Medical School Admissions: AMCAS Work/Activities
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
For step-by-step advice on how to get into medical school
including examples of AMCAS applications, check out The
Medical School Admissions Guide: A Harvard MD’s Week-by-Week Admissions
Handbook. If you’d like to
communicate directly with Dr. Miller, medical school admissions expert, please
email info@MDadmit.com or call 415.939.5251.
