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Does studying abroad count as an extracurricular activity? Trying to fill out the extracurricular section on PharmCAS. Hope someone can help me out with this question. Thanks.
Does studying abroad count as an extracurricular activity? Trying to fill out the extracurricular section on PharmCAS. Hope someone can help me out with this question. Thanks.
If you studied abroad and simply took classes, I would most definitely not list it as an extracurricular. I studied abroad for six months and that's my take on it. I did work as a paid tutor for the school I was enrolled at abroad, so I listed that under work experience. If, during your time abroad, you volunteered for an organization for example, that should be listed as an EC. I hope this helps to clear things up a little?? It sounds like your study abroad experience might be in a gray area, though you don't give enough detail for us to make a definitive distinction. As a rule though, I agree with some of the other posters that if you're receiving credit for it, it shouldn't be counted as an extracurricular. There's nothing "extra" about it to make it an extracurricular. If you're still unsure, you could try calling and asking the schools you're applying to or call PharmCAS. I'm sure they're used to fielding questions on these matters. Or if you're already going to talk about it in your PS, you probably don't need to list it as an EC.
Also, if I'm remembering correctly, I believe when you enter all your courses into PharmCAS, they have an option where you classify the course, in your case "Honors Directed Study" as "study abroad" so schools will know that you studied abroad.