Hey guys, I had a question regarding the LOR type for the AMCAS (ie letter packet, individual letter). Okay, so like alot of other people, I send all of my LORs from professors, doctors, etc. into the my school's "career center" that holds all the letters until I need them. When I order the career center to send all my letters to AMCAS, would this be considered as a "letter packet" since ALL my letters are being sent, or would it be considered as "individual letters"? i would appreciate any help, thanks!
It depends. lol
If you want to send them individually so that not all medical schools receive all of your letters, then you should input them individually. This method will cost you however much your career center charges FOR EACH LETTER.
However, if you want to send all of your letters to all of the medical schools, sending them in a "letter packet" is not only going to save you time and money, but it is very much more preferred than having individual letters. If you plan to use this option, make sure you make a LOR request on AMCAS.
Sample:
Letter title: Letter packet
Institution name: [University X]
Primary contact/author first name: Career Center
Primary contact/author last name: Letter service
Email: Your career center letter services' email address
Phone: (000)letter service phone #
Address: Use your career center's address
you get the point. The additional authors should be left blank. Now you have a LOR request form, which you need to send to your letter service to be included in your letter file. When you send the letter packet, make sure that LOR request form is included somewhere amongst other letter writers.
I hope this helps. Don't hesitate if you need any other assistance.
