Which Letter of Recommendation Should I Use for AMCAS Application?

[Member1997]

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I'm applying for the 2019-2020 AMCAS cycle and have 5 recommendation letters so far: one doctor, the PI for my research lab, the post doc for my research lab, one of my biology professors, and one from the Honors coordinator/advisor for my major. I want to get one more LOR, but I am stuck between my volunteer coordinator at a hospital I have volunteered at for 3 years and a D.O. that works in the Rush University Medical Center ED (will be shadowing this doctor for about 20 hours total). The only problem is that I think my volunteer coordinator uses a common format for LORs for everyone who asks for one - saying this person put in "x" amount of hours and is a great worker blah blah blah. Would it be better to diversify my LORs with a volunteer coordinator (at the expense of an already formatted LOR) or to just get another LOR from the doctor at Rush. Any input would be extremely helpful!

 

[gyngyn]

Shadowing letters are extraordinarily useless (for MD applications).
DO schools do love a DO letter, though.

 

[907914]

Shadowing letters are extraordinarily useless (for MD applications).
DO schools do love a DO letter, though.

I have an MD letter for 7 of my schools that all ask for a clinically relevant letter.

He is also my boss at work, but I think the shadowing is what he talked about.

 

[Skeletorr]

I have an MD letter for 7 of my schools that all ask for a clinically relevant letter.

He is also my boss at work, but I think the shadowing is what he talked about.

What schools are those?

 

[907914]

What schools are those?

Scratch that: they were all a combination of recommending either a clinically relevant letter or a work supervisor.