My PI and science LOR are geared toward MD/PhDs, but I'm not applying to them...

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[ma2]

The best people to ask are adcoms... hmm @Goro im sorry to summon you but your wisdom is needed

 

[Goro]

It's a longish story, but basically: my PI thinks I'm wasting my time if I don't apply to MD/PhD programs. Last year, I said I was strongly considering it, but have since decided I do not want to do it. I communicated to my PI that I do not want to do an Md/PhD as clearly as I possibly could. He submitted his letter a couple days ago to Interfolio, and told me in his email "Good luck applying to MSTPs!" When I asked if he wrote it geared toward MSTPs, he said yes.

Then, my other science LOR (best friends with my PI) submitted his and basically said the same good luck thing... so then I emailed him too and asked if he wrote it for MD/PhDs, and he said my PI told him that I would be applying to MSTPs... In my requests for LORs, I specifically said, "I am applying to MD programs this upcoming cycle..." and explicitly told my PI that I would not be applying to MSTPs.

My question is: am I pigeonholed into MSTPs now? I can't even fathom requesting that they change their letters for me, especially the other science LOR because it took him four months to submit it. I'm scared to apply to regular MD programs and have them see these letters and think I didn't make up my mind, or that I'm too stupid to click "MD/PhD" on AMCAS.

I'm kind of panicking over it. I didn't expect my PI to do this to me. I suppose he's getting older and may have forgotten, but I don't know how much clearer I could've been when I said, "Hey PI, I'm applying to regular MD programs, I don't think an MD/PhD is the right fit for me."

First off, don't use the pI LOR.

Explain the situation to the other writers. It was unprofessional of them to listen to your PI in the first place