LOR mix up..advice needed

[TexanMD]

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Hi Ya'll,
Long time reader, first time poster. I made a mistake in designating my LOR the other day for ERAS. Realized that one of my 3 letters is from someone that recommends me "for an internal medicine residency". My other two letters are solid, one of which from an anesthesiologist.

What should i do? I read MyERAS and it said that i had to do all these things like "deassign" the letter, create a new LOR account, send another one to overwrite this one..all very complicated and tricky. On top of all that, the programs might still get this unwanted letter. What if this screws my application even further?

Have any of you out there had experiences with LORs that might be geared towards another specialty? Do you think this is gonna cost me a lot of interviews?

I'm a fairly good applicant, mid tier MD school, good Step 1, high class rank (i think).

Thanks,
Brian

 

[usnavdoc]

Hi Ya'll,
Long time reader, first time poster. I made a mistake in designating my LOR the other day for ERAS. Realized that one of my 3 letters is from someone that recommends me "for an internal medicine residency". My other two letters are solid, one of which from an anesthesiologist.

What should i do? I read MyERAS and it said that i had to do all these things like "deassign" the letter, create a new LOR account, send another one to overwrite this one..all very complicated and tricky. On top of all that, the programs might still get this unwanted letter. What if this screws my application even further?

Have any of you out there had experiences with LORs that might be geared towards another specialty? Do you think this is gonna cost me a lot of interviews?

I'm a fairly good applicant, mid tier MD school, good Step 1, high class rank (i think).

Thanks,
Brian

If its a strong letter I wouldnt worry so much. You have one from an anesthesiologist. As long as the letters are strong(meaning the writter knows you enough to make the letter positive and personal) I wouldnt change a thing.

 

[Gern Blansten]

If the letter just states that you would make a great internal medicine resident, that is pretty common. Many people state that they would think they would do well in xxx specialty. It is still a good endorsement. If, however, you know that the letter states that it has always been your dream to be an internist and you would never be happy doing anything else, that might cause you problems(I doubt any letter writer would say that). So, it is probably not an issue.

The best approach is to have your advisor read the letter off of ERAS and tell you if it needs to be pulled back. Most programs have probably not opened their ERAS files yet, so no harm done.

 

[jennyboo]

Many people solicit their LORs before they've finalized their specialty decision, so I don't think it's too surprising. I agree that in most cases it is probably okay.

 

[supahfresh]

dude, i had one from OB and one from surgery! what can they do?