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Did both clinical and non-clinical volunteering through one organization with overlapping dates and can't split into two activities (already at 15 activities). How to classify this?
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itbelikethatsometimes said:
60 shadowing hours outside of practicum.

The volunteering in practicum was minimum (~20 hours). I have 300+ hours from two other clinical volunteering experiences.
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Since your independent shadowing hours are strong enough to stand on their own, you'd be fine putting the other hours plus the bit of volunteering under Practicum (using the Other category).
 
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Is it OK to include youtube URLs or news URLs for hobbies?
 
I feel like this one is heavily contested whenever i see it in the forums:

If I'm a clinical researcher during my gap year and on studies that involve me consenting patients and collecting the brain samples directly after the surgeon takes it out (which means i'm also constantly "shadowing" in the ER), can this count as paid clinical?

I want to put it because I already have a bunch of basic research under my belt (all four years of undergrad) but other than shadowing from various physicians i'm lacking typical clinical activities (volunteer, scribe, emt etc). However i don't want to seem dishonest or anything.

Also super unique activity but I spent one year working as a simulations operations specialist (so i ran the mannequins and coordinated the SPs in a control room while medical students or residents were learning simulations). What would I label this activity as? It's not clinical is it?
 
gavam08 said:
1) If I'm a clinical researcher during my gap year and on studies that involve me consenting patients and collecting the brain samples directly after the surgeon takes it out (which means i'm also constantly "shadowing" in the ER), can this count as paid clinical?

I want to put it because I already have a bunch of basic research under my belt (all four years of undergrad) but other than shadowing from various physicians i'm lacking typical clinical activities (volunteer, scribe, emt etc). However i don't want to seem dishonest or anything.

2) Also super unique activity but I spent one year working as a simulations operations specialist (so i ran the mannequins and coordinated the SPs in a control room while medical students or residents were learning simulations). What would I label this activity as? It's not clinical is it?
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1) I would not consider collecting brain samples from sedated or anesthetized patients as an active clinical experience. Consenting a patient beforehand would be a "clinical experience", but I suspect this is a very small fraction of the time you spend at this job, so beware of calling the whole job "Clinical" lest adcomms raise eyebrows.

You might count the time spent in the presence of the surgeon as passive observation (shadowing), though.

2) I'd suggest calling it Employment-Not Medical/Clinical.
 
Can I lump together several different hospital volunteering experiences under one entry somehow? The bulk of my clinical experience is ~200 hours at one clinic which will obviously be its own entry, but I also have some scattered hospital experiences prior to that (summer volunteering experiences in my hometown, which is why they're not consistent) - roughly 30 hours each at 3 different hospitals. The things I did were similar at each location.
 
I am currently working on an honors thesis that will be completed and defended by the first few weeks of June. If I were to submit my application on May 28th before it was completed would I still be able to list it? Or should I just wait until the thesis project is completed so I can list it on my application before submitting?
 
Hi! @Catalystik
For our hobbies section ( I am included it as one slot), I want to talk about two of the following three:
1.) Chess club w/ intercollegiate tournament involvement
2.) IM Flag Football
3.) Tennis ( even taught my friends how to play)

The first and the third have been my major forms of stress release since elementary school whereas I think the second one might be the most unique?

I only have space to list two and I was just wondering how common are these 3 activities among the many applications you have read?
 
Catalystik said:
1) I would not consider collecting brain samples from sedated or anesthetized patients as an active clinical experience. Consenting a patient beforehand would be a "clinical experience", but I suspect this is a very small fraction of the time you spend at this job, so beware of calling the whole job "Clinical" lest adcomms raise eyebrows.

You might count the time spent in the presence of the surgeon as passive observation (shadowing), though.

2) I'd suggest calling it Employment-Not Medical/Clinical.
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ok very fair. Thanks!
 
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natalux said:
Can I lump together several different hospital volunteering experiences under one entry somehow? The bulk of my clinical experience is ~200 hours at one clinic which will obviously be its own entry, but I also have some scattered hospital experiences prior to that (summer volunteering experiences in my hometown, which is why they're not consistent) - roughly 30 hours each at 3 different hospitals. The things I did were similar at each location.
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Absolutely, yes. Short-term experiences grouped together have more impact, hours-wise.
 
mr-dookie said:
I am currently working on an honors thesis that will be completed and defended by the first few weeks of June. If I were to submit my application on May 28th before it was completed would I still be able to list it? Or should I just wait until the thesis project is completed so I can list it on my application before submitting?
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You could list the experience of writing the thesis. But that wouldn't have the much-greater impact of being able to say it was accepted. Either wait, or consider saving it for Secondaries or update letters.
 
superman2kalEl said:
Hi! @Catalystik
For our hobbies section ( I am included it as one slot), I want to talk about two of the following three:
1.) Chess club w/ intercollegiate tournament involvement
2.) IM Flag Football
3.) Tennis ( even taught my friends how to play)

The first and the third have been my major forms of stress release since elementary school whereas I think the second one might be the most unique?

I only have space to list two and I was just wondering how common are these 3 activities among the many applications you have read?
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I'd rather see chess and tennis, personally. The longevity of each is impressive.
 
For the honors/awards section, should I mention that I was a Fulbright semi-finalist? The fellowship advisor at my school makes a big deal out of it and says it's worth mentioning in your resume/CV because getting to the semi-finalist stage takes a whole year of applying, receiving university endorsement, and getting approved by an international review board before advancing to the final selection round. I just feel weird putting it since I ultimately did not get the fellowship, so it seems misleading.
 
Hi,
I have a question on how I can best list publications. I have five papers from 3 different PIs. I saw that some students are listing them as entries separate from the one describing their research experience associated with the publication (thus allowing full citations to be written in the description box). But if i were to do things exactly like that I think that I would end up with more entries than ideal imo (3 if i were to do one entry per paper(s) published with a particular PI). I had thought of just adding the doi in parentheses after describing the paper in the description of the research experience associated with the publication but my pre-health advisor suggested doing a full citation (which would take up a lot of characters - though i probably will be having two of these experiences as my most meaningful experiences). Any suggestions given this situation?

Thank you in advance!
 
Arodramaticity said:
For the honors/awards section, should I mention that I was a Fulbright semi-finalist? The fellowship advisor at my school makes a big deal out of it and says it's worth mentioning in your resume/CV because getting to the semi-finalist stage takes a whole year of applying, receiving university endorsement, and getting approved by an international review board before advancing to the final selection round. I just feel weird putting it since I ultimately did not get the fellowship, so it seems misleading.
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It won't hurt you to include that you were a semi-finalist, but I agree with you that the recognition seems empty without your having won.
 
tzha224 said:
I have a question on how I can best list publications. I have five papers from 3 different PIs. I saw that some students are listing them as entries separate from the one describing their research experience associated with the publication (thus allowing full citations to be written in the description box). But if i were to do things exactly like that I think that I would end up with more entries than ideal imo (3 if i were to do one entry per paper(s) published with a particular PI). I had thought of just adding the doi in parentheses after describing the paper in the description of the research experience associated with the publication but my pre-health advisor suggested doing a full citation (which would take up a lot of characters - though i probably will be having two of these experiences as my most meaningful experiences). Any suggestions given this situation?
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Most would group their pubs into one Publications space, modifying the full citation if necessary, even if it means just including the PMID#.
 
As I am filling out the W/A section, I realized that I put "Director of Volunteer Services" for one of my LOR's titles instead "Manager of Volunteer Services." Should I stay consistent with this snafu in my W/A section? Will this be something that will be questioned by ADCOM's presuming he signed the LOR using "Manager of Volunteer Services?"

Also, is it appropriate to list myself as the contact for Honors/Awards/Recognitions since I grouped a bunch of them together with some being from different organizations?
 
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wiswal said:
1) As I am filling out the W/A section, I realized that I put "Director of Volunteer Services" for one of my LOR's titles instead "Manager of Volunteer Services." Should I stay consistent with this snafu in my W/A section? Will this be something that will be questioned by ADCOM's presuming he signed the LOR using "Manager of Volunteer Services?"

2) Also, is it appropriate to list myself as the contact for Honors/Awards/Recognitions since I grouped a bunch of them together with some being from different organizations?
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1) Hopefully, your letter writer will correct the error before signing off. I suggest you should use your true title in the Activities entry.

2) Use your college Registrar instead. They should be able to attest to most of them.
 
Catalystik said:
1) Hopefully, your letter writer will correct the error before signing off. I suggest you should use your true title in the Activities entry.

2) Use your college Registrar instead. They should be able to attest to most of them.
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For Honors/Awards/Recognitions what should be the Experience Name?
 
I have a question about a recent volunteer position I have started. I started to volunteer as an online listener since the beginning of April, and I will only have about 35 hours by the end of this month. It isn’t very much time but I started this activity because I had more time with COVID-19 closures, so I was wondering if it was worth it to put this as one of my activities to showcase some of my activity throughout the pandemic.
 
DrLichen said:
I have a question about a recent volunteer position I have started. I started to volunteer as an online listener since the beginning of April, and I will only have about 35 hours by the end of this month. It isn’t very much time but I started this activity because I had more time with COVID-19 closures, so I was wondering if it was worth it to put this as one of my activities to showcase some of my activity throughout the pandemic.
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I think it's reasonable to include it to demonstrate your responsiveness to COVID-19-related societal need. Be transparent about current completed hours and future intentions for staying involved, to whatever extent you can.
 
Does it look bad to overdo the grouping trick in the activities section? I have a total of 20 activities that I want to include, and I find myself making several broad grouping categories just to stuff everything in. I'm not sure if this takes away from the significance of the individual activities and if it's better to be more judicious about my activity choices. Here are some categories that I have:

On-campus part-time employment: 1) Office assistant, 2) tutor 3) Resident Assistant for freshmen dorm
Teaching Assistant Positions: 1) Generally Chemistry lab 2) Advanced chemistry instrumentation lab
Science outreach: 1) Regional Chemistry Club that organizes prof. dev. events for my entire region, 2) virtual internship that develops science outreach programs for kids
On-campus leadership: 2 unrelated clubs that I was on E-board for
 
Arodramaticity said:
Does it look bad to overdo the grouping trick in the activities section? I have a total of 20 activities that I want to include, and I find myself making several broad grouping categories just to stuff everything in. I'm not sure if this takes away from the significance of the individual activities and if it's better to be more judicious about my activity choices. Here are some categories that I have:

On-campus part-time employment: 1) Office assistant, 2) tutor 3) Resident Assistant for freshmen dorm
Teaching Assistant Positions: 1) Generally Chemistry lab 2) Advanced chemistry instrumentation lab
Science outreach: 1) Regional Chemistry Club that organizes prof. dev. events for my entire region, 2) virtual internship that develops science outreach programs for kids
On-campus leadership: 2 unrelated clubs that I was on E-board for
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It gets annoying when every space is crammed full. If that's all you have, plus maybe a grouped Shadowing space, you'll be OK, if you can keep the all descriptions succinct.
 
Hello! For my MMEs, I have one as Clinical Research Coord (employment medical) and another as Clinic Assistant (volunteer medical). What are your thoughts on me using my 3rd MME for a hobby that's very important to me? When they say the most meaningful experiences, are those meant to be most meaningful in my decision to pursue medicine or just most meaningful experiences to me? My hobby is motorsport - racing at track and autocross (not wheel to wheel racing, but time trials) It's something I'm really passionate about and I have a lot to say about it, but I don't know if it would be appropriate to list it as the third MME
 
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Hello! For my MMEs, I have one as Clinical Research Coord (employment medical) and another as Clinic Assistant (volunteer medical). What are your thoughts on me using my 3rd MME for a hobby that's very important to me?

1) When they say the most meaningful experiences, are those meant to be most meaningful in my decision to pursue medicine or just most meaningful experiences to me?

2) My hobby is motorsport - racing at track and autocross (not wheel to wheel racing, but time trials) It's something I'm really passionate about and I have a lot to say about it, but I don't know if it would be appropriate to list it as the third MME
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1) They mean Most Meaningful experiences to you.

2) If this is something that will make your face light up when you talk about it, then it's appropriate for that designation.
 
Had questions on how to labels/organize things in Work/Activities and was wondering if at @Catalystik or someone could advise me on the below? I just want to make sure I’m doing this right, presenting everything appropriately, and in the most optimal way for medical schools: (I apologize that there are so many questions) - thank you in advance, really appreciate it!!
  • I worked as a clinical research coordinator/Research study assistant at a cancer hospital for about 3 years- during this time I worked full time for 2 years where I was promoted, and then 9 months where I was working part time (20-30 hours a week) while taking classes(there was never a break in working, all continuous). Should this all go under one experience? Or should each job title (2 of them) I had be its’ own experience and my part time also count as it own experience? If it should all only be one experience what is the proper way to convey this info?
  • Additionally during my time in this position although not part of my job description I also had multiple publications on manuscripts and abstracts. Should these go under this experience above, should they all go under the experience titled “publication,” or should they all get their own publication experience. Additionally if the latter is the case what is generally put under “experience description?” Do you just put it how you would enter it on a CV or resume, or do you actually talk about the paper and what it’s about, or something else?
  • What do you put under the experience name for publications? “Manuscript,” ”Abstract,” or the actual title of the publication?
  • If one of my abstracts I was on published by JTO was also an oral presentation (I did not give the presentation although I was in the audience) at ASCO how should it be labeled?
  • Should my experience at ASCO be it’s own event under “Conferences attended?” – This was a really big turning point for me and probably one of the most interesting things I’ve ever had the opportunity to experience relative to the medical field
  • It says in the FAQ to use the name of the organization that publishes the journal: by that do you mean Nature, JAMA, JCO, etc.? If so how do we find their city, and state, etc.(didn't come up on a google search)?
  • I was a in a wet lab for a year and was placed as an author on a poster presentation presented at the American college of neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), although I was not at the conference. Should I put this in the experience description from this research experience or should it have it’s own “activity” under Poster/Presentations?
  • I had the title “Visiting Scholar” at a hospital in the division of psychiatric research (clinical)- I wanted to confirm this would go under “Research/Lab” and not under “Community Service/Volunteer- Clinical/Medical”- would this be the case?
  • For future events- I recently applied and got accepted to be a Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text line as a way to try to help during this COVID-19 crisis. I am currently in training now, although I assume by the time I submit my app for verification I’ll have at least 10-20 hours completed. You are required to do at least 200(which I planned to do regardless)- is there a way for me to let schools I will be doing 200 hours by putting it under Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical even though it hasn’t occurred yet (I keep hearing mixed answers) so I was wondering how best to go about this?
  • If you volunteer for an organization that offers a lot of different events through different programs(ex. New York Cares), can you just put all the separate events you volunteered for under one “Experience” titled Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical. If you could how would you go about writing "experience name"- could you just say Volunteer, or do you need to be more specific? (each event I did I had a different role)
  • Are things like dean’s list worth mentioning ,especially if they were from over 6 years ago? I'm a non-trad student who graduated in 2014(BS in Neuro-although no interest in medical school at the time), but then did a post-bacc from 2017-2019)
  • If you had a leadership role that ended up occurring during one of your experiences you can just mention that in the experience description correct? I feel like it would be overkill to have that additional part of an experience as it’s own activity.
  • In general for "experience name" do you just say the title of your position how you would on a CV/Resume?
  • Is a paid job completely unrelated to the medical field worth mentioning? When I was interning at two labs in 2014 I wasn't getting paid, so I worked for a dog walking company(huge animal lover) on top of both those things for an income- is that something worth mentioning in my application?
  • Lastly, I saw there was an option for hobbies-are those worth mentioning? I happen to write poetry(who know if it’s any good lol), and am a pretty avid chess player, among other things. Is this something medical schools would be interested to know in this section of the app.(aka some of my life outside of the medical/scientific realm)? If so, could I potentially include all my hobbies under one activity?
 
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Hi, I'm working on finalizing my entire work and activities section, and am wondering what is the best way to get feedback/overall review on it? I'd like another eye to review it holistically and comment on descriptions, but am at a loss at how to go about this. Or, who would be the best to ask, I guess?
 
AwJeezRick said:
Had questions on how to labels/organize things in Work/Activities
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Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
 
Serenity2 said:
Hi, I'm working on finalizing my entire work and activities section, and am wondering what is the best way to get feedback/overall review on it? I'd like another eye to review it holistically and comment on descriptions, but am at a loss at how to go about this. Or, who would be the best to ask, I guess?
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Review and editing the Activities section lies outside the scope of this thread. I suggest that you post in the main forum asking for someone to trade off on commentary, with each of you offering the other input.
 
Hi, thanks @Catalystik for all of the help. I have two questions regarding classification to start.
1. I was in a collegiate band and participated in a decent amount of service but mainly within the community of the band but some of the opportunities helped the broader community outside the university, so if I lump these hours together can I list under community service/volunteer-not clinical or should I list as an extracurricular?

2. I did a semester abroad program and since I did it through a 3rd party I won't send a transcript and my home university just list it as study abroad and not individual courses. One of the classes I took was medically-related and had a big impact so I wanted to list it on W&A section, should I use the tag for others?

Thank you again for your help!
 
Catalystik said:
Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
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Sorry about that @Catalystik ! First time posting so wasn't sure on the format

Questions 1-3
1. I worked as a clinical research coordinator/Research study assistant at a cancer hospital for about 3 years- during this time I worked full time for 2 years where I was promoted, and then 9 months where I was working part time (20-30 hours a week) while taking classes(there was never a break in working, all continuous). Should this all go under one experience? Or should each job title (2 of them) I had be its’ own experience and my part time also count as it own experience? If it should all only be one experience what is the proper way to convey this info?

2. Additionally during my time in this position although not part of my job description I also had multiple publications on manuscripts and abstracts. Should these go under this experience above, should they all go under the experience titled “publication,” or should they all get their own publication experience. Additionally if the latter is the case what is generally put under “experience description?” Do you just put it how you would enter it on a CV or resume, or do you actually talk about the paper and what it’s about, or something else?

3. What do you put under the experience name for publications? “Manuscript,” ”Abstract,” or the actual title of the publication?
 
Catalystik said:
Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
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Questions 4-6

4. If one of my abstracts I was on published by JTO was also an oral presentation (I did not give the presentation although I was in the audience) at ASCO how should it be labeled?

5. Should my experience at ASCO be it’s own event under “Conferences attended?” – This was a really big turning point for me and probably one of the most interesting things I’ve ever had the opportunity to experience relative to the medical field

6. It says in the FAQ to use the name of the organization that publishes the journal: by that do you mean Nature, JAMA, JCO, etc.? If so how do we find their city, and state, etc.(didn't come up on a google search)?
 
Catalystik said:
Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
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Questions 7-9

7. I was a in a wet lab for a year and was placed as an author on a poster presentation presented at the American college of neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), although I was not at the conference. Should I put this in the experience description from this research experience or should it have it’s own “activity” under Poster/Presentations?

8. I had the title “Visiting Scholar” at a hospital in the division of psychiatric research (clinical)- I wanted to confirm this would go under “Research/Lab” and not under “Community Service/Volunteer- Clinical/Medical”- would this be the case?

9. For future events- I recently applied and got accepted to be a Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text line as a way to try to help during this COVID-19 crisis. I am currently in training now, although I assume by the time I submit my app for verification I’ll have at least 10-20 hours completed. You are required to do at least 200(which I planned to do regardless)- is there a way for me to let schools I will be doing 200 hours by putting it under Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical even though it hasn’t occurred yet (I keep hearing mixed answers) so I was wondering how best to go about this?
 
Catalystik said:
Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
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Questions 10-12

10. If you volunteer for an organization that offers a lot of different events through different programs(ex. New York Cares), can you just put all the separate events you volunteered for under one “Experience” titled Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical. If you could how would you go about writing "experience name"- could you just say Volunteer, or do you need to be more specific? (each event I did I had a different role)

11.Are things like dean’s list worth mentioning ,especially if they were from over 6 years ago? I'm a non-trad student who graduated in 2014(BS in Neuro-although no interest in medical school at the time), but then did a post-bacc from 2017-2019)

12. If you had a leadership role that ended up occurring during one of your experiences you can just mention that in the experience description correct? I feel like it would be overkill to have that additional part of an experience as it’s own activity.
 
Catalystik said:
Please edit to number your questions and break this huge post into multiple shorter ones with maybe 3-4 questions each, as I am often interrupted and would not be able to answer everything satisfactorily otherwise.
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Questions 13-15 - Thank you again for taking the time to answer these, really appreciate it!

13. In general for "experience name" do you just say the title of your position how you would on a CV/Resume?

14. Is a paid job completely unrelated to the medical field worth mentioning? When I was interning at two labs in 2014 I wasn't getting paid, so I worked for a dog walking company(huge animal lover) on top of both those things for an income- is that something worth mentioning in my application?

15. Lastly, I saw there was an option for hobbies-are those worth mentioning? I happen to write poetry(who know if it’s any good lol), and am a pretty avid chess player, among other things. Is this something medical schools would be interested to know in this section of the app.(aka some of my life outside of the medical/scientific realm)? If so, could I potentially include all my hobbies under one activity?
 
pittb96 said:
Hi, thanks @Catalystik for all of the help. I have two questions regarding classification to start.
1. I was in a collegiate band and participated in a decent amount of service but mainly within the community of the band but some of the opportunities helped the broader community outside the university, so if I lump these hours together can I list under community service/volunteer-not clinical or should I list as an extracurricular?

2. I did a semester abroad program and since I did it through a 3rd party I won't send a transcript and my home university just list it as study abroad and not individual courses. One of the classes I took was medically-related and had a big impact so I wanted to list it on W&A section, should I use the tag for others?

Thank you again for your help!
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1) If you have to include the entire activity in one space (band activity + band service + community service), then using Extracurricular is a good choice. If you just want to include the service components, and not the band activity, then you can use Volunteer/Community Service-Not Medical/Clinical. The band activity on its own could go under Artistic Endeavors.

2) Yes, use Other.
 
AwJeezRick said:
Questions 1-3
1. I worked as a clinical research coordinator/Research study assistant at a cancer hospital for about 3 years- during this time I worked full time for 2 years where I was promoted, and then 9 months where I was working part time (20-30 hours a week) while taking classes(there was never a break in working, all continuous). Should this all go under one experience? Or should each job title (2 of them) I had be its’ own experience and my part time also count as it own experience? If it should all only be one experience what is the proper way to convey this info?

2. Additionally during my time in this position although not part of my job description I also had multiple publications on manuscripts and abstracts. Should these go under this experience above, should they all go under the experience titled “publication,” or should they all get their own publication experience. Additionally if the latter is the case what is generally put under “experience description?” Do you just put it how you would enter it on a CV or resume, or do you actually talk about the paper and what it’s about, or something else?

3. What do you put under the experience name for publications? “Manuscript,” ”Abstract,” or the actual title of the publication?
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Thank you.

1) It can all go in one experience space. You can explain in the narrative when you dropped to part-time status plus the job status change (which could, alternatively, go in the title of the space instead). If OTOH, you have a lot to say about each role, you are free to use two spaces instead, or to make the activity Most Meaningful to get more characters.

2) All the published papers and abstracts can go in the same space, with shortened citations, or even just the PMID#s. Review item
20 in post #2 of this thread for help in compacting the information.

3) Possibly First/Co-Authored Manuscripts or Accepted Scholarly Journal Articles or Published Peer-Reviewed Papers?
 
AwJeezRick said:
Questions 4-6

4. If one of my abstracts I was on published by JTO was also an oral presentation (I did not give the presentation although I was in the audience) at ASCO how should it be labeled?

5. Should my experience at ASCO be it’s own event under “Conferences attended?” – This was a really big turning point for me and probably one of the most interesting things I’ve ever had the opportunity to experience relative to the medical field

6. It says in the FAQ to use the name of the organization that publishes the journal: by that do you mean Nature, JAMA, JCO, etc.? If so how do we find their city, and state, etc.(didn't come up on a google search)?
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4) Review item 20 in post #2 of this thread.

5) No.

6) Yes, use the name of the Journal for the first article in the space. For the rest it is evident from the citation. City and State are not required.
 
AwJeezRick said:
Questions 7-9

7. I was a in a wet lab for a year and was placed as an author on a poster presentation presented at the American college of neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), although I was not at the conference. Should I put this in the experience description from this research experience or should it have it’s own “activity” under Poster/Presentations?

8. I had the title “Visiting Scholar” at a hospital in the division of psychiatric research (clinical)- I wanted to confirm this would go under “Research/Lab” and not under “Community Service/Volunteer- Clinical/Medical”- would this be the case?

9. For future events- I recently applied and got accepted to be a Crisis Counselor at Crisis Text line as a way to try to help during this COVID-19 crisis. I am currently in training now, although I assume by the time I submit my app for verification I’ll have at least 10-20 hours completed. You are required to do at least 200(which I planned to do regardless)- is there a way for me to let schools I will be doing 200 hours by putting it under Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical even though it hasn’t occurred yet (I keep hearing mixed answers) so I was wondering how best to go about this?
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7) Even though you did not attend, you may list the Poster, either in the affiliated Research space if you're short on slots, or in its own Posters/Presentations space. Give credit to the actual presenter (author number will do).

8) DEPENDING ON YOUR ROLE, IT COULD GO UNDER EITHER, PROVIDED YOU INTERACTED WITH CURRENT PATIENTS IN A HELPFUL WAY THAT HAD SOME BEARING ON THEIR TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOUR RESULTS WENT IN THEIR CHARTS.

9) Use the repeated feature to divide out the Completed vs Future hours. This will work if you use the same month for the End Date of the first span and also the Start Date for the second span. (Do not try to enter a future month for the beginning of the second date span, as the program will refuse to Save it.) Both date spans will appear in the header of the same Activity box.

Another option, if you are not sure of ongoing participation or a sure End Date, is to add a comment at the end of the narrative space that you "plan to continue for x hrs/week through the fall term," or somesuch that is vague. Keep in mind that your Contact should be able to validate the timeframe of involvement by the time of your med school matriculation.
 
AwJeezRick said:
Questions 10-12

10. If you volunteer for an organization that offers a lot of different events through different programs(ex. New York Cares), can you just put all the separate events you volunteered for under one “Experience” titled Community Service/Volunteer-Non-Medical. If you could how would you go about writing "experience name"- could you just say Volunteer, or do you need to be more specific? (each event I did I had a different role)

11.Are things like dean’s list worth mentioning ,especially if they were from over 6 years ago? I'm a non-trad student who graduated in 2014(BS in Neuro-although no interest in medical school at the time), but then did a post-bacc from 2017-2019)

12. If you had a leadership role that ended up occurring during one of your experiences you can just mention that in the experience description correct? I feel like it would be overkill to have that additional part of an experience as it’s own activity.
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10) Yes. Short-Term Community Event Involvement?

11) No. Your transcript speaks for itself.

12) Yes. You can include your role in the title of the activity, eg General Member and Event Organizer of Rock-Climbing Club.
 
AwJeezRick said:
Questions 13-15 - Thank you again for taking the time to answer these, really appreciate it!

13. In general for "experience name" do you just say the title of your position how you would on a CV/Resume?

14. Is a paid job completely unrelated to the medical field worth mentioning? When I was interning at two labs in 2014 I wasn't getting paid, so I worked for a dog walking company(huge animal lover) on top of both those things for an income- is that something worth mentioning in my application?

15. Lastly, I saw there was an option for hobbies-are those worth mentioning? I happen to write poetry(who know if it’s any good lol), and am a pretty avid chess player, among other things. Is this something medical schools would be interested to know in this section of the app.(aka some of my life outside of the medical/scientific realm)? If so, could I potentially include all my hobbies under one activity?
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13) In general, yes, unless it totally doesn't represent your role. In which case, give a description instead.

14) Many will enter Short-Term Collegiate Jobs in one space, so adcomms know you stayed busy. Or alternatively, if college happened awhile back, they might instead have one space for Significant Collegiate Experiences, which might or might not include items/jobs/clubs/etc you feel are less relevant due to time that's passed.

15) Hobbies are usually mentioned in one space. They are definitely worth listing. Adcomms like to know you have stress-relieving leisure-time interests.

Thank you so much for reorganizing and numbering your questions.
 
Catalystik said:
13) In general, yes, unless it totally doesn't represent your role. In which case, give a description instead.

14) Many will enter Short-Term Collegiate Jobs in one space, so adcomms know you stayed busy. Or alternatively, if college happened awhile back, they might instead have one space for Significant Collegiate Experiences, which might or might not include items/jobs/clubs/etc you feel are less relevant due to time that's passed.

15) Hobbies are usually mentioned in one space. They are definitely worth listing. Adcomms like to know you have stress-relieving leisure-time interests.

Thank you so much for reorganizing and numbering your questions.
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In regards to #14 - this dog-walking paid job was actually post-college, as well as the lab experiences I mentioned (sorry for not being clear on that). Does that change anything? I didn't even think to list small collegiate experiences due to the time lapse- for me these would include things such as being a part of the student association, treasurer, writer for a music blog, active member of clubs such as colleges against cancer, active minds (focused on mental health), etc.- even though these were from 6-10 years ago should I add a "Significant College Experiences" activity and include them?

No problem. Once again thank you for all your help! This really cleared up a lot for me. I apologize if some of the questions were a little too nit-picky or overkill.
 
AwJeezRick said:
In regards to #14 - this dog-walking paid job was actually post-college, as well as the lab experiences I mentioned (sorry for not being clear on that). Does that change anything?

16) I didn't even think to list small collegiate experiences due to the time lapse- for me these would include things such as being a part of the student association, treasurer, writer for a music blog, active member of clubs such as colleges against cancer, active minds (focused on mental health), etc.- even though these were from 6-10 years ago should I add a "Significant College Experiences" activity and include them?
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14) Call it Short-Term Post-Collegiate Jobs? It's up to you to decide if you have the space and if it adds to your candidacy (which it might since your application seems heavy in the Research area, if you want to appeal to schools with that focus).

16) Yes, if you have the space. Use yourself as the Contact.
 
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