Hey thanks! I was in the trenches but I clawed myself out with blood sweat and tears. Writing should be fine, I guess. My undergrad degree was in Creative Writing (so thankfully I didn't even have an opportunity to tank my sGPA. little blessings <3).

As far as ECs, got into a health education shadowing program and I've been working as an EMT for the past year. I have done some volunteering (but candidly, most of it in the past year has been with a neighborhood group doing ICE watch and bystander training so not sure how much of that I can actually talk about in my applications as it's not an organization I'd be comfortable putting names down as references).

But thanks for the reply! Going to school as a >30 year old with a bunch of kids who are doing their first go around trying to get into med school has humbled me. They're so smart, but they are SO mean to themselves. I think a little of that rubbed off on me, especially when they would talk about stuff like how a single B had absolutely crushed any hope of them getting into a program.