Would be extremely thankful for feedback!

[curiouschemist]

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[Blue Blood]

You're missing a boatload of clinical experience. Have you shadowed? Done any clinical volunteering? A gap year to take the mcat and really make sure that this is what you want to do the rest of your life is probably wise.

Edit. Missed a part of that...how much have you done total?

 

[curiouschemist]

I've done 70 hours of physician shadowing, and I'm currently volunteering in a hospital working with elderly patients. I should have around 150 hours between the two experiences at the end of the semester.

 

[caffeinemia]

You're missing a boatload of clinical experience. Have you shadowed? Done any clinical volunteering? A gap year to take the mcat and really make sure that this is what you want to do the rest of your life is probably wise.

Edit. Missed a part of that...how much have you done total?

ditto

 

[Blue Blood]

I've done 70 hours of physician shadowing, and I'm currently volunteering in a hospital working with elderly patients. I should have around 150 hours between the two experiences at the end of the semester.

I personally would make sure it's what I wanted to do with my life and get all my ducks in a row (mcat, primary care shadowing, etc.) And I wouldn't want to apply w/o knowing my mcat score was solid.

 

[Red Lobster Actual]

150 hours...might be enough, might not. Even more dangerous is that you are planning to apply for med school this cycle without any idea on how you will do on the MCAT.

From experience, you will over extend yourself if you apply this summer. You are taking classes, volunteering, doing extracurriculars, studying for the MCAT, and writing your personal statement/activities for AMCAS. Do you have your letter of recommendations ready? How many hours are you committing to studying for the MCAT? How many hours will you be working on your personal statement? All these little activities will build up and overwhelm you if you are not careful and you might wind up with a half ready primary application and a bad MCAT score.

Slow things down and take a gap year. Keep in mind that you are competing against applicants who have been at this game since their freshman year of college and many years for the non-trads. You've only been doing this for a little over a year.