I also think I am lacking in volunteering/patient facing experience. It was difficult to find such opportunity due to the pandemic, and even now the majority of hospitals in my area are not allowing high-schoolers to participate in past volunteer programs because of COVID protocol. I’m actively searching for clinical patient-facing experience so hopefully I can find something this summer, but I do think BS/MD’s are unlikely in my current situation.
One opportunity I was thinking off is becoming a CNA, which may provide me with clinical experience in the field. Do you think this is beneficial?
The points you listed about BS/MD’s certainly make me question whether or not I would pick it over a normal undergraduate institution. As of right now I do think i’ll still apply to a couple of BS/MD’s, possibly cutting down the more competitive ones from my list, but it’ll be wise to do some more research into the program requirements before committing to writing essays for these schools