LostPreLaw
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Current second-semester sophomore. Original plan was to apply junior year summer.
GPA: 3.7, sGPA: 3.6
-Very heavy course-loads, will almost certainly go up in the remaining semesters
Cancer center volunteering: 300 hours
Microbiology research: 150 hours
EMT: 150 hours
Shadowing: 110 hours (100 radiation oncology, 10 neurosurgery)
Fraternity community service chair
EMT hours should be at around 800 or more by the time I apply (I just got hired). Research should also go up by a good amount, as I'm planning on doing an undergraduate thesis. Volunteering is steady at about 3-4 hours a week, though I'm looking into doing some non-clinical as well over this summer. I'm also trying to diversify the shadowing hours a fair bit. My father is a radiation oncologist, so it's definitely skewed towards that at the moment.
I'm essentially asking whether it would be a good idea to do a gap year with this sort of resume. I know these ECs are very cookie-cutter and the GPA's nothing to write home about. The only preferences I have for schools would be MD-only and not Caribbean. I'm more than happy applying to my state school.
GPA: 3.7, sGPA: 3.6
-Very heavy course-loads, will almost certainly go up in the remaining semesters
Cancer center volunteering: 300 hours
Microbiology research: 150 hours
EMT: 150 hours
Shadowing: 110 hours (100 radiation oncology, 10 neurosurgery)
Fraternity community service chair
EMT hours should be at around 800 or more by the time I apply (I just got hired). Research should also go up by a good amount, as I'm planning on doing an undergraduate thesis. Volunteering is steady at about 3-4 hours a week, though I'm looking into doing some non-clinical as well over this summer. I'm also trying to diversify the shadowing hours a fair bit. My father is a radiation oncologist, so it's definitely skewed towards that at the moment.
I'm essentially asking whether it would be a good idea to do a gap year with this sort of resume. I know these ECs are very cookie-cutter and the GPA's nothing to write home about. The only preferences I have for schools would be MD-only and not Caribbean. I'm more than happy applying to my state school.