I'm a bit confused.
In the portal on the Document Upload page, it states:
"UCSD SOM Policy on Application Updates for 2024-2025
For ALL applicants:
...
UPLOADS WE WILL NOT CONSIDER
Please do NOT upload:
- Information related to your MCAT score that is not covered above (e.g. “I consistently scored 4 points higher on practice exams” or “I did not sleep well the night before my exam”).
- Application "updates" on things that have happened since you originally submitted your application (e.g. new grades, more hours added in an listed activity, publications resulting from research)
- New grades and new information about activities that are not part of your AMCAS or your secondary application will not be considered.
- A formal CV or resume
- New letters of recommendation"
But then in the email that was sent out today from ad coms to those who are waitlisted, it states:
"We get many questions about what kind of information should be included. We do not have any preferences, and thus do not provide guidance for format, length, or content of your update."
If we have new grades from Fall 2024, should we not mention that? Or is the whole blurb about "uploads we will not consider" in reference to the secondary application only and therefore is it open season for including our new grades especially in our final science classes and anything basically?
Thanks!