Job experience while applying to med school

WayOutWestMom
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:41:25 +0000

cltrising:

variety of volunteering during undergrad

Variety is less useful than consistent long-term volunteering with a single organization/activity or specific disadvantaged/disparaged group.

Things like soup kitchens, food pantries, Habitat for Humanity, Healthcare for the Homeless, Meals on Wheels, etc. Things the directly alleviate the suffering of individuals.

She needs a couple hundred hours at minimum, much more for med schools that are service oriented (like Tulane).

As a North Carolina resident, she wasted her money applying to MCG and MUSC.

Allopathic med school really don’t consider shadowing letters from physicians since they don’t convey much useful information. Osteopathic med school require a physicians letter, though