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[avhu10]

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[KnightDoc]

So I recently got an email from an MD School saying that they’re awarding me with a merit scholarship which I’m super excited about, but in the email they said that it will be provided if the “certified information” in my application is “verified and accurate”. would certified information include my activities or financial/demographic information? Should I ask my previous supervisors to be prepared to verify my involvement?

Is there anything in your application that isn't true? If not, you have nothing to worry about.

The language they are using would apply anywhere, with or without a merit scholarship. We all certify that everything in our application is true when we submit. There is no telling what, if anything, a school will attempt to verify, and what they might deem material if there are discrepancies.

I'm not sure that there would be anything special about your supervisors. Most schools don't verify unless something seems off, and most places are used to handling inquiries, so I'm not sure you need to reach out specifically to everyone to give them a heads-up. I'm sure if there is an issue, you'll have an opportunity to address it when it comes up.

 

[Catalystik]

1 )would certified information include my activities or financial/demographic information? 2) Should I ask my previous supervisors to be prepared to verify my involvement?

1) Both
2) It won't hurt to remind them of who you are and what hours/timeframe they might be called upon to verify.

 

[Catalystik]

Is there anything in your application that isn't true? If not, you have nothing to worry about.

I agree.

 

[avhu10]

Thank you! And I was just worried about some supervisors who I haven’t been in contact with for years and I’m 90% sure they don’t remember me

 

[KnightDoc]

Thank you! And I was just worried about some supervisors who I haven’t been in contact with for years and I’m 90% sure they don’t remember me

You're fine. If anything ever became an issue, you'd be given an opportunity to explain. And something like this would most likely never come up, given how common it is.

 

[allseasons]

Thank you! And I was just worried about some supervisors who I haven’t been in contact with for years and I’m 90% sure they don’t remember me

You're fine. If anything ever became an issue, you'd be given an opportunity to explain. And something like this would most likely never come up, given how common it is.

Yea, I'm in a similar situation where two of my ECs were for organizations/corporations that went out of business in the past few months and I was wondering how that would even go for verification. Figured most likely the question would never even come up.

 

[LizzyM]

I would worry about BIG things such as not listing on your AMCAS application a school you attended briefly before the school you attend now, having a serious IA like a being expelled or suspended but that you didn't list on your application, having a felony that you didn't list on the application, having been previously enrolled in a med school but answering no on the application, having been dishonorably discharged from the military but answering differently on the application.... you get the idea. Pretty big deals that are easily verifiable.

If you didn't list anything that was a lie, or omit anything that should have been included in the application, you should be fine.