Should I mention?

[deleted626322]

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I was originally an animal science pre vet major with 600+ hours of vetmed volunteering. I was accepted to an early admit program that freshman apply to after their first semester. Criteria was lots of volunteering good freshman grades, high SAT, etc... If you got in you just had to maintain a 3.5 to get in after you complete your junior year. Extremely competitive - accepted 15 people out of hundreds that applied. You then interview before the full admissions board like you would for vet school.

I was accepted, but later found that I am more interested in human medicine after shadowing mds (150 hrs) and did not continue down this path.

My question is:

Should I mention all of this volunteering?
Should I talk about this early admit acceptance in secondaries about greatest achievements?


I know I want to be a doctor because of the human interaction and improving human lives. I have no doubt that I want to be a doctor and not a veterinarian and I know I can show adcoms that.

My fear is that adcoms will see me as someone that doesn't follow through with a commitment (even though I hadn't explored human medicine prior to entrance in this program and have taken steps to show my interest in medicine after experiencing both fields).

What are your thoughts?


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[Monika12]

I think it's fine. You evolved and improved yourself. You didn't give up just figured out that you prefer humans and want that. I think it's a good thing. But that's my opinion.

Most of people applying were not into medicine since they were a baby. They wanted something else in one point of their lives, you're not the only one. And there are MANY who actually were in one career and went back to school to take the prerequisites to go to med school. Don't worry.

 

[Monika12]

The thing is you need to explain how you went from A to B and not be like, I wanna save lives. You need to be more specific and give a story because EVERYONE who's applying to med school love people and want to save lives.

 

[kthxbai]

I'd say yes to the volunteering (depending on what you did) and no to the acceptance.

It doesn't necessarily show lack of commitment, but it does raise eyebrows about your the volatility of your choices (as in, how easy is it for you to change your mind or be swayed by a different path).

 

[hmoactktey]

Yes, the volunteer is okay to talk about. Just like any other volunteering, it shows that you are a caring person and all that jazz. It is okay to say that you started out interested in another career and then came to realize that you wanted to go to med school, you just have to explain your reasons for medicine (like any other applicant).

No, the acceptance is not something to talk about. It may or may not be a bad thing to talk about, I would say that it shows a lack of foresight/commitment which may not look good, but my opinion is meaningless here. What I can point out, is that mentioning the acceptance will not help you in any scenario. What can you possibly gain from mentioning that? Maybe that you are good enough to get accepted into a competitive program? ADCOMs will know that already from the rest of your application. Talking about the other acceptance has high potential for risk with no potential benefit.

 

[deleted626322]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone!


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