<p>Ok so since I applied to my colleges (and got deferred EA), I sent one update on January 31st, which I faxed to all my colleges. Just to give you an idea of what I sent, the update contained a few awards: </p>
<p>-STS Semifinalist
-a local math competition 3rd place
-my AMC 12A score (unofficial)
-and I told them that I have submitted two publication articles (in scientific journals).</p>
<p>Now, I'm wondering whether or not to re-update, about 3 weeks after the first one. The things that would be on this one are:</p>
<p>-Accepted to a conference that I submitted to (mentioned in first update). We got in as oral presenters, which is much harder and more prestigious than the normal poster presentation [This is the main thing on the update].
-Won a debate tournament 2 weeks ago (first one I've won all year)
-Presidential Scholar nominee
-Confirming my AMC score (official reports came out yesterday)
-Local leadership/academic award ("[City name] Top Teen")</p>
<p>Ok so it also is a little more complicated (sorry), since my mentor is planning to send a letter to at least my top 2 college choices (MIT and Harvard) updating what we've done lately and explaining about the conference, which could probably be done better in a letter than on my own update since it would be awkward to explain something like "This award is really really prestigious!!" and a little non-believable by the adcom.</p>
<p>What do you think I should do? I don't want to drown the admissions office in paper, but I want them to know of my things. Are the new updates worthy of notification so late in the game?</p>
<p>Thanks! I know this post was long lol.</p>