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Hello, now that my freshman year is coming to a close, I would like to see what you guys think I should change for my sophomore year
I will be taking Orgo, physics, and upper level bios so I wanna see what activities are lowest yield and could be dropped in favor for more studying time (Big Brother and Scribe must remain though)
Here’s a overview of my freshman year + projected summer hours:
Overall gpa: 3.8
SGPA: 3.8
Total Clinical: 355 hours (192 more hours projected before I start sophomore year)
ED Transport: 115 hours
Scribe: 240 hours
Total NonClinical: 56 hours (445 more hours projected before I start sophomore year)
Affordable housing complex/homeless shelter volunteer: 40 hours
Reach Out and Read: 6 hours
Big Brother: 10 hours
Americorps (starting in summer): 400 hours
Total Research: 43 hours
My lab closed down, so I gotta find a new lab in sophomore year
Total Shadowing: 6 hours
Was with a pediatrician
(In my sophomore year, I want to shadow inpatient specialities)
Is 6 hours enough? There’s honestly very little difference between my scribing job and the shadowing. The only positive thing I can think of is that the pediatric clinic has residents and medical students so it is interesting to see the dynamic between the attending and these people.
LORs: Bio 2 prof guaranteed, Gen Chem 2 prof guaranteed, Stats 1 prof is a maybe
Also, I was initially planning on doing a hospice volunteering position as well as a crisis text line counselor position during sophomore year. These positions are good cause the counselor position is per diem and hospice is really close to my house.
I will be taking Orgo, physics, and upper level bios so I wanna see what activities are lowest yield and could be dropped in favor for more studying time (Big Brother and Scribe must remain though)
Here’s a overview of my freshman year + projected summer hours:
Overall gpa: 3.8
SGPA: 3.8
Total Clinical: 355 hours (192 more hours projected before I start sophomore year)
ED Transport: 115 hours
Scribe: 240 hours
Total NonClinical: 56 hours (445 more hours projected before I start sophomore year)
Affordable housing complex/homeless shelter volunteer: 40 hours
Reach Out and Read: 6 hours
Big Brother: 10 hours
Americorps (starting in summer): 400 hours
Total Research: 43 hours
My lab closed down, so I gotta find a new lab in sophomore year
Total Shadowing: 6 hours
Was with a pediatrician
(In my sophomore year, I want to shadow inpatient specialities)
Is 6 hours enough? There’s honestly very little difference between my scribing job and the shadowing. The only positive thing I can think of is that the pediatric clinic has residents and medical students so it is interesting to see the dynamic between the attending and these people.
LORs: Bio 2 prof guaranteed, Gen Chem 2 prof guaranteed, Stats 1 prof is a maybe
Also, I was initially planning on doing a hospice volunteering position as well as a crisis text line counselor position during sophomore year. These positions are good cause the counselor position is per diem and hospice is really close to my house.