How should I format bullet style in my app?

[deleted74029]

Instead of writing paragraphs in the work/activities section I want to use bullets. Since its not a word document I know I cant use actual bullets. So what type of character should I use to separate them?

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[chad5871]

I would at least use short sentences, but if you're stuck on bullets just use a dash like this:

-Did this
-And this
-And finally this

When you're done with your application you can print it and see how it would look when the med schools get it.

 

[Depakote]

AMCAS tends to mess up formatting in the activities section and blur separate paragraphs together into a single one (at least it did when I was applying). I would recommend avoiding using bullet points as it will likely be a formatting nightmare.

 

[deleted74029]

AMCAS tends to mess up formatting in the activities section and blur separate paragraphs together into a single one (at least it did when I was applying). I would recommend avoiding using bullet points as it will likely be a formatting nightmare.

From what I hear that has changed this year which is why I'm considering bulleting, I also was just taking some advice from LizzyM who says she wouldn't mind seeing an app formatted in such a way.

 

[alwaysaangel]

Yeah I wouldn't trust the formatting - I put my in lines with breaks in between them under some activities, and it still ended up in one giant paragraph.

So your application may end up looking like this:

-task a - task b - task c - task d - task e

 

[Bacchus]

I just looked at my PDF by logging into AMCAS and choosing print application and formatting stayed. I did this type of formatting:

-Shadowing
--Shadowed Dr. X
--Talked to patients
-Next thing

I only used one dash, but the forum settings won't recognize the <space> and then dash mark.

 

[sillydoc2230]

i did bullets last year for my activities a la resume style and several of my interviewers commented on it as a unique and refreshing way to see the app and what i found most important in one quick glance over.