Does anyone know if OLSAS keep Letters of Recommendations on file for an extended period of time?

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• stepharizona Alum Member

  September 2016 3197 karma

  If your account is still active (your account stays active for 5 years from your last LSAC purchase) they will be there.
• inactive Alum Member

  September 2016 12637 karma

  @stepharizona said:
  If your account is still active (your account stays active for 5 years from your last LSAC purchase) they will be there.
  

  I think LSAC and OLSAS are two different things.
• Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  September 2016 11542 karma

  @"Dillon A. Wright" said:
  I think LSAC and OLSAS are two different things.
  

  Yeah, OLSAS is for Canada, eh.
• DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 760 karma

  @montaha.rizeq hahaha
• Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  September 2016 11542 karma

  Lol, I love my Canadians though
• stepharizona Alum Member

  September 2016 3197 karma

  Ha yep whoops!
• DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 760 karma

  @montaha.rizeq @stepharizona Canadians are cool, but LSAC is better than OLSAS because we have to resubmit reference letters each year we apply because they purge everything after each cycle.
• mcmlaw36 Alum Member

  September 2016 631 karma

  @Nina_Lucas
  
  I have the same exact question!! If you find out, please let me know. Otherwise, I will give OLSAS a call today and ask myself/share.
• mcmlaw36 Alum Member

  September 2016 631 karma

  @Nina_Lucas
  
  Just called on my lunch break.
  
  For privacy reasons, they shred and delete all documentation for each file every year. I applied November 2015 but didn't write the LSAT in time, forcing me to apply this November instead, and they said I have to get all of my documentation again... Totally sucks
  
  Hope this helps.
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  DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 760 karma

  @mcmlaw36 they do not keep anything on file sadly. they purge everything after the end of the cycle
• DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 760 karma

  @mcmlaw36 looks like we answered at the same time! yeah, it does suck. I have the exact same situation. got everything in except the lsat. good luck!
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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  September 2016 11542 karma

  Aw I'm so sorry guys! Good thing you caught it before it was too late though.
• mcmlaw36 Alum Member

  September 2016 631 karma

  @Nina_Lucas Good luck to you too! Where abouts in Ontario are you, btw?
  
  @montaha.rizeq Agreed
• DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 edited September 2016 760 karma

  @mcmlaw36 London, you?
  @montaha.rizeq Canada needs to learn from the american system. I don't see why they need to be shredded for confidential reasons.... i was unable to access the letters in any way so if they kept it in their system it would have made no difference to me, except for the fact that it would make applying again easier by not having to worry about LoR again
• LSATisland Free Trial Inactive Sage

  September 2016 1878 karma

  Yeah, I found LSAC more efficient than OLSAS when I applied.
  
  (Btw, I think some Ontario schools don't ask for reference letters, so you could submit application to them, if still waiting for letters.)
• inactive Alum Member

  September 2016 12637 karma

  @mcmlaw36 @Nina_Lucas Eyy, Ontario buddies!
  
  
  I'm right in-between Ottawa and Montreal.
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  DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 edited September 2016 760 karma

  @"Dillon A. Wright" haha i literally just e-mailed you!! nice to know you're from ontario too there are a lot of americans on here!
• inactive Alum Member

  September 2016 12637 karma

  @"Nina_Lucas" said:
  haha i literally just e-mailed you!! nice to know you're from ontario too there are a lot of americans on here!
  

  Indeed! Born and raised in Quebec, though. Je suis francophone
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  DEC_LSAT Alum Member

  September 2016 edited September 2016 760 karma

  @"Dillon A. Wright" i lived in Montreal for 7 years my second language is french!