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Letter of recommendation requirements

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Hello all
This posting is meant to be informative. It is current as of 2010/2011

A.T. Still (both): 2 letters, 1 premed committee or basic science and MD/DO or employer

Midwestern (both): 2 letters, 1 premed committee or basic science and MD/DO, DO strongly preferred.

DMU: 3 letters, 1 MD/DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

KCUMB: 3 letters, 1 MD/DO, 1 Science, 1 committee (or 2nd science)

LECOM (both): 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

LMU-DCOM: 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

MSUCOM: 2, non-specific

Nova: 4 letters, 2 science, 1 non-science (or committee letter), 1 MD/DO

NJSOM: 2 letters both science

NYCOM: 4 letters, 2 science, 1 non-science (or 3rd science or committee letter), 1 DO

OSU-COM: 4 letters, 2 science, 1 non-science (or committee letter), 1 DO

OU-COM: 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

PNWU: 3 letters, 1 DO, 1 Science, 1 pre-med

PCOM (both): 2 letters, 1 DO, 1 premed committee (or advisor/Dean)

PCCOM: 3 letters, 1 DO, 1 science, 1 pre-med

RVU: 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

Touro (all): 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

TCOM: 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee

UNECOM: 4 letters, 2 science, 1 DO, 1 professional

VCOM: 2 letters, 1 DO, 1 Science

WUCOM: 2 letters, 1 DO/MD, 1 Science

WVSOM: 2 letters, 1 DO, 1 Science

WCCOM: 3 letters, 1 DO, 2 Science or 1 committee