Letters of Rec (Would appreciate an adcom's input): Packet v Individual Letters?

[music2doc]

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Hi,

I am wondering what to do in my situation. I have already submitted my AMCAS and completed some secondaries. I have 6 very strong (confidential) LORs (3 science faculty, 1 non-science faculty/research PI, 2 physicians who have supervised me for over a year; all know me well). I began submitting them as individual letters because our pre-med program was in shambles. (I have been spearheading a successful initiative to rebuild it.) As a result of the work I and my team have done, our provost approved a paid advisor and funded program (great news). The weird thing is now I can actually get a letter packet with a cover letter by our new pre-med advisor (which would probably be amazing since I had in bringing her on in this role and have been working closely with her the past few months)...after submitting my individual letters.

I have already requested she write the cover letter and have had Interfolio send her all of my individual LORs just in case.

So...the question is this: Do I...

A) Do nothing (i.e., continue to submit individual letters)
B) Have Interfolio send out her letter as a 6th or 7th letter to school and let the schools know that this is part of a letter packet submitted as individual letters
C) Have Interfolio send out her letter as a 6th or 7th letter to school but not tell the schools anything (i.e., they'll figure it out on their own)
D) Have the entire letter packet sent as a unit (all 6 letters plus the cover letter) by Interfolio through AMCAS to each school even though the schools have already received individual copies of each letter

Any thoughts.... Is the committee letter/letter packet that important? My school has not really offered committee letters in the past, although I believe some students have worked around this by creating their own letter packets and sending them (i.e., get a few faculty together and ask them to put together a packet).

Thanks for your help!

 

[aSagacious]

Choice B

 

[gettheleadout]

Since it's new for your school to even have an advisor, the letter's absence likely wouldn't raise any eyebrows, nor would submission of the letters individually instead of in packet form. Given that it will be a strong letter, however, I agree that Choice B seems the most logical and informative for schools.

 

[music2doc]

Thanks!

The thing that makes it a bit weird is that some probably have had committee-ish letters sent in the past. Our pre-med advising has been in shambles. The office once existed but the advisor basically didn't do his job, which is why a group of students and faculty/staff pursued his resignation. As a result, I am not really sure how individual letters from my school would be viewed.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?