Experiences Section

Your "Experiences" section of your future medical school application is the first thing you will work on as a PBPM student, but may be the section that an Admissions Committee spends the most amount of time reviewing. Don't worry- you can meet with an advisor as many times as you want until you feel ready to hit "submit"!

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For this section, you will have the opportunity to list up to 15 experiences in the following categories:

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• Artistic endeavors

• Employment

• Teaching/Tutoring/Teaching Assistant

• Military service

• Community service: non-medical

• Community service: medical

• Shadowing

• Awards/Honors

• Extracurricular

• Research/Publications

• Presentation/Posters

• Leadership

• Hobbies

• Conferences

• Entrepreneurial/Business Ventures 

• Cultural Explorations/Study Abroad

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Each "Experience Description" is limited to 700 characters including spaces. Note: a lot of identifying information will be listed before you even start writing the Experience Description, so don't waste space by duplicating information!

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These are not AMCAS categories, but are helpful to note in your conversations with an advisor.

Experiences Section Worksheet

For 3 of your 15 Experiences, you are able to annotate them as "Most Meaningful Experience". Keep in mind - you still have a basic "Experience Description" with 700 characters (including spaces!), but you also have an additional 1325 characters (including spaces) to write why it was so meaningful to you.