Feeling discouraged about LOR requirements

[lexx0213]

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I chose a set of 12 schools and it seems like most have different requirements what the LORs should be written by. AADSAS has only 4 slots and I was thinking of 2 sci professors (cell biology and cell biology lab - both are two different courses taught by diff profs) and 1 non-sci professor (english writing or psychology) and 1 employer/ academic advisor (i worked in an academic advising office and my manager is my advisor). I can get a LOR from my dentist whom I shadowed or from a dental clinic that I volunteered at but it would be written by a volunteer coordinator not a dentist). My question is did anyone apply to schools that didn't have LORs that those schools required? Is it even worth the money to try applying to a school that I don't have LORs for? Did anyone get accepted by a school that didn't submit LORs that the school required? Thanks!

 

[smurf528]

I applying for the 2010 cycle so I don't think I will be much help. I have a chem professor, a dentist, and hopefully a bio and physics professor for my LOR. I wanted to do two professors, a dentist, and a character reference but some schools I applied to won't allow that. I did email Columbia about their LOR requirement (at least 3 Science professors and a Dentist). The response was "PLEASE DO NOT MAKE SUBSTIITUTIONS." So if I were you I would just call or email them. Most likely it will be a no.

 

[lazybummy]

I applying for the 2010 cycle so I don't think I will be much help. I have a chem professor, a dentist, and hopefully a bio and physics professor for my LOR. I wanted to do two professors, a dentist, and a character reference but some schools I applied to won't allow that. I did email Columbia about their LOR requirement (at least 3 Science professors and a Dentist). The response was "PLEASE DO NOT MAKE SUBSTIITUTIONS." So if I were you I would just call or email them. Most likely it will be a no.

Uh i noticed Columbia's website is a little outdated.. do they want a LOR from a dentist now too? I thought they just want 3 from science professors or 1 from prehealth committee.... then again the website was last updated in like 2004... 😵

 

[longhornpride]

FWIW

I have a letter from my chem prof, genetics lab prof, spanish prof, and the dentist i shadowed.

 

[smurf528]

Uh i noticed Columbia's website is a little outdated.. do they want a LOR from a dentist now too? I thought they just want 3 from science professors or 1 from prehealth committee.... then again the website was last updated in like 2004... 😵

Well, what I meant was that Columbia requires 3 science professors for their LOR requirements. I just added the dentist part because I was going to ask my dentist.

 

[Flossy13]

round 2 with ya lexx haha, but you can buy an official interfolio.com account for like $15 and store/send additional letters from there if you need it.. i used it to acquire the letters from like first semester that i didnt want to make wait aorund for 5 mos

 

[lexx0213]

round 2 with ya lexx haha, but you can buy an official interfolio.com account for like $15 and store/send additional letters from there if you need it.. i used it to acquire the letters from like first semester that i didnt want to make wait aorund for 5 mos

haha yea, i do have one of those interfolio accounts with the U...but i just assume that the dental schools prefer LORs sent via AADSAS.

 

[leoele]

I chose a set of 12 schools and it seems like most have different requirements what the LORs should be written by. AADSAS has only 4 slots and I was thinking of 2 sci professors (cell biology and cell biology lab - both are two different courses taught by diff profs) and 1 non-sci professor (english writing or psychology) and 1 employer/ academic advisor (i worked in an academic advising office and my manager is my advisor). I can get a LOR from my dentist whom I shadowed or from a dental clinic that I volunteered at but it would be written by a volunteer coordinator not a dentist). My question is did anyone apply to schools that didn't have LORs that those schools required? Is it even worth the money to try applying to a school that I don't have LORs for? Did anyone get accepted by a school that didn't submit LORs that the school required? Thanks!

I actually didn't even look at that when I applied. I used the committee option, and a dentist's letter with AADSAS. I also had a letter written by a chem professor, but as AADSAS only gave me two spots, I had the advising office at my school copy and mail to all the schools separately. The three letters were more than enough for me.