"LOI"s

[cyrille104]

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Should I/we be doing LOIs?

 

[Fairyblastt]

Loi?

 

[CookieBear]

Loi?

I think Cyrille means Letter of Intent.

Cyrille, do you mean once you gain an acceptance? Or an invite to interview? Or after an interview as a follow-up? Or... other....

 

[cyrille104]

I think Cyrille means Letter of Intent.

Cyrille, do you mean once you gain an acceptance? Or an invite to interview? Or after an interview as a follow-up? Or... other....

After the interview as a follow-up...I was reading the pre-med forums and they talk about them nonstop

 

[Emio]

so is it bad that i've never heard of this before?

i always feel its a very fine line between showing interest and being obnoxious. i much more tend to sit back and let them make the decision. especially after an interview... if they don't love my personality enough, nuts to them.

 

[dvm'08]

Should I/we be doing LOIs?

in my opinion - they're a waste of time, and unlikely to make any difference in your application.

 

[RazorDoc2010]

I'd be scare it'd be a bit presumptuous (i.e. I don't think an athlete would do a loi for a school not recruiting him, but I may be way off with that horrid example!) Interesting question though! I had no idea that pre-meds did that.

 

[cyrille104]

Some of the pre-meds were saying that they send one every week or something...I think if I were an adcom that would annoy me enough to not accept the person

 

[twosoakers]

the Western site recommends LOIs/thank you notes

 

[Ladydvm]

Thank-you notes, yes... LOIs, no, not really. I don't think they'd really make any sort of difference- I'd concentrate on doing the best you can during your interview, and letting that be the impression you leave them with. 🙂