Letters of Recommendation

When submitting your application to medical school you will also need to provide schools with letters of recommendation (LOR). These letters allow the schools to see you from the minds of those that mentored you.

It is your responsibility to make sure you get the best LORs as possible. Here are a few tips for letters of recommendation:

Make sure your letter writer knows you : It is obvious to a reader when a teacher or physician is asked to write an LOR for someone they don’t know well. Unfortunately, you may have to ask someone that doesn’t know you completely. Do your best to ask someone you are close to.

Getting the courage to ask someone to write a letter is the hardest part; however, more often than not people are flattered that you asked them. Go in confident and ask for that letter. You must be a decent student, and hopefully a decent person, to get this far. Asking for the letter really is one of the easiest steps of applying to medical school. Last of all, don’t forget to check up on those letters. You don’t want to get to application day to find that only half your letters have arrived.

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