My PI hates me, what should I do?

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last time i checked.. a letter from a medical school faculty is one of the holy grails.. + he is writing on behalf of your lab experience anyways.. i dont think this will be bad
 
but i am simply more worried that if the med school contacts my PI, he may say something terrible. there goes my chances of getting in...
 
but i am simply more worried that if the med school contacts my PI, he may say something terrible. there goes my chances of getting in...

With thousand of applicants, do you really think they are going to run around calling PIs to discuss students? Not likely.
 
There are schools (top research schools, mainly) and programs (MD/PhD, mostly) which require a letter from the PI of any lab you've worked in. As it is, a letter will mean less coming from a post-doc than the PI, but since both will have PhD.s it will be less of an issue than getting a letter from a grad student, for example.
 
last time i checked.. a letter from a medical school faculty is one of the holy grails.. + he is writing on behalf of your lab experience anyways.. i dont think this will be bad

really? Dang, I got two then
 
really? Dang, I got two then

umm no it's not a holy grail. it's good but not the end-all. I had my PI (med school faculty member) write me a great LOR and I didn't even get into the school my PI was a faculty member at.
 
umm no it's not a holy grail. it's good but not the end-all. I had my PI (med school faculty member) write me a great LOR and I didn't even get into the school my PI was a faculty member at.

Heck, I had four, all of whom were in leadership positions, and I didn't even get an interview at the school they were from.

To the OP:
It doesn't sound like there is anything you can do about this, so stop worrying, and rest assured, no one is going to contact your PI. If AdComs are really worried about your lack of a letter, they will trash your application without bothering to investigate further.
 
With thousand of applicants, do you really think they are going to run around calling PIs to discuss students? Not likely.
Ditto, always adopt the adcoms view and see what a pain that would be.
 
OP:
If possible, have your post-doc mentor WRITE the letter and have the post-doc directly ask the PI to simply sign his name at the bottom along with the post-docs. Contact info could still be the post-doc. It is not a huge deal if you do not get his signature, and I highly doubt it will even be noticed more than by a handful of interviewers (if at all).
 
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