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This situation isnt completely hopeless; you can always serve as a bad example
1) why are submitting both indivdual letters and a committee letter when most schools clearly state they would prefer solely a committee letter and, if not available, then individual letters?
2) why are you assigning letters prior to actually having them in AMCAS? Your situation is why I always advise applicants never to assign letters until they are actually in AMCAS.
3) Why would sign and submit a secondary stating a letter is coming without confirmation that is true?
Now that you gave been duly admonished
1) follow the procedure on page 62 of AMCAS instruction for having AMCAS inform school letter is not coming
2) I would contact all the schools, particularly those you have listed on your secondary as coming, with a very, very brief explanation as to why this is no longer coming . Example below
3) And I would say you must say the "serious illness" piece, otherwise you may look like an idiot or, worse, have an open question as to why suddenly this professor decided not to write a letter for you (maybe because you are an idiot). Leaving an open question in an adcom's mind can be a dangerous thing. Some of them dont have my gentle, supportive nature and can be absolute, vicious, cold-hearted, bastards ready to berate anxious applicants at a moment's notice
To whom it may concern
Due to an serious illness, Professor Smith of State University, (AMCAS Letter ID xxxxx) will not be submitting a letter on my behalf. I have followed the AMCAS procedure to have all schools notified the this letter is no longer being sent. Could you please note this in my application (and, specifically, on my secondary where I noted this letter to be expected). Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
Yours truly
A. D. Umb, applicant
AMCAS ID (your ID)
Hi gonnif, thank you for your thoughtful response, I really appreciate the advice and will contact the schools as you suggested.
You're completely correct, I royally mishandled my letter of recommendation situation. I didn't fully understand how it worked and I should have done more research before submitting my primary, if any future applicants are reading this, learn from my mistakes!!!