Help! Accepted to my dream school - but did I falsify AMCAS???

[DrHouseME]

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Only received 1 acceptance this cycle - and to my dream school.

Here is my situation:

I gave my printed AMCAS activities to another friend who will be applying next year - and noticed that

1) I made an error in the start date of one of my most meaningful activities.

- I officially started working in this job on Feburary 1st, 2012 - but on AMCAS I put down Jan. 2012. However, my boss did hire me during Jan. 2012, and I did come to the office 3 times in Janurary to attend meeting, given a talk about my future project, meet the coworkers, and also given some research papers to go home and read.

2) For another one of my most meaningful activities - there is an error in the number of hours/week:

- I actually only worked 35-37.5 hours/week - but made a mistake and put down 40 hours/week. It was an honest mistake - as it was a full-time job, and my brain just automatically registered 40 hr/week.

3) For several of my other activities I ROUNDED up my various activities to the next whole number when it is 0.5 decimal or higher. For example, if I volunteered only 1.6 or 1.7 hours/week, I put down 2 hours/week. Is this unethical?


I would appreciate your comments to my situation above!!

Thank you!!!

 

[A7X]

It's not a problem.

 

[Barcu]

I think you're ok.

 

[MedPR]

Nope

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[Cambino]

Only received 1 acceptance this cycle - and to my dream school.

Here is my situation:

I gave my printed AMCAS activities to another friend who will be applying next year - and noticed that

1) I made an error in the start date of one of my most meaningful activities.

- I officially started working in this job on Feburary 1st, 2012 - but on AMCAS I put down Jan. 2012. However, my boss did hire me during Jan. 2012, and I did come to the office 3 times in Janurary to attend meeting, given a talk about my future project, meet the coworkers, and also given some research papers to go home and read.

2) For another one of my most meaningful activities - there is an error in the number of hours/week:

- I actually only worked 35-37.5 hours/week - but made a mistake and put down 40 hours/week. It was an honest mistake - as it was a full-time job, and my brain just automatically registered 40 hr/week.

3) For several of my other activities I ROUNDED up my various activities to the next whole number when it is 0.5 decimal or higher. For example, if I volunteered only 1.6 or 1.7 hours/week, I put down 2 hours/week. Is this unethical?


I would appreciate your comments to my situation above!!

Thank you!!!

1/10

:troll:

 

[DrHouseME]

Nope

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Nope as in - No I did not falsify anything or No what I did was wrong?

 

[MedPR]

Nope as in - No I did not falsify anything or No what I did was wrong?

The answer to the thread title is "nope"

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[DrHouseME]

1/10

:troll:

I thought this is not that big of a deal - until I did a forum search and read from another thread that if the school discovers ANY discrepancy - I would be kicked out even after I had matriculated.

Now that I have given my printed AMCAS away to a friend - I don't know who can get a hold of it and possibly report me! Yes I am now extremely neurotic and paranoid.

 

[EarthtoneJon]

OP,

The deepest circle of hell is reserved for those who approximate 1.7 as 2.

 

[MrBrightside167]

Double facepalm...

 

[Weewee]

I don't know if you can be trusted as a physician. Does 1.7 mg of medication now become 2? People are going to die. Someone needs to alert the authorities.

 

[DrHouseME]

Please - serious advice/opinions only....

Am I in deep ****? or should I just not think about it....

 

[amazing tekkers]

OP,

The deepest circle of hell is reserved for those who approximate 1.7 as 2.

 

[Tommyguns89]

If you come forward with your mistake and are lucky you might get off with life without possibility of parole.

 

[mcloaf]

This doesn't sound like something Dr House would be worried about.

 

[WompyWomperton]

Please - serious advice/opinions only....

Am I in deep ****? or should I just not think about it....

Bro, everyone estimates. Also, you technically started in January. I don't know for sure, but it seems highly unlikely that they would rescind your acceptance based on what info you provided.

 

[DrHouseME]

Bro, everyone estimates. Also, you technically started in January. I don't know for sure, but it seems highly unlikely that they would rescind your acceptance based on what info you provided.

What about the other 2 problems - where I listed 40 hr/week when it was actually 35-37.5 hr/week (depending on the week) - and am I OK to round up volunteer hours if the decimal point is 0.5 or higher?

 

[MangoPlant]

I think you're fine.

 

[Ismet]

What about the other 2 problems - where I listed 40 hr/week when it was actually 35-37.5 hr/week (depending on the week) - and am I OK to round up volunteer hours if the decimal point is 0.5 or higher?

A bunch of people have already said you're fine. You're fine. Calm down and bask in your acceptance.

 

[WompyWomperton]

What about the other 2 problems - where I listed 40 hr/week when it was actually 35-37.5 hr/week (depending on the week) - and am I OK to round up volunteer hours if the decimal point is 0.5 or higher?

I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not.

 

[487806]

Please - serious advice/opinions only....

Am I in deep ****? or should I just not think about it....

Based upon the replies prior to this post, I'll say you're okay.

 

[sinombre]

This is exactly why I need to stop lurking pre-allo.

 

[SpecterGT260]

Please - serious advice/opinions only....

Am I in deep ****? or should I just not think about it....

Youre fine. Go do something relaxing. You seem to need it.

I don't know if you can be trusted as a physician. Does 1.7 mg of medication now become 2? People are going to die. Someone needs to alert the authorities.

3/10 for countertroll.


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[Textbookversion]

1/10

:troll:

You'd think so, but I go to school with a number (a large number) of people this high-strung. It leads to a lot of eye-rolling on my part.

 

[Aerus]

Please - serious advice/opinions only....

Am I in deep ****? or should I just not think about it....

OP, you're rejecting everyone's post that says you are screwed. You also admitted to being paranoid and neurotic about this.

You obviously know the answer to this question. It's not good to waste people's time.

 

[HSUReddie]

I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not.

Trolled.

If not trolling, I seriously don't know how OP could make it through interview at their dream school without coming off as the most neurotic person ever.

 

[UrbanRiver]

Is this thread for real?

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[Catalystik]

and am I OK to round up volunteer hours if the decimal point is 0.5 or higher?

Did you round down any hours that came out to a decimal point of 0.49 or lower? That would be appropriate as well.

 

[SOMBound13]

med schools aren't checking for that level of detail on ECs. The fraud concern would be your classes, transcripts, cheating on the MCAT, etc.

 

[DrHouseME]

Did you round down any hours that came out to a decimal point of 0.49 or lower? That would be appropriate as well.

There was a previous thread that claims AMCAS already only takes in whole numbers (without decimals) for the average hours/week field anyways - can anyone verify if this is true??

Catalystik - thanks for your advice - what do you think of my other issues? Would you, as an adcom, rescind my acceptance??

Finally - do many adcoms verify ECs AFTER acceptances are given out? Or would that be unheard of?

 

[Doctor Strange]

Omg, I can't even... Nobody is going to care.

 

[chopes31]

There was a previous thread that claims AMCAS already only takes in whole numbers (without decimals) for the average hours/week field in anyways - can anyone verify if this is true??

Catalystik - thanks for your advice - what do you think of my other issues? Would you, as an adcom, rescind my acceptance??

Finally - do many adcoms verify ECs AFTER acceptances are given out? Or would that be unheard of?

Yes. Your issues demand attention.

 

[Mel Belle]

I highly doubt that your acceptance would depend on a difference of up to 0.5 error. If they liked you and wanted to accept you, it probably wasn't because you did 2.0 hours instead of a lousy 1.7. It's not as if you only did 1 hour and claimed to have done 10. I also don't think we can compare this to providing medication through rounding... Because people are always going to "polish" their applications a little if they can.

So you're good. 👍

 

[HalfPast6]

I highly doubt that your acceptance would depend on a difference of up to 0.5 error. If they liked you and wanted to accept you, it probably wasn't because you did 2.0 hours instead of a lousy 1.7. It's not as if you only did 1 hour and claimed to have done 10. I also don't think we can compare this to providing medication through rounding... Because people are always going to "polish" their applications a little if they can.

So you're good. 👍

OP I was going to say chillax but having breezed through the comments, which was hilarious btw (like family guy's peter hitting himself in the shin and wincing in pain for a good five minutes entertaining), I'm beginning to think that you crave attention. ========TROLL? (ionno I rarely use this word)

 

[DrHouseME]

OP I was going to say chillax but having breezed through the comments, which was hilarious btw (like family guy's peter hitting himself in the shin and wincing in pain for a good five minutes entertaining), I'm beginning to think that you crave attention. ========TROLL? (ionno I rarely use this word)

I became neurotic about this only after coming on SDN and reading past threads where numerous people warned that - falsifying ANY PART of your application - can your acceptance rescinded, kicked out of medical school if you have matriculated, and even licence revoked.

I don't know if any of what I did above is considered "falsifying" - putting down worked 40 hr/week, when it was 35-37.5 hr/week...etc etc

 

[DrHouseME]

Also - can somebody or anyone PLEASE tell me if you were able to put a decimal point in the avg hours/week section for AMCAS activities? If AMCAS already rounds up for you - then this becomes a moot point!

 

[nBeeDee]

Also - can somebody or anyone PLEASE tell me if you were able to put a decimal point in the avg hours/week section for AMCAS activities? If AMCAS already rounds up for you - then this becomes a moot point!

Your questions physically hurt me to read... You seem like a really bad troll, but in the case that you are just a stressed premed, your concerns are 0.0% (note the decimal point) significant.

 

[sinombre]

What drives a troll to troll? Is it boredom? If I were gonna do it, I'd do it a whole lot better than this. Go big or go home OP.

1.7/10 would not read again.

 

[omgbiscuit]

Dumb

 

[occams_razor]

I've met neurotic pre-Meds but this is ridiculous. Adcoms are not going to care about something so insignificant. If they verify your ECs and see that you worked 37.5 hours a week instead of 40 they are not going to rescind your acceptance! People who have their applications thrown out or acceptances rescinded are people who put down activities they never even did, say they did an activity for 3 years when it was only 1 year, put down 10 hours a week when it was really 2 hours a week, etc.

 

[WompyWomperton]

 

[Jr MD]

Why does this thread have so many posts? Lmao im dying laughing.

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[BuddyTheElf]

If you're not trolling, then you need to relax. You are perfectly fine and the committee could care less about a couple hours here and there. Like others have said, chill! You were accepted, you did not falsify the AMCAS. Go enjoy what little is left of your freedom before school starts.

 

[mcloaf]

Better start prepping that ITT Tech application OP.

 

[EnergyDrink]

Ignore the trolls. Look at the post content and the number of posts they have. Don't respond to them. They crave attention.

 

[487806]

Ignore the trolls. Look at the post content and the number of posts they have. Don't respond to them. They crave attention.

👍

What drives a troll to troll? Is it boredom? If I were gonna do it, I'd do it a whole lot better than this. Go big or go home OP.

1.7/10 would not read again.

I give OP 0.49/10. Guess AMCAS rounds that to 0/10. Tough luck OP.

 

[EnergyDrink]

I give OP 0.49/10. Guess AMCAS rounds that to 0/10. Tough luck OP.

The End.

 

[Donald Blake MD]

So how would they check? And do they even check?

 

[mcloaf]

So how would they check? And do they even check?

Schools will sometimes randomly call the listed contact for an activity. I don't think they'd notice anything was amiss unless you'd fabricated pretty extensively about your commitment and/or responsibilities.

 

[appleman123]

Guess how much fine you'll have to pay for falsifying your amcas?


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