CAAPID Recommendations

[svarp]

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What is a better recommendation for CAAPID application? A Professor from a dental school I studied around six years back or a US Community Dental Clinic I volunteered at? Any suggestions?

 

[oralcare123]

Ideal combination would be
- The dean of your school
- The instructor/professor
- The US Dentist

 

[svarp]

Thanks @oralcare123. I have the dean and the US dentist letter. For the third letter, I am thinking of another US Dental Health Clinic I volunteered at. But not sure.

 

[svarp]

Actually, it is a volunteer-based organization where I am volunteering as a dental assistant for last one year and have done more than 100 hours of service with them. I have assisted many other volunteer dentists at their dental clinic and the Oral Health Manager who is also an RDH has agreed to give me a recommendation letter for the school. Would that make a good recommendation apart from my dean and the US dentist? I am worried because I graduated from dental school six years back and the professor may not remember me well to write a letter. Hence this alternative. Suggestions?

 

[oralcare123]

Actually, it is a volunteer-based organization where I am volunteering as a dental assistant for last one year and have done more than 100 hours of service with them. I have assisted many other volunteer dentists at their dental clinic and the Oral Health Manager who is also an RDH has agreed to give me a recommendation letter for the school. Would that make a good recommendation apart from my dean and the US dentist? I am worried because I graduated from dental school six years back and the professor may not remember me well to write a letter. Hence this alternative. Suggestions?

It is fine unless the school is adamant on getting a letter from a former instructor. I know UCLA is very particular. At the same time you can just use whatever you are able to get ahold of and explain in the application

 

[svarp]

Thanks @oralcare123. Will do that.