Recommendation File Service

Priority is Given to those individuals who open their recommendation files before July 1st

Attention Applicants for Fall 2009 MD programs!
Important Information for Completing AMCAS Section 6 - Letters of Evaluation
See Instructions Below

Robin Rosenstein, Coordinator Recommendation File Service

Overview of Recommendation File Service Process

Selecting Recommenders

Recommendation File Service: Policies and Procedures

Requesting that a Packet be Mailed to a School

Sample Timetable: Applicant Applying to Enter Medical School in Fall 2008

Worksheet for Applicants to Health Professions Schools (*pdf)

Recommendation File Service Hours:

(Appointments are preferred)

Tuesday 8:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday 8:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Friday 8:30 - 2:00 p.m.

For additional information contact:

Robin Rosenstein
847-491-5023
recfile-premed@northwestern.edu

 

Attention Applicants for Fall 2009 MD programs!
AMCAS Letters of Recommendation Pilot
Instructions for Completing AMCAS Section 6 - Letters of Evaluation

This year the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) is piloting a Letters of Evaluation portal for the applicants applying for Fall 2009 medical school acceptance. Only applicants applying to any of the 21 schools (see list below) in the pilot program have to complete AMCAS’s Section 6 – Letters of Evaluation.

To enter our recommendation packet information:

1. In AMCAS Section 6 – Letters of Evaluation, choose “Committee         Letter/Letter Packet” option

2. Letter Title: Prehealth Northwestern University

3. Primary Author / Contact: Robin Rosenstein

4. Institution Address:

University Academic Advising Center
Northwestern University
1940 Sheridan Road
Evanston , Illinois 60208

5. Optional – Enter the authors of the actual letters of recommendation in packet as “Other Authors”

6. Record the letter ID number

7. E-mail the Letter ID number to Robin Rosenstein ( recfile-premed@northwestern.edu) ONLY WHEN youhave received a secondary application from a medical school AND your NU recommendation file letter packet is complete (i.e. all letters have been received by Robin).

8. Robin will submit recommendation packet electronically via Virtual Evals to AMCAS within 5-7 business days.

Applicants can also enter information for individual letters of recommendation
(not already included in the NU recommendation packet).

To enter individual letters information:

1. In AMCAS Section 6 – Letters of Evaluation, choose “Individual Letters” option

2. Letter Title: Choose whatever name will be most descriptive

3. Primary Author / Contact: Name of Individual Letter Writer

4. Institution Address: Institution Address information

5. Print the AMCAS letter request form or save it as a PDF file and provide it to your individual letter writer.

6. Request that the letter writer submit the letter to AMCAS ONLY WHEN OR AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SECONDARY APPLICATION FROM THE MED SCHOOL REQUESTING YOUR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.

7. Summer 2008 individual letters can only be submitted by mail. A Letter Writer Application that permits the letter writer to submit the letter electronically to AMCAS should be available by Fall 2008.

To designate where AMCAS should send the letters:

1. In AMCAS Section 7 – Medical Schools, enter the medical schools to which you are applying
2. If it’s one of the 21 schools in the letters pilot, you will be asked to designate which letters you want to send to the school
3. The NU recommendation file letter packet counts as one letter (titled by the applicant as Prehealth Northwestern University ) and the letters in that packet cannot be separated into individual letters and targeted to specific medical school.
4. Any additional letters (classified as “Individual Letters”) that you choose to send through AMCAS, however, can be targeted to specific medical schools.
   

Participating Schools (if you are not applying to one of these schools, you don’t have to do anything with the Letters of Evaluation section of AMCAS)

Baylor College of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Creighton University School of Medicine
East Tennessee State Univ.College of Medicine
Florida International University
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Meharry Medical College
Mercer University School of Medicine
Pennsylvania State Univ. College of Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine
Texas A&M College of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Iowa College of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
University of South Florida College of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College

For more information: http://www.aamc.org/students/amcas/amcaslettersfaq.htm

Questions? Feel free to stop by during out drop-in Q&A sessions – Mondays, 3:00 – 4:30pm and Thursdays 1:30 – 3:00pm .

 

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