Help with listing ec's

[hopefulM.D.]

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I have 15 experiences listed, but am wondering if i should slim it down. For example, I have multiple (yet different) awards for the same research, so should i combine them some how like Nat'l Sci Found/Academic Student Project Grant? I also have a q? if I should combine Dean's list and Cum laude, or just keep the cum laude and add something interesting like windsurfing. Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice.

 

[Booner]

I'm placing my honors status in with dean's list and a few other academic awards just to consolidate everything and have room for playing the banjo. A lot of folks are going to have different small academic awards so I think it's good enough to put the small stuff together in order to have room for things that allow schools to see other sides of you.

 

[BuckerPark]

I'm going with the consolidated route. Not only will it give me something worth talking about in the description but also it will appear less likely that I am 'padding' and will allow more room for other EC's.

I suggest putting all academic awards in one EC and all research awards in another. Just my opinion.

I have 15 experiences listed, but am wondering if i should slim it down. For example, I have multiple (yet different) awards for the same research, so should i combine them some how like Nat'l Sci Found/Academic Student Project Grant? I also have a q? if I should combine Dean's list and Cum laude, or just keep the cum laude and add something interesting like windsurfing. Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice.

 

[Avalanche21]

Hmm...maybe I don't have as many awards as you guys, but I just listed and described all my awards under one EC called "honors/awards" or something

 

[dajimmers]

Hmm...maybe I don't have as many awards as you guys, but I just listed and described all my awards under one EC called "honors/awards" or something

I consolidated all of my academic awards but one big one in one EC. I did two research projects, and used one slot for each. Any awards/posters/presentations/publications I got from that research was included in the research EC. If I had a big publication, it would have gotten its own slot, but I did't.

Your GPA and transcript will reveal all of your academic strengths they want to know- the Dean's list etc. just looks like padding unless it's included in a stream of academic awards in one slot. My opinion, though.