dihedralsymmetry
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I was told as a young naive premed by a medical student at a T20 that projected hours were fine, especially for clinical hours if I had a hard time getting them during undergrad, and to focus on my grades/MCAT/research while in school. They said "you can easily rack up 2000 hours during your gap year, and can project those on your application, so don't worry about them as much until then," especially in the wake of the pandemic. I've been hearing more recently though that projected hours are meaningless and that adcoms barely consider them or ignore them altogether, so I would love to get a true answer if anyone knows. Thankfully, I have ~250 completed clinical hours which should be enough, but I don't want to incorrectly advise any young premeds that come to me for help.