Hi all,
I am planning on applying next cycle but ran into an issue with hours since most of my activities have been canceled and was wondering if anyone could advise me on whether it would still be appropriate to apply, here is my current profile:
Nonclinical: ~350 by time of application
Clinical: ~100 by time of application
Shadowing: ~50 by time of application
Stats: <95th percentile
Research: 1500 hours; 2 presentations, 2 posters, and one publication.
Also, all of my non-clinical volunteer hours are essentially purely in education-focused organizations including both a non-profit and for-profit business I co-found which have both been widely successful. Would this be some sort of issue since they are all tutoring/teaching related? Should I worry about picking up another activity, or is the only important thing my impact? 100% of my nonclinical hours are dedicated to heavily disadvantaged communities and refugees/immigrants.
Lastly, when reporting hours I spent on my non-profit, does this directly count as volunteering? Is there any issue with self-reporting them without some sort of higher authority/external validity besides the other board members/owner (my friends) and myself? It would be ~5-10 hours per week for around 6 months.
I am planning on applying next cycle but ran into an issue with hours since most of my activities have been canceled and was wondering if anyone could advise me on whether it would still be appropriate to apply, here is my current profile:
Nonclinical: ~350 by time of application
Clinical: ~100 by time of application
Shadowing: ~50 by time of application
Stats: <95th percentile
Research: 1500 hours; 2 presentations, 2 posters, and one publication.
Also, all of my non-clinical volunteer hours are essentially purely in education-focused organizations including both a non-profit and for-profit business I co-found which have both been widely successful. Would this be some sort of issue since they are all tutoring/teaching related? Should I worry about picking up another activity, or is the only important thing my impact? 100% of my nonclinical hours are dedicated to heavily disadvantaged communities and refugees/immigrants.
Lastly, when reporting hours I spent on my non-profit, does this directly count as volunteering? Is there any issue with self-reporting them without some sort of higher authority/external validity besides the other board members/owner (my friends) and myself? It would be ~5-10 hours per week for around 6 months.