Dean's Letter Waiver

[SilverScrubs]

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So I'll be handing in my info and updated CV for my Dean's Letter and I have a couple questions regarding it if some of you wise ones out there can answer for me:

1. The school gives away 5 free, then charges $15 each. Is that comparable to other schools? So, if I apply to 35 programs, it will cost me $450. I thought schools just uploaded a generic letter to ERAS...

2. Should you waive your right to see the Dean's Letter? Who will know if you don't waive your right? (This is assuming school does not let you see it for corrections or what-not.)

Thanks guys!👍

 

[Doctor Bob]

So I'll be handing in my info and updated CV for my Dean's Letter and I have a couple questions regarding it if some of you wise ones out there can answer for me:

1. The school gives away 5 free, then charges $15 each. Is that comparable to other schools? So, if I apply to 35 programs, it will cost me $450. I thought schools just uploaded a generic letter to ERAS...

2. Should you waive your right to see the Dean's Letter? Who will know if you don't waive your right? (This is assuming school does not let you see it for corrections or what-not.)

1. I... uh... hmm... yea, the dean's letters are uploaded to ERAS and then ERAS propagates it as many times as you choose. As far as the school goes, they only have to do it once. Did they mean LORs? They'd upload 5 for you then charge you for each LOR after that? Hmm... even if that's what they mean, that's harsh. My school did as many as you wanted for free.

2. The Dean's letter, for the most part, is being replaced by the MSPE (but for whatever reason a lot of schools still call it a dean's letter) which is an objective reporting of your performance during medical school. It should have the grade you got in each class, the distribution of grades for that class (to show how you did relative to everyone else), min/max, etc and other statistical stuff. It's usually a non-waiveable document because nothing in it is (or should be) opinion.