Updating POI with CV changes?

[gradp]

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I am hoping to get some insight into this if anyone has any advice or personal experience.

Since I submitted my application and CV (I submitted very early on, in late October), I've submitted a 3rd author review paper with my PI (on topic of interest) and a first authored poster abstract to a conference. I am also actively writing a first authored paper to the poster (though this will not be ready until at least several weeks).

My CV was littered with "in prep" works during the time of the application, and I think these are kind of significant changes.

Question is: Should I email my POI to inform him of these changes? Will it make a difference in my applications? This is one of my top schools and I was very upset to see that invites were sent out Friday. I'm hoping to jog his memory of me, and at the very worst, get some kind of replying indicating he's not interested. I have contacted him 3x before also and he was kind enough to reply back.

Please let me know what your thoughts are!

Thank you.

 

[applyingtograd]

I would e-mail. As long as you don't come across as pushy I don't think it could hurt and it could potentially help. Maybe if you are in a waitlist category it will push you over the edge. But maybe wait for others opinions too...

 

[gradp]

Btw, I meant I contacted him before apps were due to introduce my interest and asked if he's taking students. I have not contacted him since.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Given that the goal is to essentially gauge the POI's interest in you, sending a brief email likely wouldn't hurt. At the same time, moving a manuscript/poster from "in progress" to "under review" isn't necessarily a huge leap, and may not really improve your overall standing very much.

 

[Psychadelic2012]

moving a manuscript/poster from "in progress" to "under review" isn't necessarily a huge leap, and may not really improve your overall standing very much.

This. Submitting a manuscript means next to nothing compared to "in progress." Submitting a poster means nothing. Sorry, but my opinion is that you'll just be annoying this POI if you email. If they are interested in you, they WILL send you an invite, trust me!

 

[gradp]

Thanks for the replies! I was thinking that actually submitting at least assures I wasn't just trying to lie or pad my cv, but it's good to know the reality of it! Oh well, it was worth a shot. Thank you!

 

[psychRA]

At the same time, moving a manuscript/poster from "in progress" to "under review" isn't necessarily a huge leap, and may not really improve your overall standing very much.

I tend to agree. Submitting a manuscript/poster is certainly a step forward, but I don't know if this is significant enough to warrant updating the POI, or if it will change your standing if they've already made decisions about interviews.

I think that it can be okay to list "in preparation" stuff on your CV if you do so sparingly, and at least in my opinion, if those are projects that are reasonably close to being complete. It has the potential to veer into padding territory when someone has lots of papers in preparation.

 

[Pragma]

This. Submitting a manuscript means next to nothing compared to "in progress." Submitting a poster means nothing. Sorry, but my opinion is that you'll just be annoying this POI if you email. If they are interested in you, they WILL send you an invite, trust me!

Totally agree. If you actually had something accepted for publication, I might view it differently, but now it would just be annoying the POI.