Has COVID-19 impacted LOR requirements?

We expect that LOR and committee letters will be provided for applicants. We expect that applicants will provide committee letters when this is available to them. As before, we will accept individual letters when premed committee letters are not available from the applicant’s institution.

A composite premed committee letter is expected when a committee letter is available to you from your undergraduate institution.  Applicants who do not submit a committee letter should explain in our secondary application why a committee letter was not provided. Additional letters (see below) can be submitted.

If a pre-med committee letter is not available at your institution, please submit letters from:

  • Two biology, chemistry, biochemistry or physics professors. These individuals should know you well enough to comment on your personal attributes.
  • Additional letters may be written by mentors, advisors and supervisors from academic, research, employment, volunteer and service opportunities.