Letters of Recommendation from DPM or online course professors?

[HopefulNeuro22]

Hello! I am trying to prepare everything possible and was wondering if DO schools accept letters of recommendation from doctors of podiatry. I have been scribing for about a year and one of the physicians I worked with was a DPM who could give me a glowing recommendation. I was also wondering about if letters of recommendation are looked down upon if they are from a professor that taught me online. It would be a science letter if that makes a difference. thank you for the help!

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[Doc_Ock]

Hello! I am trying to prepare everything possible and was wondering if DO schools accept letters of recommendation from doctors of podiatry. I have been scribing for about a year and one of the physicians I worked with was a DPM who could give me a glowing recommendation. I was also wondering about if letters of recommendation are looked down upon if they are from a professor that taught me online. It would be a science letter if that makes a difference. thank you for the help!

Don’t make either of them your primary letter. A DPM is a weird choice (imagine applying to dental school win a red letter from a physical therapist). It just looks odd to an adcom. An online letter they will likely take, but again that isn’t really putting your best foot forward.


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[futurexray]

Some schools take a limited number of letters, don't waste the space if you are going to over a limit for a school.

 

[Osminog]

Hello! I am trying to prepare everything possible and was wondering if DO schools accept letters of recommendation from doctors of podiatry. I have been scribing for about a year and one of the physicians I worked with was a DPM who could give me a glowing recommendation.

It should be OK, but only if he writes it from the perspective of an employer/boss. He can't write a physician LoR for you, because he's not a DO or MD.

I was also wondering about if letters of recommendation are looked down upon if they are from a professor that taught me online. It would be a science letter if that makes a difference. thank you for the help!

It's hard for a professor to get you know you just through online interactions. You're much better off getting an LoR from an instructor who taught you in a physical classroom.

 

[dj-Roomba]

I am a nontrad and had one letter from a professor of an online ochem I took through UNE. Only one school chose not to accept that letter.

The other letters I had from two physicians I worked for and one from the nurse manager were all very strong. I think that made up for the lack of strong professor LORs

 

[HopefulNeuro22]

thank you all! would it be strange to have LOR from non-science professors or a professor I did research with even though the research was technically psychology.