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I'm applying next cycle and I need one more LoR from a non science professor. I'm taking a cool writing class next semester with a good teacher and I plan to get it from him. However, my premed committee wants the LoR by late April, and they can finish it by early June.
Then they take a break in the summer...
At September they start writing again. I can get a committee letter around early October.

Can I apply with individual letters and then promise to send the committee letter later?

Unrelated but talking with my premed advisor made me really upset. She was really arrogant and when I tried to explain I need the letter around summer she told me to take a gap year then. I can't even sleep thinking people like her exist out there. I left out a lot of details to not get doxxed, but she was a god damn b*tch.
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Were the requirements to receive a committee letter made available to students beforehand? If it was, then you are in this situation because of your own poor planning. As the saying goes: a lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on others' part. She has spelled out your options. Either apply in the summer with individual LORs, apply in early October with a committee letter, or wait until next summer to apply with a committee letter in hand. Do not expect medical schools to follow up on an "IOU" for the committee letter.

While it's unfortunate that you subjectively had a negative experience with your advisor, please do recognize that your post comes off as being entitled and immature. I hope that's not how you came off in your meeting with them as that may reflect negatively on you when they write their evaluation. Best of luck.
 
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Were the requirements to receive a committee letter made available to students beforehand? If it was, then you are in this situation because of your own poor planning. As the saying goes: a lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on others' part. She has spelled out your options. Either apply in the summer with individual LORs, apply in early October with a committee letter, or wait until next summer to apply with a committee letter in hand. Do not expect medical schools to follow up on an "IOU" for the committee letter.

While it's unfortunate that you subjectively had a negative experience with your advisor, please do recognize that your post comes off as being entitled and immature. I hope that's not how you came off in your meeting with them as that may reflect negatively on you when they write their evaluation. Best of luck.
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Yea I shouldn't have ranted on sdn. Probably ruined this post no one wants to talk about my question now. It is indeed a sign of immaturity to not control my emotions when asking for help.
 
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over said:
Yea I shouldn't have ranted on sdn. Probably ruined this post no one wants to talk about my question now. It is indeed a sign of immaturity to not control my emotions when asking for help.
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Why are you saying that? Beyond the admonition, @Moko expertly answered your question. To recap -- no, schools won't wait for a committee letter if they have individual letters. If you want them to, don't submit individual letters. Also, your options were laid out by your advisor, and repeated by @Moko. What other talk about your questions are you looking for?

It is what it is. The committee is not going to work through the summer because you didn't line up letters ahead of time. You're probably actually better off this way, because lots of other people find their applications delayed by weeks because it takes forever for those letters to come in at some schools that do work throughout the summer. Then the question becomes whether to forget the committee letter and send individual LORs so your app can be marked complete without further delay. 😎
 
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KnightDoc said:
Why are you saying that? Beyond the admonition, @Moko expertly answered your question. To recap -- no, schools won't wait for a committee letter if they have individual letters. If you want them to, don't submit individual letters. Also, your options were laid out by your advisor, and repeated by @Moko. What other talk about your questions are you looking for?

It is what it is. The committee is not going to work through the summer because you didn't line up letters ahead of time. You're probably actually better off this way, because lots of other people find their applications delayed by weeks because it takes forever for those letters to come in at some schools that do work throughout the summer. Then the question becomes whether to forget the committee letter and send individual LORs so your app can be marked complete without further delay. 😎
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I had good reasons to be mad at my advisor for reasons I wont disclose. But I shouldn't be ranting on sdn. You guys are not my friends or therapist.

I knew it and still ranted. That results in this thread being ruined. Moko is right this shows immaturity.

Sorry but your advice isn't making sense. I need more letter from an English teacher by April. The semester hasn't even ended yet. By the time it ends the committee is at the beach.
 
How do you know this cool writing class professor will you give you a good LOR without even taking a class? You don't have any other instructors to ask?
 
over said:
Yea I shouldn't have ranted on sdn. Probably ruined this post no one wants to talk about my question now. It is indeed a sign of immaturity to not control my emotions when asking for help.
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People will answer but after looking at your other posts I think @Moko ‘s impression of you being entitled and immature is spot on. I’m not sure if you realize that’s how you are coming off but between this thread and a few other posts of yours I think you need to reevaluate how you present yourself, at least in your written words. It would be counterproductive to not review your writing . Maybe this “cool writing class with a good teacher...” will help you figure it out.
Now before you tell me that isn’t what you asked (like you told someone in another thread) I’ll say if a school has a committee letter Med Schools expect it. It’s November before you apply. Your school has obviously laid out the groundwork for all of the premeds at your school to obtain the committee letter. Have you taken no other non science class in the last two years that you can ask the teacher for a LOR? This isn’t your advisor’s fault and I’m wondering if the reaction you elicited from her was because you asked for special handling of your letter. Of course I don’t know but schools have time lines for a reason.
@Moko told you schools won’t follow up on your need for a letter. You will just be marked incomplete and continue to fall further down the line/pile for evaluation and interviews. So you have some thinking to do about how to proceed and only you can make those decisions. But, IMO, the first thing you should do is go apologize to your advisor. It’s better to have a weak positive relationship with her than a strong negative relationship. Good luck as you move forward.
 
over said:
I had good reasons to be mad at my advisor for reasons I wont disclose. But I shouldn't be ranting on sdn. You guys are not my friends or therapist.

I knew it and still ranted. That results in this thread being ruined. Moko is right this shows immaturity.
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Get over it, SDN is for ranting and adcoms and other seniors are here to tell you that you are ranting or immature or entitled etc... 😎
 
over said:
I had good reasons to be mad at my advisor for reasons I wont disclose. But I shouldn't be ranting on sdn. You guys are not my friends or therapist.

I knew it and still ranted. That results in this thread being ruined. Moko is right this shows immaturity.
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If you do not want further replies, I believe there is a lock thread button. If not, this thread will go on as do others.
 
candbgirl said:
People will answer but after looking at your other posts I think @Moko ‘s impression of you being entitled and immature is spot on. I’m not sure if you realize that’s how you are coming off but between this thread and a few other posts of yours I think you need to reevaluate how you present yourself, at least in your written words. It would be counterproductive to not review your writing . Maybe this “cool writing class with a good teacher...” will help you figure it out.
Now before you tell me that isn’t what you asked (like you told someone in another thread) I’ll say if a school has a committee letter Med Schools expect it. It’s November before you apply. Your school has obviously laid out the groundwork for all of the premeds at your school to obtain the committee letter. Have you taken no other non science class in the last two years that you can ask the teacher for a LOR? This isn’t your advisor’s fault and I’m wondering if the reaction you elicited from her was because you asked for special handling of your letter. Of course I don’t know but schools have time lines for a reason.
@Moko told you schools won’t follow up on your need for a letter. You will just be marked incomplete and continue to fall further down the line/pile for evaluation and interviews. So you have some thinking to do about how to proceed and only you can make those decisions. But, IMO, the first thing you should do is go apologize to your advisor. It’s better to have a weak positive relationship with her than a strong negative relationship. Good luck as you move forward.
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Did you just assume I was rude to my advisor?
You are hostile please leave me alone.
 
ricetomed said:
If you do not want further replies, I believe there is a lock thread button. If not, this thread will go on as do others.
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Thank you. These people are just dog piling on me. Moko said what needs to be said and I agreed and they still keep pinging him repeating him. Jesus
 
over said:
Thank you. These people are just dog piling on me. Moko said what needs to be said and I agreed and they still keep pinging him repeating him. Jesus
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Again, you will get a lot more responses if you don't lock this thread.
 
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ricetomed said:
Again, you will get a lot more responses if you don't lock this thread.
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I reported this thread. On mobile in bed right now so I can't.
I deleted my thread words hours ago. Let it die please and stop being a bully lol
 
over said:
Did you just assume I was rude to my advisor?
You are hostile please leave me alone.
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TBH, @candbgirl is by far one of the most solid, knowledgeable, supportive posters here. Of course, no one on SDN knows exactly what happened between you and the gatekeeper for your committee letter, but, based on your reaction to anything here you don't like, and your advisor's reaction when you tried to explain why you need an exception to your school's time line, as described by you, @candbgirl's assumption doesn't seem like such a leap. 😎

P.S. All threads, not just this one, aren't just about the OP. Literally thousands of people can read it, now and in the future, and everyone can learn something from what everyone has to say.
 
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TBH, @candbgirl is by far one of the most solid, knowledgeable, supportive posters here. Of course, no one on SDN knows exactly what happened between you and the gatekeeper for your committee letter, but, based on your reaction to anything here you don't like, and your advisor's reaction when you tried to explain why you need an exception to your school's time line, as described by you, @candbgirl's assumption doesn't seem like such a leap. 😎
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Again, please leave me alone.
Ranting here was a mistake because this forum is highly critical. And I truly respect that. We are professional and I broke that atmosphere in my post.

Therefore I retracted my post. It's that simple and you guys are actively trying to keep this thread alive to antagonize me because you have some perception I'm some immature brat. And whether I'm not is not your problem at all.

Enjoy your evening.
 
over said:
Again, please leave me alone.
Ranting here was a mistake because this forum is highly critical. And I truly respect that. We are professional and I broke that atmosphere in my post.

Therefore I retracted my post. It's that simple and you guys are actively trying to keep this thread alive to antagonize me because you have some perception I'm some immature brat. And whether I'm not is not your problem at all.

Enjoy your evening.
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