Pre-Interview Update

[TwitchBeGone]

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What is the verdict on updating schools (pre-interview) on activities I started around primary submission time?

One big deficiency on my AMCAS app is my complete lack of clinical experience. When I submitted my primary, I started 1 hospital job and 2 volunteer positions. While I did mention these new positions on my application, I put these experiences as 0 hours. So if you just read my AMCAS app, it would say that I have 0 hours of clinical experience.

Now that it's been around 6 months, I've worked about 550 clinical hours and volunteered about 150 hours. But more importantly, I've gained a better grasp of medicine and healthcare through my job as an ER scribe. Would it be appropriate to update schools on this?

 

[Styrene]

What is the verdict on updating schools (pre-interview) on activities I started around primary submission time?

One big deficiency on my AMCAS app is my complete lack of clinical experience. When I submitted my primary, I started 1 hospital job and 2 volunteer positions. While I did mention these new positions on my application, I put these experiences as 0 hours. So if you just read my AMCAS app, it would say that I have 0 hours of clinical experience.

Now that it's been around 6 months, I've worked about 550 clinical hours and volunteered about 150 hours. But more importantly, I've gained a better grasp of medicine and healthcare through my job as an ER scribe. Would it be appropriate to update schools on this?

I would certainly think so, but make sure the school(s) to which you send the update are welcoming of updates.

 

[docycle]

 

[Goro]

For those schools that welcome updates, that's worth an update!

What is the verdict on updating schools (pre-interview) on activities I started around primary submission time?

One big deficiency on my AMCAS app is my complete lack of clinical experience. When I submitted my primary, I started 1 hospital job and 2 volunteer positions. While I did mention these new positions on my application, I put these experiences as 0 hours. So if you just read my AMCAS app, it would say that I have 0 hours of clinical experience.

Now that it's been around 6 months, I've worked about 550 clinical hours and volunteered about 150 hours. But more importantly, I've gained a better grasp of medicine and healthcare through my job as an ER scribe. Would it be appropriate to update schools on this?

 

[docycle]

Lol OP I love how you just banged out what most pre-meds do over 3 years, btw. Kudos.

 

[Leilandi]

ya send it , that would be good

 

[LorenzosOil]

ya send it , that would be good

props. update them

 

[TwitchBeGone]

Thanks for the moral support guys! 🙂

 

[HybridEarth]

Raised a couple grand for charity with some colleagues. Worth an update??

Edit: just wanted to piggyback on OP's thread

 

[HybridEarth]

Bump, anyone?

 

[BluMist]

a couple grand can come from a single donor, at least that's the perspective of someone who's involved with charitable donations.
personally, I don't think it's worth an update, but I'd defer to other folks with more application experience.

 

[HybridEarth]

For what it's worth, we hosted a charity concert to do so (several hundred ticket sales did the trick). Hope this is something worthwhile to mention