Question about your AMCAS

Mine was factual. What I did and how long I did it. For example:

Red Cross Blood Drive Chairman (Reed College) - 1989-1993. Four drives per year.

 

mine was factual as well.
I simply wrote about what I did and my responsibilities..

 

i literally copied from my resume.

 

Yeup, I used resume language too

 

i used descriptions. you can only do so much in 510 characters though

 

Hi everyone,

I am a new poster here. I won't be starting the application process till next April, but I was curious about the AMCAS part of the application that deals w/ activities/work/research etc. Do you list everything in one list? or do you separate them? I'm just asking b/c my gpa wasn't too hot my first year, but the next few years i really made a change and brought it up, but i was really only involved in a few activities cuz of that, but was working at the hospital affiliated w/ my school, and also involved in research over the summer, and clinical research in health policy w/ the UN. but in terms of my activities i just did what i loved which was basically 2-3 things, poetry writing for magazines on campus, volunteering, and being an ambassador for the admissions office. i go to an extremely competitive school (ivy) where everyone is running around w/ 4.0s and 35+ mcat's and 10 zillion activities...

sorry for the long message i guess my point is can my research/work experiences be listed w/ my extracurrics b/c if not, i guess that part of my apps will look kinda sparse... do u think they will understand that i had to tone my EC activity down in order to concentrate on bringing up my gpa

ok thank you for any responses to this... i really am glad i found this forum... LOL, i will be receiving my scores for august 2002 mcat in a few weeks (didnt check them online) so i will be back to either share in others joy, or misery, either way!!!