Waiting to apply in order to boost EC's

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

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I am in a tough situation. I am lacking in the clinical volunteering and research, but starting this summer I will be greatly enhancing those areas of my application. Basically, I will be doing research 40 hours/week starting the 1st week of June, and about 8 hours/week of clinical volunteering at the same time. I currently have about 50 hours of volunteer tutoring, 30 hours of research, 135 hours of clinical/OR shadowing, 50 hours of work as a TA for gen bio, a few mission trips (one as a leader for middle-schoolers), about 150 hours of paid tutoring, about 300 hours of working in the office of a home health care company, and thousands of hours of DIII football. Stats at time of application will be close to 3.66/3.68 cGPA/sGPA and estimated 32-35 MCAT.

I am sitting for the May 31st MCAT, and I know it is possible to get amcas verified without the MCAT score. However, I am worried that my small amount of research and clinical volunteering will hurt me. Would it be worth it to wait to submit primary amcas until the end of june so I can add about 160 research and 40 clinical volunteer hours, or will the delay in verification cause more harm than good?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

 

[NNPham]

I think you already have good EC's.

 

[supermintyfresh]

I think you already have good EC's.

I agree. You don't really seem like you necessarily need to wait an entire year just because you have a couple of summer positions lined up. Why not list these summer research/clinical experiences as something that is "ongoing" in the AMCAS, and add a description of what you anticipate to do.

I did a SURP the summer I applied, included a brief description in the "activities" portion of the AMCAS, and was still asked about it during my interviews.

 

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

I don't mean to delay my application an entire year, just until the end of June.

I didn't realize that it was acceptable to list "in progress" activities. I guess I will go that route. Thank you.