mislabeled volunteering experience on amcas, should I worry?
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have you received interviews so far?
Did you describe the experience well enough that its true category is self evident? Do you have substantive, real clinical experience that is obvious from its description (and correctly designated)?
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Those stinking' drop downs on AMCAS... Urgh!
I actually did something similar where I chose the wrong year for an activity. I ended up sending a quick email to some of the schools that said I made a minor mistake, where it was, and what the correction was.
You can also use this as a quick opportunity to remind schools that you are very interested.
I have complete descriptions so you can pretty much tell what the experience is by reading it; I havent received an interview yet but I just completed everything a month ago. I should just email them with corrections? and I have real clinical volunteer experience lol
Then I wouldn't worry about it. Mislabeled or inadequately labeled experiences aren't so uncommon. Adcomms will judge from the descriptions (many of which make clear there are multiple categories covered by what's written), not the label. So email, or not, as you wish.
