LORS from private practise

[tarsuc]

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if you manage to shadow someone for many months,

and he gives you a very strong letter, do you think it would matter much at all?

 

[mmmcdowe]

for what? Med school?

 

[tarsuc]

Sorry, no i meant residency application

 

[neusu]

Shadowing doesn't carry much weight for residency.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Sorry, no i meant residency application

Agreed, letters from someone unaffiliated would be less likely to carry weight. Neurosurgeons tend to value the letters from people they know the most.