- Joined
- Feb 7, 2017
- Messages
- 147
- Reaction score
- 237
I am a non-traditional student applying next cycle. I've got an associates degree in nursing and transferred to my university after 2 years as a nurse to work on a bachelors degree in science. I'm starting to get my LORs in order, but I know that many schools require a LOR from a non science professor. My university does not offer a committee letter.
My problem is that almost all of my non-science classes were taken with my last degree, and just about all of my classes for the past 2 years have been science/math courses, save a couple of senior graduation requirement classes that were online only. I may be able to get a LOR from my current calc 1 professor, but I understand most places consider math as a science (at least in the BCMP gpa). My options for non-science instructors are the ones from my online-only senior classes, non-science professors from my community college that I took ~5 years ago with whom I've had no relationship with, or from one of my nursing professors from nursing school. I knew them very well from all of the clinical hours as well as the continued communication I have with them when they bring students to my hospital. I know I could get a good LOR from one of them, but would a LOR from a nursing professor be frowned upon on a medical school application? Should I just go for the calc letter and try and swing it as a non-science letter?
Thanks
My problem is that almost all of my non-science classes were taken with my last degree, and just about all of my classes for the past 2 years have been science/math courses, save a couple of senior graduation requirement classes that were online only. I may be able to get a LOR from my current calc 1 professor, but I understand most places consider math as a science (at least in the BCMP gpa). My options for non-science instructors are the ones from my online-only senior classes, non-science professors from my community college that I took ~5 years ago with whom I've had no relationship with, or from one of my nursing professors from nursing school. I knew them very well from all of the clinical hours as well as the continued communication I have with them when they bring students to my hospital. I know I could get a good LOR from one of them, but would a LOR from a nursing professor be frowned upon on a medical school application? Should I just go for the calc letter and try and swing it as a non-science letter?
Thanks