Letter of Rec

[newdoc44]

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I am having an extremely tough time getting a non-science professor letter due to extenuating circumstances. I am in contact with probably my only option for this, my psychology instructor from last semester. They have essentially agreed to write my letter, but there is an issue. Somehow despite being the actual instructor for the course, my potential letter writer is actually currently a doctoral student and only technically has a master's degree as of now. I'm not sure how this works at my university, but they are the legitimate tenured instructor for the course, which is not a weird course or anything but is a totally standard psychology course (intro to psych). They are not a TA at all. Is this going to be acceptable for the non-science professor letter or no? Has anyone else ever been in this position? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[newdoc44]

Have you checked the actual school websites for the specific requirements. read them carefully, as many schools have relaxed requirements.

Thank you for your response. Yes, that's the main issue I'm having is that I thought I was set, I have my 2 science-prof letters and an abundance of character letters from other sources and this non-science prof letter has been a pain for me (the typical non-trad type situation). Some of the schools say they will sub the committee letter for this but of course my u-grad does not do committee letter. If I was to contact individual schools about this as I have seen some on here do, who should I be sending the email to? I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with a school by sending an annoying email to the wrong person.

 

[newdoc44]

I cant advise on that, give me a few of the schools that you show requiring the non science. In any event, if your UG has listed the instructor as such and he/she can sign the letter as such, it passes the test. You can ask the instructor to have department chair to counter sign. this is a low risk issue. Move on to the next thing

Awesome, I think I was over thinking it. The specific school I was thinking of was UCF, but when I looked again the requirement is for "the faculty member who taught the course" which, when combined with your opinion on the issue, makes it seem like it would be fine. Thanks again for the help.