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I'm just curious
Note: You must inform the Admissions Office of each medical school to which you apply if you are convicted of, or plead guilty or no contest to, a Misdemeanor crime after the date of your submission of this application and prior to your medical school matriculation. Your communication to each medical school must be in writing, and must occur within ten (10) business days of the occurrence of the criminal charge or conviction.
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Over the years on this forum, I remember reading that Deans of med schools routinely vet students to make sure there's no shady business between acceptance and matriculation that they don't know about, so it's unlikely to stay a secret but I'm not exactly sure how this works - maybe @Goro could chime in?
You don't need to contact the AAMC/AMCAS, but you need to directly contact each medical school you've applied to in writing about the conviction or guilty plea, per @mimelim.From what I understand, as long as it is only an arrest that does not lead to any convictions, you should be fine. If you are, however, convicted of any crimes, you need to report it to AMCAS within 3-10 days or so. I believe it is also highly dependent on the nature of the crime. Substance or alcohol abuse, or any drug-related convictions will look awful, as will domestic violence-type crimes. Crimes people would not take as seriously would be public intoxication/disorderly conduct or trespassing, I would imagine.
Please feel free to correct me. This is what I've gathered from perusing past threads on similar topics.