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Do EC activities have an expiration date?
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I don't think so. Generally, EC's during high school are not considered, however anything in college should be fair game.
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I think if you examine the purpose off ECs to adcoms, you would probably see that there isn't a hard cutoff, because that doesn't make much sense in the philosophy of why ECs are considered. They aren't necessarily looking to see what skills you have that are relevant to medicine, like an employer might consider when looking at someone's resumé.
I had an 8 year gap between high school and the start of my undergrad. Would I be able to include ECs from then that I currently no longer do?
I think that those would be OK, but it would still be useful to have new and different activities. It's always good to distinguish yourself from the other applicants. Note: an eight year gap due to military service counts as one massive EC on it's own!
Ok awesome. I've played hockey for the past 20 years but had to stop once I started my undergrad because practice and game times conflict with my class schedule.
It may depend on what those ECs were. Employment or military experience-- absolutely relevant. Hobbies-- maybe not so much.
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Expiry dates are meaningless. I eat expired food and drink expired milk all the time, and I'm still alive.
As with everything in the application process. Ask yourself, what would the rational be for whatever you are asking about. If there isn't one, then the answer is going to be "No" 99% of the time.
* as with everything in life.
