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[854555]

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Hi! So a couple years ago I volunteered for a student run organization. I am not in contact with them anymore and the person who put in my hours is no longer in that position and I didn’t even know who they were because the club has over 300 people. The club officers change halfway through the year and I don’t want to ask whoever will be the officer at the point because they might forget my name and potentially cause miscommunication with medical schools and/or AMCAS.

However, the club has a website and everyone who is part of the club has a public profile with their hours on it. Would it be acceptable to put myself as a contact and then in the description explain all of this and put a link to my public profile in order to give evidence of my hours?

 

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But I don't think that will suffice because med schools are very strict about verification

 

[Catalystik]

Hi! So a couple years ago I volunteered for a student run organization. I am not in contact with them anymore and the person who put in my hours is no longer in that position and I didn’t even know who they were because the club has over 300 people. The club officers change halfway through the year and I don’t want to ask whoever will be the officer at the point because they might forget my name and potentially cause miscommunication with medical schools and/or AMCAS.

However, the club has a website and everyone who is part of the club has a public profile with their hours on it. Would it be acceptable to put myself as a contact and then in the description explain all of this and put a link to my public profile in order to give evidence of my hours?

Who enters your volunteer hours on the public profile?

 

[854555]

Who enters your volunteer hours on the public profile?

The club is student run entirely. Midway through the academic year, the entire club nominates and elects regular club members for various positions to run the club. One of these positions is to input volunteer hours. This is what I was personally told about the process by the president 2 years ago so it could have changed (the president himself/herself is a student that is elected to the position).

 

[Catalystik]

The club is student run entirely. Midway through the academic year, the entire club nominates and elects regular club members for various positions to run the club. One of these positions is to input volunteer hours. This is what I was personally told about the process by the president 2 years ago so it could have changed (the president himself/herself is a student that is elected to the position).

Who reports accumulated hours to the official recorder? The student or the volunteer site?

Also, what was the role in which you accumulated these hours?

 

[854555]

Who reports accumulated hours to the official recorder? The student or the volunteer site?

When a volunteer event occurs, several members sign up and any member can volunteer to be the event lead. The lead coordinates the rides and takes attendance. After the event, the lead fills out the event evaluation. One of the sections of the evaluation asks for each attendee’s name and hours of participation. I have been the lead for a couple of events, but the vast majority of my hours have been for events where I was not the lead. The evaluation is sent to elected officials (the ones whom I explained in the previous post).

I believe that any suspicious activity is thouroughly investigated because another process occurs between the event lead reporting the hours and the elected student officials posting them on the public profile. However, I don’t know the details of that process.

I have had various roles because the events vary in nature. Some examples are: sorting donations, events for food donations, organizing food pantries, helping kids in underserved areas, etc.

 

[Catalystik]

the club has a website and everyone who is part of the club has a public profile with their hours on it. Would it be acceptable to put myself as a contact and then in the description explain all of this and put a link to my public profile in order to give evidence of my hours?

When a volunteer event occurs, several members sign up and any member can volunteer to be the event lead. The lead coordinates the rides and takes attendance. After the event, the lead fills out the event evaluation. One of the sections of the evaluation asks for each attendee’s name and hours of participation. I have been the lead for a couple of events, but the vast majority of my hours have been for events where I was not the lead. The evaluation is sent to elected officials (the ones whom I explained in the previous post).

I believe that any suspicious activity is thouroughly investigated because another process occurs between the event lead reporting the hours and the elected student officials posting them on the public profile. However, I don’t know the details of that process.

I have had various roles because the events vary in nature. Some examples are: sorting donations, events for food donations, organizing food pantries, helping kids in underserved areas, etc.

In light of the additional provided information, the approach you suggest will work.