What specific honor code are we talking about here? Is it some mystical honor code everyone is bound to by nature? Or is there a particular honor code you've signed? If the latter, read it to see if there's anything in there about reading LORs. If not, then there's nothing immoral or wrong about reading your letters provided the writer is ok with you seeing it. Waiving your right to see the letter does NOT make it wrong for you to see it, it simply means that you relinquish the right to view them. As in, before you signed, you had a RIGHT to see the letter, but afterward the writer had the right to withhold it if he/she desired. It doesn't mean it's now forbidden for you to see it if the writer offered to let you. Now, the whole point of waiving your right is so that the writer can be completely frank, and not have to deal with the repercussions of you seeing what was written, so it would probably be bad form for you to go back and now ask to see it. Waiving your right wasn't part of some 'med school application russian roulette' process, it was to protect the writer, so they may not appreciate you asking to see it. But, they also may not care, and print you off a copy to read. There's no need in trying to use some sort of subterfuge, if you really want to see it, just ask the writer if it's ok. I don't think anyone else is going to provide it to you anyway, so that's probably your only option anyway.