![]() This LOR would be really helpful to have as well. If you did not get shadowing experience, I am pretty sure you will be fine, but it sure gives you a leg up when you compare to other applicants. ![]() It’s nice to have a physician write you a letter because it lets the admin committee know that you understand a little bit about the role of a physician (and I say a little bit because there is always so much to learn about this profession). I shadowed three physicians during undergrad but only really connected with one. This LOR is not necessary like the first two, but it can truly help. Just choose any teacher that is non-science who you have a great connection with, and you should be good! In fact, I think I was more connected with my French professors than my science professors □. For me, it was not that hard to find a non-science one because I have a minor in French and just chose one of my French professors. Make sure you did well in the class and interacted with the professor. Some medical schools do not require this, but it does not hurt to have one. This can be any non-science teacher who can attest to your personality and work ethic as a student. In my case, I asked my general chemistry teacher and my biochemistry teacher. It would be best to also be from a class you did well in (for me it was a B or higher). I know with Covid it will make it difficult but Zoom office hours are not too terrible and you can still talk to your professors. It’s hard to write a letter for someone if you never had a conversation with them so to future applicants make sure you try to engage with your professors. For this, ask teachers who you regularly went to office hours for or interacted with. ![]() This is because medicine is a science and the committee want someone to talk about how well you did in the course and how engaged you were in it. Health- related or non-health related (I used my supervisor in the hospital lab I worked in and my boss as a Teacher’s Assistant)įor most if not all medical schools, it’s generally required to have letters from two science teachers. Principal Investigator for your Research. ![]() A Community Leader, A Student Organization Advisor, someone who can speak on your leadership.In the last post I mentioned that I would recommend having LORs from these types of people: Be on the lookout for posts about writing a personal statement and how to deal with secondary applications □.ĪMCAS can take three different letter types but I’m going to mention individual letters because that letter type is the one that I have used for my application and that I am most familiar with. There will be two parts: who to ask and how to ask, so read until the end. Hey everyone, I decided to do a post on letters of recommendations (LORs) because it is definitely needed. ![]()
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