Hi everyone,
I am am international graduate student in the University of Maryland currently pursuing my MS. I am planning to apply for PhD programs for Fall 2012 to some other universities (MIT, Caltech, Berkeley etc.) as well. Currently I am doing research with a professor in my department and I am getting a letter of recommendation ( LOR) from him. For the other two LORs, I am not sure who I should approach. I can get one from a prof in my undergrad school or from a scientist under whom I worked during my internships but I wonder if they would have the same impact as a LOR from UMD. But I am not sure who I should approach for the third LOR.
I feel that having two LORs from professors in Univ. of Maryland would give a better chance of nailing a good PhD admit. So far I have done well in my courses ( 'A' s in all courses, but I guess thats common ) but only my advisor is knows about the research that I am doing right now. Currently no other prof from the university is associated with my research group. I am not sure how to showcase my research skills to profs under whom I have taken classes, so as to get a strong LOR.
Can anyone offer some advice ?
Thanks for going through my message.
Regards,
Deepmetal