Submitting June 1st, what date do I need my LOR?

[Noble Aneurysm]

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[lpp06]

Speaking to timing: the earliest your letters must be in is determined by when you want to complete your secondaries. The only ancillary pieces of information needed to complete your primary are official transcripts.

This will depend on the specific school, but many will begin accepting secondaries in the first week of July.

Most schools will only review your applications when they have your completed primary, secondary, up to date MCAT, and LORs. A very small minority will review without LOR, the only one that comes to mind is UMich - but this is very rare.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Make sure you have them by the time you submit secondaries
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[Noble Aneurysm]

Great thanks so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it. Does anyone have any advice on the third LOR being from a faculty member that doesn't teach?


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[fldoctorgirl]

You do not need LORs to submit primary nor even until well into the application cycle. having by July 15th would be extremely early. By Labor Day is early. By end of September is fine for most applicants as the AMCAS cycle assumes committee letters will not be in until beginning of fall semester from UG when faculty is back from summer break (see my timeline post below)



I think the emphasis above is a bit misleading. Most evaluations of applications do not start for some time in this cycle. Most schools are still somewhat light in the summer. Applications (primary, secondary, MCAT) are often fully evaluated and sent to adcom to review prior to LOR


AMCAS 2018 Timeline Summary (post count #025)
-AMCAS May 2, 2017, Primary application opens up. Can send formal requests for transcripts from your schools and letter requests to your letter writers.
-AMCAS June 1, 2017, Completed primary applications with all ECs, PS, and course information can be submitted. You enter the verification queue only when both completed primary application and all transcripts have been received.
-AMCAS June 30, 2017, begins transmission verified applications until late June (though some schools have secondaries sent to contact info upon submission to AMCAS)
-Verification peak is about August 1st and takes 20 days
-Most Primary Apps are transmitted early July thru early September
-Secondaries timelines can vary widely as to when to they are sent out from almost immediately upon submissions to 3 months, though most are in the range 1-3 weeks after transmission.
-Letters via AMCAS are processed/transmitted separately from primary
-Letters can be added after primary has been submitted and transmitted and are mostly not needed until secondary reviews at the earliest.
-Application and candidate evaluations timeline varies widely by school may not done in a linear, chronological order. EDP, High achievers, URM, family of alumni, feeder schools, associated UG programs, linked postbaccs, and other factor may push an app forward in the process.
-Most adcoms dont start meeting for review of evaluated applicants until at least mid-August, more likely September, though some reviews may be done earlier for groups mentioned above.
-Submitting Primary Application June is Early, July Medium, August Late
-Having Primary verified and transmitted to school by end of August is normal speed
-Having Secondary and all LORs complete to school by Labor Day is early. By late or end of September is about normal speed, by end of October is about late.
--After that point you will generally start getting impacted by the number of applications submitted, the finite number of interview slots, and seats given by rolling admissions. This isnt an absolute date nor is it a fixed timeline. It should be used as a guideline

Quick question! You've been super helpful with all of my other AMCAS questions so I figured it's worth a shot.
Do we have to list evaluators on AMCAS before submitting, or can they be added after? I know the actual letters don't have to be submitted until whenever secondaries come around, but do evaluators have to be on our AMCAS before submission? I ask because I'm getting a committee letter but don't know if I'm supposed to just list them as evaluators, or list them + every individual evaluator who will be in my letter packet. They have also not gotten back to me with what info to list on AMCAS, so I was wondering if I could just leave it blank when submitting and fill it in later when I hear from them.