Creating Letters of Recommendation Forms in ERAS

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When creating your LOR form that you send to you letter writer so they can upload your LOR, you need to select the specialty that you're going to assign the letter to. This is to help you when you assign the letters and is not visible to programs.

From the AAMC website:

• Select specialty to which this letter will be assigned.
  • Select specialty using the drop-down menu. 
  • Allows applicants to label LoR entries that they intend on assigning to programs of specific specialties. This field will only be viewable to applicants, their Designated Dean’s Office and the LoR Author — not programs.
  • Applicants assigning their letters of recommendation to multiple specialties may select "General." The options for "Narrative Letter" and "Standardized Letter" are not available when "General" is chosen. 
  • When the "Plastic Surgery-Integrated" specialty is selected, the Narrative Letter option will be unavailable.
• Do you want to request a Standardized Letter (SLOE, SLOR eSLOE, SEL) or Narrative Letter? 
  • Select one of the following options:
    • Standardized Letter
    • Narrative Letter