shadowing hours

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shayanH

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Can I shadow my brother who is a dentist ? Do dental schools accept that or it has to be a non-relative dentist?
 
shayanH said:
Can I shadow my brother who is a dentist ? Do dental schools accept that or it has to be a non-relative dentist?
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Most schools want non-relatives. But I think hours are hours and they will be invaluable to you no matter what. ...
 
Doc Smile said:
Most schools want non-relatives. But I think hours are hours and they will be invaluable to you no matter what. ...
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Where did you read/hear this from? I planned on shadowing my father this summer, but also some other dentists/specialists as well....
 
I believe you can shadow a relative, but when it comes to asking for a letter of rec from a dentist -- I think schools would want one from a non-relative.
 
There is no problem shadowing your brother, I even think it's a great idea. However, I would not get an LOR from him but rather another dentist b/c a letter coming from him may seem biased in the eyes of the admissions committee.
 
shayanH said:
Can I shadow my brother who is a dentist ? Do dental schools accept that or it has to be a non-relative dentist?
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I shadowed my sister.... No one seemed to care.

HOWEVER, you can't get LOR from family member, so I also shadowed another GP (and got letter from him)
 
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I believe I read that OSU needs the hours to be from non-family members. I think the experience might be a little different if you shadowed a family member so schools want you to shadow others as well. Also, a lot of schools need a dentist as a LOR, so you need to get to know one any way. Nobody is going to stop you from shadowing a family member though.
 
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