question about LOR from types of faculty members

[savvysearch]

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On the Boston website, it states :

If the applicant's college or university has a premedical or predental advisory committee, its composite evaluation is required. In the absence of such a committee, the Admissions Committee requires three evaluations by senior faculty members, at least two of whom should be in science departments.

My school has a committee that puts all letters into a single letter. So is it required that my evaluators be senior faculty members? More than 1/2 of my classes were taught my Assistant Professors and I believe those professors can give me better LORs.

 

[J2AZ]

I think they mean no TA's should be writing your letters. Asst profs are just fine.

 

[savvysearch]

I think they mean no TA's should be writing your letters. Asst profs are just fine.

Thanks. I had a problem interpreting "senior faculty" I assumed it meant full time professors.

 

[Darby_O'Gill]

Besides, if you use the committee the schools will only see the committee letter, so they have no clue who wrote the original letters...although I'm sure that you pre-dent committee will have basically the same requirements as dental schools as far as LOR's go.

 

[syn_apse]

Besides, if you use the committee the schools will only see the committee letter, so they have no clue who wrote the original letters...

that is not true for every school. my college forwards the letters along with the composite letter.

 

[Darby_O'Gill]

that is not true for every school. my college forwards the letters along with the composite letter.

Interesting. At my school the committee tries to pull out the most positive things from the letters and sends one composite letter. The dental schools never see the originals. So, if the prof. says anything even remotely negative, it probably won't be included.