kata1123 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 My other two recommendation letters come from (1) the director of my department (my former manager's boss) (2) an education professor. For my last letter of recommendation, I can choose my former manager or an economics professor. I have a great relationship with my former manager, and a friendly and cordial one with my economics professor. My former manager can write about working with me on student cases. My former economics professor can write about my facility with econometrics and my interest in applying it to the field of education. I'm asking this because the education professor who is going to recommend me said I should probably ask the economics professor. He says having a fully tenured professor recommend me will be more effective for acceptance and getting a fellowship. This sounds very sensible. But I wanted to ask you guys with experience. Does a recommendation from a fully tenured professor have that much more weight in education? From what I've been reading education may be a little bit different in what adcoms are look for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesadork Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 The econ professor is the better choice. You already have a professional reference (your director) in the mix. Whether or not the professor is tenured matters less, in my opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kata1123 Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Awesome. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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