error in work/activities section - wrong date range resulted in incorrect calculation of hours.

[sonnie2023]

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I used excel to calculate my hours by inserting the start/end dates, then having it calculate the amount of time & hours worked.

I just realized that I put the year wrong for a clinical work experience so it looks like I worked an extra year, grossly overestimating the hours. I copy and pasted directly from excel and somehow managed to miss this. A lot of my experiences have a ton of hours so I didn't notice it.

I want to be honest about this error but I don't know what to do. Most of my secondaries are submitted so I can't address it there.

 

[EmbarrassedDude]

My understanding is that your only option if you'd like to correct the mistake is to email every single school individually informing them of the correction

 

[LizzyM]

Dear Admissions Officer,
I recently discovered an error in my AMCAS Work & Activities section. In my description of [job title] for [organization name] I listed the [start/or/end] date as [x] when it should have been [y]. This also resulted in an error in the number of hours worked which should have been listed as [N]. My apologies for any confusion this error has caused.
Sincerely,
sonnie2023

 

[sonnie2023]

Dear Admissions Officer,
I recently discovered an error in my AMCAS Work & Activities section. In my description of [job title] for [organization name] I listed the [start/or/end] date as [x] when it should have been [y]. This also resulted in an error in the number of hours worked which should have been listed as [N]. My apologies for any confusion this error has caused.
Sincerely,
sonnie2023

Thank you so very much! Do you think this will impact my chances of admission?

 

[LizzyM]

Thank you so very much! Do you think this will impact my chances of admission?

I highly doubt it. It sounds as if you have many years of experience and shaving off one year of hours worked will not be a big factor in deciding that you should or shouldn't be admitted.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you so very much! Do you think this will impact my chances of admission?

If it's in good faith, no.

 

[NotADoctor1]

I had a similar error (wrong end date for one of my major activities). I've just been including the correct information in any "optional information" secondary essays or emailing/sending updates per each school's preference. Shouldn't be a big deal