error on AMCAS primary - family income level

[shiganshina]

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Hi everyone,

I was going through my primary and just realized I selected the wrong family income level (50k-75k instead of 25k-50k). A lot of my application is centered on my experience growing up low-income so I'm a little freaked out haha. Does it make sense to email my schools individually and clarify or upload some kind of document in my secondary portal as an amendment? Thanks!

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I suppose you could, but be careful how many updates a program allows you to make. What "document" do you have in mind? Ask the admissions teams before you do anything.

 

[wysdoc]

Hi everyone,

I was going through my primary and just realized I selected the wrong family income level (50k-75k instead of 25k-50k). A lot of my application is centered on my experience growing up low-income so I'm a little freaked out haha. Does it make sense to email my schools individually and clarify or upload some kind of document in my secondary portal as an amendment? Thanks!

I don't think this change will make any difference to your current application cycle and the exact income category is more used for AAMC statistics than for deciding on you as a candidate by a school. Your essays will speak for themselves.

 

[shiganshina]

I suppose you could, but be careful how many updates a program allows you to make. What "document" do you have in mind? Ask the admissions teams before you do anything.

Thank you for your response, I was thinking some kind of general letter that just clarifies the mistake. I'll reach out to admission and ask thank you!

 

[LizzyM]

It won't matter and no one cares whether you selected the adjacent category which could be a difference of $1-2. (e.g. $49,999 vs $50,001). Don't waste anyone's time with this. Let it go. It is highly unlikely to have any impact on any decisions made with regard to your application.