Hello, members!
It has come to our attention that some of you may not know about letter-sending services. When you are requested by med school adcoms (admission committees) to send in your LORs (Letters of Rec) during secondaries, you can either send the LORs yourself which we've heard is a major pain in the derriere (...just imagine sending all 6 letters to all 30 of the schools that you have applied to...and what do you do in terms of waiving your right to see the letters? Ask your evaluators to give you 30 sealed envelopes of their letter? Ask THEM to send the letters for you?), OR you can have a letter service do all the collecting, copying, and sending for you.
Every 4-yr undergraduate institution tends to have a letter-sending service. Many small private colleges don't charge for the service even for alumni of many years past. Unfortunately, you public university graduates will more than likely have to pay for the service at your alma maters. There are also private letter-sending services like Interfolio and VirtualEvals, but some schools don't take them while others do, so make sure you read these private companies' websites thoroughly before hiring them!
Strictly as UCLA Extension students and/or Concurrent students, we are not eligible for the UCLA service on campus.
Best of luck in all you do,
Tanya & Sara
I use the UCLA service. If you are a UCLA alumni then it is $75/year to enroll plus it's a few bucks for each letter you send. Probably about $5 per school or so. If anyone is a UCLA alumni you can sign up for it through the career center website. It has definitely made things easier because you can get a letter of rec. immediately and just have it stored until you are ready to apply.
-Tyler
