letter of reccomendation

Based on the hundreds of letters of recommendation we’ve read, we’ve identified five key elements that make a recommendation stand out from the rest and help the applicant shine. If you’re writing a recommendation for someone, or you’re drafting your own recommendation for your recommender to...

How important is it to have LoRs from non-science/professors? I have LoRs from experiences where I was able to form a close relationship, but I don't have a LoR from a non-science professor, and unsure if my LORs from science professors count as they were my PI and academic advisor. Current...

First, sorry, this question is awfully specific, so it's not going to help 99.9% of the people here. I've searched old SDN posts as well as RateMyProfessors, so I've definitely done as much research as I can. There's very limited amount of info, which is why I'm here. I've been out of college...

I think I'm the only person this has ever happened to... But the physician I worked with in EM uploaded his LoR for the SLOE and his LoR. I was not made aware of this until programs started to email me about this. I'm currently asking a different physician that I rotated with who I assume is...

An unsuccessful application cycle can feel disappointing. However, the decision to persist, continue working toward your chosen career goal, and apply in a subsequent application cycle is nothing short of the definition of resilience! In this blog, I’ll share some tips and suggestions for...

Your letters of recommendation for your medical school application are critical documents. Many premed students submit a letter of recommendation, called a committee letter, that is provided by a pre-health advisor (also called a health professions advisor) at their undergraduate school or...

I have some letters which are written for general "grad school admissions", not specifically med school. Would including these be a red flag? Should I prioritize letters which specify "medical school" over general letters for grad schools? Some of the grad school letters are pretty well written...

The physician Ive worked years for wrote a short letter that was super vague and didn't detail my strengths. Seems like a lukewarm letter. Would using a shadowing letter from a physician whom is adamant about writing one for me be better?

Hello, just some questions about LORs. Thanks in advance! Background: My school offers a cover letter and creates a letter packet with letters we submit. They order the letters 1 through 6, and based on that order, letters are submitted to schools. So if I submit 6 letters to my school numbered...

I go to an extremely large public school and am having a hard time getting professors to agree to write a LOR. I reached out to a random professor I had, and surprisingly he said that he would be happy to edit/sign a draft that I write. I know that good letters are powerful, and that mediocre...

Hi everyone, Today I finally received a letter that I have been waiting on for a while. I was unsure if this letter would actually ever come, so I didn't add it to my letter packet and instead opted to have them submit it through AMCAS. I submitted my letter packet a while ago and was marked...

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Hi all! I have a question regarding a LOR. For some background: I started working as a medical scribe for a very well-known physician in my *rural* college town community. They had one shift a week that needed filled, and so I did and have loved it! I am planning to work more than that for the...

I have worked as an emergency medicine scribe for about 6 months and now the time has come to ask for a letter of recommendation. I have worked primarily with physician assistants and only with doctors a handful of times. One of the PAs I've worked with for over 100 hours, most of the docs I've...

I know this seems unorthadoxed, but I have really been struggling to find a physician to write me a letter of recommendaton. I am currently living in Japan and the idea of shadowing does not really exist here. I have some experience shadowing in the US but it was years ago and not enough to ask...

What do I do if a professor I am close to and made a letter of rec for me is suddenly getting cold feet? I have had a really great relationship with this professor, did research with him, presented at conferences, but I wasn't able to publish my work by the time I graduated. I was even offered...

How do we know whether or not an engineering course that is considered BCMP qualifies as a science course for the purposes of a letter of recommendation? After looking through several medical school LoR requirements, it doesn't seem like any really define what qualifies as "science". Harvard...

My school's premed office does a committee letter packet & they require a clinical letter of recommendation for it. I'm wondering though, what med schools require a clinical letter of recommendation? Not sure if the schools on my list don't or if I'm just missing something... Are there any med...

I am a biology/philosophy major and have an LOR from two non-science teachers, a physician I worked with, my supervisor during my time as an RA, my A&P teacher, and my microbiology lab professor who I also worked with as a LA. It’s the last one I’m kind of worried about? I know schools require...

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Help! I asked for a letter of recommendation from an attending I worked with back in February. She said she'd love to, and that she would make the letter sound like I "walked on water." But given that I asked in February, and they didn't need to be in immediately, she waited to write it. When I...

I just received my final LoR and was reading it when I saw my writer called me attractive. She said..... "There is something about his demeanor that invites others to trust him. Perhaps it is his attractiveness and easy-going nature or his non-judgmental disposition." I do not need to add this...

Hi everyone, I haven't been able to find much relevant advice for my specific situation, especially given COVID changes to the residency application process, so I thought I would ask here. I'm planning on applying to a small surgical subspecialty this year but unfortunately, my med school is a...

To summarize, should I get a second science LOR even though it may be impersonal/hella old just so I can apply to those schools that have the 2 science requirement? Or just not even bother applying to those schools? (the ones on my list so far are creighton, evms (reapplicant but never sent...

Hey so I have letter writers from my upper divs for my med school applications and they agreed and stuff but some of them just stopped replying. I sent them my interfolio stuff earlier and like now only one of my upper div bio professors has replied and one of my English professors replied. I am...

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Hey Guys, I've been volunteering at a hospice care for a few years and have a good reputation. However, the volunteer coordinators always quit after 4-5 months so the current volunteer coordinators doesn't personally know me too well. None of the patients I visit are in-house, so the staff of...

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Hello everyone, What are some points I should ask the dentist I worked for for 3-4 years to put emphasis on in the LOR? What are points my professors should focus on? Also, I am planning to use interfolio for these letter and wondering if I need to pay right away for it or only when I...

Hello everyone! Hope you're staying safe! Please see the flyer here (or attached pdf) for the virtual open house for the Mount Sinai Radiology Residency Program--the event is scheduled for 9/23/20 at 6pm. This is a great opportunity to meet residents and program directors at Mount Sinai if...

Hi Everyone, I am currently a Junior in High School. I am dual enrolling at the local community college for the majority of my classes including Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, and Math classes. I plan on graduating with my associates in science, in the spring of 2021, which should...

I have reached out to professors for LORs (applying this upcoming cycle) and they confirmed that they'd be happy to write me. I will be using interfolio to store letters. Should I give my letter writers a deadline of sorts? Or just that applications soft open in May and that I hope to complete...

Question regarding derm LORs... Should you always get a letter from an away rotation so you can submit that letter when you apply there or is it better to just submit your strongest letters, regardless of if they are from that institution or not? I feel like my letters from other aways will be...

Hi, I’m planning to apply for the match this year and I had m completed an externship with a family medicine physician last year. It was a really good rotation and the physician told me that he’d upload a really good LoR for me. Now much to my dismay, this physician’s license has been...

Alright, so I am to the point where I am starting to get all of my letters of rec together for the upcoming cycle and am in need of an outside opinion for some choices I have. First, I am a Georgia resident and %100 would like to stay in-state. Over the years, my family and I have been good...

I already have a non-science and a science LOR, so I’m trying to get one more science LOR. Right now I’m working closely on a paper with one of my former professors who taught me a public health course, and I feel that they would be willing to write me a very good letter, but I’m wondering if a...

I am currently doing a community service volunteering program where the director is a college drop out, but he is kind of successful now in terms of starting up this local organization that is in the works of expanding throughout California (got funds and approval from state gov already). I...

I was wondering if asking for a letter of recommendation from a priest I have grown close with would be frowned upon by adcoms. Much of my ECs have come from serving at my church in various activities for many years. I believe he could write me a strong letter of recommendation because of how...

I'm part of a full ride scholarship, and the scholarship director will write me a letter of rec. My research PI/taught me a bioengineering class will write me a letter of rec. My orgo 2 prof will write me a letter of rec. A doctor whom I shadow often will write me a letter of rec. I'll be...

Hi, So I've been scribing for a doctor and he agreed to write a LoR for me, but the problem is that he might be retiring soon (in the next few weeks). I am planning to submit my app this cycle (May/June 2019). Is there a way he can write a letter for me and store it right now/if so, how? I...