question about criminal background checks...any help greatly appreciated

[aljohnson2004]

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Hi, I posted this on the pre-med forum also but I was hoping some of you who have already been accepted to med school in the past know something about this. Do schools typically do criminal background checks immediately after accepting you or do they wait until later and do them in batches? Any help or insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[SugPlum]

I'm a M1. I remember that reading something about a background check in my acceptance letter, but I have not heard anything about it since that at my school.

 

[Timmythemic22]

Am I to assume that either you lied on your AMCAS application where it asked about criminal offences, or did you have this altercation after you applied?

Either way, don't delude yourself into thinking you can keep your barn animal sexploits from a wily admissions crew.

 

[Sondra]

My fingerprints were taken at the end of my interview for a back ground check. Over the summer before my M1 year, I was sent paperwork for the VA hospital associated with my school for the VA's seperate background check.

 

[aljohnson2004]

thanks for the insight and help...I did not lie when I filled out the form at my interview. I got a misdemeanor DUI after already accepted. I am going to disclose the information to my school however to be safe. Do you think it is likely a medical school will rescind an offer because of a DUI or are they primarily looking for felonies?

 

[Timmythemic22]

thanks for the insight and help...I did not lie when I filled out the form at my interview. I got a misdemeanor DUI after already accepted. I am going to disclose the information to my school however to be safe. Do you think it is likely a medical school will rescind an offer because of a DUI or are they primarily looking for felonies?

I wouldn't say it is an impossibility to rescind an offer, but I feel it is far less likely if you've already disclosed the information, and potentially an explanation for the act along with at least some type of contrition (how you changed after and all that stuff).

 

[njbmd]

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