What Are Some Meaningful EC during Dental School?

[zej3]

Hey guys,

I will be a new D1 student this fall. I feel a bit lost about what kind of extracurricular activities should dental students being doing to maximize their time during dental school? During undergraduate, I feel like we have a very clear list of ECs (researches, volunteers, shadowing) that all serve a clear purpose to help us get into dental school. But now we are at dental school. Is there still a clear list for ECs, or should we focus more on personal growth (relationships, finance, etc)?

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[Ivy.ch]

Play pick up sports with your buddies. Have game nights with your classmates. The best ECs were the unofficial ones.

 

[PerioDont]

I spent a lot of time planning events and fun things like hikes, BBQ, etc with our schools faith based organization and our youth group

I also volunteered quite a bit with a free local dental charity. And I was involved with a school dental charity organization that paid for tx done by D3/4 for pts that couldn’t afford it. I also did research and publishing.

Greatly enjoyed all of those things. do whatever ECs you enjoy, don’t force yourself into something for the sake of putting it down on a resume.

also it is fine to do 0 ECs. If you want to specialize maybe a position in ASDA or something. But it’s not really that critical imo