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I graduated May 2008 and here are the people I am considering getting my recs from. I was wondering if I should proceed by requesting a letter from all of the people I am considering and send them accordingly based on the school I am applying to. Here are my choices:
1. adviser #1- knows me extremely well and was my main adviser for my senior thesis, has also been my professor in medical anthropology classes- I feel she would write me a raving rec. and she is a definite
2. adviser#2- knows me extremely well and was my second adviser for my thesis, I have taken a class with him and he is a definite as well since he has known me well since 2nd yr
3. organic chem professor- I feel that I know him considerably well and I did well in his class. The only problem is that I took the class as a second year and now it has also been a year since I graduated. I know this is a definite in regards to getting a science letter of recommendation but I am not even sure how to approach this situation, I was going to send him an email just as an introduction and then going down to school to meet him and give him a few items from my application but feeling very awkward about this one.
4. this is where it gets tricky- I need atleast 2 science recs..I think that my organic chemistry lab TA would write me a good letter of recommendation, he was very helpful and i worked very closely with him..the only problem is that I would probably need to get this co-signed by the main orgo lab teacher who is completely horrendous and i am not sure if he will sign off on it, first because most of the students never really interacted with him and second become i did bad 2nd semester in his exam.
5. i already approached by physics ta who politely says she doesnt know enouhg about me to write one which is fine, so I am wondering if I should get a physics lab ta to write one for me. This one is tricky because physics was definitely my weaker subhects and it would be nice to have one but I am not sure if this letter would be strong just because I knew the ta well enouhg but not to the point hwere I think he would write me a stellar letter
6. i struggled a lot in physics and in the process got three different tutors at three different points during the year. I was wondering if I should get one of my tutors to write me a letter jsut to express that I was putting forth the effort, even though this doesnt count as an official science facutly letter, it may help my case.
7. after I graduated I got a job. I still have very good relationships with everyone at the company and I may go back to this company after finishing my mcats. I was consdiering getting a letter from my direct superviser who was teh director for my division. I strongly think she would write me a stellar letter.
8. at this same job, one of my clients was a health company, and i was very close to the executive director and I worked a lot wioth CMEs, abstracts, and other medically related projects. i think she would also write me a stellar letter.
9. freshmen yr i worked in a lab for a year and had a close relationship with my direct superviser, she has written me a letter before for a summer internship but I was thinking getting someone I did research with would help. the only thing is that this was now almost 5 years ago, how do I even begin this without sounding awkward or weird.
10. in terms of the science recommendation the only other one I can think of is from a TA who taught a bio class but then having it co-signed by the professor who taught the class. not sure if the letter will be stellar but it will be an ok letter.
11. i did the smdep program and I think I got to know a few professors really well through this program, I could get a professor to write me a stellar letter from this but it would jsut be from a summer experience
12. I volunteered in the ER for a yr and the professor that started this class that allowed this volunteering is very nice has offered to write me a letter, I also this this would be a strong letter.
13. I did an internship 2 summers ago and worked closely with teh CEO of the company that worked on socioeconomic developement and I think he would also write me a good letter
so here is my question- do I approach all of these people for a letter, keep it in interfolio and send the letters accordingly depending on the school? what should I do about the second science letter, should I get the physics ta, orgo ta or the bio class ta? Also, for people I havent interacted with a few years now, what is the best way to approach that scenario without coming across as overbearing, wierd or wtvr else..
any advice would be helpful. I am trying to get my LORs straightened out as soon as possible. sorry for posting such a long post!! 😕
1. adviser #1- knows me extremely well and was my main adviser for my senior thesis, has also been my professor in medical anthropology classes- I feel she would write me a raving rec. and she is a definite
2. adviser#2- knows me extremely well and was my second adviser for my thesis, I have taken a class with him and he is a definite as well since he has known me well since 2nd yr
3. organic chem professor- I feel that I know him considerably well and I did well in his class. The only problem is that I took the class as a second year and now it has also been a year since I graduated. I know this is a definite in regards to getting a science letter of recommendation but I am not even sure how to approach this situation, I was going to send him an email just as an introduction and then going down to school to meet him and give him a few items from my application but feeling very awkward about this one.
4. this is where it gets tricky- I need atleast 2 science recs..I think that my organic chemistry lab TA would write me a good letter of recommendation, he was very helpful and i worked very closely with him..the only problem is that I would probably need to get this co-signed by the main orgo lab teacher who is completely horrendous and i am not sure if he will sign off on it, first because most of the students never really interacted with him and second become i did bad 2nd semester in his exam.
5. i already approached by physics ta who politely says she doesnt know enouhg about me to write one which is fine, so I am wondering if I should get a physics lab ta to write one for me. This one is tricky because physics was definitely my weaker subhects and it would be nice to have one but I am not sure if this letter would be strong just because I knew the ta well enouhg but not to the point hwere I think he would write me a stellar letter
6. i struggled a lot in physics and in the process got three different tutors at three different points during the year. I was wondering if I should get one of my tutors to write me a letter jsut to express that I was putting forth the effort, even though this doesnt count as an official science facutly letter, it may help my case.
7. after I graduated I got a job. I still have very good relationships with everyone at the company and I may go back to this company after finishing my mcats. I was consdiering getting a letter from my direct superviser who was teh director for my division. I strongly think she would write me a stellar letter.
8. at this same job, one of my clients was a health company, and i was very close to the executive director and I worked a lot wioth CMEs, abstracts, and other medically related projects. i think she would also write me a stellar letter.
9. freshmen yr i worked in a lab for a year and had a close relationship with my direct superviser, she has written me a letter before for a summer internship but I was thinking getting someone I did research with would help. the only thing is that this was now almost 5 years ago, how do I even begin this without sounding awkward or weird.
10. in terms of the science recommendation the only other one I can think of is from a TA who taught a bio class but then having it co-signed by the professor who taught the class. not sure if the letter will be stellar but it will be an ok letter.
11. i did the smdep program and I think I got to know a few professors really well through this program, I could get a professor to write me a stellar letter from this but it would jsut be from a summer experience
12. I volunteered in the ER for a yr and the professor that started this class that allowed this volunteering is very nice has offered to write me a letter, I also this this would be a strong letter.
13. I did an internship 2 summers ago and worked closely with teh CEO of the company that worked on socioeconomic developement and I think he would also write me a good letter
so here is my question- do I approach all of these people for a letter, keep it in interfolio and send the letters accordingly depending on the school? what should I do about the second science letter, should I get the physics ta, orgo ta or the bio class ta? Also, for people I havent interacted with a few years now, what is the best way to approach that scenario without coming across as overbearing, wierd or wtvr else..
any advice would be helpful. I am trying to get my LORs straightened out as soon as possible. sorry for posting such a long post!! 😕
