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Count AMCAS activity characters.
700 characters for an experience description, 1,325 more for a most meaningful entry. Spaces and punctuation count; a line break counts as one.
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- 700
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Writing all fifteen? The activity tracker keeps every entry, its hours and its character ring together.
The rules this counts by
- Up to 15 experiences.
- 700 characters or fewer per description.
- Up to 3 most meaningful experiences, each with 1,325 more characters to say why.
AAMC advises drafting in plain text (Notepad or TextEdit) because formatted text can cause problems that cannot be edited after you submit, and medical schools receive all text as plain text.
Questions
What are the AMCAS Work and Activities limits?
Up to 15 experiences, each described in 700 characters or fewer. You may mark up to 3 as most meaningful; each of those gets 1,325 additional characters.
Fees as of 2026-10-21. Sources: AAMC: Section 5 of the AMCAS Application: Work and Activities; AAMC: Adding Work Experience and Activities. Checked on the official page on the date shown; confirm before you pay. Data, not advice.