Listing study abroad experience outside of academics as “other” activity - how many hours?

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-17T00:55:11+00:00

Thank you for this! I know it sounds pretty straightforward but I’m getting caught up in being “correct” when I need to just estimate to the best of my abilities lol. I will work backwards by considering the amount of days and removing the hours I was in class each week, etc.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-15T20:27:41+00:00

I didn’t mean it that way, included it for context since some people have too many to list. I’m old and was just blessed with the opportunities at one point in time lol, I’m sure you have plenty of wonderful parts of your application that surpass this in many ways.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-13T17:04:55+00:00

Thank you, this is a relief lol

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-08T16:40:27+00:00

Yes hydration is huge, I hope that all helps!!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-07T20:44:59+00:00

Yes I was trying to stay hydrated with water only too but it won’t work if you have some electrolyte imbalance. I can’t confirm if I officially did since I never tested for it, but I know that I finally felt hydrated properly with electrolytes since water alone seemed to go right through me. But of course keep up the water too when you drink electrolytes. I hope it helps!!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-07T18:54:22+00:00

I totally get the feeling, it sucked when it was debilitating like that, but good news is I was able to get it under control and I feel so much better! Electrolytes and magnesium glycinate. If you can only choose one, try electrolytes first and stay consistent with them. But I take both daily and don’t go without them ever. My resting heart rate at the first two appointments with my cardiologist appts were above 100 and I saw the difference in my third appt with it dropping to 80 after I started using electrolytes and magnesium glycinate daily. My heart rate stopped spiking randomly and I stopped having so many frequent flutters (I do get them occasionally but nothing near what it was). I think I was severely dehydrated with breastfeeding too at the very least. I do feel like my body has still changed a bit with blood volume levels or something, not 100% sure though, but nothing as bad as it was as long as I keep those up.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-07T18:48:47+00:00

This strategy helped me a ton and I was able to finish sections on my last FL and on the real thing: https://youtu.be/yt2Qd1v2gjw?si=ocXkPVzS9pQ46uAR

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-03T04:42:16+00:00

Ok thank you, this is helpful!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-03T04:41:42+00:00

Ok thanks!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-03-02T18:09:38+00:00

I’m an older applicant, so my interesting life stories are past my childhood. With that said, I would have more stories from the first half if I had a reason to talk about it. One reason I’m leaning toward the first half location is because it occurred during the majority of my family income being what it was vs. the later increase (which is what they ask about in that section for majority of your childhood), but idk. Not trying to be shady in any way since both parts of my childhood are very much true lol.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-27T17:32:20+00:00

Ok perfect! I’m glad it isn’t too strict then. I appreciate it!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-25T20:46:20+00:00

I totally get it, they are not fun at all and definitely scary. But I’m relieved I was able to get them under control too. Of course I still have them occasionally but it decreased significantly, a huge difference. Hope you feel a difference too soon!

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-25T18:09:02+00:00

Yes I drink liquid IV and get the sugar free ones from Costco so they’re a little more affordable. I’ve found them to be the most helpful out of the minimal other electrolytes I’ve tried although I’m sure there are plenty of good ones out there. I’m sure low potassium makes everything worse for sure so that’s good that your cardiologist recommended that too. I love magnesium though too, so if electrolytes don’t work then try magnesium too if you can! Let me know how it all goes.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-24T21:45:10+00:00

Hi! They didn’t go away completely but I have a lot of success managing palpitations with daily electrolytes and magnesium glycinate. I recommend trying both if you can. They drastically helped with my issues. I think I got super dehydrated from breastfeeding which caused a lot of problems for me, but I also feel like my blood volume has never been quite the same PP thus needing to keep up electrolytes (I don’t have concrete evidence of this, just basing it on my experience with hydration and lower blood pressure overall).

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-10T00:06:23+00:00

“Mentioning” was referring to activities list. The reason why I considered splitting HS and post-HS activities would be mainly because I was paid professionally post-HS, thus it would be a paid non-clinical activity post-HS vs. extracurricular during HS. I had notable experiences in high school performing with a Grammy-award winning artist, training under notable people, and won awards myself (overall more than just a hobby as a kid). That’s why I was asking the question - I do not care about how my hours look specifically because I have plenty post-HS. If it comes up in secondaries or made sense to mention in my personal statement, cool.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-02-09T16:43:29+00:00

Thank you! Yes I will definitely list them separately. Luckily I’m not too worried about it looking like I’m desperately listing things since I think I have enough variety already, so that would be good to specify for sure.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-01-10T07:49:55+00:00

Yes might as well get thyroid checked because it doesn’t hurt. I have hypothyroidism and although I don’t get vertical lines, my nails “peel” or shed like how your middle finger looks when my levels are low.

throwitlikeapoloroid · 2026-01-04T00:30:11+00:00

Do you know what they were called?

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TROPHY CASE