CampingDelight Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hey guys, I have some questions to ask. I'm in my second year and I signed up to volunteer for Heart & Stroke Foundation and some charity in my school and I'm not even sure if it will be counted towards my resume... besides, we barely do anything. There isn't much events going on... it's almost meaningless if you ask me... I do realize that it is necessary, if not essential, to volunteer during school. So far all I've done is peer tutoring, looking after kids in the community (during vacation... ) and volunteering in the hospital. I want my EC to be great... would med schools look down on me if I don't volunteer much during academic year? =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Pick one or two long term commitments that you can effectively manage during the school year. Then use your summers for research or other activities. That way you'll have some longer term activities, and some that are still relevant but shorter in duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 I volunteered at the hospital 3 hours a week during the academic year. You should do something but don't kill yourself over trying to do a lot of activities while juggling school work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 You have to have some activities. Be clever with choosing them and make sure they don't impact your grades. GPA is King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 And only sign up for activities you will enjoy or there is no point doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBCStudent128 Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 You have to have some activities. Be clever with choosing them and make sure they don't impact your grades. GPA is King. I signed up for too much and got overwhelmed during first 2 weeks... So I quit few EC's and right now I'm just volunteering at a lab 6 hours a week and a club executive in a fairly large student club, organizing events. I'm not doing any "service ethics" during school year, maybe this is not a clever choice of activities? I do enjoy the club executive position, and the lab is supervised by a med school prof so I'm reluctant to give up these activities for just "hospital volunteering"... What do you think about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soap.Bar Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 'Just' volunteering at a lab and a club executive? I think that's plenty! If you really want to squeeze some hospital volunteering into your resume, why don't you just do it over the summer (since you've already got a lab component going on anyway)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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