LOR age

[BlueJaysFan]

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Hey everyone,
Just had an inquiry. In terms of reference letter, if I have one letter that was sent to Interfolio in the fall of 2008, can it still be used for this application cycle? Thanks

 

[Avoidthetiger]

It can be -- but just be warned a few schools have requirements that all LORs much be recent (less than a year old).

I have 5 LORs and all but one is from May/June 2010. The one that isn't is from a former employer. He wrote me the letter in fall 2008 and it's been hard to get in touch with him (though i did send him the old letter so that the date could be updated... but no one got back to me). I might be sending a sixth letter to a school based on one of their requirements that will be from the fall 2008 because I am having an impossible time locating the professor who wrote it for me two years ago (summer vacation). I contacted the school and they said it was OK.

I wouldn't have all your LORs be two years old though.

 

[mvenus929]

You should make an attempt to have the letter updated, but it's okay if one out of your bunch is an old letter. I had a letter from Spring 2007 in my file for the 2009 application cycle, and applied to a couple schools that I applied to the first time (so they've already seen the letter). One accepted me, so it's not a big deal.