yea you can via TCOM's secondary
do you know if I can send it via interfolio?
yea you can via TCOM's secondary
Definitely not a requirement, but I would try to get some shadowing in, even if it's an M.D. I think it could only help.
Keep trying for a D.O. and hope you can start shadowing one before interviews come in?
wow. that seems kind of sketchy.
From what I remember, most school state they cannot be more than a year old.How old can recommendation letters be?
Ask him if you can have coffee with him and talk about Osteopathic Medicine. I think this will be sufficient for the DO letter. Shadow a few MDs to make up for it.hi, i have 3.26 gpa, 3.20 sgpa and 33 on mcat,
i applied to 5 DO Schools,
i have around 187 clinical experience, volunteered at two hospitals,
and over 200 non clinical experience.
however, no shadowing experience, i called everywhere, and mailed 9 DOs, but only one responded, saying he would write me a lor but i cannot shadow him,
what should i do?
will not having shadowing experience be detrimental to my chance of acceptance???
i'm really worried!!
Not all DO schools require a DO letter. I would consider applying to those schools before asking a doc to write your an LOR after one-week of knowing you. But you should still shadow a DO doc -- it will help with the "Why DO?" essays.
edit: Also some schools will take an MD letter instead of a DO letter. Consider those schools too if you think you can get a strong/good MD letter.
There are different opinions on this...
for Western in Pomona, CA, should I have LOR's sent in before or after I (potentially) get a secondary? I should be verified any day now.
Thanks!
Send them with your secondaries. No point in sending if you dont even get a secondary.
2 science and 1 non-science minimum
So you don't need a composite letter, just three separate letters of recs from professors? I know that for MD, you need a composite letter, but for DO, I guess just separate letters of recs?
The DO I shadowed just mailed my letter to my interfolio account. He also had his secretary send me a copy to my email. It is a great letter, BUT I saw about 2-3 grammatical errors. Should I ask him to resend the letter with those errors fixed? Do adcoms expect letter writers to send error-free LORs?
Please give me some suggestions as to what to do. I am thinking I will just leave it alone, since I waived my right to read the letter anyway, and he never really had to send it to me to begin with. I don't know why he did. Let me know what you think. Thanks
Twobits
you send them in when you get offered a secondary and you send them directly to the schools. I used interfolio so it was SUPER easy.
Is this normal? (Send them in during secondaries) I really have no clue
How much did interfolio cost for each school btw?
Ha its normal... its what you do. When you recieve your secondary and complete it you can send them in. If I do recall each "delivery" by interfolio costs $6... so $6 per school.