rakwad Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Hi all! I am planning for applying for MS in CS in Fall 15. I am confused on the third LOR. I can either get it from a Professor who taught 2 subjects, or from an Assistant Prof (Not a PhD) who taught a subject and supervised my final year semester project. The Professor has a good research profile, but his LOR will be on terms of sincerity and my overall impression on him (He rates me as a sincere and sharp student, but I have not worked with him on any research or projects). On the other the Assistant Prof (Masters holer, non PhD one) is not very much into research and has a teaching experience of 11 years of experience but his LOR content will be much more personal and he thinks highly of me. Whom should I ask for LOR? PS: Regarding my other LORs, I plan to get one from my current research advisor (I am serving as RA under him now), and my manager at previous workplace (Amazon). I am aiming top 15 universities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyrehc Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 In my opinion a LOR where the person writing it can go into specifics about why YOU are the best candidate for the program is much better than a letter that is more generic. I believe that the letter's contents will matter more than the credentials of the person who writes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachypie Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 In this scenario I would say go with the latter. Someone with a masters but can speak specifically about your work is better than a generic prof one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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