I need some advice on getting a LOR from a DO!

[DYiddo]

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Hi everybody ...

I'm in a bit of a mess at the moment. I have my application pretty much all ready to submit, but there's one thing that is holding me back, or I would've submitted a while ago.

So I shadowed this DO physician a few months ago and he also said that he would happily write me a letter. So then a few months later, I contacted him but I didn't get a reply back. Ever since April or May of this year, I have tried to contact him by email or phone, but I have received no luck. I recently found out he barely works in that specific hospital anymore, and I tried contacting the new hospital ... so there may still be hope.

However the thing is that I don't know if this doctor changed his mind to write it or not. So I can't really send him that official letter request via the app, yet. I read that I can submit my app (to get things verified) before getting the actual letters but some schools still require the actual name of the doctor.

So what should I do? Is it getting too late for early app submission? Should I just find another DO doctor and ask him if he can write a letter?

 

[becomingdoctor]

move on, i have similar experience with some jerk doctors.... he may be in the middle of divorce....
dont expect anything from this person

 

[DYiddo]

move on, i have similar experience with some jerk doctors.... he may be in the middle of divorce....
dont expect anything from this person

But can I still submit my app right now, without mentioning who the DO lor would be from and then later on submit the lor's?

 

[becomingdoctor]

you can always submit ptimary without letter, many people would use interfolio instead of aacomas. But your secondary would not be complete without LOR(if DO letter is required)