"Professor" title, rec letters

[DoctaFuture]

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Hey everyone. I have a question about rec letters. Do rec letters from sci/nonsci professors have to be from actual professors? I'm not sure if someone who I'm getting my rec letter from is a professor. She has a PhD and she is the head microbio lab director. She does teach a bunch of labs, but I'm not sure if she has the title "professor." I'm getting my rec letter from her b/c I know she will write me a strong letter. I may ask her if she is a "professor." not sure yet, what do you guys think?

 

[NickNaylor]

It shouldn't matter.

 

[hopki099]

Hey everyone. I have a question about rec letters. Do rec letters from sci/nonsci professors have to be from actual professors? I'm not sure if someone who I'm getting my rec letter from is a professor. She has a PhD and she is the head microbio lab director. She does teach a bunch of labs, but I'm not sure if she has the title "professor." I'm getting my rec letter from her b/c I know she will write me a strong letter. I may ask her if she is a "professor." not sure yet, what do you guys think?

I had the exact same issue with my microbiology lab professor. I called every admissions on my list to make sure that this would count as a science professor since most schools say that they require one "science faculty." In general, science faculty seems to include anyone who has taught you science in a course that was for a grade. As long as your letter writer makes it clear that they taught you microbiology and include the grade you got in the class in the LoR, you should be fine.

 

[TFS]

for professors with phd's, i used dr.