Recommendation File Service - Premedicine Post-baccalaureate Certificate Program

All admitted students applying to professional or graduate schools in pursuit of careers in the health professions should set up a recommendation file through the School of Continuing Studies. Graduate programs preparing students for the health professions consider the letters of recommendation to be a significant component in the evaluation process. Care should be taken in deciding which potential recommenders will be able to provide the most thorough and insightful portrait of you.

Students initiate the process by contacting the recommenders directly. The recommenders will mail their recommendation letters to SCS, where they will be assembled into a recommendation packet. For more information, please see the section on how to arrange for letters of recommendation under SCS Recommendation File Service: Rules, Guidelines, and Procedures.

This service compiles letters of recommendation that have been solicited by SCS students only. Once students have applied to professional schools, a packet of letters will be sent out to those schools, upon student request. Recommendation packets consist of photocopies of the original recommendation letters, a verification of program completion and authenticity of the letters from the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate and Credit Professional Programs, as well as an explanation of the Premedicine Curriculum. The dean's letter explains that the curriculum matches the science curriculum at the school for full-time Northwestern University undergraduates and that the certificate is awarded by the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, which is responsible for maintaining the program's high quality standards. The fee for the service is $10 per recommendation packet mailed.

If you have any questions after reviewing the information, you may call Jamilee Polson at 312-503-3715.

Please review all of the following:

* SCS Recommendation File Service: Rules, Guidelines, and Procedures
* Guidelines for Selecting Recommenders
* Requesting to Mail your Packet to a School
* Forms

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