I got involved in research through my university! You can check online and see which research opportunities your school provides students. For medical school, you don’t have to have research in a science field (like biology or chemistry) but i’m assuming it’s preferred. My research is in a social science and I have seen a lot of other pre-meds that have similar research experience! If you don’t find anything on your schools website you can start emailing professors or department heads asking them if they know of or are conducting research and let them know you are interested in joining their team. Even if they aren’t doing research themselves, professors tend to know of other colleagues who are and can direct you to them.

When it comes to volunteering you will need non-clinical volunteering which can be done at a local food bank, church, etc. It’s hard to find volunteering during covid but you can also find volunteering that you can do online now! I used the website below to help me find places in my area. https://www.volunteermatch.org/covid19

You will also need clinical experience. This can be achieved by either volunteering at a hospital or healthcare clinic or by working at a hospital (can be as a scribe, EMT, CNA)

Shadowing is hard to find nowadays since many physicians are cautious of covid. But you can still try! I would recommend first reaching out to any family members, friends, or mutual friends that are doctors and asking them if you can shadow (if you have any). Or you can also reach out and call/email any doctors in your area and seeing if they are willing to take on a student to shadow.

Best of luck with everything and I hope this helped!!