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Hello All!
Little background info: I am a 24-year-old currently taking pre-reqs at the University of Minnesota/Northwestern Health Science University. I attended Chapman University from 2008-2010, before transferring to and graduating from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Elementary Ed. I started Masters in Ed. program but discontinued to pursue career in medicine. Plan to take MCAT Spring 2016 and apply that June.
My question is: I have a very strong letter of recommendation from a professor at Chapman, but as I was an Education major there, she cannot really speak to my potential as a physician. She speaks to my ability as a student and character, among other things. It's an outstanding letter and I would love to include it in my application...but will it work? She was my professor in 2009 -- still remembers me, calling me one of the best students she's ever had. I plan to get science recs from my Organic Chem professor and likely my Microbiology professor, too.
As I will have taken the course with this professor ~7 years before applying to medical school, will this letter still be appropriate?
Little background info: I am a 24-year-old currently taking pre-reqs at the University of Minnesota/Northwestern Health Science University. I attended Chapman University from 2008-2010, before transferring to and graduating from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Elementary Ed. I started Masters in Ed. program but discontinued to pursue career in medicine. Plan to take MCAT Spring 2016 and apply that June.
My question is: I have a very strong letter of recommendation from a professor at Chapman, but as I was an Education major there, she cannot really speak to my potential as a physician. She speaks to my ability as a student and character, among other things. It's an outstanding letter and I would love to include it in my application...but will it work? She was my professor in 2009 -- still remembers me, calling me one of the best students she's ever had. I plan to get science recs from my Organic Chem professor and likely my Microbiology professor, too.
As I will have taken the course with this professor ~7 years before applying to medical school, will this letter still be appropriate?