how many is too many- LOR

[yorkiepoo]

How many letters of recommendation are you sending? If you are doing a committee letter, how many are you sending to your committee? how many is too many?

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[Electrons]

How many letters of recommendation are you sending? If you are doing a committee letter, how many are you sending to your committee? how many is too many?

AADSAS only allows 4 this year.

 

[djeffreyt]

How many letters of recommendation are you sending? If you are doing a committee letter, how many are you sending to your committee? how many is too many?

AADSAS may only allow 4, but you can submit more to schools directly.

I think 3-5 is good.
6 is pushing it
7 is too many

 

[reapply2007]

Make sure you have enough to cover the specific requirements for each school before you apply. Some schools have uncommon requests - like Loma Linda - if you won't be able to get the LORs needed then you can save some $$ up front.

 

[ummjoey]

AADSAS may only allow 4, but you can submit more to schools directly.

I think 3-5 is good.
6 is pushing it
7 is too many

agreed...

 

[yorkiepoo]

what if your sending a committee letter? would 4+ LOR be okay to give to the committee?

 

[vhh007]

If you know you will be able to get very strong letters, I'd submit 4. Any more seems like it would be too many. At least: 1bio, 1chem, 1 dentist, and maybe a prehealth advisor, another teacher, someone you have worked for or did research under (just something more personal). The first 3 covers most of the dental school's requirements for letters. Otherwise I think it would be overkill.

 

[litldime]

My school is sending a committee letter and I submitted 6 letters to them: 2 dentists, 2 science, 1 research, 1 non-science...each person that isn't a science prof knows me really really well...so I'm not sure if I'll send all 6 or just 5...still deciding...
-ld

 

[jeezy]

i talked to one school that required 2) science 1) dental. they randomly select the fewest LORs that meets their requirement. it saved me the trouble of getting a non-science letter

 

[kdawg]

bump

 

[kdawg]

bump...How many LOR's are too many???