Volunteer & Service

You may wonder why this is important.
But after all, physicians are in the business of helping people.

So, you say you want to help people? (This may be a question during your interview)
Can you show that you mean it, or is this just talk?

Volunteering and participating in service opportunities are some ways to demonstrate your commitment to help others.
Volunteer tutoring, summer camps, soup kitchen, hospital or clinical volunteer work, shoveling snow off driveways, church service, missions, etc, all work to show that you care about helping people during your pre-med preparation. Ideally you participate in more than one type of activity.

Do whatever is interesting to you or get involved in a cause that you can personally gain satisfaction from. You may be asked in your interview why you got involved in what you chose.

Many people have already begun giving back to the community and are involved in specific projects involving the poor, elderly, underprivileged, sick, or children and adolescents who are in great need and in danger of slipping through the cracks in society. If you are already involved, then continue with what you are doing.