Recommendations may take the following form(s), and need to be submitted by January 15, 2009, to the Office of Medical Admissions through the AMCAS recommendation letter service.
Please note: The Admissions Committee prefers letters of recommendation from full-time faculty members.
(**Please review the definition of a science recommendation letter below.)
Pre-Health Committee (Option A):
If your institution has a Pre-Health Committee, please ask the pre-medical advisor to submit a "Committee Letter" of recommendation on your behalf. This letter will fulfill your letter of recommendation requirements.
If your institution submits a packet of individual letters on your behalf, the packet is considered equivalent to a "Committee Letter," and will fulfill your letter of recommendation requirement.
Three Letters of Recommendation (Option B):
If your institution does not have a Pre-Health Committee, please have three letters of recommendation from faculty submitted on your behalf. We ask that two of the letters be submitted by science** faculty and one from a non-science professor.
Recommenders are asked to disclose in which of their course(s) you were enrolled.
These letters may be submitted in one of the following forms:
Form 1:
- One letter from your pre-medical or pre-health advisor
- One letter from a science professor
- One letter from a non-science professor
Form 2:
- Two letters from science professors
- One letter from a non-science professor
Non-Traditional Applicants:
If you have been away from university studies for three or more years please have three letters of recommendation sent from persons familiar with your recent scientific work or study experience.
**Science Recommendation letters are accepted from full-time faculty from the following departments:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Engineering
Recommendation letters from full-time faculty members from other departments will be considered Non-Science Recommendation letters.
