Multiple signatures on LORs

[cytotech27]

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I perused the old threads for topics about multiple signatures on LORs, but did not find any. I intend to get letters from Dr.'s, profs, prehealth com., but also I was thinking to ask the people at the lab I work at. They all know me very well and are proffesionals in the medical field. There are 8 people working here I could ask for letters individually, however that would put me over any normal amount of letters. I was going to ask for a "composite" type letter from them which I know would be fine for them.

The question, can you submit a LOR with multiple signatures, all attesting to your personal and intellectual greatness?? Has anyone done this? How would you think med schools look at this, pos. or neg.? Would it look some lame declaration of independence thing?

 

[Chrisobean]

why dont you just ask your supervisor, or maybe the person you work closely with and your supervisor? it would just seem a little redundant to have 8 people saying you are great 🙂 or maybe get one letter, and have those 2 people i said above sign it. i dont think a letter should have that many signatures.

im a lab tech and i work for a sr. scientist, so i got a letter from him, and also got one from the PI of my lab (my boss' supervisor). 2 indivdual letters. and i sent them as "extra" letters directly to the school, not thru the committee

edit: and both my boss and my PI saw each others letters before sending them, so they complemented each other rather than repeated each other. that is also key!

 

[cytotech27]

That's a good idea, bean. Did you ask your PI and boss to cross reference or did they do it on their own??

 

[ManchotPi]

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[Chrisobean]

Originally posted by cytotech27
That's a good idea, bean. Did you ask your PI and boss to cross reference or did they do it on their own??

it was their idea, that was actually the first thing my PI said to me when i asked him for the letter since he knew i would ask my boss first. he said, "i want to see the other letter before i write mine".

he thinks faster than I do. 🙂

my boss is a PhD as well, and I dont have too much interaction with my PI, but my PI is kinda famous so i figured having a letter from him wouldnt hurt. we collaborate with alot of labs all over NY so i was hoping that someone on an adcom would see my letter and say "hey i know that guy!" worth a shot right!

 

[JohnHolmes]

Originally posted by cytotech27


The question, can you submit a LOR with multiple signatures, all attesting to your personal and intellectual greatness?? Has anyone done this? How would you think med schools look at this, pos. or neg.? Would it look some lame declaration of independence thing?

Write your own recommendation and have everyone you know sign it. In fact, turn it into a petition. Generally, if you stand outside grocery stores you can collect enough signatures to send the LOR to the House of Delegates for your state to be put on the ballot as an initiative. Ulimitately whether or not the voters of your state approve of your LOR in a March special election determines its success.

Best of Luck at the Polls,

Coops

 

[CalBeE]

Multiple-signature LORs are not necessarily better than single-signature ones. If someone sees a letter cosigned by a grad student (TA) and a professor, it may give the feeling that the professor didn't know the applicant too well and the grad student wrote the letter.

On the other hand, if the LOR was signed by a couple big guys (famous PI) because you worked in a project collaborated by all of them, the credibility of the letter will probably increase.

 

[Supadupafly]

Have the person who knows you best write the letter, then have the PI countersign it. That way you'll get a highly personal recommendation signed by an accomplished academic.

 

[capostat]

glad i found this thread. This is what I wanted to know about... I have 2 PIs, and clinical research manager, and my 3 colleagues that I would like to divide into a max of 2 letters....

 

[TooMuchResearch]

glad i found this thread. This is what I wanted to know about... I have 2 PIs, and clinical research manager, and my 3 colleagues that I would like to divide into a max of 2 letters....

It's good that you found what you needed; however, I must ask: If you do not have an additional question, then why did you resurrect a five year old thread?

 

[capostat]

It's good that you found what you needed; however, I must ask: If you do not have an additional question, then why did you resurrect a five year old thread?

that is a good question.

how bout it might help someone who's in a predicament on a way to consolidate multiple references? that issue isnt discussed much compared to the ones about how many letters one needs, how/who to ask, etc...

👍

i probably otherwise would have made a new topic asking the same question to generate discussion.

 

[BlueElmo]

How do you actually find such old threads?!😕

 

[capostat]

^ I didnt really find it. It found me.

I was typing my thread title, and there it appeared in the matched topics box above. nice feature for message boards...