letter of recommendation

So I assigned my research mentor as one of my recommenders for all of the schools I will be applying to. After he submitted his letter, he let me know that he had asked our PI to cosign the letter to add more "umph" to the letter since he is pretty well known in his field. Instead of simply...

Hi SDNers! I was wondering.... 1. Are Letters of Recommendation from college teachers with titles other than Professor viewed as weaker or on par with those with Professor titles? Ex: Sr. Lecturer, Dean's Fellow 2. Would LORs from "Assistant Professor"s and "Associate Professor"s be viewed...

Hey all, I have five letters of recommendation available for me to use (1 is a physician I've scribed with for 2 years that I will use for sure). I wasn't exactly sure how many I needed but I ended up asking 4 of my professors this year that I've been in contact with over the last 2-3 years...

I've seen many threads about shadowing too early or shadowing too late, but I'm making a new one because I think I'm in a situation where both applies to me. I shadowed an ophthalmologist for 55 hours the summer before my senior year of high school, and I just graduated from college in May of...

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Hello! I recently asked a physician that I shadowed for a letter of recommendation for medical school (I know I'm a little late in asking, but better late than never!). He is a very busy physician and asked for an example of a shadowing letter so that he could have a better of idea of how/what...

Hey guys! Sticky situation here... Last summer I volunteered as a gymnastics coach at a local YMCA. This was a YMCA that I competed at for over 10 years (until I graduated high school) so naturally I wanted to come back to help out there. The coordinator for the program is the parent of one of...

I submitted my application on the first day it opened (6/7). Still waiting to be verified. I am still waiting on 2 letters to be submitted so I was going to hold off on assigning the letters. My questions are... 1. Do I need to wait until my app is verified to assign the letters and update my...

Hi everyone! I'm a reapplicant for the 2016-2017 cycle and wanted to know what you good people thought about getting a letter of rec from a PA. I've worked with two PAs for the last year and a half who know me well and have volunteered to write the letters if I asked. I know the letters would...

Hi guys, I am new to SDN. I just want to tell my story about how I got my very first LoR. I am a sophomore at a decent state university. Today, our provost (think COO, CFO in a company if you don't know what a provost does, all the deans report to him) offered to write me a LoR. I was so...

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Hi all, I was going to submit LOR's from 2 science prof, 1 dentist, and 1 researcher that i volunteer for. Is it better if I do 3 science and 1 dentist instead? What is the general requirement by most schools?

Hi friends, I saw some posts about people not having any LORs from surgeons, but wanted to pursue a surgical residency. I only have letters from surgeons (3 general, 1 vascular), and I want to apply to general surgery residencies. Will this lack of variety be a problem? Should I try to obtain...

So I'm a junior right now and decided not to apply this cycle so I'm taking a gap year. I want to get letter of recommendation from these professors I know right now but they would just sit in my interfolio account for about a year. Do they need to be current when I apply? Do I wait to ask in...

So, my mother works as a pharmacist and pharmacy manager, and she has a pre-medical student working for her. This student is applying this cycle, and apparently asked my mom for a letter of recommendation. She immediately called me and asked for my advice on what she needs to write and what it...

I am applying to medical school this cycle, and decided, in order to be on top of things, to ask for recommendations at the beginning of this semester. I have one from my lab PI, a Spanish professor I'm close with, my band director, my volunteer coordinator, and a science professor whose class I...

I'm a psych major applying this cycle to med school. Due to taking more psych/non sci classes, I was able to get 2 non sci letters (both from psych professors) and only 1 sci letter from a bio class I took. I also have a letter from my hospital volunteer supervisor. From the med schools I have...

Hello everyone! Since I am about to graduate, I decided to ask some of my professors for letters of recommendations. The very first professors I asked was enthusiastic about writing one for me and suggested I write a sort of draft/outline for her so that she can build off of it. She said to...

Hi everybody, I was #1 out of ~1,000 students in one of my classes (Ochem Lab). However, in the structure of this class there is very minimal interaction with the "professors" as it is directed and run by teaching assistants. Due to my performance in this class and a relatively strong...

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Hi everybody, Some dental schools require a letter of recommendation from an employer. I've actually owned & operated my own business and I've never worked for anybody else. Frankly, I'm not sure what to do in this scenario. Does anybody have any experience with this? Advice? Suggestions?

People get busy, it's okay to send out friendly reminders. When you are requesting letters of recommendation, there are a few strategies that you can use to make sure that you receive excellent letters of recommendation. 1. Start by determining whom you will ask for letters. Being strategic...

Hi, I was just curious if I could still apply to some schools with upcoming deadlines even though my letters of recommendation aren't finished. Two of my three references are still working on the multiple, but I don't want to rush them. Is it possible to submit a complete (aside from LOR)...

With the right context, your LOR will make your application shine. An excellent letter of recommendation has several key components. On average, they tend to be about three pages in length. Any more than three pages can be considered excessive since each applicant has at least three letters of...

Hi all, I'll be applying this June and I'm in the process of getting my transcripts, personal statement, LORs sent to the pre-med committee/panel at my college. I graduated last May. I'll have 3 LORs coming from my undergrad (2 science, 1 non-science) in addition to 2 LORs from PIs (who are...

So here's the situation: My school does committee letters, the writer and I know each other very well, and this letter will be no problem. However, in order to get the CL, you have to submit 3 LORS from science profs, 1 from non science, 1 from a Dr., and 1 wild card. As a non-science major, my...

Hi, From what I understand, the application for Med school is centralized. You gather a few great LORs, and they're submitted to all the schools you apply to. If I'm applying to a Post-Bacc with the intent of applying to Med School not long after, how does one manage these letters of Rec...

Two of my letter writers have agreed to write a letter but have added something along the lines of "tell me if you want me to play up anything in particular in your letter. Some information is better delivered in a rec letter than a personal statement." It is unclear to me what exactly this...

I asked the physical therapist that I interned for to write me a letter of recommendation as I really looked up to him and thought we had made a good relationship in the 4 months I spent at his clinic. He respond very quickly and sent me the letter about a week later. I was very happy with...

Hello! I'm applying to family med and have an LoR question. I have 3 outpatient FM letters: 2 should be very strong, the third is good but I'm not sure how good as I only worked with the writer for ~1 week. I did an IM acting internship on a Hem/Onc team in July, and an attending said I was one...