LOR advice

[EyeGuy15]

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What would be better?

3 strong LORs from Academic Ophtho from different institutions I rotated at
or 2 Strong Ophtho + 1 Strong Internal Medicine Letter????

Pros and Cons?

 

[Visionary]

What would be better?

3 strong LORs from Academic Ophtho from different institutions I rotated at
or 2 Strong Ophtho + 1 Strong Internal Medicine Letter????

Pros and Cons?

This has actually been covered quite a few times. If you do a thread search, you should be able to find your pros and cons.

 

[EyeGuy15]

Assuming they are ALL "strong" and the date the application is submitted is unchanged...essentially all else equal....is it better to show your "versatility" with a letter from another field or three form ophtho would be best?

 

[EyeMD116]

What would be better?

3 strong LORs from Academic Ophtho from different institutions I rotated at
or 2 Strong Ophtho + 1 Strong Internal Medicine Letter????

Pros and Cons?

I actually had the same question you did not too long ago. I was told by both the program director at my school, and another "big wig" Ophthalmologist that it is an absolute must to have one letter from a core rotation (e.g. Medicine, Surgery, Peds, etc). I had planned on having 3 Ophtho letters too; I used 2 Ophtho and 1 OB/GYN, and will send the third Ophtho as a supplemental. Hope this helps.

 

[azzarah]

I used 1 ophtho research, 1 ophtho academic, 1 internal medicine

Practically speaking, you want to send the best 3.