There seems to be a paradox between listing ECs...

[Mekchrious]

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Between listing ECs and what you actually get from them. You can put all the names and titles on your application, but in an interview, they are going to ask what these experiences meant to you. Yet...to get an interview in the first place, you need to list the names and titles!

Just something I was thinking about.

 

[toff4l]

Between listing ECs and what you actually get from them. You can put all the names and titles on your application, but in an interview, they are going to ask what these experiences meant to you. Yet...to get an interview in the first place, you need to list the names and titles!

Just something I was thinking about.

EC's don't guarantee an interview.

 

[Slack3r]

Between listing ECs and what you actually get from them. You can put all the names and titles on your application, but in an interview, they are going to ask what these experiences meant to you. Yet...to get an interview in the first place, you need to list the names and titles!

Just something I was thinking about.

I'm not sure you understand the definition of paradox...

 

[feathr]

I'm not sure you understand the definition of paradox...

lol i was thinking the same thing.

 

[apumic]

Between listing ECs and what you actually get from them. You can put all the names and titles on your application, but in an interview, they are going to ask what these experiences meant to you. Yet...to get an interview in the first place, you need to list the names and titles!

Just something I was thinking about.

And the paradox is...?

 

[nooFy]

here OP, I think I can help:
par·a·dox/ˈparəˌdäks/
Noun: A statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory


the word "ironic", is what you could've been looking for:
i·ron·ic/īˈränik/Adjective
1. Using or characterized by irony.
2. Happening in the opposite way to what is expected

 

[alienshards]

It's not even irony.

Ironic would be if OP thought names and titles were all that mattered, only to find out later that it was the experience that mattered.

 

[Pons Asinorum]

I'm curious how you have any concept of what happens in a medical school interview.

I'm a freshman, still young, but one thing I've found is any time you talk to a professor, doctor, or anyone that even somewhat relates to your field, tell them you're premed and ask them for advice. Chances are, 90% of what they tell you, you will already know. But every time, without fail, I've found they give you one more piece of advice, one step ahead of other premeds.

Just something I've found useful.

Also, your parenthetical sign off is irritating. Carry on 🙂