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EMH

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My PMAC tells us to send 3 personal letters to each school we apply to. The two D.O. schools I'm applying to both say that they want one from my PMAC and one from a D.O. and one from a professor. I'm confused.
 
Each school has their own policy. you need to visit the website of each school to see what LORs/comittee letters/substitutes they want.

Advisors are a good starting point, then SDN, and the Admissions offics of each school is the gospel.
 
HunterGatherer said:
Each school has their own policy. you need to visit the website of each school to see what LORs/comittee letters/substitutes they want.

Advisors are a good starting point, then SDN, and the Admissions offics of each school is the gospel.
SDN >>> PMAC advisors
I can just barely take them seriously.
 
EMH said:
SDN >>> PMAC advisors
I can just barely take them seriously.

You want to verify everything with the Admissions office no matter what. My school has a GREAT premed advisor but during a group meeting she mentioned how UMDNJSOM makes you pay tuition as out-of-state no matter what if you are not an NJ resident at the time of application. I went home and reread my UMDNJSOM acceptance info and saw she was wrong. She was so sure I almost believed her.

And some people are able to get exceptions to the rule after calling admissions regarding LORs and other application "stuff".
 
It's always best to contact specific schools with questions like this. In addition I don't know how the college you come from operates. I know that if your college does a committee letter, like Penn State, then that would most likely be the easiest. Essentially you get three or so letters from professors, bosses, etc and send them to your school's advisors who compose one good letter of recommendation which covers all the aspects from the other letters. As for the letter from a DO you will have to find out from the specific school. However, I can tell you that most schools only say that it is recommended not required. I never worked with a DO and did not have any difficulty without the letter. My advice if your don't have a DO letter would be to use your essay to explain why you want to be an osteopathic physician. Then make sure you know a good bit of the philosophy for your interview.

-Chris
 
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