Better to Give Than to Receive

...at least that's what my parents told me when I was a child. I never really understood it when I was really young but eventually it made sense. While stomping on the MCAT and honing your GPA is important, volunteer activities are a key component to your med school application. Finding volunteer opportunities is really quite easy, but if you need some quick online searches there are VolunteerMatch.org and UnitedWay.org to get you started.