Getting into Medical School: Tips for Obtaining Optimal Letters of Recommendation

Getting into Medical School: Tips for Obtaining Optimal Letters of Recommendation

In part because of the failing economy, getting into medical school is becoming increasingly competitive. Top-notch candidates who used to target law or business school are turning their interest toward medicine, a more secure field. Consequently, more competitive candidates are now pursuing a medical career, making the submission of an excellent medical school application more important.

The American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS®) is a centralized application processing service for medical school applicants. AMCAS® accepts letters of recommendation (LOR) for participating medical schools, enabling institutions to receive letters electronically. It also allows the letter of recommendation writers to send their written materials to AMCAS® instead of to individual medical schools, saving time.

Some of the most useful AMCAS® advice I can offer includes ensuring that your letters of recommendation are optimal, as these evaluations are one of the most critical aspects of applying to medical school. One way to do this is to choose the right person to author your LOR. A wish list for an evaluator would be the following:

a)S/he is senior faculty with a weighty title who is well known in his/her field.

b)S/he has spent significant time with you.

c)S/he is an experienced letter-writer.

d)S/he has explicitly stated s/he will write you a strong LOR. It is important to directly ask any potential author, “Can you write me a very strong letter for medical school?”

Of course all of these qualifications are not possible for all letter writers. But the more of these you can garner the better. With regard to (a), admissions officers are human just like the rest of us: Receiving a LOR from an accomplished, known colleague will be weighed much more heavily than one from someone deemed less successful and unfamiliar. If you are better connected to someone without a title (for example, a teaching assistant), consider asking a more senior person who has a weightier title if s/he would consider writing a LOR with significant input from your closer contact.

To improve your medical school candidacy fully, consider working with a professional. Because applicants can unknowingly undermine their chances of success with poorly compiled application materials, a qualified, personalized medical school admissions consultant provides a great advantage.

Medical school consulting companies come in a variety of forms. Some are bigger businesses that focus on admissions to several types of graduate programs – not just medicine. Others are smaller and provide a medical focus, but have a pool of consultants of varying quality. Finally, elite companies offer both the medical focus and a highly experienced consultant who works one-on-one with clients. These professionals are ex-admissions officers from highly respected medical institutions. They have the inside knowledge of how medical school admissions work, providing individualized guidance to optimize applicants’ personal essays, AMCAS® and interview skills.

When choosing a medical school admissions consulting company, a candidate should verify the company’s references and research its consultants. Elite companies that offer both the medical focus and a highly experienced consultant who works one-on-one with clients offer a large advantage for pre-medical applicants, especially during these competitive times.

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18 Responses to “Getting into Medical School: Tips for Obtaining Optimal Letters of Recommendation”

  1. camaraderiejl2208 says:

    princessreinah yung song sa part ng wedding “what good is that without you ” by anna fegi.

  2. lykolicious says:

    it’s sad to think na wala na si ricky….sinu kya ipapalit nila kay ricky sa GIMIK 2010….???

  3. Ahmad says:

    Edited:

    Students under Foreigner's Quota need not to appear in the Admission test as long as the quota for their seat remains available.

    Pls write to the Principal Dhaka Medical College requesting him to send you the Application Forms for 'Foreign-Students' admission.

    Your Green Cards and such documents along with academic certificates are to be submitted at the time of filing the application.

    You need to pay Taka 100,000/- per year basis for enrollment in 2009-010 session.

    For the top 180 freshmen places in 2006 in whole Bangladesh, nearly 18000 (eighteen thousand) applicants sat for the medical college entrance examination.

    DMCH draws in students not only from the whole of Bangladesh, but from throughout South Asia with students hailing from as far away as Kashmir to Nepal and Bhutan.

    You may get more information about DMC from the following website:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Medical_College_and_Hospital

  4. Maria S says:

    Sadly there are no good medical schools (they are not colleges – these are graduate programs meaning you need a bachelors degree) on Coney Island. Isn't that in Brooklyn. Seriously consider leaving New York.

    Here are the top 10 research medical schools:
    1. Harvard University
    2. Johns Hopkins University
    3. Washington University in St. Louis
    4. Duke University
    5. University of Pennsylvania
    6. University of California San Francisco
    7. Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons
    8. Stanford University
    9. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
    10. Yale University

    An here is the top primary care medical schools:
    1. University of Washington
    2. Oregon Health & Science University
    3. University of California San Francisco
    4. Mich. State U. Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine
    5. University of Minnesota Duluth
    6. University of California San Diego
    7. University of New Mexico
    8. University of Wisconsin Madison
    9. University of Iowa (Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver)
    10. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    10. University of Rochester

  5. sarangge09 says:

    ano kya ang story plot ngaun eh wala na si ricky..byuda na si dianne at ang pinalit si eyebags???yaaaks…

  6. princessreinah says:

    anu po title nun last song.,un about friends>,:))pti un ibang songs n included.,please.,!!tnx alot s mkkasgot.,

  7. ji ji says:

    Professors typically select the books for their classes, so each class will have different books, so there is not a list. Find out what are the most popular books for M1 (First year med school) courses and look at those. Looking at Med school web sites may help, or may not.

  8. taylorsaurus! says:

    One of the best design schools around is College For Creative Studies – it feeds into some of the best design firms in the country! However, it is in Detroit, which is probably about a 30 minute drive from Ann Arbor.

  9. meljanclaude says:

    grabe si dianne din at ricky! iba talaga ang loveteams noong mga panahon na yun….so real and yet innocent di tulad ngaun puro kaartehan…at sa isang taga LA SALLE din bumagsak si juday…sosyal ng beauty nya..attracted ang mga taga la salle

  10. mrpogi91 says:

    may mp3 ba ng kanta ni gary at gina?

  11. sudeep_roy says:

    First of all i would like to give you best regards.
    I am really shocked on reading your question.
    A/T india times ranking AFMC stands 2nd after AIIMS.
    Recent news says that AFMC has collaborated with WHO.
    So one has no need to worry about the future.
    So AFMC no doubt is the best college for medical aspirants.
    """BEST OF LUCK FOR UR FUTURE"""

  12. nancy1636 says:

    There might be Gimik in 2010. When Mylene guested on Ruffa and Ai, she said, “Abangan nyo po yung muling pagsasama-sama ng isang barkada…” Camille Prats was also a guest, so she smiled and said, “Parang alam ko yan, kasi ako ang younger version nyan…” Also in an interview with WIll Devaughn sa Juicy, he said that he is currently working on Gimik 2010. Kaya parang meron talaga… It won’t be the same without Ricky though. :-( Kaya mag-watch out na lang tayo!

  13. jasme2007 says:

    magkakaroon ulit ng GIMIK 2010 starring judy ann santos, diether ocampo, g toengi, bojo molina and mylene dizon. married na silang lahat…hay naku ibig bang sabihin nun eh biyuda si dianne?

  14. tot16tot says:

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  15. gayathri m says:

    hi,i am in the same boat as yours.i too want to pursue medicine.i have applied for the all India entrance exam.but unfortunately for you the last date for sending in the application now is over.i have also applied for mahe institution,jipmer,cmc vellore and rite now am browsing for more.the best is of course aiims at Delhi.afmc,jipmer,cmc vellore,mmc at Delhi are also almost equal to it.get a move on and get the applications before the time runs out.you can also google and find out more about the colleges and since there is no entrance for us now it may be a little easy to get into T.N colleges.GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. JinJung says:

    This is a pretty accurate ranking of the top medical schools in the us:

    http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings

    Hope this helps.

  17. coolgal says:

    Check the CET brochure for the number of seats available in various colleges in Bangalore.
    http://kea.kar.nic.in/kea_brochure.htm

    If you get a rank 150, you can easily get into most of the med colleges in Bangalore. If you are a general merit student, then getting into BMC with rank 150 might be a little difficult. Anyways don't forget to attend 2nd round of counselling. For last year's medical cut-offs, download the cut-off list from KEA website:
    http://kea.kar.nic.in/medi_cutoff_2k7.pdf

    Well. I'm a first year student of BMC. My rank was 111 (general merit) and got into BMC in the second round.

    Anyways, best of luck :)

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