Format of Recommenation Letter

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Hi guys,

I went to the PharmCas website and saw a sample questionairre that recommenders have to sign for a recommendee. The form had these two questions at the end:

• What are the applicant's primary strengths and weaknesses?

• How might these affect the applicant's performance in a Pharm.D degree program and future career in pharmacy?

Now, assuming that I do an electronic recommendation, my question is that how will the recommender write the letter? Do they only have to answer these questions, or can they just talk about anything (which of course will include these two areas)? Do these questions have separate space for answers, or do they only have one space to answer?

I ask this because one of my professor said that she has written a letter for me already (Without even recieving an email from pharmcas). Now, will she have to only cut and paste those parts of letters that deal with these questions or can she just submit the letter in its entirety?

Sorry for the long post...But I will really appreciate any help on this.

 

[Rouelle]

Hi guys,

I went to the PharmCas website and saw a sample questionairre that recommenders have to sign for a recommendee. The form had these two questions at the end:

• What are the applicant's primary strengths and weaknesses?

• How might these affect the applicant's performance in a Pharm.D degree program and future career in pharmacy?

Now, assuming that I do an electronic recommendation, my question is that how will the recommender write the letter? Do they only have to answer these questions, or can they just talk about anything (which of course will include these two areas)? Do these questions have separate space for answers, or do they only have one space to answer?

I ask this because one of my professor said that she has written a letter for me already (Without even recieving an email from pharmcas). Now, will she have to only cut and paste those parts of letters that deal with these questions or can she just submit the letter in its entirety?

Sorry for the long post...But I will really appreciate any help on this.

What the LOR writer sees are divided into 3 parts. First is the generic "how long have you known the student, in what capacity," etc along with a list of categories in which to rank the student numerically. Second is a section that, if I remember correctly, addresses the above 2 questions together. A space is given for the written response. If I'm not mistaken, the 3 section (again with a space for a written response) asks something like: "describe any other characteristics that you feel would make the candidate good/bad." In both of those written sections, there is a word limit. The instructions recommend writing in a word processing program, then copy/pasting into the spaces provided.