Activity Duration

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Activity Duration question

 

[Moko]

Hello, for one of my activities, I included some of the time it took me to actually get to the place. I would say that this accounted for ~30% (less than 50hrs) of the total hours I put down for AMCAS. Since I am continuing this activity, I technically did reach the total duration that I listed on AMCAS, but that is 5 months later. I haven't been confronted by my supervisor about this, but if by the off chance they somehow knew about this and informed medical schools that I listed extra hours on my time sheet while med schools are verifying hours, would a simple explanation of taking traffic into account suffice? How would this be viewed? Does it help that I reached that number I listed on AMCAS at this point? If this is indeed a major problem, is there anything I can do now to fix or mitigate this? I didn't really see it as a potential issue until now, as there are security cameras around the perimeter, so it may look sketchy with me leaving earlier than what I wrote on my tracker. Thank you

Commuting time does not (and should not) be considered as part of time spent, otherwise I'd be making a couple hundred extra dollars each day due to my commute. 'Taking traffic into account' is a lame excuse, though I suspect you already know this. In this case, the discrepancy is highly unlikely going to matter. No one is going through daily security footage to verify your hours.

 

[Moko]

I understand, the way I see things now vs. 6months ago is completely different so I do see it as a lame excuse. I also doubt that someone is looking through footage or really took any note of this, but the date's listed for when I volunteered so theoretically they could retroactively view the footage. In any case, I am just curious on how schools would view this, again I completely agree with you that it is a lame excuse, but my line of thinking was "I am still dedicating time for this activity" for driving there. Given my explanation, would this be something that may get an acceptance rescinded?

This is overall inconsequential in my opinion, especially since you've continued to volunteer with this organization. This is highly unlikely to result in your acceptance being rescinded, and the discrepancy is not even worth reporting. Things that cause an acceptance to be rescinded are usually much more egregious. Just my thoughts.