I'm in trouble....

[smurf528]

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I have a peer letter, maybe a dentist, and one science professor. I needed to get another letter from an old bio teacher but he just told me he might not be able to write me one because of the busy summer schedule and that he had a whole stack he had to write.

Have any of you been in this situation? I plan on applying for the 2010 cycle and now I'm not sure if I can get the letters in. I never really talked to my professors at all (I know my mistake) and he was the one I was counting on. I was a bit disappointed because I think he wanted to say No but didn't want to actually say it. 🙁

 

[Livineasi]

Ask your bio teacher if you can write the letter for him. That way the only time he spends is reviewing the letter - maybe editing it a bit, and then signing it.

 

[iwannabadentist]

see if you can still talk to any other professors from yor college days. maybe someone might be willing to help?
i had a question, sorta off topic though. Do you guys get all the physical letters from the professors and then mail em out to AADSAS or do you just have your professors mail/email these out to AADSAS because I know theres an option on AADSAS when you are filling out yor application to print out a form that you give to your evaluators? So whats the best way of going about doing this? Thanks!

 

[alexa13us]

see if you can still talk to any other professors from yor college days. maybe someone might be willing to help?
i had a question, sorta off topic though. Do you guys get all the physical letters from the professors and then mail em out to AADSAS or do you just have your professors mail/email these out to AADSAS because I know theres an option on AADSAS when you are filling out yor application to print out a form that you give to your evaluators? So whats the best way of going about doing this? Thanks!

i got the sealed and signed letters from my professors and I mailing them myself...AADSAS told me they don't have to have the matching form necessarily attached to them...they told me the worst thins that could happen is that without matching forms it would take 1-2 business days to process them...that was my only option though since my school ended at the beginning of the month and it's impossible to track down professors after school is over...
i think you could also print the matching form and just attach it with a paper clip to the envelope...it make sense to me...maybe it does to them 🙂

 

[appleonius]

Maybe he said no in a nice way? if he was going to write you a strong LOE, then he'd probably make time for it.

 

[Chesnok]

Ask your bio teacher if you can write the letter for him. That way the only time he spends is reviewing the letter - maybe editing it a bit, and then signing it.

Interesting... but with no time left - possible.

 

[neyelo]

I did run into this problem when I tried collecting LOEs last summer and fall-- one professors did not do them as a rule, and another had too many to do already.

In the spring I approached all my professors right after the midterm, and all were happy to write letters. One even mentioned that it was the last she would be writing for the semester.

So, earlier is better! Just demonstrate your abilities on assignments/tests, then meet them privately. I -never- went to office hours to ask inane questions.

Also, try revisiting a prof from a previous semester. I had a genetics prof that was enthusiastic about writing, even though I asked about two months after the semester had ended. If wait too long, though, they won't remember you.

 

[adizzle87]

I would plead with the prof and say something along the lines of "I know I didn't get to know you but it would really mean a lot if you could still write me one to fullfill my LOR requirement.....etc." Imply that a generic one would be better than nothing and keep on of course be nice while you are at it.