Thread for BSMD 2020-2021 Applicants (Part 2)

bhacollege123
Wed, 04 Aug 2021 02:43:50 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I am a rising junior and am considering my activities for next year. I want to do research, shadow, and volunteer at a nursing home, but I am concerned that I won’t have enough time to keep my gpa up. Right now it is 3.88 UW. I currently have 200+ hours in shadowing and I have other around a cumulative of 300 hours in volunteer (non-medical and medical).

I am probably going to commit 4 hrs a week to sahdowing and 4 to volunteer. How much time should I commit to research. I got into a professor’s lab (he’s also associated with the medical school of the bs/md program I want) who said he wanted to work with and mentor me, but I am not sure how much time I should commit.

I want to make research my spike and maybe get a reference from this professor, but I don’t want to sacrifice my GPA or other activities. Please let me know what I should do.

I guess my big question is is it worth it to spend 5+ hrs a week in a lab doing research