Working in political campaign office: does it help with medicine?

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@thumper1

all MD applicants go through a criminal background check before matriculation to medical school

They do? I’ve had to have a criminal background check done a number of times due to my job. Each time, I had to be fingerprinted at a police station or authorized fingerprinting site. There are lots of things I’m sure I don’t remember about my kid and Med school…but I honestly don’t recall this part.

Here is one medical school website’s requirements for accepted students
https://medicine.temple.edu/education/md-program/how-apply/accepted-students

Background Checks/Institutional Action Requirements for Matriculation

1. Completion of a Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance and resolution of any reports of child abuse to the satisfaction of LKSOM. Instructions will be provided with pre-Orientation material.
2. Completion of a Criminal Background Check and resolution of any reports of a criminal activity to the satisfaction of LKSOM: You will receive an email from Certiphi Screening, Inc. which contains instructions on how to begin the CBC. The email will contain the subject line: "Conditional Acceptance Background Check Consent Request." Should you be charged, convicted of, or plead guilty or no contest to a misdemeanor or felony crime after the date of your original AMCAS application submission, you are required to notify Dr. Jacob Ufberg in writing within 10 business days of the occurrence. This communication should be sent by certified mail to Dr. Ufberg at the address on the acceptance letter. Matriculation is contingent upon successful resolution of any reports of a criminal activity to the satisfaction of LKSOM.
3. Should you become the subject of an institutional action after the date of your original AMCAS application submission, you are required to notify Dr. Jacob Ufberg in writing within 10 business days of the occurrence. This communication should be sent by certified mail to Dr. Ufberg at the address on the acceptance letter. Matriculation is contingent upon successful resolution of any reports of institutional action to the satisfaction of LKSOM.