Adding future volunteer experience or no?

[flowerbud1]

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I just moved back home and now I am getting ready to submit my AACOMAS application:


I will be volunteering at two hospitals in the area (one of which is an osteopathic hospital) in about 2 weeks and I wasn't sure if I should add these volunteer experiences to the AACOMAS application since right now I do not know what my duties will be and can't really describe the experience on the app.

I have one volunteer experience in my app, but its not an osteopathic hospital which is something i would like to highlight

any thoughts?? thanks so much!!

 

[fiznat]

I wouldn't. A "future opportunity to volunteer" is a pretty weak accolade anyways.

I didn't have any volunteer experiences on my application at all. I'm really not sure that a lot of schools weigh these type of things all that heavily.

 

[Rollo]

Don't add any future stuff. You might have all the intentions in the world to go through with it but the admissions committee doesn't know that. I had 2 events - 1 shadowing and 1 volunteering that I was scheduled to do later in my app year. I didn't include those in the primary app but I talked about them in secondary apps and interviews AFTER I started/completed those events.

 

[DrWily]

You can always add it later. I would submit now, get the verification running (will take you a month...) and then after you start volunteering, you can add it onto your list when you have a more definite answer of your responsibilities.

 

[ShyRem]

Do not add things that you have not done yet.

You can add it later after you actually have DONE the experience.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

when i input shadowing and volunteering I did not put an end date and mentioned that i hope to continue these throughout the application season, but I was involved in both for 6 months to a year before I applied.