Undecided, Asking for Letters of Rec

[sierranevadas]

I am currently in my last year of undergrad and I am undecided on whether I want to go into nursing or medicine. However, I still want to ask for letters of rec from my professors soon, while I still am in school and have direct contact with them. Since I wouldn't apply until the 2018 cycle, how should I keep my letters of rec for that long and how can I frame asking my professors to write a letter that is good for both nursing or medicine? Is it feasible to ask them to write a general letter and edit it later once I know which one I have decided?

Thanks!

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[prehealthadvisor55]

You shouldn't ever have the letters. When you apply you'll enter their info into the application which will generate a letter request sent to them. They upload their letter directly to the application system. You can ask them now, but they won't actually send it until you're ready to apply.

 

[CowboyNiceguy]

You can use interfolio to store the letters for you, without you seeing them, and then they send them to AMCAS or schools. They have a small annual fee.

 

[LizzyM]

Have a sit-down with the professors you are asking or put the details in an email. Say that while you are still undecided as to a precise pathway, you are interested in a career in health care and will be advanced study in one of the health professions sometime down the road.

You can ask them to submit to interfolio and/or you can keep in touch with letters/emails every 6 months or so after graduation updating the professor on what you are doing and so forth and then ask for a letter in a year or two. I have seen letters such as these and they are good as the professor can reflect on how you were in class and how you have grown professionally over the years.