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A few questions:
-Do the commonly required 2 science/1 non-science letter have to be from professors who actually taught you in a classroom setting, or could I have my two lab PIs count for the 2 science (one of them I received school credit/grade from)? Does the head of an extracurricular count for non-science, or does it need to be an instructor?
-Would a math professors count as a non-science instructor letter?
-What's the consensus regarding emailing a request for a letter? One person I'm considering has, since the time I took their class, basically begun "teaching" online classes only, so is almost never on campus. However, I feel like he won't recognize me without seeing me (would it be weird to attach a photo?).
-Does it matter at all to if I have letters from instructors in similar fields? e.g., if one letter is from a gen chem instructor, another from an ochem instructor?
-For AMCAS purposes, did you have to give/send your letter writers anything specific (aside from your ID #, when you had it)? How did you show them the requirements (letterhead, etc.), and how to upload it?
-Any consensus regarding having MDs you shadowed write a letter? One I have shadowed every week for 3mos., we have spent a lot of time talking (it wasn't just me silently watching him from afar), and I think he would write a pretty strong letter.
Thanks in advance.
-Do the commonly required 2 science/1 non-science letter have to be from professors who actually taught you in a classroom setting, or could I have my two lab PIs count for the 2 science (one of them I received school credit/grade from)? Does the head of an extracurricular count for non-science, or does it need to be an instructor?
-Would a math professors count as a non-science instructor letter?
-What's the consensus regarding emailing a request for a letter? One person I'm considering has, since the time I took their class, basically begun "teaching" online classes only, so is almost never on campus. However, I feel like he won't recognize me without seeing me (would it be weird to attach a photo?).
-Does it matter at all to if I have letters from instructors in similar fields? e.g., if one letter is from a gen chem instructor, another from an ochem instructor?
-For AMCAS purposes, did you have to give/send your letter writers anything specific (aside from your ID #, when you had it)? How did you show them the requirements (letterhead, etc.), and how to upload it?
-Any consensus regarding having MDs you shadowed write a letter? One I have shadowed every week for 3mos., we have spent a lot of time talking (it wasn't just me silently watching him from afar), and I think he would write a pretty strong letter.
Thanks in advance.