What can I list as volunteer work?

[Buttermellow]

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Hi all. I did a lot of volunteer work in high school (mostly tutoring/mentoring children), but I don't have a ton in college, or a ton of clinical volunteering. Can I count my high school volunteering? It meant a lot to me and was a really good experience. I was afraid of overloading myself in college, so I stopped volunteering, but am picking it back up again.

I'm also a member of a group that gives dance lessons weekly and performs all around the county (for free), at fundraisers and in nursing homes. Can I count this as volunteer work? I feel like it is.

I also don't have a ton of clinical volunteer experience. I worked ~30 hours in the OB department of a hospital, but all I got to do was sit in a room and put charts together, so I stopped volunteering there. I have worked in the university's health center for 2 years, mostly secretarial stuff but I interact heavily with the nurse practitioners.

Sorry for so much stuff, I'm just worried. I would hope it's qualilty, not quantity, that counts in situations like these.

 

[Ranna]

Generally, volunteering in high school is not listed unless it was an activity that you started in high school and continued while in college.

 

[Buttermellow]

Generally, volunteering in high school is not listed unless it was an activity that you started in high school and continued while in college.

Ok, that's what I was thinking.

 

[deleted357625]

Generally, volunteering in high school is not listed unless it was an activity that you started in high school and continued while in college.

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[alwaysaangel]

Hi all. I did a lot of volunteer work in high school (mostly tutoring/mentoring children), but I don't have a ton in college, or a ton of clinical volunteering. Can I count my high school volunteering? It meant a lot to me and was a really good experience. I was afraid of overloading myself in college, so I stopped volunteering, but am picking it back up again.

As others have said, high school doesn't count unless you continued in college or won the olympics.

I'm also a member of a group that gives dance lessons weekly and performs all around the county (for free), at fundraisers and in nursing homes. Can I count this as volunteer work? I feel like it is.

It counts.

I also don't have a ton of clinical volunteer experience. I worked ~30 hours in the OB department of a hospital, but all I got to do was sit in a room and put charts together, so I stopped volunteering there. I have worked in the university's health center for 2 years, mostly secretarial stuff but I interact heavily with the nurse practitioners.

This is a pretty big problem. You've never interacted with patients or physicians. This is essential to deciding if you really want to be a physician and to explaining to admissions committees that you really know what you're getting yourself into.

What you have now will be a red flag and you may find yourself without an acceptance at the end of the cycle.

Get some better clinical experience before you apply.

 

[Buttermellow]

Get some better clinical experience before you apply.

Thanks for the advice. yeah, I knew I didn't have enough clinical experience. I'll get on that. Thanks!