List recommendation requirements for each school

[uncwalley]

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Tweetie, the answer to question #1 is that it depends on the school. ECU required that I send them a letter from a sci. faculty that had taught me in a class and had given me a grade. All other schools accepted the letter from my PI. I called ECU up and they let me substitute a non-sci letter for my second science letter. I say send in your PI's letters and let them contact you if there is a problem.
For #2, ECU "requires" 2 sci professors, but I don't think anything is set in stone. I didn't get in though, so I'll never know whether or not that made a difference.

 

[Adcadet]

I've been in a similar quandry about "science" faculty. Is epidemiology enough of a "science" for some schools? What about my PI who's an MD?

I've called a number of schools, and all of them said that epi=science, and that my PI = science. The only prob may be schools that request two letters from undergrad sci people. In that case, does my psych prof count? I'm still not sure. But if an adcom doesn't like my letters, they can kiss my ass.

 

[Tweetie_bird]

AdCadet,
I heard somewhere on SDN that psych profs don't count as Science. 🙁 I wish they did, I have a ton of physio psych classes .....

In any case, I'm looking for more opinions. While I do this, I am calling each school and asking them about their (anal) requirements. I already have one sci and one non-sci, PLUS 3 other PI's. How much more can they want???

Thanks for your help guys. Keep the opinions coming.

 

[pocwana]

UCSD is very strict on their req:

Submit a Premedical Committee recommendation or letters coordinated by the Premedical Advisor at your undergraduate school. If you do not have a Premedical Advisor or Committee, a minimum of three letters are required from faculty (senior professors) who can provide a well considered evaluation of your qualifications for the medical profession. (Two of the three must be from faculty at a four-year undergraduate institution in either the Departments of Biology or Chemistry. The third recommendation must be in humanities or social sciences. If you are currently in a graduate program, the third letter may come from your graduate professor.) Your AMCAS I.D. or Social Security number should be on the recommendations. A MAXIMUM OF FIVE LETTERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Recommendations mailed prior to our request will need to be resubmitted.

 

[Ubu]

bump!!
I need this for reference later on.😀

 

[charik]

Here's the list I made for myself. When it says professor/faculty/instructor that means someone who has taught you in a class where you earned credit.

That being said, I have a question of my own. Are TA (teaching assistant) evaluations acceptable? Obviously a professor is preferred but does anyone know what a school's reaction is when they see a letter written by a TA?

Stanford
3-6 letters

Stanford University School of Medicine
Office of Admissions
251 Campus Drive, MSOB Room x3C01
Stanford, CA 94305-5404

Davis
3 letters

University of California, Davis
School of Medicine
Office of Admissions and Outreach
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616-8661

UC Irvine
3-6 letters
2 from senior faculty
1 of those from science

Office of Admissions and Outreach
UC Irvine, College of Medicine
Medical Education Building 802
Irvine, CA 92697-4089

UCSD
3-5 letters
3 from senior faculty
2 of those from bio/chem.
1 of those from humanities/soc. science

UCSD School of Medicine
Office of Admissions
9500 Gilman Drive MTF 162
La Jolla, CA 92039-0621
(address for express mail only)

USC
2+ letters
2 from science faculty
Use Cover Sheet

Keck School of Medicine
Office of Admissions
1975 Zonal Ave., KAM 100C
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9021

UCLA
3-5 letters
2 from instructors

Student Admissions
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
P.O. Box 957035
12-105 Center for the Health Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7035

Albany Medical College
2+ letters
2 from instructors
1 of those from science
full name
AMCAS ID

Albany Medical College
Office of Admissions
Mail Code 3
47 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208-3479

New York Medical College
3 letters
3 from professors
2 of those from science
1 being of your dept.
official letterhead
AMCAS ID

New York Medical College
Office of Admissions, Room 147
Administration Building
Valhalla, NY 10595

Cornell University Medical College
2+ letters
2 from science professors

Office of Admissions
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
445 E 69 St.
New York, NY 10021

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2 letters
1 science faculty
1 non science faculty

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Office for Admissions
Room 5-04 Annenberg Building
Box 1002
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029-6574

NYU
2 letters
both from faculty

Office of Admissions
NYU School of Medicine
550 First Avenue
New York, NY 10016

University of Rochester
3-5 letters
AMCAS ID

University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 601A
Rochester, NY 14642-8601

Tulane
3 letters
2 from science faculty
3rd from any faculty

Tulane University School of Medicine
Office of Admissions & Student Affairs SL67
1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112

LSU
3+ letters
3 science faculty
other faculty
up to 2 from friends
full legal name

LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans
Admissions Office
1901 Perdido Street, Box P3-4
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

University of Chicago
3 letters
2 from science faculty
1 from any faculty

Admissions 104W
Office of Medical Education
Pritzker School of Medicine
924 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637-5416

Finch University of Health Sciences
3 letters
2 from professors
1 from work experience or other
full name
AMCAS ID
Official letterhead
Author?s title and telephone number

FUHS/The Chicago Medical School
Office of Medical School Admissions
3333 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, IL 60064

Baylor
3 letters

Office of Admissions
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Room N104
Houston, TX 77030

Yale
3 letters
All 3 from professors
2 from science professors

Office of Admissions
Yale School of Medicine
367 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510

Case Western
2-5 letters
2 from research or science advisors

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue, Room T-308
Cleveland, OH 44106-4920

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director for Admissions
9500 Euclid Avenue - NA24
Cleveland, OH 44195

UNC
2-5 letters
2 from faculty
1 from your department

Committee on Admissions
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
121 MacNider Bldg., CB# 9500
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-9500

New Jersey Medical School
3 letters
all ?academic evaluations?

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey
675 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635

U. of Pittsburgh
3 letters
all from senior faculty
2 from science

University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
518 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PN 15261

 

[Overeducated]

(bump)

So anyway, I was doing a search and came across this useful (but old) thread. Hopefully most of this information is still valid for the 2006 application cycle. If there's a newer thread on this topic, I apologize, and someone point me to it please.