LOR in an envelope?

[certain]

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Hi
Please also tell me if we should enclose the LOR with the LOR Cover letter stating the letter writer's name,waiveing rights etc, ? And must we put each letter in a separate envelope and seal it.
Eagerly awaiting your reply,

Thank you

 

[Winged Scapula]

You are expected to give the cover letter/waiving rights form to each letter writer and they return it to your Dean's office with their letter. In your case, ECFMG serves as your Dean's office.

Since you never see it, there is no need for a sealed envelope. If you like you may provide your letter writer with a stamped addressed envelope to your Dean's/ECFMG office.

 

[certain]

Thank you for the reply . Please clarify this for me.I understand that if i'm sending 4 LOR'S, there will be 4 envelopes each . Am I right? I do hope i'm not bothering you.Thanks again.

 

[mmag]

The letters are to be sent _directly_ to your Dean's/ECFMG office by the letter writers. The letter writers _do not_ give the letters to you to be forward.

You are expected to give the cover letter/waiving rights form to each letter writer and they return it to your Dean's office with their letter. In your case, ECFMG serves as your Dean's office.

Since you never see it, there is no need for a sealed envelope. If you like you may provide your letter writer with a stamped addressed envelope to .

 

[certain]

From what I have understood the LOR'S can be posted by us the students too if the Letter writer hands it to us. Please help us out here.

 

[mmag]

The ECFMG says the following about LOR's
"It is your responsibility to follow up with letter writers to ensure that original LoRs are sent to ERAS Support Services at ECFMG in time to meet program deadlines."

Whether to waive your right to see your LoRs is a matter strictly between you and the letter writer. If you already have some LoRs, you obviously did not waive your right to see them. In that case, submit the original and retain a photocopy for your records. However, if you do waive your right to see your LoRs, the letter must be accompanied by the AAMC's Request for Letter of Recommendation/Cover Sheet. Also provide the ERAS Document Submission Form to your letter writer so that he/she can send the LoR directly to us in a sealed envelope from the institution."

If a LOR is sent by you the applicant then it is assumed that you have read it and thus can not waive the right to see it. If you want to waive your right to see the letter then the letter along with the waiver must be sent directly to the ECFMG by the letter writer.

 

[yippyskippy]

As stated above, the standard is that, if at all possible, you want to waive your right to see the letter, which means that the letter writer has to send it in without your seeing it. If you send it in, it means you had access to the letter... some programs think that letters that the applicant has seen are worth less because the writer may have felt pressured to leave out anything bad. I don't know how important this is, but most US applicants do not ever view their letters. There were a few people posting that did not waive their right to see the letters that had different arguments, so you might want to search about this waiver.
Bottom line is that if you can give the letter writers envelopes with postage pre-paid, along with the cover sheet/waiver, this is the best route.

 

[RTrain]

In summation:

If you are requesting 4 letters (one each from 4 different people), you will give each letter writer a cover sheet (with the box checked indicating that you waive your right to read the letter) and a postage-paid envelope addressed to the ECFMG. They will then write the letter, place it in the envelope you provided along with the cover sheet, and post the envelope. You will never see the letter, it goes straight from your letter writer to ECFMG. If they hand you the letter, then you have not waived your right to see it. See?

Theoretically, I suppose your letter writer could give you back the sealed envelope containing your letter and cover sheet and you could post it, but that's the only way you should be getting the letter back from the person who wrote it.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Ditto what they said.

4 letters = 4 envelopes = 4 letters sent straight to ECFMG without you ever seeing them

 

[Acherona]

Ditto what they said.

4 letters = 4 envelopes = 4 letters sent straight to ECFMG without you ever seeing them

Another LOR question -- to avoid having to re-contact the letter-writer after you know what your AAMC ID is, can you just have them send everything to the dean's office leaving the ID blank, and then have the dean's office put in the number when you are ready to send to ERAS?

 

[Winged Scapula]

Another LOR question -- to avoid having to re-contact the letter-writer after you know what your AAMC ID is, can you just have them send everything to the dean's office leaving the ID blank, and then have the dean's office put in the number when you are ready to send to ERAS?

Yes. When uploaded, your letters will be associated with you ID.