So I shadowed a DO about a month ago for a day and asked him for a letter of rec to be sent to my undergrad school for filing after our day was over, and he gladly said sure. I also sent him an email the next day with my resume/accomplishments.
i sent him an email 3 days ago to confirm that he actually sent the letter, and got no response. I plan on applying next cycle, so although i have some time, its kind of hard to find a "shadowable" DO in my area.
Keep pestering him with e-mails. I know it sounds sort of inappropriate, but I have had to do that with all of my letter writers as well. They won't mind it, and your letter won't suffer the slightest for it.
Can you see about going by his office again and talking to his staff about the letter? An in-person reminder my help speed things up. Make sure to call before you go, though.
I was in a similar position last cycle... My doc wouldn't return my calls. I just showed up at her clinic, before office hours, w/ a box of fresh oven baked cookies from corner bakery. The nurses, PA, and front desk seemed to appreciate it. Got the letter the following day.
Good luck!
box of fancy shmansy chocolates finally did the trick ~2 months after i shadowed him. i think it was the nougat that bribed him into writing me the letter 🙂
i would try visiting him first before sending many emails. I sent a couple emails to my biochem professor for a letter since I am applying this summer. His last response was "One of the factors I write about in my letters is character, and frankly these emails do not help you." I never asked him for a letter after that lol.
the doc is also sending me a copy of the letter, so i guess i'll find out sooner or later if he was pissed off or not. but then again how can someone be ticked off with a box of chocolate and a cute card....
