bassoonbassoon Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 Hi, first post! I'm applying to MA programs in Philosophy for Fall 2017. Undergrad was a double major in Psychology and Cognitive Science. Most of my classes were psych, so it'd make sense that at least one of my LORs would be coming from a psych professor. Yet, it could be of benefit if all of my LORs were coming from philosophy professors, I'd think. Two of my LORs are definitely coming from philosophy professors who know me well, yet for the third I could either have a psych professor who I know quite well, OR a philosophy professor who I only had for a single course, but who I still got to know outside of class (fyi, we only have three philosophy professors..). The psych prof could attest to my success in psychology scholarship and such, though I'm unsure if that would be better than a recommendation from an actual philosopher who could still make a case for my success in philosophy- would one have more weight than the other? Any thoughts?
rising_star Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 Which professor can write you a stronger letter? That's the one you should go with.
Edotdl Posted August 22, 2016 Posted August 22, 2016 FWIW, I applied to EE and BME PhD programs with LORs from only Neuro professors that I've done research with. I'd go with the psych prof if you think it'd be stronger. Is there anything the third phil prof could add to the other two LORs?
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