Importance of who signs your LOR

[zogoto]

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I have two professors who both taught a course that I took, did well in, and then TA'd. The instructor (who is not the professor, but deals with the day-to-day things of the course) knew me VERY well, and she wrote me a stellar recommendation (like a "top student of my career" letter).

Now, I want to ask one of the two professors to write me a LOR based on the insructor's letter. There are two options:

-Professor A is a relatively young professor, and apparently in the past has simply signed the letter that the instructor writes with some small modifications.
-Professor B is also pretty young, but he is very well known, is an MD/PhD, and practices medicine for 1 month out of the year at a hospital that is affiliated with a Top 10 school that happens to be my first choice. However, he probably likes me a bit less than Professor A, based on some things he says sometimes like "Oh you're working at an internship this summer? So you won't be working in a lab....? ........... Well, I guess you can't do everything," and just based on my general feel, considering that Professor A always tries me to quit my current lab and work for him. However, B was a math/physics double major in undergrad, and we have connected very strongly over how math (my major) ties in with biology in many ways.

Which is likely to be the best option? I feel like Professor B is likely to make the original instructor's letter weaker, but Professor B also has a bigger name and is an MD/PhD, so maybe can speak a little about my doctor-like qualities? (Keep in mind that I will already have a letter from a doctor I have shadowed extensively, but more letters about compassion and stuff can't hurt, right?)

 

[shindotp]

Not important

 

[NickNaylor]

Why not try both? If you think you can get a positive letter from both professors, I wouldn't see why not, especially if you think they'll offer somewhat different viewpoints on your credentials.

If you had to pick only one, though, I would pick B over A based on what you've said.

 

[NickNaylor]

Why not try both? If you think you can get a positive letter from both professors, I wouldn't see why not, especially if you think they'll offer somewhat different viewpoints on your credentials.

If you had to pick only one, though, I would pick B over A based on what you've said.

 

[NickNaylor]

Why not try both? If you think you can get a positive letter from both professors, I wouldn't see why not, especially if you think they'll offer somewhat different viewpoints on your credentials.

If you had to pick only one, though, I would pick B over A based on what you've said.

 

[zogoto]

Why not try both? If you think you can get a positive letter from both professors, I wouldn't see why not, especially if you think they'll offer somewhat different viewpoints on your credentials.

If you had to pick only one, though, I would pick B over A based on what you've said.

I probably can't have both write letters, since I'm already pushing the max number I can have with 6 letters as it is. Why would you pick B over A?

 

[175961]

better listen to coleontheroll....he posted it three times so he must be right