Will it look bad if I am averaging 28hr of ECs per week in my gap year before reapplying?

[DrainCravens]

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[Hollow Knight]

I think you’re overthinking this. Working a job or volunteering during your gap year is fine.

I would probably post a WAMC but it’s interesting to me you refer to almost 300 hours of clinical exposure as a “weakness.” Maybe it really is that bad now but I wouldn’t think so and I was reviewing apps literally like two months ago……

But I really don’t think this hard about people’s ECs. Maybe I’m weird though

 

[DrainCravens]

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[Hollow Knight]

I think my main weakness was my nonclinical volunteering wasn’t targeted for underserved people. At my stat range (3.9/512), a lot of those schools like Drexel, Tulane etc. value service. For research focused schools, letting my lab’s research publication hopefully get accepted in the next year would also help.

I just decided to take a year off to hopefully have the best possible app for MD, and wouldn’t be happy going DO without trying for MD fully.

I’ve considered retaking my MCAT, but don’t think it’s the best use of my time. I was averaging 512 on my last 3~ AAMC FLs.

Yeah every school values service. That’s very important.

Your grades and MCAT are awesome, don’t retake. You probably won’t get into Harvard but you probably wouldn’t anyway even with a 520, you’ll still be a great doctor.