Letter Service Conditions of Use

I agree to check the email address I used to participate in the Letter Service for communication from Pre-Professional Advising.

I agree to read the information provided in the Useful Resources section of the Letter Service portal. There, I will find instructions for completing the letter of evaluation section of my medical or dental school application.

It is my responsibility to know the type and number of letters each of my application schools require.

To review your letter, you will need to file a request for access to education information in the Purdue Office of Legal Counsel. If your request is approved, they will obtain your file from PPA and you will be allowed to read your letters at their office.

The letter packet uploaded to AMCAS, AACOMAS and/or TMDSAS is not required to be the same - a different set of letters may be chosen for each service's packet. The AMCAS letter packet may contain up to 6 letters. The AACOMAS letter packet may contain up to 7 letters, if the 7th letter is from a physician. The TMDSAS letter packet may contain up to 4 letters. The ADEA AADSAS letter packet may contain up to 4 letters.

Only a single, complete letter packet is uploaded to the application service. All schools applied to through the service have access to the packet. Multiple letter packets tailored to individual schools are not created nor uploaded to an application service.

Letter packets will be distributed only if 1.) all my letters have been submitted AND 2.) I have provided my applicant ID and AMCAS Letter Request form (if applicable) AND 3.) I have provided the date of application submission through the Letter Service portal. New letters cannot be added to my packet after it has been uploaded to an application service.

Letters can be used for their original purpose only - medical or dental school applications. Ask your letter writers to save a more general, digital copy of your letter in case you decide to apply to other types of programs in the future such as a graduate degree program or post-baccalaureate programs. Pre-Professional Advising will not submit your medical or dental school letter packet to those types of programs. Consider opening an account with a service such as Interfolio to distribute letters to other programs. www.interfolio.com

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) gives you the right to access evaluations unless you choose to waive your right of inspection and review. Prior to requesting any evaluations, you are required to indicate whether you wish to waive your rights. Pre-Professional Advising will share your decision to waive or not waive access with your letter writers.

Selecting Yes indicates that your evaluator completed their evaluation with the understanding that you would not be able to view it. This means you will not be able to see the content of the evaluation. Schools assume letter writers may more accurately represent the applicant’s qualifications knowing the applicant will not view the evaluation.

Selecting No indicates that your evaluator completed their evaluation with the understanding that you may choose to view it in the future. To review your letter, you will need to file a request for access to education information in the Purdue Office of Legal Counsel. If your request is approved, they will obtain your file from PPA and you will be allowed to read your letters at their office.

First Name

Last Name

Preferred Name

PUID

Phone

Email

College

Major

Graduation Year

Graduation Term

Alumni Status

Right Waived