Picking 3 top activities for AMCAS

[prolixity29]

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Im wondering how you picked your top 3 AMCAS activities to write about. Did you have a goal, philosophy, or strategy in mind?

 

[pfaction]

1) Why medicine?
2) Did it really transform me into choosing a path for medicine?

 

[Tots]

Im wondering how you picked your top 3 AMCAS activities to write about. Did you have a goal, philosophy, or strategy in mind?

It asks for the most meaningful...so I selected the activities that were the most meaningful to me. To me these were the activities where I grew the most, learned the most and enjoyed the most. Done.

 

[CodeRedDew]

Mine werent really my determining factor into "why medicine". Rather they were meaningful experiences in which I've gained pretty valuable characteristics that I could use as a physician. Does the most meaningful have to be pertinent to why you chose medicine? Also, I only picked two activities!

 

[thlaxer]

I think it's better to be strategic about what you choose for your 3 most meaningful activities. My volunteering, research and shadowing experiences played a big role in my decision, yet I chose to highlight medically-unrelated (yet personally very meaningful) activities like my teaching, hobbies, etc. Part of it was because I needed more room to talk about these other experiences. I also thought they demonstrated positive/useful qualities that weren't showcased elsewhere in my application.

I volunteered and shadowed in multiple places, so I had enough room to talk about these experiences in the space provided since they each occupied a few EC slots in my AMCAS application. I also talked at length about them in my PS, so I wasn't too worried about not highlighting them enough.

Overall I think this strategy helped me as I was able to emphasize more qualities about myself without sacrificing much.

 

[Ismet]

They were simply the 3 things I devoted the most time to and therefore had a big impact on my life (see my MDApps for my work/activities section). DO NOT select something just because it is medically related. Pick your 3 based on what is meaningful to you, not what you think is meaningful to schools.

 

[NickNaylor]

You should pick the activities that are most important to you and/or most revealing about yourself. I will admit that when I'm reading an application for an interview, I focus almost exclusively on the activities applicants designate as "most important." I usually skim over the rest, but when I come up with questions to ask, I seldom draw from an experience that isn't in the top 3.

 

[CopaceticOne]

It asks for the most meaningful...so I selected the activities that were the most meaningful to me. To me these were the activities where I grew the most, learned the most and enjoyed the most. Done.

+1 Each of the activities I selected had stood out to me for one of the reasons listed above.

 

[Pomeshnue]

I just picked my three most meaningful activities and wrote about them ~.~

 

[TheMightySmiter]

I picked the three that influenced me most as a person, and the ones I learned the most from.

 

[TheGloaming]

I only picked two to select as most meaningful. At interviews, I was asked about each activity nearly equally whether or not it was a most meaningful or not. However, one interviewer was very happy and made a big deal about one activity I selected as most meaningful and it was not medically related. So, I would really make sure they are actually ones that are most meaningful to YOU.