<p>Hey everyone!
I just recently finished up a summer volunteer program at a local hospital. I worked in the DOSA (Day of Surgery Admission) unit during the three week session and ended up getting about 55 volunteer hours. At the end of the volunteer session, I did not ask my supervisor for a recommendation letter. Is it worth it for me to go back and ask for one? I know I can get at least three solid recommendation letters from my school teachers/counselor and two other great ones from professors at the University of Rochester. In addition, I plan on going back to the hospital next year to volunteer again (although not necessarily with the same unit) and I will certainly ask for a letter of rec then as well. So once again, the question, should I go back to the hospital's DOSA unit and try to get a recommendation letter or can I just let this one slide?</p>
<p>I’d let it go. The more recent recommendation (from next summer) would probably be better. I would go back and ask him, though, if you may use him as a reference. That way, you can include his name and contact info on your resume, and if anyone wants to contact him, they can.</p>
<p>Oh I see. Do colleges favor recent recommendations over older ones? My mom keeps telling me to get the letter of recommendation and then submit it AND the one I’ll get next year.</p>
<p>No, you’ll only want to submit the number of recommendations that the school requests. In other words, if they wanted 5 or 6, they’d ask for that many. It’s unlikely you’d be asked to submit more than 3, and at least two of those need to be from junior or senior year teachers.</p>
<p>Perfect. Thanks so much! I’ll have to get that into my mom’s head one way or another.</p>
<p>recommendation letters have to be current. so picking up a year before will not help. also u just need the number they state in the application. not more</p>