LOR Question

[bishoy20]

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I am still working on Letters of recommendation, However, I wonder if letters from a physics professor or a math professor are as strong as letters from biology professors. Also, How valuable is a committee letter against individual letters,,,,thanks for reponses

 

[Kahr]

A letter from a physics professor would likely be as valuable as a letter from a biology or chemistry professor, I tend to think this because it's part of the BCP, the big three. I had a strong letter from a physics professor myself.

I'm not so sure a letter from a mathematics professor would be counted quite the same, in terms of the requirement that a letter often be from a hard science/BCP professor/dept. And even if someone has some anecdotal evidence to the contrary, I wouldn't rely on it across the board as fact.

A committee letter is no stronger than individual letters; besides some schools do not even have a committee to provide such a service for their applicants.

 

[sacapuntas]

A letter from a physics professor would likely be as valuable as a letter from a biology or chemistry professor, I tend to think this because it's part of the BCP, the big three. I had a strong letter from a physics professor myself.

I'm not so sure a letter from a mathematics professor would be counted quite the same, in terms of the requirement that a letter often be from a hard science/BCP professor/dept. And even if someone has some anecdotal evidence to the contrary, I wouldn't rely on it across the board as fact.

A committee letter is no stronger than individual letters; besides some schools do not even have a committee to provide such a service for their applicants.

I am not sure this is the case. I am waiting on a committee letter and I have asked all the schools I applied to if it would be better for me to submit individual LORs and not wait any longer. Most all the schools suggested I continue to wait as they really do prefer the committee LOR.

 

[doc toothache]

I am still working on Letters of recommendation, However, I wonder if letters from a physics professor or a math professor are as strong as letters from biology professors. Also, How valuable is a committee letter against individual letters,,,,thanks for reponses

Math and physics profs would be great if there was a substantial amount of the material in the pre clinical courses.

 

[Kahr]

I am not sure this is the case. I am waiting on a committee letter and I have asked all the schools I applied to if it would be better for me to submit individual LORs and not wait any longer. Most all the schools suggested I continue to wait as they really do prefer the committee LOR.

It's true that many say they have a preference for a committee letter when available, I can't argue there. I just find it hard to believe one will make you a better applicant than the other. Even given what they told you, how long would you be willing to wait?

 

[jeffity]

I had a physics letter and I know it was generic. It was there to fulfill a requirement. I doubt it offered anything else to myapplication. Doesn't a committee preference by schools serve as a convenience to them? I always assumed that was part of it.

I didn't have a committee option. I did have a composite letter service option my school offered. That allowed for more than 4 letters, collecting them early, having them on file for future use, and proof read for major errors (wrong name, etc). I feel for those who are stuck waiting on committee for months.

 

[durden]

I think a committee letter is just less for them to read, hence the preference. One letter compared to four for each student.

 

[sacapuntas]

It's true that many say they have a preference for a committee letter when available, I can't argue there. I just find it hard to believe one will make you a better applicant than the other. Even given what they told you, how long would you be willing to wait?

I have no idea how much longer I can wait, I am going nuts lol.

In hindsight I would have rather used interfolio and had all my letters in by the 2nd week. If it gets too much into August that I am waiting for my committee letter I may have some type of meltdown😉

 

[Kahr]

I have no idea how much longer I can wait, I am going nuts lol.

In hindsight I would have rather used interfolio and had all my letters in by the 2nd week. If it gets too much into August that I am waiting for my committee letter I may have some type of meltdown😉

I had issues with waiting on LORs myself, you have my empathy.

 

[bishoy20]

I am trying to get a committee letter now, The chair of the letter is my genetics professor and I am expecting my cell Biology and Microbiology professors to join him in the letter especially that they work together on a research project as a team. Also, I am expecting the genetics professor to write a decent letter because I served as his professorial assistant for one semester for a letter grade and he gave me A

 

[bishoy20]

In the instructions for the Evaluators, it says that there are three basic formats for the committee letter;

1- Committee letter with supporting letters attached
2- Committee letter that is composed and uses quotes from various evaluators but does not have supporting letters attached
3- Composite letter, which usually consists of a cover letter from an advising office and a collection of individual evaluation letters that are attached

I don't know which one is better but most likely I am going with the first format but what is the maximum # of supporting letters can I add and does a cover letter for that format is needed. If you have any details about the first format pls let me know

 

[bola18]

I go with choice # 1 because it looks better to Ad committees, And yes u can add as many supporting letters as you want because it does't mention a maximum #