Interfolio Interfolio is a third party service not operated by the University of Virginia. Applicants are required to pay for the service and will need to select a subscription length. Letter writers do not need to pay for their accounts. If you are applying to health professions programs through a centralized application service that utilizes Interfolio to organize and submit letters of recommendation, you will be asked how long you would like to subscribe to the service. Students who intend on applying this year often ask us if they should choose a one year or a three year account. It’s really up to you which one you would like to choose, but you will have the option of extending it beyond one year if you choose to apply in a different cycle or if you need to access the letters in the future for scholarships or other types of opportunities.
Letters of Recommendation Submission As you complete and submit your secondary applications (preferably within 1-2 weeks of receipt) you’ll want to be sure that you have designated (through application service/Interfolio) that your letters of recommendation be sent to the schools to which you’ve applied. Remember – just sending your letters from Interfolio to AMCAS, for instance, doesn’t mean that they will be sent from AMCAS to the schools. This is something you need to do by following the instructions provided by the application service which for AMCAS includes checking the letters or medical school summary screen in your application and make sure the letters were added to that specific school.
