<p>Can you list ECs that you may have done in highschool but continued in college?</p>
<p>For instance, lets say I volunteered at a local hospital 100 hours during my junior/senior year of high school and when I went to college I continued to volunteer at the hospital. During 4 years in college I volunteered 400 hours. </p>
<p>Would I be able to tell med school that I volunteered 500 hours? </p>
<p>Write back A.S.A.P. - this interests me.</p>
<p>There are spots on the AMCAS, but I'm pretty sure there explicitly labled post-secondary experiences so you need to drop the high school stuff.</p>
<p>However, I dont' think that the difference between 400 and 500 hours is really going to make that much of a difference in the strength of your application. It's really more like you crossed one thing of the list...it's great that you did 400 hours, but it's more important that you just did it. </p>
<p>Now if you had something particularly interesting that you did in HS that was particularly relevant, then that should be something that you bring up in your interview and personal statement. EG I shadowed an orthopedic surgeon for about 8 months from January of my senior year until I left for college. I mentioned that as something that helped me choose medicine in both my interview and personal statement. So you could say that you volunteered in HS and enjoyed it so much that you continued in college...</p>
<p>Thanks, but could I use my HS volunteering hours on college app? Maybe if I do enough hospital volunteering hours in HS I can focus on other ECs during colllege?</p>
<p>No you can't, or at least you aren't supposed to. It a Post-Secondary Experiences list. If you put HS stuff on there, they may look at it, but who knows how they'll really feel about it...</p>
<p>Besides, there is plenty of free time in college if you manage your time effectively. Believe me, I don't want to even think about the ridiculous number of hours I've wasted on facebook...</p>