1) For Hobbies, this is not problem, but if even one of them involved lessons, a gym, a competition, that gives you a contact to put in the header. Anything listed under that you needn't feel compelled to provide another contact for.
If the scholarship required you to maintain a certain GPA in college to maintain it from year to year, then you could include it (and mention those criteria). If it was solely based on HS accomplishments/or a one-time lump sum sort of thing, then I would not bother including it.
1) It could, since part of the activity included patient phone calls and front desk interactions (maybe you even roomed patients?). It depends on how often that was a part of your duties. You might mention your estimate of the degree of patient interaction in the description. If it was rare, then maybe saying it was clinical would be misleading (though a tiny bit true). It might be better to designate it nonclinical and comment in the description about what degree of patient interaction you did have.
1) MD programs aren't going to care bout the letters after a doc's name, so you could do as you suggest, or you might consider dividing them in more logical ways, eg, by primary care (Internal Med/Peds/OBGYN/Family Med) vs specialists/surgeons. Or by Private vs Public Practice. Or by dates: more recent vs long ago.
1) Only if you continued to engage in singing or piano during the college years. And I would hesitate to include anything before HS unless it was the equivalent of America's Most Talented TV Show.
PDF is the view adcomms will use.
Glad you asked. DO NOT double count the hours. It will not be taken well.
I think it sounds like a Hobby. If it's more than sewing, maybe name it "Clothing Reclamation"? Don't call it "Volunteer Personal Shopper" (LOL).
"Short-Term Volunteering Involvement" is a consideration.
IMO, resesearch should always be listed under Research, whether volunteer, for class credit, or paid, so list it all under Research. That one term was curricular and graded is evident from your transcript. If you are paid, you would make a note of it. If there is interaction with patients, you would make the clinical element apparent from the Name you give the activity and within the description.
It is research. For AMCAS purposes, it is not considered to be a volunteer, ie humanitarian or altruistic, activity any more than your volunteering to attend college would be.
1) The college's registrar is aware of all your academic honors.
I think it depends on how and why you got the scholarship. If it was a recognition for meritorious service of some sort, all that would be worth mentioning.
1) That's fine. As a nontrad, you'd be expected to have more recent, interesting activities to highlight.
Here is the thread you need:
If you need more space to discuss a single shadowing experience, it's fine to list on its own, but you want to be sure to title the two experiences differently so they won't be confused. Maybe, "Extra Physician Shadowing Experiences," and "Most-Motivating Shadowing/Observation of a Pediatrician" or somesuch.
Either is fine. Pick the one that balances your application best so you have more of the categories covered. If the URL is short, you might consider embedding a link to your website to highlight your writing, in case someone is interested in looking at it.
See my post from 8:45 am today which covers your options for listing embedded shadowing: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=12611063&postcount=1267
1) I'd propbably use a more generic title, since you'll have to spell out all the names in the entry anyway. You could also use "Short-Term Volunteering," or "Extra Nonmedical Community Service." Or somesuch.
The answer would be best given after a more detailed analysis of your overall ECs, which is not within the scope of this thread. Unfortunately, you appear to have deleted the relevant information from your WAMC thread. Post in the main PreMedAllo forum for the most robust responses.
I would not fill in that part. Not necessary.
1) No.
I expect that the description you wrote explains adequately what you intended. I wouldn't worry about it or go out of my way to mention it. Adcomms will figure it out.
I see no reason not to mention it, provided you are politically correct and the dates don't suggest the onset occurred before you turned 21.
Presuming this was a campus poster/presentation, I'd mention it after the description of the project itself (in the Other category), to give it more context. Though, alternatively, you could add the recognition to the Honors/Awards space. Be sure to mention how competitve it was, and to share credit with other contributors.
This should be listed under Research, whether volunteer, for class credit, paid, or a mix. If you are interviewing patients, then it would be considered clinical experience, too, and you'll want to make that clear from the title you give the activity (eg, Psychiatric Research Assistant and Patient Interviewer) and by emphasizing that component of the activity (particularly if you don't have other experience with sick people).
