A question about the 3 Letters of Recommendation for MA program?

Question

-This question is also posted in the General Education & Reference category by accident.

What do you think about getting 1 letter from an instructor who is still working on her PhD? I only had 1 class with her but we did a lot of work that is related to my area of interest and I even completed a major project in her class that dealt with my research interests that I hope to pursue in grad school.
The other 2 letters will be from professors who have their PhDs, 1 is a full-time professor, but the other is a part-time. I know you shouldn't have any part-time facutly write letters, but I had him for 3 classes, during my senior year (all advanced courses).

Answer 1

I think that would be fine. She has seen your coursework, and is familiar with graduate-level study. Since the other two have Ph.Ds, you will be okay. Most graduate programs realize that undergraduates don't have a lot of choice about who teaches their classes; they may have teaching assistants and adjuncts in charge of many of their courses; in larger schools, the professors really don't know most of their students personally. All you can do is the best possible (some people end up using employers and others who are basically useless because they don't know anything about the person's classroom performance).