Successful LOIs: Please Share Your Experiences!
Hello everyone!
For those who sent letters of interest (LOIs) and subsequently received interview invitations from those programs, could you please share your experience?
It would be incredibly helpful if you could share:
- What you included in the body of your LOI and how you phrased it.
- Whom you sent it to (Program Director, Associate Program Director, Program Coordinator, etc.).
- When you sent it and what time of day you emailed.
- Whether you followed up and, if so, how.
- Whether you had signaled the program or had any other connections to it.
- How long it took to receive an interview invitation after sending the LOI.
I’m an IMG with no interview invitations so far, despite signaling programs, and seeing invitations already going out has been incredibly stressful. I’m genuinely worried about having to go through the Match again, and I’m trying to do everything I reasonably can to improve my chances this season.
I know every applicant and program is different, and an LOI is never a guarantee, but hearing from people who have had success would mean so much. Please share as many specific details as you feel comfortable sharing. Even small details could be helpful to those of us in the same position.
Thank you so much, and wishing everyone the best this Match season! ❤️