I have volunteered in many different areas during my years at North Park. My freshman year I participated in the Viking Kids Day which led me to further volunteer in the Holy Family after-school program in the projects. I also continue to participate as President of the Urban Outreach Green Team, the environmental conservation outreach program at North Park. Through this I have dedicated time to starting and maintaining the organic garden where food is grown for the North Park Friendship Center. Being a student leader in Urban Outreach has also exposed me to the Friends of the Refugees program as well as new groups and new people in the North Park community. Aside from help with people, during my first winter break and summer I volunteered for Indigo Pet rescue. This involved taking part in pet adoptions as well as doing physical labor in effort to start up a new facility for the training and housing of rescued pets.
I have also been involved with many extra curricular activities. I became a member and later vice president of the Tri-Beta Honors Society. I am an active member and Historian of the North Park Chemistry Club, which participated in the 2009 NEIU Children’s Science event. I am also part of the North Park Math Club. I have been known get up early to enjoy the fishing club, which is still in development. Enjoying anatomy field trips is also something I have done in my free time, including a trip to Body Worlds and to RUSH Medical Center for cadaver dissections.
My travel experiences start my freshman year with the Green Team. During spring break we dedicated our time to traveling up to Minnesota in attempt to take part in the reforestation of some land using Hybrid Poplar trees. Cutting off the new growth of the hybrid poplar branches, then preserving them for the winter allowed for the land-owners to plant these branches the next year, each one resulting in a new tree.
Sophomore year of spring break consisted of long bus rides with the North Park Gospel Ensemble. While touring up and down the west coast between Oregon and Washington, we spread the Gospel by song all while growing in community with each other and through the close encounter with death on Mt. St. Helens. During freshman year, the Gospel ensemble also traveled to Kansas to worship there.
Come my junior year, thanks to the financial aid gained from my summer research opportunity, I got to participate in the Ecology of Costa Rica class offered by Dr. Bjorkman. This trip consisted of treks through the rainforests, cloud forests, boat rides through the mangroves, and early morning Tapir hunts. These activities all in attempt to learn about a dying ecosystem I had always dreamed of visiting. This was by far the most enjoyable and educational experience I have had with North Park.
I also did a research internship at UT southwestern Medical center and am going to start research on PD in the fall. My GPA is slightly over a 3.6 and Ive been awarded some biology scholarships the last two years. Im currently taking an MCAT prep course and will be taking that in august. So my score for that is non-existent.

What do you guys think? im freaking out thinking im missing some major clinical experience. Do you think lacking clinical experience will severely hinder my chances of getting into medical school?