Shadowing right before submitting AMCAS

[sleeplessdreamer]

Hi all,

I'm applying this cycle. I will be taking the MCAT on June 1st, and my goal is to submit my primary application by June 10ish.

I currently have about 65 hours of shadowing (pediatrician, psychiatrist, internist) that I've done over the past 1.5 years. There is an ER physician I know who is willing to let me shadow him for ~20 hours in the first week of June. I also will have the chance to shadow the pediatrician and a urologist during this time frame as well.

My question is: will it look "bad" to have a relatively large chunk of my shadowing done in the week right before I submit my primary application? Like I tried to squeeze it in last minute?

I haven't shadowed much this semester due to school and MCAT prep. I won't be able to shadow much in the summer due to a research fellowship, so that first week and a half of June is something I want to make the most of.

Thank you so much!!

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[gyngyn]

65 hours in primary care specialties is already more than adequate.

 

[Catalystik]

Hi all,

I'm applying this cycle. I will be taking the MCAT on June 1st, and my goal is to submit my primary application by June 10ish.

I currently have about 65 hours of shadowing (pediatrician, psychiatrist, internist) that I've done over the past 1.5 years. There is an ER physician I know who is willing to let me shadow him for ~20 hours in the first week of June. I also will have the chance to shadow the pediatrician and a urologist during this time frame as well.

My question is: will it look "bad" to have a relatively large chunk of my shadowing done in the week right before I submit my primary application? Like I tried to squeeze it in last minute?

I haven't shadowed much this semester due to school and MCAT prep. I won't be able to shadow much in the summer due to a research fellowship, so that first week and a half of June is something I want to make the most of.

Thank you so much!!

Even if you didn't already have above-average shadowing hours, last-minute shadowing wouldn't frowned on.

 

[freedoctor17]

I had 40 hours only and just shadowed a doctor for 10 hours this past week. My other 40 hours were throughout the year. I don't think it matters. I listed them all under one activity though and broke them down in the description box.

 

[elsocio-premed]

I don't think it would look bad because if you spend many hours per day with the doctor, you actually get to learn how a day as a physician is. I completed 60+ in like 1 month.