Do people send in more than the requested number of LORs?

[kinkocopies3]

Does sending in more than the requested number of LOR's hurt your application?

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[avicoo]

I don't think so. Especially not if you have a pre-med committee evaluation.

My advisor said "you might as well send them all, they don't have to read them."

But I don't really know . . .

 

[Stupendous]

I think it depends on the school. I asked my advisor about sending an additional LOR and she said UofAZ is pretty strict about the number of LORs and I shouldn't.

 

[Neuronix]

I always sent in 9 LORs with my application in addition to my pre-med committee letter. I never had a problem. Only worry about this if the school specifically asks not to send greater than a certain number.

 

[jlee9531]

like neuronix said...if the school has a specific MAX then do not send more than that. why make them think you cant follow directions.

but for the schools that have a MINIMUM requirement number like 3 (2 sci, 1 nonsci) I sent in the 5 I had.

 

[patzan]

My school has a letter service (people send them in to the pre-med office and then they copy and send them out in a packet to all the schools you designate). Some schools said absolutely not to send more than X number of letters, but they sent out all 6 anyway and it didn't hurt me a bit.

If someone else is sending them all, it is all right, but if you were having people send them individually, it might seem like you weren't paying attention.

 

[jlee9531]

my schools letter service allows me to choose which letters to send out. i thought all schools that have letter services have this option on their website.

 

[Emeri Onwunwa]

My undergrad had a list of the number of reference letters required/allowed for each school medical and how much of each type they wanted (science, non-science, etc.) The schools that allowed more than the certain number of letters had a (+) next to them. You might want to check with the Career Services Center at your school.

 

[patzan]

my schools letter service allows me to choose which letters to send out. i thought all schools that have letter services have this option on their website.

My pre-med office is just lazy and just sends the same letters to everyone. (they will send different packets to each school as you designate, but they really don't like to).