Another LoR question

[beattheprocess]

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Is it acceptable to have 2 letters from 2 professors that taught the same class? One professor taught half a semester of the topics that he was more knowledgeable on and then a second professor taught the 2nd half.

 

[907914]

Is it acceptable to have 2 letters from 2 professors that taught the same class? One professor taught half a semester of the topics that he was more knowledgeable on and then a second professor taught the 2nd half.

A professor that only taught you for half a semester likely does not know you well enough to write a good LOR. I would scrap them both.

 

[saradocMD]

I agree with above, half a semester is probably not enough time to know you well, so if you need to use a letter from this course, i'd choose just one of those 2 professors, and would hope they dont really mention they only taught half the class

 

[beattheprocess]

A professor that only taught you for half a semester likely does not know you well enough to write a good LOR. I would scrap them both.

I agree with above, half a semester is probably not enough time to know you well, so if you need to use a letter from this course, i'd choose just one of those 2 professors, and would hope they dont really mention they only taught half the class

Yeah... I pretty much never talk to any of my professors so the quality won't be much different than with any other professor...

 

[907914]

Yeah... I pretty much never talk to any of my professors so the quality won't be much different than with any other professor...

Then you have a couple more issues to work out with your application than just these two letters....

 

[Hi_I'mPaul]

Yeah... I pretty much never talk to any of my professors so the quality won't be much different than with any other professor...

I had 2 LORs from profs that I hardly talked to. I did have 3 other pretty good letters though. I got it into med school. The thing with LORs is that most are utterly average. Some are amazing which gives applicants an edge. Some are bad, which can hurt the applicant. Words of adcoms that I've talked to.

Of course, you'd want LORs that are good, from people that know you well... but if you can't and need to fulfill the requirements, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

 

[beattheprocess]

I had 2 LORs from profs that I hardly talked to. I did have 3 other pretty good letters though. I got it into med school. The thing with LORs is that most are utterly average. Some are amazing which gives applicants an edge. Some are bad, which can hurt the applicant. Words of adcoms that I've talked to.

Of course, you'd want LORs that are good, from people that know you well... but if you can't and need to fulfill the requirements, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I’m aware. I lurk here a lot actually. Just wondering if such a letter would be negative rather than neutral.

Then you have a couple more issues to work out with your application than just these two letters....

Huh?

 

[Hi_I'mPaul]

I’m aware. I lurk here a lot actually. Just wondering if such a letter would be negative rather than neutral.

Unfortunately, you will never be able to figure it out since you can't read the letter. If you're a betting person, it'll probably just end up being neutral. Unless the prof somehow royally f's it up..