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My PI hates me, what should I do?
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I doubt they will contact your PI. At worst they may ask you about it in your interviews. Simply say you felt the post-doc was more qualified to discuss your lab experiences which, in nearly all cases, is usually true.
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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.
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Cookies with a healthy dose of laxative.
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really? Dang, I got two then
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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.
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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.
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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).
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).
