![]() ![]() Others’ descriptions of you and their belief in you are very important parts of your application, so you should do everything you can to ensure that they are strong. Here’s a link to the AACOMAS site for other technical details. ![]() If your recommender is not familiar with or confident about writing a letter for a medical school applicant, feel free to share this useful link: Letter of Recommendation for Medical School: 9 Tips for Recommenders Again, provide all relevant material, not the whole kitchen sink, in an organized manner, including your goals and plans. Provide the due date to the letter writer, and then follow up about a week before the deadline to ask if they have questions. I recommend asking for a letter at least a month before you need the letter, if not more. Many professors become very busy at the end of the semester, and many doctors’ time is stretched quite thin. Writing a good recommendation letter takes time. If there’s a specific highlight that you feel would best be stated by this recommender, or if there’s a specific weak spot or hardship in your application that would best be addressed by your recommender to support you, by all means ask them to mention this and explain how you’ve overcome, learned how to accommodate, or (if a non-traditional applicant) how taking a slower path to medical school is an asset in your case. If you’ve built upon the learning you experienced with this recommender, let them know what you’ve done since, relevant to the experience you had together. If it’s been a while since you’ve worked together, provide brief, written highlights of your experiences. For example, if you wrote an essay for a college class and received an A, provide the instructor a copy to remind them what you wrote. I also suggest that clients remind their recommenders about some details that should be in the letter. When you ask someone for a recommendation, you should provide a resume as well as a draft of your personal statement, if you have one. (The recommender may have examples in mind, but you might want to remind them, help them recollect, and it is best to do this in writing.) Rather than asking your recommender to say that you are “kind” or “punctual,” give the recommender some examples of how you have displayed these traits.
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