Made a mistake on my submitted application! :(

[lostnconfused]

I made a really stupid mistake on my submitted AMCAS application and significantly miscalculated one of my activity's hours (it was suppose to be about 1000 but instead I put down 400). I called AAMC and they said there is nothing I could do.

What should I do going forward? Should I call the individual schools and see if they would be willing to update it? Should I ignore it and hope nobody brings it to my attention? Should I explain it in my secondaries? I had planned on using the "is there anything else you'd like to explain" for other stuff.

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[Psai]

Don't sweat it, no one will notice or care.

 

[Catalystik]

I made a really stupid mistake on my submitted AMCAS application and significantly miscalculated one of my activity's hours (it was suppose to be about 1000 but instead I put down 400). I called AAMC and they said there is nothing I could do.

What should I do going forward? Should I call the individual schools and see if they would be willing to update it? Should I ignore it and hope nobody brings it to my attention? Should I explain it in my secondaries? I had planned on using the "is there anything else you'd like to explain" for other stuff.

Underestimating hours is unlikely to be injurious when you still have a decent number of hours listed.

 

[Mad Jack]

You'll be fine. Don't stress. It's still a lot of hours either way.

 

[lostnconfused]

Okay. Thanks for the advice guys!

 

[To be MD]

I made a really stupid mistake on my submitted AMCAS application and significantly miscalculated one of my activity's hours (it was suppose to be about 1000 but instead I put down 400). I called AAMC and they said there is nothing I could do.

What should I do going forward? Should I call the individual schools and see if they would be willing to update it? Should I ignore it and hope nobody brings it to my attention? Should I explain it in my secondaries? I had planned on using the "is there anything else you'd like to explain" for other stuff.

I hear McDonald's is hiring.





(kidding)