does promotion + new clinical experience worth updating/letter of intent?

[Perlman123]

I keep hearing conflicting thing. So originally I felt like update letter is not necessary, but I recently got promoted to senior level as software engineer, and I started a clinical experience in the ER couple weeks ago. I think the only weakness in my app is lack of clinical experience during COVID (I think 300 hours of suicide hotline plus 100 hours as covid screener + 50 hours of virtual shadowing). I'm not sure if these are significant enough for update, or if they are, if I should wait maybe until nov/dec to send these updates to school.

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[Goro]

Worth an update. Forget the letter of intent, as admissions Dean's treat them as lies anyway

 

[Perlman123]

Worth an update. Forget the letter of intent, as admissions Dean's treat them as lies anyway

awesome! so for clinical volunteering, do you think I should get 50 hours or 100 hours before sending this update letter? I just started the volunteering so I'm debating if I should wait a bit so I have more substantial hours when I send the update letter talking about my clinical experience, or do you think it's better to just send the update letter now

 

[Goro]

awesome! so for clinical volunteering, do you think I should get 50 hours or 100 hours before sending this update letter?

The more, the better.

I just started the volunteering so I'm debating if I should wait a bit so I have more substantial hours when I send the update letter talking about my clinical experience, or do you think it's better to just send the update letter now

Send the update when all signs look the strongest. Oh, the promotion won't mean anything.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Read While You Are Waiting: Processing Health Professions Applications - SDN .

I don't know what else you put down on your application. Considering I'm not sure your COVID stuff and virtual shadowing helps you on the "clinical experience" side, I think it is important to claim you have an ER experience down. So that said, you need at least 150 hours of total clinical experience in my book, so I'd wait until I finished a few months in (100 hours). Even if you don't get an II this cycle, you need to make sure you set yourself up well for an EARLY application next cycle if necessary.