I just found out that two letters that have already been marked as received by AMCAS were not signed. I have not been verified yet, but I submitted my application so I can't make changes. I stupidly already assigned letters to schools hoping it would speed up the process since I am already late. I read on another thread that I need to submit the revised letters (on the way) and create new letter entries on AMCAS, which I did. However, I did not know where to enter that they are revised letters. Also, do I need to contact each school about this when I receive secondaries?
FYI, I didn't see the letters, I just decided to ask Interfolio to make sure.
Any advice would be appreciated
Good luck on your app.
. However, before I knew she could no longer write it, I had already assigned the LOR to most of the med schools, and my primary has been verified for a few weeks...
Hi guys,
So turned out that one of my referees can no longer write the LOR for me
Though I indicated on AMCAS website (under Letters of Evaluation) that this LOR will no longer be sent, it still appears under the schools that I originally assigned it to. So my question is, are med schools going to wait for the LOR since it is still assigned to the schools? Should I call each school and tell them the LOR will no longer be sent? Or is everything OK the way it is?
Thanks!
Some 25 years ago when I applied to med school I had my UG school write a "Pre-Medical Advisory Committee" letter that consisted of snippets from a half-dozen of my pre-med science profs. My UG science GPA was 3.89 and my MCAT was 38 (a good score at the time). I applied to 10 schools, got interviews at 5, and no acceptances. I figured it was just a tough year to apply. I was also doing some medical reasearch at the time and had my "committee" letter sent to the folks with whom I was doing the research... In the course of things, I became aware of my "committee" letter through these folks. It was quite laudatory except for a very damning "kiss-of-death" opinion (it ran for three long paragraphs) by my O-Chem prof, who gave me solid A's for the year-long course...(he didn't have much choice, as the grades were based on the exam scores). It was an eye-opener, to be sure. The guy just hated my guts, for some reason. He probably felt he could say all sorts of c**p about me to screw my chances of getting into med school, since I'd "waived access" to the committee LOR...and he did just that.
I just realized something kinda funky. So: Interfolio has the AMCAS forms and my letter writers have / will have the Interfolio forms. But AMCAS asks that the AMCAS ID be placed on the letter.
I'm fairly likely to be re-applying next year, because I'm applying narrowly this year to a school that has a preference for re-applicants.
So, how can I get these letters to be re-usable? Is there some way to leave the AMCAS ID off the letters and have Interfolio put it on? I'm so confused.
(3 science tutors, 1 non-science tutor, 3 shadowed doctors, 1 volunteering).
Hallo everyone. I need some advice.
I created individual rec letter entries on my 2012 AMCAS application and assigned letters to specific schools depending on the maximum number of letters that the school accepts.
I just got a mail from AMCAS that they have received a letter packet from my undergrad school. I just got off the phone with the person at my undergrad school, who told me that the package they sent contains all 8 letters of recommendation that they received. I now assume that all the schools I applied to will be getting a letter packet containing 8 LORs
I recognize that some schools specifically asks for a maximum of 3 letters. Does this development hurt my chances considering that such schools may end up receiving a packet with all 8 letters? Thanks for your responses.
