What extracurricular activities are you engaged in?

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What extracurricular activities engaged in?

I am starting pre-pharm in the fall, and plan to a few hours of community service hours per week. Maybe in the hospital or teach kids math or tennis or sth.

I hope I can engage in other activties like intramural sports and stuff, but I don't want to take too much time away from my study time.

 

[leoproductionz]

- a coed hip hop dance team
- united black students
- sorority

 

[Zeke1955]

What extracurricular activities engaged in?

I am starting pre-pharm in the fall, and plan to a few hours of community service hours per week. Maybe in the hospital or teach kids math or tennis or sth.

I hope I can engage in other activties like intramural sports and stuff, but I don't want to take too much time away from my study time.

Well, then do what ya can. Extracurriculars are important, but certainly take a backseat to GPA, PCAT, and pharmacy experience (though, some may disagree overall, and every school is different).

I didn't have a deep pool of extracurricular activities to pull from my undergrad, and I know I've read posts on here, even within the last 6 months, where people say they got in without any extracurriculars at all.

 

[Asrai]

I only had volunteer experience from high school (over 150 hours at a hospital), and in college all I had was about 20 hours from volunteering at a church. Then again, for the end of my 2nd semester through the end of my 2nd year, i had a job working 20 hours a week. So I didn't have much to put down in that area, but I still got accepted.

They want overall rounded students, so just do a little of everything (don't over work yourself), and keep good grades. Join a club, have a small part time job, volunteer on breaks and stuff, and you'll still have plenty of time to study.

 

[Zeke1955]

I only had volunteer experience from high school (over 150 hours at a hospital), and in college all I had was about 20 hours from volunteering at a church. Then again, for the end of my 2nd semester through the end of my 2nd year, i had a job working 20 hours a week. So I didn't have much to put down in that area, but I still got accepted.

They want overall rounded students, so just do a little of everything (don't over work yourself), and keep good grades. Join a club, have a small part time job, volunteer on breaks and stuff, and you'll still have plenty of time to study.

Absolutely! Having a well-rounded personality and resume complete with a good GPA, PCAT, and solid letters of recommendation, is critical. To sort of "fill the void" left by a lack of extracurriculars, I pulled on my full-time jobs I had throughout college in both my personal statement and interview.

 

[AMO69657]

I don't have many ECs, just mentoring/tutoring, bio club, pre-pharm club. But, I'm going to focus more on getting some pharm experience or shadowing done.

So will they look at a job as equal to an EC? Because I think a job where you work 20+ hrs every week is more significant than let's say, biology club that meets every month for 1-3 hrs.

 

[binghamkid]

I don't have many ECs, just mentoring/tutoring, bio club, pre-pharm club. But, I'm going to focus more on getting some pharm experience or shadowing done.

So will they look at a job as equal to an EC? Because I think a job where you work 20+ hrs every week is more significant than let's say, biology club that meets every month for 1-3 hrs.

What's important isn't the # of hours you work, but what you gained from each of these experiences. If going to that biology club that means only 1 -3 hours every month means you gain superb leadership skills/exposure to groundbreaking research/networking with alumni who work in healthcare fields, that can be just as powerful an EC as a job that demonstrates commitment and responsibility.

 

[AMO69657]

What's important isn't the # of hours you work, but what you gained from each of these experiences. If going to that biology club that means only 1 -3 hours every month means you gain superb leadership skills/exposure to groundbreaking research/networking with alumni who work in healthcare fields, that can be just as powerful an EC as a job that demonstrates commitment and responsibility.

that is also true. 🙂

 

[AntiviralsRule]

I'm working full-time, so I'm limiting my ECs to a few hours at a local hospital and one hour per week with a local AIDS organization. I think the key is to be dedicated to whichever ECs you choose. One-time things are OK, but I think what they're looking for is commitment. Quality, not necessarily quantity. My two cents ! 🙂

 

[omnione]

I spent a couple hours a week at a hospital and around three hours as president of my school's Vietnamese group. Most of my free time was spent in a research lab so that's why I don't have a huge list.

 

[StringTheorist]

"Well, then do what ya can. Extracurriculars are important, but certainly take a backseat to GPA, PCAT, and pharmacy experience"

+1000000000 fold

get experience in the pharmacy as a first extracurricular. then get involved in whatever else you want. but make sure pharmacy experience is first. its so important...

 

[thanawalt]

Right now I'm working with an autistic boy, and I do kickboxing and guitar.