- 2 science letters
- 1 non-science letters
- 1 clinical letter
- For MD-PhD, the letters from Principal Investigators
- Additional letters might be needed based on how long you were out of school, your activities list, etc. Check with each school’s requirements.
For activities, it is a safe practice that unless it is a student organization without a faculty mentor, you should be able to ask for a letter from the faculty mentor (or supervisor) for each of the significant activity that you have on your AMCAS application. We will discuss the application in another section, but among the 15 slots for activities, you can designate up to 3 as your “most significant” activities.
Of course, there can be overlapping between the letters. For example:
- My PI wrote me a science + research (i.e., significant activity #1) letter
- My Math professor wrote me a science + teaching (i.e., significant activity #2) letter
- My supervisor at a clinical volunteer program wrote me a clinical + leadership (i.e., significant activity #3) letter