Your Opinion on High School ECs

[tennisball80]

I want to get this straight out. Since only ECs that you continue to do in college can be listed in med school application, should I quit doing one of the following ECs while in high school ? #1 Volunteering with senior citizens. #2 Volunteering with disabled people. Do those two ECs sound the same to med schools ?

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[SouthernSurgeon]

I want to get this straight out. Since only ECs that you continue to do in college can be listed in med school application, should I quit doing one of the following ECs while in high school ? #1 Volunteering with senior citizens. #2 Volunteering with disabled people. Do those two ECs sound the same to med schools ?

Well...
(1) Ideally, you should do things like volunteering with elderly and disabled persons because you care and it's a decent thing to do.
(2) That kind of volunteering looks good on your undergrad applications.

Neither would be impressive on a med school app; most would not include simple high school volunteering like that.

 

[Vicviper]

Maybe if you continued doing them through college they'd add something meaningful to your app. I think 6 years (extending into college) of helping disabled people would show a ton of dedication.

 

[xnfs93hy]

Maybe if you continued doing them through college they'd add something meaningful to your app. I think 6 years (extending into college) of helping disabled people would show a ton of dedication.

med schools like that.

 

[tennisball80]

Maybe if you continued doing them through college they'd add something meaningful to your app. I think 6 years (extending into college) of helping disabled people would show a ton of dedication.

Fantastica !