Wait List Letter of Recommendation

[thevilla23]

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I am on the wait list at a few schools and have obtained a letter of recommendation for a job of mine that I have been doing since I submitted my AMCAS application. My question is kind of technical; my manager has my letter and I was wondering whether it would make more sense to give her the personal email of the admissions office of each school and to have her send them on my behalf (as I kind of informal way of proving I didn't write the letter myself a la FERPA) or to have her give me the document to do it myself.

I ask because some schools have "Add New Correspondant" buttons on their status page and thus seem to expect you to add the letters yourself. The only reason this second option does not sound as obvious to me is that I work for a company whose policy it is not to allow letters of rec to be written on official letterhead, and thus the letter looks less "official" if sent by me. Any suggestions?

 

[jemstone]

The best advice I can give you is to call the school and ask, but when I called the schools I was WL at, they told me that it doesn't matter but they usually expect all correspondence to come from you.

So I would suggest to have your manager put it on letterhead and sign it, then scan it in as a pdf, then send the file to you and you can upload it or email it to the school.

 

[sk15731]

I am on the wait list at a few schools and have obtained a letter of recommendation for a job of mine that I have been doing since I submitted my AMCAS application. My question is kind of technical; my manager has my letter and I was wondering whether it would make more sense to give her the personal email of the admissions office of each school and to have her send them on my behalf (as I kind of informal way of proving I didn't write the letter myself a la FERPA) or to have her give me the document to do it myself.

I ask because some schools have "Add New Correspondant" buttons on their status page and thus seem to expect you to add the letters yourself. The only reason this second option does not sound as obvious to me is that I work for a company whose policy it is not to allow letters of rec to be written on official letterhead, and thus the letter looks less "official" if sent by me. Any suggestions?

I was in the same boat as you (waitlisted and with a letter from work that I didn't have when I submitted my app). I had my letter writer email it to my pre-medical advisor, who put a new cover letter on and sent it (via snail mail) to each the schools at which I was waitlisted or hadn't heard from. I just got accepted off one of those waitlists yesterday, so maybe it does help! Good luck

 

[thevilla23]

Thanks for the advice! I called one school and they recommended I have my letter writer send the letter to AMCAS via a letter request and resubmit the whole application. That way it can get to every school through an official means (I can't use letterhead, via my company's policy).