interfolio.com- recognized by all MD/DO schools?

[woodhorse22]

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Hello.
I plan to use interfolio.com for sending my letters of recommendation from doctors. Do all MD and DO schools recognize interfolio.com as being valid? That is, willl they all accept letters sent via interfolio.com? Please list any that don't. thanks.

 

[woodhorse22]

Anyone, please...

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I used Interfolio for every school I applied to. It wasn't a problem.

It's a fairly well recognized letter management system. There's a cover letter included with each package that you mail that explains the Interfolio system, in case the receiving institution is unfamiliar... but I would say it's highly likely most of the schools you apply to (if not all) will recognize it.

 

[honger540]

I also did not have any problem using Interfolio for the schools I applied to. I would also suggest telling your letter writers to use the electronic signature or fax/snail mail the letter with the signature to interfolio as some schools require a letter with a signature from the letter writer.

 

[notdeadyet]

Applied to 37 schools without a problem.

 

[nyct]

For the schools that don't say anything about interfolio, do we just get interfolio to mail the letters and hope they don't reject them?

For instance, I'm applying to SUNY Buffalo, and they don't say anything about Interfolio... can I still mail them there by using interfolio?

I'm also applying at Thomas Jefferson and they say they accept VirtualEval or Fax. Does this mean I can't use interfolio at all since they don't say anything about accepting mailed LOR's?

 

[Dr. Josh]

What else is Interfolio used for other than LORs?

 

[notdeadyet]

For the schools that don't say anything about interfolio, do we just get interfolio to mail the letters and hope they don't reject them?

For instance, I'm applying to SUNY Buffalo, and they don't say anything about Interfolio... can I still mail them there by using interfolio?

I'm also applying at Thomas Jefferson and they say they accept VirtualEval or Fax. Does this mean I can't use interfolio at all since they don't say anything about accepting mailed LOR's?

When schools say they "accept" Interfolio vs. Virtual Eval, they're talking about the emailed service. Some schools are set up for one or the other.

I haven't heard of any school not accepting the mailed copy. When you go to send Interfolio, you'll see if a school accepts the emailed version. If it's not on the list, just snail mail it.

 

[deleted77919]

For instance, I'm applying to SUNY Buffalo, and they don't say anything about Interfolio... can I still mail them there by using interfolio?

I applied there last year and they took the letters just fine, sent via regular mail. I would say about 50% of the schools I applied to accepted electronic versions and 50% had to be printed off by interfolio and mailed (which costs a little more, but hey, when was anything cheap in the application process?).

 

[mvenus929]

What else is Interfolio used for other than LORs?

They have entries for CVs, abstracts, test scores, portfolios, transcripts, writing samples...

 

[Dr. Josh]

They have entries for CVs, abstracts, test scores, portfolios, transcripts, writing samples...

yea but what do you do with those things? it's not like you mail any of those to medical schools. So it's just a place to save stuff, evne though you could save those documents on your PC, etc? I heard you can't mail transcripts from interfolio. Is that true or not?

 

[elderjack21]

Hello.
I plan to use interfolio.com for sending my letters of recommendation from doctors. Do all MD and DO schools recognize interfolio.com as being valid? That is, willl they all accept letters sent via interfolio.com? Please list any that don't. thanks.

I wrote interfolio.com to find out specifically which of the 70 schools they refer to on their web page accept "electronic" mailings from the company. Here is the list they sent me. It is current as of January 2007.

"Below are lists of Allopathic medical schools that receive credentials
from Interfolio electronically. We deliver credentials to all 125
allopathic schools
but only these 70 presently receive electronic deliveries from
Interfolio (the rest receive on paper). For Osteopathic schools,
Interfolio currently delivers all credentials on paper but we plan to
deliver them electronically in the future.
*

Schools that receive electronically from us
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Baylor College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve Univerisity
Creighton University
Drexel University
East Carolina University
East Tennessee State University
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Emory College
Florida State University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Louisiana State University - New Orleans
Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Marshall University
Mayo Medical School
Medical College of Ohio
Medical College of South Carolina
Medical College of Virginia
Medical College of Wisconsin
Meharry Medical College
Mercer University
Michigan State University
New York Medical College
New York University
Ohio State University
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Pennsylvania State University
Rosalind Franklin University
Saint Louis University
Stanford University
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Temple University
Tulane University
UC Davis
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
UMDNJ - New Jersey Robert Wood
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
University of Alabama
University of Cincinnati
University of Colorado
University of Florida
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Massachusetts
University of Miami - MD Program
University of Miami - PhD Program
University of Minnesota - Duluth
University of Nebraska
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester
University of Saint Eustatius
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Tennessee
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Wake Forest University
Washington University
Wayne State University

 

[deleted77919]

yea but what do you do with those things? it's not like you mail any of those to medical schools. So it's just a place to save stuff, evne though you could save those documents on your PC, etc? I heard you can't mail transcripts from interfolio. Is that true or not?

The reason interfolio is nice is for mailing LOR's. LOR's should be confidential so they are not mailed directly by you, but should be sent by the professor or a letter service like interfolio, your school's letter service if they have one, etc. The other services I did not use, nor did I see any use for them in the medical school application process. Keep in mind though that other people use interfolio besides people applying to medical school and having a CV, transcripts, etc might be useful for them.

If you do not use a letter service like interfolio then you have to say "Professor X, could you please mail that letter you wrote for me to these 30 schools?" Then repeat that conversation with several more professors. And if you decide to add another 3 schools later on? Then it's back to the professors to ask them to mail out the letters again to those schools. This quickly becomes a hassel for them. In fact they might change the letter they write to simply have some complaints about how the student refuses to use a letter service and this is the 30th letter they have had to stuff in an envelope.

 

[lordmickytron]

UCSF will NOT accept interfolio if your school has a letter service. i heard that UCSD is the same.

 

[mvenus929]

yea but what do you do with those things? it's not like you mail any of those to medical schools. So it's just a place to save stuff, evne though you could save those documents on your PC, etc?

Interfolio is popular among premeds because it makes LOR transmission easier. However, premeds (and med students) are not the only people that use interfolio. Other people applying to different graduate schools also use it, and their grad schools may require an abstract along with LORs, or a teaching student may need to send a teaching portfolio in addition to several other documents to apply for a certain position.

 

[Dr. Josh]

The reason interfolio is nice is for mailing LOR's. LOR's should be confidential so they are not mailed directly by you, but should be sent by the professor or a letter service like interfolio, your school's letter service if they have one, etc. The other services I did not use, nor did I see any use for them in the medical school application process. Keep in mind though that other people use interfolio besides people applying to medical school and having a CV, transcripts, etc might be useful for them.

If you do not use a letter service like interfolio then you have to say "Professor X, could you please mail that letter you wrote for me to these 30 schools?" Then repeat that conversation with several more professors. And if you decide to add another 3 schools later on? Then it's back to the professors to ask them to mail out the letters again to those schools. This quickly becomes a hassel for them. In fact they might change the letter they write to simply have some complaints about how the student refuses to use a letter service and this is the 30th letter they have had to stuff in an envelope.