Tips on Writing Letters of Intent for Externships

[sw4gger]

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I tried combing through the threads here but didn't find anything solid on the topic. I know some programs don't put too much weight on these, but I want to make sure just in case. Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[GreatOMFSHope]

Straight to the point. No bull$*** or fluff. Just tell them why you want to extern at their program (usually includes "I heard through my classmates/faculty/internet message board that this was a solid program worth checking out"). Don't make this a personal statement. You can hurt yourself more than helping yourself with this one. Good luck.

 

[armorshell]

I'd stick with what they said. Make it short and sweet. Also, it's fairly likely that no one is going to read it anyway, so you can take that to heart.

 

[sw4gger]

Thanks guys. I'm making sure to secure the places that I'd like to go for externship.