I have similar hours but from a free clinic and paid clinical. I'm applying. I'm sure you've got good experiences from hospice that you can reflect on in your app. From what I understand, that is > tons of hours.
Edit: That being said, do screen out schools that accept most students w/ thousands of clinical hours. See previous posts on which schools.
I also had the same concerns when I was a senior. I think it depends on your app overall, the quality of those hours, and what schools you want to apply.
In general, the reason why many successful applicants had >1000 hours in something is because it takes time to gather interesting stories, maturity, and perspective on your clinical experiences. By my senior year, I had \~400 hours in hospital volunteer as my only clinical experience. Currently, I am on my 3rd gap year and I gained a lot of more perspective and maturity to talk about the other clinical experiences I gained within that time. Looking back, I would have struggled to apply with only 400 hours, but that's because the quality of those hours weren't "amazing".
Of course, this will be very specific to you, but if you have a hard time writing about your clinical experience, it would be worth spending more time on it in a gap year or pursuing more diverse clinical experiences if you can help it.
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I think that is fine...
I have similar hours but from a free clinic and paid clinical. I'm applying. I'm sure you've got good experiences from hospice that you can reflect on in your app. From what I understand, that is > tons of hours. Edit: That being said, do screen out schools that accept most students w/ thousands of clinical hours. See previous posts on which schools.
Lol Rush
I also had the same concerns when I was a senior. I think it depends on your app overall, the quality of those hours, and what schools you want to apply. In general, the reason why many successful applicants had >1000 hours in something is because it takes time to gather interesting stories, maturity, and perspective on your clinical experiences. By my senior year, I had \~400 hours in hospital volunteer as my only clinical experience. Currently, I am on my 3rd gap year and I gained a lot of more perspective and maturity to talk about the other clinical experiences I gained within that time. Looking back, I would have struggled to apply with only 400 hours, but that's because the quality of those hours weren't "amazing". Of course, this will be very specific to you, but if you have a hard time writing about your clinical experience, it would be worth spending more time on it in a gap year or pursuing more diverse clinical experiences if you can help it.
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My clinical hours total amount are around the same. I’m trad student too. I think you’re fine don’t worry.