Letters of Recommendation?

UC-Dreams
Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:54:09 +0000

Hey CC,

I was wondering how stringent medical schools are as far as their LOR requirements. Getting solid LORs from professors is going to be difficult for me (mainly because my science classes are huge and it’s difficult to get to know professors, it’s getting late in the game, and because all of my upper division courses are in the social sciences and wouldn’t fulfill the science/BCPM LOR), and I’m concerned about meeting each school’s requirements, whether they be 2 science or 1 science + 1 non-science, etc.

Will schools automatically reject you/not look at your app favorably if you don’t meet their requirements? Or can one get away in most cases without abiding by the requirements (i.e. I send in 1 science and 1 non-science at a school that at the least wants 2 science, and perhaps the other components of the app pull me through for an interview invite). I know to be safe I should get the 2nd science but I’m not sure that it would be good enough/worth it to send in.

Thanks