Activity categories

For activities in the AMCAS app, in what category does shadowing belong? Would it be “Community Service/Volunteer - Medical/Clinical” or perhaps “Extracurricular/Hobbies/ Avocations?” Neither seems to quite fit.


For the sake of completeness - and in case anyone’s interested in the app - this is what AMCAS provides:

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Experience Type

From the drop-down list, select the Experience Type that best represents the experience you wish to include. Because these are arbitrary categories, it is up to the applicant to decide which experience type best suits each particular experience.



List:

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Paid Employment - not Military

Paid Employment - Military

Community Service/Volunteer - not Medical/Clinical

Community Service/Volunteer - Medical/Clinical

Research/Lab

Teaching/Tutoring

Honors/Awards/Recognition s

Conferences Attended

Presentations/Posters

Publications

Extracurricular/Hobbies/A vocations

Leadership - not Listed Elsewhere

Other

Intercollegiate Athletics

Artistic Endeavors

Generally, people seem to be classifying shadowing experiences as “Other.”


Cheers,


Judy

Thanks, Judy - that’s what I ended up doing, as well.