I was just emailed my Dean's letter for review and I am a little concerned about its contents. Our Dean of Education simply writes some background info on us, puts in our class rank, board scores, his thoughts about us as future doctors, and then third year core rotation grades and excerpts from our attendings' evaluations. Two phrases in particular are worrisome to me: from my Family Medicine attending..."Good student. Good knowledge base. Does not seem very interested in being here as he wants to be a surgeon" and from my OB/GYN attending..."Attentive and diligent. Able to take criticism well and do his work well. Did well on our final exam. Always speaks in a low, very serious voice he needs to lighten up somewhat with patients." Everything else from my other attendings/rotations seems to be pretty complimentary, including the Dean's personal comments. As you probably guessed, I am applying to General Surgery programs, and I was curious if this is something I need be overly concerned about.
At our school it seems the Dean's letters don't get padded very much. They pretty much include everything they have one you. I was wondering if other schools only put in the good stuff and leave out all the bad?
At our school it seems the Dean's letters don't get padded very much. They pretty much include everything they have one you. I was wondering if other schools only put in the good stuff and leave out all the bad?
