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[Yoduh]

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[KnightDoc]

Hey everyone,

I was just curious to know how long it takes for your university to write a committee letter to apply to medical school. My school took like 3 months to write it last cycle and I wasn't sure if that was the norm.

To me, the more relevant question is how close to the beginning of the cycle are they able to push them out? I care less about whether it takes one month or three to produce, and more about whether it will hold up having my file marked complete once everything else is in.

 

[r2med]

Mine went out in mid-July. I think they made us submit all paperwork from our end in April?

 

[fliflopmaestro]

I had my committee interview done in April and had the letter submitted on the last day of August.

 

[Rheopecty]

I submitted my paperwork early June. Received my letter late June. Had my letters sent into the office before turning in my paperwork.

 

[PapaGuava]

It took less than a month at my undergrad but I suppose it would depend on your institution. I would say majority of schools have a certain way of going about it so it doesn't delay anyone's application.

 

[LizzyM]

Med schools don't expect the letters until Labor Day. Some feeder schools do them over the summer and pump them out in August. We manage; it won't hurt you.

 

[r2med]

Med schools don't expect the letters until Labor Day. Some feeder schools do them over the summer and pump them out in August. We manage; it won't hurt you.

I got my first IIs this year in end of August and that was after several other IIs were already posted on SDN, so I thought mine was late. Schools may not expect till Labor Day, but they do process sooner those who are able to get it in earlier.

 

[CricB4Tube]

My school got them out mid-cycle so I ignored it and just got individual letters (including by the committee chair). I did have to explain this in a few applications and just said their schedule would have made my application late. Didn't seem to be an issue for me.

 

[LizzyM]

Some adcoms will issue ii without letters and ask the interviewers and the post-interview assessors to pay extra attention to the letter(s) as they were not reviewed pre-interview. This only applies if you are a superstar.

 

[TragicalDrFaust]

That seems like a long time... I was advised not to go through my institution's committee by a mentor associated with the school because they didn't have it together (and charged something like $300 for that letter!) Didn't seem to hurt me so if the situation gets dire, circumvention is an option.