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Letters of Recommendation/Committee Letter
I am a sophomore hoping to apply to medical school starting a year from now (summer after junior year), to go straight into med school after graduation. You request that we have 4-6 letters of recommendation submitted to your office by April 13. I read that you forward all recommendations to medical schools. Do these 4-6 recommendations take the place of us having professors send letters directly along with our applications over the summer? Or do I need to ask professors to write two sets of recommendations? My brother informed me that medical schools only want 3 letters of recommendation. So how does HPA forward 4-6 to medical schools? Will admissions committees read them, or does someone assign priority to them?
Answer: Generally speaking, medical schools require at least 3 letters of recommendation. We collect up to 6 for each applicant in this office, and forward them along with our evaluative letter, which is based on your pre-application interview. The entire packet of material is referred to most often as your "committee letter." We forward these packets to medical schools for you in early August of the year you're applying (2008 for you). Your recommenders do not send letters directly to medical schools, nor should you ask them to do so. Al...