When to send Letter of Intents?

[obelisk99]

I just interviewed at 3 schools and was WL'ed at all 3 in December. Two of the schools do not accept update letters so I was wondering if that meant a LOI was out of question? Also for the other school, is right after their decision a good time to send an LOI or should I wait a month?

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[Goro]

I just interviewed at 3 schools and was WL'ed at all 3 in December. Two of the schools do not accept update letters so I was wondering if that meant a LOI was out of question? Also for the other school, is right after their decision a good time to send an LOI or should I wait a month?

Spring time

 

[Sartino404]

Spring time

What about for schools that you interview at in the fall, but whom won't send any kind of decision (WL or otherwise) til March?

 

[Goro]

What about for schools that you interview at in the fall, but whom won't send any kind of decision (WL or otherwise) til March?

Spring time.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

I always thought that letter of intent is a subcategory of update letter so you may want to be careful and make sure they will accept it before hand (don’t want to make admissions irritated)

 

[Med Ed]

I just interviewed at 3 schools and was WL'ed at all 3 in December. Two of the schools do not accept update letters so I was wondering if that meant a LOI was out of question? Also for the other school, is right after their decision a good time to send an LOI or should I wait a month?

Which of the three schools do you actually most want to attend? Do you have any acceptances?

 

[obelisk99]

no acceptances and I really want to attend the school that WLed but doesn't take update letters.

Which of the three schools do you actually most want to attend? Do you have any acceptances?

 

[obelisk99]

Spring time

By Spring time, do you mean around Feburary-March?

 

[CyrilFiggis]

The value of a LOI is to make you as the applicant feel like you’re doing something. There are always anecdotes about success, but they are the exception. AdComs have little faith that you will attend because a history of applicants have made them cynical.

If you do it, only send to one.

 

[Med Ed]

no acceptances and I really want to attend the school that WLed but doesn't take update letters.

Send a brief email to admissions about a week before waitlist movement really begins in the spring. You can look at last year's school-specific thread to see when this occurred. The only real value is that the school will know you are still on the market and interested. If you're toward the bottom of the WL this tactic will not levitate you to the top.

 

[Goro]

By Spring time, do you mean around Feburary-March?

I think you could figure it out

 

[Goro]

no acceptances and I really want to attend the school that WLed but doesn't take update letters.

And exactly how do you think they'll respond to a non binding contract from a desperate applicant?