You don’t need to be college graduate to be a patient care technician/nurse’s aid. All you need is a high school diploma plus passing a 4 to 12 week long training class that’s offered at most community colleges. (Minimum of 75 hours of classroom and clinical training.) The Red Cross also offer CNA classes. Some nursing homes and rehab centers will even train (at no cost) current low or no-skilled employees as PCTs/CNAs. Finding a CNA/PCT training program isn’t that hard.
Pre-med ECs are the ECs expected from all medical school applicants. Without the appropriate ECs, your application will be DOA even if you have competitive GPA and MCAT score.
The expected pre-med ECs are:
● physicians shadowing, especially w/ primary care physicians
● clinical experience (paid or volunteer)
● community service with the disadvantaged
● leadership positions in your activities
● lab bench or clinical research
● teaching, tutoring or coaching experience