# of LORS in a Composite Letter

[dmdluffy]

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I was curious if anyone knows if there is a limit of how many LORS we can use for our composite letter. Is it the same 3 science and 1 dental limit for submitting individual letters? Or can we use more letters than this?

Thanks!

 

[dr hutchison]

It would depend on the rules laid out by the committee that is writing the composite letter. For my school, it was 3-5 letters, although they stressed that you should only include a 5th one if it really adds something different. Some dental schools will allow you to submit a committee letter plus one supplemental letter (eg, from a dentist), but you need to check with each dental school for this.

 

[Philippines03j]

It would depend on the rules laid out by the committee that is writing the composite letter. For my school, it was 3-5 letters, although they stressed that you should only include a 5th one if it really adds something different. Some dental schools will allow you to submit a committee letter plus one supplemental letter (eg, from a dentist), but you need to check with each dental school for this.

+1 - same for my school. They don't want to read more than they have too + the schools are only going to read what they have to also. Remember they get hundreds to thousands of applications and times that by 3-5 letters an application!

 

[dantemac]

Our committee takes 5 letters to make a composite one. Contact your school's pre-health committee and ask them how many they want or need.

 

[dmdluffy]

My composite letter is being written by my advisor who is letting me submit however many as I wish. I was just curious the stance of AADSAS or the popular position of adcoms on the matter.