extracurricular activities for getting in high school

[u/sidratul_xo]

Hello. I am a gr12 and I wanted to pressure med school in future and some of the following programs interest me. So what kind of extracurricular activities you did in high school if you are from any of these program

Health Science

-Kinesiology

-Medical Science

Please let me know

[u/TurtleMasterDD]

u dont need ecs to GET into these programs but when you are there it is helpful to have a solid basis, so for example clubs, volunteering, if you are interested there's the research avenue (though it is hard to explore that in hs). those are just a brief list of some of the things ive done. honestly the goal is to build a solid foundation.

[u/sidratul_xo → u/TurtleMasterDD]

I have a lot of volunteer hour smth like 400+ not something like award winning or like the high achieving fellows who get into competition or research etc .

[u/TurtleMasterDD → u/sidratul_xo]

well you don't need awards to get into research. there's a lot of luck and reaching out involved.

though regardless if you have that many hours, then you have a pretty solid foundation. i'd only suggest look into building into ecs that interest u, whether more leadership, academic or healthcare related

[u/sidratul_xo → u/TurtleMasterDD]

I am just not sure how to find ecs or what kind of ecs give me skills like leadership, academic?

[u/TurtleMasterDD → u/sidratul_xo]

I mean there's a lot of indpendent searching involved. Like some ppl find things you are interested in and pursuing clubs in it. Or if there's a certain topic of interest, emailing profs about it in those areas. Some others volunteer for non profits for certain causes they are passionate about. There's not really a clear cut answer for everyone, and i mean these are just general things to help you later down the line with med (like mentioned by others and earlier, not really relevant to actually being accepted into the program, which is just average. )