No follow-through on Letters of Recommendations. What do I do?? (URGENT!!)

[Alakazam123]

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Apart from the pre-health committee letter packet, none of the other healthcare professionals who I asked for a letter of recommendation wrote me the letter yet.

1) I shadowed a neurosurgeon (someone who I'd shadowed on and off since High School) who was nice enough to give me his cell number and said it was okay if I contact him on there.

2) The nurse who agreed to send in her letter by April 15th did not follow through as of yet. My mistake for not giving a constant follow up. This one mattered the most because I volunteered on her floor where she was the head nurse, and I did everything from patient transport, food delivery, blood sample transfer, etc. It would help me so much!!! I reached out to her just now.

The primaries are going to be processed starting on the 29th. Would it hurt if I sent in some letters shortly after that?

PLEASE HELP!!!!

 

[gyngyn]

You only need a committee letter (unless you are applying in Utah).
You don't need a shadowing letter for MD. You don't need a nursing letter .

 

[Alakazam123]

You only need a committee letter.

I just don't have the pre-health letter of recommendation, they said my GPA was too low, but I am doing things in my gap year to boost things up. I realize most think this is a stupid idea, but it's fine. All my other professors have gotten in their letters of recommendations....but to evidence my clinical work I thought it'd be important to get their letters of recommendations.

If I did want to get them in however, could I still send them in after the 29th?

 

[Alakazam123]

Anyone else?? Can I turn it in after the 29th??

 

[OchemOficionado]

I just don't have the pre-health letter of recommendation, they said my GPA was too low, but I am doing things in my gap year to boost things up. I realize most think this is a stupid idea, but it's fine. All my other professors have gotten in their letters of recommendations....but to evidence my clinical work I thought it'd be important to get their letters of recommendations.

If I did want to get them in however, could I still send them in after the 29th?

The 29th of June?! Why would that not be okay? You should look at section 6 of the AMCAS app and at individual school deadlines for further clarity.

Oh, and those letters are not important. Gyngyn just told you that.

 

[smukke]

Letters generally only come into play after the secondaries are received, if not later. As long as you have your primary set (ie 2 science + 1 non-science) in place you're fine at most schools and can send the additional ones as they become available.

PS I got rejected by my pre-med committee too. Have to have a 3.7+ GPA, do all the pre-reqs on campus during the normal semesters, etc. They like to boast that they have a 95%+ acceptance rate to all the doe-eyed high school students.

 

[ciestar]

My committee letter wasnt received until end of July. It didn’t impact me at all.

My first II came less than three weeks later