DoktaEvergreen Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I am very confused, does 1 activity have to be classified into only ONE category or can it be 2 or three categories - im talking about the activity type descriptions (ie. leadership...etc all that jazz) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Gundam Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well no but if you think about it do you really want to double count what you do? Most ppl applying prolly dont have enough space to fit everything in. I'd strongly recommend entering the same thing twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirnoodleton Posted June 19, 2012 Report Share Posted June 19, 2012 I recommend AGAINST it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Uhh I think you can only list each one once... Choose the category that best fits the experience. I had a lot of unused entries, don't worry about not filling it up to the max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technicity Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 No, for Diversity of Experience, Leadership, etc., one category per entry... the adcom has said that if they're going through it and feel that it fits better in another category, they will assess it as such, so don't stress too much about it! I think the only exceptions are paid research positions, which you can put under both research and employment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew66 Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Gundam Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 wow blogging thru med school huh? u are sure gonna end up with pages after pages of tales to tell. best of luck hope you could keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booshk Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 So if you started out as a volunteer in an organization and made your way into a coordinator position, would you guys even mention the previous position you had in another section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 wow blogging thru med school huh? u are sure gonna end up with pages after pages of tales to tell. best of luck hope you could keep it up. Hope so... already feeling lazy to update, but there really isn't anything to write about right now. I'll try, anyway. So if you started out as a volunteer in an organization and made your way into a coordinator position, would you guys even mention the previous position you had in another section? Is it employment? You could list them as separate positions. If it's not employment, then you could do the same thing, but if you need that extra entry, list it as coordinator with the volunteer start date. Put a few characters at the beginning like "Volunteer 2006-2008. Blahblahblah (responsibilities)." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booshk Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technicity Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 So if you started out as a volunteer in an organization and made your way into a coordinator position, would you guys even mention the previous position you had in another section? I think that's your call - if you believe the positions/roles are important enough on their own and sufficiently dissimilar, I think it's perfectly valid to separate them. Depends wha you're "giving up" to do it (limited entries for certain categories). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoktaEvergreen Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 What if I was playing a sport for a very long time (since 6 till now)... it seems logical to fill up two sections with this activity but is that bad? there is some overlapping.... ie... played soccer competitively (rep) for 12 years -> could i list it under high performance and capacity to work w/ others (b/c of teamwork) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repede Posted June 22, 2012 Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 I vote only once. High performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addikt Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hey guys, Is it redundant to have an entry under employment, then list it as a non-academic activity as well (more so a reflection of what you learned). If anyone could share their experiences with this that would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwee Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hey guys, Is it redundant to have an entry under employment, then list it as a non-academic activity as well (more so a reflection of what you learned). If anyone could share their experiences with this that would be great. In the help guide they advise against that: "...and employment history should not be included in your list of non-academic activities". Just list it in employment - they (supposedly) use employment history the same way they use non-academic activities to generate your NAQ anyways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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