Letter from Instructor (but non-tenure track professor)

[WuMedic]

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Hi all,

Would like an opinion here please!

I have an instructor that I have gotten to know very well and am one of the top students (if not the top) in a class of 75+. The problem though is that while I know her and she knows me well, she is not a professor or even tenure track (she just got her PhD a year or two ago). Is this a problem? It is a science class (math) but I know med school want letters from PROFESSORS so I am not sure how much it would affect my application to have her letter in the mix. It would be a shame to not get a letter from someone who knows me so well though.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Thanks!
-WuMedic

 

[bonsaitree1]

It's fine, no one will judge the status of the letter writer because it's going to have a Dr. XXXX/instructor at whatever institution, so that means he/she already has the credentials to teach a class.

Just ensure that it'll be a great letter and use it.

 

[Appless]

Hi all,

Would like an opinion here please!

I have an instructor that I have gotten to know very well and am one of the top students (if not the top) in a class of 75+. The problem though is that while I know her and she knows me well, she is not a professor or even tenure track (she just got her PhD a year or two ago). Is this a problem? It is a science class (math) but I know med school want letters from PROFESSORS so I am not sure how much it would affect my application to have her letter in the mix. It would be a shame to not get a letter from someone who knows me so well though.

Any thoughts are appreciated!

Thanks!
-WuMedic

she taught the class and has a Phd so its fine. She is what an associate prof or lecturer? Regardless its fine doesnt matter it will work