am I screewed???

[PUMA19KING]

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I went to state undergrad and received subpar grades in my pre-med courses. Upon graduation, I went to grad school for MS degree in science. During my grad program, my grades improved, but my research/experiment data did not progress too well. Long story short, when I was faced with the decision of either extending the 2 yr MSprogram to 3 yr just to see if the project can workout OR resigned the program with just a courses on the transcript...I chose the latter at the time, due to my financial situtation.

After taking MCAT past season I began to prepare for application package. I had no problem receiving recommendation letter from my UG health committee. However, I understand that if you went to grad school, you are required to submit a letter from either your program director or your lab advisor?. Unfortunately, neither of them agreed with my request and did not want to write me one.

If I just took the grad courses and resigned, am I still required to submit a letter from a grad program?
am I screewed here?

what can I DO?
🙁

 

[BlueFalcon]

Yes

 

[Amy B]

Yikes, that is a tough one. Do you think you could get by with a letter from a prof who taught one of your grad classes? I would try that and if the schools asks why you quit the program... tell them for financial and time reasons you could not continue and went ahead to pursue your medical education.

You will however need to address this problem in your essay in a short, get to the point paragraph.

Good luck!

 

[VentdependenT]

Time to forge a document! Seriously, AmyB made a good suggestion. Get one of your grad school profs to write you a letter. Too bad those folks wouldn't help you out.