Is it worth getting more LORs at this point?

[smthngintheway]

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Hey guys.

So I have my first interview coming up in a few weeks and I'm planing on doing a little more shadowing once or twice before then so that, if it comes up in the interview, I can say that I'm still shadowing every now and then and adding a few more hours to my total shadowing experience.

Anyways, I was thinking about shadowing this dentist who I got most of my hours from so I can maybe ask him for a LOR since he's had a lot of experience with me. But my questions is, would getting any more LOR do anything at this point in the cycle?

I haven't heard back from most of my dental schools so I was wondering whether it's possible to just throw in another LOR under their noses and see if it would help me.

Thanks in advance.

 

[uva09]

You can do pretty much anything you want outside the AADSAS system limitations once you submit - whether or not a particular DS will accept/acknowledge additional mailings is another question. I know when I applied, I used Interfolio to send in an extra LOR as well as a copy of my published research and a few other tidbits. Moreover, after being offered a couple interviews, I recall emailing a few schools and asking if they accept additional supplements (i.e. Statement of Intent, LOR, Essay(s), etc.) and a few said Yes, a few said No. It just depends. And I doubt you could ever know for sure if any of that extra stuff helps. I can't imagine it would ever hurt. But who knows. You should email the schools directly.

 

[Toothshucker]

Check with the schools. But if you call a school to ask if you can send extra materials, and they say no... don't send extra materials. You'll look like a dumbas$ that can't follow simple instructions. Otherwise, I can't see why it would hurt.