So as far as I can see, there's "Presentations/Posters" and "Publications."
1. should abstracts be listed under "Publications"? what if you did both an abstract and a poster presentation? should the abstract/publication trump the poster presentation?
2. should a distinction be made between presentations/posters that you gave yourself and ones that you were just involved in? how should i do this (keep in mind there's only 700 characters this cycle)?
3. can i save characters by putting my name and then "et al" for the rest of the authors when i do the citations? I mean...I feel like that might not tell who the first author, second author, etc. was but I am really having trouble getting this down to 700 characters esp. with multiple publications in each.
4. are the adcoms really hellbent on quizzing you on all of these publications during interviews? i feel like i was included on some projects that got published but they were all on the side, and not my main research project. i don't want to be quizzed on every little thing about some tangential research project.
5. is it bad to not fill out the entire 700 space limit on some other activities? i have 15 but on some I'm finding it hard to elaborate.
6. when choosing the classification (i.e. "community service medical" versus "teaching/tutoring") - is it best to try to spread out your experiences (i.e. if you have an activity that could qualify as either of those, try to even out the number of activities you have in each category)?
Thanks guys!😍
