LORs

[HHR28]

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Many schools have specific LOR requirements such as science, academic, etc.

I am doing research in a lab, and have taken class credit under the course code Biomedical Research (BMS4905) for multiple semesters.

Would a letter from my PI qualify as a science letter, even though I was not student in the classroom, but earned credit towards my GPA?

Also,

I am affiliated with a club at my school, and our faculty advisor is a lecturer/Associate dean of Education at my school. Would a letter from him, even though I didn't take his course qualify as an Academic letter?

Thanks! Looking forward to hearing people's LOR experiences with these specific scenarios.

 

[Panis et Circenses]

The answers to these questions, I would think, would have to be no. I did work teaching a lab with a science professor, but he forgot to mention in his letter that I took his class as well. The schools contacted me and told me I needed another letter from a science professor that taught me in the classroom setting. I just had that professor tweak the letter to mention that I took his class, and bam problem solved.

So nope, you have to be in a classroom setting and had to have been taught by that certain professor. These letters are completely worthless in substance if you ask me, but hey they will fulfill a requirement. If you go to office hours a few times, and ask the professor nicely, you most likely can get a letter. Just another hoop you have to jump through in order to get into that school you are targeting.

 

[Charles_Darwin]

For the PI, i'd ask your schools. But for the faculty advisor, I'd say that wouldn't count as an academic letter 🙂