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If the contact for an activity is a doctor, do I need to put Dr. ___ as first name for the contact first name (not referring to contact title) or just put normal first and last name alone?
I suggest putting in the normal first and last name alone, then using the Title space to put, eg, MD (or DO, or other professional credentials), Pulmonologist (or other specialty), and perhaps if appropriate Principal Investigator (or whatever title is relevant to the reason you interacted with this person.
It's fine to include an activity for which you received course credit, if so labeled. Since this includes activity types across several categories, and since it was not paid or volunteer, list it as "Other." Use the title you give the space to mention the cross-occupational (EMT & MD) shadowing and clinical care.
Thank you so much - so helpful!!
Do not use 4-5 separate slots on scattered campus activities, especially if the hours are <50 for each one.
I suggest putting it under Teaching (which also covers tutoring, coaching & mentoring).
You are not obliged to give slot-space to an activity that appears on your transcript. That said, In your case, including the HS research will show the beginning of your investigational interests that then flowed into the college years. Definitely include it, since you feel the experience had substance.
See an example in post #2, item 10 in this thread.
If your space title or narrative make it clear the activity took place during the academic year, you don't need to break it up with the Repeated function unless there is a wide variation in the time spent from year to year.
1) How many spaces are you planning to use? How many PIs did you interact with? Which will write you the strongest letter? Are you (stats-wise) a strong candidate for highly selective, research-focused schools?
1) Im planning to use 4 spaces, 1 for my basic science, 2 for my translational (my school advisor told me I could split up my time prior to having my independent honors thesis and then after. My time completing the honors thesis is a most meaningful.), and 3rd being my current employment during my gap year which a clinical research assistant (which is the type of research I want to do). My 2nd experience and 3rd experience are both writing letters, with my 2nd being the strongest, and yes, I do believe my stats are strong for research schools according to MSAR.
Your reflectons/impact/growth/future directions-comments are best put in your MM space. You might include very brief comments about your research progression in the same location to tie them all together. Other than the honors thesis, do you have off-campus posters or pubs to report?
Yes, one poster from experience 1 and one pub (7th author, but did meaningful work I can explain in interviews), plus 3 posters from experience 2. I was going to combine my posters and the pub, but my advisor told me to split them up to make sure adcoms don't miss the pub.
Please read my suggestions in post 2 of this thread, items #14 and (especially) #20.
1) For the most part, it's fine to leave old activities unchanged, but there are some schools that do head to head comparisons with re-applicants, so I suggest at least changing the first sentence a bit.
Switching Contacts is no problem. Folks retire, change jobs, get promoted/demoted, requiring new information. Your reason is fine, too.
I suggest you include it in your W/A section (so adcomms know what you're up to this summer), but that you only put the hours you've completed at the time of application in the header. In the narrative, say you hope to complete XX hours/week over the next 13 weeks. At the end of the summer you'd hopefully have the mentor's letter submitted and a meaty update about what you accomplished.
1) That works fine, especially if you are tight on spaces.
1) sounds good
2) Yes.
Keeping them in one space is logical. The second Contact can be listed in the narrative. You might use the Repeated feature if there was a significant time separation between the two experiences.
No, you don't "need" to enter Research as MM for Research heavy schools. Best to enter those activities that truly meant the most to you and reflect on their impact.
1) As long as your Contact agrees with the numbers you enter, you’re fine. New activities added from past times won’t raise eyebrows, as your further consideration may have determined the activity does indeed reveal traits valuable in a physician that can enhance your application.
Add the conference location and date. If other authors, add them or use et al, except for the PI whom you should include. No need to mention a not-yet-submitted manuscript. Title and conference name can be abbreviated if needed.
I've never seen it done. Were the criteria for acceptance to the EAP and to the affiliated med school more stringent than those of most of the schools to which you plan to apply?
Thanks for the reply. The GPA and MCAT averages are kind of in line with a lot of schools on my list, and a few points less than the best schools on my list. I also told my recommenders about this acceptance so it's possible the schools to which I apply would get to know anyways through my recommendation letters.
Did you present the poster on campus, or at a regional or national conference?
Seems to me that including this in W/A would lead to interview questions about why you want to go elsewhere. Your answer to this could be a positive or negative for your appeal. If you proceed, be sure you have a very compelling answer to this question. I will not advise you either for or against.
it was on campus of the national lab (not at my university) I researched at (research symposium event). Normally I'm mainly helping out with a bunch of diff projects in the lab, the poster project started off as a summer project for the grant I received but I continued it into the year.
Using three spaces is appropriate, then, assuming that acceptance of the poster abstract was a competitive process.
