Question about schools that require 2 science letters

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So some of the schools I'm applying to require 2 science letters. I have 2 science letters right now that I would consider to be "strong" letters. I'm still waiting on a 3rd science letter from one of the directors in my post-bac program that I would consider "very strong" as this director knows me both as a student in the classroom but also knows my whole application as he is my advisor in the program.

Should I go ahead and submit my 2 "strong" letters that I have now so that I'm complete and ready for review at these schools, and then add that 3rd "very strong" letter in when it comes in?

Or should I wait for my "very strong" letter to come in and then swap it with one of my "strong" letters? I'm not sure when this director will be done with the letter as I've been following up with him regularly, but he still isn't done.

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