What more can I do for ECs?

[oregonian19]

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Hello everyone!

I'm about to graduate and take a gap year before applying to the 2019 cycle. Based on my ECs, I was wondering if anyone could give me some recommendations on what more I could do?

Past:
-Health ed./outreach club; had a minor leadership role (2 years, 80 hours?)
-Honors research thesis (research from lab, see below)
-Biology lab assistant (1 term, ~80 hours)

Current (all hours are by the end of summer before I move):
-Health education job for student orientation (~200 hours)
-Volunteer pharmacy technician at a charitable pharmacy which serves uninsured patients (2 years, 200+ hours)
-Biology research lab, paid; one poster presentation at my university (2 year, 500+ hours)

I am moving at the end of summer, so anything I'm currently doing will only last until then.

Will do:
-Physician shadow (already have 8 hours, but will obviously get more!)
-Volunteer at my local hospital
-Find healthcare or research job following the end of my health education job.

Let me know what you guys think I could do! Also feel free to ask any clarifying questions!

Thanks!

 

[AllBleedingStops]

Will do:
-Physician shadow (already have 8 hours, but will obviously get more!)
-Volunteer at my local hospital

If all of this leads to solid experience with respectable number of hours, add non-clinical volunteering. I would say this stuff takes precedence over the research and other though.

 

[oregonian19]

What would be a good non-clinic experience? It seems like most people do shelters or kitchens.

 

[djsbaseball2014]

I always recommend doing something that you are genuinely interested. Whether its hiking, sports, arts and crafts etc Whats stopping you from starting a club revolving around that hobby/expanding out into the community. For example, maybe you like hiking, why not start a hiking club/join the hiking club and become an officer? Odds are its a smaller club with less people so getting a leadership role would be easy. Then take the hiking club and reach out to local shelters or community centers and see if you can host events with their members? Or take underprivileged kids on hikes to combat childhood obesity/get kids more active? Combine altruism with a hobby and you will reap more benefits.

Nothing you have listed really tells me about YOU, what makes you different, alot of people will have research, teaching experience, hospital volunteering and shadowing but what really makes you unique? Feel free to PM and i can share some of my experiences with you! You have great stuff but you can do some things to make everything more well rounded and tie into a "theme" for your application

 

[Goro]

Get off campus and out of your comfort zone.