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Hey guys, for the extracurricular activity descriptions, what should be included underneath? Is it just a basic description of the activity or should it focus more on the meaningful nature behind it (Essentially, like a smaller meaningful activity on the MD app)?

I know they don't have a separate meaningful activity section so I was just wondering.

Also, when we fill out the pre-req for each school, do you guys include all of the classes that would satisfy their requirement? For example:

Biology: I have taken micro w/lab and included that and my IB credit BUT I took 1 quarter session of intro to bio at one of my universities. Do i need to include that to satisfy the credit?

Also, I took gen chem at my 1st university but it did not have lab, so when I transferred I had to retake chemistry w/lab. Do I need to include the gen chem w/o lab at the 1st university for the pre-req or just the one with lab? I know some schools specify " ___ with lab" but other schools do not so it is really confusing what I need to include.


And finally, I shared my MCAT score to the application but i don't see like an official "AMCAS MCAT Score" entry. Is that normal? Or does that mean it did not send?

I know these are a lot of questions but I could really use some help please!