work/activites

[passion4atcg]

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how on earth did everybody fit their 'work activities' into 15 items? I'm having trouble figuring out how to NOT overlap somethings. For example, I'm an NIH IRTA. Do I put that under "research/lab" AND "awards"? or under just one? Which one looks better? Does each publication count as an item? Or if we have two publication from the same lab can that be listed as one? Is the point to fit as much possible, by cutting corners? If we presented a poster at a conference do we have to count that as two activites? "poster" and "conferences attended"? Any help on this issue would be much appreciated. thank you... i'm so impressed with the great advice in this forum🙂

 

[SpeakLittleB]

i suggest making a list of all your major accomplishments, picking out the best 15. and then arranging them in categories so that you have a good scattering of the categories.

For something as important as pubs, I think it's reasonable to overlap with other activities . I just listed my most important publication as a "Publication" activity, and the others I mentioned in the descriptions under their corresponding "Research" activity.

All the options you mentioned above seem fine. I wouldn't try to cram too much, though, because it can seem like you are trying way too hard to impress.. and more importantly, it can crowd away your more important accomplishments. For example, if you presented at 2 major conferences, you probably wouldn't list the other 2 times you presented at your undergrad poster session. yeah?

 

[RxnMan]

Click on the link in my signature. Scroll down, and I have a post in the FAQ on how to arrange ECs. There's an example using research ECs.