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Alumni LORs
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Commom sense would lead you to think that an alumni's LOR would help. But I am begining to doubt that it even matters at all. My strongest LOR was from a D.O. who graduated from UNECOM. however, after applying to UNECOM, AZCOM, CCOM, UHSCOM, and DMU, the only school not to offer an interview was UNECOM. Go figure!?!
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My letter was from a big alumni at one of the schools, and that was the first school that rejected me. So in my case the alumni letter didn't matter.
i would have to say, ABSOLUTELY!!! during my interview at the school i had an alumni write a rec to, the interviewers made several comments about the DO. just make sure the DO puts in the letter that "he/she would be a great student at OUR institution, and maybe have them write their graduation year." i doubt the ad com reviews all LOR's to see if one came from an alumni. have them bring it to their attention.
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I always wonderd how they knew your LOR was from one of their alums. Unless they are a big name or say so in the letter I would guess that school do not know.
