Okay to not ask LOR from research mentor professor?

[Metamorphosis.DO]

I did about 100 hours of research with a professor and I feel great about my work with him. However, I feel that I have a better relationship with other professors. Would it be a red flag to not asl a LOR from my research professsor?

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[deleted994889]

I would ask anyways. You don't have to use it if you don't feel it's strong, but it's good to have just in case some of your other profs bail (they do!).

 

[Blueprint Med School]

If you feel like you can get a good letter of recommendation from him, why not get it? As long as it's not excessive, an extra LOR won't hurt.

 

[Goro]

I did about 100 hours of research with a professor and I feel great about my work with him. However, I feel that I have a better relationship with other professors. Would it be a red flag to not asl a LOR from my research professsor?

Not a red flag. It's afr better to have a LOR from your professors. Med schools are looking for good medical students, not good graduate students.

 

[Mimosas]

I never asked for a LOR from my research mentor. I reached the maximum amount of LOR's from professors, physicians, and managers who I preferred to speak on my behalf. I think you'll be ok.

 

[Goro]

So is it okay if you're published but didn't get PI LoRs? One was very, very long ago, and another is just not at all close with me (almost all my work required no interaction with her). Would this matter when it gets to T20 research schools more?

I just don't think they'll be valuable/non-generic letters.

If you look at admissions websites, do you find that the schools say you need a LOR from a PI?

Everything I've read from our wise colleagues is that it only seems to matter for MD/PhD.

Even NIH recognizes that grad students may not get along with their PIs and so for post-doc potions, you don't absolutely need a LOR from the PI...or at least, this was the case when I applied for T32 fellowships.