Letters of recommendation

[Msmouth]

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I asked my Bio professor from last semester for a LOR. I got an A in her class. She knows me by sight and she was aware that I was scoring the highest in my class. We had a couple of short discussions and she saw that I never missed a class. I was also thinking of asking my Bio lab professor who saw me more in action.
This semester I'm taking a cell biology course with my dental advisor who is in touch with my top school's head of admissions. I will definitely be asking her for one at the appropriate time.
There is no pre-health committee at my school so I will need 3 letters.

Who did you ask?

As far as from dentists, is there a limit? I have worked in countless offices over the years, not that I want to flood them with 15 letters.

 

[SupDanLOL]

Bio professor (also was a TA for his lab course)
Neuroscience professor (my second major)
P.I. of research lab I worked in.
Coordinator of the dental health center associated with my undergrad institution which I worked at.
A GP dentist.

All got tossed together in a committee letter which also included further comments based on a committee interview and application I had to complete for the committee.

Multiple letters from various dentists seems useless to me, unless there is a verifiable difference between what they will write. Not just 15 letters saying, "Jonny was a good shadower!"

(I shadowed two dentists, one being my father. I wouldn't be caught dead having him write me a letter of recommendation however: that'd be far too amateurish in my opinion. )

 

[godless]

I had my Bio, Chem and Physic professor all give me a LOR.

If I were you i'd ask your Bio lab professor for LoR. It's better to have too many LoR than not enough.

 

[Sisero68]

I had 5 total: they were all clumped in a committee letter while also specifically requesting my Dentist LOR to be sent with the committee letter

1) O-Chem I and II professor (same professor)
2) Neurobiology Professor
3) Intro Bio Professor
4) Intro Chem Professor (PHD student that taught Chem over the summer and why i have 4 not 3 sciences, though he knew me the best)
5) Pediatric dentist

 

[Msmouth]

Thanks all...
The school I am interested in wants 3 letters (2 from science), are you saying request more than what they want?

 

[AwesomeTeeth]

Thanks all...
The school I am interested in wants 3 letters (2 from science), are you saying request more than what they want?

Three letters is fine if they're 3 good letters. I actually wouldn't go over the top if I was you, especially if you don't have a committee. Choose the best 3 and go from there. Otherwise, admissions are going to wonder why you're sending them 10 letters to sift through.