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I would list this as Leadership, putting the date span that you served on the board, and name it Board Member of XXX Club. In the narrative, mention that you were a general member of the organization and dates, then discuss your terms and activities as a board member, then lastly that you were elected to serve as president and the future dates of anticipated service.
Since you have a lot to say about your computer involvement, it's fine to split them out. Maybe you can think of a few more leisuretime activites you enjoy that could be listed along with the paintball and skiing. Adcomms will like to see that there are day-to-day activities you engage in if there is no readily available mountains or paintball courses.
If the scholarship was received due to something you did in HS (religious involvement, sport, wrote an essay, congressional application), I wouldn't include it. Exceptions: If it was a merit scholarship, I'd add it to the other Honors and Awards entry. Or if related to something extraordinary. Would you care to elaborate?
Even though these two courses are on yor transcript and their content seems evident, I think it would be fine to list them under Research, name the experience something like, "Overview of Research," or "Preparation for Research." In the narrative explain just as you have above.
You don't think I should be concerned that talking about these two classes unnecessarily exposes a weakness in my application? Or does including this minimal experience outweigh leaving it off and showing nothing at all?
I'd say it compensates for a deficiency by showing that you had an interest, have gained an understanding, and are potentially ready to take on the real thing. I wouldn't add the "made me more open to possible work in the future" comment. It would leave the expectation that by the time interviews come around, you'd have more activity to report. Having a negative answer for such an inquiry wouldn't reflect well. Showing that you've gained a basic comprehension of the process is a good thing and essential for a greater understanding of future journal articles you'll be reading for the rest of your professional career. Leave it at that unless you're brave enough to state that you have no interest in furthering your acquaintance with a lab.
It sounds like if I word the description correctly, this can enhance my application. So, I'm going to work on that.
You could list it under Employment, grouping it with other Short-Term Employment. But it sounds like fluff to me.
That would be an honest answer. The fact that you have no local resource for gaining a research experience could also be mentioned as a legitimate excuse.
Consider deleting the above post, as mods strongly discourage duplicate posts. (Remove all but a period then save.)
1) If you have the space, list them separately, since they're so different. Otherwise, put them together or split them as you wish.
Do I risk having the adcoms skim if the entry looks like this:
Perfect! Keeping it succinct makes skimming less likely.
a) If you use this approach, I'd add a further clarifier, like naming it Summer Employment, besides speciying the true dates intended for each year.
You aren't going to come across as cocky if the award was given for "expertise". I think it's fine to use whatever words the award letter used when citing it. When referring to having gotten the award, using the word "proficiency" is a nice downplay.
To my mind it is still paid employment, due to the provision of food and housing. You might also list it under Other, if you prefer.
I recall discussion of this issue in the Nontraditional Forum that you might Search out to better consider the pros and cons. It's my opinion that including it under Other to detail your family obligations helps an adcomm to understand how busy you are and why your ECs might not be as ample as those of traditional applicants. Others feel it is a distraction without bearing on your application that might raise the issue of, What will your family do without you when you're at the school and library for 15 hours a day? What if there is a crisis woth one of your children? Tell us about your family support? Etc.
Reptarbar suggested a good word if you want to seem modest, which is a good way to put yourself across.
Do what you said in #1, but then give a separate listing to the highest level of accomplishment for each project IF it resulted in a
I like it, but make clear it is a family business if you are concerned about coming across as pre-vet, such as, "This being my family's first experience raising livestock, . . ."
This is fine.
Iwould include it. I think it would best be mentioned at the end of the narrative describing the research. If you have a link to an on-line article in one of the newspapers, add it.
1) If you have space, include them in one spot, as customer service postions have relevance to medicine.
If there's no one besides the ex-president who could vouch for you, then list him, but put in parentheses "(graduated)." And contact info-"unknown."
No contact information is needed for Hobbies.
It's fine to just list them, unless the nature of the activity isn't evident to the average person from the name (eg, dragon boating). I'd add a bit more if you ever competed (love to cook, won first prize at country fair for cookie recipe), or if you used the hobby to do more (eg, love to knit, worked with a group that sent afghans to soldiers or love to run, completed a half marathon in Chicago 5/10).
While this activity wasn't clinical experience, it would still qualify as Volunteer-not Medical/Clinical. And maybe 20 minutes of physician shadowing. Measuring the refraction of a contact lens wouldn't qualify as either, but I'm sure it was interesting to learn how they do it.
