You know you're a neurotic premed when...

[HeronsBeak]

You think submitting mid June is going to kill your application.

What are your neuroticisms this app cycle?

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[Starry]

Reading about people who have YEARS of clinical experience working as an assistant in a clinic or have shadowed physicians for 1000+ hours.......



This is my rant (takes a DEEP breath):
I am a business major and was involved in student government and had a leadership position in a business-ey club that took up lots of time (around 1000 hrs) and I think that my lack of clinical experience is the worst part of my application. I do have an administrative internship during the summer in our hospital system and yes, I have shadowing experience and clinical volunteering (albeit only a paltry 100-200 hours...) I am also an EMT-B, but I haven't done anything with it since I got it fairly recently, so that isn't good. ;(

This rant just showcases my neuroticism

 

[DrEnderW]

clinical volunteering (albeit only a paltry 100-200 hours...) I am also an EMT-B, but I haven't done anything with it since I got it fairly recently, so that isn't good.

That's actually a very respectable amount of hours.

I was a college athlete, did research, and was involved in a lot of non-medical volunteering so my clinical hours were very, very low... like zero when my app was submitted and I ended up with 20. With that being said, I was more than fine and no one even asked me about it in any of my interviews because it was clear I was involved in other things. Your time spent in other areas will reflect your dedication. I wouldn't worry about that level of experience - it's still a lot!

 

[WingsFan]

Looking at people with a 3.8/42MCAT and asking if they have a chance... people better off than I who are also neurotic just makes it worse.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Reading about people who have YEARS of clinical experience working as an assistant in a clinic or have shadowed physicians for 1000+ hours.......



This is my rant (takes a DEEP breath):
I am a business major and was involved in student government and had a leadership position in a business-ey club that took up lots of time (around 1000 hrs) and I think that my lack of clinical experience is the worst part of my application. I do have an administrative internship during the summer in our hospital system and yes, I have shadowing experience and clinical volunteering (albeit only a paltry 100-200 hours...) I am also an EMT-B, but I haven't done anything with it since I got it fairly recently, so that isn't good. ;(

This rant just showcases my neuroticism

I really don't think 100-200 hours clinical experience when you've never had employment in a clinical profession is "paltry". I share the angst over shadowing. I don't see how you can do it for more than 30 hours, but SDN makes it sound like you need 300+.

As for me, I took a year of graduate-level classes last year and merely did okay. This board makes it sound like you get auto-rejected with anything less than a 3.7 in grad school.

 

[Starry]

I really don't think 100-200 hours clinical experience when you've never had employment in a clinical profession is "paltry". I share the angst over shadowing. I don't see how you can do it for more than 30 hours, but SDN makes it sound like you need 300+.

As for me, I took a year of graduate-level classes last year and merely did okay. This board makes it sound like you get auto-rejected with anything less than a 3.7 in grad school.

Whew, glad I'm not the only one who thinks EC's on sdn are crazy.

100-200 is including shadowing (30 hrs) and I've spent lots of time serving cookies and punch to patients (90 hrs). And I volunteered in Panama (80 hrs.) That's my "clinical experience."

Are you applying this cycle?

 

[IslandStyle808]

... when you freak out over getting straight As in your classes instead of straight A+s

 

[Bill Brasky]

Whew, glad I'm not the only one who thinks EC's on sdn are crazy.

100-200 is including shadowing (30 hrs) and I've spent lots of time serving cookies and punch to patients (90 hrs). And I volunteered in Panama (80 hrs.) That's my "clinical experience."

Are you applying this cycle?

Yes. I'm in the same boat. I decided on medicine in, like, 2011. There's only so much I could do in that period of time clinically, and I wasn't landing any clinical jobs so 110+ hours volunteering in the ER and 20-30 hours shadowing will have to do (on top of non-clinical volunteering and ECs).