Letter of Recommendation from RA

[entomom]

<p>Sure, it’s fine IF the school says Profs only or IF the school says employers are OK. But for CA schools, the Instructor Evaluation form states:</p>

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After completing all the relevant questions below, give this form to an instructor who has taught you a full-credit college class.

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<p>Doesn’t seem to be much ambiguity about who qualifies to write an instructor LOR.</p>

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@entomom

The strongest LOR is the one written by the person who knows you well and can write specific comments about you

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@nopsypoo

You don’t want someone to write you a letter who has no clue what your academic capabilities are, right?

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<p>Where in the world did you come to that conclusion from what I said? Often TAs know the student much more from labs/sections that the prof does from a lecture. And if you read carefully, I did not say that a TA was better than a Prof, I said that the person that knows you the best (either TA or Prof) will write the strongest LOR.</p>