The Committee requires a minimum of three and a maximum of six faculty letters of recommendation. Although the final Committee Letter of Evaluation is not usually prepared until summer or fall after a student's junior year, the individual faculty letters can be submitted to the Committee on any date prior to this time. In asking individual faculty to write letters of recommendation, it is best to approach them early during a current course. This way they can watch progress and perhaps get to know the student better. Hopefully, this will give them more to write about than just performance in the classroom.
All medical schools prefer applicants that have some exposure to or work in a health care field.
Our committee strongly recomends that applicants gain this experience prior to making application through hospital volunteer work, EMT training, health care internship programs, or other such opportunities.