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Applying to AMCAS

Alexis Comrack
posted this on May 13, 2010 09:55 am

Using Interfolio to send your letters of recommendation to AMCAS is easy.

  1. Request letters from your writers on the Manage Documents page.  Letters can be submitted to Interfolio on paper or by electronic upload.
  2. Add your AAMC Id to your account in your ACCOUNT SETTINGS.
  3. When you are read to send your letters to AMCAS, start a delivery by selecting AMCAS as the receiving destination.
  4. Add the letters that you wish to send.
  5. Add your AAMC ID in Step 3 of the delivery process.
  6. When prompted, enter the AMCAS Letter IDs that were provided to you on the AMCAS site for each of your letters.

 

Helpful Hints:

  • Make sure to enter the exact AMCAS Letter ID for each letter.  If the letter IDs or the AAMC IDs do not match exatly to what AMCAS has in their system, your delivery will not be processed.
  • If your IDs are entered incorrectly, you will get an email from Interfolio letting you know that your delivery needs to be resent with the proper IDs.
  • Medical schools may require your letters to be on official letterhead and include the author's signature.
  • A letter Id is unique to the application year for which the
    application was submitted to AMCAS.
    So they can't re-use letter IDs.  They need to create a
    new one for each application cycle.
    A letter ID is unique to the application year for which the application was submitted to AMCAS.  So if you applied to AMCAS last year, you cannot re-use letter IDs.  You will need to create new ones for the new application cycle. 
 

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Max
Interfolio

Diane,

Your letters will remain stored in your account as long as it is active. So, you can submit the same letters with next year's application too.

May 02, 2012 04:55 pm
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Diane Nikprelevic

How long will the letters stay in the system? If I apply again next year will I have to resubmit my letters to Interfolio, or will they be there from this year?

March 14, 2012 11:29 am
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Mike Lovell
Interfolio

We also have a thorough walk-through regarding this topic on our company blog.  The post can be found, here: http://www.interfolio.com/blog/post.cfm/sending-your-letters-of-rec...

Also, further questions can always be sent to our support team at help@interfolio.com or (877) 77-FOLIO.

August 03, 2010 04:36 pm