I literally have no recommendation letters

[gallman]

Everything else is at least average.

What can I do? I took none of this seriously. Yeah, I know I'm a loser. Maybe I can get a professor I got an A from to give me a letter, but I honestly never talked to a professor the whole time. I never intended to go the pre-health route anyway. Maybe I can shadow a doctor and convince him to write me a letter. But would that be enough?

Is it possible to get into one of the sole 6 or so accredited schools with zero recommendation letters?

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[ChrisGriffen]

I cant tell if this is serious or not...

Yes, you have to ask for recommendation letters.

Go to a couple people, and say these words: "hey could you write me a recommendation letter?"

Did you think people spontaneously write recommendation letters on the off chance you would need them?

 

[Skip Intro]

Is it possible to get into one of the sole 6 or so accredited schools with zero recommendation letters?

No.

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[Top Gun]

No. You've got to have at least several recommendation letters. You need at least three from faculty at your college/university and you also should have one from a physician that you've shadowed. That's how it worked when I was applying to med school.

 

[ChrisGriffen]

serious point to think about...

If you were willing to send in your applications without gathering any recommendation letters, you really need to think about a different career.

If the simple act of asking someone to write you a RL is too much work, medical school would chew you to pieces. There is no room for this level of laziness in medicine.

If the case is that you didn't know you needed RLs, then I assume you did absolutely zero research when deciding to enter the medical field.
This is a serious life decision....maybe take 10 minutes to look into what you are getting yourself into.

 

[ChrisGriffen]

And just to add, I'm not trying to be a jerk.

That is a little piece of the pep talk that 99% of pre-meds need to hear.

 

[Mr.Happy]

Agree with everyone's response. Medical school application process is extremely tiring and requires a lot of work.

 

[deleted92121]

I have multiple physician letters from physicians in different fields including FM, EM, and Trauma.

But I have no science prof letters. I took my science courses like I should. Did okay, not great. But working 40+ hours a week with school didn't leave a lot of time for doing anything extra or making friends with the profs. I do have a few LOR from non-science profs and that may work. Ross said they'd accept them.

 

[el_duderino]

I have multiple physician letters from physicians in different fields including FM, EM, and Trauma.

But I have no science prof letters. I took my science courses like I should. Did okay, not great. But working 40+ hours a week with school didn't leave a lot of time for doing anything extra or making friends with the profs. I do have a few LOR from non-science profs and that may work. Ross said they'd accept them.

I work 40+ hours a week and had no trouble getting LORs. You just have to ask.

 

[deleted92121]

No disagreement but it feels quite odd to ask a prof for a LOR when you've never really spoken with them.

 

[el_duderino]

No disagreement but it feels quite odd to ask a prof for a LOR when you've never really spoken with them.

It does, but you just have to get over it. One of my LORs was from my ochem 2 professor. It was a lecture class, and I had no problem with the material so I never had occasion to speak to him. Once the class was done, I called him up and asked if he would be willing to consider writing a letter. He looked at my grades and said sure, then we set up an appointment to talk about it. I brought my personal statement and my transcript. We spent about 20 minutes talking about my history and future.

Every professor I've talked to about LORs has specifically said "it's part of my job" when I thank them for offering to write the letter or apologize for how cumbersome the pre-med committee submission process is.

It might feel awkward to you, but it really is part of their job and for the most part they're happy to write a letter for a student.

 

[bedevilled ben]

It does, but you just have to get over it. One of my LORs was from my ochem 2 professor. It was a lecture class, and I had no problem with the material so I never had occasion to speak to him. Once the class was done, I called him up and asked if he would be willing to consider writing a letter. He looked at my grades and said sure, then we set up an appointment to talk about it. I brought my personal statement and my transcript. We spent about 20 minutes talking about my history and future.

Every professor I've talked to about LORs has specifically said "it's part of my job" when I thank them for offering to write the letter or apologize for how cumbersome the pre-med committee submission process is.

It might feel awkward to you, but it really is part of their job and for the most part they're happy to write a letter for a student.

Same experience for me, and setting up a quick face-to-face is the best advice to can give anyone requesting a LoR. I had an art history professor write me a LoR on a lark, and it had been 4 years since I had taken her class. After a 10 minute meeting, she was thrilled to do it since it was such an unusual request, and it was a really great letter.

 

[el_duderino]

Same experience for me, and setting up a quick face-to-face is the best advice to can give anyone requesting a LoR. I had an art history professor write me a LoR on a lark, and it had been 4 years since I had taken her class. After a 10 minute meeting, she was thrilled to do it since it was such an unusual request, and it was a really great letter.

My premed commitee required a non-science professor LOR. The most recent non-science class I had taken was nine years prior. I set up a face-to-face meeting with the professor, and it turned out that professor was just the proctor and had never so much as attended the class. Her TA had taught the whole thing. We talked for a while about the class and so forth, and she wrote me a LOR.

 

[Telekinesis]

Does SGU absolutely need science letters?

 

[Top Gun]

Does SGU absolutely need science letters?

Yes. In fact, I would say at least 2 out of 3 letters need to be from science professors.