What to include in "Activity/Publication" Updates? (not Letters of Interest Updates)

[Limp_Walking_Pimp_Talkin]

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Hello all,

Hope everyone is maintaining their sanity during this cycle. I have some activity/publication updates like a past summer job I had (happened after submitting secondaries and I didn't know I was doing it until way after completing primary) and recently finding out an old review article I helped write ended up being passed onto another researcher and subsequently published.

Should I just follow the general schematic for what was included in the primary application? I am currently thinking: Activity Name, description, hours, dates, contact where applicable for each respective one.


Thank you all so much yall!

 

[AJS59]

Hello all,

Hope everyone is maintaining their sanity during this cycle. I have some activity/publication updates like a past summer job I had (happened after submitting secondaries and I didn't know I was doing it until way after completing primary) and recently finding out an old review article I helped write ended up being passed onto another researcher and subsequently published.

Should I just follow the general schematic for what was included in the primary application? I am currently thinking: Activity Name, description, hours, dates, contact where applicable for each respective one.


Thank you all so much yall!

Format things as a letter not like the primary application. You can dedicate a paragraph to the publications and a paragraph to the activity updates.

With respect to the publications, only include articles which have been accepted for publication, and include the DOIs if possible

 

[Limp_Walking_Pimp_Talkin]

Format things as a letter not like the primary application. You can dedicate a paragraph to the publications and a paragraph to the activity updates.

With respect to the publications, only include articles which have been accepted for publication, and include the DOIs if possible

Thank you for your help!

Should I include what the paper was about? Try to relate it to why I would be a stronger candidate? I don't know if its as cut-and-dry as "btw here are some updates. Here they are. Have a good one!"

 

[AJS59]

Thank you for your help!

Should I include what the paper was about? Try to relate it to why I would be a stronger candidate? I don't know if its as cut-and-dry as "btw here are some updates. Here they are. Have a good one!"

The cut and dry is fine. You don't need to say that it'll make you a better candidate

 

[AsclepiusAdvisingLLC]

Hello all,

Hope everyone is maintaining their sanity during this cycle. I have some activity/publication updates like a past summer job I had (happened after submitting secondaries and I didn't know I was doing it until way after completing primary) and recently finding out an old review article I helped write ended up being passed onto another researcher and subsequently published.

Should I just follow the general schematic for what was included in the primary application? I am currently thinking: Activity Name, description, hours, dates, contact where applicable for each respective one.


Thank you all so much yall!

This is a great update that you should definitely publish to your applicant portal. You can either choose to submit a "cut and dry" update, or write a letter addressed to the admissions committee where you outline why this is a major milestone as a researcher and what you learned from your time in the lab. This latter option will look much like an update letter, but there is a point where its difficult to distinguish between the two. Either way, you can't go wrong! Congratulations on your publication!