How to Transfer Letters of Recommendation from Interfolio to AADSAS
- Predenting
- May 12
- 3 min read
One of those most confusing parts of the AADSAS application is how to transfer letters of recommendation from Interfolio into AADSAS.
Here's a step-by-step video walkthrough about how to transfer your letters of recommendation to AADSAS:
Video Walkthrough on How to Transfer Letters of Recommendation in Interfolio:
What is Interfolio:
Interfolio is a cloud-based service that allows you to you to get your dental school letters of recommendation, store them, and later upload them to an application service, like the dental school application, AADSAS.
This way, you can upload your letters of recommendation into application services easily, and if you end up wanting to apply in a later year or later admissions cycle, you will have the letter of recommendation stored in Interfolio, so that you can easily transfer the letter of recommendation then, without having to ask your professor or other recommender for the letter again in future years.
This also will save you from having to track down your professors who wrote your letters of recommendation if you have to reapply after being rejected. Normally, the AADSAS dental school application clears all letters of recommendation from your application if you are a re-applicant. This poses an issue
The Cost to Use Interfolio.
While Interfolio is free to use for requesting and storing letters of recommendation, Interfolio does charge an annual fee for transferring letters of recommendation out of Interfolio and into the AADSAS or TMDSAS application. That fee is typically around $60, which gives you unlimited access to transferring letters of recommendation for 365 days.
How to Use Interfolio.
Navigating the Interfolio website is notoriously difficult. To aid in learning how to properly navigate the site and request letters of recommendation, watch this video, which provides a live, step-by-step walkthrough of the Interfolio website. It includes everything from creating your account to requesting the letters of recommendation from professors or dentists.
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About the Author: Andrew Ghadimi, DDS
Dr. Andrew graduated from UCLA's School of Dentistry and served on the ADEA AADSAS Advisory Board, helping run the dental school application, AADSAS. He also served as the National Pre-Dental Liaison for the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the same organization that runs the dental school application. While at UCLA's School of Dentistry, he also served on the Council of Students, Residents, and Fellows Board, as the Pre-Dental Chair for California. He has mentored and advised 500+ pre-dentals on their journey to dental school and helped pre-dentals receive over $1,000,000 in scholarships in addition to acceptances to some of the most competitive dental schools in the country, including Harvard, UPenn, Columbia, UF, UCLA, and many others.
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