are these consider as ecs?

[BubbaTea]

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Hey guys. Just have a quick question about ecs. Lately, I've been seeing posts by people listing waitering jobs as their ECs. Can we really put this in there? I'm curious because I have been a head waiter for a family business for 4 years. I am also my family's web designer for our business's website..Do these skills count for anything?


Thanks!

 

[Stratego]

Any employment can be listed on the AMCAS application. If you weren't paid, it can be listed under "Other." I'd say that both the mentioned activities have importance.

 

[LizzyM]

Employment in any service industry is going to count for something. IT skills are nice, too.

 

[jgauger]

Anything you do that takes signifacant time outside of school should probably get listed. There are so many skills and experiences one could posess that would help with a carreer in medicine and you can aquire them in so many different ways. Waitering jobs require signifacant people skills. I worked in food service for 4 years. You really have to develop some interpersonal skills to last in that type of job and I think adcoms look favorably on that.

 

[BlueElmo]

I would put it down as an EC.

 

[lstone13]

Definitely list it, but if you were paid, then it should be classified as employment, not extracurricular.

 

[LizzyM]

Definitely list it, but if you were paid, then it should be classified as employment, not extracurricular.

AMCAS has a section called "experience". You categorize items and "employment, non-military" is a category. Sometimes an item could qualify for two labels and you need to choose (being employed to do research, for example).

 

[BubbaTea]

thanks for the reply guys! its nice to know that not all of the ecs have to be directly related to the medical field 🙂 since it is a family business, I don't get paid, so i guess it will go under the "other" section?