LoR deadlines?

[Madhatter]

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Does anyone know when the deadline is for most institutions regarding LoRs? I heard that some won't accept letters after sept 15th. I'm applying to 60 programs and just dont have the time to contact each one individually to find out so any help would be appreciated.

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Does anyone know when the deadline is for most institutions regarding LoRs? I heard that some won't accept letters after sept 15th. I'm applying to 60 programs and just dont have the time to contact each one individually to find out so any help would be appreciated.

The hard deadline would be most likely in late November or December. You should be able to find that information on either the program's web page or on FREIDA.

The soft deadline would be those programs that, for whatever reason, make interview offers based on Letters of recommendation. In this case interview dates are likely to be snapped up by those applicants that have their stuff in early. There's no way to know that unless the program director or his secretary is willing to divulge that information.


Unfortunately there's no great way to make sure your letters are in without pestering your letter writers. I'm going to, hopefully, be sending preemptive and after-the-fact thank you notes to my writers tomorrow/this weekend. If they've written it and turned it in - great! If they haven't... it serves as a little bit of a guilt trip. 😉