Letters of Recommendation - Non-Professor

Graduate School
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<p>I am beginning to look at Graduate School admissions and who I want to request Letters of Recommendations from, however, I'm in a rather interesting situation. I went to college for a few years, then joined the military. Now, I readmitted to the college I originally attended, and will be completing my Bachelor's in a little over a year.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, it's been about 10 years since I originally attended the University, so I highly doubt any of my Professors would remember me, and if so, I would be doubtful of the letters they might write.</p>

<p>I know generally letters from Non-Professors are looked at lowly, but I'm curious if in my situation including a letter from a superior would be appropriate. I will be applying to Computer Science M.S. programs, and my job in the military was Computer Networking. I was a team lead involved in many large projects, and have several superiors who I'm sure would be willing to write extremely strong letters. Would it be advantageous to try to include a reference from one (or more?) of them, or would I be better off trying to get all required LORs from Professors I meet during this year?</p>

<p>Thanks so much for any answers!</p>

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<p>For a masters degree, getting a letter from a supervisor who knows your work is fine.</p>

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<p>Getting one is fine, but try and get the other two from professors. Remember that you will have at least a semester to form some relationships with people, so use that semester and get involved as much as you can. It won’t be as good as letters from professors with longer contact, but it will be better than a stack of letters from military officers.</p>