Should I tell my letter writer to hold onto the LoR they began?

[kp178]

I asked them to write it a while back and they said they would need my personal statement. I told them I could give it to them a few weeks before the deadline I gave them. However, now I'm not ready to apply and don't want to write a crap, hasty PS for them to refer to. I need to communicate with them now because the deadline I gave them is approaching. Should I ask them to hold onto the letter until next year when I can give the PS? Or should I give them an interfolio link and just take what they have now?

Also, I have a second prof that agreed to write one but didn't request a PS. I'm thinking I should give them the Interfolio link now and just hold onto this one.

What do you think I should email these professors? Ask one to hold it and the other to upload to Interfolio?

Thanks

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[candbgirl]

The first one probably hasn’t even started because he’s waiting for your PS. So I’d just tell him you are taking a gap year and ask him if he will write you a letter next year when yo can provide your PS early in the process. I think I’d tell the second one you are taking a gap year and give him the choice of completing the letter and uploading it now or wait until next year when you could offer your PS as a supporting document. Does your school have a committee letter?

 

[kp178]

Does your school have a committee letter?

No, no committee letters at my school