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Monday, June 29, 2009

AMCAS Work/Activities: More Tips

*In general, medical school admission committees place more weight on activities that show dedication over a period of time and leadership.
*You are allowed a maximum of 15 experiences with 1325 characters to describe each experience.
*Remember hard returns (enter) count as two characters.
*The admissions committees look down on repeats.
*Don’t fill the space just to fill the space. 10 stellar activities are better than 15 less-than-impressive activities.
*The AMCAS automatically lists the activities by date but you can be creative with how you list dates to have some control over activity order.

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Monday, June 22, 2009

AMCAS Work/Activites: More Than a Resume

Like I mentioned last week, the AMCAS Work/Activities section is more than just a resume.

Like a resume, the Work/Activities section requires you to include the dates, location, and description of activities. But you will also need specifics on average hours per week you spent on the activity and the name, title, phone number, and e-mail of a contact that can vouch that you did the activity. This contact can be a professor, coach, community service advisor, principal investigator etc. It should not be a member of your family. It can take some time to track down this information so get started early!

Need help deciding which activities to include?
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Monday, June 15, 2009

AMCAS Work/Activites

Did you know the AMCAS Work/Activities section is more than just a resume?

The Work/Activities section requires you to categorize your experiences by the following categories:

Paid Employment— Not Military
Paid Employment—Military
Community Service/Volunteer—Not Medical/Clinical
Community Service/Volunteer—Medical/Clinical
Research/Lab
Teaching/Tutoring
Honors/Awards/Recognition
Conferences Attended
Presentations/Posters
Extracurricular/Hobbies/Avocations
Leadership—Not Listed Elsewhere
Other

This allows you to include many experiences not listed on a normal resume. Some examples:

Guitarist in a band that created an album
Attended a toxicology conference in Berlin
Won a creative writing contest in college
Completed an Ironman triathlon

Need help deciding which activities to include on your AMCAS?


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