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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...

So very non-trad been in the military for 8 years and graduated college 10 years ago. So the people who have said they will write me letters of recommendation all asked for an example or to have me write them a draft that they would tweak. Is there a good example that most use? I have only been...

I've recently started working on my dental school applications and could really use your advice when it comes to selecting letters of recommendation. I've got a bit of a situation here, and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Here's what's going on: I've got six potential options for letters of...

The best letters of recommendation are offered by people who have seen you perform in some capacity – as student, student leader, employee, researcher, volunteer. The weakest letters are of the “character reference” variety or from influential individuals who barely know you. How long should a...

Hello, I'm new here. I will be graduating med school July 2022. I am a US-IMG looking to match into Gen Surgery or Urology Residency in the US (goal is in Texas). I understand matching is very competitive for IMGs. After looking at the requirements, most programs require 3 Letter of...

Hey everyone, I'm applying to dental school this year, and I'm in a bit of a unique situation with my LORs. I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Predental/Dental Hygiene, and I've been working as a dental hygienist for 2 years. I asked two of my professors from my Dental Hygiene program for...

I wanted to ask for a letter of rec from my neuroanatomy professor. Unfortunately the class is listed under the psych department, despite the fact that it's 100% biology of the brain. Would this work as one of my 2 letters of rec from a science professor?

Hey everybody. So I have been planning on using a committee letter for my application this cycle, but the committee can't guarantee having it submitted until either late September or early October. Do you think I should just wait it out or should I get each of my individual letter writers to...

One of my professors submitted my letter to interfolio and they showed that the letter was signed but was only on unofficial letterhead? Will med schools care about this? all my other letters are fine.

Can anyone share their opinion on getting a letter of rec from a pastor? I am thinking about getting one from him as my volunteer/community service manager, since I volunteered at the church and was deeply involved in its charity activities (and held high leadership position for years during my...

Hi All! I have a somewhat specific question about a letter of rec coming from a professor who taught me a non-science course that was listed in a science department. This professor knows me very well, so I definitely want to use this letter. The course is listed as in the department of...

Hi everyone! I have a question about my last letter of recommendation. I've already been able to get letters from 2 of my science professors and 1 from the dentist that I have been shadowing, but I'm trying to figure out who I should use for my last letter of recommendation. Both my boss and my...

What I have or confident I'll have: 1-chorus (yes Ph.D.) prof (non-science) 1-org chm prof (science) 1-grad student w/ PI signature (the PI was also a Biochm prof of mine but I got a C+ so I obviously don't feel comfortable asking for a LOR for that course unless you think otherwise, I got sick...

Hello everybody, Let me start by saying thank for taking to the time to reply to my thread. I am premed student who is planning to apply to medical school this cycle(2017). I currently perform research at the cardiology research department at my local VA hospital. Today, when at research, I...

I have been working in the same department (public relations) at my university for my entire undergrad these past 3 years, and my supervisor was one of the few people that really got an opportunity to continuously watch me grow and mature over this time. Would it be worth to ask for a letter of...

Hi! I am applying to the 2018 cycle. I am trying to get letters of recommendation from "science" professors. One professor I am asking is my Biochemical Nutrition professor. In my perspective this counts as science because it was very biochemistry heavy and focused mostly on metabolism. Under...

Hello all, Am receiving rec letters from several professors and each has asked if there is anything special I wish them to highlight. My input is mostly discretionary, but what is the best way to answer this question? If you are an ADCOM, what info in a LOR has turned out to be the most...

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Hi everyone, I took a pre-req course last semester with an awesome professor. I went to all of his office hours, and he was always super helpful. Overall, a really nice person. Worked hard and ended up with an A. Last week I went to his office and thanked him for being a great teacher and...

Hello everyone, I applied to the NHSC scholarship program last year and did not receive it so I would like to give it another go. Does anyone have any recommendations for getting a letter of rec from med school professors from a student who does not really go to class or talk to professors...

I hear about awesome LORS and I'm wondering how I know if mine are good..

Hey guys I'm about to make teacher submit my letter of rec on inter folio for dental school is there any thing specific about the signature.. like all my professors are doing are writing sincerely, and there name... is it required to have a hand drawn signature or something ?? and if so, how do...

So my undergrad school is right next to the medical college and hospital and several of my classes have had med school professors teach us and offered shadowing. How valuable is it to have a LOR from a professor from the medical school you are applying to?

I am applying to interventional cardiology fellowship this year. 2 silly questions: - My cath lab attending wants me to write my own letter. Any guidance on how exactly to do that? I have never had to write one for myself before. Not quite sure how detailed/bashful/laudatory this should be -...

I did research between M1 & M2 under a really big-shot PI (highly respected in biotech industry, won the engineering version of the Nobel Prize, has been honored by Obama/Queen Elizabeth/world leaders, his tech is widely used by surgeons/physicians who don't know he's the inventor...). However...

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