Premed committee letter

[freesolo]

Can you list which schools wont accept the premed committee letter for my required LORs? Im just thinking ahead hear (im a junior this upcoming fall) and i dont think ill have a strong non-science letter, and i wont be taking any nonscience classes my junior year.

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[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

Can you list which schools wont accept the premed committee letter for my required LORs? Im just thinking ahead hear (im a junior this upcoming fall) and i dont think ill have a strong non-science letter, and i wont be taking any nonscience classes my junior year.

I have yet to see a secondary where they require more than a committee letter. Not to say that there aren't some schools out there. However, in my experience, most would prefer to ahve a commitee letter than individual ones.

 

[Jason110]

Can you list which schools wont accept the premed committee letter for my required LORs? Im just thinking ahead hear (im a junior this upcoming fall) and i dont think ill have a strong non-science letter, and i wont be taking any nonscience classes my junior year.

I'm applying to 40 schools (1/3 or all medical schools in the U.S.). All of them that I've applied to will accept a committee or letter or a set of individual letters. There are two notable exceptions: Harvard and Stanford. Both of them prefer seeing all the letters. Other than that, I think the committee letter is preferable to all of the letters. I don't think the adcoms want to read 3+ letters per applicant.

Jason

 

[NubianPrincess]

that's a lot of schools big Jason

 

[Jason110]

that's a lot of schools big Jason

... and a lot of secondaries... and a lot of money...

I kind of have to with my mediocre stats: (30Q/3.64)

Jason

 

[sistahnik]

jason is that what they call mediocre stats?? I think that everybody judges scores on their own scale, just my .02! that is a lot of schools for someone with stats like yours!

 

[Jason110]

jason is that what they call mediocre stats?? I think that everybody judges scores on their own scale, just my .02! that is a lot of schools for someone with stats like yours!

The average for all medical shcool matriculants last year was:
29.6P/3.62 GPA

As you can see, my stats are "middle of the pack" (at least in my opinion). Hence, I think I'm 'mediocre'.

Jason

 

[pumpkin628]

The average for all medical shcool matriculants last year was:
29.6P/3.62 GPA

As you can see, my stats are "middle of the pack" (at least in my opinion). Hence, I think I'm 'mediocre'.

Jason

True, your stats are "middle of the pack" for MATRICULANTS, but above average for APPLICANTS. That being said, you stand a good shot of getting in somewhere, even without applying to 40 schools!!!

 

[pratik7]

if you are from GA ...MCG requires two additional "personal references"

 

[Darko]

I think Wisconsin-Madison wants an extra one, too.

 

[jlee9531]

i dont think schools really have a preference. there are top colleges out there that just dont have a premed committee and med schools understand this.

the only thing you need to worry about is having a premed committee at your school and NOT getting a letter from them. Then the med schools want a reason for this.