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Hello fellow pre-meds,
I'm working on my AMCAS activities and stumbled upon an age-old dilemma. Should I use bullet point style or narratives?
After organizing all my activities and combining all my shadowing experiences, I still end up with 15 entries. Any help on how to group or re-organize them?
1.
Community service/volunteer: medical/clinical
- Medical scribe: 120 h
- volunteer at a hospital: 40 h
- Volunteer at a private clinic: 800 h Repeated (summer of 13, 15, 16)
Community service/volunteer: not medical/clinical
- Volunteer at homeless youth shelter: 30 h
- Prepare and serve food to homeless: 40 h
- Red Cross: 180 h
Physician shadowing: (combined into one entry)
- Family medicine :10 h
- Internist: 100 h Repeated over 3 years
- Anesthesiologist: 7 h
Leadership:
- Coordinator for a club 150 (repeated)
- Founder a tutor group 50
2.
Research: 550 h
3.
Teaching/tutoring:
- TA: 500 h
- Tutor: 450 h
Honors, awards, recognition:
- Tutor of the year
- 9 times dean’s list
- Black belt Aikido
Presentation:
- research presentation at school
Other activities:
- Certified PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System) technician
I'm working on my AMCAS activities and stumbled upon an age-old dilemma. Should I use bullet point style or narratives?
After organizing all my activities and combining all my shadowing experiences, I still end up with 15 entries. Any help on how to group or re-organize them?
1.
Community service/volunteer: medical/clinical
- Medical scribe: 120 h
- volunteer at a hospital: 40 h
- Volunteer at a private clinic: 800 h Repeated (summer of 13, 15, 16)
Community service/volunteer: not medical/clinical
- Volunteer at homeless youth shelter: 30 h
- Prepare and serve food to homeless: 40 h
- Red Cross: 180 h
Physician shadowing: (combined into one entry)
- Family medicine :10 h
- Internist: 100 h Repeated over 3 years
- Anesthesiologist: 7 h
Leadership:
- Coordinator for a club 150 (repeated)
- Founder a tutor group 50
2.
Research: 550 h
3.
Teaching/tutoring:
- TA: 500 h
- Tutor: 450 h
Honors, awards, recognition:
- Tutor of the year
- 9 times dean’s list
- Black belt Aikido
Presentation:
- research presentation at school
Other activities:
- Certified PACS (Picture Archiving Communication System) technician