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Originally Posted by Zephyrus
When you said invovlement on campus, what if I graduate, find out music isn't what it's cut out to be, work for a few years, then decide I want to pursue medicine? How would they determine how much I was involved on campus? Would that still apply to me?
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I know you directed this to Dr. BRB and HE is can provided you more with direct answers on med school financing.
As far as campus involvement, he means, all your extracurricular activities or community service needs to be something that would make the eyes of admissions boards widen...
You need to have volunteered, extensively, in the hospital. Not just at the "volunteers desk" or "gift shop", but if you can, carting the human urine samples around from the hospital rooms for laboratory testing at 1 AM in the morning... I know quite a few people who have done that... In fact I know a few people getting 36's on their MCATs with all that experience and STILL DO NOT get into med school... So, let me tell you, they get 1000s of applications per year for maybe 300 slots, and these days, you might be competing against Ph.D. with published Science/Nature (journals) articles in molecular cardiology, two post doctoral positions, with references from Chiefs of Medicine, Surgeon Generals and Nobel Laureates who are MD/Ph.D.'s....
That is your competition... So, what is your game plan?
The fact is you have got to know your music interests inherently--that means music theory. You need to be able to play several instruments. Then you need to apply it to your disease du Jour, i.e. kids with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, etc. Be creative, because that is what perks up med school admins...
ETA: If you were to start a basic music program at your local children's hospital extolling the virtues of like, "Classical Music" for kids, then measure slight improvements in happiness and healing... Oh yeah, the med school admins will definitely perk up...
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