*~*~*~*Official AMCAS "Work/Activities" Tips Thread 2013-2014*~*~*~*

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docksan said:
As a medical technologist of two years now I tried putting my work experience into the application under paid clinical work but it didn't allow me to specify that I still work or the total hours I have worked.

How should I go about entering this?

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NCKSD said:
You can just put any end date and note in the box you are still currently working and include the number of hours worked.
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I saw somewhat similar questions, but i'd like some specific input.

I shadowed a doc for about 3 months, probably 30 hours or so. However, he eventually offered me a job to be his scribe.

Should I list the shadowing as separate from the job, since it was relatively insignificant (compared to my actual paid position), or just mention it under a main heading for the scribing job?
 
Hey guys, as the summer between my Sophomore and my Junior year begins I could really use some advice as to what needs improvement in my application in terms of extracurriculars. At the current moment, my list of activities includes:
Resident Assistant
President of a Cultural Club
EMT (Volunteer through my school's organization)
Founding a Fitness and Weightlifting Club for the upcoming school year
Tutor for Chemistry paid through the school
Chemistry Lab Floater (Similar to TA)
Volunteered as a Tutor for a local high school
I also have been doing research for the past year and will continue doing so in the summer and the upcoming school year

This summer I will be home for two weeks and will volunteer at my local EMT station, as well as shadow a Pediatrician. However, I feel as if I am severely lacking in the volunteering section, is there anything I can do to make my application stand out in a sense, or show my passion to becoming a Pediatrician? I was thinking of setting up some charity as well for the local kids around around, but there already is a tutoring program, so I do not know what else to do. I also use to volunteer at my local daycare. My only other volunteer hours include the hours I put into my school's EMS organization, which I don't know really counts. Lastly, I was going to try to volunteer at a local hospital at my school this summer, but I do not feel as if this would be fulfilling. Any help would be appreciated, please and thank you.
 
I have a question regarding my sports leadership experiences:

Team manager and coach for intramural competitive basketball team.
Volunteer head coach for youth refugee soccer team.
Tae Kwon Do 2nd Degree Black Belt - taught classes, team leader of demo team, sparring state gold medalist

Should I just clump all of these experiences into 1 activity and call it "Athletic and Recreational Leadership" or something? I have 10 entries already and this would be my 11th.

Also - I won 1st place in the state tennis tournament my senior year of high school and was captain of our tennis team. Is there any way of mentioning that, despite it being high school?

Thanks!
 
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GomerPyle said:
I have a question regarding my sports leadership experiences:

Team manager and coach for intramural competitive basketball team.
Volunteer head coach for youth refugee soccer team.
Tae Kwon Do 2nd Degree Black Belt - taught classes, team leader of demo team, sparring state gold medalist

Should I just clump all of these experiences into 1 activity and call it "Athletic and Recreational Leadership" or something? I have 10 entries already and this would be my 11th.

Also - I won 1st place in the state tennis tournament my senior year of high school and was captain of our tennis team. Is there any way of mentioning that, despite it being high school?

Thanks!
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I don't usually answer these questions but since you seem desperate to find me....

11 Team manager and coach of intramural basketball team
12 Volunteer head coach of a youth refugee soccer team
13 Tae Kwon Do teacher, demo team leader and state gold medalist in sparing

Tennis thing... I'd leave it out. If you really wanted to make it #14, go ahead but given that you no longer play, it seems like old news.

I'd tag 11 and 12 as leadership and 13 as teaching unless you want to highlight the athletics, or just call it a hobby/advocation.
 
LizzyM said:
I don't usually answer these questions but since you seem desperate to find me....

11 Team manager and coach of intramural basketball team
12 Volunteer head coach of a youth refugee soccer team
13 Tae Kwon Do teacher, demo team leader and state gold medalist in sparing

Tennis thing... I'd leave it out. If you really wanted to make it #14, go ahead but given that you no longer play, it seems like old news.

I'd tag 11 and 12 as leadership and 13 as teaching unless you want to highlight the athletics, or just call it a hobby/advocation.
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You always give the best advice, and yes, I am somewhat desperate for it! Haha, thanks.

I do continue to play tennis as a hobby, but am no longer part of a team.
 
This is probably a dumb question, but how are you guys listing being awarded Dean's List? I've gotten it more than one time, but I don't want to list out each time as a separate activity. I was planning on just listing the specific semesters in the comments section, do you think that's ok?

Also...it asks for hours involved in getting Dean's list...I don't even know what sort of number to put on that! What do you guys think?
 
Docility said:
Is it okay to list it as volunteer, non-clinical even if it counts toward my degree requirements? :shrug:

EDIT: A reply from LizzyM herself?! :wow::bow:😳
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Yes. 😉 People do it all the time. Same goes for research done during the school year for which people get college credit, they still put it in the "experience" section. It is not Extra-curriculuar, it is "experience".
 
piggle said:
This is probably a dumb question, but how are you guys listing being awarded Dean's List? I've gotten it more than one time, but I don't want to list out each time as a separate activity. I was planning on just listing the specific semesters in the comments section, do you think that's ok?

Also...it asks for hours involved in getting Dean's list...I don't even know what sort of number to put on that! What do you guys think?
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Yea, just put it under one section; that is what i did. As for the hours, i put 0.
 
LizzyM said:
Yes. 😉 People do it all the time. Same goes for research done during the school year for which people get college credit, they still put it in the "experience" section. It is not Extra-curriculuar, it is "experience".
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Ah, that makes sense. Thanks! 🙂
 
Hi Everyone! I have been working in the same job for the past 3 years (40-50 hrs/wk) which totals to over 6000 hours (since they asked). The box limits my hours to 999, is this what I should put? Thank you and good luck to all : )
 
hart024 said:
Hi Everyone! I have been working in the same job for the past 3 years (40-50 hrs/wk) which totals to over 6000 hours (since they asked). The box limits my hours to 999, is this what I should put? Thank you and good luck to all : )
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That's what I did, then put in the comments section "worked at x from (date) to (date.)"
 
Working as a research technician in a lab, should I list this under Paid Employment or as Research? I had a degree of involvement in designing experiments and interpreting results but did not design overall direction.
 
dirkphoenix said:
Working as a research technician in a lab, should I list this under Paid Employment or as Research? I had a degree of involvement in designing experiments and interpreting results but did not design overall direction.
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I would be inclined to list it as research and then to explain in the description that it was a paid position.
 
LizzyM said:
Yes. 😉 People do it all the time. Same goes for research done during the school year for which people get college credit, they still put it in the "experience" section. It is not Extra-curriculuar, it is "experience".
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hhhmmm...interesting. 🙂
 
So I'm in a bit of a conundrum: I have 6 posters and at least 1 publication (waiting to hear back on the revision of another one which, if I'm lucky, will get accepted before June). AMCAS only lets you enter 700 characters for each description. That's about enough for 1-2 citations. That means I've got to use up 7 slots right now just to list all my posters and publications. Has anyone else run into this problem? What did you do?

Also, two of those posters were intramural "undergrad research day" conference type of posters. Are those worth listing or should I leave them off? In addition, a third poster has yet to be presented although it has been accepted for the conference, so should I leave it off as well? I know that with publications you're not supposed to list them if they haven't been accepted yet, but I would think conference posters are a bit different since there's no chance of a poster getting rejected. In my case the poster is already registered with the conference, the fees are paid, and the research experiments it's based on have already been completed and analyzed, so it's only a matter of waiting to present it.

One last thing, should I bother listing a "conferences attended" activity if it's obvious I was there from the fact I'm first author on the relevant posters?
 
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Hey Guys,

Quick question, I enrolled in a course at my university called Introduction to Pre-Professional Studies. The class talked about what the medical profession was like, gave great advice about doctoring, had Doctors come in and give presentations and spoke to us, and allowed me to shadow multiple doctors in various fields as part of the class grade.

I wanted to put this in the Work/Activities as separate because it was a great class, it was unique, and I shadowed many doctors.

What heading should I give it? What section would it go under? Any thoughts?

Also, I read on another thread about work and activities that you should put what you learned from the experience and why it makes you choose medicine.

Is that true?

Please let me know what you guys think. Thank You So Much.
 
So what is everyone doing about entering an end date for an activity you're continuing? I am volunteering and think I'll be able to continue but I am also starting a new job in the summer and don't know what the schedule is going to be like.

Also, since I start the job at the end of June I could list it in work/activities when I submit June 4th, but I don't know if that's a good idea. Should I?
 
Do med schools take into account a continuing activity that you may not have a lot of hours in currently?

I only have 50-ish hours of clinical volunteering but I am continuing it this whole summer, so I will probably end up with 100+. I will only have around 60 when I apply but I feel like submitting AMCAS later than the first day or two is more detrimental than having some more clinical hours.
 
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slz1900 said:
So what is everyone doing about entering an end date for an activity you're continuing? I am volunteering and think I'll be able to continue but I am also starting a new job in the summer and don't know what the schedule is going to be like.

Also, since I start the job at the end of June I could list it in work/activities when I submit June 4th, but I don't know if that's a good idea. Should I?
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I would enter August 2014 for the end date of a continuing activity. It makes sense. You're not going to be continuing any of your current activities (except maybe hobbies) after you get into med school and move off to another part of the state/country, so the latest your activities could continue for is August 2014.
 
If we have publication that's listed separately from research experience, how do we list the hours for each? Should the research hours include the hours worked for that publication?
 
OCDOCDOCD said:
So I'm in a bit of a conundrum: I have 6 posters and at least 1 publication (waiting to hear back on the revision of another one which, if I'm lucky, will get accepted before June). AMCAS only lets you enter 700 characters for each description. That's about enough for 1-2 citations. That means I've got to use up 7 slots right now just to list all my posters and publications. Has anyone else run into this problem? What did you do?

Also, two of those posters were intramural "undergrad research day" conference type of posters. Are those worth listing or should I leave them off? In addition, a third poster has yet to be presented although it has been accepted for the conference, so should I leave it off as well? I know that with publications you're not supposed to list them if they haven't been accepted yet, but I would think conference posters are a bit different since there's no chance of a poster getting rejected. In my case the poster is already registered with the conference, the fees are paid, and the research experiments it's based on have already been completed and analyzed, so it's only a matter of waiting to present it.

One last thing, should I bother listing a "conferences attended" activity if it's obvious I was there from the fact I'm first author on the relevant posters?
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Since no one answered this, I'll give it a shot. First, I'd put your pubs and presentations in different activities. Next, I would leave off the undergrad symposium stuff; I feel like that falls to the wayside once you've attended a real conference or two. That leaves you with four posters/citations to fit in. Option 1) list all four titles but leave off authors. Option 2) list as one of your most significant and use some of the additional space to list full citations. Option 3) if all 15 activities aren't filled, use an additional activity section so you'll have 2 for presentations.
 
I am in a similar situation with the publications. I have 5 publications and was wondering if I can list them as one or it is best to list them individually. If listed as one do I enter the date for just one of the pubs and the experience name as just one of the journals?
 
If I have two abstract publications, would it be best if I try to clump them both together into one entry? And in terms of these two abstract publications, is listing the citation for both sufficient in the description section?
 
Hey everyone,

Here's another way of getting around the 999 hour limit (which is pretty common for anyone with a long-term full-/part-time job or other activity) if you don't feel like putting down 999 and then mentioning the actual amount of hours in the description. What I've done is split up the three years I've been working at my part-time job throughout my undergrad into three consecutive start dates, which allowed me to enter the number of hours I worked each year (which actually varied a little).

Maybe I'm just being a little OCD but I think that if someone were to just skim over the application without reading the description, 999 hours for an activity would look a little questionable.
 
God AMCAS is such a ****ing joke. I just lost an hour of work because AMCAS decided to log me out with no warning when I submitted an activity entry. I don't get it, they tell you to enter your stuff in the boxes, but it's almost guaranteed you'll lose everything if you do that because when you spend more than 5 minutes on a single page AMCAS just throws it all way when you try to submit. I've used three different browsers now, and AMCAS does it on every single one. Did they even look at what they were putting out? How do you release something with this many issues?

Sorry, just needed to rant, this application is driving me insane.
 
Brownshorts said:
Would it be a bad idea to designate something I only recently started doing (a month ago) as a most meaningful experience? The other two are things I'm making most meaningful I've put a long time into, and I have other activities that I have a long track record with, but I'm really stoked on this volunteer work I just started. I also fully intend on continuing it until my (hopeful) matriculation.
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I've never heard/seen an adcom member criticize anyone's choice of "most meaningful" experiences and I see over a thousand adcom member commentaries per year. This "most meaningful" thing has only been around for two cycles (this is the third) and I have not seen adcom members at my institution pay much attention to it. YMMV.
 
Is it a good or bad idea to send more than three letters of recommendation? I know it is more to read, but I feel for some schools I have four really good letters to send.
 
LizzyM said:
I've never heard/seen an adcom member criticize anyone's choice of "most meaningful" experiences and I see over a thousand adcom member commentaries per year. This "most meaningful" thing has only been around for two cycles (this is the third) and I have not seen adcom members at my institution pay much attention to it. YMMV.
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Thank you for the insight, and all the help you give here.
 
sector9 said:
Please Note: This is a particularly difficult section of the application. On almost every point there are differing opinions, and ultimately you need to create the work and activities section that is best for you, but being consistent is important. Take all advice offered here as a piece of the solution, but often not the ultimate word on the subject.

This FAQ is a work in progress. Any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.


Work and Activities FAQ

1. What is the Work/Activities Section all about?
This is where you get to talk about your extracurricular activities, or "ECs" as they are referred to around SDN. This includes things like research experience, tutoring, academic awards, volunteer experience, clinical experience, etc. Everything that you ever wanted an admissions committee member (AdCom) to know about you to show that you are in fact a good candidate for medical school.


2. What kinds of categories can I put things in?
Artistic Endeavors
Community Service/Volunteer - Medical/Clinical
Community Service/Volunteer - Non Medical/Clinical
Conferences Attended
Extracurricular Activities
Hobbies
Honors/Award/Recognition
Intercollegiate Athletics
Leadership - Not Listed Elsewhere
Military Service
Other
Paid Employment - Medical/Clinical
Paid Employment - Non Medical/Clinical
Physician Shadowing/Clinical Observation
Presentations/Posters
Publications
Research/Lab
Teaching/Tutoring/Teaching Assistant

3. What kinds of things should I put in each category?
Part of this will be a judgement call. Adcoms are aware that things may fall into more than one category. For instance, if you are a Lead TA, you may want to separate it into two entries, one for Leadership and the other for Teaching/Tutoring. If you feel like you are more deficient in one category than another, then you may want to list it in the category where you are lacking something to balance out your application.

Some examples of things to list in each category:

Leadership
-Club officer
-Student activism/government/Greek activities
-Starting a non-profit/student organization

Honors/Awards/Recognitions
-Academic awards such as honor societies, dean's list, etc.
-Interesting certifications or recognitions you have such as a black belt in a martial art, placing in a competition, certified as pilot, etc.
-Received competitive research position or project funding for which you applied.
-Phi Beta Kappa

Community Service - Medical/Clinical
-As LizzyM likes to put this one, if you are close enough to SMELL patients, it is clinical. This is pretty much the prevailing wisdom on SDN.

Community Service - Non-medical/Clinical
-If it doesn't fall into the above, you didn't get paid for it, and it isn't a leadership or teaching opportunity, it probably falls here
-Include things like volunteering for non-profits and charitable organizations, volunteer work you have done at your school, etc.

Most of the other categories should be pretty self-explanatory.

4. They are giving me a lot of space to describe each activity....how the heck should I enter them in? Is less more? Should I use up all available space?
Unfortunately...you will never get a clear cut answer to this one. But we can give you some possible techniques and advice

A - One school of thought is that this is not the time to pontificate. Describe the activity if it needs describing (if you think it is something an AdCom member will not know about) and otherwise, be pithy with your description. Many think that talking about what you learned from the activity is not appropriate in this section, and is better saved as material for secondary applications.

B - Another school of thought is that this is exactly the place to address why you got involved and/or what you learned from an activity because you may not get another chance in a secondary application. Those from California especially feel this pressure since most of the secondaries at California Med Schools are screened (you do not automatically get a secondary; they review your primary application first and decide if you are worthy). Because of this it is tempting to spew as much as possible here.

C - Approach C is a combination of the two approaches. Spew when necessary (an unusual activity that may need a little bit more explanation to understand its depth, and you learned a lot from but you are NOT addressing in your PS) and limited description of commonplace application items (ER scribe, general hospital volunteer, MCAT teacher/tutor).

You can really go down two general paths when it comes to entering the activities in: paragraph form or bullet points. Go with what comes most naturally to you, and don't force yourself to conform to a style that you think is inappropriate for the information you are trying to convey and your writing style.

Another trick for entering your activities is to use a catchall description that allows you to enter several different activities under one heading so that you are not wasting multiple spots (relevant AMCAS FAQ link). For example:

Activity: "Undergraduate Work Experience". Category: Paid Employment - Non-Military
Input the other header information (time span, hours per week, contact, etc) for the first activity listed


Activity Description

By using this method, you are able to save 2 spaces in the Work/Activities section, but still are able to show that you have significant work experience and experience juggling a job and school.

5. Is work experience really that important for me to list? Who is going to care if I worked at a grocery store for 2 years, 20 hours a week, while in college?
Work experience is ABSOLUTELY important for you to list. There is a fantastic thread about this topic here: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=813497

The short version: the work/activities section is there for you to show off all of your skills. Holding down a job while continuing to be a learner (student) is a huge skill that not every medical student can bring to the table. It also shows commitment and an ability to tolerate some suckage, something that every job has, no matter how much you may love it on some days.

6. Should I really list that I was on the dean's list/in an honor society?
Again....two schools of thought here. One is that many applicants have these things, so why list them. The other is that they won't know unless you tell them.

Again, a good trick for entering activities is to have a catch-all category like "Academic Recognition" where you then list the X number of awards/recognition that you have received. That way you are not taking up multiple spaces for things you don't want to emphasize.

7. Do AdCom members really contact people in the "Contact Information" field of this section? What should I do if I don't have a good contact for an activity?
General thoughts about this say that no, AdCom members do not contact these people. However, the application changed a few years ago to require either a phone number or email address for a contact for each activity listed. If anyone finds out any information about this, please feel free to post it in this thread.

There are certainly some activities that are difficult to list a contact, like an activity long ago. Here are a few hints: It is best to include the most impartial person possible (so list your mom as your absolute last resort) but you might find the need to list your roommate or your friend as a contact. Remember, if the contact is called or emailed, he or she only needs to provide reassurance to the adcomm that you described the activity faithfully. These are contacts not references so the person who responds does not need to answer questions about your abilities to succeed in medical school. Also, please read the AMCAS FAQ answer to this question.

8. Most Meaningful Activities

8a. Is there any benefit to marking three activities as "Most Meaningful" vs. just one?
Again, there are several schools of thought on this issue:
i. You are only obliged to list one activity as "Most Meaningful." If you can express yourself in the first 700 characters, adding 1325 characters about two other activities might bore admissions committee members.
ii. Admissions committees will pay special attention to the activities marked as "Most Meaningful" so mark three activities that are the strongest part of your application. Be sure not to add fluff in the extra space, perhaps including a concise story to help illustrate the "transformative nature of the experience."

8b. What happens if I wrote about my most meaningful activities in my personal statement?
It is best not to repeat information on your application. There are two options:
1. Pick different activities as your "Most Meaningful".
2. Rework your personal statement. For example, you could use your Personal Statement to address a specific story, patient, or moment, then use the "Most Meaningful" box to provide a more general, big picture message from the activity.

8c. Can I use the "Most Meaningful" box to continue the description of my activity? For example, can I use it to list the citations for all my posters and presentations?
It is best to use the box as AMCAS suggests on the application. Some creativity will be tolerated. Just don't ramble to fill space.

9. If I talk about something in my personal statement, should I still mention it in my Work/Activities Section?
Yes, definitely. Be sure to review Depakote's Personal Statement Guide/Tips since it is a bad idea to have your PS simply serve as a regurgitation of your Extracurricular activities.

10. How should I list Physician Shadowing?
Physician shadowing now has its own designation so it is no longer recommended to list it as "Other".

Some recommendations when listing physician shadowing: It is not necessary to include hours/week. Group all of your shadowing together, giving a total hours for each physician and a grand total at the end. Additional relevant information such as their title ("MD" or "DO"), level of training if not an attending (resident, fellow, etc.), or other notes about the shadowing (i.e. shadowed only during office hours for a surgeon, only during image reading for a radiologist, etc.) can be included. There's no need to describe what shadowing is.

Here's an example of how shadowing can be listed:
Experience Type: Physician shadowing
Title: Physician Shadowing
Hours/week: Leave blank
Contact info, organization name, and dates: Use the info for the first physician you want to list
Description:

11. How many spaces are there for activities? How many of them should I use? Should I be trying to fill them all?
You have 15 spaces to list your activities. However, most applicants DO NOT use all of them. You should not try to "spread out" your activities for the sake of filling more slots. Be sure that every activity is worthy of being included and that they all improve the admission committee's understanding of you as the applicant.

12. Should I really be talking about my hobbies or artistic endeavors?
If you have some, then list them! Not all adcomm members will read them, but some like to know what you do to relieve stress and unwind. Group them all together.

Some are confused between listing an activity as a hobby or an artistic endeavor. The prevailing SDN opinion about artistic endeavors is that they involve reaching a wider audience (ie publishing or performing instead of just writing and practicing). A hobby is more personal with a limited audience.

13. Should I list something that I am doing in the future but haven't started yet?
No. It is a big no-no to list a future activity. The AMCAS application will not accept future dates for your start date. You might find an appropriate place to include the activity on a secondary, an update letter, or an interview conversation.

14. How do I answer the "average hours per week" for this activity question when I did a different number of hours each week?
You can always use your total hours and divide by the number of weeks you were involved. If you don't know your total hours, then give your best guess and explain the variability of the activity in the description. If it is simply too complicated to list a single hours/week, then explain the variability in the description.

15. How should I list publications? What if some of them are "submitted" but not actually accepted yet?
Publications are worthy of their own slot, even if you already have a "Research" slot. For contact, use your PI that you worked with. For organization, you can use the name of the organization that publishes the journal. For date, use the publication date, or if accepted for publication but not yet published, use the accepted date. In the description, it is a good idea to include enough of a citation for an adcomm member to find the paper if he/she is curious enough to look it up. Some adcomm members find it helpful to include enough of the author's list so that your place in the authorship can be determined.

If a publication is only submitted or needs major revisions, then it is still a future activity which you cannot include. If it is published, accepted for publication, or accepted pending minor revisions then you can include it.

16. What if I have work experience that is also clinical experience (working as a phlebotomist in a hospital, etc)? How should I list it?
There is not an "Employment- Clinical/Medical" designation. You would list the activity as "Employment- Not military" or "Employment- Military" as appropriate and make it clear enough by the title and description that you had a paid clinical experience.

17. How far back should I go listing activities?
Any activity you engaged in after High School graduation may be considered potentially relevant. Strictly speaking, there is no rule that you can't include a High School-only activity, but if you do so, it should add substantially to your application, so you aren't wasting space for something that adcomms are unlikely to regard. This would include Experiences that began during HS (or even before) and either continued into the college years or resumed sometime later. Examples of life-long activities that might help your application would be music or dance involvement.

If you are a nontraditional applicant, then your more recent accomplishments are the most important to highlight. In that case, consider grouping your most important college-aged activities together under the "Other" designation.

18. What order should I input my activities in?
It doesn't matter! The AMCAS application automatically organizes the activities in a chronological order. Adcomms can change how the activities appear for their report but you can't alter the order.

Other Questions To Be Answered:
How should I go about naming an activity? (If anyone has suggestions on how to word this answer, send me a PM!)
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What if you held a Leadership/founding position in a honor society? Would that be an honor/award or leadership?

What would a paid clinical research position go in as? Clinical, research, or paid non-medical?

I have had several paid research positions 2 at the NIH (NIMH and NIAAA) and 1 at University of Connecticut. I also have had several non research jobs during and after college retail, and 3 food service jobs. Should I group these together?

Should I list an academic honor society with academic awards if I did not have a significant role?

What about programs that you were selected for like the Summer Medical Education Program or a research mentorship program? For the summer medical education program we did seminars, shadowed physicians, took classes, etc. should I list that as other? Also, if you did research but were not paid would that count as volunteering?
 
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OCDOCDOCD said:
God AMCAS is such a ****ing joke. I just lost an hour of work because AMCAS decided to log me out with no warning when I submitted an activity entry. I don't get it, they tell you to enter your stuff in the boxes, but it's almost guaranteed you'll lose everything if you do that because when you spend more than 5 minutes on a single page AMCAS just throws it all way when you try to submit. I've used three different browsers now, and AMCAS does it on every single one. Did they even look at what they were putting out? How do you release something with this many issues?

Sorry, just needed to rant, this application is driving me insane.
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Use word pad... I am using MS office then transferring to word pad... then AMCAS
 
TheThirdLevel said:
Having some trouble - i've worked at a research lab for 3 years now and will also be working there the 4th year. I'd have a very hard time trying to figure out an exact number of hours, and it only offers me an option of "Total Hours" rather than "Average hours/week".

What should I do? We don't really track hours but I just don't want to overestimate.

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One more question - I was "in charge" of one of the experiments we run for this past year. As in, I was the main point of contact w/ participants (psych research), I set up a lot of the experimental stuff (but I didn't create the materials), and everyone else in the lab contacted me if there were any issues, etc. Could this be counted under leadership, or should I just mention it briefly in the meaningful experiences section?
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I am confused by this as well. I have worked at my lab and it equates out to about 6700 hours--how am I supposed to communicate this??
 
Perused the thread and saw some more posts about this--there are definitely some good work arounds/suggestions. Thanks!

I emailed AMCAS anyways just letting them know of the lack of functionality.

How do people feel about putting study abroad in this section?
 
Okay, so I completed an unpaid clinical research internship (1000+ hours)

Do I list this under Research/Lab or Other (Unpaid Employment - Medical/Clinical vs Unpaid Internship - Medical/Clinical )?

also how do I enter more than 999 hours for my internship?

thank you.
 
slwnstdy said:
Perused the thread and saw some more posts about this--there are definitely some good work arounds/suggestions. Thanks!

I emailed AMCAS anyways just letting them know of the lack of functionality.

How do people feel about putting study abroad in this section?
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I feel great about it. My time abroad taught me more about the world and myself than an equal amount of time as a member in a biology club or stocking shelves in an ED would have.

What lack of functionality? I seriously think AMCAS is extremely user friendly and well-done.
 
Mt Kilimanjaro said:
I feel great about it. My time abroad taught me more about the world and myself than an equal amount of time as a member in a biology club or stocking shelves in an ED would have.

What lack of functionality? I seriously think AMCAS is extremely user friendly and well-done.
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Mt Kilimanjaro said:
I feel great about it. My time abroad taught me more about the world and myself than an equal amount of time as a member in a biology club or stocking shelves in an ED would have.

What lack of functionality? I seriously think AMCAS is extremely user friendly and well-done.
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Did you put study abroad under "Other"?
 
What Experience Type does peer-advisor position belong to? Teaching/Teaching Assistant/Tutoring or Leadership--Not listed elsewhere?
 
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