pittstealers47 Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi, I'm confused about Queen's requirement of 1 personal reference. I have two profs and a previous employer (not at all academic related job). Would the employer be considered personal? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMislove Posted September 4, 2019 Report Share Posted September 4, 2019 1 hour ago, WWEFan12 said: Hi, I'm confused about Queen's requirement of 1 personal reference. I have two profs and a previous employer (not at all academic related job). Would the employer be considered personal? Thanks! Hmmm this is new for them. Anyway the answer was in the same paragraph. They make a distinction between employment and personal. I suppose volunteer related, religious leader, etc. Can always ask adcom to clarify. You are required to ask 3 different individuals to provide a reference on your behalf. At least 1 of your 3 referees should be academic- or employment-related and 1 should be personal (non-academic). The third reference can be of your choosing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chxiel Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 I have the same question!! I emailed the med schools today, and hopefully they give me a response quickly. In the U of T admissions video they only differentiated between academic and non academic but I'm not sure about the other schools. Do you guys think using a volunteer supervisor from a lab (she was a grad student) count for personal? Because it's technically not employment and she isn't a professor nor has taught me in any setting? I asked her to tick off the extracurricular checkbox but don't know if that'd be okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theevilsloth Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 3:44 PM, IMislove said: At least 1 of your 3 referees should be academic- or employment-related and 1 should be personal (non-academic) This is terrible wording. To me, it means that one of the referees should be academic / employment related, and one should be personal / non-academic, implying that employment would be accepted as it is non-academic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firsttimeposter Posted September 12, 2019 Report Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 9/10/2019 at 11:41 PM, cjalcyris said: i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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