MCG letter of recommendation, require 7 letters total?!

[walala]

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How my schools pre-med commitee works is I must submit 5 total letters of rec (3 professors, 2 pesonal), along with my verified AMCAS app, and personal statement. The committee looks at everything and then writes a composite letter and sends it to the school. They also send all 5 letters, along with the main commitee letter.

My school of choice is the Medical College of Georgia which states that three letters of recommendation include one from the Pre-Health Advisory committee from the undergraduate institution and two personal references are required.

WIll I have to submit ANOTHER two more recommendations, along with the 5 I submitteed for the pre-med committee?? Or will they get the commitee letter, along with the five other letters and the letter requirements already be met?

My pre-med advisor told me along with the pre-med committee letter, when I do my secondarys I'll be required to submit ANOTHER letter or two to fullfuill the requirement? Is this true?! Panic attack.

 

[Oso]

If your school sends the committee letter as well as the 5 original letters, then I think the requirement for two personal letters should be met. If you sent in two more, you'd have four personal letters, exceeding the requirement.

I'm not sure why your advisor told you you'd need to send in two more. My advice would be to ask another advisor as well as email the school (MCG) and ask if your committee letter + 5 original letters will meet all requirements. Good luck.

 

[areserine]

I would check with the school. I had this same concern yesterday with UF. UF wants the committee letter (which counts for the 3 academic) and it can also count for one of the "character", but not both. They accept and want a peer recommendation, which would have no place in my committee letter so it must be sent separately.

 

[Tuftee]

How my schools pre-med commitee works is I must submit 5 total letters of rec (3 professors, 2 pesonal), along with my verified AMCAS app, and personal statement. The committee looks at everything and then writes a composite letter and sends it to the school. They also send all 5 letters, along with the main commitee letter.

My school of choice is the Medical College of Georgia which states that three letters of recommendation include one from the Pre-Health Advisory committee from the undergraduate institution and two personal references are required.

WIll I have to submit ANOTHER two more recommendations, along with the 5 I submitteed for the pre-med committee?? Or will they get the commitee letter, along with the five other letters and the letter requirements already be met?

My pre-med advisor told me along with the pre-med committee letter, when I do my secondarys I'll be required to submit ANOTHER letter or two to fullfuill the requirement? Is this true?! Panic attack.

I applied and was accepted to MCG this cycle, and I just sent my letter packet. I am going to guess that you are at UGA?

 

[Thoroughbred_Med]

I applied and was accepted to MCG this cycle, and I just sent my letter packet. I am going to guess that you are at UGA?

No. I'm going to guess he's at Georgia state .... Where I am 🙂

 

[walala]

No. I'm going to guess he's at Georgia state .... Where I am 🙂

State in the house. So just have them send 2 more letters that were used in the pre-med commitee letter?

 

[Thoroughbred_Med]

State in the house. So just have them send 2 more letters that were used in the pre-med commitee letter?

Yes. But see if MCG already received all 5 letters through our premed packet. If they ask for another letter in their secondary (they won't) I guess you'll have to find another recommender!

 

[familyaerospace]

I've applied to MCG every year for the past three years and was waitlisted the past two.

This is what it says on the secondary for MCG this past year.

"Students must submit a minimum of 3 letters before being considered for an interview (Pre-Health Advisor Letter and two Personal letters). Listing three specific names is required."

There is only enough space on the secondary to list three names. If the personal letters are in your letter packet, you still have to put the specific names down.

EDIT to add, the bolding is theirs not mine.