Question about LOR's

[femmegoblue]

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I don't know if I will articulate this well, so bear with me. Let's say you designate four letters to a particular school, but that school only requires three. When you submit your secondary, will your app be considered "complete" when they have their requirement (3), or when all four of your designated letters are in?

I ask this because I have a stubborn letter writer who after multiple emails and a written thank you note has still not submitted, and I am wondering how much it will delay me.

Thanks!

 

[femmegoblue]

So would you recommend I call my five AMCAS schools and ask their policy. AMCAS actually does not let you remove or unassign a letter once your app has been submitted, whereas AACOMAS does.

 

[femmegoblue]

AMCAS has a way to note that an assigned letter will no longer be coming

(p72) Letters of Evaluation (only additions of up to 10 letter entries
and notifying AMCAS of a letter no longer being sent)

I dont know the specific process in the current AMCAS this is, but recent past versions had the below

https://services.aamc.org/AMCAS2_2010/WebApp/Help/WebHelp/Letters_of_Evaluation_Recommendation.htm
Indicating that AMCAS Should Not Expect a Letter That is Entered on the AMCAS Submitted Application

Medical schools need to know if you no longer plan on having specific letters sent to AMCAS.

Follow the steps below to designate letter entries as no longer being sent on a submitted application:

1. Log into your application and go to the letter of evaluation section (section 6)

2. Above the letter descriptions will read: Medical schools need to know if you no longer plan on having specific letters sent to AMCAS. If one or more of your letters listed below is not going to be sent to AMCAS press CONTINUE, click “continue”.

You may also click ‘Details’ next to the letter entry you would like to mark as not being sent. Once inside the details section you will read: Medical schools need to know if you no longer plan on having specific letters sent to AMCAS. If one or more of your letters listed below is not going to be sent to AMCAS press CONTINUE, click “continue”.

3. Check the box next to the letter(s) that will not be sent to AMCAS. Be sure to select the correct Author name and Letter ID combination from your application, then click ‘continue’.

4. You must acknowledge that you have read and understand: If AMCAS receives this letter at anytime during this application cycle, AMCAS will forward it to the medical schools that I have selected to receive this letter. Click continue to proceed.

5. To save these changes on your AMCAS application you must resubmit your application. Changes will not be saved if you do not resubmit.

Resubmitting your application for this purpose will not cause processing delays.

6. The letter entry should now read ‘no longer sending”.

You're a life saver, thank you!