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It shows up in the education and work experience section of the application under other experience

Whoa on fastlane this morning I noticed this on education and work experiences. List teaching and work experiences relevant to your field of study since entering college/university. Experiences do not have to be limited to the academic realm. (Up to but no more than five are recommended.) I have ten listed 5 research and 5 teaching. shit. is everyone sticking to the 5 recommended?

So I am trying to figure out the best way to include intellectual merit in my personal statement... Do I just talk about my academic success and previous research? How is everyone else addressing IM in their personal, relevant background, and future goals statement?

I have a question about recommenders... I have two chosen for sure: my REU mentor (REU done summer before Senior year) and my current graduate mentor. I'm at a lost for the third for a few reasons. I attended a huge state school for my undergrad and I did undergraduate research for a year and a half before moving on to greener REU pastures. During my senior year I chose not to continue research in that lab as chose to TAed a bio course and analyzed my REU data for my senior honors thesis. After graduating I took a year off to take a break from school and pursued non academic interests. I'm stuck trying to find a third recommender. I know that I could ask the PI from early in my undergrad days, but I am not in the field anymore, and it has been 3 years since we've talked. Another option is one undergraduate prof that advised me on writing my thesis for a semester senior year and wrote me letters for grad school. I never really had many professors that knew me well outside of research (state school...) and my gap year created no contacts that could help me out. Lastly, my grad program is on the quarter system so while I've been on campus since May doing ecology field work I still haven't made contacts outside of my lab in the department. Any help here? My proposal will be on plant ecology and has a large teaching/outreach component.