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[want2getin]

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So when I was completing my Certiphi background check I failed to read the question closely and I included a charge/misdemeanor that was expunged a long time ago. As a result, my CBC is taking a long time to get back. Does anyone know how this will show up when the schools see it? I am worried because I do not want the school to think I was trying to hide it (because I wasn't) and I am afraid it is going to come back as a misdemeanor when in fact my case was dismissed and expunged. Anyone have any experience with something like this? Should I be worried or am I being unnecessarily neurotic?

 

[Pacna]

The background check will find everything that's there and will not report something it doesn't find. It doesn't matter if you admitted to something that you didn't (officially) do. They can't find records that aren't there.

Likewise, if you did something and claimed that you did not, that wouldn't change the outcome of the report.

 

[want2getin]

Ok cool thanks....i suppose even if it does come up somehow, the AMCAS system says that you do not need to report things that are expunged so I can always show the school all the documents that state the case was dismissed and expunged...

 

[drumstix]

what'd you do.. out of curiosity..

 

[ThisCouldBeYou]

So when I was completing my Certiphi background check I failed to read the question closely and I included a charge/misdemeanor that was expunged a long time ago. As a result, my CBC is taking a long time to get back. Does anyone know how this will show up when the schools see it? I am worried because I do not want the school to think I was trying to hide it (because I wasn't) and I am afraid it is going to come back as a misdemeanor when in fact my case was dismissed and expunged. Anyone have any experience with something like this? Should I be worried or am I being unnecessarily neurotic?

Make this an important lesson: someday a patient will give you some boring paperwork you'd barely want to read or make an off-hand comment that turns out to be very important. These things only become important when you spend an extra minute reading AND thinking about what you're reading.

 

[want2getin]

what'd you do.. out of curiosity..

underage purchase of alcohol.

 

[CarlosDanger]

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