HPAO Letters of Recommendation
The Health Professions Advising Office (HPAO) provides a centralized letter of recommendation service for CSULB students applying to professional schools.
Benefit to Students
HPAO's letter of recommendation service allows students to obtain original letters of recommendation from faculty and/or supervisors of relevant clinical, volunteer, community service, or work experience and have them kept on file until the student requests that they be sent to professional schools.
The intent is to streamline the application process by:
- Obtaining one letter from each recommender, which can then be photocopied and sent to multiple programs or uploading a letter packet (includes multiple letters) to a central application service (e.g. AMCAS or AADSAS).
- Allowing students to obtain letters in advance of the application (while the student is "fresh" in the recommender's mind)
- Ensuring that letters arrive together as a package, and
- Securing, if designated by the student, a confidential reference file. This service is available to CSULB students and alumni who are preparing to apply to health profession schools.
To open a file, print out HPAO forms( ) and drop off completed forms at Health Professions Advising Office.
Letter of Recommendation Forms
Asking for a Letter of Recommendation? Print out Writing and Submitting Letters of Recommendation () and give it to your recommender (e.g. faculty/supervisor) for guidance on how to compose a recommendation letter.
For instructions on how to process letters of recommendations on AMCAS, refer to this handout: Instructions for AMCAS ().
If you would like to request that letters in your file be sent to professional schools, print out the Letter of Recommendation Request Form (), fill it out and submit it to HPAO.
To request letters to be sent to allopathic and osteopathic schools or optometry programs using the Virtual Evals service, please use the Virtual Evals Request Form ()
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