I swore I wouldn't look at my submitted AMCAS

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I decided to check out my submitted AMCAS for giggles and found a mistake on one of my activities.

I started working in a research lab in January of 2011, but listed it as January 2010. I didn't graduate until May 2010, so obviously I couldn't have been working (I'm not working at my home institution).

Should I send an update to all the schools I submitted to with the corrected dates? If so, do I email them? Is it a big deal?

 

[CodeBlu]

I decided to check out my submitted AMCAS for giggles and found a mistake on one of my activities.

I started working in a research lab in January of 2011, but listed it as January 2010. I didn't graduate until May 2010, so obviously I couldn't have been working (I'm not working at my home institution).

Should I send an update to all the schools I submitted to with the corrected dates? If so, do I email them? Is it a big deal?

It's ok. Don't worry about it too much. Schools won't nit pick THAT hard. But if it is brought up at an interview. Just say it was an honest mistake and apologize for it.

 

[NickNaylor]

You're screwed. Start coming up with a plan B.

 

[FattySlug]

Mass email or use post secondary update to tell them. I listed wrong total hours for my shadowing too. No big deal.

 

[Gigantron]

If you wrote "2012", I would believe you. But the "1" key is practically WORLDS AWAY from the "0" key. How could you mess THAT up?

Might want to consider caribbean. 😱

 

[PinkMelon]

If you wrote "2012", I would believe you. But the "1" key is practically WORLDS AWAY from the "0" key. How could you mess THAT up?

Might want to consider caribbean. 😱

not if you're using a keyboard like this:

 

[Morsetlis]

If you wrote "2012", I would believe you. But the "1" key is practically WORLDS AWAY from the "0" key. How could you mess THAT up?

Might want to consider caribbean. 😱

Generally, touch-typists use the number pad for entering sequences of number (and the superalphabet numerals for mixed sequences).

 

[percy]

I swore I wouldn't look at my submitted AMCAS

Not a great interview tactic...