Anyone else waiting on LOR from a D.O

[gildas]

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I requested my letter almost 3 months ago, and i am still waiting. Anyone else having this problem? I am getting so impatient. 😡

 

[medhacker]

I requested my letter almost 3 months ago, and i am still waiting. Anyone else having this problem? I am getting so impatient. 😡

What kind of rapport do you have with this DO?

can you go in person and ask for it?

 

[gildas]

What kind of rapport do you have with this DO?

can you go in person and ask for it?

I go shadow him frequently. he said he was going to do it over 2 weeks ago and I know he is very busy. he has his own practice and he also has a class he teaches. I just don't want to seem like a pain in the ass.

 

[redsoxfan]

i was in a similar position--had sent a thank you, kindly emailed the DO hinting at the letter. then like a week or 2 later, he emails me that his father just died and he is dealing with all the arrangements but will get my letter out in a week or so. i felt like such a jerk and told him to take his time. anyhow, this is prob not the case for u, but u never know what's going on w/someone's life i guess.

 

[gildas]

i was in a similar position--had sent a thank you, kindly emailed the DO hinting at the letter. then like a week or 2 later, he emails me that his father just died and he is dealing with all the arrangements but will get my letter out in a week or so. i felt like such a jerk and told him to take his time. anyhow, this is prob not the case for u, but u never know what's going on w/someone's life i guess.

IT IS JUST LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I AM STILL HERE WAITING ON MY LOR WHILE OTHERS ARE ALREADY GETTING INTERVIEWS.

 

[MJB]

Been trying to get in touch with my DO for 2 months to get a LOR.

Yes, it's very frustrating...especially considering the really good LOR will come from an MD, but the DO schools "prefer" a DO letter.

I've had a very, very hard time getting any DO to call me back let alone let me shadow.

 

[Sarikate]

gildas, you're still pretty early, lots of people haven't been complete at schools yet. I'd recommend e-mailing him in a few days if you still haven't gotten it and explain that your applications are complete except for the letter - in the nicest way possible. Then let it go for a while.

 

[Kuba]

I am waiting for thatr DO letter to be received by the schools apparently. IT was sent out at the end of August/early Sept and teh schools dont have it yet

 

[sortagrownup]

I requested my letter almost 3 months ago, and i am still waiting. Anyone else having this problem? I am getting so impatient. 😡

The way I got my DO letter was from this really nice DO that I shadowed. I talked to him about wanting a LOR and gave him my CV, transcript, and a sample LOR that I had written in case he doesn't have time to write a fairly deep one.

He asked if I want him to send it in or if I want a hard copy. Seeing that it might be too much to keep on asking him for a letter every time and for every school that I applied to, I just asked for a hard copy and a bunch of letterheaded envelopes from his office. As it turned out, he used my sample LOR in writing his LOR for me and now, every time I need a letter, I just use the hard copy that he had given me.

Don't know if that helps, but that's another way of going about getting a DO LOR.

 

[theraball]

He asked if I want him to send it in or if I want a hard copy. Seeing that it might be too much to keep on asking him for a letter every time and for every school that I applied to, I just asked for a hard copy and a bunch of letterheaded envelopes from his office. As it turned out, he used my sample LOR in writing his LOR for me and now, every time I need a letter, I just use the hard copy that he had given me.

Most schools do ask you to sign a waiver against seeing the LOR. Without this waiver, they can't be sure that the letter was written objectively. And, if your university does not have a premedical office that will send your LORs out for you, you should use a service such as Interfolio, so that you never have to touch the letters.