3(!) typos in AMCAS= End of world?

[Mistress S]

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I just printed out my AMCAS and looked it over carefully, and I found 3 typos! I spent 2 hours reviewing it online before submitting, but somehow I missed these--I couldn't print it out until now because we were out of ink. They're pretty minor, but I'm still paranoid--there's an extra "a" in one sentence, I left an "i" out of tuition (so it says "tution"), and spelled privileged "priviliged". They are all in the post-secondary experiences section, because that's the only part I didn't do in Word, then copy & paste into notepad and finally into AMCAS (like I did with my essays--they're all fine). So, will I never get into med school now? 😱 🙄 Seriously, I know this shouldn't keep me out, but how bad does this look? I know I can't do anything about it now, I'm just pointlessly obsessing over it anyway.

 

[Amy B]

Seriously, don't worry about it. Mistakes happen. You do your best to catch them, but some do happen to slip in. If it is 99.99% flawless, than 3 typos isn't going to keep you out of med school. Relax.

 

[bkmonkey]

No worries. I had 2 and still made it in. Just sit back and relax.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

PS statements are not painstakingly read and analyzed - there are way too many applicants for that to happen. I dont even know if they will notice.

 

[nicholasblonde]

I had a few mispelled words in mine, including the lovely words "liason" (which is actually liaison or something?), and "practicioner" (which should be practitioner). My PS also ended up sounding like three different personal statements b/c I re-wrote it three times...at leas the first and last paragraphs were stellar...and that's all the really matters from what i've heard

 

[Samus Aran]

👍

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane -
Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn -
world serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock,
speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height,
down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for
hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered
crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population,
common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its
own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright
light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn,
return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle,
light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh,
this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament,
a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives
and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite.
Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic,
slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...



Seriously though, I wouldn't sweat it. 🙂

 

[Peterock]

👍

That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane -
Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn -
world serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock,
speed, grunt no, strength no. Ladder structure clatter with fear of height,
down height. Wire in a fire, represent the seven games in a government for
hire and a combat site. Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
breathing down your neck. Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered
crop. Look at that low plane! Fine then. Uh oh, overflow, population,
common group, but it'll do. Save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its
own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright
light, feeling pretty psyched.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign tower. Slash and burn,
return, listen to yourself churn. Lock him in uniform and book burning,
blood letting. Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate. Light a candle,
light a motive. Step down, step down. Watch a heel crush, crush. Uh oh,
this means no fear - cavalier. Renegade and steer clear! A tournament,
a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives
and I decline.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.

The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide. Mount St. Edelite.
Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic,
slam, but neck, right? Right.

It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...

Seriously though, I wouldn't sweat it. 🙂

👍 Agreed. I think it's much more common for people to have typos in post-secondary or extra-curricular experiences. From my experience, adcoms barely look at them.

In order of importance... MCAT, GPA, <background status>, interview, extra-curriculars, personal statement, recommendation...

You're fine.

 

[monopolova]

Join the club:

I misnamed two organizations in which I volunteered (hospital vs medical center and a plural form of one orginization's name versus a singular).

I also have a sentence that is grammatically questionable.

Don't think about it. After all, if they tell me, "I'm sorry, but you weren't accepted because you called your hospital a hospital instead of a medical center" they can kiss my glutei. 😀

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

Join the club:

I misnamed two organizations in which I volunteered (hospital vs medical center and a plural form of one orginization's name versus a singular).

I also have a sentence that is grammatically questionable.

Don't think about it. After all, if they tell me, "I'm sorry, but you weren't accepted because you called your hospital a hospital instead of a medical center" they can kiss my glutei. 😀

I printed mine out before submission, read it over a few times, then clicked submit. Since then, I haven't even looked at any of the details, besides checking to make sure AMCAS did not screw up my grades in verification. I figured I had no way of changing any typo, so I didn't want to even have the chance to find one. No sense in causing yourself to worry about something you can't change.

 

[potential]

what are you all talkin about?! the op has seriously made himself look ******ed. he hsa shot himself in that foot big tiem.

 

[monopolova]

I printed mine out before submission, read it over a few times, then clicked submit. Since then, I haven't even looked at any of the details, besides checking to make sure AMCAS did not screw up my grades in verification. I figured I had no way of changing any typo, so I didn't want to even have the chance to find one. No sense in causing yourself to worry about something you can't change.

You've got more self-control than I do. lol

 

[phosphorylation]

mistress s, take it easy, i wouldn't lose sleep over this...you've gone this far...relax...take it easy and try to be optimistic...i doubt they would give two ****s about the typos...

 

[Rpre19]

i watched my premed committee read my statements & they barely scanned over them. & they all knew me very well, so you would think they would have taken the time to read them thoroughly! Really, adcoms have sooo many applications to read that I doubt they will notice. They just scan them. What counts most is the PS & there I think they just want to know the jist/gist (?) of your history. Dont even worry about it. 😀 😀