AspiringPA21 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) Anyone want to take a look at the recommendation letter the PA I shadowed wrote me and give feedback? I will PM you it. I would appreciate it if those who were accepted or have any admission committee experience would take a look (even if you did not get to see yours). Edited April 27, 2018 by AspiringPA21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyNichiavelli Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I'll take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panglossian Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 What sort of feedback are you looking for? Ethically you should not be editing your own LOR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspiringPA21 Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 3 hours ago, panglossian said: What sort of feedback are you looking for? Ethically you should not be editing your own LOR. I am not editing my own LOR. The PA I shadowed sent me a copy of it (I never asked for it either) but there's a mention of my academic struggle in it and I don't know if that is something that can backfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panglossian Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 9 hours ago, AspiringPA21 said: I am not editing my own LOR. The PA I shadowed sent me a copy of it (I never asked for it either) but there's a mention of my academic struggle in it and I don't know if that is something that can backfire. This is the crux of the issue... asking the PA who wrote the LOR to change it in any way is editing it. So what's the point of getting feedback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspiringPA21 Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, panglossian said: This is the crux of the issue... asking the PA who wrote the LOR to change it in any way is editing it. So what's the point of getting feedback? She wrote this last cycle for me. If her recommendation letter will backfire, say she includes the academia part this cycle, then I need to try to find someone else to write it for me this cycle. She's not a professor so why include anything about my academics but following the sentence about my academics, she made it up by stating how I improved. So not sure if that cancels the 'backfiring' part since she said I improved. Nothing ethically wrong with this, it's more about getting into PA school and choosing the right people to help me accomplish that. Edited April 28, 2018 by AspiringPA21 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyJ Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 (edited) I agree that there is nothing ethically wrong with what you are doing. Additionally, many many many LOR writers ask their applicants to write the letters themselves and then approve/make changes and sign. If they don't go that far they will often ask the applicant what the school wants to know about them, what they would like the school to know about them, and/or what they view as their strengths. So, if an applicant wasn't accepted one cycle it makes perfect sense they would assess whether the LOR writer they chose wrote a strong or weak letter. Edited April 30, 2018 by DarcyJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panglossian Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 @AspiringPA21 I owe you an apology. What you are doing sounds reasonable now that I better understand the context. Best of luck to you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspiringPA21 Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 1 hour ago, panglossian said: @AspiringPA21 I owe you an apology. What you are doing sounds reasonable now that I better understand the context. Best of luck to you! I should have elaborated earlier, I just did not want to put it out there what the letter had. Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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