I got the following email. I would um be careful about heeding the advice of AMCAS.
Dear AMCAS applicant,
AMCAS has started to receive numerous questions regarding
post-submission changes to an application. Below you will find all the
information you will need to successfully make any desired changes. We
hope you find this information helpful.
Best wishes during you medical school admissions process.
AMCAS
Requesting a Post-Submission Change:
Certain items in the AMCAS application allow for change after you have
submitted your application to AMCAS; others do not. To determine
whether a particular change can be made, view the AMCAS Application
outline at
http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/application.htm
IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE UPDATED UNLESS YOU
RE-CERTIFY AND RE-SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY APPEAR ON
YOUR PRINTED APPLICATION AS THOUGH YOUR CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
Biographic Changes:
Allowed biographic data changes (see above link to the AMCAS
Application Outline) can be made in the application itself by the
applicant, and do not require that the applicant submit a change request
to AMCAS. For example, if you wish to update you preferred email
address, simply enter your new address on the application page,
re-certify and re-submit your application.
Academic Changes:
If after reviewing by using your application's print option any
corrections AMCAS has made to your application you wish to make a
change, use the Change Notification Option on the vertical menu located
on the left side of your application screen. This option allows you to
send to AMCAS a request providing a thorough explanation of the change
you wish to make. Allow at lease fifteen working days for AMCAS to
review and/or process any change request . (Yeah right - wow...they must not have spell check, this is not the first spelling error I've seen) If necessary, AMCAS will:
* Recalculate GPAs
* Make corrections to the following course items if appropriate:
Academic Status
Course Type
Transcript Grade
Credit Hours Attempted
AMCAS Grade
AMCAS will not change or correct:
* Course titles or numbers
* Academic Year or Term
* Corrections based on information that becomes available after you
submit your application. This includes final grades for current/future
courses, and grade changes submitted to your registrar.
IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE REMEMBER, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE UPDATED
UNLESS YOU RE-CERTIFY AND RE-SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY
APPEAR ON YOUR PRINTER APPLICATION AS THOUGH THIS CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE.
