Recommendation Letter Add-On

[FutureDoctorGoose]

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I work closely with a doctor at work whose medical alma mater is one of, if not the top school on my list. I believe they'd be able to strongly discuss my clinical skills and overall work habits. I didn't include them in the initial application because I had only been working there a month at that point.

If they were willing to write a letter of recommendation now, would the admissions team consider a letter like this after they've already begun reviewing and would a letter like this be helpful?
This would still adhere to the 5-letter limit they have, but I just don't know if adding it late and separate from my already submitted committee letter would be risky.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I work closely with a doctor at work whose medical alma mater is one of, if not the top school on my list. I believe they'd be able to strongly discuss my clinical skills and overall work habits. I didn't include them in the initial application because I had only been working there a month at that point.

If they were willing to write a letter of recommendation now, would the admissions team consider a letter like this after they've already begun reviewing and would a letter like this be helpful?
This would still adhere to the 5-letter limit they have, but I just don't know if adding it late and separate from my already submitted committee letter would be risky.

You haven't said if you got an II from this school. I don't know their protocols, but knowing the ones I had to follow, I would wait until I got invited to interview. (It wouldn't hurt you to ask them, and I don't know if you have an application portal where you could message them or upload a new letter.)

Adding a letter is not "risky," but it's easy to ignore information that is not conveniently organized as part of your application profile. Throwing in extra information could add just enough chaos that if hundreds of applicants did it, the admissions office would be too distracted from our work. When that happens, mistakes often happen (like misfiling your letter).

 

[PickaGodnPray]

Numerous schools don't even look at LOR until post interview for equity reasons. Additionally, I had two schools I interviewed at say they don't look at any additional LOR unless the applicant is interviewed. Either way, I don't see it positively impacting your application in a feasible way at this point in the cycle.