Old Letters of Recommendation

[katniss09]

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[coffeesnob]

Yes. Old letters are fine as long as they are in your school's profile. 5 of my letters were collected within 2-3 years before I applied. But I did get a new one from my employer a few months before I applied.

 

[AlexMack12]

I was originally going to apply during the 2012 application cycle and prepared my letters of recommendation accordingly but plans changed and I instead applied during the 2013 cycle. I did add two letters but included the "old" letters from 2012 as well. I had absolutely no issue whatsoever with my application materials this past cycle.
You'll be fine as long as you add a more recent letter (as you intend to), more to show you've been recently active in a productive activity, not because your older letters are worth any less. Good luck!

 

[optimistic3]

Take my reply with a grain of salt because I haven't applied yet but my school's pre-health advisor said 1-2 year old letters are fine. I asked one of my professors to write one a year early and she said I shouldn't submit a year old letter so she will write it for me next year.

 

[Spinach Dip]

Everything I've heard has said that old ones are fine.

Some qualify that statement by saying that at least one should have been written within the past year.