Work/activities questions

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To all of you experienced applicants: please help the new SDN member... 😕

1) What is expected from AMCAS to be supplied in the "contact" information concerning name and title? What if a job or volunteer work, etc. occurred many years ago and I have no idea who the contact is at the present time? Would general information, such as "Volunteer Coordinator" or "Human Resources" be deemed acceptable?

2) Concerning collegiate activities, such as honor, service, and sorority organizations - should you list them if they were over five years ago? And if so, are you still a member according to AMCAS after graduation? Also, if you list them, who in the world would you submit for contact info???

3) As far as the EMT thing: what if you trained one spring/summer during college at a rural EMS site and became certified in your state, but never practiced as an EMT. I don't want to neglect my training and expired certification despite the fact that I never practiced as an EMT. So, I can't list this in the "Course Work" section, b/c there was no grade, but if I enter it in the "Work/Activities" section, I am clueless about dates to enter, location, contact, etc.

I appreciate anyone who read through all of that and is willing to help - thank you. I am sure I'll have some more questions to come. 🙄

 

[cabinbuilder]

1. If you are going to put down volunteer work from many years ago, you put down who over saw you at that time. The present is irrelevant if you are not currently doing the same volunteer stint. I think it would depend on what you did as to the title of that person. Someone had to oversee you as a volunteer, right? Whoever you reported to, that's who you list on your application.

2. I don't recall ever listing a source for college activities. Confused on that question of yours. I would list everything you can. It's better to look well rounded on your app even if it was some time ago. You still did that activity.

3. I would list the EMT course in the coursework section. List it as a Pass grade. You can't put it in the work section because as you said, you never worked as an EMT.

 

[elderjack21]

1) I would say for contact information give them the best that you can. If it was some time ago they would probably understand. I doubt many schools have the time to verify all of your activities; this is more on your honor/integrity than anything else. The people that are probably more important for contact information would be people who write LORs for you, current supervisors, Academic Advisors, etc.

2) I listed everything after high school, unless there was some continuity between high school and college. For example, I have held many part-time jobs. I listed them all under one EC and they covered from high school onward. You don't have to use all 15 spots on your application. As a matter of fact, it would probably be better to have 10 solid ones than 15 flaky ones if you know what I mean. For example: Organizations, honor societies, clubs with minimal participation, awards, deans list, I put all under one EC. Everyone applying has all of these things, you are just showing that you can keep up with the Jones' Also, some activities can fall under more than one category that they offer you, so to round out your application choose the category that fits you best. For example, I serve in my local congregation. It could be community service - non medical, but I also am a youth leader there, so I could use it as leadership. This offers balance to your application. If you have any specific questions ping me with a private message and maybe I can help.

3) You are kind of stuck entering it under coursework if it is on your transcript. Since you were EMT trained, it may be worth listing together with something else. Like this "My EMT training helped me out as I volunteered at the local ER department." That way you can hit it on coursework and mention it again under activities.