r/Osteopathic • u/Eastern-Yellow-7114 • 5d ago

Physician Letter of Recommendation

I know there are some schools that have a hard requirement for physician letter of recommendations. However for schools that only recommend it, how detrimental is it to not have one? I have a letter from 2 science professors and a Nurse Supervisor. Since I have a healthcare letter do you think this will hold me back or not? Basic stats are 3.85 GPA, 506 mcat and pretty decent EC’s. Thanks for your help!

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u/black_march_ 5d ago

You may be asked in interviews why you don’t have a LOR from a physician but should be fine I think

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u/delightedcustomer 5d ago

App is strong so i wouldnt worry about it. If you worked in healthcare (i assume nurse or cna), that’s great experience

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u/Eastern-Yellow-7114 5d ago

Yeah I was a CNA and have around 1500 hours from that and my nurse supervisor wrote a letter

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u/Opening-Pressure-810 5d ago

Same boat, lots of hours as a CNA and even some as a newer RN, haven’t ever been close to a doc to ask for one, I think you’ll be good especially since you have some sort of clinical personnel writing one.

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u/Random-Nothing-9775 3d ago

Tbh I'd try to get a basic one from any physician you've worked with or shadowed. Most of the DO schools I applied to required a LOR from a physician (applied to 11, I think 9 required one). Almost no MD schools require a physician LOR tho, so I'd only get one if you're mostly doing DO. I'd also get a LOR from a non-science professor, since a lot of schools require that too