Guest Chico Posted September 25, 2001 Report Share Posted September 25, 2001 Greetings, What are the elements of a good med school reference letter? Your input is much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Wong Posted September 26, 2001 Report Share Posted September 26, 2001 1) Written by someone who knows you well, *likes* you, and thinks that you would make an excellent doctor. 2) Written in good English, with a professional presentation. 3) Includes lots of personal examples/anecdotes/observations to back up statements. 4) Submitted on time, and to all locations. 5) Written by the most highly reputed person who satisfies the above 4 criteria. Also ensure that if a particular medical school asks for a letter from a specific type of person, (ie. a professor), that you actually get a professor to submit one of your letters. I'm sure there's more factors than the five above, but if you satisfied all five of them, I can't see how you can miss. Ian UBC, Med 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 I noted that OMSAS recommends having one non-academic/character referee.. would it work ok if I have a letter from my professor that includes info on my non-academic activities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aneliz Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 It doesn't really matter who you have write the references. If you have a prof that can also comment on your non-academic qualities, that is good! Shows that they really know you... I personally used the following people: 1. A prof that I had worked closely with over two years 2. A volunteer supervisor that I had been working with for three years 3. The manager from my summer job (same job for three years) I think that you should aim to show a different aspect of your life with each reference....if you have three different profs all commenting on your academic strengths and nobody that can talk about the rest of your life...that could be a problem....that said, go with Ian's criteria and you should be fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted May 8, 2003 Report Share Posted May 8, 2003 I agree with aneliz that it's what they write about, not who they are. I had three profs write my references, but they were all in positions to comment on non-academic stuff. It didn't seem to hurt me at U of T, and if I don't get in to the other schools which I am waiting to find out about, I am certain it won't be because I had profs write my letters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest piglatinlover12 Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 question do the referee have to write a letter with the omsas form I print out? i told two of them they did, and they did so willingly. the third one questioned me on this, and that's why I am asking? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kirsteen Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 Hi there, Yes, your reference writers are generally supposed to submit a letter to accompany the OMSAS forms. Cheers, Kirsteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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