a food bank instead of doing MCAT tutoring over the next 4-5 months. Having that would help at all schools.

Try:

UMASS Chan Med School
BU Med School
Harvard
Tufts
Vermont
Brown
Dartmouth
Sinai
Hofstra
Einstein
Rochester
Pitt
Duke
Wake
UVA
Emory
Vandy
Miami
USF
Case
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Mayo
Wisconsin (Madison)
Northwestern
Saint Louis
Western Michigan
Iowa
WUSTL
Colorado

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:
UMASS Chan Med School
BU Med School
Harvard
Tufts
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Duke University School of Medine
Emory University School of Medicine
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
New York Medical College
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Ah I see thanks for the clarification. I would say that my hospital volunteering would definitely fit that description so thank you for the help!

Just noting, by definition, clinical experience involves service orientation. That's not what will distinguish you from other applicants in this competency.