Too late to start on EC's junior year?

[robertschuh]

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[BellyDancingDoc]

Better late than never!!!

Still, if you've been doing any non-medically related ECs, make sure to stick with those, as well. Apparently, consistency = good.

Frogs

 

[notdeadyet]

Am I going to have to take a year off before seriously applying?

Sounds lilke you have good stats. And you have had other experiences prior to junior year. Just focus as much as you can on the clinical stuff now to have a few bullet points filled on your AMCAS. I can't imagine you'd have to reapply because of it.

 

[prznpremed]

i had a similar realization mid junior year and managed to get involved with enough things to fill the majority of the EC lines in the AMCAS application... it's usually a cascade effect, one volunteer organization/research position/clinical experience usually leads to more of them. it's not as difficult to jump on the bandwagon as it may seem. 🙂

 

[evade]

I didn't choose a major until winter quarter of my Junior year, when the registrar threatened to put a hold on my class registration unless I chose.

I didn't start doing medically-related ECs until Spring quarter of my Junior year, because I didn't know what the heck I was even interested in until then.

I didn't decide I wanted to go to medical school until eight months after I graduated.

I'm currently in my second year at one of my top choices for med school.

Basically, so long as you focus on your goal once you've figured out what that goal is, it's never too late. You might consider taking time off, not so much to pad that application, but so that you gain the opportunity to learn and experience some stuff before you pack off for med school. Really, a year off goes by faster than you could ever imagine, and I cannot fathom how people manage to interview while they're still in class and still doing their ECs. It's gotta be rough.

 

[vp826]

i am sorta in the same situation as the OP. during my junior year i started volunteering, working a job that is related to medicine, and summer of junior year i am going to get involved in a research program. i am most likely going to take a year off after i graduate undergrad school.

i was wondering if working as a pharmacy tech. looks good on the app. i am going to start working in a hospital as a CIM this dec. and am currently volunteering in the ER and central sterile supply dept. so would being a phamacy tech. cover the area of "working" in a hospital? or is it looked down upon?

i am a junior this year and am considering taking a year off.