Hello all,
I'm a non traditional music major/history minor who is applying this upcoming cycle. I currently have four LORs lined up, but I'm wondering if it would be strange to not get a letter from my major (even if it is somewhat unrelated to medicine)? The current letters I have are:
1 from a biochemistry professor: I did really well in his class and went to his help room a lot. He knows me fairly well from there.
1 from a physics professor: I didn't know him too well during the course. I got an A- in his class (literally one more correct answer on any test would have gotten me an A), however I reached out to him since I had taken most of my prerequisites 6ish years ago and a lot of schools require 2 science LORs. He offered to write me one, but wanted me to stop by his office in order to get to know me better. We ended up talking for a long time and I felt like it went surprisingly well. I feel like he will actually write me a pretty good one?
1 from a doctor that I scribed with for a year and a half: Hopefully it's a good one. He was fairly difficult to scribe for (very detailed), but I always did well with his notes. Pretty sure he liked me too.
1 from a history professor I took some classes with: He was an awesome professor and the reason I became a history minor (I hated history when I was younger). I went to his office fairly often and we would talk about life/future plans. He really encouraged me to pursue higher education and he might be one of the reasons (subconsciously) I rethought medical school?
If I were to get one from music faculty I would have two people in mind.
One was my drum teacher who I took lessons with for a bunch of years. His "office" was right by the practice room where I spent A LOT of time in. He saw firsthand how dedicated I was and how much time I spent practicing. He even gave me a copy of his book when I graduated! I'm pretty sure he's retired now and he only had a bachelors (in biology I believe?) Not sure if that matters though.
Another one would be my advisor who also taught a bunch of my classes. I did fairly well in all of her classes, but I definitely emphasized practicing vs. getting the best possible grades while in music school. I still had a 3.75 so it's not like I did bad, but I'm not sure if my effort in jazz history truly depicted how much time I put into music. She didn't necessarily see all the hours I put in elsewhere. She has a PhD and still teaches there.
So would it be weird to not get a letter from music faculty or am I fine with what I have?
Thanks
I'm a non traditional music major/history minor who is applying this upcoming cycle. I currently have four LORs lined up, but I'm wondering if it would be strange to not get a letter from my major (even if it is somewhat unrelated to medicine)? The current letters I have are:
1 from a biochemistry professor: I did really well in his class and went to his help room a lot. He knows me fairly well from there.
1 from a physics professor: I didn't know him too well during the course. I got an A- in his class (literally one more correct answer on any test would have gotten me an A), however I reached out to him since I had taken most of my prerequisites 6ish years ago and a lot of schools require 2 science LORs. He offered to write me one, but wanted me to stop by his office in order to get to know me better. We ended up talking for a long time and I felt like it went surprisingly well. I feel like he will actually write me a pretty good one?
1 from a doctor that I scribed with for a year and a half: Hopefully it's a good one. He was fairly difficult to scribe for (very detailed), but I always did well with his notes. Pretty sure he liked me too.
1 from a history professor I took some classes with: He was an awesome professor and the reason I became a history minor (I hated history when I was younger). I went to his office fairly often and we would talk about life/future plans. He really encouraged me to pursue higher education and he might be one of the reasons (subconsciously) I rethought medical school?
If I were to get one from music faculty I would have two people in mind.
One was my drum teacher who I took lessons with for a bunch of years. His "office" was right by the practice room where I spent A LOT of time in. He saw firsthand how dedicated I was and how much time I spent practicing. He even gave me a copy of his book when I graduated! I'm pretty sure he's retired now and he only had a bachelors (in biology I believe?) Not sure if that matters though.
Another one would be my advisor who also taught a bunch of my classes. I did fairly well in all of her classes, but I definitely emphasized practicing vs. getting the best possible grades while in music school. I still had a 3.75 so it's not like I did bad, but I'm not sure if my effort in jazz history truly depicted how much time I put into music. She didn't necessarily see all the hours I put in elsewhere. She has a PhD and still teaches there.
So would it be weird to not get a letter from music faculty or am I fine with what I have?
Thanks
