I am a nontraditional student and I really want to go to USUHS. They have a requirement of 2 letters from science faculty, one from a clinical supervisor, and one from a non-science faculty.
I currently have the two science faculty letters and I have two letters from doctors lined up, but my issue is with the non-science letter. Being nontrad, I have taken all science classes recently with the exception of a lower division communications course with around 200 people in it. The professor for that course is a nice guy and would probably write me a letter but I doubt it would be a very strong one, given the amount of students in the class limits the interactions. My other option is to write a letter explaining why I could not obtain a non-science letter (per the schools guidelines).
So my question is, which is better, having a mediocre recommendation letter, or just explaining my situation, which is that I haven't had non-science courses in about ten years and what ones I have had are so large I could not obtain one?
Any advice is welcome, especially from those who have experience with USUHS or ahve gotten in there.
I currently have the two science faculty letters and I have two letters from doctors lined up, but my issue is with the non-science letter. Being nontrad, I have taken all science classes recently with the exception of a lower division communications course with around 200 people in it. The professor for that course is a nice guy and would probably write me a letter but I doubt it would be a very strong one, given the amount of students in the class limits the interactions. My other option is to write a letter explaining why I could not obtain a non-science letter (per the schools guidelines).
So my question is, which is better, having a mediocre recommendation letter, or just explaining my situation, which is that I haven't had non-science courses in about ten years and what ones I have had are so large I could not obtain one?
Any advice is welcome, especially from those who have experience with USUHS or ahve gotten in there.