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2025 Work and Activities Guide for Applicants
This guide reviews the Work and Activities section of the American Medical College Application Service® (AMCAS®)
application for the 2025 cycle and provides instructions for entering “Completed” and “Anticipated” experience
hours. Information for first-time applicants and reapplicants, as well as examples, are included.
Overview
The Work and Activities section is designed to give applicants the opportunity to include any work or
extracurricular activities that they would like to bring to the attention of the medical schools where they are
applying. Applicants can add up to fifteen (15) entries and will be prompted to summarize each experience in
700 characters.
Applicants are asked to identify up to three (3) experiences that they consider the “most meaningful.” If
applicants have two or more entries, they must identify at least one as the most meaningful. When
considering which experiences are the most meaningful, applicants might consider the transformative nature
of the experience: the impact they made while engaging in the activity, what they learned, and the personal
growth they experienced as a result of their participation.
Applicants may also separately list experiences they have not completed yet and indicate the number of
hours they anticipate spending on these activities.
Work and Activities for the 2025 Application Cycle
The Work and Activities section of the AMCAS application enables both "Completed” and “Anticipated”
experiences and related hours to be recorded separately. This feature allows applicants to distinguish
previous, ongoing, and planned new activities in their applications.
Within the Work and Activities section of the AMCAS application, applicants will see separate data entry
sections for “Completed Hours” and “Anticipated Hours.”
Guidance for Work & Activities Entry
• You can add up to 15 entries
• You will need to enter the start and end date for each experience
• You will need to enter the total hours for each experience
• You will be asked to identify up to 3 entries as most meaningful
• If you have two or more entries, you are required to designate at least one as the “most meaningful”
• You can enter 3 additional date ranges for repeated activities
Completed vs. Anticipated Work/Activities
*Note: “Current month” in the instructions below is defined as of the month/year that you complete and
submit your application.
• “Completed” experiences are activities that you have finished
o A “Completed” activity cannot have a start or end date in the future – the end date must be
the current month* or earlier