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With 34,000+ applicants competing for PA school each cycle, generic recommendation letters will not cut it. This 2026 guide covers CASPA LOR requirements, who to ask, how to coach recommenders, thematic alignment strategy, and what to do when a letter falls flat.

ChatGPT can draft a recommendation letter in seconds, but it risks hallucinated credentials, policy violations at CASPA, AMCAS, and Common App, and emotionally flat prose that admissions readers increasingly recognize. This honest comparison breaks down when AI makes sense and when a professional, human-written letter from RecommendationLetters.pro is the safer choice.