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A few questions about this whole chair's letter thing....basically, I have 3 letters of recommendation already in and uploaded to eras from people who are not the chair of the department of pediatrics. Some (not all) of my programs have downloaded these letters. I'd like to submit a 4th letter from my research supervisor, who has known me for a long time, but haven't assigned her letter to any programs yet because she's been out of the country doing field research. I've known her a long time, and she said she'd do it for me. However, 3 programs I'm applying to require a letter from the chair of the dept or clerkship director. One of the letters that's already been downloaded is from the person who directed the clerkship last year, but she's no longer the director. I put her current title, which is assistant professor. My basic question is will her letter suffice for this requirement, since she was the clerkship director when i did the clerkship, or will programs not know who she is because I didn't put "former clerkship director" as her title? She mentioned she was clerkship director in her letter, but I'm worried programs will see that it's not in her title and not recognize that I've filled the requirement. Or, should I get a chair's letter just to put the question to rest? I don't think it'll be that strong a letter, since he doesn't even know me, and i'd rather them see my research letter. Thank you for all suggestions!!!
Oh, and also, I considered putting the "former clerkship director" in her title, but it wouldn't really fit, and 90 percent of the programs i'm applying to didn't require such a letter so I thought they'd think it odd that that's her title. Thanks again, guys!
Oh, and also, I considered putting the "former clerkship director" in her title, but it wouldn't really fit, and 90 percent of the programs i'm applying to didn't require such a letter so I thought they'd think it odd that that's her title. Thanks again, guys!