Committe Letter required?

[ineffable11]

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hello,

for thoses of ppl who have been out of school for more than couple years, what are you guys doing for the committe letter from the school you graduated?

- is it required?

- can you use the one from previous years? does it have to be a new one
every year you apply?

Thanks!!

 

[ineffable11]

thanks.

i went to GW for undergdaute and GW requires committe interview prior of issuing the commitee letter. In addition, the committee letter usually is send off to dental school in late AUG which delay whole application process.

Anyone in the same situation or has similar concern as me?

 

[lemoncurry]

Legally they cannot REQUIRE a committee letter because it discriminates against those who went to schools without committees. All they can do is recommend one.

 

[ought2sleep]

I graduated this past spring and didn't decide to apply to dental school until this summer. I went to a very large school, and while we did have a dental committee..I was never involved with them so it would have taken too much time to go through the process of getting a letter that way. Instead I just had some professors I knew write me a letter and I submitted that. No complaints from the schools and I am getting interviews, so I think you'll be okay.

 

[TerpFan]

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[mshopeful]

But does it really? or Are they just trying to make money off of me? ($250 plus $50 for each additional school after the 4th one.)

Whoa University of Maryland charges THAT much just to send out committee letters?! Are you sure? That's crazy. Ours is $4 per school

 

[uvaGirL07]

I graduated this past spring and didn't decide to apply to dental school until this summer. I went to a very large school, and while we did have a dental committee..I was never involved with them so it would have taken too much time to go through the process of getting a letter that way. Instead I just had some professors I knew write me a letter and I submitted that. No complaints from the schools and I am getting interviews, so I think you'll be okay.

I never got involved with the committee either, so I hope it's okay to not send in a committee letter. Maybe I'll change my mind later and decide to get it, but I can't see how it would help me if they don't even know me. 😕

 

[ineffable11]

thanks for all the replies ppl.

I know committe letter sucks ESPECIALLY when the schools are so lazy..

GW doesnt at least charge students but UM does? that's horrible. gosh...

we have one person so far getting interview without one but I worry.

I really want to apply without commitee letter so I can avoid hassles...

Although dentals schools recommend getting one....😕

 

[sublimegd]

I'm also wondering about this. It just seems like a waste of time, with no real benefit to the student. My school committee requires more LORs than any dental school, they don't send their stuff out till september, and they give you like a rating on a scale of like 1-5, then add their own LOR. Why the hell should I have some committee potentially send out some letter saying I'm a 3/5 with some generic letter and 5 LOR from professors, 3 which will probably be really generic and suck. They don't even look at your DAT.

Also the school committee requires I hand everything in by May, but i'm taking these pre-req's post bacc, so I won't even be done with all my courses until late august. Perhaps I could use this as an excuse for not doing the committee letter.