Extra-Curriculars for Med School

Jugulator20
Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:42:06 +0000

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Below are excerpts from a current thread on SDN by Goro, a well respected adcom

Have the right ECs. You need ECs. There are tons of people on SDN who ■■■■■ and moan about them. Well, tough. Each school gets thousands of apps for some 100-250 seats. How do we winnow down the pool? The answer is something that hyperachievers with no people skills hate hearing: you have display your altruism and humanity, your willingness to serve others, you know what you’re getting into, and that you know what a doctor’s day is like.

It’s not only about GPA and MCATs…it’s about the rest of the packet. All the people you’re competing with are academically clones of each other. So the guy with 1000 hrs in the lab and 100 hrs shadowing (and who thinks shadowing counts as volunteering) but has no other clinical experience doesn’t know what he’s getting into, hasn’t shown anything altruistic and will be passed over for someone who reads to poor children, or brings coffee to the dialysis patients in hospice. 4.0 automatons are a dime-a-dozen. Stats may get you to the door, but ECs get you through the door.