How long LSAC is currently taking to process letters? Forum

[erikjc]

My professor sent one 10/15 and I have yet to hear anything back.

Fax or mail?

[thelawschoolproject]

My professor sent one 10/15 and I have yet to hear anything back.

Fax or mail?

Mail. He's old. Doesn't trust machines . . . true story.

[PersuasiveCharm]

My professor sent one 10/15 and I have yet to hear anything back.

Fax or mail?

Mail. He's old. Doesn't trust machines . . . true story.

I lulled.

[SA1928]

My professor sent one 10/15 and I have yet to hear anything back.

Fax or mail?

Mail. He's old. Doesn't trust machines . . . true story.

One of my professors mailed one in on the 10th and it was posted by the 18th.

[thelawschoolproject]

One of my professors mailed one in on the 10th and it was posted by the 18th.

Ugh...not fair. I hope that means mine will be up sometime early next week . . . along with my LSAT score and Yale's application.

[Mitterrand]

I had one that my prof said he mailed Oct 14 and it posted thursday night (oct 20). It's a bit weird since my first LOR took close to a month (Sept 5 - 29) to get processed.

[erikjc]

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that they might higher temp workers in October to deal with the high volume, hence the shorter processing times. Hoping my last letter is as quick as everyone else has been saying!

Edit: Faxed letter, processed within 3 hours.

[minnesotamike]

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[American_in_China]

My last two letters showed up the day they arrived; guess I'm lucky.

[Opie]

I recently had two letters arrive there at 9:49 am on 10/28 and they were up the next morning.

Gotta love the USPS iPhone app.

[iamrobk]

Had one sent out Sunday evening, hasn't gotten there yet. Hopefully it'll happen later today/tomorrow...

[Maye]

My boss mailed her letter last Wednesday and I got an email Saturday afternoon confirming receipt.

[top30man]

Had one sent out Sunday evening, hasn't gotten there yet. Hopefully it'll happen later today/tomorrow...

Mine took three days and it was sent in early October.

[thelawschoolproject]

I discovered mine were processed by checking LSAC . . .but I never received an email.

[Champion]

I mailed in my first two letters and they both took about a week. I faxed the third in, and it was processed either the same or next day.

[bos2clt]

Is there a difference between when LSAC site says recommendation has been "received" and it being processed? Or once it's received, is that it?

Thanks!

[thelawschoolproject]

Is there a difference between when LSAC site says recommendation has been "received" and it being processed? Or once it's received, is that it?

Thanks!

I'm pretty sure that once it shows up in your LSAC account that it's been processed.

[Opie]

I discovered mine were processed by checking LSAC . . .but I never received an email.

I got my email a few days after they were up on the site. I checked the site because I had been checking my delivery confirmation through USPS and knew that they had been delivered.

[rachelwang712]

which one works better, fax or mail? It will take roughly a week from Japan to America.
But earlier in the thread, someone was talking about "dont trust machines"...

any suggestion?

[Can'texplainthat]

Would it be smart to have the professor mail the LOR after faxing it to LSAC, just in case the fax is too blurry to read?

[maxpower430]

which one works better, fax or mail? It will take roughly a week from Japan to America.
But earlier in the thread, someone was talking about "dont trust machines"...

any suggestion?

iirc, that post was talking about a professor who didn't trust machines and wouldn't fax the letter. if you have the option, i'd fax it. my lor that was faxed was processed the same day, while i'm still waiting on a letter that was mailed monday to be processed. so in the interest of speed, faxing is the way to go, especially if you're mailing it from japan.

[mikeylikesit]

I had a letter sent in 2 weeks ago that still hasn't processed. Called today and they quoted delivery time + 2 weeks. Yet some peoples' letters are being processed in a few days? Hmmmm...

[iamrobk]

Ah darn, I thought my 2nd LOR was sent on Sunday or Monday, turns out the person is mailing it tomorrow morning. Sigh. Hopefully it gets in the 'fast' pile and gets processed by Tuesday or Wednesday. At least I'm in PA so it'll get there really quickly...

[NiccoloA]

Mine dropped in the same day after fax. It was sweet.

[iamrobk]

FWIW, my last letter of rec was mailed Friday morning from central PA and showed up on the LSAC website about half an hour ago. Didn't get an email from LSAC, but it's showing up on a few status checkers too so everything is good.