Many of the schools that I'm looking into require at least 1 letter of recommendation from a non-science professor. It's been 6+ years since I've taken a non-science class, so I definitely can't ask any professors from undergrad. I plan on taking statistics this summer as part of my DIY post-bacc and hopefully I can get a letter from that professor. If the professor refuses, are medical schools more lenient on non-trad applicants LOR requirements? Is there any chance that if I call them, they may allow me to substitute the non-science professor letter with another letter from a science professor or a letter from a supervisor at work?
Any Leniency in Letter of Recommendations for Non-Trads?
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Some schools will let you! You can just call and ask. If you ever did any work (research, TA, etc) for any non-science profs, they could remember you if you gave them all of your info and asked nicely, and you could use that at any schools that don't take a substitution.
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I've also heard of some schools allowing people to substitute an employer letter for the non science letter. Just a matter of checking around.
When I applied, I used a science professor I still worked with, an administrator from the chemistry department for my school, and my boss in my pharma job, who was a PhD. The school was fine with it, and in fact never mentioned it.
I had 1 science letter from my post-bac and 3 MDs from work/volunteer experiences I was doing while going through the whole process. I only applied to 3 schools (in-state), went on 2 interviews, nobody every mentioned anything about my letters not fitting the requirements.
