<p>Hey guys, my pre med adviser is very strict and clearly has his favorites. He likes me but I don't like him. I just want to cut to the end he sits on two admissions boards one is my number one school I want to get into. Basically he will not let us apply to certain schools for what ever reason he has against it. I have a 3.5 gpa, research, shadowing, and an internship. So I would prefer not to transfer but I don't want to be limited.
Can my pre med adviser see which schools I apply to?
I want to be able to apply to the schools I want to apply to. </p>
<p>Any thoughts or advice is appreciated.</p>
<p>First of all, that sounds like a terrible situation - I really can’t stand it when advisers are so biased. However, I don’t think this is a good enough reason to transfer. Are you sure he’s on 2 admissions committees? That seems a little far-fetched to me.</p>
<p>As far what he can see: Nobody will know what schools you have applied to unless you tell them. After a certain date in February, schools that have accepted you will be able to see where else you’ve been accepted (so they can make an informed financial aid offer). Then after a certain date in April, every school you’ve applied to can see where you’ve been accepted (so they can make a decision to take you off a waitlist).</p>
<p>As a sidenote, some schools will ask you where else you’ve applied on an interview.</p>
<p>Yeah, something doesn’t add up here. Not sure why an UG pre-med adviser would be making admissions decisions at any med school, let alone two. If nothing else, there’s a significant conflict of interest. </p>
<p>Whatever the real situation is, the important point is that only you your list until way late in the game and even then the only reveal is between schools that have accepted you. There’s nothing that should impact you getting a committee letter or even a letter of rec from this one d-bag on a power trip. Why should he care where you get into med school? </p>
<p>Just so you’re clear, LOR’s are sent directly to AMCAS (someone more through the process can clarify is all letters have to go through AMCAS or if some schools still want individual letters sent directly to them). After they’ve been uploaded, you select which letters go to which schools (same thing happens with ERAS for residency/fellowship applications). So even if you were to get this adviser to write a letter for you (hopefully you actually have profs as your letter writers), he wouldn’t have any idea which schools you sent it to. </p>
<p>Bottom line, you’re fine, don’t transfer.</p>
<p>I agree that it would be ridiculous to transfer because of some d-bag on a power trip.</p>
<p>Is this advisor part of your school’s premed committee? If so, then you may have to tell him where you’re applying to if your school requires that information. For example, my school asked me where all I was applying; I had no reason to avoid telling them, so I just filled out the form without giving it a second thought. Unsure what your school does, but I’m sure you could find out pretty easily.</p>
<p>At my school, we used committee letters. The school suggested you get LORs from 3 profs (2 science, one other), but you could get more if you wanted. The LOR writers submitted letters to the committee. Once the letters were received, the committee interviewed the applicants. After the interview, the committee drafted a letter with a whole bunch of info (including snippets from other LORs) and then submitted their letter and all the other LORs as one packet. On the AMCAS, I indicated that I had a committee letter and gave them the name of the head of the committee. This generated a form that the committee head used as a cover letter for the packet. The packet was uploaded to my AMCAS (I wasn’t allowed to read it) and then transmitted to my schools.</p>
<p>As far as I know, other than me explicitly telling them, the committee had no clue where I actually decided to apply.</p>