letters of recommendation

  1. am.otstudent

    General Admissions & OTCAS Letters of Recommendation from OTs

    Hi all, I'm getting my ducks in a row to apply to schools this summer/fall, and I'm at a loss with how to approach my current volunteer hours situation. I went through the whole onboarding process for observing in my current setting (PT/OT pediatric outpatient clinic, 1x per week) and was...
  2. P

    Sending LORs that are not received by AMCAS

    Hi! I have just finished one of my secondaries and designated 7 letters to that school (they didn't have a cap on letters). 6/7 letters that I sent/designated have been received by AMCAS and are very strong letters. However, the one that has not been received by AMCAS is the health committee...
  3. L

    LGBT interests/ rec letters?

    Hi everyone! I apologize if this has been asked before, I did search as well as I could manage and did not come up with any similar results (I'm a new member). I'm an LGBT pre-med, and I'm applying to med schools in areas that are a less gay-friendly than I would like (Southern US). I'm not so...
  4. I

    Few questions

    Hi all, I've been reading through a bunch of these threads and doing some googling, and I can't quite find information on the following points: 1) How binding is the checkbox for PhD program on AMCAS. Can I select multiple? My interests span immunology and neuroscience. Researching schools...
  5. ModernAlchemist

    LOR: Clinical Instructor vs. Assistant Professor

    Hello SDN! Been a long time since I've signed in, but I have a conundrum. I am in the process of getting letters of rec squared away and I just found out that one of my letter writers has the title of "clinical instructor". I thought that this person was an assistant professor. I rotated for a...
  6. C

    AADSAS Number of LORs?

    Hey guys, For this upcoming 2016-2017 Dental School application cycle I see that AADSAS says that you can select to submit four individual letters of recommendation. However, somewhere else (I'm trying to figure out where) said that you can submit "up to four" letters. So, my question is: do...
  7. confidentandgood

    Taking a gap year... when to apply?

    Edit: problem solved!
  8. C

    Drafting a science professor LoR, what should it say?

    One of my science professors was very eager when I asked him for a letter, which is a good sign. I sent him an email nudge and he asked me to write a draft of my own letter. I'm really not sure what to say. I only took one class with him, but it was a small seminar with tons of student...
  9. P

    IN NEED OF HONEST OPINION

    I am a non-traditional applicant applying for the cycle opening up in May. I graduated UConn in 2014, was an Allied Health Major and believed there was a 0% chance I would ever apply to med school throughout my undergrad career (I planned on going the PA route). Because of this and lots of...
  10. LindaAccepted

    Medical 5 Tips for Requesting AACOMAS Evaluations (Letters of Reference)

    Give your recommender examples of the skills you would like to highlight. Looking for the best osteopathic med school admissions advice out there? Ace those AACOMAS apps by reading our osteopathic application 5 tips series – each post, another set of 5 expert tips that will help you get...
  11. LindaAccepted

    Medical Letters of Recommendation That Will Get You Into the Postbac Program of Your Choice

    Choose your recommenders wisely! For the final installment in our Postbac Admissions Series, med school blog series, we’ll discuss what YOU can do to ensure the BEST letters of recommendation. Thanks for joining us for this postbac series — comment below if you have any questions! Your...
  12. Asclepius293

    Question about Letters of Recommendation

    Hey everyone, I'll be applying this June and I had a question about letters of recommendation. A lot of the schools I'm applying to ask for 3 letters from professors (2 science and 1 non-science). I'll be getting one from a professor I've done cancer research with for a year and had for...
  13. T

    Is shadowing needed? (weird situation with clinical research)

    Hello everyone. So I am trying to figure out if shadowing and clinical volunteering is necessary for me. I have been involved first as a volunteer and then as staff for 2.5 years at my university hospital in clinical research. My job has taken me into neuro ORs, lots of ortho ORs, burns...
  14. uhds

    Too late to ask for an LOR (letter of recommendation)?

    2 weeks left of school before winter break and about a month left till the new year. I want to ask my professor for an LOR, do you think it is too late to ask for one? I would need the LOR by the beginning of January and who knows if my professor would write me an LOR since it's over the break...
  15. dramatrauma

    Letters of Recommendation- too old? too many?

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  16. W

    Letters of Recommendation from Hygiene School

    Hi All, I graduated undergrad in 2011 and graduated from hygiene school in 2014. Since then I've been a practicing hygienist and recently I've started continuing to pursue dental school. The dentist LOR I am all set with, but since I've been out of undergrad for so long, it's very difficult to...
  17. Swebb6

    Reapplicant advice

    This is my second application cycle and I've done a lot to improve. I completed my primary and secondary applications earlier, increased my shadowing and healthcare volunteering hours, and started working as a clinical research coordinator. The only thing standing between me and finishing my...
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