I have been blessed with acceptances this cycle. However this morning I was working on creating a new CV based of my AMCAS application and noticed that I put the wrong date for one of my most meaningful experiences. I put 1/2018 but it should be 1/2019. Before submitting my application I reviewed my app plenty of times but I guess i didn’t catch it. I have a LOR for this experience and my hours are accurate as they can be because I’m still doing this experience. I think i made my mistake by initially putting 12/18 as my start date because that’s when I got hired, but I rechecked that my official start date was on 1/19….so I just changed the month attempting to be accurate. So now I’m just like what do I do?
Found a mistake on my AMCAS application
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Nothing. It will not come up and if someone does see it, they won’t care.
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You'll be fine. Once you get into medschool, unless you commit a homicide, the school will do everything it can to ensure you are not kicked out...
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Then you just explain your easily explainable mistake.
To ease your concern, I was invited to a pre-matriculation get together at a faculty member's house where the dean of admissions was in attendance. They proceeded to tell how they had to wade through thousands of apps and eliminated apps with spelling/punctuation errors. I opened my big mouth and said to the entire room of faculty and fellow peers, OMG I had over 5-6 errors in my PS.
Still gonna graduate...
To ease your concern, I was invited to a pre-matriculation get together at a faculty member's house where the dean of admissions was in attendance. They proceeded to tell how they had to wade through thousands of apps and eliminated apps with spelling/punctuation errors. I opened my big mouth and said to the entire room of faculty and fellow peers, OMG I had over 5-6 errors in my PS.
Still gonna graduate...
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I make that mistake the first few weeks of check-writing. When I used to write checks.
I make that mistake the first few weeks of check-writing. When I used to write checks.
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Ever heard of the saying don't spotlight a negative? Only respond if your school brings it up, and they likely won't...
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It's only a month, and it seems like this is causing you a lot of anxiety, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say why not reach out to someone at the school. Be heartfelt, explain that it was a mistake, and explain that it's only a month. I highly doubt that the school will do anything but reassure you that you are gonna be okay. And then you can put it behind you.
It’s a whole one year difference though
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Well it's not clear because OP has stated, "... putting 12/18 as my start date because that's when I got hired." That's what I was going off of. Maybe the OP could clarify.
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Nothing. Stop looking at your app.
When I first opened my app I put 12/2018, because that’s when the job offer was given to me. However my official start was 1/2019. So when I went back to my application to change the date, I only changed the month….totally forgot about the year.
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