Medical Committee Letter

[Question]

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My school packages every applicant's letters into a package and puts a generic cover letter on top of the package. Not really a committee letter, just a page saying that you completed the cover letter process. I missed the deadline to request this letter, so I probably will not have the cover letter on my letters of rec. Will not having this cover letter be a large red flag? If so, do you think it is worth it to take a gap year and get the cover letter next year?

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[GoSpursGo]

No this is silly. It doesn’t matter

 

[Dral]

People apply with all their ducks in a row including separate letters of rec but without some cover letter all the time. I think you will be fine and I certainly wouldn't waste a whole year due to absence of a piece of paper that isn't even at all necessary for an app to be processed.

It seems odd they put a deadline on this piece of paper. It doesn't seem that difficult to include regardless of time frame and all the process seems to do is potentially heighten neuroticism.

 

[AlteredScale]

You'll be okay.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You missed a deadline to have them send your packet or to send a packet with a cover letter?

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

No, haha. Dont miss deadlines though.

 

[PerioDont]

My school packages every applicant's letters into a package and puts a generic cover letter on top of the package. Not really a committee letter, just a page saying that you completed the cover letter process. I missed the deadline to request this letter, so I probably will not have the cover letter on my letters of rec. Will not having this cover letter be a large red flag? If so, do you think it is worth it to take a gap year and get the cover letter next year?

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definitely not a reason to do a gap year

 

[lord999]

This should not be an issue. These sorts of clerical errors happen.