Letters of Recommendation

You may have 3-6 individual letters of recommendation sent by email to aspremedcommittee@kent.edu. Give a completed and signed 'PMC Recommendation Letter Request Form' to each individual you are soliciting a letter. All letters should be addressed 'To The Admissions Committee' (not the Pre-Medicine Committee), signed and on letterhead paper.

You may elect not to have your letters included in the PMC review, but it is then your responsibility to request your letter writers to upload their letters individually directly to the application service.

Letter writers should be professional, non-related individuals who best know your attributes to become a medical doctor. It's strongly recommended that letters come from 1-2 science faculty (biology, chemistry, physics, or mathematics), 1-2 from allopathic and/or osteopathic physicians, and potentially an additional letter from a social science or humanities faculty, research mentor, employer, volunteer coordinator, coach, medical professional, etc.

As a benefit of participating in the Pre-Medicine Committee review process, you may elect to have your letters then uploaded to AMCAS (AAMC) and/or AACOMAS (AACOM) as a "Letter Packet." Please indicate in the Qualtrics application if you would like to have your letters uploaded. All letters must be received by the deadline to be uploaded as a packet.