How to get LORS

[xNeenax]

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LOR from Professor:
I'm planning to get a reference letter from my OCHEM lab professor. I had him for 2 years, but I never really connected with him nor did I come to his office hours. Also, lab professors don't really show up in the lab, but he comes in for like 5 or 10 minutes and looks around. I asked him a question once each year (so twice maybe 3 times), but sometimes like maybe 4 times he comes up and asks me if my experiment is going well. He's honestly the only "closest" professor I've had.
I know I have to give him some papers to help write. I was thinking of giving him my resume, high school and college transcripts, and 6 pre-lab reports (3 from each year). Does anyone recommend anything else?

LOR from Pharmacist:
I've been volunteering at a hospital for a month. I've been let go recently due to inspection and they haven't opened yet. I only talked to 3 pharmacist, but it was just small talk, and I only saw then twice in a month. I think all they can determine is that I'm very hardworking. I'm basically the tuber there and I honestly cannot get a break. I spend 4 hours standing on my feet tubing never ending pills. I don't think I can get a stellar letter from them.
What should I bring a pharmacist to help them write a recommendation letter? I was thinking of a resume and transcripts, but I can't think of anything else to bring them.

My resume:
On my resume, I basically just wrote up why I wanted to be a pharmacist but in a professional way like "Handling medications is fascinating...etc." Since I've been with those pharmacists they know my experiences. Also I wrote down what organizations I'm apart of.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[hye345]

LOR from Professor:
I'm planning to get a reference letter from my OCHEM lab professor. I had him for 2 years, but I never really connected with him nor did I come to his office hours. Also, lab professors don't really show up in the lab, but he comes in for like 5 or 10 minutes and looks around. I asked him a question once each year (so twice maybe 3 times), but sometimes like maybe 4 times he comes up and asks me if my experiment is going well. He's honestly the only "closest" professor I've had.
I know I have to give him some papers to help write. I was thinking of giving him my resume, high school and college transcripts, and 6 pre-lab reports (3 from each year). Does anyone recommend anything else?

LOR from Pharmacist:
I've been volunteering at a hospital for a month. I've been let go recently due to inspection and they haven't opened yet. I only talked to 3 pharmacist, but it was just small talk, and I only saw then twice in a month. I think all they can determine is that I'm very hardworking. I'm basically the tuber there and I honestly cannot get a break. I spend 4 hours standing on my feet tubing never ending pills. I don't think I can get a stellar letter from them.
What should I bring a pharmacist to help them write a recommendation letter? I was thinking of a resume and transcripts, but I can't think of anything else to bring them.

My resume:
On my resume, I basically just wrote up why I wanted to be a pharmacist but in a professional way like "Handling medications is fascinating...etc." Since I've been with those pharmacists they know my experiences. Also I wrote down what organizations I'm apart of.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hmm, I only have experience in getting letters of recommendation from professors, but in general, you ask A)if they write LOR's for former students, and B)what is required. No real point in trying to guess...

For me, they required a resume, and one also wanted to read a draft of my personal statement.

 

[xtsukiyox]

Second the resume & personal statement.

You're trying to tell a story throughout your application, and the clearest place for that story to "gel" is in the personal statement. The resume takes the place of the rest of the application (why not put your GPA, your test scores on it? I did) since the LoR writer won't get to see it. Ideally, you'd want to see some of the themes and traits you mentioned in your personal statement echoed in your LoRs.

Current first-time applicant, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but it sure sounds good to me. 😛

 

[xNeenax]

Second the resume & personal statement.

You're trying to tell a story throughout your application, and the clearest place for that story to "gel" is in the personal statement. The resume takes the place of the rest of the application (why not put your GPA, your test scores on it? I did) since the LoR writer won't get to see it. Ideally, you'd want to see some of the themes and traits you mentioned in your personal statement echoed in your LoRs.

Current first-time applicant, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but it sure sounds good to me. 😛

Thanks, I'll give him a personal statement also 🙂
By test scores do you mean the PCAT or like my test scores in OChem? I haven't taken the PCAT yet and I did have that professor for the class, only for the lab. I had the best but hard OChem lecture professor so my test and quiz grades are not that stellar. But maybe he can make something out of it because I took a hard teacher and my lab professor is also a Ochem lecturer but he's very very easy (take his class and you're guaranteed an A in Ochem).

 

[xNeenax]

man I really wish I didn't lose my essay that I wrote for his lab 🙁
I was about a drug too.......