So, none of my letters been submitted to AADSAS yet... is my application considered late? I think i should get all my letters in in 3 weeks from now...
letter of recommendation!!! am I late???
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Assuming they come in 3 weeks from now...AADSAS will probably verify/send them out in 2-3 weeks time. So I'm assuming your APP will be done in Early/Mid september?
The sooner they are in the better..so the longer it takes I would say its not helping any. Look at it from the schools perspective would you rather have a student that is on top of things and has it ready to go the first month or one that waits till the end to get everything in.
What kind of student are you? If you have a 3.7+, 20+ DAT, and well rounded overall, I think you can be a little late. And in all honesty, right now is considered rather late. But if you are a <3.3, <19, I have to ask, what have you been doing? The application has been out since June.
well my cgpa is 3.6 and sgpa is 3.64.. i have bout 200 hrs shadowing 2yrs of research experience and some club experience here and there... got all 20s and up for my DATs with 91percentile..
its just that professors lag on getting the letters in....
its just that professors lag on getting the letters in....
Ahhh, okay, then I like your situation. You are slightly late (not deadline late) but your numbers are good enough to still get you a look. How long ago did you ask your profs for letters? A lot of them like at least 4 to 6 weeks time to turn 'em in. Those professors that take 2 month are pretty infuriating.
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https://portal.aadsasweb.org/aadsas2009/lor.html#Q2
I was freaking out about this also but it says that AADSAS will not wait for your letters or rec to send out your app. I guess your app is still not complete but it gives me some paice of mind that my whole app isn't being sent out because of my letters. Have you e-submitted yet?
I was freaking out about this also but it says that AADSAS will not wait for your letters or rec to send out your app. I guess your app is still not complete but it gives me some paice of mind that my whole app isn't being sent out because of my letters. Have you e-submitted yet?
so i already have 2 science and 1 reserach letters in school letter services and those threee have already been sent to AADSAS on july 14th.. so hopefully those will show up soon. and i have another letter from a science prof which i am going to send to my career center and also have him E submit directly to AADSAS.
hopefully this will get the letters processed soon.... im really worried about this haha i did my best to turn everything in on time and idk if this is gonna mess my chances up..
hopefully this will get the letters processed soon.... im really worried about this haha i did my best to turn everything in on time and idk if this is gonna mess my chances up..
👍👍👍👍 Submit now. I made this mistake last year and waited for a letter instead of submitting. And I'm kind of confused, why do you have 3 science profs and 1 research. I thought it was 2 profs, 1 misc.(research), and your dentist, or is that just Texas?
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True but from my understanding, by additional they mean dentist.
damnn i really want to include the letter from my research pi for that "additional letter" requirement just because ive known him for a while and did a lot of work with him...
i can get a letter from a dentist but i feel like the letter from him wont really match the quality of the letter from my pi...
i can get a letter from a dentist but i feel like the letter from him wont really match the quality of the letter from my pi...
Rather than getting 3 science letters, get one from a dentist. I'm assuming the dentist letter is pretty important for demonstrating your desire for dentistry, something the other writers won't really be able to do as well. And I know the schools I'm applying to discouraged sending in more than the requirement unless you really, really want the letter to be read. So 3 letters from science profs may be overkill, unless they are all incredible letters.
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Yes you can delete it as long as it wasn't received.
So, yeah, cancel the last science professor and try to get a dentist on board, asap. Just from the AADSAS website(although I must admit I've never used their app), "because most dental schools would like one letter from a dentist with whom the applicant has shadowed/mentored/discussed careers in dentistry."
and also:
...Applicants may submit a maximum of four letters individual Letters of Evaluation
That or a committee letter plus an additional letter but it looks like you are submitting them yourself.
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I'm in the same boat. My AADSAS was mailed out on the second mailing, but my committee did not intervene until 12th of July. I'm freaked out about it, but there's nothing I can do. But, the good thing is some schools don't need the LORs before sending out interview invites (I know NOVA does not for a fact), so submit your app asap. Good luck!
I think you should be fine. I submitted my application back in June and my evaluators are EXTREMELY slow as well. I only have one evaluation in and waiting for 2 more... I asked them back in June and they have not submitted it yet. I guess they are busy with their summer classes, so that's why they are slow.
** You should definitely get one dentist and two/three science professors.
** You should definitely get one dentist and two/three science professors.
