Many people will suggest to you that writing letters to schools always helps your chances. In most cases they are correct. But sometimes they become superfluous. I know after I interviewed at my school, I had waited a while until writing letters and only in May did I send my first letter (of the 3 I sent in total). I ended up getting in off of the waitlist and accredited my success to my prolific letters which I believed to be extremely well written. When I arrived here this year I ran into the associate dean and asked if he could recall my letters. He said that he did remember a series of well written letters and he assumed my next question which was whether or not they actually helped me climb the waitlist. He told me that it is illegal for them to change the waitlist once they submit it to aamc. Bascially he told me that although he thought I was very eloquent my chances were not affected by the letters I wrote. So my advice to writting letters is to do so before the interview and after the interview (before may). Once the schools rank their students, they won't change them. Any letters afterwards are not worth your time.
Good luck to all of you new applicants; hope this helps!
Good luck to all of you new applicants; hope this helps!
