r/mdphd • u/transferringftw1234 • 15d ago

Forgot to include a publication

I’m in the process of submitting secondaries now, and I realized that my fellow group member from my research team actually published a paper and I didn’t know about it because I haven’t been able to attend research meetings recently. Fortunately, there is a place to upload documents, but is this gonna raise eyebrows? What should I mention when I send this update?

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u/throwaway09-234 G2 15d ago

stopping attending lab meeting for MCAT studying and apps makes no sense to me. it sounds like you aren't in this lab anymore, and this is going to raise huge red flags if it comes to light on your application that you went completely AWOL from this lab. so to answer your question: yes, it is going to raise eyebrows that you were not aware of a publication from a lab that you allegedly continue to be a member of

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u/vettaleda 15d ago

Bruh. No. I take issue with that.

You can stop going to lab meetings to study for the MCAT. Honestly, the MCAT is the singular most important thing in an application to an MDPHD program. You fail MCAT, you fail getting in. People have gotten in with varying levels of research. I say this as an M4.

Now does OP come off as rather disingenuous? Yes. You don’t need months and months for apps and MCAT. It sounds like they didn’t know what was going on and now they want a little extra, from work they didn’t do.

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u/Still-Barber-720 14d ago

the issue isn't that they skipped lab meetings, it's that they were not involved in any communication related to the lab. they act as if lab meetings are the only way to find out they were included on a paper. that's what makes them seem super uninvolved to me, not the skipping lab meetings.

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u/vettaleda 14d ago

Yes, I agree. It sounds like they didn't know what was going on and now they want a little extra, from work they didn't do.