How Do I Put Undocumented Overtime on AMCAS?

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I worked part-time for a company for several years where I was required to do a lot of unpaid overtime. However, since the overtime is not paid, HR does not have those hours on file. I estimate the total amount of undocumented time to be around 800 hours. Can I put these on my primary?

I'm a bit of a non-trad. Decided late on med school.

@gonnif @Catalystik

 

[907914]

I was required to do a lot of unpaid overtime.

You need to find yourself a lawyer and get paid for your work. Unless you were salaried and not hourly.

On the note of hours, yes list what you have done. I will use my military hours as an example - I calculated it out as if I was working 40 hours a week and just reported 10% more than that, because how often was it only 8 hours a day, 5 days a week? It was not, I just guessed.

As long as your hours seem reasonable and are within a margin of error that you can potentially support if questioned then you are fine. However, they likely will not be calling to confirm hours.

 

[907914]

To address your question, you can report all of the hours you have worked. At that level, 2000 vs 2800 really doesn't matter.

 

[Catalystik]

I worked part-time for a company for several years where I was required to do a lot of unpaid overtime. However, since the overtime is not paid, HR does not have those hours on file. I estimate the total amount of undocumented time to be around 800 hours. Can I put these on my primary?

I'm a bit of a non-trad. Decided late on med school.

@gonnif @Catalystik

Perhaps you might consider reporting the Total Hours of the documented paid employment, but then in the narrative add that "In addition to the above Total Hours, I worked 800 hours of unpaid, but required, overtime." You can get credit for it, but your hourly total in the header will still match what your Contact will attest to.