ECs continuously from high school but stopped during freshman year

[CarlaFromEurope]

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Hello. I have been lurking here for a long time. 🙂 I did some volunteering during high school about 100 hours in 2 years. However, I stopped doing the same kind of volunteering during my freshman year of college. I've started again. I have been doing the same king of volunteering since my sophomore year of college.

When I list the ECs, should I list them I have been doing since high school or sophomore year of college? 🙂

What is the most efficient way of telling I did the stuff in high school, stopped in freshman year, but have started in sophomore year again and now I am applying to medical school?

Thanks.

 

[Cro]

Anything from before high school graduation (grades, extra curriculars, jobs, etc.) should not be listed on your application. Med schools only care about what you've done since graduation and it's all that will matter. However, if something you did in high school had a big impact on you or your decision to become a physician, you can also mention it in your personal statement or at interviews.

 

[FlowRate]

Anything from before high school graduation (grades, extra curriculars, jobs, etc.) should not be listed on your application. Med schools only care about what you've done since graduation and it's all that will matter. However, if something you did in high school had a big impact on you or your decision to become a physician, you can also mention it in your personal statement or at interviews.

LizzyM posted refuting that...

What Cro SHOULD have said was that they mostly don't care about activities with no continuity that stopped before high school graduation. It would be ridiculous to not mention this continuity.

List it as one activity:

"Volunteering Category
Description of activity: blah blah
Dates: blah blah in high school to blah blah just after high school and blah blah in college until apps time"

 

[dingyibvs]

LizzyM posted refuting that...

What Cro SHOULD have said was that they mostly don't care about activities with no continuity that stopped before high school graduation. It would be ridiculous to not mention this continuity.

List it as one activity:

"Volunteering Category
Description of activity: blah blah
Dates: blah blah in high school to blah blah just after high school and blah blah in college until apps time"

Agreed. They're not gonna check anyway and a one year hiatus doesn't really hurt continuity that much, so just list it.

 

[LizzyM]

There is nothing in the AMCAS instructions that says that stuff from HS shouldn't be listed. However, conventional wisdom is that recent experiences (from HS graduation onward or in adulthood -- age 18 and older) are what adcoms are most interested in.

Either list the 100 hours of HS volunteerism separately or leave it out or mention it in the Personal statement. Frankly, an average of 1 hour per week for 2 yrs (100 yrs total) isn't much to write home about.

 

[alibai3ah]

Hello. I have been lurking here for a long time. 🙂 I did some volunteering during high school about 100 hours in 2 years. However, I stopped doing the same kind of volunteering during my freshman year of college. I've started again. I have been doing the same king of volunteering since my sophomore year of college.

When I list the ECs, should I list them I have been doing since high school or sophomore year of college? 🙂

What is the most efficient way of telling I did the stuff in high school, stopped in freshman year, but have started in sophomore year again and now I am applying to medical school?

Thanks.

I would include the high school stuff too, it shows longevity (even if it was for only 100 hours).