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[kwu]

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Hello,

So I shadowed a doctor for quite some time. I feel that he knows me enough to be able to write me a good letter of recommendation. I asked if he could write me one and he agreed. But he asked to write him a list of the most important things that I want him to talk about in the letter. He will choose a couple that he thinks it's appropriate and accurate.
This is my first time asking for a recommendation letter . So what d you guys are the most important things that should be in a recommendation letter. What are the things that the admissions committee really look for?

 

[md-2020]

I would actually recommend against having a doctor you shadowed write a LOR. It's important to have someone that can speak to your (hopefully positive) academic, personal, and social qualities. A generic "this kid was a cool shadow and he says he's done these things" is not going to help.

 

[kwu]

I would actually recommend against having a doctor you shadowed write a LOR. It's important to have someone that can speak to your (hopefully positive) academic, personal, and social qualities. A generic "this kid was a cool shadow and he says he's done these things" is not going to help.

Thanks for your reply and I appreciate your opinion.
I agree, I already asked 5 professors that I know well to write LOR. I was thinking to ask him just so the admissions committee can see letters from a variety of sources (Science, non-science professors, and a doctor)

 

[Crayola227]

I had a truly excellent glowing LOR from a doc I shadowed that I used that helped get me into medical school

 

[LizzyM]

Most of the things that a doctor could have observed about you while you shadowed him:

You were prompt and prepared.
You were curious yet courteous.
You were compassionate yet logical in applying scientific knowledge to your observations to form hypotheses about what might be going on.

It might also be said that you got along well with the office staff and that the patients loved you.