tailoring LOR for specific schools

[stevalin]

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Would it be appropriate to ask letter writers to tailor their letters to specific schools? For example, I am having a doctor I shadowed write me a letter and he:
-is an Associate Professor at UMDNJ
-is an alumnus of U of Maryland
-did residency at NY Medical College
Would it be too much work to have him tailor separate letters for each school?

Also, I am applying for DO schools and was wondering if I should have my letter writers tailor their letters for this, or to just have them use their MD letter (that talks about my potential as a physician).

Thanks for your help! 🙂

 

[NotAsking4Much]

Would it be appropriate to ask letter writers to tailor their letters to specific schools? For example, I am having a doctor I shadowed write me a letter and he:
-is an Associate Professor at UMDNJ
-is an alumnus of U of Maryland
-did residency at NY Medical College
Would it be too much work to have him tailor separate letters for each school?

Also, I am applying for DO schools and was wondering if I should have my letter writers tailor their letters for this, or to just have them use their MD letter (that talks about my potential as a physician).

Thanks for your help! 🙂

It's too much to ask. They only will write one version generally.

 

[GoodmanBrown]

It's too much to ask. They only will write one version generally.

+1

It's also very difficult to organize that number of letters. AMCAS will let you do it, but it'd be really difficult to keep track of your letters.

 

[OhioDoc]

Would it be appropriate to ask letter writers to tailor their letters to specific schools? For example, I am having a doctor I shadowed write me a letter and he:
-is an Associate Professor at UMDNJ
-is an alumnus of U of Maryland
-did residency at NY Medical College
Would it be too much work to have him tailor separate letters for each school?

Also, I am applying for DO schools and was wondering if I should have my letter writers tailor their letters for this, or to just have them use their MD letter (that talks about my potential as a physician).

Thanks for your help! 🙂

I don't know how often this happens, but note that AMCAS only allows you to load a total of 10 letters, I think.