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what are the consequences of not mentioning all of your past school work? i went to one university where i did particularly bad, but if you leave that off then my application is quite stellar.

any thoughts??
 
planningMD said:
what are the consequences of not mentioning all of your past school work? i went to one university where i did particularly bad, but if you leave that off then my application is quite stellar.

any thoughts??

The consequence is that if it comes up, your acceptances can be revoked, or you can be kicked out of med school, or ultimately denied a medical license. Not a good idea.
 
really? has that actually happend? im reading stories of several ppl who have actually done this and are in places RIGHT now like hopkins...
 
a friend of mine failed to mention an AP credit from high school (it was in something totally silly like "computer science" - it was a keyboarding class or something equally trivial) and AMCAS delayed her app until she had "corrected the discrepancies". i would say it is not a good idea to omit info. i know it is kind of silly to have to include things that don't even have bearing on the whole situation (ie: i took automotive classes and had to list these on my AMCAS...and they figured into my GPA! thank Heaven i had good grades in them 😛 )

long story short - DON'T DO IT! instead, explain WHY you did not do so hot - personal troubles? out of school for a long time before going back? just plain had a bad year? WHATEVER! any of that would be better than being caught trying to conceal things.
 
sweet!!!! i have an automotive degree and was wondering if those classes figured into my gpa (100 credits at a 3.9 GPA) how PIMP! yeah not a good idea to omit stuff.
 
planningMD said:
really? has that actually happend? im reading stories of several ppl who have actually done this and are in places RIGHT now like hopkins...

If you know specific examples of this, turn them in and see what happens. (But I suspect you are making it up - anyone with otherwise Hopkins level credenials wouldn't be dumb enough to put their future at risk this way).
 
im not making it up, but i also heard it from a person who heard it from a person... so i dont know it it is for real or not.
 
even if they dont find out you'll sh***** bricks for a long time
 
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