Tutoring Experience on AMCAS?!

[djsbaseball2014]

Hey all,

So i have a couple different tutoring experiences that ive done over the past 4 years and am wondering how i should classify them on AMCAS. I'll explain each in a little detail but should i classify them all as one thing or separate them logically. I feel that i developed a different skill set for each of the experiences.

1.) Private Tutor (4+ years): ran my own tutoring business and tutored about 15 different high school students in math, chem, biology etc. I feel like this was a super meaningful experience to me because i basically had to run my own business and develop my organizational/leadership skills. Business started to get slow so this led into #2.

2.) Tutoring Center (1 year): I work at a facility that provides students for me on site and i tutor mainly high school students in the same subjects listed above.

3.) Volunteer AP Bio tutor at old high school (2 years): I still talk with my AP bio teacher from high school and every winter break+ Spring semester i go in and host review sessions to get the students prepared for the AP exam, my high school is in a highly URM area

4.) OCHEM Tutor for Medical Scholars Program on campus (1 year) : I tutor students in ochem a few times a week and help them prep for any tests, its a paid work experience

Should i group these all together or select one as most meaningful (most likely my private tutoring business) and then group the others together? Or split them by volunteer and paid? Any insight would help!

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[de Ribas]

Hey all,

So i have a couple different tutoring experiences that ive done over the past 4 years and am wondering how i should classify them on AMCAS. I'll explain each in a little detail but should i classify them all as one thing or separate them logically. I feel that i developed a different skill set for each of the experiences.

1.) Private Tutor (4+ years): ran my own tutoring business and tutored about 15 different high school students in math, chem, biology etc. I feel like this was a super meaningful experience to me because i basically had to run my own business and develop my organizational/leadership skills. Business started to get slow so this led into #2.

2.) Tutoring Center (1 year): I work at a facility that provides students for me on site and i tutor mainly high school students in the same subjects listed above.

3.) Volunteer AP Bio tutor at old high school (2 years): I still talk with my AP bio teacher from high school and every winter break+ Spring semester i go in and host review sessions to get the students prepared for the AP exam, my high school is in a highly URM area

4.) OCHEM Tutor for Medical Scholars Program on campus (1 year) : I tutor students in ochem a few times a week and help them prep for any tests, its a paid work experience

Should i group these all together or select one as most meaningful (most likely my private tutoring business) and then group the others together? Or split them by volunteer and paid? Any insight would help!

combine and interpret in the description.

 

[Catalystik]

So i have a couple different tutoring experiences that ive done over the past 4 years and am wondering how i should classify them on AMCAS. I'll explain each in a little detail but should i classify them all as one thing or separate them logically. I feel that i developed a different skill set for each of the experiences.

1.) Private Tutor (4+ years): ran my own tutoring business and tutored about 15 different high school students in math, chem, biology etc. I feel like this was a super meaningful experience to me because i basically had to run my own business and develop my organizational/leadership skills. Business started to get slow so this led into #2.

2.) Tutoring Center (1 year): I work at a facility that provides students for me on site and i tutor mainly high school students in the same subjects listed above.

3.) Volunteer AP Bio tutor at old high school (2 years): I still talk with my AP bio teacher from high school and every winter break+ Spring semester i go in and host review sessions to get the students prepared for the AP exam, my high school is in a highly URM area

4.) OCHEM Tutor for Medical Scholars Program on campus (1 year) : I tutor students in ochem a few times a week and help them prep for any tests, its a paid work experience

Should i group these all together or select one as most meaningful (most likely my private tutoring business) and then group the others together? Or split them by volunteer and paid? Any insight would help!

For AMCAS:

Who will you use as a Contact for #1. If someone at the HS can't attest to your involvement, maybe best not to list it in its own space. Also: If you are asked about the details of starting a business (including paying taxes on income) will you have a good answer?

You can group or lump them depending on space demands, whether you want to classify them as Employment, Teaching, or Volunteer (to balance your application) and need for explanatory narrative. Your choice, as there's not "One Best Way" to do it. If you lump them, you'd only put one Contact in the header, but you'd mention the others in the narrative with subtotals of hours and dates, with each description.

 

[djsbaseball2014]

@Catalystik I think Ill break work experience up into a category, volunteer into a category and the ochem tutoring ill just explain as part of my involvement in the overarching program. Thanks for your help. I do have contacts for my time as a self employed tutor

 

[sugar12]

Did you have your business registered; are you paying taxes on it? I have a similar set up with henna that has gotten me good income but I never registered it because it's only part-time. What are your thoughts? Would they get into the details of such things?

 

[djsbaseball2014]

Did you have your business registered; are you paying taxes on it? I have a similar set up with henna that has gotten me good income but I never registered it because it's only part-time. What are your thoughts? Would they get into the details of such things?

So Im self employed and the families i work with arent claiming the money they pay me on their taxes so i havent reported anything since its mainly under the table. I am not sure how deep an ADCOM would look into this as numerous students tutor while in college through their own means via websites online etc.

 

[sugar12]

yea i hope they don't really care too much

 

[Catalystik]

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Adcomms are not the IRS police, but if you say, "I started my own business," it's a logical question string to follow that you be asked about that process. Individual adcomms will interpret your above responses each in their own way.