LOR Advice

[FlowRate]

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Hey guys, I checked a few other threads and didn't see what I was looking for.

Anyway, I had a professor last semester (Spring of 2nd year) who really liked me, chatted with me a lot, and offered (without my indication of wanting) to write me a recommendation letter if I wanted. I didn't immediately take him up on it because I had always heard that LOR's for MD school should be from 3rd year (of a traditional 4 year undergraduate program). I've seen him around occasionally and chatted and I think he would probably still be able to write me a good LOR (compared to any other prof I'll have this school year). Should I still ask him to write a LOR for me? Should I submit it no matter what, or only if I don't feel like I can get a couple other good letters from science faculty? This was from my 130 person statics class (Engineering does count as "Science Faculty" right?), so it says a lot when a professor takes notice of a student.

Thanks everyone!

 

[TopSecret]

Hey guys, I checked a few other threads and didn't see what I was looking for.

Anyway, I had a professor last semester (Spring of 2nd year) who really liked me, chatted with me a lot, and offered (without my indication of wanting) to write me a recommendation letter if I wanted. I didn't immediately take him up on it because I had always heard that LOR's for MD school should be from 3rd year (of a traditional 4 year undergraduate program). I've seen him around occasionally and chatted and I think he would probably still be able to write me a good LOR (compared to any other prof I'll have this school year). Should I still ask him to write a LOR for me? Should I submit it no matter what, or only if I don't feel like I can get a couple other good letters from science faculty? This was from my 130 person statics class (Engineering does count as "Science Faculty" right?), so it says a lot when a professor takes notice of a student.

Thanks everyone!

Yes, ask.

 

[FlowRate]

Is the Junior year thing mostly unfounded? My little med school guide from school says to get LOR's a year from now =\.

 

[LAman10]

Is the Junior year thing mostly unfounded? My little med school guide from school says to get LOR's a year from now =\.

it doesn't matter what year your prof is from. this isn't like high school where you only can get LORs from jr/sr year teachers; getting profs to write you LORs is hard enough and it seems like you have a sweet deal. ask him. although, I'm not sure about the whole engineering = science faculty thing...

 

[ThirdEye]

Get the letter. Since he offered, he'll probably write a VERY good letter.

 

[zerial]

schools generally take engineering as science faculty. i haven't heard of any schools that don't

 

[FlowRate]

Thanks for the replies guys =)

Here's a silly one that I should know, but I just want to check:

Do I tell him to send the letter straight to AMCAS, or do I keep it, or what?

 

[red10]

Thanks for the replies guys =)

Here's a silly one that I should know, but I just want to check:

Do I tell him to send the letter straight to AMCAS, or do I keep it, or what?

find out whether your school does Virtual Evals or has some sort of letter saving program (my school saves letters and you send them out in a packet). Don't send letters to AMCAS until the year you're ready to apply

 

[musicaldna]

schools generally take engineering as science faculty. i haven't heard of any schools that don't

not for the ones that specifically ask for BCP letters....

 

[Pills Of Soap]

sounds like a great person to get a rec from.

ask and profit from it👍