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AMCAS Tips (and Particulars): How to Best Draft Your Work/Activity Experience Description Section

I’ve had a few clients recently who were confused about the AMCAS Work/Activity Experience Description character limits and how the Most Meaningful Experiences fit in.

Please remember that AMCAS Experience Descriptions can have up to 700 characters (not words!), while the Most Meaningful Experiences max out at 1325 characters. (Note, then, that the Most Meaningful Experiences are separate from the Experience Descriptions.)

Here’s a short blog with AMCAS Work/Activity Experience Description writing tips and another with Most Meaningful Experiences guidance. Good luck!

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About Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Michelle Finkel

Dr. Finkel is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School. On completing her residency at Harvard, she was asked to
stay on as faculty at Harvard Medical School and spent five years teaching at the world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital.
She was appointed to the Assistant Residency Director position for the Harvard Affiliated
Emergency Medicine Residency where she reviewed countless applications, personal statements and resumes. Read more

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