Is it too late (or even worth it) for me to submit a DO letter of recommendation?

[Booryan]

New to SDN. Backstory. I have about 25 hours shadowing a DO back in January. I applied to 10 DO schools and have submitted 8 secondaries from 6/18-6/26. I have a letter of recommendation from a primary care MD that I've worked with in an urgent care for 3 years and shadowed for 30+ hours. I figured a letter from him could potentially carry more weight because he knows me so well. I have since started shadowing another DO that I also know in a professional environment for about 15 hours so far. I'm starting to get nervous about not having a DO recommendation. I know the sites say they will accept either but I am worried they won't consider my application without a DO LOR,. Is it too late for me to submit another LOR a month after I submitted secondaries? Am I worrying over nothing? Any help would be much appreciated!

-Bryan

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[deleted859689]

New to SDN. Backstory. I have about 25 hours shadowing a DO back in January. I applied to 10 DO schools and have submitted 8 secondaries from 6/18-6/26. I have a letter of recommendation from a primary care MD that I've worked with in an urgent care for 3 years and shadowed for 30+ hours. I figured a letter from him could potentially carry more weight because he knows me so well. I have since started shadowing another DO that I also know in a professional environment for about 15 hours so far. I'm starting to get nervous about not having a DO recommendation. I know the sites say they will accept either but I am worried they won't consider my application without a DO LOR,. Is it too late for me to submit another LOR a month after I submitted secondaries? Am I worrying over nothing? Any help would be much appreciated!

-Bryan

submitting the DO letter can only help, however not submitting won’t hurt you at any school except wvsom which requires a DO letter iirc.

if you can get a DO letter by all means submit one even if it’s a little late, but don’t worry too much if you don’t

 

[Booryan]

submitting the DO letter can only help, however not submitting won’t hurt you at any school except wvsom which requires a DO letter iirc.

if you can get a DO letter by all means submit one even if it’s a little late, but don’t worry too much if you don’t

Thanks for the advice! It won't be too much trouble so i'll talk to the doctor about it tomorrow.

 

[Goro]

New to SDN. Backstory. I have about 25 hours shadowing a DO back in January. I applied to 10 DO schools and have submitted 8 secondaries from 6/18-6/26. I have a letter of recommendation from a primary care MD that I've worked with in an urgent care for 3 years and shadowed for 30+ hours. I figured a letter from him could potentially carry more weight because he knows me so well. I have since started shadowing another DO that I also know in a professional environment for about 15 hours so far. I'm starting to get nervous about not having a DO recommendation. I know the sites say they will accept either but I am worried they won't consider my application without a DO LOR,. Is it too late for me to submit another LOR a month after I submitted secondaries? Am I worrying over nothing? Any help would be much appreciated!

-Bryan

Lacking a DO LOR won't hurt you, but having one will always help.

And no, it's not too late.