Use a zero.
If you are short on spaces, you can include these in the Research space, instead of in a Posters/Presentations space:
It would not be fair to take into account future hours that might never be completed. Personally, I do the math myself. I only take into account completed hours, even if I have to calculate what those might be.
I agree with you. I mentally wince when I see posts using those descriptors.
You can do as you feel best, however, campus Research Symposia generally do not provide the same scrutiny and selectivity, before a poster is accepted, and are often required if related to a class. They do not speak much to the merit of the project.
Each entry should be handled individually. Too many stories can get fatiguing to read through. But having too many entries connecting all the dots for the adcomm gets annoying. Try to find a balance. Some entries are fine with "just the facts, ma'am" [or sir]. Just don't ever be flowery with endless descriptors and -ly words. Make the stories succinct. [Sidenote: Disney references are always OK by me.]
If you include the term Academic Year in the title of the space, then you can list it as per your example. Otherwise, I'd suggest not having the future hours in the header and just mentioning your intention in the narrative.
Do not include sleep, socialization, tourist time, travel, and personal care time. Planning time, report writing, and meetings can be included with the active volunteer time.
Grouping them under teaching would be fine.
Receiving class credit isn't the issue. Internships like this often contain multiple components that don't fit one category, like classes, cultural experiences, shadowing, etc that make it better to list as Other, if you want to include all the hours. But there's no reason you can't carve out the hours dedicated to community service and list them on their own.
got it, thank you so much!
Sounds good.
1) The first person on the list has their contact info in the header rather than in the narrative space.
got it, thanks. Can I use DOI for citing if short on space? The titles are so long and having trouble fitting 3 in same space. Can I abbreviate names of conferences/ use their acronyms?
You can abbreviate the author list, you can summarize/shorten the title. Using the DOI would be my last choice.
I'd agree with the way you listed it if you had definite dates for the shadowing experience, but that's maybe not possible in the current environment. OTOH, due to the current environment, adcomms may be more tolerant of iffy listings.
This is how I currently have them cited:
Maybe you could call the office and see when elective patients will be scheduled. That might be a predictor of when you can start. Or at least the very soonest you can start.
1) Is there an indication of your authorship position somewhere? You might enter the info about where it was presented in bullet form (using a *** or -- instead of a real bullet) to use fewer characters.
You can list the research portion of the fellowship under Research (if there were other components, you'd omit those hours, like classes, enrichment talks, fieldtrips, organizational meetings, etc) unless you prefer to list the entire experience, including all hours) under "Other". If the poster session was at the same site, then include mention of it in the same entry.
If you want to call it Leadership, then carve out the volunteering hours and list them elsewhere (on their own or grouped with other nonmedical community service). If it makes more sense to keep the two components together and list all the hours in one space, then use Community Service or Teaching as the activity tag.
I was confused as I didn't recall if it referred to you or to someone else.
thank you so much, that is so helpful. I really appreciate it!!
Yes.
1a) Absolutely not! And I would not use the Repeated feature, regardless, since it isn't the same hospital.
Using quotation marks once will get the point across.
1) OK.
If you are a strong candidate for the highly-selective, research-focused med schools (Top Ten, etc), then having a Leadership space is desirable. If you are aiming more for primary-care and service-focused schools, then putting it all under Volunteer-Not Medical Clinical, with the space title you suggested would be in your better interests.
If the win wasn't very selective, then mentioning these awards may not add to your candidacy. What were the criteria for each?
I placed 1st out of 3 in a medical spelling competition. The 2nd/3 was one I did with a partner where we had to design a poster for a health career.
I'd pick #1 as Leadership, discussing only the dates and hours of the leadership roles in the space, and referring to general membership (which is not leadership) in the narrative as part of the backstory.
Leave them out.
How intense is your research experience? Pubs? Posters? Presentations? Does your application have a theme?
Yup I did that for 3. I will label 1 as leadership then. Thank you!
1) Hopefully you commented on the reason in the narrative.
