OMSAS Sketch Description

[Guest Dimon]

I could be mistaken, but hasn't there been quite a large reduction in the maximum number of characters allowed in the description. and last year there was a separate box for the name of the activity, but now it seems as if we have to combine the name of the activity, and a description of it with even fewer characters. whats going on with this??

[Savac]

There is a link called 'Add/Change Details' where you still get 150 characters to describe the activity

[cracklebrite]

Does anyone know if using short forms is frowned upon in the description?

 

And also for point form, do you literally use bullets? for example:

- point 1

- point 2

- etc...

Because the OMSAS booklet states that point form is good for descriptions.

 

When I was planning out my sketch I was thinking of writing it like "With this summer research position, I grew cell cultures for study, etc"; but that is not considered point form.

 

Can anyone please advise me on the best way to go about this? I don't want the character limit to hinder my ability to describe my activities.

[Cass]

Does anyone know if using short forms is frowned upon in the description?

 

And also for point form, do you literally use bullets? for example:

- point 1

- point 2

- etc...

Because the OMSAS booklet states that point form is good for descriptions.

 

When I was planning out my sketch I was thinking of writing it like "With this summer research position, I grew cell cultures for study, etc"; but that is not considered point form.

 

Can anyone please advise me on the best way to go about this? I don't want the character limit to hinder my ability to describe my activities.

 

I personally used short forms though I made sure these were ones that most people knew about. For instance, I used @ = at; +/& = and; between = b/w; with = w/ etc. I didn't use point form like how you have written it. With your example, I would suggest saying "grew cell cultures for study (add some more description about skills you developed etc.) because you would've already indicated that this was a summer research position when you listed the activity. Leave the 150 characters to just describing what you did rather than restating your position. I wrote brief blog post about this today lol. I also know Tesla extensively commented on this last year (just use the search function to look up that thread =).

[thatonekid]

To add to what Cass said, you can use point form, but think of it more as short sentences.

 

e.g. Instead of "While I was in Africa, I rebuilt an entire city, saved 1000 children in despair from a well, and won a Nobel prize" you could say "Rebuilt city, saved 1000 kids from well & won Nobel prize.'