LOR from freshman year

[you2tambien]

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Posted this on the general LOR question thread, but I guess no one looks there.

Would a letter from a freshman year prof be looked upon unfavorably? I'm a transfer student, and she wrote me a letter for my transfer apps (I think it was really good since I got into where I wanted to go). Hopefully she would update it a bit too, but since I left the state after transferring I literally haven't seen her since the final freshman year. She taught me for the full year of general chemistry (A's both semesters).

I already have 1 science, 1 non-science, and 3 PI letters (I'm applying for MD/PhD), but I want to follow the rules. There is a lab prof I could ask but I'm thinking a lecture letter would be better.

I took research for credit with one of my PIs (also freshman year), would this count as a science letter?

Thoughts?

 

[sector9]

Posted this on the general LOR question thread, but I guess no one looks there.

Would a letter from a freshman year prof be looked upon unfavorably? I'm a transfer student, and she wrote me a letter for my transfer apps (I think it was really good since I got into where I wanted to go). Hopefully she would update it a bit too, but since I left the state after transferring I literally haven't seen her since the final freshman year. She taught me for the full year of general chemistry (A's both semesters).

I already have 1 science, 1 non-science, and 3 PI letters (I'm applying for MD/PhD), but I want to follow the rules. There is a lab prof I could ask but I'm thinking a lecture letter would be better.

I took research for credit with one of my PIs (also freshman year), would this count as a science letter?

Thoughts?

It's fine to use that letter from your freshman year chem prof. Just have the professor update the date and change it to a med school recommendation.

The letter from a PI might count as a science letter at some schools and not at others. I'd get two letters from science professors you took a lecture class from just in case. It sounds like you already have plenty of PI letters though!

 

[you2tambien]

Okay, so that's alright as a science letter? I should have specified.

 

[sector9]

Okay, so that's alright as a science letter? I should have specified.

Yup it's alright as a science letter