Hey all,
I am planning on applying to both the D.O. school and all of the M.D. schools in Texas. There is a common application and I can only submit five letters to it, and my premedical advisor told me that I cannot change the letters based on the schools. The D.O. school might actually be my top choice, although it is a toss-up between that program and one M.D. program. To be competitive at the D.O. school I feel like I need to submit a letter from a D.O. This makes me wonder about the five letters I need to get because two need to come from science professors and I think one needs to come from an accounting professor (which was my major). Do you think that despite the lack of an M.D. letter these letters will be good enough to get me interviews at M.D. schools? I feel like the rest of my application is worthy. Also, I have tons of M.D. shadowing experience through a previous job, but I don't know if I will be able to get a letter from one of them or not because I don't know how to contact them now (it was in a pediatric ER....maybe I should be really dedicated and have a kid
). These are my letters:
1. Pre-Professional Advising Commitee Letter (combination of pre-med advisor and various pre-medical professors at my undergrad U)
2. Genetics Professor: Made an A in his class and am signed up to do research this summer and fall
3. Organic Chemistry professor
4. Accounting Professor
5. D.O. (not sure who yet, could end up being internal med or cardiologist)
--I could also get one from a hospital administrator or possibly several M.D. surgeons on a mission trip I went on if needed.
I am planning on applying to both the D.O. school and all of the M.D. schools in Texas. There is a common application and I can only submit five letters to it, and my premedical advisor told me that I cannot change the letters based on the schools. The D.O. school might actually be my top choice, although it is a toss-up between that program and one M.D. program. To be competitive at the D.O. school I feel like I need to submit a letter from a D.O. This makes me wonder about the five letters I need to get because two need to come from science professors and I think one needs to come from an accounting professor (which was my major). Do you think that despite the lack of an M.D. letter these letters will be good enough to get me interviews at M.D. schools? I feel like the rest of my application is worthy. Also, I have tons of M.D. shadowing experience through a previous job, but I don't know if I will be able to get a letter from one of them or not because I don't know how to contact them now (it was in a pediatric ER....maybe I should be really dedicated and have a kid
). These are my letters:1. Pre-Professional Advising Commitee Letter (combination of pre-med advisor and various pre-medical professors at my undergrad U)
2. Genetics Professor: Made an A in his class and am signed up to do research this summer and fall
3. Organic Chemistry professor
4. Accounting Professor
5. D.O. (not sure who yet, could end up being internal med or cardiologist)
--I could also get one from a hospital administrator or possibly several M.D. surgeons on a mission trip I went on if needed.
