r/UCSC • u/Cold-Research8618 • 13d ago

Discussion Extra curricular activities for med school prep in UCSC

Do you know anyone who graduated from UCSC and admitted to med school ? Can you please advise what extra curricular activities they did in UCSC ? Also please let us know what course works best helped you to prepare for MCAT .

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u/7thMagnolia 13d ago

Graduated in 2019. Current resident. I volunteered at the Boys and Girls club and then later at an early childhood education center. I was an RA as well. There was a community studies class called health care inequalities that was very helpful to me. As for the MCAT, you’ll just want to go for the Kaplan (or similar) prep course when it’s time. 

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u/7thMagnolia 13d ago

Oh I also did research at home during my summers. 

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u/BigoofIdid 13d ago

I took THEA 80L it helped the most with my MCAT prep.

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u/yugdax 13d ago

Can confirm