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@Moko should've read your thread a couple extra times.
On one of my activities, which is also my primary clinical experience, I took the number of months I worked multiplied by about 45 hours per month (given I worked shifts 4-5 times a month that were usually around 10hrs in my memory) and came up with a good faith estimate for my completed hours that I put into AMCAS. The day before I submitted, a friend who worked at the same healthcare system as me explained, I could actually look up past pay stubs and calculate the exact number of hours I worked based on paychecks. I did this, and the number was about 150 hours less than what I estimated. Maybe I worked shorter shifts than I remember or took more vacation than I anticipated. In either case, I went into the application and put in the new number. The next morning, I submitted.
My application was verified yesterday, and I looked over the PDF after it was verified and saw that the old number, the 150 extra hours one, was what went through the application. The change I made didn't go through. I reviewed the application the morning before I submitted through the print feature and read every single word I wrote for typos and checked all the contact information, but I guess I forgot to check the hours I put into all my activities. That's the only activity that's affected, but the point stands: my application, as it will reach schools, has an activity that has a 150 hour overestimation.
Obviously, I understand now that my application is submitted and verified that number can't change. I reached out to the physician I worked under, who also wrote me a letter of recommendation that many of the schools I'm applying to will receive, for advice and he said it is not a big deal but is happy to corroborate if I reach out to schools. This is the same physician I listed under the activity contact in AMCAS.
I also reached out to the nurse manager of this clinic, who was happy to include her contact information in an email I would send to the schools.
My approach was to email every school I applied to with a simple explanation of what happened, firm statement that clearly states the correct number of hours that the activity should have, as well as the contact information for both the physician and the nurse manager with the statement that says they both are aware of what happened and are happy to be contacted for verification purposes.
Is there anything else I should be doing, or should I approach this problem in a different way? Any help would be great.
On one of my activities, which is also my primary clinical experience, I took the number of months I worked multiplied by about 45 hours per month (given I worked shifts 4-5 times a month that were usually around 10hrs in my memory) and came up with a good faith estimate for my completed hours that I put into AMCAS. The day before I submitted, a friend who worked at the same healthcare system as me explained, I could actually look up past pay stubs and calculate the exact number of hours I worked based on paychecks. I did this, and the number was about 150 hours less than what I estimated. Maybe I worked shorter shifts than I remember or took more vacation than I anticipated. In either case, I went into the application and put in the new number. The next morning, I submitted.
My application was verified yesterday, and I looked over the PDF after it was verified and saw that the old number, the 150 extra hours one, was what went through the application. The change I made didn't go through. I reviewed the application the morning before I submitted through the print feature and read every single word I wrote for typos and checked all the contact information, but I guess I forgot to check the hours I put into all my activities. That's the only activity that's affected, but the point stands: my application, as it will reach schools, has an activity that has a 150 hour overestimation.
Obviously, I understand now that my application is submitted and verified that number can't change. I reached out to the physician I worked under, who also wrote me a letter of recommendation that many of the schools I'm applying to will receive, for advice and he said it is not a big deal but is happy to corroborate if I reach out to schools. This is the same physician I listed under the activity contact in AMCAS.
I also reached out to the nurse manager of this clinic, who was happy to include her contact information in an email I would send to the schools.
My approach was to email every school I applied to with a simple explanation of what happened, firm statement that clearly states the correct number of hours that the activity should have, as well as the contact information for both the physician and the nurse manager with the statement that says they both are aware of what happened and are happy to be contacted for verification purposes.
Is there anything else I should be doing, or should I approach this problem in a different way? Any help would be great.
