My school sends out our committee letter in August. Is there any point in sending out secondaries prior to this date? Any advantage of finishing secondaries early and sending them in mid-July?
Committe letter and sending Secondaries
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I think so. You should try and get secondaries done within two weeks of receiving them.
For one, the school knows how long you've had a secondary. People like to give the informal two-week rule because it shows interest if you complete the secondaries in a timely manner. Whether this matters, I don't know for sure.
Also, secondaries build up. Complete them when you get them because then it just gets easier so you aren't scrambling later in August to finish a whole bunch.
I would just complete them as quick as you can (without sacrificing quality of course).
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My school does the same and I had the same exact thought in my head when I was applying.
Definitely submit your secondaries prior to your committee letter arriving, especially because some schools give you the option of having 3-4 individual letters OR a committee letter. In this case, you can submit the individual letters and have your file marked complete, ahead of the committee letter arriving.
When your school finally gets around to submitting the letter to AMCAS, you can then send the letter along to the aforementioned schools as an extra letter (the way to do this is to leave schools off of the committee letter list, and add them later).
For the schools that do require a committee letter to be marked complete, then I guess there is no advantage to submitting the secondary early, other than to get it off your mind -Though you can (and should) call the admissions office to inform them of the delay.
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