Leadership experience question

[datcnguyen]

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Hello,

I was wondering if tutoring counts as a leadership experience. I work with a company called Academic Bridges and I am currently teaching a student 2 courses. I am also a Peer Led Team Learning Leader for chemistry where I instruct a group about how to solve general chemistry problems. Would these count as leadership? Please reply. Thanks!

 

[Bunny Fru Fru]

Yes, certainly.

 

[Mackey]

Peer led Team Learning Leader. Listen to that. That should be like 5 leadership experiences. Someone get this man a helmet with a star on it.

 

[apumic]

Sounds like it may be more in the "teaching" than leading category, really. I think it definitely fits in as significant leadership experience. I would seek diversity in your leadership experiences as well, though. Definitely continue what you're doing but adding a different kind of leadership experience onto this tutoring/teaching would probably be beneficial.

 

[Morsetlis]

Teaching is leading!

 

[apumic]

Teaching is leading!

mm... a type of leadership, perhaps, but it's more explaining than leading. The skill-sets are pretty different. Leading people is typically more interactional and often requires a lot more persuasion than does straight teaching.

 

[Catalystik]

I agree with apumic that the tutoring mentioned would better fit under "Teaching," another valued activity on the med school application. Were you to manage several other peer tutors, orient them to the job, take care of the scheduling, advertising, book the proper rooms for them, check up on them to be sure they're doing their jobs, etc., that would be a Leadership experience.