Having a personal website

[whatwasthat123]

Does it help for medical school interviews or applications to have a personal website to show work you've done through hobbies. Basically how much do adcoms care about your outside life.

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[Goro]

You're asked about your hobbies in the EC list. I wouldn't be impressed by having a website. Some of my 10 year old 's friends have them too.

Does it help for medical school interviews or applications to have a personal website to show work you've done through hobbies. Basically how much do adcoms care about your outside life.

 

[Glandzburg]

Does it help for medical school interviews or applications to have a personal website to show work you've done through hobbies. Basically how much do adcoms care about your outside life.

They have a lot of applications to sort through, so Adcoms don't have time to go through stuff like that for all applicants. More often when Adcoms look up applicants on the web, they are looking for potential red flags.

 

[mistafab]

Your website is a good way to bypass selling your information to facebook to get connected with your friends and former peers - nothing more.

 

[Ismet]

They have a lot of applications to sort through, so Adcoms don't have time to go through stuff like that for all applicants. More often when Adcoms look up applicants on the web, they are looking for potential red flags.

If an applicant supplies a URL, committee members will typically look at it. It's pretty rare, but it's happened a couple times and it's usually something interesting or unique.

Just make sure your URL actually leads to something, because it's just a waste of characters if it doesn't actually lead to your website...

If someone is an artist and they put their work up on a website, I would absolutely be interested in looking at it. Not that it makes a difference in my decision, but it's just one more way to get to know the applicant a little better. Just my opinion.

 

[Revolution9]

Just make sure that there isn't anything on that website that could potentially look bad to the Adcoms. If you have the site, keep it related to the projects and less about you (don't want to look self-absorbed).

 

[Slave to the Game]

So you're basically expanding your "hobbies" section by linking them to a web page where you can better expand on what you've done? Or are you asking if they want to see your hiking/camping with friends photos?

In both cases, not a great idea. Anything worthy enough to be on a web page that you link them should already be mentioned in your application (e.g. award-winning original music composition).

 

[Ismet]

So you're basically expanding your "hobbies" section by linking them to a web page where you can better expand on what you've done? Or are you asking if they want to see your hiking/camping with friends photos?

In both cases, not a great idea. Anything worthy enough to be on a web page that you link them should already be mentioned in your application (e.g. award-winning original music composition).

But if the admissions committee can hear or look at whatever their accomplishment is, that adds a little something of value. Also, hobbies are very nice to see on an application, it doesn't have to be "award-winning." This kind of thinking just perpetuates the pre-med neuroticism.

 

[LizzyM]

But if the admissions committee can hear or look at whatever their accomplishment is, that adds a little something of value. Also, hobbies are very nice to see on an application, it doesn't have to be "award-winning." This kind of thinking just perpetuates the pre-med neuroticism.

I agree. I've enjoyed seeing applicants I was about to interview play the piano, give an art history lesson, or perform a dance routine.