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Hello Everyone,
I hope you are doing well. So I am a DO applicant this cycle and already had my primary verified and even received secondaries from a few schools. There was one aspect of my application that I need your experienced opinion on...
1.) I initially inquired with a DO physician earlier this year around March for shadowing and he was a bit precarious because of COVID and how comfortable patients would be in me being in the same room. Anyways, he was very courteous and asked me to come in so we can chat about osteopathic medicine and he can basically tell me everything based on his experience (He's a faculty member at two medical schools that I'm interested in applying to).
2.) I went in and we had a nice chat for around an hour and half and he basically told me that he would be glad to write me a letter of recommendation. He also requested my personal statement and activities so that he could edit them and provide feedback.
3.) I am getting tripped up because I have his letter but many schools I'm applying to are asking how many hours did you shadow an osteopathic physician... Should I basically say 1 or should I just omit this all together from my secondary, and have them just directly read the letter?
@Goro
I hope you are doing well. So I am a DO applicant this cycle and already had my primary verified and even received secondaries from a few schools. There was one aspect of my application that I need your experienced opinion on...
1.) I initially inquired with a DO physician earlier this year around March for shadowing and he was a bit precarious because of COVID and how comfortable patients would be in me being in the same room. Anyways, he was very courteous and asked me to come in so we can chat about osteopathic medicine and he can basically tell me everything based on his experience (He's a faculty member at two medical schools that I'm interested in applying to).
2.) I went in and we had a nice chat for around an hour and half and he basically told me that he would be glad to write me a letter of recommendation. He also requested my personal statement and activities so that he could edit them and provide feedback.
3.) I am getting tripped up because I have his letter but many schools I'm applying to are asking how many hours did you shadow an osteopathic physician... Should I basically say 1 or should I just omit this all together from my secondary, and have them just directly read the letter?
@Goro