Chasing Attending for LOR

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Did a sub-I in IM at a university earlier this year, got a glowing eval from the PD and got on great with the attending. Gave me a stellar debrief and was happy to write me a letter.

Emailed him now a couple of times but never received a reply. Spoke to the program assistant at said uni who has been great and really helpful, and said that she spoke to him and he apologized for the delay and would write me one.

Still nothing back after a month or so! I know he's really busy and probably writing a letter for a med student is at the bottom of his priority list, but anyone got any hints for trying to get this letter out of him?

 

[FutureInternist]

Did a sub-I in IM at a university earlier this year, got a glowing eval from the PD and got on great with the attending. Gave me a stellar debrief and was happy to write me a letter.

Emailed him now a couple of times but never received a reply. Spoke to the program assistant at said uni who has been great and really helpful, and said that she spoke to him and he apologized for the delay and would write me one.

Still nothing back after a month or so! I know he's really busy and probably writing a letter for a med student is at the bottom of his priority list, but anyone got any hints for trying to get this letter out of him?

Guilt him into it by sending him a Thank-you card 😀

 

[MedPR]

Guilt him into it by sending him a Thank-you card 😀

This has worked for me in the past. MD I shadowed agreed to write me a LOR, 4 months later it still wasn't up on my AMCAS. I mailed a thank you card to his office and the letter popped up on AMCAS that week.

 

[DrBowtie]

Is this for this current cycle or next?

 

[coffeebeanjenn]

This has worked for me in the past. MD I shadowed agreed to write me a LOR, 4 months later it still wasn't up on my AMCAS. I mailed a thank you card to his office and the letter popped up on AMCAS that week.

Unless he's soooo absentminded that you trick him into thinking he's already written it.