You may add work and activity entries in the Work/Activities section. Simply select +Add Work/Activity and fill out the fields below. Please refer to the Work and Activities Guide for Applicants, which provides instructions for entering “Completed” and “Anticipated” experience hours.
Experience Type
From the drop-down list, select the experience type that best represents the experience you wish to include. Given that the information is self-identified, you must decide which option fits best for each experience.
Experience Name
Enter the name of the experience or the title you held during the experience. If the experience has no explicit name, select a name that you feel best describes the experience.
Completed Experiences
Experience Dates
In this section, include the start and end dates for each experience. Some Experience Types, such as Awards, Presentations/Posters, and Publications, require only one date. Given that medical schools want information about experiences that began before application submission, your start date must be the current month or earlier. End dates cannot go beyond the month and year the information is entered.
If you have not started this experience, please enter May 2022 as the start and end dates and enter 0 (zero) in the Completed Hours field.
Total Completed Hours
Enter the total number of hours you completed for the experience during the date range you indicated. If you have a nontraditional schedule, use the Experience Description field for any explanation.
If you participated in an experience more than once, select Yes under the Repeated field for that entry. You may enter up to three additional date ranges; you must include the number of hours completed for each of those date ranges.
You may enter 0 (zero) hours for publications and for Honors/Awards/Recognitions entries. Use the description to provide more information about the nature of the award or the number of times you earned it.
Anticipated Experiences
Experience Dates
In this section, please indicate if you anticipate completing any additional hours for an experience. Enter the date range if you anticipate completing additional hours. Please note: The start date must be the current month and year or later. Similarly, medical schools require experience end dates to coincide with the start of medical school, so the latest end date is August of the current application cycle.
Total Hours
Enter the total number of hours you expect to complete for the experience during the date range you indicated.
Organization Name
Enter the name of the organization where the experience occurred.
Country and City
Select the country and state/province where the experience occurred, and enter the name of the city in which the organization is located or where you spend most of your time during the experience.
Contact Information
Enter the information (title, first and last names, and phone number and/or email) for a person whom medical schools may contact to verify that the experience occurred. For example, you may enter the information for your supervisor or the individual in charge of a particular program. If the experience was a student-organized group and there is no advisor, you may list a staff member in the student affairs/activities office who can verify your experience.
If you don’t have information for a contact person, you may enter the name of a person who can verify your participation, including yourself.
Experience Description
You have the opportunity to describe or summarize each experience in 700 characters or fewer.
If you plan to cut and paste your experience description into the application, draft your information in plain text, preferably in text-only word-processing software such as Microsoft Notepad or Mac TextEdit. Medical schools receive all text-entry responses as plain text, which means reviewers don’t receive formatted text. Copying formatted or rich text into the application may result in formatting problems that cannot be edited once your application is submitted.