LoR questions!!!!

[deleted212839]

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Right now I'm having each letter from
health committee
PI in Science field
non-science prof
Anatomy prof
gonna ask 1 from a nurse where I'm volunteering, too

If I ask 1 more from Math professor, I'll have total of 6 (Just asking if a letter from MATH professor count as science LoRs?).
Would 6 be too many? if so, which one should I eliminate?

 

[Confused2626]

It's really school by school. Some schools make it explicit that there are to be no more than 3 recommendations, and anything after that will not be read.

Other schools give a narrow range, like "4-6". Most (if not all) do give you a range, a couple upwards of 12 recommendations is the limit. So I think 6 is very reasonable, unless of course the school says otherwise.

 

[deleted212839]

committee VS. PI LORs, which one is more important?

would a letter from the nurse count as "non-science"?

 

[captaincbr]

committee VS. PI LORs, which one is more important?

would a letter from the nurse count as "non-science"?

They are both important, but the committee letter is required my almost all of the schools, so that letter has more weight. Your letter from the nurse is not academic, so it would only describe your personal characteristics.

Additionally, on the AMCAS instruction booklet for 2009, you can enter a maximum of 10 LORs.

 

[deleted212839]

Can someone plz help me with this question:

(Just asking if a letter from MATH professor count as science LoRs?).

 

[FML]

I second that request!!! I would like to know asa well

 

[BlueElmo]

I know for sure NYMC does not consider Math letter as a science letter. Not sure about other schools, but look around.

 

[deleted212839]

NYMC has strict LoRs requirements .

Other schools I looked only state "2 letters from Science faculty", pretty general?!

 

[chebella7604]

So far I have a letter from:
- science professor
- peer (from a fellow student volunteer)
- thesis advisor
- research advisor / md shadowed

I emailed a non-science professor that I thought I had a really good rapport with and she has not responded. I know she's busy and I know she could decline to write the letter--I don't know why and I wouldn't have approached her if I had imagined she'd say no but, hey, that's her prerogative--I just wish she would respond. I also know that I sound impatient, but I was talking to someone else today who mentioned that she had just immediately responded to an email via her blackberry. And I'm like why ignore someone? I'd politely tell them no and why not. If she does have a reason for declining, I probably need to hear what it is.

Sigh. Has anyone else had a similar experience?