First post, yay!
I'm taking some extra college courses to compensate for a weak college GPA (2.99, wish I could round up) and show that I can do the work in an MA/IR program somewhere. My instructor is a grad student, so if I asked them for an LOR would that hurt my application? I understand that for a PhD you want to go with high-profile professors for LORs, but what about for a masters? I don't plan on applying to the top tier (HKS, WWS, Fletcher, etc) so perhaps other schools are more flexible.
Thanks and I look forward to sharing our hopes/fears/freakouts together.
