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  1. I am a current master's student, and will be applying to PhD programs this Fall for Fall 2014 admission and thought I should start considering who should write my three letters. While my first letter writer is obvious (a professor for whom I am doing research), I am unsure about my second. Working for that same professor is a university 'Data Analyst', who holds a PhD in computer science. However she is not a professor nor on any sort of tenure track (post-doc, asst. prof., etc.). I was wondering if they could potentially be an appropriate writer? If not, my other two writers would be a former employer at a restaurant, and my faculty advisor whom I've only met with once thus far (although we might meet again to discuss my master's thesis project). Of those two just listed, I am only 100% certain I could get a letter from the employer, but think I could also get one from the advisor. If the data analyst was an appropriate writer, would she be better than the employer (who has nothing to do with grad school)? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!
  2. Hello, I will be applying to PhD programs this Fall and needed some advice on locating a third recommender. My first recommender will be a professor for whom I am doing research, while my second is my faculty advisor. However, how can I get to know a faculty memeber quickly (i.e. in the next 7 months) in order to secure a decent 3rd and final letter of recommendation? Keep in mind my classes are large. Thanks.
  3. Thanks again for the replies. Yes, the advisor's credentials are top notch, Harvard educated MD/MPH, with professorship appointments in Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. The professor I'm doing research for, in addition to being an associate professor of epidemiology, is the associate dean for research at the school of nursing. However, this still only provides me with 2 letters (there are only 3 programs I'm looking at that will accept 2 letters). The good news is, many of the other '3 letter' schools simply ask for 2 academic, and the third could be professional if need be. So 2 questions: 1) What literally should I do to build a rapport with the advisor? and 2) Do you have any other suggestions on a thrid letter (aside from my original old employer if I need it)?
  4. Hi guys, Thanks for the replies. To give you a better idea of my situation, I will be doing basic epidemiologic research for a professor (and a PhD candidate of hers) over the summer as part of my practicum required for my MPH. So I figured all things going smoothly that that professor should be a lock for a letter. However, I have just started communicating with my faculty advisor, who might help me with my thesis this Fall, so until then, my relationship with him might be limited. With that being said, could my faculty advisor potentially be a second letter writer, or is that not a good idea? Also, because my professor's PhD candidate will likley have been awarded her PhD by this Spring, could she act as a letter writer (keeping in mind she would not be holding a formal academic position perhaps beyond a post-doc), or would that be innapproptiate? Any other suggestions for finding a potential third writer in a hurry would be greatly appreicated! Thanks!
  5. I am finishing my first year as an MPH student at Columbia, and am looking to submit applications for PhD programs this Fall for Fall 2014 admission. However, because I will have only been at Columbia for a year by the time I need to put my applications together, I am finding it difficult to find potential letter writers. As such, I was considering soliciting a recommendation from my former employer (from whom I got a recommendation applying to this MPH program). However, I have not worked for this employer since 8/12 (and the job was not relevant, it is from a restaurant manager). Would it be inappropriate (from the PhD school's perspective) to use this person as a recommender after a nearly year of not working for him? (By the way, I am positive the person would write one for me again). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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