Is this update worth it?

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I submitted all of my apps between early August and early September. I still have ~20 schools that I am waiting to hear back from, and of these I'm on hold at maybe 3. I'm doing a gap year right now during which I have been volunteering and tutoring. For schools that had secondaries that asked about gap year plans, I listed these things, but I did not list any projected hours on AMCAS. The tutoring is pretty unexceptional, but I'm wondering if the volunteer hours warrant sending updates?

I've completed 140 non-clinical volunteer hours (110 with an organization that I'd previously worked with, 30 with a new one) since submitting my AMCAS. So far, I've felt like this isn't really important enough to send an update for, but I guess the feeling of "doing nothing" while interview season dwindles away is getting to me and making me reconsider if sending updates could be beneficial. I had about 210 non-clinical hours on my AMCAS so I wouldn't consider these new hours to necessarily be filling a hole or anything. It would obviously be a pretty short letter since I don't have anything to combine the hours with. Thoughts? Was my initial thought right that this isn't enough to warrant an update? Or do I have nothing to lose?

 

[gyngyn]

Was my initial thought right that this isn't enough to warrant an update? Or do I have nothing to lose?

Yes.

 

[Catalystik]

I submitted all of my apps between early August and early September. I still have ~20 schools that I am waiting to hear back from, and of these I'm on hold at maybe 3. I'm doing a gap year right now during which I have been volunteering and tutoring. For schools that had secondaries that asked about gap year plans, I listed these things, but I did not list any projected hours on AMCAS. The tutoring is pretty unexceptional, but I'm wondering if the volunteer hours warrant sending updates?

I've completed 140 non-clinical volunteer hours (110 with an organization that I'd previously worked with, 30 with a new one) since submitting my AMCAS. So far, I've felt like this isn't really important enough to send an update for, but I guess the feeling of "doing nothing" while interview season dwindles away is getting to me and making me reconsider if sending updates could be beneficial. I had about 210 non-clinical hours on my AMCAS so I wouldn't consider these new hours to necessarily be filling a hole or anything. It would obviously be a pretty short letter since I don't have anything to combine the hours with. Thoughts? Was my initial thought right that this isn't enough to warrant an update? Or do I have nothing to lose?

It isn't clear which of the two quoted questions gyngyn was answering.

While the added hours of volunteering don't make you much more interesting than you already were, some schools like to receive evidence of ongoing interest. Besides an activities update, you might also include school-specific reasons why each med school is a good fit for you. For schools that allow updates, sending one with both components isn't going to hurt you.

 

[Med Ed]

It isn't clear which of the two quoted questions gyngyn was answering.

I'd venture both to them. This proposed update isn't much, but the OP has nothing left to lose.

 

[965978]

It isn't clear which of the two quoted questions gyngyn was answering.

While the added hours of volunteering don't make you much more interesting than you already were, some schools like to receive evidence of ongoing interest. Besides an activities update, you might also include school-specific reasons why each med school is a good fit for you. For schools that allow updates, sending one with both components isn't going to hurt you.

I'd venture both to them. This proposed update isn't much, but the OP has nothing left to lose.

I do however, think that Adcoms appreciate applicants continuing their volunteer gigs throughout the application cycle.