Is this the 900 Work hours/100 Volunteer Hours venue? If not what is the breakdown between work and volunteer?
it's 100 hours as a volunteer, 100 hours as leader, ~800 as employee
Yes. It's OK to do as you suggested, mentioning the volunteer positions and how they transitioned into a paid position. But in the header, only list the hours of paid employment, since it's an Employment space. In the narrative, you can total up the volunteer time and note that those hours are not included in the Total Hours above. (Do you have so much volunteerism that you can afford to let those hours stay outside a dedicated Volunteer space?)
I could use the volunteering hours from this experience but I fear that if I were to remove it from the experience, the progression of positions won't be as noticeable and the essay won't have the same impact. I do like the idea of submitting this meaningful experience under the Other category since it's got a mix of volunteering, leadership and paid employment. But, would the adcoms take the time to add the volunteering hours to the total from my other volunteering experiences?
I'll be honest that it could be missed by initial screeners. How many other nonmedical volunteer hours do you have?
150 other non-medical volunteering; also the reason why I included the breakdown of hours on the 770 character box was so that it would appear on top of the essay, and since it's one of my most meaningful experiences, I figured they would read everything?
With 150 designated nonmedical community service hours, I doubt you'll be screened out anywhere but places like Utah and Rush.150 other non-medical volunteering; also the reason why I included the breakdown of hours on the 770 character box was so that it would appear on top of the essay, and since it's one of my most meaningful experiences, I figured they would read everything?
Edit: I missed the word initial screeners... you are right, maybe they will only look at the total hours of "Community Service - not medical" and screen me out?
mmm and what if I do:
Yes, use Hobbies for a travel interest. It's fine to include the UK visit in that space.
I think it would come out more gracefully if listed cohesively under Other, and not referring to other spaces. Named something like, Volunteer Positions, Job, & Leadership with [XXX] Program. The header would have all the hours. In the narrative you'd break down the subtotals for each component.
thank you so very much for being so helpful!! I submitted it
Congrats!thank you so very much for being so helpful!! I submitted it
Yes, doing it that way would be confusing. I suggest you put the Contact information for the first category you list in the header (say, the Research Awards), and the Contact for the second category (NCAA Awards) in the description box, immediately before you list the awards themselves.
I think that discussing the study abroad experience under Other is fine. Having another entry under Hobbies to talk about attending Arts performances is fine, too, if you like. Watching a certain category of movies, or reading a certain genre of books are Hobbies, too, even though you are watching something, rather than "taking part."
May I ask what the event is, what your topic might be, and how many would likely attend? What do you imagine is the basis of the selection? How far into the future will the event take place?
Not fluff. Congrats. Listing it under Awards/Honors/Recognitions seems most suitable.
Happy to help.
Ideally, you'd use a separate Presentations/Posters space for the poster, but if you're short on space it's fine to do as you suggest in a Research space with a title including mention of the poster.
1) Only enter one Contact in the blanks for first & last name and title. The same information for the second lab goes in the narrative space. The Total Hours for both labs can go in the header, but you'll need to put the subtotals in the descriptions.
1) Yes, it will be confusing. I am confused, too. Usually, there is little more than citations in the space so I'm not clear why you're out of characters. Or, is this the same space that has three publications, to which you want to also add a poster (in which case, you could shorten the citations)? Does the poster deal with the same data as one of the publications? Are all the publications in the same journal?
2) Presumably, you included the future national conference in the same space, which is fine since you've been accepted.
If the dates between labs are close together, put one continuous span. Otherwise, use the Repeated feature.
For shadowing (which is generally understood to be intermittent), list the inclusive dates in the header, then exact dates per doc (or the more vague: fall term, sophomore year, etc) in the description with subtotals of hours. The Total Hours would be the subtotals added up to enter into the header.
Ideally, each would have its own entry. If one of them is sparse on hours (or your spaces are tight), you could group them.
It wouldn't be appropriate to call it "Volunteer" when you got paid. It seems to cover Teaching, Leadership (assuming you delegated some of the tasks), philanthropy, and maybe community service if you were hands-on along with program participants. If you wanted to list it under a subcomponent like Leadership, you should list only the dates and hours of leadership activities, not the other stuff (though you could mention them in the description). Ditto for Teaching. I think your options for an all-inclusive designation would be Other or Employment. The title you give the space can mention the important subcomponents so they won't be missed.
That plan sounds reasonable.
This plan will work. A minor variation on the plan to consider might be to list only the 160 hours of shadowing with a single doc in a Shadowing space (giving you more space for discussion and impact) and leaving the other 30 hours with the substitute docs in the Internship Program entry, where it won't be as important to name them, give subtotal hours, etc, but it will legitimately plump up the header Total Hours a bit.
1) Yes.
That sounds fine. You could even include the word Annual to [Holiday name] Firedancer or whatever to be even more sure it's clear.
Wow I wish I could add Firedancer to my application
Maybe not, if adcomms might have a bias against risk takers.
Put the last known contact information, but in the Title space, enter (eg) MD, Pediatrician [Retired 2016]
It's fine to include all jobs. Many jobs are generally well understood by the public and require no explanation at all. What are the job titles?
