Another LOR question - lecturer vs. professor

[apoptosis123]

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I'm lining up some nonscience classes for winter quarter to get my nonscience LOR and had question. I looked up the teacher for one of my classes and found out his title at the university is lecturer, not professor. He has a doctorate level degree. Is the fact that he is not an actual professor make him ineligible for satisfying my nonscience LOR? Most medical school's written requirements refer to professors, but I wasn't sure how strict they are on this...

 

[dragon529]

Generally, lecturers are just affiliated with certain classes with the universities while professors may be involved with research or other things. For LOR purpose, a letter from either a lecturer or professor is fine. Adcoms will not question the validity of a letter just because a "lecturer" wrote it. As long as it's a strong letter that demonstrates you are a good candidate for med school, that's a good LOR.

 

[smad4]

All things equal, a professor's letter will carry more weight than a lecturer's. However, it's always better to have a strong letter from a lecturer than a mediocre one from a well-known prof.