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what is considered to be a good LOR for character reference?

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  1. coralfangs

    coralfangs Senior Member

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    just wondering
     
    #1 coralfangs, Jul 23, 2006
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  2. jillibean

    jillibean Senior Member

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    A world renowned MD (preferably nobel laureate) saying you are in the top 5% of medical students they have known and they are confident that the obstacles of medical school and beyond are well within your stride.
     
    #2 jillibean, Jul 23, 2006
  3. coralfangs

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    hehe sorry, wasnt specific

    i meant character reference

    i have 2 from faculty members, 1 from a hospital chaplain for character reference
     
    #3 coralfangs, Jul 23, 2006
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    jackieMD2007 ***MVI***

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    Um...I don't know. Your volunteer coordinator? Your boss?

    What school wants a character reference? Isn't that part of the whole LOR situation anyway?? :confused:
     
    #4 jackieMD2007, Jul 23, 2006
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    BrownianMotion Einstein's Simple Diffusion

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    UF wants a personal character reference, guessin somethin like a friend or a roommate...
     
    #5 BrownianMotion, Jul 23, 2006
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    I was wondering about UF. Why do they need a letter from a peer?
     
    #6 tomorrowgirl99, Jul 23, 2006
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    i thought all ur non-academic lors are supposed to talk about ur characters?
     
    #7 coralfangs, Jul 23, 2006
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    If someone can't attest to your character, then they're probably not a good person to ask for a letter.
     
    #8 ADeadLois, Jul 23, 2006
  9. MiesVanDerMom

    MiesVanDerMom D.o. or Die

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    Jefferson has this program for people wanting to go into rural family practice in PA. i thought, great, that's my goal exactly. then I see the application requirements: three LOR from community leaders in my home county. WTF? OK, first of all, haven't lived there ina few years. Second of all, I wasn't connected with ANY "community leaders". Who is? I've got three prof LORs since i went to school there. bah. oh well...
     
    #9 MiesVanDerMom, Jul 23, 2006
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