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Hi, I am hoping someone can give me CCLCM-specific advice for my situation. (I hope this is the right place to post this question, too.)
I found Case Western/CCLCM's college track program very intriguing, as I'm interested in research, but didn't think I would be a good fit (not likely candidate) for an MD/Ph.D program.
I have a research MS but it's in environmental science (soil science, to be exact), earned in 1996 (obviously I'm non traditional). I have 5 years experience in that research field with a handful of publications; I not only did the MS but worked full time as a faculty research assistant. However, I changed careers and have not been in science for the past 12 years or so, not counting my recent jump back into pre-med endeavors.
My question is -- Is my research likely to be regarded as too old or too irrelevant, since I left that line of work in the late 1990s (and it was in soil science)?
I chose Case Western as one of my schools when submitting the AMCAS, thinking to try for the CCLCM program, but didn't realize I would need a research LOR until afterwards. I'm trying to decide whether I even have a shot at it. I'd have to get an LOR from one of my research mentors from 15 years ago, which I can do, but, I wonder how that will be regarded.
Would appreciate insight from someone with knowledge of the program there, if at all possible. Thanks so much!
I found Case Western/CCLCM's college track program very intriguing, as I'm interested in research, but didn't think I would be a good fit (not likely candidate) for an MD/Ph.D program.
I have a research MS but it's in environmental science (soil science, to be exact), earned in 1996 (obviously I'm non traditional). I have 5 years experience in that research field with a handful of publications; I not only did the MS but worked full time as a faculty research assistant. However, I changed careers and have not been in science for the past 12 years or so, not counting my recent jump back into pre-med endeavors.
My question is -- Is my research likely to be regarded as too old or too irrelevant, since I left that line of work in the late 1990s (and it was in soil science)?
I chose Case Western as one of my schools when submitting the AMCAS, thinking to try for the CCLCM program, but didn't realize I would need a research LOR until afterwards. I'm trying to decide whether I even have a shot at it. I'd have to get an LOR from one of my research mentors from 15 years ago, which I can do, but, I wonder how that will be regarded.
Would appreciate insight from someone with knowledge of the program there, if at all possible. Thanks so much!