Dentist Out for a month! HELP PLEASE!

[dentstudent2017]

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Hey everyone!

So I sent out my app, DAT scores, transcripts, LORs (committee letter) way back in June. I was in the first batch and I felt happy I sent everything out early. Unfortunately, I missed some information and a few of the schools I'm applying to require a LOR from the dentist you shadowed. So, I called my dentist's office today and I was informed that he is on vacation and won't return until Aug. 30! So, I have a few questions:

1) Will me updating my app with a second LOR cause a school to reopen my file and then take another few weeks for it to be considered complete again? Or once it's complete, adding something to it isn't a big deal?

2) Is early Sept. too late for a LOR to be added? Will this hurt my chances at schools?

3) Should I just forgot those schools that require this LOR and just not ask my dentist?

Thanks in advance

 

[dentstudent2017]

Anyone have any similar stories or just insight into this situation? As you all know very well, applying is so expensive so I'd rather not just forgot about the schools I applied to that require that dentist letter.

 

[mario0923]

those questions must be asked directly to the school admissions not in SDN...

 

[KittySquared]

I'd call up the schools that specifically want letters from a dentist and see if you can mail them a letter ASAP. Get a letter from a dentist ASAP. It's a requirement so they'll put your application on hold.

 

[r4nb]

Ah, I'm sort of in a similar situation, sort of.

One of the schools I'm applying to requires a LOR from a dentist, and that's the one thing that I'm still waiting on the dentist to submit. I'm contemplating on momentarily removing him from my evaluator's list so that schools that don't require a dentist's recommendation will view my application as complete. Then I'd just ask my dentist to fax the letter to the one school that needs it. Not sure if that's the right way to go about it though?

Maybe you could do something similar? So the schools you applied to that don't require a LOR from a dentist will begin reviewing your apps?