Writing my own LOR

[Noway]

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OK, so basically I worked in a bio lab at my school and I wanted a LOR from my boss. He told me to send him a draft letter and he would then edit it and "make it a good one". I hate the idea of writing my own letter but I think this is the only one I will get one with my boss's signature on it. So I did some research on the online and came across this site: http://resume.monster.com/articles/recommendation/

does this seem like a reasonable outline to follow for a medschool LOR? I know the guy likes me and does want to help me get into med school, but I'm not sure he writes many letters. Anyways, let me know what you guys think about the above format and give me any suggestions you have....

 

[jkhamlin]

OK, so basically I worked in a bio lab at my school and I wanted a LOR from my boss. He told me to send him a draft letter and he would then edit it and "make it a good one". I hate the idea of writing my own letter but I think this is the only one I will get one with my boss's signature on it. So I did some research on the online and came across this site: http://resume.monster.com/articles/recommendation/

does this seem like a reasonable outline to follow for a medschool LOR? I know the guy likes me and does want to help me get into med school, but I'm not sure he writes many letters. Anyways, let me know what you guys think about the above format and give me any suggestions you have....

1. Go to the web site of each med school you are applying to.
2. Become familiar with their school.
3. Read the admissions page and become familiar with what they say they are looking for and find out the matriculant stats.
4. Read the LOR forms that they have for download to become familiar with what they want to know from the people recommending you.
5. Write a letter about how you fulfill those things as witnessed by the person writing the recommendation.

 

[FieldDoc]

Same thing happened to me. I did not feel comfortable doing this and I told the writer of my letter this. He was a jerk and said that if I didn't want to do this then he wasn't writing a letter. I played my cards and went to his boss. He wrote me a great letter and I didn't have to cross that moral line.

The original letter writer told me he was allowing me the chance to really evaluate myself. I told him that I had plenty of chances to do this on the seemingly billion of essays on all the applications.

Maybe you could just offer to give him an outline of your strengths and examples of them. That's what I did, but was told that it wasn't enough. Not trashing you, if you feel comfy writing your own then go for it. I just didn't, but I almost wish I had because it would have been a great letter 😉