Letter of Recommendation

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Hello all,

I am going to apply to allopathic schools in June. Unfortunately, I have been a bit relaxed on trying to get letters of recommendation over my recent years of education. I do have a 4.0 right now, but I have not gotten a letter of rec from any of my professors because I usually am not in office hours with them. I only go there if I really need help with something, but most the time I try to figure things out on my own. I feel like this has had its disadvantage because even though I have good grades I do not know if I can get a letter of rec anymore form any of those previous professors. Has anyone done this before? If so, I would like to hear about your experience. In addition, I am still in school right now so if anyone has any pointers on getting these letters please let me know. Also, I know this is a dumb question, but what really goes into these science instructor letter of recs if you never did any research for them? How could they know you well enough just through office hours and an A in the class?

Thanks in advance.

 

[PMPMD]

Hello all,

I am going to apply to allopathic schools in June. Unfortunately, I have been a bit relaxed on trying to get letters of recommendation over my recent years of education. I do have a 4.0 right now, but I have not gotten a letter of rec from any of my professors because I usually am not in office hours with them. I only go there if I really need help with something, but most the time I try to figure things out on my own. I feel like this has had its disadvantage because even though I have good grades I do not know if I can get a letter of rec anymore form any of those previous professors. Has anyone done this before? If so, I would like to hear about your experience. In addition, I am still in school right now so if anyone has any pointers on getting these letters please let me know. Also, I know this is a dumb question, but what really goes into these science instructor letter of recs if you never did any research for them? How could they know you well enough just through office hours and an A in the class?

Thanks in advance.

LORs should be from people who know you and have personally interacted with you. Try to work closely with some of these profs. Even if you don't really need help, go to office hours. Smaller classes are better for this than huge auditorium types.

 

[heloo]

well, you still have a semester or a quarter left, so next semester/quarter, start going to those office hours. i was in the same situation, i didn't have any lor, so for my last summer class, and fall quarter class, i ended up going to all OH.

 

[mrawesome]

I had the same problems.

1) I know it probably pains you (as it did me) to go to office hours for the simple purpose of making your nose brown, but it is a good way to get your face known, and will result in good letters.

2) I had some success with contacting my professors and simply explaining my situation. . . that my style of learning was very independent and that, as such, I was having a hard time rounding up letters. After looking at my grades in their classes, they were generally more than happy to take a look at my personal statement, resume, etc., meet briefly to get to know me and write excellent letters on my behalf.

. . . #2 is worth a shot if it's too late, but #1 probably works better if you have time.

 

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I had the same problems.

1) I know it probably pains you (as it did me) to go to office hours for the simple purpose of making your nose brown, but it is a good way to get your face known, and will result in good letters.

2) I had some success with contacting my professors and simply explaining my situation. . . that my style of learning was very independent and that, as such, I was having a hard time rounding up letters. After looking at my grades in their classes, they were generally more than happy to take a look at my personal statement, resume, etc., meet briefly to get to know me and write excellent letters on my behalf.

. . . #2 is worth a shot if it's too late, but #1 probably works better if you have time.

Thanks for the advice! I will give both of those a try!