3 Recommendation Letters from Sci. Professors?

[Catfish]

I have 3 letters from sci. professors, and that's all I have. Is it better to have a non-sci faculty letter? Most of the schools don't say they required non-sci letters, but I don't know if it's preferred over all sci. letter. I know Nova specifically requires a non-sci letter. What should I do? How about you guys? What kind of letters you have?

 

[Mayusea]

I would highly recommend a letter from some other source. Perhaps an old boss, a supervisor from a volunteering experience, a dentist, etc.
I had six letters:
2 from science professors
2 from oral surgeons I assisted for
1 from a dentist I shadowed
1 from the Health Professions Committee

 

[Dentist 2 be]

I have 3 letters from sci. professors, and that's all I have. Is it better to have a non-sci faculty letter? Most of the schools don't say they required non-sci letters, but I don't know if it's preferred over all sci. letter. I know Nova specifically requires a non-sci letter. What should I do? How about you guys? What kind of letters you have?

Most of the schools require that you have at least 3 science professors. I only sent additional professional recs to schools that required them. Also, my belief was that AADSAS will only process 3 recs so the additional ones must be sent directly to the dental school.

 

[ISU_Steve]

There are several schools that demand 2 from science professors and 1 from a non-science professor. Not to mention a dentist letter.

 

[Furious George]

I think most schools want 2 from Science Profs, and 1 from a Dentist regarding job shadowing/volunteering.

 

[festac]

Most of the schools require that you have at least 3 science professors. I only sent additional professional recs to schools that required them. Also, my belief was that AADSAS will only process 3 recs so the additional ones must be sent directly to the dental school.

Not true, they will process as many as you send them provided they get the LORs before you submit your application.

 

[Dentist 2 be]

Not true, they will process as many as you send them provided they get the LORs before you submit your application.

That's cool I didn't know that. I thought I read somewhere that they process only 3. I only had to send an extra one to one school last year so it wasn't that bad of a mistake.

 

[festac]

That's cool I didn't know that. I thought I read somewhere that they process only 3. I only had to send an extra one to one school last year so it was that bad of a mistake.

Yeah, I sent in 3 LORs from science professors and 1 from my previous supervisor and they all got processed.

 

[Catfish]

Thanks guys 😍
I think I'm getting another letter from the place I volunteer.

 

[ddsnp]

Is sending 6 letters over doing it?

1 from an advanced bio prof.
1 from a core bio class.
1 from an english class
1 from a research prof
1 from a dentist
1 from an orgo prof.

 

[ianwright]

Is sending 6 letters over doing it?

1 from an advanced bio prof.
1 from a core bio class.
1 from an english class
1 from a research prof
1 from a dentist
1 from an orgo prof.

does sound a bit desperate!

 

[ddsnp]

I just gathered that much over 4 years at my college. I wanted to be able to pick and choose. Now I just need to find out which ones would be the best....