Quitting an EC

[ilikepancakes]

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I have been involved with a community service EC for two years and put in over 600 hours. I included it on AMCAS and wrote about it in many secondaries but something occurred recently and I have lost any interest in continuing with this activity. If I quit, do I need to update all of the schools that I already applied to?

I feel like its somewhat trivial and if it is brought up in an interview I would have no problem explaining why I stopped participating but I don't know if they would have wanted an update prior to the interview.

 

[da8s0859q]

I have been involved with a community service EC for two years and put in over 600 hours. I included it on AMCAS and wrote about it in many secondaries but something occurred recently and I have lost any interest in continuing with this activity. If I quit, do I need to update all of the schools that I already applied to?

I feel like its somewhat trivial and if it is brought up in an interview I would have no problem explaining why I stopped participating but I don't know if they would have wanted an update prior to the interview.

Then quit. It's a recent occurrence -- and quitting doesn't make those ~600 hours magically go away anyway.

 

[NickNaylor]

I dropped an EC that I listed on my AMCAS and haven't been asked about it. It's not a big deal.

 

[Barcu]

I have been involved with a community service EC for two years and put in over 600 hours. I included it on AMCAS and wrote about it in many secondaries but something occurred recently and I have lost any interest in continuing with this activity. If I quit, do I need to update all of the schools that I already applied to?

I feel like its somewhat trivial and if it is brought up in an interview I would have no problem explaining why I stopped participating but I don't know if they would have wanted an update prior to the interview.

No need to update. Since it was such a significant activity, I'm sure you will be asked about it. Still, quitting it should not affect your chances.