A question on LoR

[serean]

Is it okay if I ask one of my workmates in our lab to write a LoR for me?...

It seems some kind of abnormal because most LoRs are written by professors...

Thank you!

[TakeruK]

Probably not a good idea, but I think some more details are necessary. 

If you are currently an undergraduate student and you want to apply to graduate programs and your labmates are either other undergraduate students or graduate students, then this is not an appropriate letter in most cases. 

[serean]

On 2016/10/28 at 11:28 PM, TakeruK said:

Probably not a good idea, but I think some more details are necessary. 

If you are currently an undergraduate student and you want to apply to graduate programs and your labmates are either other undergraduate students or graduate students, then this is not an appropriate letter in most cases. 

Well, I am a graduate student...Will it be okay for a graduate student? Thank you!

[TakeruK]

If you are applying to graduate programs, then no, it is not a good idea to ask another graduate student to write a letter of recommendation for you. Reference letters for graduate school applications should come from people with experience supervising graduate students (e.g. professors)

[serean]

10 hours ago, TakeruK said:

If you are applying to graduate programs, then no, it is not a good idea to ask another graduate student to write a letter of recommendation for you. Reference letters for graduate school applications should come from people with experience supervising graduate students (e.g. professors)

Got it! Thank you!