sarika
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If someone hasnt waived their Right to see the LOR and the letter writer personally hands it over to the applicant, what is the procedure to send it to ERAS. Do i still need a cover sheet or just send it with other documents with a document submission form.
Also the Letter writer has asked me to describe briefly what i want to be emphasized in that letter. I have worked in that pvt clinic and i took history, did brief physical exam and discussed cases. The letter writer has frequently mentioned how hard working and efficient i am. So i dont know what new i could tell him. Any help would be appreciated.
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| sarika
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| zhaoju2000
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| silenced, M.D.
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The cover is only needed if you waived your right to see the letter. If you did not waive, there is no need to send the cover, just make a copy of the letter for yourself and send the original one without the cover.
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| niacin
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I dont think waiving the right will make any difference.It is the program coordinator who will look through all cv and scores and skim all the applicant.They get like hundreds of resumes for one position and nobody even bothers at this point if a particular letter was waived or nor not.....
even on interview day you might not be the only applicant .They scheduale several people on same dates so try to work on imp things.
It is basically your scores,your graduation year,what have you been doing since graduation?? what kind of background you have ,if you have been a family physician in your country then they will ask you why are you applying in psychiatry or radiology,also what kind of u.s clinical experience you had??did you do internship or just observership ,your personality ,,if they like you ...... etc etc
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| young_doc
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Niacin, some programs don't even look at LOR's where the applicant has not waived their right. (this is a fact).
And LOR's are in fact a BIG component of your application, don't downplay it... it's just as important as ure USCE, scores, graduation year, etc.
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| azygous
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yes..LOR are big...if you some how convinece the LOR writer that I need to waive the right to see it and hand it to you sealed with the cover letter it should be fine...
if it had been already given to you..than i guess just mail the letter..
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| Justice
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silenced, M.D. wrote:
The cover is only needed if you waived your right to see the letter. If you did not waive, there is no need to send the cover, just make a copy of the letter for yourself and send the original one without the cover.
Actually, if you send on your own the letter that does not have the LOR request form in the envelope, you then need to attach to the envelope the DOCUMENT SUBMISSION FORM, and put everything in another envelope, and send to ECFMG... Without the DOCUMENT SUBMISSION FORM they may loose it or not even process... Remember, they track you by AAMC ID, not even by ECFMG ID, and there is a special place to put that AAMC on the form...
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| Justice
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LOR is a big part of the application, and it becomes essential and indispensable when your application is somehow compromised...
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| linaorvos
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young_doc wrote:
Niacin, some programs don't even look at LOR's where the applicant has not waived their right. (this is a fact).
this is really scary to know, is it ture??????????
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| linaorvos
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young_doc wrote:
Niacin, some programs don't even look at LOR's where the applicant has not waived their right. (this is a fact).
this is really scary to know, is it ture??????????
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| Justice
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linaorvos wrote: this is really scary to know, is it ture??????????
If you don't apply to neurosurgery, ENT, radiation oncology, do not be scared too much... Just do your best and do not worry about things you cannot change...
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| linaorvos
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thanks God, i m applying IM. 
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