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MEDICAL SCHOOL RECOMMENDATION LETTER INSTRUCTIONS
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STUDENTS)
Selecting your recommenders
Standard medical school applications have three to five letters of recommendation submitted,
though AMCAS will allow you to list up to ten.
Select three professors, or more, if requested by the school, to write a letter of recommendation
for you.
Students usually request evaluations from two science professors and one non-science professor.
o Students are strongly encouraged to receive one recommendation from a professor in a
department outside biology, chemistry, and physics.
o Students are strongly encouraged to receive a recommendation from professors for whom
they have lab assisted, conducted research, or interacted with in a setting outside of the
laboratory or classroom.
Students are also encouraged to receive a recommendation from an off-campus recommender if
you have formed a professional relationship with a clinician or summer research mentor. This
person should feel comfortable addressing your ability to become a successful practitioner.
Requesting letters of recommendations
Prior to leaving campus in May, select your recommenders and confirm that they will write a
letter for you.
You must provide AMCAS with the names and contact information for each recommender.
Recommenders may submit their letters to AMCAS after June 1, but the letter will not be
distributed to the medical school(s) by AMCAS until you have received a secondary application.
Etiquette when requesting a letter
o It is a privilege for students to ask their professors for letters of recommendation and
certain etiquette should be followed.
Meet with the professor in person to request a letter from them. E-mail is
unacceptable and impolite when requesting this service. You are asking someone
to take their time to comment on your ability to have a successful career in
medicine. Do not treat this request lightly.
If the professor agrees to write a letter for you, provide them as many of the
following materials electronically as possible, in a timely fashion.
Electronic materials
o Letter submission deadline
o List of the schools and their addresses (DO programs only)
o Extracurricular Information Form
o Résumé
o Unofficial transcript (download from my.gcc.edu)
o MCAT score (total, section breakdown, and writing score)
o AMCAS letter request form (MD programs only)
o AACOMAS ID number (DO programs only)
o Grove City College medical school recommender instructions
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