For volunteering hours, is the date of starting listed?

[WanderingGuitarist]

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I started in January of this year for clinical volunteering and I wanna apply this cycle.

So far I have 60+ hours and will break 100+ by app time.

I was wondering if the date I started will be listed.
If so, how it will look if I started volunteering clinically January of this year?

Already have 200+ regular volunteering hours in multiple orgs.

 

[ifnotnowwren]

You do list your day starting and day ending. Personally I don't think it should be a problem. I started scribing a few months before I applied because I had just graduated and finally had the time to commit to it. I think adding one activity soon before applying wouldn't look strange. If an applicant added all of their activities a few months before applying, it would probably seem as if the person were just beginning to explore the field of medicine. That's probably why people are cautioned not to add too many things just before applying, because it may seem like they don't yet know what they want/what they are getting into. In your case, especially if you have other clinical experience or shadowing, I don't think it would be a problem. I'm not an adcom though, so take my words with a grain of salt.

 

[ChemCrazy]

Sorry to add to this thread- If you have 2 years of clinical experience (2oo hours), followed by basically 2 years without any, how much can do in the last 4 months without it seeming off?