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Letters of Evaluation FAQs
What are your policies regarding letters of recommendation?
All letters of evaluation must be submitted to AMCAS.
You are allowed up to six (6) letters of recommendation in support of your application. When considering the total number of
letters to submit, please note the following:
At least (2) letters should be from professors in the sciences with whom you have taken classes.
At least one (1) letter should be written by a professor who is not in the sciences.
We should receive letters from all of your research supervisors. This is true for both applicants to the MD/PhD program as well as applicants to the MD only track.
If you wish to supplement a premedical advisory committee evaluation packet with additional letters of recommendation, count the packet as one (1) letter towards the six letter maximum.
We do not require letters of recommendation from employers, but if you have been out of school and working it
is advisable to have a letter sent from your place of employment.
What happens if my letters of recommendation are received by AMCAS after the deadline?
Your materials will still be processed, but you will not receive any confirmation when your file becomes complete. While we make every effort to expedite letters received by AMCAS after the deadline, we cannot guarantee that they will be matched to your file by the time it is reviewed by the committee. We begin reviewing incomplete files shortly after our November 1st deadline and files are reviewed on the basis of the materials on hand at the time that they are presented to the Committee.
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