AMCAS - Post Secondary Experiences

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I have about 8 or 9 post secondary experiences listed. Is that too few? Will it benefit me much to "stretch" this closer to 15, or might lesser post-sec experiences annoy the admissions committee?

Also, how important are the 500 character essays that accompany these things. Once again, is it adviseable to fill up most of that space, or just to keep it short and sweet? Do the admissions committee's even pay much attention to them.

I'm going for the traditional AMCAS personal statement. I've tried to avoid rehashing what's said in the post-sec section, under the descriptions of the extra-cirriculars. Is this a wise strategy?

 

[spumoni620]

Don't stretch or try to pad experiences...just list as many discrete, unique ones as you have.

The general consensus seems to be: fill up the 500 characters since this is how adcoms get a full picture of who you are.

i'm not sure what you mean by the "traditional approach" to your essay, but it's a good idea to avoid rehashing stuff in other parts of your app.

Most of your questions are also answered in the official AMCAS help thread--or you can do a search using the function on top of your screen. you'll get more opinions there.

Official AMCAS Help Thread