(LOR Question)Two professors from one course.

[HL86]

Hello all,

I am a non-traditional student, trying to apply this June.

I just finished taking Immunology class at this college and was taught by two professors and both of them said they would love to write me a recommendation letter for my dental school.
I graduated from another school in a different state, around 7 years ago, and I don't think I can get a strong LOR from my old professors who probably doesn't even remember me.

I think I have to turn in 4 individual LORs instead of a committee letter because I'm not really in a pre-health program in this current school, but just a post-bacc who is taking/planning to take more upper level Bio classes? (I'm not sure if I can get a committee letter from this school and I'm about to find out this Friday, made an appointment with this pre-health adviser).

Anyway, anybody know if it is okay to turn in 2 professors letter from a same course?

Thank you so much!

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[Kkae]

I believe it's fine to get LORs from those 2 professors, as long as they each know you in a different capacity.
One may know you strictly from class, while the other may be able to speak on your character.
If they both know you from class and will basically say the same thing I don't think that will be very beneficial for you.

 

[willwash]

I'm not an ADCOM, so take with a grain of salt, but my impression WRT LORs is that they are a "check in the box" kind of thing. Do you have them? Yes. Do they meet the required criteria for the given school (IE, one bio prof, one chem prof, one dentist, etc)? Check.

I wouldn't think the specific content of a letter would come into play unless a school is very closely torn between two applicants with very similar competitiveness.

 

[sumin5924]

I'm not an ADCOM, so take with a grain of salt, but my impression WRT LORs is that they are a "check in the box" kind of thing. Do you have them? Yes. Do they meet the required criteria for the given school (IE, one bio prof, one chem prof, one dentist, etc)? Check.

I wouldn't think the specific content of a letter would come into play unless a school is very closely torn between two applicants with very similar competitiveness.

Gonna need more than a grain of salt to believe that LOL