I decided fairly late into college (fall of my senior year) that medicine was really what I wanted to do instead of pursuing a doctorate in science. As a result, I have little volunteer experience. I have around 30-35 hours from my freshman year tutoring chem in my dorm (not any official university program, just something a couple of us did) which led me to be a paid tutor through my school. I am currently an ER volunteer and will have accumulated ~130 hrs by application time. I've also just signed on as an ESL tutor in my community which I should be able to get at least 40 hours out of by the time I apply. I plan on continuing both of these after application.
Other things going for me:
-sGPA=3.83, cGPA=3.81
-1700 hrs as a scribe, currently chief scribe for my site
-over 2350 hrs of research including a DOE internship, three national conference presentations as first author, one award for best undergrad poster at a national conference, one travel award, multiple smaller presentations, one middle author paper before application, 1-2 first author papers after application
-Goldwater scholarship honorable mention (not a win but still national recognition)
-I've checked the shadowing box
Assuming I don't bomb my mcat next month will my lower volunteering numbers hold me back? Obviously, I won't be applying at T20 schools or those with a heavy volunteer focus.
Thanks for any help!
