2025-2026 UC San Francisco

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i don't have any major updates apart from ~1000 more clinical hrs at my gap year job (which i already mentioned i would be doing in my secondaries); is it ok to not send them an update or should i just do it anyways? i'm scared of seeming uninterested, but i dont want to hurt my chances by sending a mediocre update :hungover:
 
i don't have any major updates apart from ~1000 more clinical hrs at my gap year job (which i already mentioned i would be doing in my secondaries); is it ok to not send them an update or should i just do it anyways? i'm scared of seeming uninterested, but i dont want to hurt my chances by sending a mediocre update :hungover:
My personal opinion is that no update is better than a letter without substance. If you completed or have led any big projects or something at your job that you haven’t mentioned anywhere else, that could be worth including tho! I also mentioned my hours in other parts of my app, so for part of my update I talked about a major project I led and completed
 
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Anyone else also get the email about a Dean stepping down this afternoon? Probably not indicative of any particular post-interview decision but can’t help reading into it lol
 
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+1 IS JMP A 🥲
Received a call yesterday afternoon and email confirmation this evening, interviewed January 15.

Does anyone know if I may still be admitted to the traditional track, or if I didn’t receive a second A notification for that track am I most likely WL/R for it given the other As given today? (Not disinterested or ungrateful! Simply concerned about feasibility of the JMP in light of funding changes, although it’s a program I’m v excited about the math may not work out w an extra year in a usuriously expensive region of the country)
 
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