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OK so I have a couple of LORs that were dated from last year, and will be well over 1.5 years old when I apply for residency.
My med school residency application secretary told me that ERAS wont accept letters that are more than a few months old.
1) Is this correct or is this pencil pusher just BSing me?
2) Does everybody wait until 3 months before the application to get letters? That seems awfully late to wait to get letters. I prefer to get some of mine early so I dont have to wait for attendings to get their act together.
3) Does everybody have their profs re-date their letters just before the application is submitted? How do you go about this? Do you have to get your dean's office to send the prof the old letter so they remember it and can just restamp the date? or do they have to actually write a new letter, which would be a real pain the ass? I just dont see a lot of profs storing their LORs on their computer for long time periods.
P.S. If this is true, its a stupid ass policy that ERAS and program directors need to change. I should be able to get LORs in my 3rd year without having to worry about this date crap. LORs during the 3rd year should be valid on their own merits and not require "redating."
My med school residency application secretary told me that ERAS wont accept letters that are more than a few months old.
1) Is this correct or is this pencil pusher just BSing me?
2) Does everybody wait until 3 months before the application to get letters? That seems awfully late to wait to get letters. I prefer to get some of mine early so I dont have to wait for attendings to get their act together.
3) Does everybody have their profs re-date their letters just before the application is submitted? How do you go about this? Do you have to get your dean's office to send the prof the old letter so they remember it and can just restamp the date? or do they have to actually write a new letter, which would be a real pain the ass? I just dont see a lot of profs storing their LORs on their computer for long time periods.
P.S. If this is true, its a stupid ass policy that ERAS and program directors need to change. I should be able to get LORs in my 3rd year without having to worry about this date crap. LORs during the 3rd year should be valid on their own merits and not require "redating."
