Medical Did anyone else get a Fulbright this year and not sure whether to put it in their W/A section?

[Mr.Smile12]

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My Fulbright does not start until January 2021 now, due to COVID... I was going to submit my app with the Fulbright included, but I am not sure I can. Has anyone put work/activities on that technically they haven't started yet, but will by the time medical school matriculation happens?

I guess you can always put it down as "planned/in progress." I'm sure most will understand if you couldn't take advantage of it.

 

[tantacles]

Thanks for getting back to me, I am just worried that the start date has to be by the time I submit the application. What should I do about this?

I say put the date it was awarded. Everyone knows what this scholarship is, and you can write about your activities with planned hours.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Agree. Put the date it was "awarded." Don't wanna leave things like this off.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Sounds good, thanks! My only thing is if I am going to be talking about it in secondaries, why would I put it on a primary?

You can list it as an award on your primary and then expand on it in your secondaries.

 

[tantacles]

Ok, at the moment I have it as one of multiple award listings under a Honors/Awards/Recognitions section. I didn't know if I should also give it a space on the W/A section to describe what I would do as well since I am not sure how primaries and secondaries are read.

Your choice. I'd like this expanded out as it's a prestigious award. If you put it in your primary, everyone can see it. If it's part of your secondaries, the only ones that will see it are those who have space that applies to it. I would do the primary.

 

[tantacles]

Ok, I am gonna put it on my primary. What experience name should I put it as you think? And sorry, I was a little confused with what you meant by: "If it's part of your secondaries, the only ones that will see it are those who have space that applies to it."

Primary: All schools see it no matter what, and you only have to write about it once in the activities section.

Secondary: You have to choose to put it there individually, and there may not be an essay for which it is relevant.

I think any experience name is ok as long as it indicates that you are a fulbright scholar in the title.

 

[tantacles]

Gotcha! Thanks so much for your help throughout this all!

My pleasure.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

You should be listing ALL your things on the primary. As said above, this is how you are going to get your secondaries. If no one sees it, they could pass over you.