Transmitting Prehealth Committee Packets
As alluded to in a listserv announcement last week, it appears as though it would be prudent to alter our policy for sending letters to the central service of AMCAS (MD schools) and to individual DO medical schools.
In the past, we would ask for your completed Release Forms (one for MD schools; one for DO schools IF you were applying to both types of medical schools) and then stagger the transmission of these letters to the schools as we heard from you about the receipt of secondary applications.
Because AMCAS has now over 117 schools in their letter pilot program, and it appears as though we cannot no longer select each of the 117 individual schools, we will be sending your letters all at once when you submit the required paperwork, even if you have not yet received a secondary applications from the schools. To avoid any further confusion, we will follow the same policy for the DO schools to which you are applying. There is no harm in transmitting the letters before you receive secondary applications as the schools can elect to download or not download the letters we provide for them.
We apologize for any confusion this may cause. The change has really come about as the system we are using to transmit your letters (VEClient) has changed its relationship with AMCAS this year. So as to avoid any further confusion, we will treat DO schools in the same manner.
If you have already submitted the necessary paperwork to our office and wish for us to NOT transmit your letters at this time, please let us know (e.g., you are waiting on additional letters to be submitted on your behalf). Otherwise, if you have your completed forms in, we will forward your letters to all your AMCAS schools indicated as well as your DO schools.
If you wish, you may submit your AMCAS (MD) Release Form and Letter ID Form separate from your DO Release Form. We will then we send letters intended for AMCAS and letters intended for the DO schools out at separate times.
If you have any questions whatsoever, please email Libby (etm3@buffalo.edu) or Jinny Majewski (vmajewsk@buffalo.edu).
