Reusing reference letters..

[Guest Dockrh]

If you apply to medicine and get rejected can you reuse those very same letters in the following application cycle? Would you have to ask your referee to write another letter?

 

jc

 

dockrh

[Guest Kirsteen]

Hello,

 

Yes, you can use the same letters for subsequent applications, but it might be an idea to first assess whether the letters could have been a weaker point of your application.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen

[KMC]

so I guess it's a good idea to tell the referees to keep a copy of the letters in case we re-apply next year? Or do we just tell OMSAS to re-send the same letters? (do they keep this info at all?)

[peachy]

so I guess it's a good idea to tell the referees to keep a copy of the letters in case we re-apply next year? Or do we just tell OMSAS to re-send the same letters? (do they keep this info at all?)

References pretty much always keep copies of letters - they know that for many of the students they write letters for they will need to write more than one letter. OMSAS doesn't keep things from year to year, you need to request a new letter.