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Any nonclinical volunteering that shows your service orientation? Tutoring is overrepresented among premeds and represents academic/science/thinking competency.
I've volunteered at my local church providing meals for economically disadvantaged kids, at a homeless shelter, at a non-profit packing medical supplies for medically underserved populations, at local polls during elections and also charity races for cancer.
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You have a good list and should receive several interviews. You could add any of these schools:
Mount Sinai
Cornell
Dartmouth
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Mount Sinai
Cornell
Dartmouth
Jefferson
Pittsburgh
Case Western
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
How many hours is this?
~200
Please break down the 200 hours by activity as you listed (total 200):
- providing meals for economically disadvantaged kids
- homeless shelter
- packing medical supplies for medically underserved populations
- local polls during elections
- charity races for cancer
Sorry!
- providing meals for economically disadvantaged kids: 72h
- homeless shelter: 67h
- packing medical supplies for medically underserved populations: 28h
- local polls during elections: 24h
- charity races for cancer: 10h
