Volunteer Question

[thewendster]

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Hi,

I am trying to bulk up my volunteer experience in a short amount of time.. (I.E. doing 100 hours in a month) because most of my medically-related volunteer experience is 5 years old. I was thinking about having the clinic where I volunteer sign a note at the time of my application verifying that I had completed X hours with them and had committed to another 6 months of service. How do you think this will read to the post-bac admissions?

I also want to add that I work 50+ hours a week and have been taking evening classes. (just found out I got an A in chem)... so this has been eating up a lot of my time.

thanks

 

[Maxprime]

From what I've seen post-baccs & even SMP's generally won't decline a candidate for lack of volunteer/clinical experience unless the're borderline - even then, those are easy things to fix.

It definitely couldn't hurt - but I wouldn't kill myself over it.

 

[thewendster]

thanks Max. what would be considered borderline? I have a 4.0 math and science (Calculus and Chem) and a 3.6 cumulative GPA. graduated from New York University. I got a 1290 on the SAT.
I attended a pre-med high school where I spent 100 hours in clinical rotations and 100 volunteer hours at a neurology clinic. Since then (5 years later), I will just be starting a new volunteership this Jan. hopefully will have at least 50 or so hours before I apply.

I will be applying to the big post bac programs, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Goucher… I have no idea what they're acceptance rate is and I am very nervous.

 

[Maxprime]

thanks Max. what would be considered borderline? I have a 4.0 math and science (Calculus and Chem) and a 3.6 cumulative GPA. graduated from New York University. I got a 1290 on the SAT.
I attended a pre-med high school where I spent 100 hours in clinical rotations and 100 volunteer hours at a neurology clinic. Since then (5 years later), I will just be starting a new volunteership this Jan. hopefully will have at least 50 or so hours before I apply.

I will be applying to the big post bac programs, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Goucher… I have no idea what they're acceptance rate is and I am very nervous.

4.0 Science & 3.6 overall should make acceptance pretty easy for most schools. I haven't checked explicit numbers, but you'll be just fine (congrats on the nice work in UG).