Major Problem!

[StormBrewing]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in petroleum engineering in a US university. I have already earned a masters degree and a BE in Mechanical Engineering. I applied for a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at several universities. However I think I messed up!!!  I left it out of my application. I did not mention being enrolled in a Ph.D. program in petroleum.engineering. I left it out of my application because I am naive. The reasons are:

- At the time I submitted my application I was enrolled for around 2 months. I had done nothing worth mentioning, apart from reading some papers and attending class.

- I kept it out because I thought it was irrelevant, since I am switching major totally from petroleum engineering to mechanical engineering, which is the same as my undergrad university.

I did not know it is a major issue, until I read people asking about this in forums.

The dumb thing is, I wrote my address on my Resume. The address which I live now in is the address of my current university. This proves that I did not mention it, because I did not think it is important, and I was not trying to hide anything.

Do you think I have no chance of getting admitted? What do you think I should do? What is my best course of action now?

Help is greatly appreciated!!

Thank you

[sjoh197]

Do you have a point of contact at the places you have applied (ie. your POI) If you have already spoken with them, you can always explain to them the discrepancy in your application. 

I obviously have never been in said situation, but it seems incredibly odd to leave out the fact that you are participating in a PhD program... even if it was in a different field and only for a short period. Its not even a completely irrelevant program, like theater.