LOR choices

[jvinny]

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I am set for two of my letters of recommendation:

1. Environmental Toxicology professor
2. pharmacist

As many pharm scools require three, I'm not quite sure who I should ask to be my third.

My possible choices are:

1. pharmacy manager who I worked with the least but was willing to give me more responsibilities as some of the senior techs quit

2. another pharmacist who will most likely write the same recommendation as the pharmacist I have already asked (probably the pharmacist I had the best relationship with just not as good a writer as the first)

3. my high school AP Chemistry teacher (was top in her class) and Academic Decathlon coach the following year (plenty of 1-on-1 time). I have been able to keep in touch with her all throughout college and volunteered to help her coach over a summer

I would much appreciate opinions/rankings on which person I should ask. Thanks!

 

[Twentytwelve2]

Ironically, you have ranked it exactly in the order I would pick from. I would avoid anything from high school.

 

[jvinny]

sorry forgot a 4th choice

the Lead Pharm. Tech. personally interviewed/hired/trained me because the pharmacy manager was on maternity leave. just not the most academically bright person.

 

[474671]

You should not ask anyone who was not either your work supervisor, a healthcare professional, or a professor, unless it is for a fourth supplementary recommendation. This leaves you with just two options of those you listed. In that respect, it's really up to you.

 

[Kwiz]

I would not suggest doing anything other than another college professor. High school AP chem teacher would be good for. 0+6 program, not a 2+4. Depending on the schools, they may also want to see a non-science professor. Basically, I would look at or call each school you plan to apply to, figure our what the least number of LORs that it is going to take to satisfy the requisites of most or each of those. Then get 4th and 5th if and/or when necessary. This is an application for pharmacy school, not a phd program, not a residency, not an undergraduate program. You need some practical balance. The most leeway you can really get without going overboard or impractical, is to utilize a non-science instructor (not a TA though) and maybe try to tailor it to something interrelated with what you want to do with pharmacy and what your personal statement is about. For example if you had a non-science LOR from your professor of econ and you want to pursue a pharmD/MBA program, just an example.