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how to navigate competitive pre-health community?

I'm a 2nd year bio major just joined prehealth route and I feel behind in my extracurriculars. It's hard not to compare myself knowing that I will have to compete with them when I do my pa school application. I'm trying to improve my stats and will meet with an advisor soon to discuss my options.
I thought about joining prehealth frats or organizations to learn more about it but even those are too competitive/toxic. How have your experiences been with a prehealth career? what supportive communities were u able to join and how did you find them?

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Aimee’s Answer

I would recommend focusing on volunteering in the area that interests you, such as geriatrics or pediatrics. For example, you could volunteer at a nursing home or an assisted living facility. Be sure to keep track of your contributions during your volunteer work and how they helped reinforce your desire to pursue PA school. This experience can be impactful and valuable for your application.
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Rita’s Answer

I recommend everyone interested in the medical field to work as a medical scribe. They pay you, you learn the language but most importantly, you get to interact with doctors and see if this is what you really want to do. Honestly, I'm grateful for what medicine has allowed me to accomplish but I really need to think about if I would do it over again. Most doctors don't want their kids to go into medicine because they know how difficult it is. This allows you to experience medicine and decide, "Do I want to do this for the rest of my life?" If you decide to go into medicine, schooling will be much easier because you have now been introduced to the language and thought process of medicine.
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Rachel’s Answer

Before becoming a doctor, I was a medical scribe. I 1000% recommend it. It not only gives you stories to tell during your interviews but also gives you real life experience and when the doctor is dictating a patient note to you, you are getting to see their logic and why they are ordering something (dependent on the doctor). It is even better if you work in a teaching hospital where they are constantly asking questions of the residents or the students so you can listen in on what you might be expected to know. This was an invaluable experience and many of my interviews even to get into residency (not just medical school) hinged on these experiences. I do believe someone already mentioned this, but that is my advice as well. Dominica
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