work and activities

For the Work and activities section of the application, one category for an entry is teaching experience. During COVID lockdown, I homeschooled my autistic and ADHD son for 1st grade. I was also finishing my undergrad and working. This was a very meaningful and difficult experience for me with a...

The AMCAS application allows for a total of 15 entries. For each entry, you will provide a description of the activity (700-characters including spaces), experience dates, and completed/anticipated hours. You will then designate three of these entries as your “most meaningful,” which will give...

The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) just announced that the 2024 application will include a new experience category in the Work and Activities section: Social Justice/Advocacy. AMCAS defines a social justice/advocacy experience as “one in which the applicant worked to...

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Earlier this year, researchers Joseph M. Maciuba, Yating Teng, Matthew Pflipsen, Mary A. Andrews, and Steven J. Durning published findings from early research into the qualitative differences in the AMCAS applications of medical students identified as high performing (via entry into a medical...

Hobbies. They are not a make or break component of the medical school (and later, residency) application, but they are an opportunity to provide the admissions committee with a view of the person beyond the test scores. Hobbies are also an effective way to demonstrate how you will add to the...

It’s too late to change anything bc I already graduated but I wanted to hear opinions! I didn’t do anything the summers of my college years. Most of my clinical, volunteer and shadowing comes from my two gap years that I’m taking now. People might ask why and it was because I was helping my...

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Hello everyone, I've been writing up my Work & Activities and while I had no problems with the general descriptions, I'm kind of torn about how to write the most meaningful remarks. Different websites seem to give different recommendations (and I understand that's because there's really no...

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Anyone open to reading my work/activities section? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I worked part time as a pharmacy technician from Jan-March of this year. Should I list this in my activities section, or would I look like a quitter/was looking to avoid being exposed to coronavirus lol In my defense, things were getting scary and the pharmacy wasn't providing us with masks at...

The title says it all. I have too many activities for the W/A section and need help narrowing it down/shortening descriptions to get everything less than 300 characters. I have already consoloidated everything (43 Items, almost all of which are significant, compressed in to 14 categories) While...

I need some help on how to classify some military activities. I have asked about one in particular and am still unsure for the rest. Please take in to consideration, Military is salaried so...that is why I am confused. 1) While a lab tech student (still on active duty) I volunteered to conduct...

Anyone willing to take a look at my activities list for grammar, sentence structure, and overall clarity? I'd really appreciate it! Willing to trade and take a look at yours as well.

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Hi All, This is my first time posting so here it goes. I'll try to keep it concise. Undergrad: 2.7c, 2.7s 1 year Postbacc (at a 4 year uni): 3.82 -Full load science courses MCAT: 520 Underrepresented minority, research in plant sciences/wildlife bio, 3 years EMT experience, 2 years teaching...

I apologize since I know there is definitely a thread about this already, but I was hoping for some personalized advice. I will be starting the MOT program at NYU in the Fall. I will have to take out loans to be used for a little more than half of the tuition costs (About 80k in total, for the...

Planning on being done by Friday, just need to finish up the most meaningful essays. I wanted to ask now so that I can plan ahead.