ELOR's

[sabriel777]

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Hi everyone! I hope all is well. I just have a quick question that I am really starting to freak out about. I've already submitted my VMCAS, and four out of five of my ELORs have submitted their evaluations. The fifth one, who was my supervisor while I was interning at a zoo this past summer, has yet to complete hers. I've tried calling, texting, e-mailing, and even sending facebook messages to no avail. To make matters worse, she apparently has started the evaluation, because for a couple months now it has said that it is in progress on VMCAS; this means that I can't just delete her and make due with the LORs I already have. Anyone have any advice? Am I in serious trouble??

 

[Mama070609]

You are only required to submit 3 (unless one of your institutions requires more), so it would be my understanding that you will be fine with your 4 that have submitted already. And your 5th still has time to submit anyway. One of my evaluators just submitted today. Last year, two of my evaluators waited until the very last minute (one was the day before the deadline).

If I were you, I would relax just a bit, but plan to try to get in touch again (only calling and emailing...I don't consider Facebook or texting quite professional enough, but I guess that depends upon your relationship with the evaluator) sometime between now and the deadline. I also think that once they start the evalution, VMCAS sends emails to them to remind them of the deadline.

 

[princesspeaches]

This is my second time applying, when I applied last time, one of my professors did not turn their letter in until October 2nd. I thought I was going to die I was so stressed about it.

And everything was fine--despite what VMCAS says, my application went through without problems. And you already have 4 letters! All you need is three 🙂

 

[sabriel777]

Thank you both for replying! I just wasn't sure if it would look really bad for me that she started the evaluation but didn't finish it. Thanks again and good luck to you both! 🙂

 

[jtom]

I actually called VMCAS about this issue. They send your file if you have three letters, regardless if you have more that are in progress. They told me if they already send your file out and the other letters are submitted, they will then send the additional letters separately.