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UM Pre-Medical Sciences:

Letter of Recommendation Request

Name of Applicant:__________________________________________________________________

E-mail: __________________________________ Applying for: _____________________________

Dear Evaluator:

The Pre-Medical Sciences Program at the University of Montana appreciates your willingness to

evaluate this applicant for admission to a professional health care school. The letter of recommendation

you provide and information from several other evaluations will be used to help the Pre-Medical

Sciences Advising Committee prepare composite evaluation for the applicant that will be forwarded on

to the professional schools of the student’s choice. The student requesting this letter has waived

his/her right to examine your evaluation. Please use your evaluation to show advocacy for the student

as letters of recommendation are considered a critical part of most applications; if you feel you cannot

write a positive and supportive letter, please let the student know, so that they can find another letter

writer. While the specific timing of when your letter is needed depends on when this applicant is

submitting his/her application, it is most useful for our office to receive your letter by May 15. A copy

of your letter of recommendation will be included with the composite letter written by the University of

Montana Pre-Medical Sciences Program and may also be used in support of the applicant’s candidacy

for awards and fellowships for which he/she has been nominated or applied. Please notify our office if

you wish to restrict the use of your letter in anyway.

Please consider the following while preparing your evaluation:

Technical Details

• Use a generic salutation: To the Admissions Committee (do NOT address your letter to the Pre-

Medical Sciences Program: the student is applying to a professional school, not our program)

• Submit the letter signed (electronic signature okay) and on letterhead stationary

• Write at least two or three paragraphs

Letter Content

• Describe how long have you known the applicant and in what capacity

• Describe personal characteristics and skills of the applicant most important to admissions

committees

o Integrity and Ethics

o Social, Interpersonal, and Leadership Skills

o Reliability and Dependability

o Empathy

o Service Orientation

o Desire to Learn

o Critical Thinking Skills

o Resilience, Adaptability, and Maturity

• Use specific examples when possible

• State your level of endorsement of the applicant: without reservation, enthusiastically, etc.

Thank you for your commitment to assisting the Pre-Medical Sciences Program and your service to this

student.

Please return this form with your signed evaluation on letterhead

Letter Of Recommendation Request