LOR Question - Which is better?

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I want to discuss a particular situation regarding one rec. letter...

Is it better to recieve a FANTASTIC recommendation from a first year prof (Assistant Prof. PhD) ?

or

A decent, nothing out of the ordinary, recommendation from a well established prof. with multiple publications?

Thanks!

P.S. Is there a limit on the number of recommendations you can get? I have the option to recieve more than the standard number of 2 science, 1 non-science...

 

[WaterBird]

I want to discuss a particular situation regarding one rec. letter...

Is it better to recieve a FANTASTIC recommendation from a first year prof (Assistant Prof. PhD) ?

or

A decent, nothing out of the ordinary, recommendation from a well established prof. with multiple publications?

Thanks!

P.S. Is there a limit on the number of recommendations you can get? I have the option to recieve more than the standard number of 2 science, 1 non-science...

I would get both. You can always choose to just send one depending on how enthusiastic the people seem. A few schools have limits of 3 but many let you have more. I've heard adcoms say that anything above 6 isn't useful since they get redundant. I believe 3 is the bare minimum and people here recommend 4 if you can good ones, generally:
2 science professors who have taught you
1 non science professor (again, who has taught you)
1 work supervisor, or lab PI etc (some non-professor who knows you well and can speak to some way you'll be an awesome doctor).

AMCAS has a collection of links to the LOR requirements for all of the schools participating in their LOE service (which is most of them, and your friend google can help you with the rest).

 

[BlueElmo]

As long as it's by a PhD professor, it really doesn't matter. So your first option would be much better.