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Does your pre med advisor teach bio, if she is the head of the program? I thought you just needed your advisor, a hard science, and a DO letter. I applied first time with my advisor, a bio prof, and DO. This past year I had the same advisor write a letter AGAIN, a physics prof, and a new DO letter. I don't see why there would be an issue here. PM with more details (the who what when where why) and maybe I can help more.i guess im kind of out of the running at this school. i called them and asked about the status of my application and my file is not considered complete because they are not considering my pre medical advisors letter as a hard science lor(even though she is an advisorand one of the heads of the bio program at my school). i have a bio professor, music professor math professor and a pre med advisor letter as well as a letter from an MD and a DO. They said I need another hard science letter. I have emailed my biochem and inorganic chem professors from last year so they can hopefully write me one quickly but i don't think that i will get it in time( this was last week and still havent recieved an email back from them). i'm not giving up but i know this hurts my chances at lmu which is disapointing cause i like the school a lot. maybe its because they didn't like my app who knows. ill keep trying though
So, LMU-DCOM wants a letter from two different science profs?? As in, two subject areas of study??!!! Oh yikes. I graduated from college five years ago, and the only profs that are still around teaching any of the sciences (that I had) are all from the same department. Is this going to be a problem?! I hope not. Any advice?
This doesn't sound right to me unless they changed their policies- you'd have to double check on the website. As I said above, you should only need one hard science prof letter (with me, I ended up with two because my advisor was a hard science prof).
I did just look at the website though and it has the DO letter listed and then "pre medical advisor letter OR two hard science prof letters." I didn't have a pre med committee at my undergrad, so because my advisor was a hard science prof and the other prof covered me.
If all else fails, PLEASE email admissions and ask them about special circumstances. Don't assume it's a closed door. Of course be polite and over the top understanding of their busyness, but it can't hurt to ask!
Good luck everyone!