Paranoid about letters of rec being negative

[77deuce]

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I have 5 letter writers (1 Committee and 4 profs). I know that the committee letter and 2 of my profs will give good letters. 2 of the other profs were kinda shady when we were talking about letters of rec.

Should I just not use the letters from the shady profs? The 3 good letters I have meet the requirements for most med schools that I will apply to.

Thanks

 

[Lucca]

ya dont use their letters, the risk of a bad letter is not even worth it

 

[77deuce]

OK, why do you have a committee letter and individual letters?

Which one should I use?

EDIT: To answer your question, my school's advising website says it's good to have both bc the requirements vary by school.

 

[UBLI-EINSTEIN]

I think when you have a committee letter, you basically don't need individual letters ever.

Which one should I use?

EDIT: To answer your question, my school's advising website says it's good to have both bc the requirements vary by school.

 

[77deuce]

I think when you have a committee letter, you basically don't need individual letters ever.

That makes my situation easy then 😀

 

[77deuce]

Is there such thing as a school that prefer individual letters instead committee letters ?

 

[ChymeofPassion]

My school requires 3 science and 2 outside LoR for their committee letter? Do they just make it all into one package or do they draw from the LoR's to write their commitee letter?

 

[coldspring]

I have 5 letter writers (1 Committee and 4 profs). I know that the committee letter and 2 of my profs will give good letters. 2 of the other profs were kinda shady when we were talking about letters of rec.

Should I just not use the letters from the shady profs? The 3 good letters I have meet the requirements for most med schools that I will apply to.

Thanks

Trust your instincts, and don't risk using a less-than-flattering lor.

 

[Lost in Translation]

My understanding is that unless the professor has a grudge against you, if a professor doesn't feel like they can write a positive LOR they won't do it. I've read that in most cases meh LORs neither add nor subtract from an application.

 

[gyngyn]

My understanding is that unless the professor has a grudge against you, if a professor doesn't feel like they can write a positive LOR they won't do it. I've read that in most cases meh LORs neither add nor subtract from an application.

Neutral letters hurt.