Extracurriculars for UBC Medical School in Canada ft OkayKaaay

What extracurriculars should you do to get accepted to medical school? A Canadian UBC medical student (UBC Class of 2024) shares her premed extracurriculars:
Volunteering / Community Service
Leadership
Jobs / work
How to balance working three jobs with studying and extracurriculars
What is a reasonable number of hours a week to work as a student
How to find student-friendly jobs
General Principles to Choose Extracurriculars
Finding your Extracurricular Niche

-😎 There is no set formula of extracurriculars to follow! You don't need to follow what any other med student did because you may have different interests.
- 💪 Do you what enjoy as long as you work hard to excel at everything that you get involved in. No half-hearted effort. Full beast mode only
- ❤️ It's more about what you learn from your experience about yourself, the world, other people, and medicine, rather than the number of activities than you do. Think about how this experience can help you grow as a person
- Depth of involvement and the richness of your experience is way more important than the number of activities you do.
- Try to do a variety so that you can grow in different ways. For example, I think learning to be a better leader is important but learning to be a good follower/team member is an unrated but equally important skill to develop.

🤩 Some ideas to get you started:
#Healthcare volunteering e.g. in a hospital
Community Service - advocacy for causes that you are passionate about, mentoring
Leadership e.g. become a Teaching Assistant, Residence Advisor, the president of a student club or association
Research e.g. Research Assistant, Directed Studies. Commonly asked question: Do I have to do research? Nope!

This is not an extensive list. If you can think of something original that you love to do, go for it! 😍 Offer help to that organization or an initiative by your friends or classmates that could use your skills.

Other videos coming in upcoming weeks on:
Dropping a vlog next Friday which is rare because I feel so awkward filming vlogs LOL. Going to stick to interviews hehe
Kayoung's entire path from High School to Med School
Choosing to do a Gap Year
Study Tips
Time Management and Beating Procrastination
Trying to get research publications as a premed

Check out Kayoung's Channel for study strategies and more:
   / @kayoung_unnie  

How BEAUTIFUL are these thumbnails by Julia Chen?

I’m Shanna, a Canadian medical student. Every Sunday at 9 AM PST I release short videos with interviews with different med students, advice videos, and Day in the Life vlogs. Subscribe for a chance to learn how to be the most productive and stress free med student or applicant you can be. Let’s thrive in medicine together. :) http://shannayeung.com/

I see every one of your personal messages but due to the high volumes of private questions, I'm unable to answer them all. Please check the description tab on my channel homepage for FAQs.

🎥 Check out my other videos
Be More Productive and Stay Motivated as a Med Student or Premed
   • How to be Productive and Stay Motivat...  
What to know before starting first year of UBC Med School
   • What to know before starting first ye...  
Overcome failure as a premed, med student or pharmacy student
   • Overcoming failure as a premed, med s...  
Stay motivated and Stop Feeling Overwhelmed as a med student or premed
   • Overwhelmed in Medical School ft TheO...  
Find Work Life Balance in Med School, Pharmacy School, & Undergrad
   • Work Life Balance in Med School, Phar...  
Productive Day in Med School: Goal Setting, Extracurriculars
   • Productive Day in UBC Med School: Kee...  
Real Day as a Med Student & Cool Patient Cases
   • UBC Med School Vlog Canada  
Productive Day studying for exams
   • Productive Day of a Medical Student s...  

All opinions and statements are my own. This video does not represent the official opinions of UBC Faculty of Medicine. I do not sit on any admissions committee.