Freaking out: Put wrong contact in AMCAS Primary

[RG3forPresident]

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For one of my research activities, I accidentally put down the name and phone number of a person I had never worked with. I had done the activity over the summer 5 years ago, and so I had lost the email of the person I worked under. When I searched for the name of the organization where I worked in my gmail, I got a different person that I was going to work for, but ultimately did not. I didn't realize that this was a different person, as one person where I worked actually had a name that was pretty similar, and so I put this unrelated person down as my contact.

So basically, if any school contacted this specific activity, she would have absolutely no recollection of me because I never worked with her. And I'm freaking out because I really did do this activity, but would be screwed if a school went to verify it. Should I contact schools and left them know about this error, or hope and pray nothing happens?

 

[CaliGirl14]

I promise you they won't even contact that person.

 

[absolutdokta]

For one of my research activities, I accidentally put down the name and phone number of a person I had never worked with. I had done the activity over the summer 5 years ago, and so I had lost the email of the person I worked under. When I searched for the name of the organization where I worked in my gmail, I got a different person that I was going to work for, but ultimately did not. I didn't realize that this was a different person, as one person where I worked actually had a name that was pretty similar, and so I put this unrelated person down as my contact.

So basically, if any school contacted this specific activity, she would have absolutely no recollection of me because I never worked with her. And I'm freaking out because I really did do this activity, but would be screwed if a school went to verify it. Should I contact schools and left them know about this error, or hope and pray nothing happens?

i would either:
A. let the schools know the correct contact
B. contact that person and let them know what happened and leave the correct number with her and have her pass it to them if they verify by calling her (assuming you know her and shes totally understanding and cool with it)
C. both of the above just to cover my bases
D. none of the above and hope they dont verify anything

 

[MelissaThompson]

For one of my research activities, I accidentally put down the name and phone number of a person I had never worked with. I had done the activity over the summer 5 years ago, and so I had lost the email of the person I worked under. When I searched for the name of the organization where I worked in my gmail, I got a different person that I was going to work for, but ultimately did not. I didn't realize that this was a different person, as one person where I worked actually had a name that was pretty similar, and so I put this unrelated person down as my contact.

So basically, if any school contacted this specific activity, she would have absolutely no recollection of me because I never worked with her. And I'm freaking out because I really did do this activity, but would be screwed if a school went to verify it. Should I contact schools and left them know about this error, or hope and pray nothing happens?

You are safe.

Even in the 1 in a billion chance the school contacts that person and couldn't verify the activity - the school would contact you to "clarify" and thats when you explain the situation to them.

 

[sunflower18]

For one of my research activities, I accidentally put down the name and phone number of a person I had never worked with. I had done the activity over the summer 5 years ago, and so I had lost the email of the person I worked under. When I searched for the name of the organization where I worked in my gmail, I got a different person that I was going to work for, but ultimately did not. I didn't realize that this was a different person, as one person where I worked actually had a name that was pretty similar, and so I put this unrelated person down as my contact.

So basically, if any school contacted this specific activity, she would have absolutely no recollection of me because I never worked with her. And I'm freaking out because I really did do this activity, but would be screwed if a school went to verify it. Should I contact schools and left them know about this error, or hope and pray nothing happens?

Disclaimer: I have not yet applied to schools, so I don't actually have personal experience with this.

Even though they probably won't contact this person, there is a thread floating around about an applicant who is worried that he is blacklisted from all med schools due to an error he made on his application as far as length of commitment goes, and it was caught because the school called the source. This seems like a rare happening, but you wouldn't want that to be you!

I personally would contact the person who I put down and let them know that I mixed them up with someone else, but that I did work at that location and if they could pass along the correct contact info / verify the experience after talking to the previous supervisor, that would be great.

 

[RG3forPresident]

I guess I could just contact the person I put down, and beg them to relay any inquiries to my actual supervisor. I put down emails, so it's not like that person would be harassed by phone call or anything I think, and at the same time, I could inform my actual supervisor about what happened.

Better safe than sorry. But thanks guys. You put my mind at ease a lot