Medical Including submitted abstract in update letter

[Question]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to submit a update letter to a med school I interviewed at. The update letter will focus on an accepted manuscript. Yesterday, my supervisor submitted a presentation (on a completely separate topic than the accepted manuscript) to a national conference; I am listed there as an author. Since it is only submitted and not accepted, should I exclude it from my update letter? I was also thinking I can wait a week to see if it gets accepted in the meantime.

I guess I am debating between three options:
1. Send updates now without mentioning the submitted presentation
2. Wait until Friday to see if presentation gets accepted; if no news by then, I will still include that we submitted an presentation
3. Send updates now with mentioning submitted presentation (the school sends decisions in March, and I am worried that they wouldn't consider the update letter if it's after the first week of February).

Thank you for your time and guidance.

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[GoSpursGo]

I don’t think a submitted abstract is worth mentioning

 

[Goro]

I don’t think a submitted abstract is worth mentioning

Ditto

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I agree a submitted conference abstract or an accepted one really aren't big deals in this process. The final peer reviewed papers are the goal.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

Not a big enough deal. Accepted manuscripts are.

 

[PerioDont]

Agreed with everyone above