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who did you guys get your letter of recommendations from (besides a dentist)?

does evolution count as biology when it comes getting a biology LOR?
does biochemistry count as biology or chemistry? at my school, biochemistry isn't under the biology or chemistry department, it has it's own department.

please helppp.
thankkkks.
 
i'd also like to hear from accepted stuents

(next time make your title more subject specific...more traffic)
 
i got my letters of rec from a physics prof, a micro biology prof, a cell bio prof and a gen chem prof.

Also, i don't think it matters whether biochem counts as bio or chem bc both are sciences and the schools usually require at-least 2 LORs from science profs. But at my univ that i graduated from, it counted as bio. Also, not so sure about evolution, but i feel that its a weak science class to get a LOR from.

just my 2 cents.
 
@yrl: I got my LOR from my microbiology professor and anatomy professor.

evolution does count as biology 🙂

as for biochemistry, it doesn't really matter if you put it under biology or chemistry. either or is fine 🙂

@dentiist2be: I disagree with you on Evolution. Evolution is a senior level course at my university. I actually think it is one of the best class to have a LOR from because it encompassed all of the field that are related toward biology, making it one of the hardest course in biology; so it is not a weak science class at all 🙂
 
DVDUPLEX, sorry i didnt mean to offend you by saying it was a weak science, but at my university, evolution was a 100 level bio class which was basically a weak science lol. So I guess it depends which university.
 
DVDUPLEX, sorry i didnt mean to offend you by saying it was a weak science, but at my university, evolution was a 100 level bio class which was basically a weak science lol. So I guess it depends which university.

no problem, you didn't offended me at all 🙂

I am quite surprised that it is a 100 level bio course at your university because it was almost equivalent to biochemistry at my school :laugh:

but I do agree with you that it depends on the university 🙂
 
thanks for the responses.
yeah at my university, evolution is a 400 level course and i've been doing pretty well so i wanted to get a recommendation but i wasn't sure if it would even count so i wanted to make sure.
 
Well if its a 400 level bio course, then go for it 🙂

Good Luck:xf:
 
I'm planning on receiving letters from:

-Medical School Prof
-Dental School Prof
-Dentist
-Science PhDs
-English Instructor

I have only taken classes with the English instructor, but I have worked extensively (professionally) with the others.

Do you think my letters will be alright?
 
Nope, they won't fly. You NEED, NEED, NEED letters from people have you have actually had a teachers. You can submit the letters you have as supplemental letters, but when adcoms looks at your application, you WILL get an email saying your application is incomplete until they get letters from professors who you have personally had as a teacher.

Always best to call/email the school to ask, but I found out the hard way.


I'm planning on receiving letters from:

-Medical School Prof
-Dental School Prof
-Dentist
-Science PhDs
-English Instructor

I have only taken classes with the English instructor, but I have worked extensively (professionally) with the others.

Do you think my letters will be alright?
 
Nope, they won't fly. You NEED, NEED, NEED letters from people have you have actually had a teachers. You can submit the letters you have as supplemental letters, but when adcoms looks at your application, you WILL get an email saying your application is incomplete until they get letters from professors who you have personally had as a teacher.

Always best to call/email the school to ask, but I found out the hard way.

This is definitely serious news to me 🙁

What schools did you find out the hard way from?
 
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