asking for recommendation letters NOW ('17/'18 app cycle)

[dr.phoot]

August is not that far away. I was told it's better to ask now considering people have travel plans, etc, in the summer.

Everyone here seems to endorse interfolio or whatever. Can I have a prof write my letter, don't date it, and I'll upload it myself to interfolio? Or how does that work?

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[KSUCPMMM]

On Interfolio you can send a "request" to the doctor you want to have write a letter (ask them first, don't send the request first), it issues a request via email and you can set a deadline. Once they upload the letter you get notified and then you can send them out to schools.

Interfolio is great, I wish that I had used it when I was applying to grad school, trying to explain to profs how and where to upload letters is a complete pain. Once the letter is uploaded it gives you control to send it where you want.

And yes, give your doctor plenty of time to write the letter.

 

[Weirdy]

KSUCPMMM nailed it.

 

[Racer543]

All of my recommendation letters were sent out by mail. Didn't have any problems whatsoever.

 

[Podstar]

My committee letter will be ready sometime in the summer (interviewed for it in February) and I plan on asking the podiatrist I'm currently shadowing for a letter in early May before I graduate. He has a very lax practice, so I know he has the time to write it.