<p>I just have a couple of questions</p>
<p>1) how many rec letters is considered min/max, is it school specific?</p>
<p>2) is it true that most require at least 1 non-science professor to write one</p>
<p>3) how imp. are they (opinion obviously, but i’m still curious)</p>
<p>1.) Depends on where you go to undergrad. Sometimes your undergrad school has requirements. If they do not, then yes, it is school specific with substantial variation.
2.) Many do, yes.
3.) What metric would you like us to use to answer this?</p>
<p>1) why would it depend on where i went to undergrad? wouldn’t it depend on the med school i am applying to?</p>
<p>3) compared to other aspects of applicaton (MCATs, ECs, etc)</p>
<p>1.) No. Sometimes your undergraduate school tells you what to send out, and medical schools will accept those no matter what they would prefer. If your undergraduate school does not give you instructions, however, then medical schools’ requirements kick in and you have to fulfill those. Those will vary school-to-school.</p>
<p>3.) Less important than taking the MCAT. Less important than solid, meaningful EC’s.</p>
<p>I hate having to worry about ANOTHER school acceptance after all this undergraduate college acceptance (or not) stress. But at least I have a couple years…</p>
<p>Should you attend medical school, you then have to worry about residency matching. And then fellowship. And finally job hunting. Premedical stress is the one with the worst odds, but it is hardly the final step in the process.</p>
<p>Life is just a series of obstacles that one strives to get over.</p>
<p>But yes, I understand that. But once I get into medical school, the hardest part is over. Because then if I find a residency, and do well… I could get a job in that same hospital, if there is a position open. Though I should not worry about it and instead right now focus on where I’m going to go for undergraduate, excel in my pre-med course track, SO THEN I can worry about medical school.</p>