Hi. Would much appreciate your advice on how to handle an inadvertent application discrepancy. After submitting my applications to several schools, I learned that a previous employer (from many years ago) shows an incorrect title on my record. I found out when I called the company to do a mock employment verification. If a school verifies my employment, it will learn that what I reported on my application does not match the company’s records. Long story, but I believe it is a clerical error. The company refuses to alter is records (believe me, I have tried), but I believe I can provide a satisfactory explanation if asked by a school. The discrepancy is minor (like I reported my title as “finance associate” while the company shows “finance assistant”) and I have had several quality positions since.
Would you suggest e-mailing the schools a quick note on the matter just to be safe? Or, would they consider it an exercise of poor judgment for pestering them about a trivial matter? If they do check, will they then give me a chance to explain, or simply throw out my app without me ever knowing why?
Thanks again.
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