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I am applying to the match this year. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble deciding on who to ask for my third letter of rec. The two attendings I worked with in medicine gave me very high reviews but were only Clinical Instructors of Medicine, not even Professors. My faculty advisor, a surgeon, advised against using any of the surgery attendings I worked with because they are very old, work at the VA or ancillary hospitals recently bought by my institution and are not accustomed to writing letters. For my ophthalmology letters, I have two letters of recommendations from some of the most high-ranking ophthalmologists in the department who have told me that the letters will be "very strong."
Will having a great, personal letter from very junior faculty be looked upon unfavorably in the match process? I.e. will I get screened out for having a letter form a junior faculty member or will my letter writer's rank raise any red flags among Program Directors? (will they wonder why I couldn't find someone better or question the value of everything that I said in the letter?)
Will having a great, personal letter from very junior faculty be looked upon unfavorably in the match process? I.e. will I get screened out for having a letter form a junior faculty member or will my letter writer's rank raise any red flags among Program Directors? (will they wonder why I couldn't find someone better or question the value of everything that I said in the letter?)
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