Extracurriculars

[Bigmeech66]

I'm wondering how much more volunteering/extracurriculars I should do in order to truly be competitive when applying for med school. I've done the whole volunteering in the ER thing (which i'm sure everyone's done), i ran a summer camp, i've volunteered in a research lab/i'm doing a honour's project and also volunteered during the school yr for Right to play. What are my chances assuming my gpa is competitive?

[future_doc]

Subject to maintaining GPA as a priority always, it is good to do/continue with ECs/volunteering of interest as active citizenship is an important ingredient in the mix.

[frozenarbitor]

Looks quite good. Make sure the way you describe your activities are in accordance with the CanMED roles http://rcpsc.medical.org/canmeds/CanMEDS2005/CanMEDS2005_e.pdf
Good Luck!

[zeroNINE]

As long as the positions you're describing are high quality, your chances are good. By quality I mean instead of being a regular member of a club (which is good, if it's long-term), it's of course even better to be a long-term executive. Doing things that show initiative is also good (like leading the summer camp).

[Legion]

Being a premed101 member also counts as an EC :p

[MathewsMD]

Creating cures is a good place to start....

[future_doc]

Being a premed101 member also counts as an EC :p

That's how I got into med school, lol. :p

[amethystdoc]

great :) i guess i got many hours logged, But who's going to be my verifier?
A mod!

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[Legion]

great :) i guess i got many hours logged, But who's going to be my verifier?

Put future-doc as your reference :D