donaldduckfanatic
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Hey all, I’m waitlisted at the only school I got an interview at and just wanted an opinion on something. I have 2000+ research hours and about 500 clinical volunteering hours, but as a volunteer, not in the room with the patient and doctor, serving snacks to patients while they get chemo, chatting, and providing wig fittings. I loved this experience and learned a lot but I don’t know how impactful this comes across. My dilemma is that I also have 300+ hours working at a pharmacy in my home country, which is very politically controversial right now and when I applied. This was a very patient-facing role where I prepped people for vaccines and took their BPs and heart rate, but my family advised me not to include it because they were worried someone might read into it politically, which has happened before in another context. Since I already had another clinical experience, I left it out, but now I’m really regretting that and wondering if I can send an update letter mentioning it. It’s an unranked waitlist, so my thought is if they’re comparing applicants and have to choose between us, I don’t wanna lose out because my clinical hours seem lower. Thanks!