When I applied last cycle (2003-2004) I made a pretty major error filling out my AMCAS - no, it's not what you're thinking. My grades were all filled in correctly.
It was my name. Somehow I managed to tack on "the VII" to my name and not notice it when I finally finished the app. I'm not a "Jr" or a " the III" or anything like that, I don't have a friggin suffix.
What's worse is that I didn't realize my error until all my secondaries came in addressed to "David B. XXXXXX the VII" From that point on the whole application cycle went down hill.
How could this happen? I dunno. I figure that when I was tabbing through the fields on the personal info page I accidentally hit the "up" key as I passed through the suffix field - as "the VII" is as high as the application lets you place yourself.
Everyone I talked to about it last year thought it was just hilarious. A security guard at one of my interviews, whom I had to show the invite letter to, made fun of me for a good 15 minutes or so before giving me the proper visiting pass. She told me not to burden my children with a "the VIII"
The worse part was that I had to wear a "David B. XXXX the VII" nametag at every interview. All my interviewers asked me about my "title," - smirking at the pretention it takes to place "the VII" at the end of your name. God it was awful having to admit that I filled out primary application wrong at every interview. No wonder I never got in.
It was my name. Somehow I managed to tack on "the VII" to my name and not notice it when I finally finished the app. I'm not a "Jr" or a " the III" or anything like that, I don't have a friggin suffix.
What's worse is that I didn't realize my error until all my secondaries came in addressed to "David B. XXXXXX the VII" From that point on the whole application cycle went down hill.
How could this happen? I dunno. I figure that when I was tabbing through the fields on the personal info page I accidentally hit the "up" key as I passed through the suffix field - as "the VII" is as high as the application lets you place yourself.
Everyone I talked to about it last year thought it was just hilarious. A security guard at one of my interviews, whom I had to show the invite letter to, made fun of me for a good 15 minutes or so before giving me the proper visiting pass. She told me not to burden my children with a "the VIII"
The worse part was that I had to wear a "David B. XXXX the VII" nametag at every interview. All my interviewers asked me about my "title," - smirking at the pretention it takes to place "the VII" at the end of your name. God it was awful having to admit that I filled out primary application wrong at every interview. No wonder I never got in.
