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Salary Mistake in App 07 Apr 2019, 22:27
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Hi!

I received acceptance to a part time MBA program but realized I had an error in my salary for one of my previous jobs from 2-3 years ago. I put the salary as $88,000 but I should have put $86,000 or $87,000. I miscalculated since I was paid hourly and so did not have an annual salary guaranteed but based it on my W2s and realized I made a slight error in my calculation. What should I do now? Could my offer get taken away for something like this if there's a background check? Thank you.
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Salary Mistake in App 09 Apr 2019, 11:27
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No way, honest mistake, relatively close! No obvious attempt to deceive here. Alert them, asap, but dont fret.

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Salary Mistake in App 09 Apr 2019, 20:14
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Thank you!
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Salary Mistake in App 06 Apr 2020, 16:23
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Just inform the admissions committee of the mix-up.
First, admissions committees don’t take it easy with slip-ups during MBA applications from applicants. An admissions committee member at a top school recollected a story of having rejected a perfect candidate just because she forgot to mention an upcoming promotion at work.
However, your issue isn’t a lack of self-awareness. Yours is a simple miscalculation. And considering you get paid hourly, a difference of a $1000 while calculating your yearly salary won’t be considered false-reporting.
But do it quick. You don’t want the admissions committee to come across this issue during your background check as that might raise some eyebrows.
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