LOR NOT in ERAS post office yet

[Amazonee]

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Hey all, thank all of you for your wonderful contribution to this forum. I greatly appreciate it
But i have a question. My deans office downloaded my 3rd LOR 2 weeks ago but i still cannot find it in my post office and all programs still have it as N/A/. It is still not listed as one of my letters in my post office. The two letters i finalized before i submitted my applications are all in there. Is this normal since it has now been 2 weeks??

 

[G0S2]

Hey all, thank all of you for your wonderful contribution to this forum. I greatly appreciate it
But i have a question. My deans office downloaded my 3rd LOR 2 weeks ago but i still cannot find it in my post office and all programs still have it as N/A/. It is still not listed as one of my letters in my post office. The two letters i finalized before i submitted my applications are all in there. Is this normal since it has now been 2 weeks??

"Downloaded" means your deans office "downloaded" the names of those writing letters, not the actual rec letter. That letter has not been submitted to your deans office yet.

 

[dragonfly99]

It's been a little while since I've dealt with ERAS postoffice, but the comment above sounds right. I would call the person writing the LOR for you and ask him/her if the letter has been submitted yet (ask politely). If you didn't already, offer to give a copy of your CV to the person, +/- the places you are thinking of applying. Then if it's still not submitted in 2 weeks from that time, you call them again...repeat ad nauseum or Q2 weeks x 6 weeks. If it's still not done by that time, that means he's not going to do it and time to go get a different letter.

This situation is the reason why it's always better to have an extra letter or two, b/c some attendings are just so busy, or just flaky, and don't end up doing things on schedule.

 

[EternalMD]

I had a similar situation where I asked for a letter about 2-3 weeks ago. After wondering what was going on, I decided to drop an email to see if he wanted the official waiver form since he said he would write a draft up first (it was more an excuse to see what was going on). boy am I glad I did. He said he got busy and forgot and would get on it. Pretty annoying but can't do anything about it.

 

[beastmaster]

How quickly they forget what it was like when they needed the letter.