Did nothing extracurricular my freshman year in college, am I screwed?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I didn’t do anything pre-med related my freshman year of college and I didn’t get involved in any clubs either. Am I hurt in the long run?</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>same here…
I did some things my freshman year - but nothing Adcoms want to hear about</p>

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<p>Yes, your application is hurt. No, your application is not screwed. You need to make up for this weakness in your application, somehow.</p>

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<p>Can’t you just do more the next few years?</p>

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<p>That would be how you make it up. Yet, med schools will still want to see long term commitment, not just you loading up on EC’s as application time approaches.</p>

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<p>Didn’t you want to do anything involving medicine? Are you that interested in a medical profession?</p>

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<p>I realized I wanted to be pre-med after my freshman year.</p>

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<p>No, of course you’re not hurt in the long run. Start packing on extracurriculars with substance now. You have all of sophomore, junior, and part of senior year to expand that CV.</p>

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<p>What are some good ECs for premeds besides hospital/research work?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I feel you. I decided to become pre-med after freshman year and had no pre-med ECs either though I did have other non-premed ECs.</p>