Question about Committee Letters

[MDman87]

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Does the pre-med advisory committee send a single letter with the recommendations of all the committee members, or does each committee member send his/her own letter? Probably a single letter, but I just want to make sure. I ask because I'm curious whether any additional letters are necessary. I have shadowed several docs who have said they'd be willing to write LORs, and I'm working in a lab this summer; a letter from the PI might help.

So I guess my main question is - for those of you who have committees - how many (if any) additional LORs are you sending?

Thanks

 

[scattun]

Every school's committee is a little different. Mine wrote and sent a single letter from the committee, I think this is probably the norm. However, mine sent a letter packet, so in addition to their own, single rec, they also sent the 4 letters I had to submit to them. Using this system, I am only "sending" my review committee packet, but schools will receive five recommendations (the committee letter, and the 4 I had to submit to them).

 

[Tensyle]

Every school's committee is a little different. Mine wrote and sent a single letter from the committee, I think this is probably the norm. However, mine sent a letter packet, so in addition to their own, single rec, they also sent the 4 letters I had to submit to them. Using this system, I am only "sending" my review committee packet, but schools will receive five recommendations (the committee letter, and the 4 I had to submit to them).

My school was so big that they didnt go committee letters; we just had to submit our own letters from profs, which got sent to schools as a packet. But we get to choose which letters go to which schools.

 

[scattun]

My school was so big that they didnt go committee letters; we just had to submit our own letters from profs, which got sent to schools as a packet. But we get to choose which letters go to which schools.

To clarify, when I said it was the norm for committees to write a single letter, I meant, if your committee writes a letter at all, it is usually just one and not many from individual committee members. I wasn't referring to schools that don't write a committee letter, which is also pretty common.

 

[MDman87]

Thanks, guys. Anyone else? Should I send recommendations in addition to the committee's, or is it sufficient?

Also, what is the norm as far as number of LORs? 5?

 

[witness23]

Does the pre-med advisory committee send a single letter with the recommendations of all the committee members, or does each committee member send his/her own letter? Probably a single letter, but I just want to make sure. I ask because I'm curious whether any additional letters are necessary. I have shadowed several docs who have said they'd be willing to write LORs, and I'm working in a lab this summer; a letter from the PI might help.

So I guess my main question is - for those of you who have committees - how many (if any) additional LORs are you sending?

Thanks

we send ALL our letters to our committee and they attach it to their ONE letter and sends it to all schools free of charge.