Do letters of rec NEED to be signed by profs?

[tic112]

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Do letters of rec need to be signed by profs? That is, are there med schools that will not accept a letter of rec if it is only signed by a grad student?

 

[Dr.LeoSpaceman]

Do a search in the forums, I think this has been talked about a few times within the past few days. But from what I can remember of what everyone was saying, the answer is no. If the grad student was actually teaching your course, and they know you well, then I believe you will be ok. However, if the course was taught by a professor and there were dicussion groups, etc led by the grad student, you may want to have the grad student write it and then the professor co-sign it.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

Ditto. If you can have a prof co-sign the letter, then try and do so.