1. Good grades and MCAT scoresGood grades and MCAT scores
might get you pass the screening,might get you pass the screening,
but you must also consider…but you must also consider…
2.
3. Good Reasons for Getting InvolvedGood Reasons for Getting Involved
• Allows you to develop
personal interests outside
of class
• Demonstrates you’re a
well –rounded individual
• Confirms to yourself that
there is more to
education than just class
• Brings together people
from different majors/
levels of education
• Provides chance to serve
the community
• Exposes you to health/
medically – related
project(s)
4. Activities/ Organizations to Consider
• Activities in which you are genuinely interested
• Organizations that allow you to use your talents
• Outreach activities that acquaint you to community issues
• Health or medically oriented programs/projects that provide or
reinforce reasons for wanting to become a physician
• Activities that allow you to add to your sense of self
5. Bad Reasons for Getting Involved
• Seeking a way to make
yourself look good on your
resumé
• Participating only, because
you think that it will "get
you into med school“
• Joining a club, because
everyone else is doing it
6. Tigers ChoraleTigers Chorale
High School Mentoring ProgramHigh School Mentoring Program
Memphis Gospel ChoirMemphis Gospel Choir Association of Pre-Health StudentsAssociation of Pre-Health Students
UndergraduateUndergraduate
ResearchResearch
Memphis ProductionsMemphis Productions
Community TheatreCommunity Theatre
7. Student Acting ExperienceStudent Acting Experience
Varsity Track and FieldVarsity Track and Field
Student NationalStudent National
Medical AssociationMedical Association
ConferenceConference