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Which Allopathic U.S. Medical Schools Prefer Committee Letters?

Which Allopathic U.S. Medical Schools Prefer Committee Letters?

Collecting letters of recommendation is a stressful part of the medical school application process. To make it easier for you to decide which letters to collect, I did the research! (You’re welcome.)

There is an exciting development this year—there are no longer any medical schools that require a pre-health committee letter of recommendation from your college campus. It is no longer necessary for you to participate in the often lengthy and stressful process that your pre-health advising office has to obtain a committee letter. Woohoo for you! Finally, some good news!

What is a committee letter? you ask

A pre-health committee letter is a composite letter of recommendation typically written by a school’s pre-health advisors and sometimes one or more additional faculty members who oversee premed advising. It differs from a regular letter of recommendation which is written by a single writer of your choosing. As I mentioned above, there are no longer any medical schools that require a pre-health committee letter, only schools that prefer it but do accept individual letters as well (see table).

Schools that require a committee letter0
Schools that prefer a committee letter50
Schools that have no preference104
Total number of allopathic U.S. med schools154

Sixty-eight percent of all allopathic medical schools located in the continental U.S. do not have a preference for the types of letters you submit. Thirty-two percent of schools prefer the committee letter, but do not require an explanation if you use individual letters.

Medical schools that prefer a pre-health committee letter

As of March 11, 2022, the medical schools that prefer the pre-health committee letter this application cycle include:

  • Albany
  • Albert Einstein
  • Central Michigan
  • Columbia
  • Cooper
  • Creighton
  • Drexel
  • Emory
  • Florida Atlantic
  • Geisinger
  • Harvard
  • Hofstra
  • Icahn
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Keck
  • Loma Linda
  • Louisiana State in Shreveport
  • Loyola University Chicago Stritch
  • Northwestern
  • NYU Grossman
  • Pennsylvania State
  • Perelman
  • Renaissance
  • Rush
  • Rutgers New Jersey
  • Sidney Kimmel
  • SUNY Downstate
  • SUNY Upstate
  • Texas A&M
  • Uniformed Services
  • Universidad Central del Caribe
  • University of Alabama
  • University of Arkansas
  • UC San Francisco
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Louisville
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Massachusetts
  • University of Miami
  • University of Missouri
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Rochester
  • University of South Alabama
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • University of Vermont
  • Wake Forest
  • Weill Cornell
  • Yale

*This data was taken from the MSAR in March 2022. Information can change, so check the schools’ web sites when you apply.

In my opinion, the pre-health committee letter simply serves as an additional hurdle for applicants to complete. It’s exciting to see that it is no longer required. I hope this information is helpful and will make the process of preparing to apply to medical school less stressful.

Check out our med school application packages for more info on how we can help make your entire application process less stressful while helping you get into medical school. Learn more here >>

Recommendation letter preferences according to school

School NamePrefer
Committee Letter
No PreferenceLetter Packet Accepted
Albany Medical CollegeXX
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityXX
Baylor College of MedicineXX
Boston University School of MedicineXX
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina UniversityXX
California Northstate University College of MedicineXX
California University of Science and Medicine School of MedicineXX
Carle Illinois College of MedicineXX
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineXX
Central Michigan University College of MedicineXX
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic UniversityXX
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceXX
Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsXPreferred
Cooper Medical School of Rowan UniversityXX
Creighton University School of MedicineXX
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellXX
Drexel University College of MedicineXX
Duke University School of MedicineXX
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of MedicineXX
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolXX
Emory University School of MedicineXPreferred
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of MedicineXX
Florida State University College of MedicineXX
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac UniversityXX
Geisel School of Medicine at DartmouthXX
Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineXX
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesXX
Georgetown University School of MedicineXX
Hackensack Meridian School of MedicineXX
Harvard Medical SchoolXX
Howard University College of MedicineXX
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiXX
Indiana University School of MedicineXX
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloXX
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall UniversityXX
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineXX
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of MedicineXX
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaXX
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLVXX
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityXX
Loma Linda University School of MedicineXX
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New OrleansXX
Louisiana State University of Medicine in ShreveportXX
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineXX
Mayo Clinic Alix School of MedicineXX
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonXX
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityXX
Medical College of WisconsinXX
Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineXX
Meharry Medical CollegeXX
Mercer University School of MedicineXX
Michigan State University College of Human MedicineXX
Morehouse School of MedicineXX
New York Medical CollegeXX
New York University School of MedicineXX
Northeast Ohio Medical UniversityXX
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineXX
Nova Southeastern University College of Allopathic MedicineXX
NYU Grossman School of MedicineXX
Oakland University William Beaumont School of MedicineXX
Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public HealthXX
Oregon Health and Science University School of MedicineXX
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineXX
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaXPreferred
Ponce Health Sciences University School of MedicineXX
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook UniversityXPreferred
Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of VermontXX
Rush Medical College of Rush UniversityXX
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolXX
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolXX
Saint Louis University School of MedicineXX
San Juan Bautista School of MedicineXX
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityXX
Southern Illinois University School of MedicineXX
Stanford University School of Medicine*XX
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineXPreferred
State University of New York Upstate Medical UniversityXX
TCU and UNTHSC School of MedicineXX
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of MedicineXX
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of MedicineXX
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineXX
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineXX
The University of Toledo College of MedicineXX
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityXX
Tufts University School of MedicineXX
Tulane University School of MedicineXX
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineXX
Universidad Central del Caribe School of MedicineXX
University of Alabama School of MedicineXX
University of ArizonaXX
University of Arizona College of Medicine PhoenixXX
University of Arkansas College of MedicineXX
University of California, Davis, School of MedicineXX
University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineXX
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of MedicineXX
University of California, Riverside School of MedicineXX
University of California, San Diego School of MedicineX
University of California, San Francisco, School of MedicineXPreferred
University of Central Florida College of MedicineXX
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineXX
University of Cincinnati College of MedicineXX
University of Colorado School of MedicineXX
University of Connecticut School of MedicineXX
University of Florida College of MedicineXX
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineXX
University of Houston College of MedicineXX
University of Illinois College of MedicineXX
University of Iowa Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineXX
University of Kansas School of MedicineXX
University of Kentucky College of MedicineXX
University of Louisville School of MedicineXX
University of Maryland School of MedicineXPreferred
University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of MedicineXX
University of Miami School of MedicineXPreferred
University of Michigan Medical SchoolXX
University of Minnesota Medical SchoolXX
University of Mississippi School of MedicineXX
University of Missouri, Kansas CityXX
University of Missouri-Columbia School of MedicineXX
University of Nebraska College of MedicineXX
University of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineXX
University of New Mexico School of MedicineXX
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of MedicineXPreferred
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health SciencesXX
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineXX
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineXX
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineXX
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryX
University of South Alabama College of MedicineXPreferred
University of South Carolina School of MedicineXX
University of South Carolina School of Medicine GreenvilleXX
University of South Dakota, Sanford School of MedicineXX
University of South Florida College of Medicine Morsani College of MedicineXX
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineXX
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical SchoolXX
University of Texas Medical Branch School of MedicineXX
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of MedicineXPreferred
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolXX
University of Virginia School of MedicineXX
University of Washington School of MedicineXX
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthXX
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineXX
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineXX
Virginia Tech Carilion School of MedicineXX
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterXX
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of MedicineXX
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineXX
Wayne State University School of MedicineXX
Weill Cornell MedicineXX
West Virginia University School of MedicineXX
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of MedicineXX
Wright State University Boonshoft School of MedicineXX
Yale University School of MedicineXX
University of Utah School of Medicine**X

* If a committee letter is used it will not count towards total number of letters. 

** Does not accept committee letters.

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Alicia McNease Nimonkar worked for 5 years as the Student Advisor & Director at the UC Davis School of Medicine’s postbac program where she both evaluated applications and advised students applying successfully to med school and other health professional programs. She has served Accepted’s clients since 2012 with roughly a 90% success rate. She has a Master of Arts in Composition and Rhetoric as well as Literature. Want Alicia to help you get Accepted? Click here to get in touch!

Related Resources:

• Navigate the Med School Maze: 12 Tips from Start to Acceptance, a free guide
• Applying to Medical School Without a Committee Letter
• What Does an Excellent Medical School Letter of Recommendation Include?

Article by Alicia Nimonkar / Medical School Admissions / Albany Medical College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Baylor, Boston University Medical School, California Northstate University College of Medicine, California University of Science and Medicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University, Columbia Medical School, Drexel Medical School, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell Medical, Icahn SOM, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Med School Letters of Recommendation, New York Medical College, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, rutgers medical school, SKMC, Tulane School of Medicine, UM Miller SOM, UMMS, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell

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