PCOM undergrad committee letter

[vimal98]

Hey guys,

I did my undergrad in India and I did Masters at UConn. I sent committee letter from UConn to every school I applied. Now PCOM wants recommendation letter from my undergrad school and not ready to substitute committee letter from UConn. I mean in India nobody ever think about going to medical school after graduating as a Chemical Engineer. And I am sure my advisor won't be too happy to give me recommendation letter for Medical school. Should I just request admission committee to give me exception from this requirement ? or I should just ask a letter from advisor anyway. I am not sure if that will be good though.

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[Nate]

I think that the best person to answer this question is someone at PCOM. Unless someone here on SDN has had an identical situation I would call PCOM and find out.

 

[docbill]

I was told that only undergrad can do this.

 

[vimal98]

I was told that only undergrad can do this.

Yeah I just called PCOM and the lady I talked told me that I can fax a letter asking to substitute my undergrad committee letter with grad committee letter. She wasn't sure if that will do it though.

 

[drnima]

What if you don't have an undergrad committee? Can you substitute a letter from a professor. It's really weird, I went to a major university (UCLA) and we didn't have a committee.

 

[vimal98]

What if you don't have an undergrad committee? Can you substitute a letter from a professor. It's really weird, I went to a major university (UCLA) and we didn't have a committee.

Yeah you can substitute a letter from academic advisor. Well my advisor would laugh if I tell him that I am applying for medical schools. I just faxed written statement to PCOM requesting to substitute that requirement with a letter from premed committee at UConn.

 

[drnima]

See, I don't even have an advisor. I sent them an e-mail today asking them what I should do. I have a bunch of LOR but they're all from professors.

 

[vimal98]

See, I don't even have an advisor. I sent them an e-mail today asking them what I should do. I have a bunch of LOR but they're all from professors.

Better to call them. It would be much faster. Moreover they will tell you to fax or mail a written statement about your situation addressing admission committee, I think.