It is important to make sure that the individuals or premedical advisory committee members submitting letters on your behalf know you well and are able to comment on your work ethic, interpersonal and communication skills, attention to detail, passion for medicine and compassion for your future patients.
While five 5 letters of recommendation are recommended, it is required that a minimum of two 2 letters come from science faculty who have taught you in a formal course: a Teaching Assistant is not considered faculty. Letters can originate from basic science faculty.
Science faculty includes but is not limited to: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Additional letters of recommendation can be non-science faculty letters or character letters from individuals who can speak of your abilities and attributes outside of an academic setting.
Character letters should not be from a family member, peer or a relative. Non-science faculty includes but is not limited to: Math, Psychology, English, Humanities, Anthropology, History, etc.
No further Letters of Recommendation are needed. A committee letter is sufficient. Do not send more than 3 letters! University of Tennessee College of Medicine A recommendation from the official pre-professional Advisory Committee where such a committee exists , or recommendation letters from three faculty members, is required.
Additional recommendations may be submitted, although, they should number no more than three 3. OR Three individual letters of evaluation. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas Three or more letters of recommendation, including letters from all research mentors.
University of Toledo College of Medicine A maximum of six 6 letters may be submitted. Premedical Advisory Committee, a letter packet, or individual letters from the college or university from which you will graduate or have recently graduated. Often letters are from three 3 faculty members with whom you have studied. Meaningful letters are typically from individuals who can address features of your personality, history, and motivation in addition to your academic accomplishments.
University of Utah School of Medicine Three 3 letters of recommendation are required, but up to four 4 will be accepted. Premedical committee letters will not be accepted. Individual letters included in a premedical letter packet can be submitted towards your four 4 letters of recommendation. University of Vermont College of Medicine We require a committee letter or a letter packet if your college or university provides it.
If your school does not have an advisor or committee, you must provide three letters as follows: - Two letters from professors in the sciences with whom you have taken classes, and - One additional letter from a non-science professor with whom you have taken a class.
You can provide up to six 6 letters in total. University of Virginia School of Medicine The School of Medicine prefers a premedical advisor evaluation, or if this service is not available, a minimum of two letters, preferably from science professors or the equivalent.
While there is no limit to the number of letters you may submit, it is better to have a few meaningful letters from individuals who know you well than to have a larger number of superficial letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation from people who know you well can give the committee a better understanding of who you are. Consider current employers, people at your volunteer or shadowing opportunities, teaching assistants, etc. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health One committee letter and one individual letter from a nonacademic source.
An individual letter refers to a letter authored by, or representing, a single letter writer. If there is already a nonacademic letter included in either a committee letter or a letter packet, there is no need to add a separate AMCAS letter request entry for the nonacademic letter.
Academic letters may be from faculty members in any discipline. In the past, admitted applicants have had letters written by employers, volunteer coordinators, individuals they shadowed, and community leaders, to give a few examples. Nonacademic letters should not be written by a family member or peer. Letters written by faculty supervisors in research labs can be considered either academic or nonacademic.
OR - Three individual letters of evaluation. UTHealth John P. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine A letter of evaluation or letter packet should be sent from your Premedical Committee. If your university does not have this committee, send three letters of evaluation.
Vanderbilt University supports the movement for letters to cover the AAMC Guidelines and encourages applicants to solicit letters from evaluators who can address competencies. If you have advanced degrees or at least one year of postgraduate full-time employment, it is advisable to ask your supervisor at work or a member of the graduate faculty to send a letter of recommendation.
It may or may not include a cover letter from your pre-health advisor or committee, but it does not include a committee evaluation. If you have taken time off between college and medical school, you should also send a letter of evaluation from a person who can comment about experiences during that period.
If there are special circumstances or potential concerns raised within your application ex: lower grades one semester, compelling reason for withdrawal from a class, minor institutional action , consider securing a letter that could validate or clarify the situation. At least one recommendation should come from a science or math faculty member.
Letters from a medical professional and a research mentor are strongly recommended. Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine If your premedical advising office provides a committee letter compiling feedback from multiple sources, this committee letter will meet the required letters of evaluation.
If you do not have access to a premedical advising office, three individual letters will meet the letter requirement. If recently in school, try to include at least one faculty member who has gotten to know you during the course of your studies. If you have been out of school for some years, consider an employment supervisor.
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Letters should come from three instructors at a college or university you attended who know you well enough to write on your behalf.
At least one should be from an individual who has taught you in the sciences. These recommenders should be asked to provide an in-depth evaluation of your accomplishments, skills, talents and character rather than mere recapitulations of your academic achievement or course grades. Letters may also come from research mentors. If you have had a particularly significant extracurricular or postgraduate experience, you may also invite mentors or supervisors from this experience to submit a letter of evaluation.
You are permitted to submit a letter prepared by a premedical advisor or committee, either in addition to individual letters, or as a substitute for them if this is the typical practice at your school.
Wayne State University School of Medicine Submit a statement from the pre-medical advisory committee at your college or university, or three letters of recommendation — with at least two from faculty members.
One letter must have been written within the past 12 months. If you are in a postbaccalaureate or graduate program, we strongly encourage you to submit at least one letter from your program.
If you are applying to the M. Weill Cornell Medical College If your college has a preprofessional advisory committee, you must either submit a letter from this committee or inform us in writing why you cannot obtain a committee letter. If your college does not have such a committee, we require two letters of evaluation from those who know you well and can discuss your capabilities, accomplishments and character.
A teacher, whether at the undergraduate or graduate level, should be one who has worked with you personally. If you have had substantial research, work, clinical or service experience, you should submit a letter from your supervisor in that experience.
Two of the letters are recommended to be from faculty members who have been the applicant's undergraduate or graduate instructors or mentors, or employment supervisors in the case of non-traditional applicants.
If students apply from a university that provides a composite letter from a premedical advisory program, the composite letter will be accepted in lieu of the two letters recommended from faculty.
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine We prefer to receive a letter of recommendation from the premedical advisory committee at your college or university. If your school does not have such a committee, you may substitute letters from three faculty members who had you in class, including at least two letters from science faculty.
For non-traditional applicants or anyone who cannot meet the letters of recommendation standards listed above, choose someone who you feel can best attest to your ability to meet the required competencies for medical school.
The minimum number of letters is three; the maximum number of letters is five. If your school does not have a Premedical Committee, you may submit at least three individual letters of recommendation. They may come from those who have taught you or worked with you in undergraduate or graduate school classes, in research settings, clinical settings, extracurricular or community service activities, professional settings, or other contexts.
It is helpful to have at least one of the letters from someone in the sciences, but this is not mandatory. What is important is that the letters provide information and support that will be informative and helpful to the Admissions Committee, supplementing the information that appears elsewhere in your application.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Telegram. Close Search for. Albany Medical College. For students attending schools that do not provide a committee letter service, between 2 to 4 individual letters of recommendation may be substituted.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Applicants who have attended a school at which there is no Pre-Professional Advisory Committee must have at least two letters of recommendation from faculty members who have taught the applicant in the classroom setting. Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
Three individual letters of recommendation from your premedical or research adviser, professors at the institution where you last studied, or other individuals of your choice.
Baylor College of Medicine. Health professions committee packets are acceptable from those institutions who offer this service. Boston University School of Medicine. California Northstate University College of Medicine. Applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation from the categories listed below: - 3 letters are required with a maximum of 6 letters.
California University of Science and Medicine. Central Michigan University College of Medicine. We require a minimum of three 3 letters of recommendation or a committee letter and allow a maximum of five 5 letters. Candidates must choose one of the following options to satisfy our letters of recommendation requirement: - Committee Letter 1 - Individual Letters 3 - Letter Packet Containing three individual letters No more than three individual letters, one committee letter, or one letter packet containing a maximum of three individual letters will be considered in evaluating your application.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. We require students to submit three to five letters of recommendation. We welcome letters of recommendation from individuals and premedical advisory groups Committee Letters with genuine knowledge of applicants and their capabilities, who can provide more than routine praise. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
Creighton University School of Medicine. A committee letter is preferred if available , but not required. Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine. We require a composite recommendation from your school's premedical committee or a packet containing a minimum of 3 individual letters from your school. We require 3 to 5 letters of recommendation and 2 letters must be from instructors. In selecting those from whom you will request letters, we recommend that they be faculty, supervisors, and others that know you well and know your strengths.
If your school does not have a Premedical Committee, or a considerable amount of time has passed since graduation, you may submit three individual letters of recommendation: - two letters from individual professors at least one in science.
Drexel University College of Medicine. Applicants whose college or university has a pre-medical advisory committee should send a pre-professional committee letter or a composite letter of recommendation, which should include science and non-science professors.
Duke University School of Medicine. Each applicant must submit a minimum of four 4 letters of recommendation; two of which must be from science faculty. Quillen College of Medicine. The Admissions Committee continues to recommend that you provide us with a pre-professional committee evaluation from your school if one is available to you, but we no longer require it.
Eastern Virginia Medical School. If your undergraduate or graduate school has a premedical advisory committee, we strongly urge you to have a letter sent by that committee. Emory University School of Medicine. Schmidt College of Medicine. The College of Medicine prefers to receive a committee letter through AMCAS authored by a pre-health committee or pre-health advisor which is a composite or summary evaluation of the applicant's readiness and personal suitability to study medicine.
HWCOM requires a minimum of three letters of recommendation: - two from science faculty biology, chemistry, physics, and math - one from any other faculty member who has taught the applicant. Florida State University College of Medicine. At least three and no more than five letters of recommendation are required. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. To complete their file, applicants are required to submit either: - A Pre-Health or Pre-Medical Committee Letter required if available to you OR - Three individuals letters, at least one of which must be from a science faculty member familiar with your academic work.
Georgetown University School of Medicine. Harvard Medical School. At least two 2 letters should be from professors in the sciences with whom they have taken classes.
Howard University College of Medicine. HUCM requires at least two letters of recommendation from science professions i. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. A committee letter or packet of letters is preferred. Indiana University School of Medicine.
Three letters of recommendation are required: - science - non-science - personal. Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville. Submit a letter of recommendation from each of the following: - High school school counselor or high school principal - High school teacher - Unrelated individual minister, employer, etc. Required is either a Pre-Health Committee Letter OR three letters of recommendation with at least one letter from a science professor.
Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University. Letters of Recommendation must be provided from a premedical committee or from three faculty members who have taught the applicant. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Tyson School of Medicine. Letters of recommendation should evaluate one or more of the following: - Collaborative teamwork skills - Communication skills - Creativity and resourcefulness - Critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Cultural humility - Demonstrated leadership potential - Integrity and moral standards - Intellectual curiosity - Passion for medicine and healthcare - Persistence and resilience - Reliability and accountability - Responsiveness to feedback - Self-awareness You can submit letters in one of two ways: 1.
Three to five letters will be accepted. LKSOM will consider letters of recommendation from a premedical committee, a packet from a school letter compilation service, or three 3 individual letters. Loma Linda University School of Medicine. If the pre-health professions advising office at the applicant's school provides a committee recommendation or a packet of recommendations, this committee recommendation or packet is required.
While not required, we strongly prefer a letter from your Pre-professional Advisory Committee or its equivalent. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine requires a minimum of three letters of recommendation or one composite letter from a premedical committee to supplement your application.
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. All applicants are required to submit at least three, current letters of recommendation through AMCAS. Medical College of Wisconsin.
You must submit undergraduate letters of recommendation unless you graduated with your undergraduate degree at least five years ago. At least three 3 letters of recommendation must be submitted on your behalf. Meharry Medical College School of Medicine. Those applicants who attend, or who have recently graduated from, an undergraduate institution or a post baccalaureate premedical program which offers a Health Professional Advisor or Advisory Committee should submit a letter from this person or committee; this letter should be sent to AMCAS.
Mercer University School of Medicine. The applicant must submit a minimum of three 3 letters of recommendation or one committee letter. The College of Human Medicine requires a minimum of three letters of evaluation and a maximum of five letters. Morehouse School of Medicine. New York Medical College. Pre-medical Advisory Committee Letter Requirement If Applicable An undergraduate committee packet is preferred and will fulfill the undergraduate letters of evaluation requirement.
We require a premedical committee appraisal letter preferred or two letters from professors who taught you in courses at least one in science. We accept a committee or composite letter of recommendation authored by the pre-health committee or pre-health advisor at your college or university to fulfill our letters of evaluation requirement. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine. Applicants are required to submit at least three, but no more than four letters of recommendation.
Applicants should submit a minimum of three letters of recommendation maximum of five. Letters from three college or university teaching faculty from any department. Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Ponce School of Medicine. Rush University, Rush Medical College. Option 1: One pre-medical committee packet preferred, if offered by your institution Option 2: One letter packet Option 3: Three individual letters with the following guidelines: Academic Letter: an individual who can critically evaluate your academic strengths and abilities, as well as your preparedness and suitability for a rigorous medical school curriculum.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. RWJMS requires three letters of recommendation or committee evaluation and allows up to 10 letters, the additional letters do not need to be from professors.
Saint Louis University School of Medicine. If your current college or university has a pre-medical or pre-professional recommendations committee, it must send us an evaluation.
San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. Three individual recommendations. We prefer to receive a recommendation from a preprofessional committee. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. There are two options: 1. Stanford University School of Medicine. A minimum of three and a maximum of six individual letters of recommendation is required. Current Undergraduate Students: Applicants must submit a letter of evaluation from the Health Professions Advisory Committee or the Pre-Health Advisor from their undergraduate institution.
A letter of evaluation from the applicant's premedical adviser is required. Applicants must submit at least three letters of recommendation. A minimum of three evaluations or a Health Professions Advisory packet are required. There are two options for required letters: Three individual letters two academic references from individuals who have taught you coursework for a grade , one of which should be from a science instructor, AND one personal non-academic reference employer, advisor, or other non-family individual OR One letter from the Pre-Medical Advisory Committee at your undergraduate school Some consideration may be given to applicants who have not done any academic work for three or more years.
A good letter of recommendation highlights your academic or professional achievements. A great letter gives the admissions committee at your dream medical school deeper insight into the person you are and the doctor you may become.
In most cases, schools request a minimum of three recommendations: two from science professors and one from a non-science professor or an extracurricular supervisor. Unless specifically instructed not to send additional letters , competitive applicants commonly send as many as six recommendations, including those from additional academic sources, clinical mentors, supervisors in extracurricular activities, and research sources.
Some schools request that you send your recommendations in the form of a pre-medical committee letter, which is either a letter written by the undergraduate pre- med committee specifically recommending you, or a letter that summarizes comments made by various committee members about you. If your school does not have a pre-medical committee or you are a non-traditional applicant not officially affiliated with a university , you will typically need to submit a minimum of three letters of recommendation from individual sources instead.
Professors are busy! You will want to ask for letters well in advance of deadlines. If you are applying as an undergraduate in college, start asking for letters in the winter of your junior year.
Current professors and doctors with whom you work or volunteer are your best choices. But former professors and doctors with whom you've worked in the past are fine, too.
Applicants should choose the letters of evaluation they believe will best support their application. Your materials will still be processed, but you will not receive any confirmation when your file becomes complete. We cannot guarantee that late letters will be included when your file is reviewed by the Committee. We begin reviewing incomplete files shortly after our final deadline, and files are reviewed on the basis of the materials on hand at the time they are presented to the Committee.
That means they will not read your letters until they receive:. Even for schools that screen before sending secondaries, they rarely read letters of rec to determine who gets a secondary. Whether you get a secondary is typically based on your GPA and MCAT as well as a read of the primary application, excluding letters of recommendation.
You want to give the letter writer at least two weeks and preferably more. It's not uncommon for a letter writer to take two to three months to write your letter. If you're applying in June, we recommend asking for letters no later than May 1. Letters of recommendation is one of three sections of the AMCAS that can be modified after you hit submit the others: your school list and your contact information. You just log back into your application and request additional letters.
It doesn't seem like it should be so intimidating to ask a professor for a letter of recommendation, but it is. Worries race through our minds:. While it can feel uncomfortable to ask for a letter of rec, remember that you're not the first person to ask this professor.
Professors are used to this process, and they've seen all manner of requests - rude, annoying, meek, bashful - they're expecting you and many of your classmates to request a letter. Second, you're not asking for much. Most letters of recommendation - even the good ones - follow a template, and letters take maybe 45 minutes to crank out.
You're asking for a solid favor, but it's not that much of a time commitment. First off, be sure to ask for the letter in person if possible. If that's not possible, try to arrange a phone call. Because you don't get to read the letter, you want to evaluate the enthusiasm of the letter writer to help determine how good this letter will be. The best clues are the non-verbal ones you can get only by asking for a letter in person. A lot of the students we work with go to huge research universities, where their smallest science class has 50 people in it.
In this environment it's on you, the student, to get to know your professors. Here are some tips from former students we've worked with about how to be proactive in getting to know their professors:. Some med schools require it. This past cycle, Boston University notified one of our students that one of her letters was not on official letterhead, so she had to contact the letter writer to re-submit the letter. It wasn't a huge deal, and no other schools she applied to notified her of the issue.
You should tell your letter writers to put the letters on letterhead, but it probably won't matter much if they don't. It happens every year to several of our students: they ask for a letter of recommendation, the professor says "yes," and he stops returning phone calls and emails. The students are stuck without a critical letter usually, it's a science professor who disappears. I'm a non-trad applicant who is applying 5 years out of college. Will it be looked down upon to not include letters written by science faculty?
If you've been out of school for five years, your professors are unlikely to remember you. It seems pointless to ask for those letters, since not only would those letters be average at best, but you're a completely different person. Surely medical schools will cut you some slack, yes?
Not really. If you've been out of the classroom for five years, medical schools want you to go back to school and take classes this is good advice for anyone who hasn't taken a science course in 3 years or more.
It doesn't matter where you take these classes as long as they are in-person, and these courses are the perfect opportunity to ask for an additional science letter. And remember, if you can't go back and get two letters of rec, see the words of wisdom at the top of this post: get the best set of letters you can.
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