Questions about LOR.

[jnjose]

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Hello everybody

I will apply for Pathology this year. Now i have 3 letters.

1st is my current boss ( he is a residency/fellowship PD in Harvard/hospital, in surgery subspecialty, not pathology)

2nd is the chief of my department (also from Harvard/surgery subspecialty)

these two are waived mt rights to see them and already uploaded to myeras by themselves.

The 3rd is from a pathologist (associated prof in Harvard). this is a only letter from pathology. But i reviewed this letter and have this letter in my hand (not waived). but the letter looks very strong.

I am wondering if the 3 letters ( 2 waived/ 1 non waived ) is good enough even though the 3rd letter is not waived ? i am a little worrying about the non-waived letter.

Thanks a lot

 

[iniquus]

Why would you not waive a LOR...maybe a PD can chime in, but it probably now holds minimal value.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Honestly all of the LOR's tend to say that you're in the top 5% of anyone they have ever worked with, whether waived or not. I think the biggest problem is that you only have 1 pathology letter.

 

[jnjose]

Thanks for reply. My score is ok, I have a phd from a decent school and extensive researches including articles in a decent pathology journal.

At the beginning, I was not aware of how a waived letter is important. But now all of friends waived rights to see the letters, so this let me feel a little nervous and look for some opinion here.

Do you guys think that one pathologist + 2 surgeons are not a good combination for pathology ? Should I also let my Previous phd advisor (phd) write a letter? thanks again