For the colleges and coursework, how should I go about entering planned courses? There are two different schools I plan to finish my prereqs at, but I'm not sure which school I'll be attending for those classes because I haven't received a confirmed work schedule for the fall (in addition Spring class schedules aren't out until October).
Should I list the courses at both institutions as planned? (which would duplicate the courses).
Thanks for the help
You should only enter courses that you are already registered to take. Once you take the classes, you can update the schools with new transcripts.
Hey Everyone,
A few questions...
So when listing work/EC/Awards/Honors/ect, do I list them from most recent (start date) back or oldest (start date) forward???
Can I mention something under both EC and an honor section? During one of my EC, I was selected to attend a conference, so can I mention it twice or just mention it as an honor and use the EC area to talk about other things I did there?
One of my volunteer entries I do twice a month= 4 x 2=8 hrs/month, but they ask for weekly hours so do I just put it as two even though I'm not their every week??
When I was preparing to graduate I was given the letter stating that I was eligible for Psi Chi (but it wasn't starting on campus until yr and half later); however, since I was graduating I could not join. When I went back for my post-bacc I never thought to see if I could join and I had to declare a second major (biology) for fin aid purposes, so I figured that was it, but I am wondering if I should state it in the honors section as Psi Chi Nomination and would you all?
When starting a new paragraph did you all just use 1 space or more?
I think that is it for now. Thanks!
Usually you enter information from the most recent to the least recent.
If you received some sort of honor during one of your ECs, you can mention the specific honor in the Honors section and talk about your overall EC separately.
How many hours you put per week is really up to you and doesn't really matter all that much because you put down total hours and the dates anyway. I would think it more accurate to write 4/week rather than 2/week, since during the weeks you actually did it, you did it for 4 hours.
I wouldn't enter Psi Chi eligibility in the Honors section because you never actually got the honor. That's like entering "Golden Key Society nomination" when you got a letter stating you're eligible...you just didn't want to pay the fee.
I honestly don't remember how well paragraphs worked, but I think I put in like 5 spaces or so to indent a new paragraph. There's no standard; do as you like.
Does a class that you are listing as a repeat have to be the exact same class from the same institution? Can it be the equivalent class from a different university?
And, do you list W classes as repeat classes if you took the class at a later date?
A retake can be from any other institution as long as the retake is worth the same or more amount of credits.
I wouldn't see a point in listing a W class as a repeat if the W isn't being calculated into your GPA anyway, but that's just me.
where on the aacomas app should I put shadowing experiences?
I believe you put that under the volunteer section, if I recall correctly.
To fill in the total hours and average hours for extracurricular, volunteer, community service, how should this be done? The two ways I thought about it are:
1. Take the total number of hours(100 hours) and divide it by the total number of weeks between the dates that you listed (104 weeks) to give the average hours per week (0.96 hours/week).
or
2. Say you volunteered at a hospital for 3 hours per week over a two year time period, but only for a total of 36 weeks since you didn't do it every week. Then take the 3 hours/week times the 36 weeks to give the total number of hours.
Which way works better or how does aacomas say to do it? I think that having 0.96 hours/week or 0.02 hours/week looks funny. Any thoughts?
Don't turn this into a math problem.
Use number 2.
In the Description text boxes for each Work and Service item, what the the preferred way of inputting information? I was thinking of inputting my information with bullet points, like on a resume.
I have heard plenty of people using bullets. Others, like myself, used paragraphs. It's really up to you.
I had to cut so much off. I don't know how that can be considered long.
