Addiotional Letters of Eval

[Geebeejay]

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So, to make things clear, my application was submitted at the end of June, and I am awaiting verification. Sent along with my common app was a committee letter along with 5 letters of evaluation (3 from professors, 1 from a nurse coworker and 1 from an MD coworker) I expect all but one of them to be very strong, and one (from a lecturer) to only be "pretty" strong.

However, since applying, I am realizing that I probably could submit more strong letters of evaluation if I wanted to. Particularly, some from former employers (not medical related), and some more from hospital coworkers based on new experiences, but not necessarily conveying any new information.

So here's my request for advice - do you think this is necessary? The new recs will be strong, but not necessarily saying anything the others already say (I don't know cause obviously I didn't read the letters). I also imagine that admissions isn't looking to read extensively long applications.

thanks for help

 

[Jojokarade]

So, to make things clear, my application was submitted at the end of June, and I am awaiting verification. Sent along with my common app was a committee letter along with 5 letters of evaluation (3 from professors, 1 from a nurse coworker and 1 from an MD coworker) I expect all but one of them to be very strong, and one (from a lecturer) to only be "pretty" strong.

However, since applying, I am realizing that I probably could submit more strong letters of evaluation if I wanted to. Particularly, some from former employers (not medical related), and some more from hospital coworkers based on new experiences, but not necessarily conveying any new information.

So here's my request for advice - do you think this is necessary? The new recs will be strong, but not necessarily saying anything the others already say (I don't know cause obviously I didn't read the letters). I also imagine that admissions isn't looking to read extensively long applications.

thanks for help

You can always have more letters of rec. I had about 7 when I applied last year. If the school had limits, then I chose the ones that I felt were the strongest. If the school did not have limits, then I sent them all. Having many strong letters of rec from different areas can only help you.

 

[DAPI]

So, to make things clear, my application was submitted at the end of June, and I am awaiting verification. Sent along with my common app was a committee letter along with 5 letters of evaluation (3 from professors, 1 from a nurse coworker and 1 from an MD coworker) I expect all but one of them to be very strong, and one (from a lecturer) to only be "pretty" strong.

However, since applying, I am realizing that I probably could submit more strong letters of evaluation if I wanted to. Particularly, some from former employers (not medical related), and some more from hospital coworkers based on new experiences, but not necessarily conveying any new information.

So here's my request for advice - do you think this is necessary? The new recs will be strong, but not necessarily saying anything the others already say (I don't know cause obviously I didn't read the letters). I also imagine that admissions isn't looking to read extensively long applications.

thanks for help

5 letters is fine. I would not worry about sending anymore in as most schools have cutoffs for number of LORs at 3, 5, 6, 8, or 10 and most people say the max you should really send is 6, so five is perfect. Just my opinion though.