
I realize that each year it becomes even more difficult to be accepted into medical school. If my husband were currently applying to medical school, I would encourage him to get involved in an international health experience. Working in a teaching hospital in a third-world country would provide incredible experiences, as well as a unique accomplishment on an application. If this were unrealistic, I might encourage him to get involved with a local organization, or start his own, depending on his passions and interests. As I've noted earlier, my husband is totally obsessed with biking, so I would suggest that he look for or start an organization with the purpose of providing bicycles for poor people, or one that provides a mountain biking summer camp targeted at troubled teens, etc.
Of course, these resume building activities need to be accomplished, along with the multiple other medical school requirements, while working full time, getting good grades or re-taking any necessary classes (to beef up the grade point average), supporting a family (if applicable), filling out the med school applications (this is a huge job alone), - or whatever your circumstances may be - and somehow enjoying life... which brings us back to the emotional aspect of applying to medical school. It is torture to go through with it once, but twice or more? - I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But whatever you do, don't get discouraged - we have multiple friends who applied to medical school more than once, or twice, or even three times before getting accepted.
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