Early application submission

[xoxoheartx3]

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Hi guys! So I'm in the process of applying to pharm school right now & I've always had a problem with getting close with professors leaving it kind of hard for me to get LOR. I'm hoping that by the end of the summer I will be able to get at least 2 of my LOR (some of the schools I'm applying require 3 though). If I submit my application maybe around late August or September would that look bad to the schools? Or would it be the earlier I submit the better chance I have?

 

[dancingallday]

You can submit your pharmcas app before the LOR's are received, it'll just hold it until they're in. And no, August or September isn't bad. My last LOR rolled in in late August, and I was still in the very first interview group at my school of choice.

 

[xoxoheartx3]

So when I submit my application would I just need to provide the professor information even if the professor might not be done with the LOR?

 

[dancingallday]

When I did my LOR's, I put my letter writers' information into PharmCas, and PharmCas sent out electronic LOR requests directly to them. You can have them send hard copy letters in instead, I believe, but since I never did that I'm not quite sure how that process works.

 

[xoxoheartx3]

Oh okay that makes more sense now. Thank you guys!