Help With Lor's

[bubbajones]

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Ive got a question about LOR's. When you ask your prof to write one for you is there some kind of form your supposed to give him? Can he write ONE and then u send it to like 13 med schools or does each prof write on for each school? How does this work? Do you send them to the AMCAS?

 

[UCLAstudent]

Your school should have some sort of LOR service. This LOR service will send letters to the medical schools that you're applying to (there's a fee per letter sent). At UCLA, the professor either personally gives the letter to the LOR service (or mails it), or the professor can give the letter to the student in an envelope with a signature over the seal (and then the student gives the letter to the LOR service). Most medical schools require the letters to be confidential, so you'll probably have to give the professor a waiver of access ahead of time.

Really, you need to check with your school's LOR service to get all the details (assuming your school has such a service). Good luck! 🙂

 

[AAKRAZY]

Best thing to do is make an appointment at your college or university career center. If you have a premed advisor, send that person an e-mail about this since every school's letter service is different.

Generally, you provide the professor with a signed waiver form that forfeits your right to view what is eventually written about you. This ensures some measure of objectivity on the recommender's part, but perhaps they'll send you a copy to read, which happens.

After the recommender has finished writing, they generally send their letter with the attached waiver form to your school's letter service. When the time comes, you request where these letters should go, and the letter service takes 10-14 business days to get them to those designated medical schools.

Again, you want to get specifics from a real advisor. Many schools have what's called a committee or composite letter, which will require a lot more leg work on your part but is an awesome service if it's available.

Good luck.

AAK