Contact name

[GymClassHero]

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How important is it to list a contact name for the activities section of the app? I know it isn't required, but is it seen as less valid if there is no contact listed? Just wondering because I want to submit my app now but am missing the last name of a supervisor from a few years ago.

 

[GymClassHero]

anyone?

 

[146233]

Seeing as your alternative is to not include the activity, just list it with no contact name. They aren't going to contact anyone anyway, so just run with it.

 

[nskittles57]

I agree, as long as you can talk about your experience in an interview go ahead and write it down...even if it is made up!

 

[uhohspaghettio]

even if it is made up!

👎... I exaggerated and embellished my hours (not too much), duties and involvements, but to COMPLETELY make one up. hmm... 🙄

 

[uhohspaghettio]

my friend's friend got into one of the private EAst Coast schools two years ago with Some MADE-UP EC activties. if I were in her shoes, I would keep my mouth shut about it in med school

 

[JennyB]

I didn't list a contact name for one of my activities, and it was never brought up during my interviews.

 

[montessori2md]

Given that you can include "hobbies" in your ECs I wouldn't feel like the contact was required.

Let's say you and your mom like skateboarding together on the weekends...would you list your mom as the contact? How ******ed is that 😀

A lot of people also lump ECs together to get around the limits on # of ECs you can list, so then you have to put contact names in the comments section for each of the ECs (ex: EC = hospital volunteer work, and in comments, volunteered in ED for 6 months, contact name, description, volunteered in NICU for 6 months, contact name, description, volunteered as patient escort for one year, etc etc).

I lumped a big pile of my college ec's into one section, because they weren't medical (student govt type stuff) and didn't see any one activity as soooo interesting it deserved its own section, but I do see the pile, overall, as relevant to my application.

If you look at your AMCAS as notes for potential interviewers, it may be easier for you to decide how to format it. How long would you like to talk about something? one minute or less, I wouldn't make it a section.😉

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