Writing an LOR for shadowing?

[illCureYa]

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I just submitted my AMCAS and am completing my committee letter packet by the end of this week before it's sent to AMCAS.

I've been shadowing/volunteering at a physicians office for the last 6 months and have been on the doctors back for the last month to write me an LOR. Long story short, he wants me to write one and he'll just sign it.

Anyone have any good samples they've seen or have written themselves. I've never written an LOR and need some suggestions.

How long and what should I include and stress in the LOR?

I have shadowed close to 100 hours and another 75 spent just volunteering my time in the office to do paperwork and schedule appointments.

If anyone here has written one themselves and doesn't mind sharing, please PM me and ill give you my email.

Much appreciated 🙂

 

[IbnGalenus]

I just submitted my AMCAS and am completing my committee letter packet by the end of this week before it's sent to AMCAS.

I've been shadowing/volunteering at a physicians office for the last 6 months and have been on the doctors back for the last month to write me an LOR. Long story short, he wants me to write one and he'll just sign it.

Anyone have any good samples they've seen or have written themselves. I've never written an LOR and need some suggestions.

How long and what should I include and stress in the LOR?

I have shadowed close to 100 hours and another 75 spent just volunteering my time in the office to do paperwork and schedule appointments.

If anyone here has written one themselves and doesn't mind sharing, please PM me and ill give you my email.

Much appreciated 🙂

From what I've heard, admission committees are pretty good at detecting when a student has written their own LOR. They've got a big sample of your writing already and in some cases it's not hard to recognize similarities.

To answer your question, a good LOR should convincingly explain why the author feels you'd make a good candidate for medical school. The opinion should be relevant to the author's expertise and experience with you. It's also helpful if the author describes what distinguishes you from other students, includes anecdotes, or praises you for other things like good interpersonal skills.

 

[illCureYa]

From what I've heard, admission committees are pretty good at detecting when a student has written their own LOR. They've got a big sample of your writing already and in some cases it's not hard to recognize similarities.

To answer your question, a good LOR should convincingly explain why the author feels you'd make a good candidate for medical school. The opinion should be relevant to the author's expertise and experience with you. It's also helpful if the author describes what distinguishes you from other students, includes anecdotes, or praises you for other things like good interpersonal skills.

Well aside from my personal statement and EC descriptions, medical schools won't have much of a sample to look at. I think I can make it pretty convincing that I didn't write it. Would you mind taking a look at it once I have it done, hopefully by tonight??

 

[BABSstudent]

Well aside from my personal statement and EC descriptions, medical schools won't have much of a sample to look at. I think I can make it pretty convincing that I didn't write it. Would you mind taking a look at it once I have it done, hopefully by tonight??

They also have your MCAT writing score and will have all your essays from your secondaries. I am positive they will be able to guess you wrote it. Everyone has their own way of speaking and writing that is unique to them.

 

[turmoil]

Pretty good deal. In some regard, I wish the physician I shadowed would've allowed me to do that, then it wouldn't take him so long to send in his letter to AMCAS. Not really too concerned, though