MD/PhD Rec Letters

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ellobear2026

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If I am applying to some schools MD and some schools MD-PhD, how do I submit two different recommendations tailored for each from each professor (I asked each professor/letter writer to write two versions)?
 
If I am applying to some schools MD and some schools MD-PhD, how do I submit two different recommendations tailored for each from each professor (I asked each professor/letter writer to write two versions)?
For MD program, your letter writer will focus on the clinical side of medicine and address your merits as an aspiring "physician."

For MD-PhD program, your letter writer will focus on the research side and address your merits as an aspiring "physician-scientist."