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How do we get them?
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Calc would be a science req. I think schools generally want a your major and either a science or nonscience (depending on what your major is). Additional letters can cover anything, maybe a premed required class, a mentor, etc.
If most of the english classes you have taken aren't taught by full professors, they it s ok. I think maybe a PhD would look better than a letter from an instructor if two letters were identical. But it sounds like the instructors you had know you better than any PhD you might ask, and the important thing is having a strong letter from someone who knows you and speak highly of you, regardless of if the letter comes from a PhD or not.
If most of the english classes you have taken aren't taught by full professors, they it s ok. I think maybe a PhD would look better than a letter from an instructor if two letters were identical. But it sounds like the instructors you had know you better than any PhD you might ask, and the important thing is having a strong letter from someone who knows you and speak highly of you, regardless of if the letter comes from a PhD or not.
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Someone wh oknows you better is always best. Ideally you want that person to have a PhD. But if I had to choose between someone who knew me better without a PhD over someone who didn't but had a PhD I'd choose the non-PhD. However, if I were you I'd still ask the PhD. sometimes the professors ask students to write their LORs or will ask for a Resume and will ultimately show you what they have written. So it can't hurt to ask. If you highlight certain things on your resume for them to talk about then you can somewhat control what they write. So I say ask both and decide later which letters to send.
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I don't think that the Ph.D. thing is that important for a non-science LOR. Just make sure that it is on university letterhead, and make sure that the instructor has a title (Instructor, Lecturer, etc.)
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It's interesting that people always say that the person who knows you better is always best. I think that, in general, that may be true, but it isn't always true!
Sometimes, if you go through one course with a prof., and really do it right (get outstanding grades, go to office hours, participate, etc) then that prof will write you an incredible letter based on that course. And because you've never done real work for them, or been involved with them in a real way, as opposed to some people you may know better, they might just write you an amazing reference...
Sometimes, if you go through one course with a prof., and really do it right (get outstanding grades, go to office hours, participate, etc) then that prof will write you an incredible letter based on that course. And because you've never done real work for them, or been involved with them in a real way, as opposed to some people you may know better, they might just write you an amazing reference...
