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So I'm spending a semester in Australia (leaving this February) but am also planning on applying to vet school this summer (I return from abroad in July). Since last July, I've been shadowing a couple of vets who I would really like to get letters of rec from. I'm wondering, should I go ahead and ask them now and get them to upload them to Interfolio? My worry is that being gone for an entire semester will make them forget a lot of what I've done while shadowing them. Or would it be better to wait and ask them around August when I've come back and shadowed them for about a month (adding some hours to the time I've spent shadowing)?
A little more info: one is a veterinary surgeon whom I know will write me a very strong letter of rec (I've been going in twice a week and assisting a lot with surgeries), the other is a general practitioner who would also write me a strong letter but who doesn't know me nearly as well as the surgeon...Third letter will be coming from the PI in the lab I work in but I think that can wait (I've been working in the lab since my freshman year).
Also, it it makes any difference, my in state is Texas A&M, which uses TMDSAS for applications (I think Interfolio will work...).
Sorry for the plethora of info, I didn't know what would make a difference. Thanks in advance for the advice!
A little more info: one is a veterinary surgeon whom I know will write me a very strong letter of rec (I've been going in twice a week and assisting a lot with surgeries), the other is a general practitioner who would also write me a strong letter but who doesn't know me nearly as well as the surgeon...Third letter will be coming from the PI in the lab I work in but I think that can wait (I've been working in the lab since my freshman year).
Also, it it makes any difference, my in state is Texas A&M, which uses TMDSAS for applications (I think Interfolio will work...).
Sorry for the plethora of info, I didn't know what would make a difference. Thanks in advance for the advice!