LOR Submission?

[Augustus]

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How are LORs submitted to AMCAS?

Do I get a hard copy and mail it to them. Or is it submitted electronically by the professor (or whoever wrote it)?

 

[TexasMDtobe]

Normally, your school's pre-professional committee will receive them and package them in some way. The pre-proff committee will either combine the different letters into a single summary letter, write its own letter while attaching your other letters, or simply pass on the letters to AMCAS exactly as it receives them.

If you do not have access to a pre-professional committee, then you can get the letters yourself and mail them to AMCAS, or have each letter-writing professors mail in his or her own letter.

I believe the schools prefer blind LORs, meaning you have not seen them, because theoretically the professors writing them know that you won't see them so they are more open and honest about you. (I may be wrong about this blind LOR preference though) Something to consider though. . .

 

[OhioDoc]

How are LORs submitted to AMCAS?

Do I get a hard copy and mail it to them. Or is it submitted electronically by the professor (or whoever wrote it)?

Schools typically prefer confidential letters of recommendation, so you won't be seeing any of the LORs. Letters can be either snail-mailed (slow!) or submitted electronically. Last year, there were three methods of electronic submission:

-AMCAS Letter writer application - you provide your letter writer with your AAMC ID/The AAMC Letter ID for their letter and they upload an electronic version (pdf) of the letter directly to AMCAS. The best part of this service is that it's FREE.

-Interfolio - same idea as the AMCAS LWA except that it costs $$

-Virtual-Evals - This software is used by some pre-med offices/career advising offices to upload LORs. I'm not sure, but I don't think that there is cost involved for the applicant.