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Accidentally wrote oateopathic
Started by Aubrey Graham
You are so f***ed!
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I'm seeing a pattern here.
Oateopathic? Is that a Quaker medical school?
Or maybe an institute dedicated to the diseases of Avena sativa, the common oat?
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All kinds of lol ITT
Sorry OP, I don't think you're getting interviewed there.
Sorry OP, I don't think you're getting interviewed there.
Yeah I ****** up lol
Oh well live and learn
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Wow didn't even notice that...damn mobile
Unrelated, but on my AMCAS I somehow managed to switch the genders of my parents.
Anyone who doesn't believe in the healing powers of Oats is a charlatan.
So you'll be fine
So you'll be fine
Turn it into a diversity essay?
Now that would be impressive.
Both my parents are "male" on my AMCAS application. A whoops too late . . .
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Sardinia
This is really insensitive. In order to make up for this mistake in judgment I suggest you write an apology letter to the people you slighted:
All the osteopathic schools informing them of your mistake on your allopathic application.
This is hilarious.
That's OP expressing his love for Penn
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As long as they don't try to use a bathroom in North Carolina that's fine.
I'd say you dead meat at that school. In all seriousness, it's a med school application we're talking about, and if you can't be careful with something that important.....
"I'm just saying you could do better." -- Aubrey Graham
Hahahaha!! Love!
I did the same thing. Is it that big of a deal? Kinda freaking out.
Wait so you wrote' "oatopathic" in an MD essay? Not a DO essay? Did I read this wrong or did you make two mistakes?
Also did you at least have a succesful cycle ( at other " oatopathic" schools).
Also did you at least have a succesful cycle ( at other " oatopathic" schools).
I wrote that I am going to start shadowing a osteopathic doctor on a md school secondary.
Dude, it's 2017 if they even remotely bring it up just say you're triggered.
EDIT: Just saw you're already med student
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This is not that bad in my opinion. I would have probably not emphasized it was an ostheopathic doctor though. I've sent DO letters to MD schools, particularly those that have said they want such a letter (Rosy franklin, UCF etc.)
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I did that last year-- I didn't expect an interview but was given one after submitting a secondary with labeling it a diffferent med school name haha. You never know.
It took me forever to realize you didn't write oatheopathic instead of osteopathic for an osteopathic school. I was thinking, "I'd totally type that." Not sure on the situation - maybe they'll take it in stride and laugh. Probably not, but it really depends on the attitude of the person who reads your application.
Not a big deal to tell an allopathic school that you plan to shadow an osteopath. If I were assigned to interview you, I'd ask how that went and what you learned and what differences and similarities you see between the two (MD and DO) in practice.
