Interfolio to AMCAS processing time?

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For me, it was almost immediately. I check the day after they were uploaded, and AMCAS marked them as received.
 
wow, that's a pretty broad range. we have almost immediately and two weeks
 
When I called a couple days ago they said that it can take up to 15 business days to process the letters.
 
It's been two weeks on my LOR and they're still not posted as received. I really think this was a bad idea...it just seems like with transcripts and verification, they've got enough to do all at once and adding LOR uploading just adds to that. A bit pointless when there are already companies out there that do the LOR thing very well.
 
I can't imagine Interfolio is too happy about it, either.
 
AMCAS needs to start their own university and hospital so they can standardize all of our classes and ECs too (and take 3-4 weeks each to process).
 
chessknt87 said:
AMCAS needs to start their own university and hospital so they can standardize all of our classes and ECs too (and take 3-4 weeks each to process).
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LOL! I feel your pain though. Stupid AMCAS has not verified me yet. I hope AMCAS ninja are not tracking my IP right now and deliberately delaying my verification. 🙁
 
I just got ANOTHER reminder that they didn't have my LOR's yet from Interfolio...and then they said it's been taking 15 days to process. I'd be complete at a few schools if they'd hurry up a bit. They also said they're processing everything as paper...meaning they have to scan and uplaod every individual letter sent...genius...pure genius on their part.
 
BluePhoenix said:
I just got ANOTHER reminder that they didn't have my LOR's yet from Interfolio...and then they said it's been taking 15 days to process. I'd be complete at a few schools if they'd hurry up a bit. They also said they're processing everything as paper...meaning they have to scan and uplaod every individual letter sent...genius...pure genius on their part.
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Are we talking 15 days, or 15 "working business days?" I wish I could have been done with AMCAS when I got verified. These LOR's to AMCAS are such a pain.
 
Alfred E Newman said:
Are we talking 15 days, or 15 "working business days?" I wish I could have been done with AMCAS when I got verified. These LOR's to AMCAS are such a pain.
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I'm guessing 15 working days. It's been 15 days for me if you counted every day. Somehow I think if this idiotic idea takes hold they'll just use it as an excuse to charge even more money to process applications...seeing as they'll include recommendations and all.
 
No way to just send it straight from Interfolio to the schools and bypass AAMC altogether?
 
^ this is what I was planning on doing.

I'm using Interfolio, myself, just waiting on all the letters to get in, but as I see from adding my schools in AMCAS, Cornell is the only one of mine that does the AMCAS LOE service. Plus, I thought Interfolio has the addresses to all the med schools to make sending the letters directly much easier? Anyone have experience with this? I could use some clarification with all these other fine people
 
Begaster said:
No way to just send it straight from Interfolio to the schools and bypass AAMC altogether?
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No, the schools that are testing out the program explicitly state that they'll ONLY accept letters from AAMC and not letters that are sent directly to them.
 
Why didn't you all plan in advance? Had your letters uploaded in early May and then get interfolio to submit to amcas towards the middle/end of May. This could have expedited the process considerably.
 
cbrons said:
Why didn't you all plan in advance? Had your letters uploaded in early May and then get interfolio to submit to amcas towards the middle/end of May. This could have expedited the process considerably.
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No kidding? Wow, never thought of that.

You should tell all of our professors and pre-med committees who drug their feet writing LOR's.
 
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