Reference Letters

[tmorowat]

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Hello everyone!

I have a bit of a dilemma, and I wasn't sure of where to go to get my questions answered... Basically, I am applying to Waterloo Optometry this summer for September 2012 and I still need a letter of recommendation from a professor. The one I was going to use (when I thought I was going to get at least 80 in the course) doesn't seem like a good option to me anymore. He is a philosophy professor and I felt that he got to know me really well, considering the small class-size and my actual need for help with essay courses. I ended up with a 75, which is my only mark so far below an 80 in university, and I want to know if I should reconsider choosing a professor based on doing better in their class (aka, a science professor). The other problem is that the reference letter is due by the end of November 2011...

Any help is greatly appreciated! I would like to use my philosophy professor, but I don't know if Waterloo will frown upon me using the prof of the class I did the most poorly in.

Thanks!
Tina

 

[stoikiometry]

Um, I don't think they care what your grade was with that professor. I think people suggest getting a LOR from a prof's course that you did well in is so that they having something nice to say in their letter. If there is no other prof that can write a better letter, I don't see a problem.

 

[quackquack]

Go for it. I rather have a letter that speaks about my character than one that speaks little about who I am aside from numbers. Plus, 75 is not that bad? I personally had a professor write me a letter (which was awesome 😀), and i only got an 84 in his class, which is probably my lowest science grade. Like your situation, he is the prof that knows me the best.

 

[sugarandspice]

Hi everyone, for academic references, is it okay if the instructor doesn't have a phd? I know an instructor with a M.Sc. really well and I did well in the course.

 

[Eyeguy7]

Hi everyone, for academic references, is it okay if the instructor doesn't have a phd? I know an instructor with a M.Sc. really well and I did well in the course.

Yes, this is acceptable, I worked with a girl who got accepted using a letter from an instructor who only had a B.Sc.

 

[sugarandspice]

Yes, this is acceptable, I worked with a girl who got accepted using a letter from an instructor who only had a B.Sc.

Thanks! I just got worried because some schools want a letter from a professor for the academic reference.