Poster Presentation at my own school?

[kill00]

Well I'm in this 1 hour class this semester. There are about 9 people in it. Each of us is going to research some history and present a poster at my school's conference this spring. Only students from my university present at this conference. Is this a "poster presentation?"

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[EBTrailRunner]

Well I'm in this 1 hour class this semester. There are about 9 people in it. Each of us is going to research some history and present a poster at my school's conference this spring. Only students from my university present at this conference. Is this a "poster presentation?"

I'd say so. My school had a science poster day and I put that down on my AMCAS.

 

[sunflower18]

I have a similar inquiry! All of the students in my Gen Chem II class are forming groups of three or four to present posters of their own research topic at my school's conference in the spring... does this count as anything? I think the OP's might, but mine probably doesn't.

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

Definitely.
Note: It's NOT research unless the critical thinking, analyzing, and testing portion is done, among other things I'm too lazy to list.

 

[sector9]

No, you wouldn't count this under "Posters/Presentation" just like you wouldn't count a publication in a campus journal as a "Publication". The poster should be at a national or regional conference if you want to list it under "Posters/Presentations."

You could, however, list it as research and include the poster as part of the description of the activity.

 

[Charles_Carmichael]

No, you wouldn't count this under "Posters/Presentation" just like you wouldn't count a publication in a campus journal as a "Publication". The poster should be at a national or regional conference if you want to list it under "Posters/Presentations."

You could, however, list it as research and include the poster as part of the description of the activity.

IMHO, it's okay to list a poster from a university conference on AMCAS. I definitely included mine. I think it's reasonable to have this listed on your CV, at least early on in your academic career. Once you get posters/abstracts/pubs in peer-reviewed journals, regional/national conferences, etc, then you should remove the university ones you had.

What makes me more nervous about the OP listing his/hers as a poster on AMCAS is that it's from a class and it doesn't sound like it's actual research. Sounds more like a final essay or something but in poster format, at least to me.

Just my $0.02.

 

[sector9]

IMHO, it's okay to list a poster from a university conference on AMCAS. I definitely included mine. I think it's reasonable to have this listed on your CV, at least early on in your academic career. Once you get posters/abstracts/pubs in peer-reviewed journals, regional/national conferences, etc, then you should remove the university ones you had.

What makes me more nervous about the OP listing his/hers as a poster on AMCAS is that it's from a class and it doesn't sound like it's actual research. Sounds more like a final essay or something but in poster format, at least to me.

Just my $0.02.

There's a difference between including them and listing them as an activity separate from your main research listing. Catalystik and LizzyM have both said that they don't think a university conference poster should take up its own slot, so I'm just repeating their advice.

 

[Law2Doc]

IMHO, it's okay to list a poster from a university conference on AMCAS. I definitely included mine. I think it's reasonable to have this listed on your CV, at least early on in your academic career. Once you get posters/abstracts/pubs in peer-reviewed journals, regional/national conferences, etc, then you should remove the university ones you had.

What makes me more nervous about the OP listing his/hers as a poster on AMCAS is that it's from a class and it doesn't sound like it's actual research. Sounds more like a final essay or something but in poster format, at least to me.

Just my $0.02.

I think you need to distinguish between whether this is simply a class project or is a university wide convention presentation. If there are 9 of you in the class and you each do a project to present to the class, then no, it doesn't count. If it's a presentation to a wider audience it might. It will be weighted accordingly, and in no way will have the kind of traction with adcoms as a poster presented nationally though.

 

[235009]

Well I'm in this 1 hour class this semester. There are about 9 people in it. Each of us is going to research some history and present a poster at my school's conference this spring. Only students from my university present at this conference. Is this a "poster presentation?"

I have a similar inquiry! All of the students in my Gen Chem II class are forming groups of three or four to present posters of their own research topic at my school's conference in the spring... does this count as anything? I think the OP's might, but mine probably doesn't.

neither of these count. they're both class assignments and are not original research projects. it sounds like you are basically looking things up and presenting them in the form of a poster.

 

[octupus]

Because it is part of your class requirement, I would simply list this under research experience and note that results were presented at a poster session.