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Hey guys,
I am new here at SDN and am having some LOR issues. I transferred to a university from community college this past fall. Many of my professors from cc are no longer going to remember me almost a year later. I have taken only 3 different chemistry/biology professors during my junior year here at the university. Both biology professors that I have had this year pretty much refused to write me a letter because they said they did not know me well enough, even though I had a strong A's in their classes and attended office hours several times. I guess this is for the best since I do want strong letters, but that pretty much eliminates the possibility of getting a biology faculty LOR. I am getting an LOR from my organic chemistry professor. It should be a pretty strong letter since I took her for both semesters of organic chemistry and often received among the highest if not the highest grades out of 200 people in the class. I also regularly attend her review sessions and she seems to know me quite well. I also have a letter from my cc Economics professor who I took for two semesters. I think he liked me a good bit, as he was absolutely thrilled to write the letter- it only took him about 3 days to submit it. I have a letter from a Dentist that I shadowed for about 100 hours. Finally, I have applied for a pre-health committee interview in order to get a committee letter. The committee only requires 2 LOR's from any faculty members/a dentist, so I won't have an issue satisfying their requirements.
Having said all of that, I am worried about not having the 2 science faculty LORs that most schools seem to require. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I am new here at SDN and am having some LOR issues. I transferred to a university from community college this past fall. Many of my professors from cc are no longer going to remember me almost a year later. I have taken only 3 different chemistry/biology professors during my junior year here at the university. Both biology professors that I have had this year pretty much refused to write me a letter because they said they did not know me well enough, even though I had a strong A's in their classes and attended office hours several times. I guess this is for the best since I do want strong letters, but that pretty much eliminates the possibility of getting a biology faculty LOR. I am getting an LOR from my organic chemistry professor. It should be a pretty strong letter since I took her for both semesters of organic chemistry and often received among the highest if not the highest grades out of 200 people in the class. I also regularly attend her review sessions and she seems to know me quite well. I also have a letter from my cc Economics professor who I took for two semesters. I think he liked me a good bit, as he was absolutely thrilled to write the letter- it only took him about 3 days to submit it. I have a letter from a Dentist that I shadowed for about 100 hours. Finally, I have applied for a pre-health committee interview in order to get a committee letter. The committee only requires 2 LOR's from any faculty members/a dentist, so I won't have an issue satisfying their requirements.
Having said all of that, I am worried about not having the 2 science faculty LORs that most schools seem to require. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!