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Hi All,
I know there is an entire forum devoted to this, but I could find a good response.
I started a great part time research position in March, and would like to include it in my current AMCAS application. The problem is my list is already full from the last application cycle and I could use some advice as to how to fit it in. I'm not going to cut and paste all my activities, but I would like to run a possible solution by you all:
I currently have 2 separate entries for a previous research position: one is a work description, the other includes 2 abstract citations based from his research for a poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience.
I was thinking to merge these two by referencing the poster presentation/abstract in my research description entry. I have heard people advise creating two separate entries in this situation, as I've done. My rationale for merging them is 1) Although I was present at the conference, I did not present, 2) my name is in a sea of others in the 2 abstract citations, 3) honestly, since I was a lowly tech at the time, I would be much more comfortable discussing the general concepts of my research if asked in an interview. I feel like if you list a citation (publication or poster abstract), you should be prepared to answer more in depth questions.
Anyway, my opinion is that in this case, my new research job would trump the poster abstract entry. Any thoughts?? If it helps, I already have another entry with a journal publication (2nd author).
I know there is an entire forum devoted to this, but I could find a good response.
I started a great part time research position in March, and would like to include it in my current AMCAS application. The problem is my list is already full from the last application cycle and I could use some advice as to how to fit it in. I'm not going to cut and paste all my activities, but I would like to run a possible solution by you all:
I currently have 2 separate entries for a previous research position: one is a work description, the other includes 2 abstract citations based from his research for a poster presentation at the Society for Neuroscience.
I was thinking to merge these two by referencing the poster presentation/abstract in my research description entry. I have heard people advise creating two separate entries in this situation, as I've done. My rationale for merging them is 1) Although I was present at the conference, I did not present, 2) my name is in a sea of others in the 2 abstract citations, 3) honestly, since I was a lowly tech at the time, I would be much more comfortable discussing the general concepts of my research if asked in an interview. I feel like if you list a citation (publication or poster abstract), you should be prepared to answer more in depth questions.
Anyway, my opinion is that in this case, my new research job would trump the poster abstract entry. Any thoughts?? If it helps, I already have another entry with a journal publication (2nd author).
