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I was curious how people feel about creating general categories (ex: community volunteering) for some elements of the top 10 experiences? Last year I was rejected pre-interview, but I feel like I was pretty close (score pre-interview was 100.39). I feel like including broader categories in my top 10 would allow me to better elaborate on the R1-R7 elements that I received lower scores than I would have liked by including many experiences that lump together to demonstrate a category that UofC specifically evaluates. I'm curious how people feel about mixing specific top 10 experiences with more broad experiences in the top 10?

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I agree. While I don't know if it will help with scores, I plan on doing that too. Each experience is a combination of two-three activities, except for a few which are stand alone activities.

 

I'm just wondering how I would date them (the main date for experience). Naturally, I would want to put the dates of the activity with longest duration. That's okay, right? :confused:

 

For example:

Experience #1: Clinical Work

Description: XYZ from date X to date X; XYZ2 from date X to date X; XYZ3 from date X to date X

Impact: talk about the impact in an overall sense?

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I was curious how people feel about creating general categories (ex: community volunteering) for some elements of the top 10 experiences? Last year I was rejected pre-interview, but I feel like I was pretty close (score pre-interview was 100.39). I feel like including broader categories in my top 10 would allow me to better elaborate on the R1-R7 elements that I received lower scores than I would have liked by including many experiences that lump together to demonstrate a category that UofC specifically evaluates. I'm curious how people feel about mixing specific top 10 experiences with more broad experiences in the top 10?

 

I think the most important thing to do is to be able to demonstrate how you have, or are capable of, meeting the qualities they are looking for a physician to possess. If you are able to show you meet two of those qualities in one activity (for example, you were a RA in a lab - therefore you possess knowledge of ethical practice as well as strong communications skills) or it takes a bunch of activities to describe a single attribute, it won't matter. The most important thing is you clearly demonstrate, through your activities, that you have those qualities.

 

I mean...I think. I'm not on the adcom or anything :)

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I agree. While I don't know if it will help with scores, I plan on doing that too. Each experience is a combination of two-three activities, except for a few which are stand alone activities.

 

I'm just wondering how I would date them (the main date for experience). Naturally, I would want to put the dates of the activity with longest duration. That's okay, right? :confused:

 

For example:

Experience #1: Clinical Work

Description: XYZ from date X to date X; XYZ2 from date X to date X; XYZ3 from date X to date X

Impact: talk about the impact in an overall sense?

 

yeah, that makes sense to me. :cool:

 

i kind of did that last year too for some, and will do the same again... scored well on some sections and not so well on others; i knew my strengths and weaknesses and the score reflected that.

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Good point. When I review my writing from last year, it was either too campy or too general in many circumstances. I learned my lesson there, for sure. I also had too much emphasis in a couple of areas and not nearly enough in others. I appreciate the feedback, thanks.

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Good point. When I review my writing from last year, it was either too campy or too general in many circumstances. I learned my lesson there, for sure. I also had too much emphasis in a couple of areas and not nearly enough in others. I appreciate the feedback, thanks.

 

If you want an editor for your app I'm happy to help btw. DM me :)

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I agree. While I don't know if it will help with scores, I plan on doing that too. Each experience is a combination of two-three activities, except for a few which are stand alone activities.

 

I'm just wondering how I would date them (the main date for experience). Naturally, I would want to put the dates of the activity with longest duration. That's okay, right? :confused:

 

For example:

Experience #1: Clinical Work

Description: XYZ from date X to date X; XYZ2 from date X to date X; XYZ3 from date X to date X

Impact: talk about the impact in an overall sense?

 

Why would you put the date under the description?

Is that the format you have to make the entry in? If so, whats the difference between impact and description?

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