Medical What should I do about letter of recommendation fallout?

[TheBoneDoctah]

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Hi guys!

So I helped out in a lab under a grad student who said I would receive a LOR written by her and submitted under the professor she was working with at the time. Today, the professor just wrote back saying she didn't want to write a letter, even though the letter is already written and just needed her to sign and submit. I don't think there's much to do about that, however the grad student is currently reaching out to a different professor who taught me and who she has worked with to write me a letter. Currently pending his response. I currently have one LOR from a non science professor, 1 DO letter, and 1 MD letter, all of which I believe are very strong letters because I interacted closely with them and they know me well.

I just have several questions:
- Is it too late currently to submit a LOR or do I still have time to submit one? When would be too late to submit one?
- Would it be ok if the graduate student submitted a letter for me instead of a science professor if my plan above doesn't work out? She doesn't have a PhD only an M.S. but I worked with her extensively in the lab and I feel like she knows my work ethics and how I am as a student well.

Thank you for your help!

Unfortunate situation with the PI. I know people who have had people like that write them letters and it worked out for them.

 

[tantacles]

So you're saying it would be ok if, worst comes to worst, I have the graduate student submit the letter for me?

If the graduate student wrote you an excellent letter, it's unlikely to hurt you. it just won't help as much as having the PI write it.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

So you're saying it would be ok if, worst comes to worst, I have the graduate student submit the letter for me?

If you absolutely can't get the PI, then yes I would use the graduate student (if and only if you know it is going to be an amazing letter).

 

[Goro]

Unless you're replying to an MD Ph.D program, Pi letter isn't going to help all that much. Med schools would prefer to see letters from your faculty