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I see OMSAS has finally moved away from having referees fill out the confidential assessment form and letter of referece in hard copy and mail them in.

 

Is this new for the 2017 cycle? Or did they do this last year too? I wonder if the potential Canada Post strikes helped push this along...

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They finally changed it? Yea, as of last year they were still hard copies snail mailed into OMSAS so it's about time they got with the times. I really don't understand why they haven't done this sooner since it's just so much faster, more organized and cuts down on a lot of manual processing time. 

 

This will save many applicants and referees the heartache of seeing "outstanding" on some of their reference letters when they were sent in on time. 

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"You are required to ask 3 different individuals to provide a reference on your behalf. Once you add a referee, select "Send Email" to notify them about completing their online reference in a secure environment. If the referee does not have an email address, download the form and forward it to them. They must mail it, together with their accompanying letter, to OMSAS when complete."

 

But the references still have to mail the letter itself? It's just the CAF that has become electronic, correct?

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"You are required to ask 3 different individuals to provide a reference on your behalf. Once you add a referee, select "Send Email" to notify them about completing their online reference in a secure environment. If the referee does not have an email address, download the form and forward it to them. They must mail it, together with their accompanying letter, to OMSAS when complete."

 

But the references still have to mail the letter itself? It's just the CAF that has become electronic, correct?

I'm interpreting this as, if your referee does NOT have an email account, they must fill out everything in hard copy and submit it manually. Otherwise, electronic is OK. But I could be wrong.

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"You are required to ask 3 different individuals to provide a reference on your behalf. Once you add a referee, select "Send Email" to notify them about completing their online reference in a secure environment. If the referee does not have an email address, download the form and forward it to them. They must mail it, together with their accompanying letter, to OMSAS when complete."

 

But the references still have to mail the letter itself? It's just the CAF that has become electronic, correct?

 

They upload the letter as a pdf instead of mailing it. 

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