PrayingMantis Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Hi everyone, I have a question regarding OMSAS. I am currently a 2nd year masters student applying for med and am required to submit a letter of permission from my supervisory committee or the department chair. Is there some sort of template for this letter? Also, how do you submit this letter in OMSAS? I couldn't find much information about this online. At the moment, I'm thinking that such a letter would be submitted using the SAM tool. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. Oh... one more thing- after the OMSAS application is submitted, can we still access it and view the status of our documents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayingMantis Posted September 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 ^update: OSMAS says to submit the letter via mail... this seems strange to me (esp during COVID). I haven't heard back from the medical school that requires the letter. If anyone else is in the same situation and knows how to handle the form, please reply here. Its too bad the med school didn't reply... I sent a message a while ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson_rose Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 Is this the Toronto Grad Verifier one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naptime98 Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 What is this letter for exactly? I am a grad student and I haven't heard anything about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carboniferous Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 I was under the impression that the Toronto Grad Verifier did not have to send an additional confirmation letter - could OP please clarify which medical school from OMSAS requires this letter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayingMantis Posted September 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Hi, thanks for your replies. I am referring to McMaster: https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/md-program-admissions/how-to-apply/graduate-work .. I'm not clear on where to submit this letter, and whether there is a template etc. Also, some people say to submit it with SAM, and others say to mail it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carboniferous Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 OP, is your graduate supervisor one of your references? If so, McMaster does not require an additional letter: "If your Graduate supervisor is one of your referees, a second letter is not required." I would presume that there is no official template - I think they just want to confirm that your supervisor/graduate program knows of your intentions to apply to med. I unfortunately can't comment as to how the letter should be submitted, perhaps you could try emailing them again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayingMantis Posted September 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks again for the reply. My supervisor is not one of my referees (in hindsight- I could have averted this entire confusion if this was the case.. oh well). I agree, I was also thinking there isn’t a strict template, but I’ll try to confirm that with the admissions dept. I will send them another email tomorrow. With COVID, nobody is responding to calls apparently . I will post updates in this thread as a reference for other potential applicants with the same concerns. carboniferous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carboniferous Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 8 hours ago, PrayingMantis said: Thanks again for the reply. My supervisor is not one of my referees (in hindsight- I could have averted this entire confusion if this was the case.. oh well). I agree, I was also thinking there isn’t a strict template, but I’ll try to confirm that with the admissions dept. I will send them another email tomorrow. With COVID, nobody is responding to calls apparently . I will post updates in this thread as a reference for other potential applicants with the same concerns. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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